Daisy Cooper: I was incredibly moved to learn of the Secretary of State’s personal experience with this issue. I commend his courage in talking about a deeply personal issue. In his statement, the Secretary of State outlined that patients will be able “to choose a nominated person who they believe is best placed to look after their interests.” Could he outline what rights that nominated person might...
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to visit (a) Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, (b) Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, (c) North Devon District Hospital and (d) Torbay District Hospital.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279, on Evusheld, whether the UKHSA has reviewed studies published by the US Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency on the effectiveness of Evusheld against the covid-19 omicron variant; and for what reason the UKHSA has decided to undertake duplicate...
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 15764 and with reference to reports of a data loss in the Home Office IT systems, whether she can confirm that all applications submitted between 18 and 25 March 2022 have now been received by the Home Office; and whether she has made an assessment of whether applications submitted...
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279 on Evusheld, when the UKHSA began testing Evusheld’s effectiveness against the covid-19 omicron variant; and whether UKHSA has guidance on how long that testing should take.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with her Canadian counterpart on a reciprocal social security agreement with Canada.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he intends to issue further restrictions on the use of combustible materials on buildings above 11 metres in height.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to monitor the exercise of professional judgement by building designers in decisions on whether to use combustible materials in buildings above 11 metres in height.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the National Regulator for Construction Products will have a statutory responsibility for overseeing compliance with Approved Document B.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to e-petition 604472, Reduce indefinite leave to remain fees from £2389 to £243 for health workers, whether he has had discussions with the Home Secretary on reducing the indefinite leave to remain fees for health and social care workers from £2389 to £243.
Daisy Cooper: Will the Minister give way?
Daisy Cooper: The Conservatives have been running our health and social care system into the ground for years. Covid has made an already bad situation worse, but it was already bad, and my constituents—patients and healthcare professionals—can really feel it. A constituent who is a professional chauffeur needs to provide regular medical assessment certificates to keep his job, but his GP is not doing...
Daisy Cooper: I am genuinely incredibly grateful for that answer, because when I challenged the Minister on this last week I did not receive that answer. I am grateful to receive that response. I submitted a letter to the Minister—I think it was in April—and attempted to come to some drop-in events that were cancelled, so I am pleased to hear that that data will be provided by the end of June. However,...
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 6920, on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, how many applications to the Homes for Ukraine scheme were received by UK Visas and Immigration between 18 and 25 March 2022; and of those how many (a) had been accepted, (b) had been declined and (c) were still pending as at 18 April 2022.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 136664, when he plans to make a decision on the Abbey Line bid to the Restoring Your Railway programme.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what long-term plans for investment in the domestic diagnostics industry he has made to help ensure that the necessary (a) relationships, (b) infrastructure and (c) supply chains are in place for the UK’s future health security.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to support UK pensioners who are living in Commonwealth countries.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy for refugees from Ukraine who have arrived under the Ukraine Family Scheme to be entitled to free travel on public transport for follow up visa appointments with her Department.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on releasing funds that would allow progress on new hospital provision for the eight Pathfinder Trusts.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he plans to release funds for enabling works for the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust transformation programme.