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Written Answers — Health: Defibrillators (20 May 2013)

Anna Soubry: ...are best placed to understand the requirements for their local populations. As set out in the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy, NHS England will work with the Resuscitation Council, the British Heart Foundation and others to promote the site mapping and registration of defibrillators and to look at ways of increasing the numbers trained in using defibrillators.

Written Answers — Education: First Aid: Curriculum (20 May 2013)

Elizabeth Truss: ...response to the recent consultation on the national curriculum, we have had representations from a range of organisations setting out the case for including CPR skills. The joint response from the British Heart Foundation and Resuscitation Council UK provided evidence to support their recommendation, including on international practice. We do not propose to commission additional research....

Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013)

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: ...community. I cannot overstate the extent to which health organisations agree with this measure. Smokefree Action Coalition brings together 190 health and welfare organisations: royal colleges, the British Medical Association, charities such as Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation, the Trading Standards Institute and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. They all...

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)

Pauline Latham: .... Will the Minister look again at the issue and meet me and my constituents’ hospital consultant, Dr Jamie Mills, to see whether we can make progress? I recently started working with the British Heart Foundation on sudden adult death syndrome after I was contacted by two constituents whose son, Sam, died suddenly as a result of cardiac arrest. He was 19 years old. SADS claims the...

National Plan for Cultural Education (17 April 2013)

Edward Timpson: ...across the country. Alongside that, the arm’s-length bodies of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport—the Arts Council England, English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the British Film Institute, among many others—invest their grant in aid and national lottery funding in substantial educational activity. Against that backdrop, we asked Darren Henley to...

Written Answers — Health: Defibrillators (16 April 2013)

Anna Soubry: ...outcomes strategy published earlier this month highlighted this and the need for the wider availability of defibrillators. The NHS Commissioning Board will work with the Resuscitation Council, the British Heart Foundation and others to promote mapping/registration of defibrillators and to consider ways of increasing the numbers trained in both CPR and use of defibrillators.

Finance (No. 2) Bill (15 April 2013)

William Bain: .... Some psychologists, such as Cass Sunstein, have referred to this phenomenon as an availability cascade, whereby a simple idea takes root and goes viral, quickly becoming the new received wisdom. One wonders whether the Chancellor had that at the heart of his thinking when he began his campaign against the poor. Others may be reminded of the work of George Lakoff when he said that framing...

[Mr David Amess in the Chair] — Backbench Business — Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (25 March 2013) See 10 other results from this debate

Steve Rotheram: ...and charities that have been campaigning for years on this issue, so it is only right that they receive recognition for their efforts. Therefore, in praising again the efforts of the OK Foundation, I would also like to pay tribute to SADS UK, the British Heart Foundation, Cardiac Risk in the Young, the London Ambulance Service, Hearts and Goals, the Arrhythmia Alliance, the North West...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation: amendment of the Law (21 March 2013)

George Freeman: I will develop my argument a little further, if I may, as time is limited. We need a credible programme for deficit reduction, a fair burden of taxation and a long-term vision for the British economy, and that is what the Budget delivered. Simon Walker of the Institute of Directors said yesterday: “We applaud this Budget. The Chancellor has stuck to his guns and held his...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill (19 March 2013)

Simon Hughes: ...sanction on his JSA claim. He said he had received a letter from Seetec, the providers of mandatory work activity in my constituency, asking him to attend a mandatory work placement in June 2012 at the British Heart Foundation and a charity shop quite near to where I live on the Old Kent road. On 21 June, the day before Mr RE was due to start, he received a letter from a voluntary...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions: Health, Social Services and Public Safety (19 March 2013)

Edwin Poots: ...must be communicated to people throughout the organisation.  I pay tribute to all across Northern Ireland involved in this valuable work, including Health and Social Care and a number of voluntary organisations, such as the British Heart Foundation, ABC for Life, the Red Cross and St John Ambulance, as well as the sporting bodies.

Commonwealth and Commonwealth Charter — Motion to Take Note (7 March 2013)

Lord Luce: ...of a more stable climate to deal with conflict resolution, which is extremely important for trade. As the noble and learned Lord, Lord Howe, said, that is extremely important and sits at the heart of the Commonwealth. A number of noble Lords have said that CHOGM next time round is important. To my mind, it is a litmus test of the Commonwealth because it is essential that it shows evidence...

Health: Cardiology — Question (6 March 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Earl Howe: My Lords, I pay tribute to the Oliver King Foundation for its work, as indeed I do to Cardiac Risk in the Young, which for many years has been campaigning very tellingly and successfully in this area. I think that my initial Answer should have satisfied my noble friend on the screening question, because that is now being reviewed by the screening committee. Regarding defibrillators, we have...

Written Answers — Education: First Aid: Education (5 March 2013)

Elizabeth Truss: ...from organisations and individuals during the Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) review consultation period and through correspondence including from St John Ambulance and the British Red Cross, among others. I took representations from Members in the Backbench Business Committee debate on life-saving skills in schools on Thursday 22 November 2012, and have a meeting scheduled...

Prayers: Human Rights Act 1998 (Repeal and Substitution) Bill (1 March 2013)

Charlie Elphicke: That intervention takes us to the key issue of determining whether a person should be able to stand on their UK rights. British courts must take into account all the facts and circumstances of the case, including the conduct of the person seeking to assert the UK right and his adherence to the responsibilities set out in article 23, in considering whether it is fair, equitable and in the...

Business of the House (14 February 2013)

Andrew Lansley: Yes, I have seen the badges. Indeed, there was a specific day on which I wore a British Heart Foundation badge myself. Because the Government recognised its importance, we maintained the research budget, including the budget for the National Institute for Health Research. I believe that, in the last full year, the institute spent some £54 million on research on cardiovascular disease and...

UK Fashion Industry (12 February 2013)

Jo Swinson: ...also a leading centre for the manufacture of clothing and high-quality fabrics, as well as a truly global hub for fashion retailing. Many UK companies are thriving by supplying top-end, exclusive products. British designers such as Stella McCartney, Paul Smith and Vivienne Westwood continue to lead in global markets. The UK’s economic success is due in large part to our ability to...

Israel and Palestine — Question for Short Debate (7 February 2013)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: ...kind or another, and 25% of those are young people. Therein lies our hope. It is natural that they have this inheritance because, after all, the establishment of kibbutzim was a central part of the foundation of the Israeli state, and young Israelis are at the heart of nearly all the peace movements, especially, as noble Lords have already mentioned today, OneVoice, where you find a great...