Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what (1) recent discussions they have had, and (2) consultation they have conducted, with (a) people with Down’s Syndrome, (b) families of people with Down’s Syndrome, and (c) Down’s Syndrome advocacy groups, about the National Screening Council’s recommendation that the NHS should offer a non-invasive prenatal testing technique, which could result in...
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the RAPID study into cell-free DNA, non-invasive prenatal testing techniques, which projects that a further 102 babies with Down’s Syndrome will be detected every year if the screening is implemented; and what assessment they have made of the impact of such screening on the percentage of babies with a Down's...
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the increase, if any, in abortions for disability of implementing new non-invasive prenatal testing techniques.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of cell-free DNA, non-invasive prenatal testing techniques on (1) the medical profession’s, and (2) society's, attitudes towards people with Down’s Syndrome.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of non-invasive prenatal testing techniques for Down’s Syndrome on the Down’s Syndrome community in the light of the percentage of abortions that take place on the grounds of a Down’s Syndrome diagnosis.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the National Screening Council’s recommendation that the NHS should offer non-invasive prenatal testing techniques in the light of (1) the UK’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and (2) the Equalities Act 2010 protection of disabled people from unjustified discrimination on...
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that the UK complies with its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities if cell-free DNA, non-invasive prenatal testing techniques are made available to pregnant women on the NHS.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to fulfil their obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and in particular Article 23, subsection 3.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the possible effects of normalising cell-free DNA, non-invasive prenatal testing techniques, in particular with regard to enabling sex-selective abortions.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take steps to ensure that the issues highlighted in the Parliamentary Inquiry into Abortion on the Grounds of Disability of 2013, and in particular the finding that many parents are steered towards abortion and feel that they do not receive adequate information about other options, are not exacerbated by the introduction of cell-free DNA,...
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been invested in the last year in (1) Down’s Syndrome research, (2) Down’s Syndrome screening, and (3) support for people with Down’s Syndrome.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support individuals with Down’s Syndrome and their families.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the UK National Screening Council’s review of cell-free DNA testing has had, and will have, on the community of people with Down’s syndrome; and in particular, the impact of "cost per trisomy detected" being listed as an important factor to consider in their economic analysis.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions (1) in the last tax year for which figures are available, and (2) for each of the tax years since the introduction of Gift Aid, HMRC reclaimed or recovered Gift Aid from an individual because they had mistakenly made a Gift Aid declaration to a charity or had not paid sufficient tax to cover the Gift Aid.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount of public money given to Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC) or its precursor organisation, Support After Termination for Abnormality, in each of the last 10 years; and for what purposes the money was given.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government which groups the Department of Health met before making the decision to introduce non-invasive prenatal testing on the NHS.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an equality impact assessment was conducted before the decision was made to introduce non-invasive prenatal testing on the NHS.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage increase in the number of abortions performed on the grounds of disability between 1986 and 2015.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage increase in the number of late term abortions (after 24 weeks) performed on the grounds of disability between 1991 and 2015.
Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage increase in the number of abortions for Down's syndrome between 1991 and 2015.