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Jeff Smith MP: written questions
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Drugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 901289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what cross-government work is taking place to help reduce harms associated with controlled drugs.
Answer: Across Government we are taking a range of action to prevent drug use, improve treatment and recovery support, and support enforcement partners to tackle drug supply.Each of the departments involved in this work is contributing to reducing harms. In the H...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTickets: ToutingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to consumers of ticket touts operating in the UK.
Answer: The Government recognises that UK consumers have been exploited by ticket touts for too long, which is why we have announced new measures to put fans back at the heart of live events and eliminate the scourge of industrial scale ticket touting. We will pu...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Service Broadcasting: StreamingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to introduce regulation to ensure the (a) prominence of UK public service broadcaster content on YouTube and other major Video Sharing Platforms and (b) distribution of t
Answer: The Department has held a series of Ministerial roundtables with the public service media providers and video sharing platforms to encourage industry led voluntary partnerships ensuring public service media content is made prominent, and on fair terms. Wh...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordStrait of HormuzMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 900125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help re-establish freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Answer: The UK is playing a leading role with France to secure the Strait of Hormuz through a multinational military mission of over 40 nations. HMS DRAGON is in the region. I was in Gibraltar the Friday before last, when RFA LYME BAY left, ready to support with ...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTrastuzumab DeruxtecanDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to make the drug Enhertu is available for people with secondary breast cancer in England.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for East Grinstead and Uckfield on 13 January 2026 to Question 103810.
Answered 28 Apr 2026
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Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the Cancer Plan commitment to define and count recurrent cancers, starting with metastatic breast cancer in 2026.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England collects, curates, quality assures, and analyses data about people with cancer across the whole of England.The NDRS data improvement team is working with National Health Service trusts to pro...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordReligion: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects to make a decision on whether to include Religious Education within the National Curriculum as part of the current curriculum and assessment review; and whether that decision will be subject to
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: Collective WorshipDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Department plans to publish updated guidance on collective worship in state-funded schools in England; and whether there will be a public consultation as part of that review.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the next review of the School Admissions Code will take place; and whether the scope of that review will include admissions arrangements for schools with a religious character, including the use of faith-b
Answer: The department values the contribution schools with a religious character make to a diverse school system, and it is important faith schools can set admissions criteria that work for their local circumstances.The government set out in the ‘Every Child Ach...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDrugs: ResearchHome OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the scheduled January meeting of the cross-government working group on how best to reduce barriers to clinical research with Schedule 1 drugs took place, and whether minutes will be available
Answer: A meeting of the cross-government working group on reducing barriers to research with Schedule 1 drugs took place on 23 January. The working group is comprised of officials from the relevant government departments and regulatory bodies. The group’s role i...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDrugs: ResearchHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the meetings scheduled for the working group on any new issues involving research with controlled drugs during the next six months.
Answer: On 16 July, the Government responded to recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (‘ACMD’) on how best to reduce barriers to clinical research with Schedule 1 drugs. The Government committed to set up a cross-government working grou...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: ResearchHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings have been held of the cross-government officials working group on research with controlled drugs.
Answer: On 16 July, the Government responded to recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (‘ACMD’) on how best to reduce barriers to clinical research with Schedule 1 drugs. The Government committed to set up a cross-government working grou...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
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