Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to implement his forthcoming dementia strategy.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
We are reviewing plans for dementia in England and further information will be available in due course.
Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help support preparations for the rebuilding of Ukraine.
Answered by James Cleverly
The Prime Minister has made clear our commitment to help preserve the viability of the Ukrainian state and to support reconstruction wherever possible. We are working with the Ukrainian Government to identify their needs and will attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference in July. The UK has also led efforts to support Ukraine with economic, military and humanitarian support. We have committed support totalling over $3 billion so far.
Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question
To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the role of nature in delivering agreements made at COP26.
Answered by Rebecca Pow
Nature-based solutions have the potential to deliver up to a third of the cost-effective mitigation required by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement’s 2-degree goal. They are also central to adaptation.
At COP26, we brought nature into the heart of the summit for the first time. 143 countries, representing 91% of the world’s forests, pledged to collectively halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.
We are now focused on implementation, and are working with partners throughout our Presidency to turn commitments into action.
Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask St George's Hospital Trust and NHSI to review urgently the findings of the Lewis Review into Cardiac Surgery at St George's Hospital, in the context of the Senior Coroner Professor Wilcox of Westminster Coroner's Court having called into question the conclusions of that Report in the 38 cases which have been heard before the Court and for which the GMC has decided that there is no need for a formal investigation into the medical professionals involved.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
There are no current plans for the Department to ask the Trust or NHS England and NHS Improvement to review the findings of the NHS Improvement Independent External Mortality Review relating to cardiac surgery at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, published in March 2020.
Although the report was not formally sent to the medical profession’s regulator, the General Medical Council, for consideration, individual surgeons were referred. Oversight of the unit was maintained by NHS England.
Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask St George's Hospital Trust and NHSI to review urgently the findings of the Lewis Review into Cardiac Surgery at St George's Hospital, in the context of the Senior Coroner Professor Wilcox of Westminster Coroner's Court having called into question the conclusions of that Report in the 38 cases which have been been heard before the Court and for which the GMC has decided that there is no need for a formal investigation into the medical professionals involved.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve dementia diagnosis rates in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in national dementia diagnosis rates in England from March 2021 to March 2022.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Iranian counterpart on the (a) release of Morad Tahbaz and (b) the removal of travel restrictions imposed by that country on Mr Tahbaz's wife.
Answered by James Cleverly
The Iranian Government committed to releasing Morad from prison on indefinite furlough alongside the lifting of his wife, Vida's, travel ban and has failed to honour that commitment. Continuing his horrendous ordeal sends a clear message to the international community that Iran does not honour its commitments. We continue to urge the Iranian authorities at every opportunity to release him immediately and allow his wife to leave Iran. Morad is a tri-national and we are working closely with the United States to secure both his and his wife's permanent release and departure from Iran.
Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the electric vehicle charging network is (a) comprehensive and (b) user friendly.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
Our infrastructure strategy will ensure public chargepoints are in place to support those without off-street parking and to enable long distance journeys.
Of the £2.5 billion of Government funding committed to the EV transition since 2020, over £1.6 billion will be used to support charging infrastructure.
Our infrastructure strategy will ensure public chargepoints are in place to support those without off-street parking and to enable long distance journeys. We expect at least ten times more public chargepoints to be installed across the UK by the end of the decade, bringing the number to around 300,000 by 2030.
Drivers will benefit from easier payment methods as well as the ability to compare prices and access real-time information about chargepoints. We will ensure there is a 99% reliability rate at rapid chargepoints. Chargepoints will need to have open data so that they are easy to find using maps and apps.
To ensure that the transition to electric vehicles takes place in every part of the country, we are pledging at least £500m to support local chargepoint provision. As part of this, the £450m Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) fund will support local authorities to work with industry and transform the availability of charging for drivers without off-street parking. We have launched a £10m pilot as a springboard for the development of the full fund.
Asked by: Felicity Buchan (Conservative - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending section 68 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to raise the maximum value of fixed penalty notices.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The Government introduced Public Spaces Protection Orders through section 68 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (the ‘2014 Act’) to enable local authorities to tackle anti-social behaviour in public spaces.
The powers in the 2014 Act are local in nature, and it is for local agencies to determine whether their use is appropriate in specific circumstances, as they are best placed to understand the needs of their community and the most appropriate response.
There are no plans to raise the maximum value of fixed penalty notices in relation to Public Space Protection Orders. However, the Home Office does keep such matters under review.