Lisa Smart MP: written questions 2025
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Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: Domestic AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to advocate reform of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to better protect victims of domestic violence.
Answer: The UK supports the work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on their multilateral Conventions, including the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention, and works with other States Party to that Convention to improve its operation. The UK is ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAbduction: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, what steps she is taking to ensure the definition in UK law of "grave risk of harm
Answer: There is no legal definition of “grave risk of harm” in England and Wales. In the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention court cases about the return of a child where one of the parties seeks to demonstrate there is a grave risk of harm under Article 13(b)...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Minister for Health and Secondary Care plans to respond to the correspondence of 6 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Hazel Grove on funding for Stepping Hill Hospital.
Answer: I replied to the hon. Member on 29 January 2025.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSemaglutideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support and (b) encourage Integrated Care Boards to prescribe semaglutide for weight management.
Answer: Obesity medicines can be effective for some patients living with obesity when prescribed alongside diet, physical activity, and behavioural support. Exactly what is most appropriate for an individual is down to health care professionals to advise, in disc...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSemaglutide: Hazel GroveDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of semaglutide in Hazel Grove constituency.
Answer: The Department monitors and manages medicine supply at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information on stock levels within individual constituencies is not held centrally. The Department is not aware of a...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-native Species: Weed ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will require landowners to remove invasive plant species including those listed under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 from their land.
Answer: The Government takes invasive species seriously and has legislated to tackle the spread of invasive plants. The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 does not impose an explicit obligation for landowners to manage plant species listed under Schedule 9 not int...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCourt of ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays in processing times for Deputyship applications by the Court of Protection.
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service is focused on increasing outputs to reduce the overall timeliness on all types of applications and to reduce delays in processing times. HMCTS has implemented a number of different measures which includes a targeted actio...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Women's RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help support the rights of women in Afghanistan.
Answer: We condemn the Taliban’s destruction of nearly every element of women and girls’ freedoms. FCDO officials engage with the Taliban to urge them to reverse their barbaric decisions and we work with our international partners to maintain collective pressure....
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include Annatto (E160b) on the list of allergens that must be labelled under UK food labelling regulations.
Answer: There are many potential food ingredients that may cause an allergic reaction to sensitised people. The current 14 regulated allergens are recognised as being the most common and potent allergens of public health concern across Europe. Further informati...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLyme Disease: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis and recognition of Lyme Disease.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire on 12 November 2024 to Question 13156.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the scheduled ending of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme in March 2025 on local projects aimed at restoring listed plac
Answer: The Department monitors the implementation and impact of the grant scheme through the regular reporting of the grant administrator. Since 2010, the grant scheme has returned over £350 million to listed places of worship. We are aware of the importance of ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCourt of ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the average processing times for deputyship applications by the Court of Protection.
Answer: Data on the average processing time for deputyship applications, from receipt to disposal by the Court of Protection, is not currently available.The court has recently migrated to a new case management system and work is in hand as part of the HMCTS data ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGivinostat: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage NHS trusts in Greater Manchester to participate in the Early Access Programme for Givinostat and (b) to help tackle barriers to participation.
Answer: NHS England does not have any initiatives to encourage participation in compassionate use schemes, which are the responsibility of individual pharmaceutical companies.Participation in the Early Access Programme (EAP) for givinostat, which must be through ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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