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. Needle and syringe programmes and other programmes and services that engage drug users do not involve the organiser condoning and facilitating consumption of controlled drugs on the premises, nor do they create spaces where police enforcement of the law in relation to drug possession and supply is compromised. Data on the number of asylum applications broken down by nationality are available in tables Asy_D01 of the Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement datasets. Subscribe to leave a comment. Alongside this data, our engagement with partners inside and outside government (including policing, charities, treatment providers and the devolved administrations) also provides an opportunity to gather and share any soft intelligence related to the use and harms of NPS. Of course trans women represent a physical threat to women in the same sense that all men do: not that all men will assault women but that a horribly large number of men will, and men are much stronger than women. He told Channel 4's Andrew Neil Show that the prime minister cannot survive the current. 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 Reigate constituency between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020. I hope for the return of Imran Ahmad Khan to the public service that has exemplified his life to date. I would have just said if anyone had asked me: politicians have a unique lifestyle, it doesn't suit everybody and there is a long history of parliamentary marriages breaking down. "The government is led by one of the most socially liberal, live-and-let-live leaders in our history," he said, "yet it is making a series of unforced errors that will serve to wholly unnecessarily alienate LGBT+ people and do untold damage to his reputation". Should a company apply for a marketing authorisation (a product licence), it will ultimately be a decision for the MHRA whether to license a 2C-B-based medicine as a therapy. However, it is important that we take a cautious approach in easing restrictions. Organisations implementing LGBT initiatives are facing significant challenges as a result of COVID-19. on condition that TheyWorkForYou.com is cited as the source. It matters to women. As a result, providing the answer would incur disproportionate cost. We understand the unique significance that weddings hold in peoples lives but, by their nature they are events that bring families and friends together. The MHRA continues to support the safe and scientifically sound conduct of trials in this area and also to provide regulatory and scientific advice to companies at all stages of developing medicines. The County Lines Programme and Project ADDER is monitored at a number of levels including by the Combating Drug Misuse Delivery Board. His interview with wolf expert Jean-Marc Landry and deputy head Jean-Christophe Vi is featured on Wild Talk Radio Podcast. In 2018, the then Secretary of State for Defence directed that, going forward, the study should include all personnel to understand the impact of continued deployments overseas, and it should provide near real time surveillance of causes of death in Serving personnel and veterans. [42][43], Blunt's voting record in Parliament had previously been broadly unsympathetic towards gay rights. A government spokesman said a replacement for the panel, which was set up under Theresa May's premiership, "will be set out in due course". 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. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will hold discussions with the FSA on (a) the safety of Cannabidiol (CBD) products and (b) the process by which the FSA assesses the risks presented by those products; and if she will seek advice from the FSA to inform her decision on the regulation of CBD products. Read about our approach to external linking. Hours: 128 hrs a year. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 58293 on Drugs: Misuse, whether a formal consultation process in line with guidelines has been used in developing the drug strategy, as was the case in the 2010 and other previous drug strategies; how existing external experts were chosen; and to what extent the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has (a) been involved in the new strategy's development or (b) provided feedback on the draft. Born on July 15 1960, Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt is the son of Major General Peter Blunt and Adrienne. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British armed forces personnel who served in the (a) Gulf war in 1991, (b) Iraq war in 2003 and (c) Operation Herrick (i) died on active service during those conflicts or (ii) subsequently took their own lives due to (A) post-traumatic stress disorder and (B) other causes. A response was issued to my Hon Friend on 25 May. In 2020/21 the UK committed about 5.5 million to targeted international LGBT+ rights programmes. The Government has not commissioned or published any recent analysis of the harms of psilocybin. Most recently, on 5 September, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South and Central Asia, North Africa, UN & the Commonwealth, raised Mr Emms' case with His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Bin Bandar Al Saud, the Saudi Ambassador to the UK. In line with DLUHCs commitments in the Armed Forces Covenant, we introduced regulations in 2012 that prevent local authorities from applying a local connection test to disqualify serving personnel as well as those within 5 years of having left the Armed Forces. Why you can trust Sky News. The Government will consider the Commissions recommendations very carefully. NHS England and NHS Improvement took immediate action following the High Court Ruling on 1 December. Reform the GRA to allow transgender people to self-identify without the need for a medical diagnosis, to streamline the administrative process, and to allow non-binary identities to be legally recognised. In 2012, we changed the law so that seriously injured, ill or disabled Service personnel, and former members of the Armed Forces, with urgent housing needs are always given high priority for social housing. 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. If a psilocybin-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. mySociety is a registered charity in England and Wales (1076346) and a limited company (03277032). The response sets out the Governments view of each recommendation. Youd think it would be the second item, wouldnt you, but to men like Crispin Blunt it isnt. Voting information from Conservative MP Crispin Blunt, who leads the all-party parliamentary group on Global LGBT+ rights, said government delays and inaction mean the prime minister is "in breach of promise on causes he . 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.. The UK, along with other embassies in Saudi Arabia, has requested and been denied access to each and every trial we have been aware of since October 2018, with the exception of the trials for those involved in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. 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. To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how his Department is using its term as (a) co-chair of the Equal Rights Coalition and (b) Commonwealth Chair in Office to ensure governments around the world are protecting LGBT+ communities from increased marginalisation and violence during the covid-19 pandemic. Voted to overhaul Parliament's standards system in an attempt to prevent Owen Paterson's suspension over lobbying. Then just 1 a week for full website and app access. Commons Debates - The majority of parents are offered a place at a school of their choice. To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been subject to immediate custody for offences committed under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 since that legislation came into force, broken down by (a) year, (b) offence type including (i) production, supply and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug by Class A, B and C, (ii) unlawful importation by Class A, B, C and unknown class, (iii) possession of a controlled drug by Class A, B, C and unknown class and (iv) permitting premises to be used for unlawful purposes by Class A, B, C and unknown class. 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. 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! [44][non-primary source needed] He later stated regret for that part of his voting record. This year we have provided VRUs with 35.5m to continue this work, alongside an additional 30m of Grip funding to the police force areas most affected by violent crime. [37] In 2020, he again raised the issue in the House, with new speaker Lindsay Hoyle expressing sympathy with the need for reform. Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk or message @MrSteerpike, Dear parents, a reminder that we are dressing up for World Book Day! If there is such a weight of opinion in the parliamentary party that we have to have a change, then it will be effected.[40] He was the first Conservative MP to openly call for Truss's resignation. The Department is working directly with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Health Research Authority, NHS England and NHS Improvement, the National Institute for Health Research and other partners across the health and life sciences sectors to ensure that the United Kingdom remains an attractive place to conduct clinical trials and supply human medicines. He put forward an Early Day Motion on the issue in 2019, arguing that the practice was discriminatory against non-religious MPs, since those MPs who choose to pray are able to reserve a seat for parliamentary business that day and are more likely to ask questions; there are 650 elected MPs in the UK Parliament, but only enough seating for 427 at any one time. This includes through Dame Carol Blacks review of drugs, which involved significant consultation with external partners to gather information. Such specialists would be best positioned to advise on the best approach for their specific case. It has been a great privilege to serve the people of Reigate and Banstead in Parliament since 1997. Regulation will not prevent adults from accessing or posting legal content, nor require companies to remove specific pieces of legal content. For City of London Corporate Scholarship: For The Geoffrey Clark Prize for Services to Drama: For The Bennet Brough Prize for Chemistry: This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 09:51. He reprised his role as Edmund in Prince Caspian, directed by Andrew Adamson and released in May 2008 to generally positive reviews, grossing $419.7 million worldwide. Between April 2019 to March 2020, the expenditure for the Cancer Drugs Fund was 317 million. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer 20 May 2021 to Question 2168, what the evidential basis is for psilocybin being a Class A, Schedule 1 controlled drug; and whether there are other controlled drugs where no analysis or no recent analysis of harm has been conducted. A government spokesman said: "The LGBT Advisory Panel was created under the previous administration and the term of all panel members ended on 31 March. The budget for the fund will be confirmed in due course. 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. Keynes, however - now 26 - decided to turn his back on acting altogether, reportedly in favour of politics; specifically the Conservative party. He then studied at the all-boys City of London School where he was awarded the Merit prize in the 2006 European Kangaroo competition, the City of London Corporate Scholarship (2008), The Geoffrey Clark Prize for Services to Drama (2009), and The Bennet Brough Prize for Chemistry (2010). 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. In both of these roles working through international organisations, we regularly raise concerns about countries that do not comply with their human rights obligations and promote non-discrimination against LGBT people, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to increase the provision of veteran supported housing. The Home Office will continue to work with the Agency as we consider our response to the advice provided by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on CBD products. In 1993 Crispin was appointed as Special Adviser to Malcolm Rifkind the Secretary of State for Defence, and worked in the same capacity when Malcolm Rifkind became Foreign Secretary between 1995 and 1997. It is important to seek professional advice to identify/discuss any behaviour problems and the best training options for your dog as an incorrect training regime can negatively affect a dogs welfare. 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 legal action reached the Supreme Court in November 2011 on the issue of limitation. Non-faith or community-ethos schools have different characteristics, particularly in relation to governance, compared to schools with a religious designation. 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. Unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPM) may only be imported to meet the special clinical need of individual patients. To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils unable to access their nearest school because of religiously selective admissions. In 2015, he became an advisor to MP Crispin Blunt for the UK Conservative party. The refreshed Veterans Strategy Action Plan includes a reference to planned research on supported housing, including veterans. He was Chairman of the Conservative Middle East Council from 2003 to 2008 and has served as an officer for the Conservative Parliamentary Friends of India. This is in addition to 3.2 million in targeted funding to ensure that we minimise the risk to those rough sleepers unable to self-isolate. 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. Reigate, @crispinbluntmp As law enforcement continue to act on the significant volume of intelligence received from Operation VENETIC, we are not currently evaluating its impact. We will update this information if the situation changes. If the patient intends to continue on puberty blockers or progress onto cross sex hormones, the lead clinician must make a best interests application to the Court for final determination of that individuals needs. This is guidance issued by HM Treasury on how to appraise policies, programmes and projects, as well as the design and use of monitoring and evaluation throughout implementation. We have followed the views of public health experts on singing. These services will be evaluated as pilots over a period of up to three years to determine how they could be expanded nationally. [17] He consistently attained first-class results. For more information on some of our programmes, see the FCDO's 2020 Annual Human Rights Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/999607/Human_Rights_and_Democracy_the_2020_Foreign__Commonwealth___Development_Office_report.pdf. 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. In May 2000, he joined the House of Commons Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Select Committee and in July 2003 he was elected Chairman of the Conservative Middle East Council, a position he still occupies. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are circumstances under which Specialist Importers may import cannabis-based active pharmaceutical ingredients for use in the manufacturing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the UK. Some Royal Navy Special Investigation Branch paper investigative records from the 1990s escaped routine destruction by chance and still exist. This should be communicated to all pupils, school staff and parents. Blunt, who is chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on LGBT+ rights, is one of a small number of politicians within the Conservative Party who fervently supports Stonewall and their stance on gender self-identification: he believes that it is discriminatory to exclude those who are male but identify as trans from womens services and spaces. 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. We have found that the Single Services correctly followed policies and processes concerning the removal of records, in line with data protection legislation and government policy agreed with the ACPO and led by the HO and the MOJ. In 2020/21 the UK committed 5.47 million to targeted international LGBT+ rights programmes. 13 times against the majority of their Party. All eligible Afghans who attended RMAS were granted sponsorship under Operation PITTING, including those who did not complete the Commissioning Course and those who commenced training after August 2021. They deliver a broadly European inspired menu, using locally sourced ingredients, independent growers, small-scale farms and producers. The creation of an Innovative Medicines Fund will also build on the success of the Cancer Drugs Fund and support access to the most advanced medicines for patients with rare diseases. These figures suggest that upon reaching prosecution, Black individuals receive outcomes at similar rates to White counterparts. The current HPV vaccine protects against two high-risk HPV types, HPV16 and HPV18 which cause around 80% of cervical cancers in the United Kingdom and two low-risk HPV types, HPV6 and HPV11 which cause most genital warts. The interpretation of legislation is ultimately a matter for the courts to decide. The National Crime Agency has led a number of investigations under Operation VENETIC and publishes regular press notices on the outcomes of these investigations. [33] In June 2016, Blunt championed LGBT rights, during the campaigning of the EU referendum, stating that the UK would be the "world's leading proponents of LGBTI rights, in or out of the EU". (Registered 29 November 2022), Payment of 150 expected for a survey completed on 17 November 2022. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the Notes page of the workbook. This followed concerns that some CBD products being sold for human consumption may contain THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), a controlled drug compound found within the cannabis plant, making these products likely to be unlawful. His constituency, Reigate, sits within Townsends jurisdiction as PCC. On 9 April, the UK participated in the UN Human Rights Council's first ever virtual conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Drugs which have been controlled under the 1971 Act for a considerable period of time may not have been subject to recent analysis of their harms by the ACMD. 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. Hours: 45 mins. It also recommends reward-based training as the widely preferred form of training dogs. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Officer Cadets from Afghanistan attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst between 1975 and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on legal fees in relation to British nuclear test litigation to date. I can assure you that everyone across Government wants to ease these restrictions as soon as possible. The scheme also states the Governments expectations for the review as follows: The Department expects that any future changes to NICE methods and processes would respond to the new types of innovation coming to the market, be consistent with improving the health gain achieved by spending on new innovative medicines, and support faster adoption of the most clinically and cost effective medicines.. Visit Crispin Blunts full vote analysis page for more. Blunt was subsequently appointed to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee. 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. Address: 4th Floor, Dudley House, 169 Piccadilly, London W1J 9EH. In January 2021, the Home Office wrote to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) seeking the Councils advice on how we can strengthen the law on consumer CBD products. [7] Early life [ edit] 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. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has now initiated the review of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies methods in line with the commitment made 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 7 June 2021 to Question 7725 which noted that a number of controlled drugs have not been subject to analysis or recent analysis of harm, if she will take steps to commission a comprehensive review of the relative harms of controlled drugs to ensure that the UK drug classification and scheduling systems are consistent with the latest scientific and medical evidence available. Humanist wedding ceremonies can take place at this time with 15 people present, as well as for the legal solemnisation of the marriage. The membership of the Crime and Justice Task Force is available at Gov.uk. 40 million totackle drugs supply and county lines andsurge our activity against these ruthless gangs This will allow us to expand and build upon the successful results of our 25 million county lines programme which since November 2019 has seen more than 3,400 people arrested, more than 550 lines closed, drugs with a street value of 9 million and 1.5 million cash seized, and more than 770 vulnerable people safeguarded. This includes both coroner-confirmed suicides and open verdict deaths, in line with the definition used by the Office for National Statistics. In 2000 the targeted removal of written warnings that had been placed on individual service records, where homosexuality was suspected but not proven, after the lifting of the ban on homosexuals serving in the Armed Forces made such warnings inapplicable. The Government considers advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) before making any classification or scheduling decisions under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. DFID supports many programmes on access to services for all, including vulnerable and persecuted minorities, promotion and protection of rights and tackling stigma and discrimination. Women. This restriction forms part of the checks and balances that the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs asked the Government to put in place when rescheduling CBPMs to minimise the risk of misuse and diversion. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Saudi citizens applied for asylum in the UK in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.