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1750908

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date	17/12/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan for the £30 million allocated to prevention for the gambling statutory levy to be administered by a statutory body.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2025 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-statutory-levy-on-gambling-operators/outcome/government-response-to-the-consultation-on-the-structure-distribution-and-governance-of-the-statutory-levy-on-gambling-operators" target="_blank"> response</a> to the consultation on the statutory levy, further consideration of the evidence is needed in order to appoint an appropriate body to lead the prevention strand of the levy system. We will confirm our decisions in due course. Prevention is a critical part of the government’s approach to tackling gambling-related harm and we need to take the time to get the policy right whilst ensuring that necessary legislation is passed to meet our commitment to having the levy in place by April 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 06/01/2025 11:16:44 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1750909

registered interest
date	17/12/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Physician Associates: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many physician associates currently working in the NHS or in private healthcare have not passed the Physician Associate National Examination; and whether they plan to ensure that physician associates currently working have passed it before the deadline for registering with the General Medical Council in December 2026.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2025 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on how many Physician Associates (PAs) currently working in the National Health Service or in private healthcare have not passed the Physician Associate National Examination (PANE).</p><p> </p><p>Statutory regulation of PAs and Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) by the General Medical Council (GMC) has begun. The GMC has made it a mandatory registration requirement for all PAs to have passed the PANE. Under the Anaesthesia Associate and Physician Associate Order, PAs and AAs must join the GMC register or cease practising by December 2026.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 08/01/2025 12:32:09 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1750054

registered interest
date	16/12/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change Convention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to advocate for a ban on the presence of fossil fuel lobbyists at future United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conferences of the Parties.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2024 answer text <p>The changing climate is the greatest long-term global challenge our country faces. The UNFCCC remains the most effective global forum for tackling this crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to champion a transparent, inclusive, and effective UNFCCC process that supports enhanced ambition and strengthened implementation of the Paris Agreement and COP outcomes, including the Global Stocktake agreement and the new climate finance goal agreed at COP29.</p><p> </p><p>It is the joint responsibility of the UNFCCC Secretariat, their Presiding officers, and the annually nominated Presidency to uphold the rigorous standards which govern each meeting of the Conference of Parties, reflecting the importance of impartiality.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 30/12/2024 11:16:10 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1750055

registered interest
date	16/12/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to ensure that medical schools have integrated antimicrobial stewardship competencies into undergraduate curriculums, to help meet the aims of the five-year antimicrobial resistance action plan; and whether the Department of Health and Social Care is primarily responsible for coordinating this with the General Medical Council and the Department for Education.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2024 answer text <p>The standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. The GMC has the general function of promoting high standards of education and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that medical students and newly qualified doctors are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p>Each individual medical school sets its own undergraduate medical curriculum. This has to meet the standards set by the GMC, who then monitor and check to make sure that these standards are maintained. Whilst curricula do not necessarily highlight specific conditions for doctors to be aware of, they instead emphasise the skills and approaches that a doctor must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients.</p><p>The NHS England Antimicrobial Resistance Programme, a prescribing workstream, has collaborated with the Workforce Training and Education directorate to co-produce, with stakeholders from university schools of pharmacy, an indicative curriculum and competency framework for antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship, as a part of the new initial education and training programme for United Kingdom pharmacists who will graduate with independent prescribing rights from 2025/26. The prescribing workstream has plans to make contact with the GMC and the Nursing and Midwifery Council during 2025/26 to establish how antimicrobial stewardship is taught and examined in undergraduate medical and nursing courses in England, and to support improvement as required.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 23/12/2024 11:41:04 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1748770

registered interest
date	10/12/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether RAF aircraft participated alongside the United States Air Force in strikes targeting ISIS in Syria on 7 or 8 December.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2024 answer text <p>The UK did not participate in the US strikes targeting Daesh targets in Syria on 7 or 8 December 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 19/12/2024 11:26:15 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1748771

registered interest
date	10/12/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Syria: Chemical Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) human health and (2) environmental impacts in (a) the immediate vicinity, (b) Syria as a whole, and (c) the Middle East, of reported Israeli airstrikes on chemical weapons depots in the lead up to the fall of the Assad regime.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2024 answer text <p>We are monitoring the situation closely following reports of airstrikes in Syria. We continue to call on Israel, and all actors, to uphold their obligations to peace, stability, and security under international law. We are engaging with regional partners and with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). We continue to urge Syria and all parties to create the conditions in which the Syrian authorities can secure chemical weapons sites, and to enable the OPCW to deploy to Syria to verify and oversee the destruction of Syria's remaining chemical weapons.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 23/12/2024 13:45:23 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1748772

registered interest
date	10/12/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Biodiversity and Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to build stronger links between national strategies for biodiversity and climate change.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2024 answer text <p>Tackling biodiversity and climate change together is important both nationally and internationally. This government is demonstrating international leadership in this space. We have recently appointed Ruth Davis OBE as Special Representative for Nature; she will champion our ambition to put climate and nature at the heart of our foreign policy.</p><p> </p><p>On the 30th of July, we announced a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). We are working with civil society, business and local government to review and revise the EIP to develop an ambitious programme to better protect the environment, create a zero-waste economy, save nature, reach net zero and adapt to climate change.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to concluding the review by the end of the year. A statement of key findings will be published in early 2025, to be followed by publication of a revised EIP.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 23/12/2024 13:46:00 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1748773

registered interest
date	10/12/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change Convention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of proposals to reform the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) process outlined in an open letter published on 15 November by the Club of Rome; and what actions they are taking to improve the (1) process and (2) outcomes for future COPs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2024 answer text <p>The changing climate is the greatest long-term global challenge our country faces, and the UNFCCC remains the most effective global forum for tackling climate change. We have seen its successes: the Glasgow Climate Pact, COP28’s Global Stocktake agreement to transitioning away from fossil fuels, the historic climate finance goal agreed at COP29. The UK continues to champion a transparent, inclusive, and effective COP process and is engaged in discussions within the UNFCCC on arrangements for COPs, where we advocate for increased efficiency within the process in a way that supports enhanced ambition and strengthened implementation in line with the science.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 23/12/2024 15:43:27 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1747920

registered interest
date	09/12/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Neonicotinoids: Inland Waterways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce a scheme to permit or require the surrender of neonicotinoid pesticides for destruction to prevent them from entering waterways.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not have any such plan. For all pesticides, including neonicotinoids, there are legal requirements to store the product securely, use it according to its authorisation (which will include conditions considered appropriate to protect people and the environment) and dispose safely of any surplus.</p><p> </p><p>Recent emergency authorisations for Cruiser SB as a seed treatment on sugar beet seed have carried very specific conditions. These include a requirement to dispose of unused stock by the end of the emergency authorisation period at the beginning of June. There should not, therefore, be any current stocks of the product.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we would not expect there to have been any significant surplus. Cruiser SB is applied in centralised facilities as a treatment to pre-ordered seed. The quantity required is therefore known in advance and there is no reason for additional stocks to have been acquired.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 20/12/2024 14:27:16 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1747921

registered interest
date	09/12/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Outdoor Education: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the campaign to introduce a "nature premium", modelled on the existing sports premium, to support school children’s access to nature.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2024 answer text <p>The department recognises that access to green space has been shown to have a positive impact on the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of young people, but children from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to spend time regularly outside than those from more affluent backgrounds. That is why we are inviting all nurseries, schools and colleges to register with the National Education Nature Park and offering grants to support participation from eligible settings.</p><p>Participating in Nature Park activities will support and encourage all children, and young people will benefit from spending time in nature. It will also support teachers to build confidence to deliver effective outdoor learning.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 20/12/2024 13:22:44 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle