Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access and (b) the introduction of the severity modifier on decisions of companies to launch medicines in the UK.
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will monitor the impact of the severity modifier on access to new end of life cancer medicines.
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislation making it a criminal offence to be in possession of NOS canisters.
Tracey Crouch: I have a constituent who was brutally raped in the ’80s. Despite presenting the evidence then and again more recently, she never got the support or the justice she deserved, due to failings within the Met. Can the Minister spell out what precise support historical victims of rape will receive following the review? Will it mean that, for my constituent and other victims of rape, justice will...
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) endoscopies and (b) other bowel cancer diagnostic tests.
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reduce the FIT screening for bowel cancer threshold from 120 ug/g to 20ug/g.
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in negotiations with the European Commission on awarding Great Britain Part 1 listed status to enable pet owners to travel outside the UK with fewer restrictions.
Tracey Crouch: I am listening to the Minister with great interest. It is undeniable that the Minister and the Department are doing what they can to enhance the protection of seals, particularly through measures in the fishing industry, as he has spoken about at length. However, my Bill—the foundation of today’s debate—is about humans and their interaction with seals, and the disturbance and harassment...
Tracey Crouch: I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate. As he is here, I also thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and Redruth (George Eustice), who was incredibly supportive of the Seals (Protection) Bill, which I introduced in February 2022. Although the code she has referenced is welcome, it is still only advisory, so does she agree that we need legislation such as the Seals...
Tracey Crouch: In Medway, which is an area with high levels of deprivation, mortality rates for lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are significantly higher than the average in England, as is smoking-attributed mortality. Due to the towns’ shipbuilding and heavy industry heritage, to follow on from the point made by the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis), we also have one of...
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NICE appraisals have been terminated in (a) 2018-2019, (b) 2019-2020, (c) 2020-2021 and (d) 2021-2022.
Tracey Crouch: Thank you, Dr Huq. I thank colleagues for participating in the debate, either through speeches or through some of the excellent interventions we have heard—it is much appreciated. I thank and pay tribute to the Minister, who I know is working exceptionally hard across Government to try to deliver on this issue. I also praise him for the very honest interview that he gave at the start of...
Tracey Crouch: The hon. Member is right. It was remiss of me not to mention that farmer loneliness and isolation is a huge issue, in particular its impact on mental health. There are some excellent examples of how other countries, such as New Zealand, tackle rural and farmer isolation and loneliness, so the hon. Gentleman is right to highlight that and to draw on the experiences of other countries around...
Tracey Crouch: I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of tackling loneliness and connecting communities. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I know this is an issue you care passionately about, as do many Members across the House. I spoke for the first time about the issue of loneliness in the Christmas recess Adjournment debate in December 2011. I was supported in...
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parents of deaf children participated in British sign language courses that were funded through the adult education budget in Kent and Medway in each of the last three years.
Tracey Crouch: I think it is very important that the Minister also meets the pharmaceutical companies, because there is a counterclaim to the statistic from NICE that he has just given. The pharmaceuticals say that, actually, a significant percentage—I cannot remember off the top of my head what it is—of drugs would not pass the test. My plea to him is to sit down with all interested parties and not...
Tracey Crouch: I just want to say that I was never not in my place; I was fortunate enough to go through cancer treatment during covid, when we were all working under a hybrid procedure. Actually, that experience has helped to form some of the contributions that I have made to the Procedure Committee about how we in this place support people who are going through significant illnesses.
Tracey Crouch: I think this is my first time speaking under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris; I am sure it will be a great pleasure. I congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this important debate, and on his excellent speech setting out the issues with the new NICE methods and processes for cancer drugs. The hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) described him...
Tracey Crouch: I entirely agree. Data sharing will help cancer outcomes full stop, not just in the example she gives. If my GP sent me for a breast screening, for example, the person doing the screening could not currently see whether I have had a cervical screening. Having the conversation about screening for other cancers while having some form of cancer screening is an important aspect of long-term...