This is available at: https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/. [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". We cannot, of course, interfere in the judicial process of another country, just as we would not expect interference in our own. We note with concern reports of the killings of LGBT+ activists. Homelessness legislation includes eligibility criteria such as the local connection test, to ensure that resources are prioritised effectively,ensuring accommodation is there for people who need it most. The MHRA continues to support the safe and scientifically sound conduct of trials in this area and also to provide regulatory and scientific advice to companies at all stages of developing medicines. When considered alongside the academic research, the public consultation responses, and direct engagement with the sector, the Government concluded that these electric shock collars present an unacceptable risk to the welfare of dogs and cats and that their use should not be permitted. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence plans to publish the full outputs of the task and finish groups engaged in the development of its health technology evaluation review. They will no longer be able to arbitrarily remove controversial viewpoints. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs continues to carry out in-depth reviews on issues relating to drugs and drug harms. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2023 to Question 126511 and the Answer of 9th February 2023 to Question 140011, whether her Department is in possession of any (a) recent and (b) historic evidence to show that Psilocybin (i) causes harm or (ii) has the potential to cause harm. [2][3][4][22] He was listed as one of Business Insider's "16 Incredibly Impressive Students At Cambridge University". As the data tool above does not cover the full time series requested, please see the attached table with details of immediate custodial sentences given for offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 from 2005 to 2020. These initiatives were driven by Crispin Blunt, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences. 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. Under the new arrangements, NICE now appraises all new cancer drugs, and NICE is able to recommend a drug for use through the CDF where there is too much uncertainty to be able to recommend routine use. Make suicide prevention a compulsory part of the school curriculum. It provides a detailed analysis of the challenges posed by drug supply and demand, including the ways in which drugs fuel serious violence. We understand the unique significance that weddings hold in peoples lives but, by their nature they are events that bring families and friends together. 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. [35], He voted against the CameronClegg coalition government in 2013 on the issue of British military intervention in the Syrian civil war. He reprised his role as Edmund in Prince Caspian, directed by Andrew Adamson and released in May 2008 to generally positive reviews, grossing $419.7 million worldwide. In May 2014, Keynes was cast to voice the antagonist Sir Allan Kerr in Heirloom Audio Production's award-winning audio adventure In Freedom's Cause, a historical novel by G.A. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer where cisplatin is unsuitable, ROS1-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer after second response to chemotherapy, Relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma, relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, adjuvant treatment of resected melanoma with high risk of recurrence, Pembrolizumab (with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy), adjuvant treatment of resected stage III and IV melanoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more systemic therapies, relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more systemic therapies, HER2-negative breast cancer after endocrine therapy, in combination with fulvestrant for treating advanced hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, maintenance treatment of newly diagnosed BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer, after response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy, Pembrolizumab with carboplatin and paclitaxel, maintenance treatment of relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer, Palbociclib in combination with fulvestrant, advanced, HR+ HER2- breast cancer after endocrine therapy, maintenance treatment of BRCA-mutated platinum sensitive relapsed ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer, after response to platinum-based chemotherapy. To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps Ministers in her Department have taken in relation to the case of Christopher Emms since his detention in Saudi Arabia on 6 February 2022. 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. 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. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and academy trusts, has recently been updated to include clauses to protect the local governance arrangements of a non-faith or community school joining a mixed multi-academy trust. The Government introduces new controls over drugs only after considering advice from the ACMD. Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt (born 15 July 1960) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reigate since 1997. To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to covid-19 regulations providing for 15 people to gather only for legally recognised marriages, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending that legal recognition on (a) an interim and (b) a permanent basis to humanist weddings. Townsend was elected. This includes Dame Carol Black in her role as independent advisor and Dr Ed Day our national Recovery Champion. The Tory MP yesterday made an extraordinary intervention in the case of Imran Ahmad Khan, the Wakefield backbencher found guilty of the sexual assault. It has been a great privilege to serve the people of Reigate and Banstead in Parliament since 1997. Keynes' great-grandparents were Nobel Prize laureate Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian and Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian. In all but the most exceptional of circumstances, demolitions and evictions are contrary to International Humanitarian Law. However, due to the volume and complexity of relocation applications, it is not currently possible to confirm how many of the OCdts or their dependants were evacuated and are now residing in the UK. This Government is also delivering a range of initiatives to tackle youth violence including investing over 105.5 million in Violence Reduction Units from 2019 to 2022. We have no current plans to deprioritise any aspects of our approach to tackling drug misuse, but we will continue to monitor and evaluate our drug misuse programmes across Government to learn what is most effective and inform future spending decisions. Recent assessments and reviews include: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and related substances; fentanyls; novel benzodiazepines; Sunosi; synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists; and cannabis-based products for medicinal use. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government report entitled An evaluation of the Governments Drug Strategy 2010 which reported the finding that drugs market violence is an unintended consequence of enforcing drug laws, for what reason that finding was not tackled in the Drug Strategy 2017; and what steps the Government is taking to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the ongoing effects of enforcement on market violence in the UK. The destruction of investigative records did not include personnel service records, which remain intact. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2021 to Question 2169, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Crime and Justice Taskforce membership not including representation from the (a) Department of Health and Social Care, (b) Department for Education, (c) Department of Work and Pensions, or (d) Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, unlike its predecessor, the Drug Strategy Board. [1] A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice within the Ministry of Justice from 2010 to 2012 and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2015 until 2017. They remain separated but have not divorced. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst were evacuated under Op Pitting and now reside in the UK; and what proportion of these were accompanied by family members or dependants. If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall). As I set out in response to Question 140011, Psilocybin, in common with a number of drugs that have been controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (the 1971 Act) for a considerable period of time, has not been subject to analysis or recent analysis of harm. Both departments have an important role to play in tackling the current issues around drug misuse. The refreshed Veterans Strategy Action Plan includes a reference to planned research on supported housing, including veterans. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will hold discussions with the Chief Medical Officer on the potential merits of psilocybin's (a) medicinal and (b) therapeutic use. In respect of legal recognition of humanist weddings, 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. The response sets out the Governments view of each recommendation. Violence and exploitation is an inherent part of the business model of organised criminal gangs who supply drugs, and it is important that we continue to address this threat. To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the specific needs of (a) LGBT+ homeless people and (b) other homeless people with protected characteristics have been taken into account in the steps the Government is taking to tackle the covid-19 outbreak. To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the paper entitled Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression, published in 2022, if he will ask the Chief Medical Officer to assess the (a) medicinal and (b) therapeutic utility of psilocybin. Reigate, @crispinbluntmp Faith schools have played an important role in our education system for many years. His conviction today is nothing short of an international scandal, with dreadful wider implications for millions of LGBT+ muslims around the world. for We will update this information if the situation changes. Import licences are issued for individual drug substances as opposed to by schedule of drug. 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Consular officials in Saudi Arabia and the UK continue to provide consular assistance to Mr Emms and his family. The ACMD published their report on 17 December 2021, recommending changes to the law. The Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has again defended his former colleague Imran Ahmad Khan, claiming Ahmad Khan's conviction for sexual abuse was "a serious miscarriage of justice". Cocaine is a licensed medicine authorised for local anaesthesia and vasoconstriction of the mucous membranes, for use in procedures such as oral and ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery. There is an established process for the development of medicines, which enables medicines (including those containing Schedule 1 drugs such as psilocybin) to be developed, evaluated in clinical trials and licensed based on an assessment of their safety, quality and efficacy. There is an established process for the development of medicines, which enables medicines (including those containing Schedule 1 drugs such as 2C-B) to be developed, evaluated in clinical trials and licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA), based on an assessment of their safety, quality and efficacy. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which compensation schemes are open for nuclear test veterans of tests that took place prior to 2005. The statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs includes guidance on how to keep dogs safe and under control. However, when Rifkind was knocked out of the party leadership contest, Blunt returned to the Whips' office and wrote to all party members in his constituency asking them to rank the remaining contenders in order of preference so he could best represent his constituents. A response to this letter was sent on Thursday 17 June. Such specialists would be best positioned to advise on the best approach for their specific case. 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.