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Questions for Written Answer for 18 March 2019

Tabled on 15 March 2019 and due for answer by 29 March 2019.

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances they give credit to individual Members of Parliament or Peers in written answers; and further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 7 March (HL13981), whether the inclusion of the fact that the project was "championed by Andrew Stephenson MP, the Hon Member for Pendle" influenced the remainder of that answe… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), whether any public body other than NHS Digital holds the necessary prescription level data to provide the annual cost of prescribing methadone in England for each of the last five years; and if not, why not.  HL14593
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), what was the annual cost to the NHS of providing methadone in England in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) ordering, (2) storage, (3) transport, (4) security, (5) administration, (6) prescription, and (7) dispensing co… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), how much NHS England spent on prescribing methadone in each of the last five years.  HL14595
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), what data they hold on the annual cost of prescribing methadone on the NHS in England.  HL14596
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), what costs are associated with the NHS prescribing methadone in England; and which public bodies, if any, collate data in relation such costs.  HL14597
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), whether they will now answer the question put, namely what the annual cost of prescribing methadone in England was in each of the last five years.  HL14598
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Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the recommendation of the Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement that the book Life in the UK should be revised, and to the undertaking by them to do so, when that review will take place; and when they plan to publish the revised text.  HL14599
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether NHS Digital is compliant with all legal obligations under the national data opt out Direction 2017, in particular the requirements in that Direction under the subheading Analysis of the impact of national opt outs; and if so, what analysis NHS Digital has undertaken.  HL14600
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Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the proposed Brexit deal (1) fulfils, and (2) is consistent with the spirit of, Article 50(1) of the Treaty on European Union.  HL14601
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spent funding (1) local peace actors, (2) aid partners, and (3) others involved in promoting a path to peace in the Yemen conflict.  HL14602
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of access to humanitarian aid (1) entering, and (2) being distributed in Yemen.  HL14603
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received any information from third parties about use of weapons supplied by British companies in the Yemen conflict.  HL14604
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the visit to Aden by the Foreign Secretary, whether they have had any further discussion with the UN’s Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen and other local powers about finding a sustainable peace in that country; and if so, what agreements have been reached between the UK and others.  HL14605
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Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to treat knife crime as a public health issue; and if such steps are being taken, what funding they have made available to treat that issue as a public health priority.  HL14606
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