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To ask His Majesty's Government what is the source of increased funding for climate adaptation announced by the Prime Minister at COP27 on 7 November; and whether this funding will be taken from (1) the Overseas Aid Budget, or (2) the funding previously a...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing an import ban on (1) all products produced by forced labour, and (2) on products produced by all Chinese companies listed as exploiting forced labour.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 27 October (HL2653), on what basis they can provide for the Cold Weather Payment being £25; when they undertook their last review into the appropriateness of that ...
To ask His Majesty's Government how they are publicising to (1) claimants, and (2) advisers, the facility that exists for claimants to make and maintain a universal credit claim not online in cases where they would have difficulty with a digital claim; an...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on UK pension funds of the fall of the Hang Seng Index.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the impact that the practice of stopping and reviewing benefits for disabled people who earn over a certain monthly threshold has had on the advertising industry’s project to incre...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the disparity between the average ages at which men and women leave the nursing profession.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies Factors associated with staff retention in the NHS acute sector, published on 23 August, which found a disparity in the ages at which men and ...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report The state of health care and adult social care in England 2021/22 by the Care Quality Commission, published on 21 October, which found that, due to a lack of capacity in social care, just two in five ...
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with rolling-out the capacity alerts system for the NHS e-referral service; and when they intend to make that a requirement for all referrals from general practice.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ensure a consistent approach across all Integrated Care Boards that allows for the timely accreditation of providers of (1) new, and (2) additional, patient services under the Any Qualified ...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of (1) accountability, and (2) governance, mechanisms around the (a) safety, and (b) performance, of homecare medicines services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the impact of underperformance of homecare medicines services on (1) patient safety, and (2) early treatment initiation; and what steps they are taking to mitigate any such impact.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of concerns about the (1) safety, and (2) performance, of homecare medicines services in NHS (a) contracts, and (b) framework agreements; and what steps are being taken to mitigate any concern...
To ask His Majesty's Government why a commissioning recommendation by NICE on Evusheld takes nearly a year to make; and whether they will expedite the appraisal of Evusheld by NICE by allocating it increased resources so the decision is made before 25 Dec...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the merits of establishing a Gene Therapy and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) taskforce.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) have been identified through NHS horizon scanning are anticipated to launch in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, (3) 2025, (4) 2026, and (5) 2027.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following their commitment in the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2022, published on 28 February, when they will publish their strategic approach to gene therapies.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to increase the number of clinical placements available to nurses; and if so, (1) by how many, and (2) when.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to develop new routes into the nursing profession.