Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of people with Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis diagnosed following an A&E attendance, emergency hospital admission, or emergency surgery over the past 12 months.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not hold the specific information the Hon. Member has requested, but on the wider issue of diagnosis and treatment for these conditions, I refer him to the answer provided on 27 May in response to Question 2655.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a delayed diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on A&E capacity over the past 12 months.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not hold the specific information the Hon. Member has requested, but on the wider issue of diagnosis and treatment for these conditions, I refer him to the answer provided on 27 May in response to Question 2655.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will set out a timeline for the delivery of funding for the Lobular Moonshot Project.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 5 March 2026 in response to Question 11605.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support Enhertu being made available in England.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon. Members to the answer provided on 17 July to Question 17825.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to issue police pensions.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Responsibility for the administration of the police pension scheme lies with individual police forces, with each Chief Constable acting as scheme manager under the police pension regulations. Pension administrators are appointed and managed locally by forces.
The Home Office continues to engage with policing partners on issues affecting the administration of police pension schemes and recognises the importance of members receiving timely and accurate pension information.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to process compensation claims for veterans with (a) tinnitus and (b) hearing loss.
Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)
Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) legal claims are subject to a formal legal process. It takes time to investigate each individual claim and to comply with the requirements of the courts and the Civil Procedure Rules. While it is not possible to provide a timeline, the MOD is committed to progressing cases as swiftly as possible and, where appropriate, reach settlement.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays to the War Pension Scheme.
Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)
The MOD has introduced a range of measures to improve War Pension Scheme claim processing times. These include flexible resource management, allowing teams to reallocate staff as needed and training personnel in multiple skillsets to enhance efficiency and resilience.
To accelerate the clearance of outstanding claims, overtime and weekend working have been implemented alongside the additional recruitment of administrative and caseworker staff.
Furthermore, a dedicated taskforce has been established to support service delivery improvements. This taskforce focuses on stabilising the system, monitoring operational performance, and identifying areas for improvement.
Throughout the claims process, all cases are managed in strict date order at every stage to ensure fairness, with priority given to those with a terminal illness and to claimants over the age of 90.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to ensure national bus operators meet their contractual obligations.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
For bus services which are run under contract to local authorities, the local authority is responsible for enforcing those contracts.
Bus services which are run on a commercial basis are not subject to a contract but are subject to regulation by the Traffic Commissioner. A complaint about failure to run an advertised service in England outside London should in the first instance be made to the bus operator. If the response is unsatisfactory, Bus Users UK has a scheme to handle complaints https://bususers.org/make-a-complaint/.
Alternatively, for persistent or serious failures, passengers may complain directly to the Office of the Traffic Commissioners via their website.
In London, all complaints about buses should be made to Transport for London.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to use the Healthy Food Standard to help ensure that supermarkets provide a range of affordable, healthy products in smaller convenience stores.
Answered by Sharon Hodgson
Healthier food targets and reporting is intended to improve the healthiness of food sales. We will consult soon on the design of the measures, a key aspect of which is to allow businesses flexibility to improve the healthiness of their sales in ways that best reflect their product portfolio and business model. For example, changing store layout, price points, or the reformulation of products. The consultation will also invite views on the size of the business in scope.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the hospice sector.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales
Hospices play a vital role in palliative care.