He resigned his commission as a captain in 1990.[9][10]. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of a February 2021 British Medical Journal report on sexual and reproductive health that 89 per cent of women who have used the telemedicine service for early medical abortion have reported that they would opt to have treatment at home again if necessary and a February 2021 report published by the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology that complications due to abortion have decreased since that service was introduced, if he will make it his policy to make that service permanent. The Money and Pensions Service publishes data on pension wise appointments across 2019-2020 here: https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pension-Wise-Service-Evaluation-report-2019-2020.pdf. I explained that I wasnt prepared to do that. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is reviewing its methods for the development of technology appraisal and highly specialised technology recommendations in line with the commitment in the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2021 to Question 5140, and to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7725 on Drugs: Misuse, what assessment she has made of the ethical implications of imposing legal penalties for use of drugs that have not been shown to cause harm. [39], On 16 October 2022 Blunt stated in his opinion Liz Truss would have to resign as Prime Minister. 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. When a medicine containing controlled drugs is made available following an MHRA assessment, it may be scheduled or re-scheduled under the 2001 Regulations as appropriate, following consideration of advice provided by the ACMD. In respect of legal recognition of humanist weddings, the Government announced in June 2019 that the Law Commission will conduct a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme (2021-26) (England) includes delivery for new supported housing within the programme. We have pressed for due process and raised concerns over the use of solitary confinement and the use of torture. The study is currently going through MOD Ethics and the NHS Health Research Authority Confidentiality Advisory Group ahead of the data flows starting between NHS Digital and MOD. https://facebook.com/crispinbluntreigate. Blunt is clearly indifferent to that. If an MP votes by proxy, it is effectively exactly the same as if they cast the vote in person and it shows up on their TheyWorkForYou voting record. We recognise that adults have the right to upload and access content that some may find offensive or upsetting. 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 Defence, how many Afghan graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst were evacuated under Op Pitting and now reside in the UK; and what proportion of these were accompanied by family members or dependants. (Registered 14 July 2022), 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2023, Oversight Board Member of Stay Belvedere Hotels Ltd (provider of accommodation services to meet Her Majesty's Government's requirements). Crispin Blunt, Conservative MP for Reigate Bills Live Bills Government Bills Private Members' Bills Acts of Parliament Created. The Government announced in June 2019 that the Law Commission will conduct a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. The first of these services began in July 2020 in London. Such advice is a statutory requirement and will be considered before any decision is taken on scheduling under the 2001 Regulations. Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT, for surveys: 10 March 2022, received 100 for a survey completed on 18 January 2022. Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt (born 15 July 1960) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reigate since 1997. We are keen to align this work with any recommendations stemming from Part two of Dame Carol Blacks review, which is due for publication shortly. It was during the 2006 July war, I was 14 then but it didn't really shake my view of Lebanon as effectively a second home, a place where I come to and I have family." Guidance on design issues is not within the remit of the Planning White Paper. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) is proud of its illustrious history of training Officer Cadets (OCdts) from Afghanistan, with 74 having attended between 1975 and August 2021. However, should a cannabis-based medicine receive a marketing authorisation from the MHRA, the Government will commission the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to reconsider the scheduling of the product under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. They also have discretion to engage a first-time young offender with local services to assess their needs including the risk of harm. The Home Secretary places controlled drugs in the appropriate schedule following consideration of advice from the ACMD. Discussion focused on the human rights implications of the COVID-19 crisis which included concerns about increased risks on vulnerable groups. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) expenditure was between (a) April 2019 to March 2020 and (b) April 2020 to September 2020. Ahmad Khan. To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) recent progress the Prisons Minister has made on reporting on the implementation of recommendations in the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report on Custody-Community Transitions, published on 12 June 2019, (b) the expected timescale is for receipt of that report and (c) Departmental bodies will receive that report once completed. He has also offered his resignation as chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group onLGBT+ Global Rights. As part of the IR, the MOD have examined historic records and the policies and decisions made in relation to the retention of those records. The MoJ is working closely with key departments across government to tackle the misuse of drugs. We have no plans to move responsibility for drugs from the Home Office to the Department of Health and Social Care. We regularly engage with the Council on the timescales for responding to their reports and any reasons for those. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to provide a priority service for nuclear test veterans since his Departments announcement of such a scheme on 26 August 2020. 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. Keynes' great-grandparents were Nobel Prize laureate Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian and Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian. All cancer drugs recommended by NICE are eligible for funding through the CDF from the point of NICEs draft guidance. [7] In 1991, he gained an MBA at the Cranfield School of Management. of sources. Moreover, the Code helpfully sets out certain legal requirements, encouraging visitors to always check local signs as there are locations where you must keep your dog on a lead around livestock for all or part of the year. With regard to the scheduling of controlled drugs, the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 exempts specified activities from the scope of the offences, for example, where controlled drugs are produced and supplied by healthcare professionals for medicinal purposes. Crispin Blunt, the first Conservative MP to publicly call on the prime minister to quit, has told Sky News that it is 'blindingly obvious' that Liz Truss 'must' go. As I set out in response to Question 140011, Psilocybin, in common with a number of drugs that have been controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (the 1971 Act) for a considerable period of time, has not been subject to analysis or recent analysis of harm. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many notifications the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has received from (a) pharmacies and (b) Specialist Importers on importation orders for unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the last 12 months. The general destruction in 2010 and 2011 of most remaining investigative records, in line with MOD policy at the time and communicated by the Defence Police Chiefs Forum. [15][16], In October 2010, Keynes began his degree in Arabic, Persian and Middle Eastern History at Pembroke College, Cambridge. The Animal Behaviour and Training Council maintains national registers of appropriately qualified trainers and behaviourists. The Home Office approach is one of caution, that is, that a CBD product is likely to be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (the 2001 Regulations) if it contains any controlled cannabinoids. At the 1997 general election, Blunt was elected to Parliament as Member for Reigate in Surrey, replacing the long-serving strongly Eurosceptic MP Sir George Gardiner, who had been deselected by the local Conservative Party. In July 2002 he was appointed as deputy to Tim Yeo, Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, where he had shadow ministerial responsibility for trade, energy and science. 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. The National Crime Agency has led a number of investigations under Operation VENETIC and publishes regular press notices on the outcomes of these investigations. Should an application be submitted for a marketing authorisation (product licence), it will ultimately be a decision for the MHRA whether to license psilocybin as a therapy. [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. However, whilst Defence cannot give a precise figure for the number of veterans who had their records destroyed, I can advise that almost all such police investigative records concerning gay and lesbian personnel before 2000 have been destroyed. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what Cancer Drugs Fund expenditure cap is for (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21. In February 2019, the then Home Secretary commissioned the ACMD to conduct a longer-term review of Cannabis-Based Products for Medicinal use (CBPM). She said it was "such a shame" that Ms Truss was disbanding the advisory panel. 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. Unlicensed medicines, including CBPMs are not assessed by the MHRA for quality, safety and efficacy, but must be notified to the MHRA prior to import and meet basic production standards. The Bill makes clear the importance of ensuring the UK is an attractive place to bring new products to market and conduct clinical trials, specifying that before making any regulations under the Bill, the Secretary of State must consider this point. [4] He spent his third year studying in Lebanon to perfect his colloquial Arabic and wrote about his experiences on a weekly column in The Tab. However, Crispin Blunt sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as: We have lots more plain English analysis of Crispin Blunts voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. This includes Dame Carol Black in her role as independent advisor and Dr Ed Day our national Recovery Champion. 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. 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. The London-born former actor is said to now be a. 5 Jun. The department is also ensuring that all children in England learn about respectful relationships, in person and online, as part of new mandatory relationships, sex and health education. I reminded him that I have a duty to defend womens right to access single-sex refuges, hospital wards and prisons not just because it matters to me, but because it matters to many of the people I represent.. He now writes: I have decided to retract my statement defending Imran Ahmad Khan. In May 2015, Crispin was re-elected with a majority of 22,334 and in June 2017 was re-elected with a majority of 17,614 with 57.4% of the vote. We understand the unique significance that weddings hold in peoples lives but, by their nature they are events that bring families and friends together. Source: BBC, View the history of this MPs entries in the Register. However, Mr Emms' safety and welfare remain of the utmost importance, and the Embassy has engaged with the Saudi government on a number of occasions since his arrest requesting that they expedite his case for welfare reasons. 3.2 billion of additional funding was provided to local authorities to enable them to respond to Covid-19 pressures across the services they deliver. The Government recognises that a number of studies into the potential use of psilocybin as part of the treatment for mental health conditions have been or are being conducted in the UK. The statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs includes guidance and reminders for owners about their responsibilities to provide for the welfare needs of their animal, but also to keep their dogs safe and under control. 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 Health and Social Care, if he will support the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to undertake its methods and processes in a way that (a) enables the attractiveness of the UK as a place to conduct clinical trials or supply human medicines and (b) enables that organisation to fulfil its statutory duty to promote innovation. In the 1990s and 2000s, the collation and preservation of some records concerning homosexuality that was undertaken due to litigation against MOD. (Registered 28 July 2022), 4 August 2021, received 3,333.46. To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the most vulnerable LGBTI+ people in developing countries (a) have fair and equal access and (b) receive non-discriminatory treatment in clinics and other healthcare settings in relation to (i) covid-19, (ii) hormone, (ii) antiretroviral, (iii) PrEP, (iv) PEP and (v) condom provision during the covid-19 pandemic. Parts one and two of Dame Carol Blacks review include comprehensive lists of the experts and wider partners in the drugs field who she engaged with to gather evidence and seek advice. Information is not held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) on whether subsequent deaths for former serving personnel were due to post-traumatic stress disorder or other causes. These metrics are being collected by areas using local data systems and are being monitored on a monthly basis through programme governance board to assess overall effectiveness of the programme. [2] However, after a ballot of party members in Reigate, the decision was overturned by a margin of 51 and Blunt was reselected as the Conservative candidate for the 2015 general election. The final report will be made available to Ministers later this year. Such advice is a statutory requirement and will be considered before any decision is taken on scheduling under the 2001 Regulations. 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. The Government recognises that a number of studies into the potential use of psilocybin as part of the treatment for mental health conditions have been or are being conducted in the UK. Heroin assisted treatment is also an option open to local areas under the existing legal framework subject to obtaining the relevant licences from the Home Office. To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration he has given in the drafting of the Online Safety Bill to the case of Handyside v the United Kingdom (1976) which concluded that expressions that offend, shock, or disturb are protected under Article 10 (2) of the European Convention of Human Rights. Copyright 2023 Crispin Blunt MP Reigate. The Home Office does not have plans to issue travel documents to children of parents on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's response to the Health and Social Care Committees First Report of Session 2019, on Drugs policy, HC 1178, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Committees recommendation that policy responsibility for drugs should move from the Home Office to the Department of Health and Social Care. I am always keen to hear about the issues, both local and national, which matter most to you so please feel free to get in touch! To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is permitted for up to 30 people attending a funeral to attend a memorial on (a) the same day and (b) a future day during the covid-19 outbreak. 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. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the paper entitled Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression, published in 2022, if he will ask the Chief Medical Officer to assess the (a) medicinal and (b) therapeutic utility of psilocybin. The Government has not commissioned or published any recent analysis of the harms of psilocybin. As the then Crime and Policing Minister set out in his response to Question 7725, a number of drugs which have been controlled under the 1971 Act for a considerable period of time have not been subject to analysis or recent analysis of harm. The Government established the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) to ensure access for National Health Service patients in England to effective cancer drugs that would not otherwise have been available to them. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS PCR tests contain latex; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people with allergies to latex have access to reliable covid-19 tests. Crispin Blunt has occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. In 2020/21 the UK committed about 5.5 million to targeted international LGBT+ rights programmes. Published on January 14, 2015, it has been widely reported in the media and cited by foreign policy think tanks. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Full Council has also been briefed on our strategic approach and members of the Council have provided feedback. 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. [4], Keynes supports conservation projects. Both departments have an important role to play in tackling the current issues around drug misuse. 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