The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust will be conducting a clinical risk assessment of every young person who is immediately affected by the decision. The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 provides the following as part of its definition: administer means administer to a human being, (a) orally, by injection, or by introduction into the body in any other way; or, (b) by external application (whether or not by direct application to the body). (Registered 14 July 2022), 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2023, Oversight Board Member of Stay Belvedere Hotels Ltd (provider of accommodation services to meet Her Majesty's Government's requirements). The Government will respond to in due course. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made if the implications for her policies of the findings of the report by the APPG on CBD products entitled Plan for a Legal and Regulated UK Hemp and Cannabis Sector, published on 29 July 2022, on (a) the potential effect of reviewing CBD legislation on urban and rural job creation and tax income for the Government and (b) the potential effect on the CBD industry of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs proposals for the dosage threshold of 50 micrograms of controlled phytocannabinoids per unit of consumption, made to her Department by that body on 17 December 2021. We are in the process of considering their findings and the Government will respond in due course. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Saudi citizens applied for asylum in the UK in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019. This Government is committed to supporting our veterans who have given so much in service of our country (and we have published a refreshed Veterans Strategy Action Plan, on 19 January). Key factors in the JBC risk assessment of each country include: A summary of the JBC methodology is published ongov.uk, alongside key data that supports Ministers' decisions. Making it easy to keep an eye on the UKs parliaments. Controlled drug import licences are issued for individual consignments with reference to the drug substance(s) contained in the shipment. In all but the most exceptional of circumstances, demolitions and evictions are contrary to International Humanitarian Law. That is why there is an exemption so that up to 30 people can attend a funeral. In line with the Court's decision to award MOD 90% of its costs of the limitation issue in the High Court and 100% of its costs in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, MOD recovered 4,000,000 in legal costs from the Claimants' After The Event Insurers giving the net costs figure of 786,939.48. Saudi Arabia remains a Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights priority country, particularly because of the use of the death penalty and restrictions on women's rights, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion or belief. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for the review of the methods it uses in the development of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technology recommendations in England. Read about our approach to external linking. [15][16], In October 2010, Keynes began his degree in Arabic, Persian and Middle Eastern History at Pembroke College, Cambridge. This restriction forms part of the checks and balances that the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs asked the Government to put in place when rescheduling CBPMs to minimise the risk of misuse and diversion. "[45], Blunt is a keen cricketer, representing the Parliamentarians team, alongside fellow MPs Peter Bone and Hugh Robertson. Funding for housing support services is devolved to local authorities through the Local Government Settlement. However, medicines based on psilocybin have not yet been licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) which would address safety, quality and efficacy concerns. The draft Online Safety Bill delivers the governments manifesto commitment to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraphs 4 and 5 on page 3 of her Department's Factsheet on Cannabis, CBD and other cannabinoids, what assessment she has made of the limit of detection that is the appropriate level of sensitivity to accurately determine through laboratory analysis that there are no controlled cannabinoids present in a CBD product and that the product contains CBD in its pure form. previously apologising for saying the same thing. We are aware, through the NERVTAG and PERFORM studies that singing can increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission through the spread of aerosol droplets.this was backed up by a consensus statement from SAGE, resulting in the suggested principles of safer singing being published. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are circumstances under which Specialist Importers may import cannabis-based active pharmaceutical ingredients for use in the manufacturing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the UK. Meanwhile we maintain that it is best practice to keep your dog on a lead around livestock. [11] From 1991 to 1992, Blunt was a representative of the Forum of Private Business. We understand the unique significance that weddings hold in peoples lives but, by their nature they are events that bring families and friends together. 2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 19972015. Member for Reigate of 24 September 2020, Official Report, column 1137, on the Gender Recognition Act Consultation, whether the three clinics announced by the Minister for Women and Equalities in her Written Ministerial Statement of 22 September 2020 were originally identified as pilot clinics by his Department. The UK has supported over 1,300 people to leave Afghanistan since the end of Operation Pitting, this includes over 700 British Nationals and their dependents. These subjects are designed to give pupils the knowledge they need to lead happy, safe, and healthy lives and to foster respect for other people and for difference. on condition that TheyWorkForYou.com is cited as the source. Its women who are the underdogs here, not men who enjoy pretending to be women. The best proven method of preventing a dog from attacking livestock is to keep the dog on a lead when exercising around other animals, as advised by farmers and other keepers of livestock. The Home Office and Public Health England have worked closely with delivery partners in each of the pilot Project ADDER areas to develop a delivery plan based on local need to provide a whole-system response to drugs misuse and drug-related harms locally. The British Government remains committed to upholding the rights and freedoms of LGBT people in all circumstances. In January 2021, the Home Office wrote to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) seeking the Councils advice on how we can strengthen the law on consumer CBD products. All major investments and proposals for funding go through economic appraisal which is conducted in line with Green Book guidance. Receive Alerts on updates or mentions in: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for International Development (Defunct), Department for Exiting the European Union (Defunct), Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill, Industrial Hemp and CBD (Cannabidiol) Product, Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights, Hold a referendum on removing the London Assembly and London Mayor, Offer healthcare workers on tier2 visa ILR after 2 years instead of 5 years, Reinstate tax relief allowing mortgage interest to be set against rental income, Update the Equality Act to make clear the characteristic sex is biological sex, We call upon the Government to hold a Public Inquiry into the impact of Brexit, Fund 30 hours free childcare from age 1 for families where both parents work. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are circumstances under which Specialist Importers of cannabis-based products for medicinal use are permitted to import that product in bulk. Vulnerable populations will experience COVID 19 outbreaks differently. Ahmad Khan. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are not made with natural rubber latex. The Government has made no recent assessment of the potential merits of rescheduling psilocybin, which remains a Schedule 1 substance under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (the 2001 Regulations). [39][43] In December that year, he participated in the IISS Manama Dialogue at the 12th Regional Security Summit in Bahrain and posed a question on the practical ways by which they could move constructive dialogue with Russia forward having identified shared interestsin defeating extremism and ending bloodshed in Syria, considering their "disagreements on the causes, solutions, and desired end states of these two problems". The UK's approach to making public statements in cases of attacks on LGBT+ defenders is always informed by advice from civil society groups on the ground. We will continue to call for political detainees, including women's rights defenders, to be given adequate legal representation. [25] His first notable film part was at the age of ten playing the role of young Enzo Ferrari in the biopic film Ferrari (2003), directed by Carlo Carlei, which depicts Ferrari's rise from a successful race driver to one of the most famous entrepreneurs of all time.[26]. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for consultation in advance of its forthcoming long term drug strategy. This can be reviewed at the following links: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/human-papilloma-virus-hpv/, https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cervical-screening-programme-overview. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst were evacuated under Op Pitting and now reside in the UK; and what proportion of these were accompanied by family members or dependants. [44] In February 2017, on behalf of the Qatar All-Party Parliamentary Group, he visited Qatar to meet ministers and officials, visit sites in development for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and discuss issues of bilateral relations and regional crises. This report is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports. The delivery by Homes England and the Greater London Authority is based on bids from providers who are encouraged to discuss proposals with local areas. (Registered 21 September 2021; updated 29 June 2022). The Department has made no assessment of limits of detection in relation to testing for the presence of controlled cannabinoids in CBD products. As the records no longer exist, it is not possible to quantify how many records have been destroyed. Reward based training which includes the use of things that dogs like or want is widely regarded as the preferred form of training dogs. Published on January 14, 2015, it has been widely reported in the media and cited by foreign policy think tanks. In 2020/21 the UK committed 5.47 million to targeted international LGBT+ rights programmes. [32], A long-term Eurosceptic, Blunt issued a pamphlet in 1998 when first elected to parliament which called for an in-out referendum. The Bill makes clear the importance of ensuring the UK is an attractive place to bring new products to market and conduct clinical trials, specifying that before making any regulations under the Bill, the Secretary of State must consider this point. "It was a force for good, where the needs of LGBT people could be heard and understood. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will support the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to undertake its methods and processes in a way that (a) enables the attractiveness of the UK as a place to conduct clinical trials or supply human medicines and (b) enables that organisation to fulfil its statutory duty to promote innovation. For this reason, on 9 April, further guidance was circulated across DFID highlighting that inclusion must be central to our response to COVID 19 and the specific contexts and needs of vulnerable people such as LGBT people should be taken into account when developing practical programmes to tackle COVID 19. Blunt argued that Townsends messaging propagates dangerous myths that trans women represent a physical threat to cisgender [non transgender] women. The NCA has led a number of investigations under Operation VENETIC and publish regular press notices on the outcomes of these investigations. The National Institute for Health Research welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Three new clinics were announced earlier this year. Defras research into electric shock collars is available here: Science Search (defra.gov.uk) . A commemorative event following a persons death may be held following the funeral including a wake, stone setting or scattering of ashes. [46] He is also a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. Commons Actions - To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear test veterans have submitted claims under any compensation scheme; and how many of those claims have been successful. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2020 to Question 6165 on Drugs: Misuse, what the evidential basis is for suggestion that drug consumption clinics encourage drug use; what assessment she has made of the consistency of her policy on drug consumption clinics with the findings of the reports entitled (a) Reducing opioid-related deaths in the UK, published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in December 2016 and (b) What is the current evidence for the efficacy of drug consumption rooms?, published by Public Health England in March 2019, that there was no evidence that drug consumption clinics increase drug use; and what her policy is on evidence-based approaches to reduce the health-related harms of drug misuse. The advice makes clear that schools should make appropriate provision for a bullied child's social, emotional, and mental health needs. We are currently reviewing all aspects of PCR testing in light of this potential risk. In July 1997, he was elected as Secretary of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee and the Conservative Middle East Council. Natural England have also published a refreshed version of the Countryside Code, which makes specific reference to keeping dogs in sight and under control to make sure they stay away from livestock, wildlife, horses and other people unless invited. (Registered 29 November 2022), 24 June 2022, received 70 for a survey completed on 12 May 2022. In 2021, 98% of parents received an offer from one of their top three choices of primary school, while 93.4% received offers from one of their top three choices of secondary school. 28 million for Project ADDER a new intensive approach to tackling drug misuse, which combines targeted and tougher policing with diversionary schemes and enhanced treatment and recovery services. Alexander Amin Caspar Keynes (born 5 September 1991) [1] [a] is an English political adviser and former actor. In 2019, the Drugs and Firearms Licensing unit issued to premises in Great Britain 362 domestic licences covering possession of schedule 1 drugs. All rights reserved. [44][non-primary source needed] He later stated regret for that part of his voting record. This was lawful, fully in line with appropriate Government policy on data protection, and mirrored Government policy in civilian life. This forms part of cross departmental work on combatting drug misuse, including support for those moving from custody to the community. We have also committed to producing the National Model Design Code this year which will set detailed standards for key elements of successful design. Defras codes of practice provide owners and keepers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, as required under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. As ITV reporter Harry Horton notes, Blunt only attended the defence and summing up of the trial; he was not present to see any of the prosecution witnesses. locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer where cisplatin is unsuitable, ROS1-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer after second response to chemotherapy, Relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma, relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, adjuvant treatment of resected melanoma with high risk of recurrence, Pembrolizumab (with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy), adjuvant treatment of resected stage III and IV melanoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more systemic therapies, relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more systemic therapies, HER2-negative breast cancer after endocrine therapy, in combination with fulvestrant for treating advanced hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, maintenance treatment of newly diagnosed BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer, after response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy, Pembrolizumab with carboplatin and paclitaxel, maintenance treatment of relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer, Palbociclib in combination with fulvestrant, advanced, HR+ HER2- breast cancer after endocrine therapy, maintenance treatment of BRCA-mutated platinum sensitive relapsed ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer, after response to platinum-based chemotherapy. Under the new arrangements, NICE now appraises all new cancer drugs, and NICE is able to recommend a drug for use through the CDF where there is too much uncertainty to be able to recommend routine use. [12] In 1993, he was appointed as Special Adviser to Malcolm Rifkind, the then-Secretary of State for Defence, and worked in the same capacity when Rifkind became Foreign Secretary between 1995 and 1997. The clinics are based in London, Manchester, and Cheshire and Merseyside. This includes both coroner-confirmed suicides and open verdict deaths, in line with the definition used by the Office for National Statistics. Our overseas missions prioritise engagement with local human rights defenders and we have consistently committed funding to targeted international LGBT+ rights programmes. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make it its policy to issue travel documents to children born in the UK to parents from Hong Kong on the British National (Overseas) visa so that those families are not required to enter Chinese consulate grounds. As the UK is no longer a member of EMCDDA, it does not take part in the annual reporting process. The number of UK Armed Forces personnel who died during active service in each of the specified conflicts is presented in the following table: UK Armed Forces deaths as a result of operations in Gulf 1, Iraq and Afghanistan, as of 28 February 2022. Crispin Blunt campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC Health Home Office Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Department of Health and Social Care Home Department Departmental Data Protection Drugs: Misuse Vaccination Departmental Lost Property Middle East Currently held offices "I remember when the gravity of the situation dawned on me. [26] He performed his own complex stunts: jumping into the ditch, sword fighting, and horse riding. The Tory MP yesterday made an extraordinary intervention in the case of Imran Ahmad Khan, the Wakefield backbencher found guilty of the sexual assault. Drugs are designated and placed in Schedule 1 to the 2001 Regulations if they have no recognised therapeutic use in the UK, as is currently the case for 2C-B. Such advice is a statutory requirement and will be considered before any decision is taken on scheduling under the 2001 Regulations. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2020 to Question 11461 on Drugs: Misuse, for what reason the crimes referred to in that Answer that would be associated with a medically supervised drug consumption clinic do not apply to (a) needle and syringe programmes for injecting drug users and (b) other programmes and services that engage those users. [27][49][50] He plays cricket and football, and is a supporter of Arsenal Football Club. Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. Discover who represents you, how theyve voted and what theyve said in debates simply and clearly. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps Public Health England plans to take to assess the effectiveness of the HPV vaccination programme. The UK recognises that LGBTI civil society organisations(CSOs) and Human Rights Defenders play an essential role in promoting and protecting LGBTI human rights. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2020 to Question 98661 on Funerals: Coronavirus, what is defined as a funeral for the purposes of covid-19 restrictions on attendance, and what the policy is on multiple events for one deceased individual. See more detail on votes during the COVID-19 period here. Voted to overhaul Parliament's standards system in an attempt to prevent Owen Paterson 's suspension over lobbying. The conduct of this case relied on lazy tropes about LGBT+ people that we might have thought we had put behind us decades ago. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2020 to Question 11461, whether her Department has received written legal opinion on the provisions in law that would be engaged by the operation of medically supervised Drug Consumption Clinics. Psilocin is subject to the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, to which the United Kingdom is signatory. Blunt is clearly indifferent to that. Thus, Service Personnel dismissed or discharged in respect of their sexuality retained their accrued pension rights and are, therefore, out of scope of the IR. On his father's side, Keynes is of English descent, and is the grandson of physiologist Richard Keynes, the nephew of two Cambridge professors, the historian Simon Keynes, and the neuroscientist Roger Keynes, the cousin of Catholic writer and apologist Laura Keynes,[9][10] and the great-great-nephew of economist John Maynard Keynes. The latest data relates to the year ending December 2019. Keynes' great-grandparents were Nobel Prize laureate Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian and Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian. This mirrors the findings of the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, and our ambitious response - the Inclusive Britain strategy, which highlighted the importance of a whole system approach. The UK will not sign the Treaty and will not send Observers to the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW. Moreover, the Code helpfully sets out certain legal requirements, encouraging visitors to always check local signs as there are locations where you must keep your dog on a lead around livestock for all or part of the year. We will keep this under review. In May 1997, Crispin was elected to Parliament as Member for Reigate in Surrey. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs' Full Council has . To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2021 to Question 11460, if she will ask the ACMD to advise whether alcohol and tobacco should be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and for what reasons her Department makes a distinction between alcohol and tobacco and controlled drugs when there is no provision in the MDA that specifically excludes legally regulated drugs such as alcohol and tobacco. Our approach will empower adult users to keep themselves safe online, while ensuring children are protected and maintaining robust protections for freedom of expression. To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made on whether online content that is considered to be blasphemous would fall within the remit of lawful but harmful content as defined within the Online Safety Bill. The creation of an Innovative Medicines Fund will also build on the success of the Cancer Drugs Fund and support access to the most advanced medicines for patients with rare diseases. It is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-drugs-phase-one-report. Crispin Blunt was born in 1960 and was educated at Wellington College and The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he won the Queen's Medal, gaining a Regular Commission. If the prime minister wanted to establish the values of Global Britain on human rights then "it is hardly the moment to dispose of your experts," he added. [27] At Cambridge, he was a Rugby varsity player and played football with Freddie Highmore. Whilst it is not possible to define an overall cost for this complex, large scale multi agency operation, over 56 million in criminal cash has so far been seized as a result of this operation. Nuclear Test Veterans who believe they have suffered ill health due to service may apply for no-fault compensation under the War Pensions Scheme. Through the Task and Finish Group we worked closely with delivery partners to develop a monitoring framework for the programme including reports on the numbers of lines closed. All eligible Afghans who attended RMAS were granted sponsorship under Operation PITTING, including those who did not complete the Commissioning Course and those who commenced training after August 2021. We are keen to align this work with any recommendations stemming from Part two of Dame Carol Blacks review, which is due for publication shortly. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 3.21 of the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access, when NICE will review the process and methods for the highly specialised technology evaluation programme; and what methodology will be used in that review. In 2020/21 the UK committed about 5.5 million to targeted international LGBT+ rights programmes. To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help (a) tackle transphobic bullying inschools. If the patient intends to continue on puberty blockers or progress onto cross sex hormones, the lead clinician must make a best interests application to the Court for final determination of that individuals needs. The UK Government works to ensure that all aid reaches the most vulnerable including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. I would have just said if anyone had asked me: politicians have a unique lifestyle, it doesn't suit everybody and there is a long history of parliamentary marriages breaking down. He returned as Edmund in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third installment of The Chronicles of Narnia, directed by Michael Apted, filmed in Australia and released in December 2010, grossing $415.7 million worldwide. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs regularly provides advice on substances, and these are published on the gov.uk website. The county lines business model remains heavily weighted towards the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. In 2010 and 2011, in line with Government policy agreed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the Home Office (HO), and Ministry of Justice (MOJ), the MOD enacted policy to destroy legacy police investigative records concerning decriminalised sexual offences so that historical decriminalised convictions would not show up on criminal record checks of Service Personnel. Whilst I cannot pre-empt the contents of the review, I can give assurances that the well-being of the men and women who serve in our Armed Forces is of the utmost importance. Alongside the IMF, we will continue to support the Early Access to Medicines Scheme, which is a key part of the Governments commitment to accelerating patient access to innovative, life-changing treatments. Member for Reigate sent on 5 December 2021 on behalf of a constituent regarding student nurse placement hours. Where companies are willing to price their drugs fairly in a way that reflects the benefits they bring to patients, NICE has been able to recommend a number of orphan medicines for routine NHS funding through its technology appraisal programme. The assessment found that county lines continue to be at the forefront of drug supply nationally and have evolved in response to environmental changes. The new services will provide the range of services available from an established gender dysphoria clinic.