We will update this information if the situation changes. 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the finding in research by NFU Mutual, published on 7 February 2023, that 39 per cent of dog owners surveyed stated that their dog does not always respond to their command to return; if she will take steps to increase the number of dogs receiving training to prevent sheep worrying; and whether her Department has conducted research on the potential impact of such training on the number of dog attacks on sheep. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2020 to Question 18744 on Medical Treatments: Innovation,whether he plans to hold a public consultation on his proposals for an innovative medicines fund. We are fundamentally opposed to all forms of discrimination and work to uphold the rights and freedoms of LGBT+ people in all circumstances. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the NHS Commercial Framework on access to medicines through managed access agreements. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes all aspects of the health and wellbeing of its personnel very seriously. While we endeavour to reply to cases within 20 working days, the increased volumes of correspondence have led to backlog of cases, which officials are addressing as quickly as possible. Faith schools have played an important role in our education system for many years. To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of alternatives to e-collars for dogs on reducing the instances of dogs attacking livestock. Use of NPS among those aged 16 to 59 as part of the drug misuse module of the Crime Survey for England and Wales; Use of NPS among 10 to 15 year olds in the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use survey; People entering treatment for problems with NPS; and, The UK Government appointed Dr Ed Day as the Governments Recovery Champion to provide national leadership around key aspects of the drug recovery agenda and advisetheGovernment on where improvements can be made. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department and NHS England are taking to support the mental health and wellbeing of patients whose treatment has been suspended or cancelled following the judgment in Bell v Tavistock. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many schedule 1 (a) domestic and (b) import licences cannabis and cannabis-based products were granted in 2019. [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. I receive 15,000 per annum, paid monthly following invoice. [29] In 2011, the cast was nominated for Best Performance in a Feature Film Young Ensemble Cast at the Young Artist Awards 2011. To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average length of time is applicants have had to wait since 1 January 2020 to have an appeal heard (a) against a planning authority's decision against development of more than one home and (b) planning enforcement decisions by a planning authority. Blunt timed his resignation so that it became public after the polls closed but before the results were declared.[16]. We are concerned about the continued detention of women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia. Keynes, however - now 26 - decided to turn his back on acting altogether, reportedly in favour of politics; specifically the Conservative party. To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had a Pension Wise guidance appointment (a) by telephone and (b) in person in the South East between April 2019 and March 2020. The Home Office works with the Food Standards Agency on the issue of CBD products, given our respective responsibilities for the regulation of controlled drugs and novel foods. The largest and riskiest services will be required to set out their policies regarding content that is legal but harmful to adults and enforce these consistently. Copyright 2023 Crispin Blunt MP Reigate. Born on July 15 1960, Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt is the son of Major General Peter Blunt and Adrienne. My previous answer to Question UIN 105327 on 31 January 2022 sets out the position on the provision of local housing support services. 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. In July last year, DHSC announced the second part of the review led by Dame Carol to look at prevention, treatment and recovery which will be published later this year. Psilocybin, as an ester of psilocin, is controlled as a Class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and is placed in Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. Statutory guidance is clear that members of the regular Armed Forces, their bereaved spouses and civil partners, and seriously injured reservists, must not be disqualified for an allocation of social housing because they lack a local connection to an area. The Government is aware of the differing views on Drug Consumption Rooms and that they are subject to much debate. In 2019, the Drugs and Firearms Licensing unit issued to premises in Great Britain 362 domestic licences covering possession of schedule 1 drugs. The advice makes clear that schools should make appropriate provision for a bullied child's social, emotional, and mental health needs. In order to ensure we do all we can to tackle the harms drug misuse causes, Dame Carol Black is leading an independent review, part two of which focuses on treatment and recovery support for people substance misuse problems. The County Lines Programme and Project ADDER is monitored at a number of levels including by the Combating Drug Misuse Delivery Board. 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. Whilst sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, we are committed to tackling the deep-rooted reasons why people from ethnic minorities are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, including the disproportionate criminalisation of ethnic minorities for drug offences. Violence Reduction Units and police forces work with local partners to understand and tackle the drivers of violence in their area. Cecil's two brothers were Albert Hourani, a historian of the Middle East, and George Hourani, philosopher, historian, and classicist. [38], Blunt is one of the most prominent Conservative advocates of transgender rights. [15] He decided to resign at that time in the expectation that the Conservative Party would make over 500 gains in the 2003 local government elections, but in the belief that these would be achieved in spite of, rather than because of, Duncan Smith's leadership. The destruction of investigative records did not include personnel service records, which remain intact. The Government does not believe the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will bring us closer to a world without nuclear weapons. While the UK Government continues to support a range of evidence-based approaches to reduce the health-related harms of drug misuse, we must not do anything that encourages the consumption of drugs. He enjoyed the action-oriented stuntwork, touring New Zealand, Prague, Slovenia, Poland, and Czech Republic within seven months of shooting. To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to work with LGBTI defenders at risk around the world; and if he will incorporate objectives on improving protection for LGBTI defenders into relevant Departmental plans. 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. Stonewall was "keen to continue working with the government to progress LGBT+ rights", she added, and she urged the government to ensure the new advisory panel included experts on "both domestic and global LGBT+ policy". As the records no longer exist, it is not possible to quantify how many records have been destroyed. Crispin Blunt - Wikipedia "The Minister for Women & Equalities has written to panel members to thank them for their contributions, and plans for a replacement for the Panel will be set out in due course. [41], Blunt married Victoria Jenkins in September 1990 in Kensington and they have a daughter, Claudia (born March 1992), and son, Frederick (born August 1994). ", The panel was set up as part of an LGBT Action Plan, established under Theresa May. Likewise as Commonwealth Chair-in-Office, the UK continues to raise the importance of countering discrimination within the Commonwealth, including on grounds of gender identity or sexual orientation. 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. The Home Office has established the County Lines Task and Finish Group to oversee delivery of the County Lines programme. That is why we have committed 148m this year to cut drug-related crime and support people into recovery, this includes 40m for disrupting drug supply and county lines, 80m for drug treatment and a further 28m for Project ADDER (Addiction, Disruption, Diversion, Enforcement and Recovery). [28] For his performance, he was nominated for Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actor and Best Performance in a Feature Film Young Ensemble Cast at the 30th Young Artist Awards. The Tory MP yesterday made anextraordinary intervention in the case of Imran Ahmad Khan, the Wakefield backbencher foundguilty of the sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy. The MODs priority now is to understand the full impact of the historic ban and find appropriate ways to address the wrongs of the past, where possible. Jo Bartosch on the bullying of yet another disobedient woman: During Lisa Townsends campaign to become Surreys Police and Crime Commissioner last year, the subject that most frequently came up on the doorstep wasnt gang crime, burglaries, or car theft. Defra would advise all owners who are concerned about controlling their dogs behaviour, for whatever reason, to take advice from their vet or a suitably qualified dog behaviourist or trainer. Ministers could seek advice from the ACMD about the rescheduling of psilocybin-based products on the basis of evidence of the therapeutic use of unlicensed medicines, but we would ordinarily do this only in consultation with the Department for Health and Social Care and the MHRA. We will continue to monitor and evaluate our drug misuse programmes across Government to learn what is most effective and inform future spending decisions. In it they recommended: that the scheduling of CBPMs under Schedule 2 of the MDR remains appropriate and that no further legislative amendments to the MDR regarding CBPMs are required at this point in time.. Drugs placed in Schedule 2 to the 2001 Regulations have some known therapeutic value in the UK and are subject to strict prescribing, record keeping and storage requirements. Lebanese nationality law states that citizenship is passed on patrilineally, so Keynes is legally a foreigner in the country he considers his second home. The supplemental funding agreement, a contract between my right hon. [23], Skandar Keynes acting career began when he was 9 years old with a role as a 'boy in rags' in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth (2001) for British television. Our Strategy is responding to Dame Carol Blacks review in full. Thus, in first year he was awarded the Marie Shamma'a Frost Prize in Oriental Studies (Arabic) and the College Scholarship;[2] in second year the College Prize and the Foundation Scholarship which made him an elected member of the Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (2011-2012);[3][18] and in senior year the EG Browne Prize in Oriental Studies. To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it remains his Department's policy that statutory relationships and sex education will be implemented in schools from September 2020. We will continue to monitor and evaluate our drugs misuse programmes to learn what is most effective in combatting drug misuse and will continue to work together across Government Departments on this. Conservative, 4 votes, between 19972015, Written Answers Department for Education: Schools: Bullying, Written Answers Ministry of Defence: Armed Forces: Homosexuality, Written Answers Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Livestock Worrying, Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee, Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee, Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee, Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee, Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee, Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee, European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee, Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee, Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee, Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee, International Criminal Court Bill Committee, Member, Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee, Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls, Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee), Member, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill Committee, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) (Prisons and Probation), Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee, Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills), Member, Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs Committee. If a 2C-B-based medicine is made available following an assessment of its quality, safety and efficacy by the MHRA, the Home Office will seek and then consider advice provided by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on its scheduling under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 as soon as possible. We regularly engage with the Council on the timescales for responding to their reports and any reasons for those. for A wider overview of Operation VENETIC can also be found in the NCAs 2021 National Strategic Assessment. To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local planning authorities reject planning applications which do not comply with the guidance set out in (a) the National Design Guide and (b) paragraph 130 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Address: 4th Floor, Dudley House, 169 Piccadilly, London W1J 9EH. Blunt seems to think, or he pretends to think, that being trans removes men from that potential, but it doesnt. The proposed ban on the use of these electric shock collars was developed after considering a broad range of factors, including the impact of a ban. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 8524, with reference to the outcomes framework monitored through the Drugs Misuse Delivery Board and the monitoring and evaluation frameworks in place to monitor the impact of the Governments county lines programme and Project ADDER, how these frameworks were derived, including any relevant logic models; whether the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs were consulted to advise on their development; what metrics are being used and how data is being collected; who is responsible for the publication of the findings of these frameworks; and when the reports are expected to be published. https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&organisations%5B%5D=home-office&order=relevance. Injectable opiate treatment programmes compliant with legislation and clinical guidance are supported by the Home Office and Public Health England and are in scope for Project ADDER funding. [45] From 2016 to 2017, he accompanied Blunt in diplomatic visits to Cairo, Tunisia, Kurdistan, and Baghdad. In 2018 a new service specification was developed for gender identity clinics, this new specification concluded that access to specialist interventions by trained healthcare professionals was needed within primary care and other local health settings. [44][non-primary source needed] He later stated regret for that part of his voting record. There is an established process for the development of medicines, overseen by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which enables medicines (including those containing Schedule 1 controlled drugs such as psilocybin) to be developed, evaluated in clinical trials and licensed based on an assessment of their safety, quality and efficacy before being made available to patients in the UK. MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions. And though we acknowledge that Black people are overrepresented amongst those sentenced to prison for a first-time drug offence, this falls short of the reported 10-fold figure. I regularly raise human rights with the Philippines Government and last discussed this issue with Philippine Foreign Minister Locsin on the 23 March. The Tory MP yesterday made an extraordinary intervention in the case of Imran Ahmad Khan, the Wakefield backbencher found guilty of the sexual assault. [47], Keynes plays the guitar, flute, and cornet. The UK government is committed to the promotion and protection of the rights of LGBT+ people. That is why, on 20 January the Government announced 148 million of new investment to cut crime and protect people from the scourge of illegal drugs. The calls for evidence for parts 1 and 2 of the review received responses from a wide range of stakeholders, including members of the public, academics, people working in the substance misuse sector and enforcement partners. The academy trusts charitable object is to recognise and support a schools individual ethos. Op VENETIC had a major impact on Organised Crime Groups involved in drugs trafficking, firearms trafficking, serious violence and money laundering. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which compensation schemes are open for nuclear test veterans of tests that took place prior to 2005. As set out in the Governments response to the ACMDs report on custody-to-community transitions, published in October 2019, the Prisons Minister at the Ministry of Justice has overarching responsibility for this issue, working in partnership with the relevant departments, agencies and devolved administrations to respond to recommendations where appropriate. Read about our approach to external linking. In May 1997, Crispin was elected to Parliament as Member for Reigate in Surrey. [13], Keynes attended the Anna Scher Theatre School, after going to Thornhill Primary School. 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. Blunt said, I think the game is up and its now a question as to how the succession is managed. I would like to see the law changed and be considered Lebanese by the government. In 2019, the Drugs and Firearms Licensing unit issued to premises in Great Britain (a) 33 low THC licences to cultivate low THC cannabis (b) 20 licences to cultivate high THC cannabis (c) 362 domestic licences covering possession of schedule 1. 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. The first to resign, Jayne Ozanne, accused ministers of creating a "hostile environment" for LGBT people. Georgie Henley (Lucy Pevensie) Walt Disney Studios/Kate Green/Getty The youngest of the Pevensie children,. Non-faith or community-ethos schools have different characteristics, particularly in relation to governance, compared to schools with a religious designation. Copyright 2023 Crispin Blunt MP Reigate. But while her constituents greeted her comments with admiration, the reception from other quarters was hostile: she has faced calls for her resignation, an inquiry by Surrey Police and Crime Panel (PCP) and a slew of anonymous threats to her life. The Government maintains that it is best practice to keep a dog on a lead around livestock. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the oral response of the Minister for Women and Equalities to the Urgent Question from the hon. To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department (a) holds any data and (b) has conducted any research on the number of dogs injured by e-collars. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Review of the Psychoactive Substances Act, published in November 2018, what steps her Department has taken since the publication of that report to resolve that lack of evidence to evaluate the impact of the Act on rates of drug use and related harm. The Government works closely with the ACMD and continues to look at a range of evidence in developing its strategic approach to tackling drug misuse and identifying outcomes to monitor progress. The Government continues to go further than the Drug Strategy 2017. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the reasons why the Cancer Drugs Fund has been underspent; and if he will make a statement. Our research into this topic indicates that relevant records were generally managed and retained in the same way as records of other offences, in line with data protection legislation and MOD policy at the time. The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) was introduced by the Government to provide compensation to military personnel injured on or after 6 April 2005. The legal action reached the Supreme Court in November 2011 on the issue of limitation. We continue to collect and monitor a range of data on the use and harms of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), including: These allow us to monitor trends and any changes in the use of, and harms from, NPS. Blunt became a party whip under Howard, but on 9 June 2005 he took leave of absence from that role to support the expected leadership bid of Malcolm Rifkind. Ahmad Khan. The FCDO is aware of the reports listed above. Our veterans play a vital role in keeping our country safe and we are committed to ensuring that they are provided with all the support they need to successfully adjust back into civilian life. Funding for LGBT projects comes from a variety of sources. [29] Blunt later apologised for his comments and resigned as chair of the APPG. Blunt tried to bully her over a JK Rowling tweet. 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. [1] A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice within the Ministry of Justice from 2010 to 2012 and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2015 until 2017. We know there is more to do which is why the Government commissioned a major independent review, led by Dame Carol Black, to inform the Governments thinking on what more can be done to tackle the harm that drugs cause. Reigate, @crispinbluntmp [2][3][4][22] He was listed as one of Business Insider's "16 Incredibly Impressive Students At Cambridge University". To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with officials in his Department on the potential impact of the deletion of records of investigations relating to homosexuality in armed forces will have upon Lord Etherton's review into the treatment of LGBT veterans. Crispin Blunt Wiki, Biography, Age, Career, Relationship, Net Worth Our first principle is always that we should "do no harm" and we seek advice from local LGBT+ Civil Society Organisations to ensure that our interventions are of genuine benefit to LGBT+ communities. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2021 to Question 14126 and with reference to the findings of the Dame Carol Black review of drugs: phase one report, what assessment has been made of the effect of county line closures and drugs seized on (a) drug availability or rates of drug use, (b) potency, (c) price and (d) new trends including local recruitment of children and children being missing for longer periods in adaption to police activity and covid-19; what Government national leadership and oversight on the implementation of a public health approaches to youth violence has taken place; how the Department for Education is involved with that oversight; what assessment she has made of the ethical implications of state use of children to be used as a covert human intelligence source as detailed in The Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill; and whether a Child Rights impact assessment has been undertaken in relation to that proposed policy.
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