Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

To ask His Majesty's Government how many post implementation reviews completed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since October 2024 entailed consultation with external stakeholders.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will include (1) creating alternative diagnostic pathways for people with signs and symptoms of cancer, and (2) expanding direct patient access to diagnostics, as part of the national cancer plan.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 22 May (HLWS662), what discussions were held between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport regarding the decision to...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 22 May (HLWS662), what are the reasons why brand advertising is not included in the scope of TV and online advertising restrictions for less healthy food or drink.

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the reasons why "legal clarification" on brand advertising was deemed necessary in the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 22 May (HLWS662) and not in the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 22 April (HLWS5...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement sustainable draining systems in all new developments to reduce flood risk and enhance biodiversity.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the National Service Specification for Cleft Lip and/or Palate Services is being delivered in full by NHS England.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the National Service Specification for Cleft Lip and/or Palate Services will continue to be delivered in full during the process of merging NHS England into the Department for Healt...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the data sets and methods that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) used to calculate the vaccine effectiveness estimates that informed the cost-effectiveness estimates on whi...

To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to integrate approaches to adapting to climate change in (1) the Land Use Framework, (2) the Environmental Improvement Plan, (3) the 25-year farming road map, and (4) the food strategy, in line with recommenda...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation from the Climate Change Committee in the report Progress in adapting to climate change: 2025 report to Parliament, published on 30 April, to restore coastal marine habita...

To ask His Majesty's Government what practical steps are being taken to help raise awareness of (1) patient dignity, and (2) patient choice, in continence care.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reporting by the i Paper on 14 December 2024 that 53 per cent of NHS trusts providing continence care cap the number of continence products which they provide to patients on a daily basis, ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of prioritising patient dignity and choice in continence care as part of the 10 Year Health Plan.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish the data set of the UK Health Security Agency underpinning the article “Effectiveness of autumn 2023 COVID-19 vaccination and residual protection of prior doses against hospitalisation in Englan...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 14 May (HL7332), what steps they are taking to increase the role of health visitors in delivering vaccinations.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 14 May (HL7332), whether they plan to explore establishing contractual provisions for community pharmacies to support delivery of the childhood flu national immunisation ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they made on the development of value-based procurement for purchasing medical devices and consumables; and what plans will be undertaken to promote this approach, particularly in continence care.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the commissioning of vaccination services is not adversely affected by the abolition of NHS England.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposals in Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on delivering the target in the Environment Act 2021 to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030.