Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the proposed new British Sign Language GCSE will count towards the English Baccalaureate to ensure it is seen by schools as holding the same weight as other languages.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that members of the British Deaf Community are offered opportunities to become tutors to teach the GCSE in British Sign Language in schools when it is introduced.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that there are sufficient tutors available to teach the GCSE in British Sign Language when it is introduced.

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in developing approved exam board syllabuses for a GCSE in British Sign Language.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are satisfied that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency undertook a sufficiently rigorous approach to the licensing of montelukast, in view of the US Food and Drug Administration’s black box ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the dangers to some users of the asthma drug montelukast; and what discussions they have had with the montelukast UK action group, which has highlighted the risks of the drug.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the adoption of the British Medical Association’s report Safe Scope of Practice for Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs) would undermine established governance and frameworks.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the adoption of the British Medical Association’s report Safe Scope of Practice for Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs) would restrict the role of Physician Associates.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will discuss the implications for Physician and Anaesthesia Associates of the British Medical Association report Safe Scope of Practice for Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs) with the United Medical Associa...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will issue guidance to the NHS on whether the Government endorses the British Medical Association’s report Safe Scope of Practice for Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs) in relation to Physician and Anaesthe...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the status of the guidance issued by the British Medical Association in its report Safe Scope of Practice for Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs) in relation to Physician and Anaesthesia...

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average monthly proportion of lower gastrointestinal cancer patients started treatment within 62 days of referral for each year figures are available.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure NHS England is meeting the Faster Diagnosis Standard for lower gastrointestinal cancer referrals.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of awareness by doctors of any dangers of the commonly prescribed drug montelukast, as highlighted by the US Food and Drug Administration in March 2020, that the use of the drug r...

To ask His Majesty's Government, in relation to the use of montelukast in the UK, what assessment they have made of the US Food and Drug Administration's issuing a “black box warning” in March 2020 about serious mental health side effects of the drug and ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any dangers to some users of the commonly prescribed asthma drug montelukast.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Teachers’ Pensions is incorrectly claiming that some pensioners are dead and stopping their pension payments without cross-checking the death register; and of whether it is complyin...

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the outcome of their review into the Teachers’ Pensions fraud system for checking whether spouses of recipients who retired before January 2007 are living with a new partner, as outlined in The G...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential distress caused to spousal pension recipients by Teachers’ Pensions requiring recipients whose spouses retired before January 2007 to confirm annually that they are not living...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking with NHS England to promote the principles of value-based procurement in the purchase and dispensation of absorbent continence products; and to ensure that pressure on NHS organisations to deliver...