Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential relationship between environmental criteria in the Social Value Model and the Government's commitment that 50% of publicly procured food should be local or produced to higher environmental standards.
Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The government remains committed to its ambition of 50% local or higher environmental product standards.
Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether public bodies will continue to be able to take account of environmental outcomes when evaluating bids for food procurement contracts under the revised Social Value Model.
Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The government remains committed to its ambition of 50% local or higher environmental product standards.
Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) geographical distribution of clinicians with specialist expertise in (i) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, (ii) Corticobasal Degeneration and (iii) other atypical parkinsonian conditions.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
All consultant neurologists are trained to recognise, diagnose, and initiate management of atypical parkinsonian conditions, including Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration. Patients across England access specialist expertise through established networked care arrangements. District general hospitals have referral pathways to movement disorder specialists, and all specialised neurology centres provide dedicated movement disorder services, ensuring complex cases can be assessed by clinicians with appropriate expertise regardless of geographical location.
The Department does not collect condition‑specific data on referrals, waiting times, or diagnosis for progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, or other atypical parkinsonian conditions, as outpatient diagnoses are not routinely coded within National Health Service datasets. NHS England continues to strengthen pathways for timely recognition and referral of complex movement disorders through the specialised neurology service specification and integrated neurology networks, although condition‑specific diagnostic and waiting‑time data are not currently available. The specialised neurology service specification is available at the following link:
Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to improve the collection of condition-specific data on (a) referrals, (b) waiting times and (c) diagnosis for (i) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, (ii) Corticobasal Degeneration and (c) other atypical parkinsonian conditions.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
All consultant neurologists are trained to recognise, diagnose, and initiate management of atypical parkinsonian conditions, including Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration. Patients across England access specialist expertise through established networked care arrangements. District general hospitals have referral pathways to movement disorder specialists, and all specialised neurology centres provide dedicated movement disorder services, ensuring complex cases can be assessed by clinicians with appropriate expertise regardless of geographical location.
The Department does not collect condition‑specific data on referrals, waiting times, or diagnosis for progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, or other atypical parkinsonian conditions, as outpatient diagnoses are not routinely coded within National Health Service datasets. NHS England continues to strengthen pathways for timely recognition and referral of complex movement disorders through the specialised neurology service specification and integrated neurology networks, although condition‑specific diagnostic and waiting‑time data are not currently available. The specialised neurology service specification is available at the following link:
Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the revised Approved Document B includes an evidence-based route for demonstrating compliance for building-integrated green infrastructure, including living walls and green roofs, through whole-system fire performance assessment where appropriate.
Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Government consulted on proposed changes to Approved Document B and no final decisions have been taken. The Building Safety Regulator is currently analysing consultation responses and supporting evidence, including views relating to living walls, green roofs and other forms of green infrastructure on non-residential buildings of all heights. The Government will consider the advice of the Building Safety Regulator and the evidence received through the consultation before making any decisions on changes to the guidance, including consideration of evidence relating to approaches for demonstrating compliance with the Building Regulations. The Government has no plans to update the impact assessment for the proposed changes to Approved Document B.
Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will update the impact assessment for the proposed revisions to Approved Document B to include the potential effects on (a) urban greening in England, (b) biodiversity delivery, (c) project viability and (d) the green infrastructure supply chain.
Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Government consulted on proposed changes to Approved Document B and no final decisions have been taken. The Building Safety Regulator is currently analysing consultation responses and supporting evidence, including views relating to living walls, green roofs and other forms of green infrastructure on non-residential buildings of all heights. The Government will consider the advice of the Building Safety Regulator and the evidence received through the consultation before making any decisions on changes to the guidance, including consideration of evidence relating to approaches for demonstrating compliance with the Building Regulations. The Government has no plans to update the impact assessment for the proposed changes to Approved Document B.
Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed revisions to Approved Document B on the installation of living walls and green roofs on non-residential buildings with a storey at least 18 metres above ground level.
Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Government consulted on proposed changes to Approved Document B and no final decisions have been taken. The Building Safety Regulator is currently analysing consultation responses and supporting evidence, including views relating to living walls, green roofs and other forms of green infrastructure on non-residential buildings of all heights. The Government will consider the advice of the Building Safety Regulator and the evidence received through the consultation before making any decisions on changes to the guidance, including consideration of evidence relating to approaches for demonstrating compliance with the Building Regulations. The Government has no plans to update the impact assessment for the proposed changes to Approved Document B.
Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's timetable is on making a decision on whether to introduce a ban on the importation of foie gras.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and is committed to delivering the most ambitious animal welfare programme in a generation, as set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy.
It has made clear that the production of foie gras from ducks or geese using force feeding raises serious welfare concerns. Production using force feeding has been banned in the UK for nearly 20 years as it is not compatible with our animal welfare legislation.
This Government remains committed to maintaining and enhancing animal welfare standards and recognises the strength of public feeling on this issue.
Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's document entitled Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals: Great Britain 2025, updated on 9 July 2026, for what reason harms arising from transportation are excluded from severity assessments, including for cynomolgus monkeys born in Africa or Asia used in procedures; and whether she plans to revise the severity assessment framework to include such harms in future.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, severity assessments measure harms to an animal during a regulated procedure and reflect the highest severity experienced during that procedure, including any cumulative procedural effects. Harms arising from non-procedural events, such as transport and housing, are therefore not within the scope of the severity assessment framework. These matters are instead addressed through separate welfare, transport, licensing and care requirements.
Asked by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the commitment in the Animal Welfare Strategy for England to introduce humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish, when the Government plans to launch its consultation; whether the consultation will cover recommendations 96, 98 to 101, 106 and 107 of the Animal Welfare Committee’s updated opinion on farmed fish at the time of killing; and by what date she expects legislation to be in force.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
As laid out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, and following the Animal Welfare Committee’s report on the topic, we will consult on introducing humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish into legislation. Further details will be set out in due course.