To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make eye implants available on the NHS to treat blindness.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had age-related macular degeneration in the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to enable contact lenses that can monitor blood sugar level to be made available to diabetics on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of homeopathy on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support women with post-natal depression in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women had post-natal depression in the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to provide help for mortgage holders in the event of an increase in interest rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Kenyan counterpart on the safety of UK tourists to that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to access DNA databases from other European countries to aid with crime detection in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken in response to the discovery of horsemeat in other foods in 2013 to improve co-operation between Government departments on public health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to support the establishment of charities that support people with learning disabilities working in communities throughout the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve the transparency and accountability of the NHS complaints process; and if he will take steps to prevent vexatious complaints being made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) Egyptian, (b) Syrian and (c) Iraqi counterparts on preventing UK nationals becoming involved in terrorist groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the government of Kazakstan on human rights, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will share information with other European countries to prevent people becoming involved in terrorist groups in Syria, Egypt and Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the government of Kazakstan on violation of fundamental labour rights and exploitation of child labour.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to improve the support available to young carers; and what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on improving such support.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were processed by the Belfast Passport Office in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those passports were processed within three weeks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage parents to prevent the consumption of alcohol by children; and what steps are being taken by schools to assist this prevention work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with medical authorities on the use of botox as a painkiller; and whether it is used as such in the NHS.