Sir George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Pharmacy First service for minor illnesses used in Scotland; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting this model...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide patients with (a) equitable access to technology to support their care and (b) greater agency in decision making concerning their care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increased use of medical technology to reduce waiting times for medical care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the patient voice in decisions about their care within the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of delaying the implementation of the TV and online unhealthy food advertising restrictions to October 2025 on (a) rates of childhood obesity a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) assessment he has made and (b) consultation he has carried out on the potential merits of introducing an energy social tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there is interventional radiology and oncology representation at every relevant organ specific multidisciplinary team to encourage patient choice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to include information on all available cancer treatments on the NHS website to enable patients to make an informed choice on their care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to bring forward the Mental Health Bill; and whether that Bill will include measures on (a) early intervention, (b) family stability and (c) the mental health and wellbeing of childre...

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress the Government has made on bilateral negotiations with individual EU Member States to allow 90 in 180 days work permit free touring for UK artists and crew.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made on the impacts of barriers that UK musicians and crew face touring the EU following the UK’s decision to leave the EU.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to create a music export office to (a) support creators and businesses looking to build their profile abroad, (b) provide advice on export logistics and st...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Cost of Living Payments for disabled people not on means-tested benefits and who have higher energy usage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for part of the Cost of Living Payment to people on means-tested benefits in winter 2022-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to the findings of Marie Curie’s Better End of Life report published in November 2022 entitled Mind the gaps: understanding and improving out-of-hours care for people with advanc...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of Marie Curie’s Better End of Life report, published in November 2022; and what plans he has to improve...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Marie Curie’s Better End of Life Report of November 2022’s findings, what assessment his Department has made on the availability of (a) pharmacies able to dispense palliative and ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding from the Detect, Protect, Perfect pathway programme will be shared with local pharmacists to support detection initiatives.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include atrial fibrillation (a) detection, (b) treatment, and (c) management in the upcoming refresh to the NHS Long Term Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which atrial fibrillation-related stroke prevention projects have received Detect, Protect, Perfect pathway funding to date, following the implementation of the initiative in January 2022.