Results 1-20 of 113 for speaker:Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (21 Jul 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 9 June (WA 143), whether the undertaking by Lord Warner on 8 March 2005 that "fluoridation schemes would only be introduced where the local population were in favour" (HL Deb, col 706) still represents Government policy.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (20 Jul 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WA 323—4) and 9 June (WA 143), whether the conclusion of "no clear association" between water fluoridation and cancer as distinct from "no evidence of risk" applies to (a) bone problems, and (b) infant mortality, congenital defects and IQ problems for which the York reviewers in 2000...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (20 Jul 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WA 323—4), whether the Chief Dental Officer will now remove the claim in paragraph 5 of his February 2008 letter to strategic health authorities, primary care trusts and others (Gateway 9361), that the York review confirmed that there was "no evidence of any risk to health"; and whether he...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (20 Jul 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in assessing the findings of Dr Peter Mansfield, based on the most recent published figures of population fluoride intakes by the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, which were communicated to the Chief Dental Officer in December 2008 and discussed with him on 19 January 2009; whether the Chief Dental Officer or a colleague will...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (9 Jun 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what meaning they attribute to the statement by Lord Warner on 8 March 2005 during the debate on the Water Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2005 that "fluoridation schemes would only be introduced where the local population were in favour" (Official Report, House of Lords, col. 706) To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (9 Jun 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 18 May (WA 253—4) and 20 May (WA 323—4), whether opposition expressed by members of the public to a health measure that will affect them, based on the grounds that scientific findings about possible risks of cancer and other harms have been mixed, should be taken into account.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Cancer (20 May 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government how they distinguish in public health terms between findings of "no evidence of risk" from cancer and "no clear association" with cancer.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (18 May 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 20 April (WA 336), whether the Answer recognised that the Australian review which it cited: (a) explicitly took the York report as the basis for its findings under all headings; (b) found only three additional "small" studies on bone fracture (5.3.1.3), and four on cancer which should be interpreted "with...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (18 May 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 20 April (WA 337), how they reconcile South Central Strategic Health Authority's decision, given the support of 28 per cent of respondents by one measure and 32 per cent by another during the recent consultation on water fluoridation in the Southampton area, with the assurance given by Lord Warner that...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (20 Apr 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 18 March (WA 40), whether the Answer recognised that (a) the York report on water fluoridation stated under 8.5 in the main body of the report that the meta-regression of bone fracture studies "should be interpreted with extreme caution" in its pooled estimate suggesting no effect; (b) a finding of "no...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (20 Apr 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the "standard brief" on the effects of water fluoridation referred to in Appendix 2 paragraph 21 of the Chief Dental Officer's February 2008 letter of guidance (Gateway 9361) has been published; and what steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of any statements in it concerning the York systematic scientific review.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (20 Apr 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the recent decision by South Central Strategic Health Authority to fluoridate the water supplies in some areas of Southampton and Hampshire, against the wishes of 72 per cent of those who responded to public consultation and 38 per cent out of the 70 per cent who expressed any opinion in the telephone survey, is consistent with the statement by Lord...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (30 Mar 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 11 February (WA 190), why Southampton Primary Care Trust's view that it had adequately explored alternatives to water fluoridation sufficed to preclude setting out alternatives in a public consultation in conformity with the Cabinet Office guidelines referred to.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (18 Mar 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the chief dental officer's letter of guidance in February 2008 on Fluoridation of Drinking Water (Gateway 9361) should have contained the claim in paragraph 5 that the York review confirmed that "there was no evidence of any risk to health" from fluoridation, when the senior reviewers of the York team stated in the British Medical Journal of 16 June...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (23 Feb 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a primary care trust which has joined the campaign of the National Alliance for Equity in Dental Health to extend water fluoridation will have a conflict of interest if it promotes a local fluoridation scheme under the Water Act 2003.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (11 Feb 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the South Central Strategic Health Authority, in conducting a public consultation on the desirability of a water fluoridation scheme under the Water Act 2003, should have followed the provision of Criterion 2.3 of the Cabinet Office guidelines on consultation that "as far as possible, consultation should be completely open, with no options ruled out",...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (21 Jan 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 17 November 2008 (WA 166) and 17 December 2008 (WA 41), whether their classification of fluoridation schemes was based on legal advice.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (21 Jan 2009)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 17 November 2008 (WA 165—66) and 17 December 2008 (WA 41) which state that water fluoridation is a service undertaken under the Water Industry Act 1991, why the Department of Health takes responsibility for it.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (17 Dec 2008)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 17 November (WA 165), whether they have received legal advice indicating that fluoridation schemes do not form part of the health services which the Secretary of State has a duty to promote; and if so, whether that legal advice took account of (a) the health claims for water fluoridation contained in the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Fluoridation (17 Dec 2008)

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 17 November (WA 166), whether water undertakers in fluoridating water supplies under the Water Act 2003 act as agents of the Strategic Health Authorities concerned; whether water undertakers bear any costs of fluoridation; and whether they bear any legal responsibility in the event of successful health...