Nancy Kelley, chief executive of campaign group Stonewall, who was one of the remaining panel members, said: "Many key commitments from the UK LGBT Action Plan remain incomplete, including delivering an effective ban on conversion therapy, and the pandemic has only deepened the inequalities LGBTQ people experience, particularly in mental health.". Our approach will empower adult users to keep themselves safe online, while ensuring children are protected and maintaining robust protections for freedom of expression. The calls for evidence for parts 1 and 2 of the review received responses from a wide range of stakeholders, including members of the public, academics, people working in the substance misuse sector and enforcement partners. The Crime and Justice Task Force was established in January 2020. How police choose to pursue investigations is an operational decision for chief constables, but we are clear that we expect them to enforce the law. These topics are listed in the following table. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the NHS Commercial Framework on access to medicines through managed access agreements. The UK raises these issues with the Government of Israel, most recently with Israel's Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Justice. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the health effects of the Covid-19 outbreak on (a) LGBT+ people and (b) other people with protected characteristics; and if he will make a statement. Guidance can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/staying-alert-and-safe-social-distancing/staying-alert-and-safe-social-distancing-after-4-july. The Law Commission has now published a consultation paper as part of its review and will welcome responses from all. Crispin Blunt, Self: The Sunday Programme. In 2019, the Drugs and Firearms Licensing unit issued to premises in Great Britain 362 domestic licences covering possession of schedule 1 drugs. 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! The budget for the fund will be confirmed in due course. Steerpike is The Spectator's gossip columnist, serving up the latest tittle tattle from Westminster and beyond. [39], On 16 October 2022 Blunt stated in his opinion Liz Truss would have to resign as Prime Minister. Blunt decidedto release a highly unusual and hyberbolic statement which lambasted the conviction as a dreadful miscarriage of justice incited by lazy tropes about LGBT+ people based in Victorian era prejudice. He even claimed that Khans guilty verdictisnothing short of an international scandal, with dreadful wider implications for millions of LGBT+ muslims around the world, writing: I am utterly appalled and distraught at the dreadful miscarriage of justice that has befallen my friend and colleague Imran Ahmad Khan, MP for Wakefield since December 2019. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) budget and (b) scope is of the planned Innovative Medicines Fund; what funding will be allocated to (a) promising innovative medicines within or outside the Early Access to Medicines Scheme, (b) medicines for rare diseases and (c) support for research into, rescheduling of and licensing of compounds classified as Schedule 1 under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. 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. MOD encourages and supports a number of faith and belief staff networks to support and connect people with each other and help to create a better working environment for our staff. Should a company apply for a marketing authorisation (a product licence), it will ultimately be a decision for the MHRA whether to license a psilocybin-based medicine as a therapy. 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. Email tips to steerpike@spectator.co.uk or message @MrSteerpike, Dear parents, a reminder that we are dressing up for World Book Day! 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Crispin Blunt, Conservative MP for Reigate Bills Live Bills Government Bills Private Members' Bills Acts of Parliament Created. Press Release: Crispin Blunt welcomes 2.5 million in additional drug and alcohol treatment funding, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council to match fund donations into local charitable fund. [33][34] In January 2016, Keynes announced his retirement from acting. The Drug Strategy Board has been superseded by the CJTF. Now, four months on, she's set to be dragged through the process again this time at the behest of a fellow Conservative: Crispin Blunt MP. 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.. We have also committed to producing the National Model Design Code this year which will set detailed standards for key elements of successful design. Commons Actions - To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2021 to Question 5140, and to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7725 on Drugs: Misuse, what assessment she has made of the ethical implications of imposing legal penalties for use of drugs that have not been shown to cause harm. This will help charities to provide support to vulnerable people during the pandemic, including those whose beneficiaries have a protected characteristic. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 8524, with reference to the outcomes framework monitored through the Drugs Misuse Delivery Board and the monitoring and evaluation frameworks in place to monitor the impact of the Governments county lines programme and Project ADDER, how these frameworks were derived, including any relevant logic models; whether the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs were consulted to advise on their development; what metrics are being used and how data is being collected; who is responsible for the publication of the findings of these frameworks; and when the reports are expected to be published. The Crime and Justice Taskforce (CJTF), chaired by the Prime Minister, has responsibility for oversight of matters including both drugs and prisons. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs entitled Reducing opioid-related deaths in the UK, published in December 2016, which cited research findings that drug consumption clinics reduce injecting risk behaviours and overdose fatalities and save more money than they cost, on what basis she has decided not to introduce a legal framework for the provision of those clinics; and what assessment she has made of the compatibility of that decision with aims of the Drugs Strategy 2017 to reduce the harms of drugs as part of a balanced approach to tackling drug misuse. Read about our approach to external linking. Addressing drugs and drug harms is not something that law enforcement alone can do and we must ensure that we intervene early and effectively to reduce the demand for drugs. However, given the nature of the programmes, the ACMD were not involved in the development of the county lines programme and Project ADDER outcomes framework. Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. The victims parents reportedlyboth broke down in tears when giving evidenceas they told how their son was left inconsolable and shaking after the incident at a house in Staffordshire. The largest and riskiest services will be required to set out their policies regarding content that is legal but harmful to adults and enforce these consistently. Born on July 15 1960, Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt is the son of Major General Peter Blunt and Adrienne. The requirements on proxy voting were relaxed, allowing MPs to designate another MP to cast a vote on their behalf. All rights reserved. The UK cannot assist with the renewal of passports of other nationalities. We are keen to align this work with any recommendations stemming from Part two of Dame Carol Blacks review, which is due for publication shortly. To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the code of practices for the welfare of animals to include guidance on (a) invisible containment fence systems for livestock, (b) invisible containment fence systems for pets and (c) remote electronic training collars for dogs. To Rowlings tweet sheadded her own words: Its not a niche issue, its not hysterical for women to be taking to the streets about it. The ACMD published their report on 17 December 2021, recommending changes to the law. The statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs includes guidance and reminders for owners about their responsibilities to provide for the welfare needs of their animal, but also to keep their dogs safe and under control. Hours: 45 mins. The UK continues to have strong domestic drugs monitoring and surveillance systems, augmented through our sharing of information and expertise with international partners, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organization. Reigate, @crispinbluntmp The UK is committed to promoting and protecting the rights of LGBT+ people. 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. 22 June 2022, received 225. In July 2002 he was appointed as deputy to Tim Yeo, Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, where he had shadow ministerial responsibility for trade, energy and science. This includes holding the Taliban to their commitment to ensure safe passage. Educated at Wellington College and then the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, where he won . We also continue to engage wider partners in the drugs field, including the National Police Chiefs Council and substance misuse treatment providers and commissioners. In 2020/21 the UK committed 5.47 million to targeted international LGBT+ rights programmes. We are aware, through the NERVTAG and PERFORM studies that singing can increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission through the spread of aerosol droplets.this was backed up by a consensus statement from SAGE, resulting in the suggested principles of safer singing being published. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ask the Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) when he plans to reply to the letter from Professor David Nutt, Chair of the Drug Science Scientific Committee, dated 5 February 2021 on the ACMD's update report on medical cannabis from November 2020. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make it its policy to issue travel documents to children born in the UK to parents from Hong Kong on the British National (Overseas) visa so that those families are not required to enter Chinese consulate grounds. Natural England have also published a refreshed version of the Countryside Code, which makes specific reference to keeping dogs in sight and under control to make sure they stay away from livestock, wildlife, horses and other people unless invited. Hours: 30 mins. This funding will be used to enhance drug treatment and the numbers of treatment places available, including for those leaving prison, to reduce drug-related crime. His responsibilities included prisons and probation, youth justice, criminal law and sentencing policy, and criminal justice. Having won the postal ballot Blunt called for the executive council to consider their position. If a 2C-B-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. The Supreme Court found in favour of the MOD in March 2012 when the legal costs in the Group Litigation were 4,786,939.48. To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made on whether online content that is considered to be blasphemous would fall within the remit of lawful but harmful content as defined within the Online Safety Bill. The general destruction in 2010 and 2011 of most remaining investigative records, in line with MOD policy at the time and communicated by the Defence Police Chiefs Forum. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what risk assessment he has made of the implications of ending UK participation with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) European Drug Report 2021; and on what basis the UK Government has withdrawn from participation, in the context of EU membership not being a requirement. Natural England recently published a refreshed version of the Countryside Code, which highlights that it is best practice to keep dogs on a lead around livestock. [27], On 11 April 2022, after fellow MP Imran Ahmad Khan was found guilty of a child sex offence, Blunt issued a statement in defence of Ahmad Khan which criticised the verdict, describing it as an "international scandal, with dreadful wider implications for millions of LGBT+ Muslims around the world" and said that it "relied on lazy tropes about LGBT+ people". All cancer drugs recommended by NICE are eligible for funding through the CDF from the point of NICEs draft guidance. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's response to the Health and Social Care Committees First Report of Session 2019, on Drugs policy, HC 1178, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Committees recommendation that policy responsibility for drugs should move from the Home Office to the Department of Health and Social Care. Archived communications suggest the exceptions to this are: The historic policy prohibiting homosexuality in the armed forces was wrong and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) deeply regrets LGBT+ members serving in Defence suffered injustice as a consequence. Member for Reigate of 24 September 2020, Official Report, column 1137, on the Gender Recognition Act Consultation, whether the three clinics announced by the Minister for Women and Equalities in her Written Ministerial Statement of 22 September 2020 were originally identified as pilot clinics by his Department. To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many vulnerable Afghans have been brought to the UK from Afghanistan since the end of the UK's evacuation flights on 28 August 2021. We have provided funding to assist local authorities to provide accommodation and support to vulnerable people who are at risk of, or who have been diagnosed with, coronavirus. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will consider future funding cycles for FCO funded programmes as part of its preparation for the Spending Review. Further information about the process and timescale for the review is available on the NICE website at the following link: https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/nice-guidance/nice-technology-appraisal-guidance/changes-to-health-technology-evaluation. "[45], Blunt is a keen cricketer, representing the Parliamentarians team, alongside fellow MPs Peter Bone and Hugh Robertson. We have recently announced a 148million package aimed at dismantling the organised criminal gangs who encourage this terrible trade, helping those in drug treatment and recovery to stop drug-related crime, and dealing with the significant health-related harms drugs pose. 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. The Ministry of Justice has published information on immediate custodial sentences for specific offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, in England and Wales, up to December 2020, in the Principal Offence Proceedings and Outcomes by Home Office Offence Code data tool, available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx. He called again and effectively told me to stop speaking out. To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2021 to Question 21124 on LGBT People, if he will publish the details of the targeted international LGBT rights programmes funded by his Department. A number of lady members were very offended by the manner in which his marriage broke down. We have no plans to move responsibility for drugs from the Home Office to the Department of Health and Social Care. The Home Office has not made an assessment of the effects of Operation VENETIC on the illegal drugs market. And though we acknowledge that Black people are overrepresented amongst those sentenced to prison for a first-time drug offence, this falls short of the reported 10-fold figure. All MPs could vote remotely through an online voting tool. After [she received] over forty formal complaints, in October Surrey PCP finally cleared Townsend of "any breach of public conduct". The first report is expected in 2022. All rights reserved. 1,376 likes. 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. Crispin Blunt, better known by her family name Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt, is a popular British Politician. 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. Information is not held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) on whether subsequent deaths for former serving personnel were due to post-traumatic stress disorder or other causes. There is an established process for the development of medicines, overseen by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which enables medicines (including those containing Schedule 1 controlled drugs such as psilocybin) to be developed, evaluated in clinical trials and licensed based on an assessment of their safety, quality and efficacy before being made available to patients in the UK. 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. Prison is one possible punishment, however the police have a range of powers at their disposal to deal with drug-related offences in a way that is proportionate to the circumstances of the offender and the public interest. This mirrors the findings of the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, and our ambitious response - the Inclusive Britain strategy, which highlighted the importance of a whole system approach. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has advised that it is considering the most appropriate way to publish the relevant information supporting the methods review work. Then just 1 a week for full website and app access. kennesaw state football depth chart; 2022617 crispin blunt advisor There is an established process for the development of medicines, overseen by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which enables medicines containing controlled drugs to be developed, evaluated in clinical trials and licensed based on an assessment of their quality, safety and efficacy before being made available to patients in the UK. This includes many areas highlighted in the ACMD Custody to Community transitions report. He read Politics at the University of Durham between 1981 and 1984, where he was elected President of the Union Society in 1983. 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. The UK remains concerned about reports of human rights abuses in the Philippines, including as part of the "war on drugs", and the treatment of some human and land rights defenders and journalists. We cannot, of course, interfere in the judicial process of another country, just as we would not expect interference in our own. To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the study entitled Evaluation of an aversion-based program designed to reduce predation of native birds by dogs: An analysis of training records for 1156 dogs, published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science in June 2017. 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Use of NPS among those aged 16 to 59 as part of the drug misuse module of the Crime Survey for England and Wales; Use of NPS among 10 to 15 year olds in the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use survey; People entering treatment for problems with NPS; and, The UK Government appointed Dr Ed Day as the Governments Recovery Champion to provide national leadership around key aspects of the drug recovery agenda and advisetheGovernment on where improvements can be made. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if will take steps to ensure that previous deletion of records of investigations and dismissals into Armed Forces service people accused of homosexual conduct will not adversely affect (a) potential future claims for compensation, restoration of lost pension entitlements or (b) admissions of fault from his Department. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Full Council has also been briefed on our strategic approach and members of the Council have provided feedback. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which medicinal products were made available on the NHS with a managed access agreement in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019 to date. Discussion focused on the human rights implications of the COVID-19 crisis which included concerns about increased risks on vulnerable groups. His niece is the actress Emily Blunt. Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT, for surveys: 10 March 2022, received 100 for a survey completed on 18 January 2022. 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.