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Written Question
Nutrition: Health Education
Tuesday 3rd May 2016

Asked by: Angela Smith (Liberal Democrat - Penistone and Stocksbridge)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which private sector companies (a) provided financial resources, (b) submitted evidence and (c) provided any in-kind support during the development of the new Eatwell Guide.

Answered by Jane Ellison

No private sector companies provided financial resources or in-kind support during the development of the Eatwell Guide.

An external reference group was convened to provide advice to Public Health England (PHE) on the approaches to developing the model. Representatives from health, voluntary sector and industry (including trade and levy organisations), were members and provided routes of engagement.

Outside of reference group involvement, 25 individuals/organisations provided unofficial written comments directly to PHE; two of which were private sector companies.

Written Question
Obesity
Tuesday 3rd May 2016

Asked by: Angela Smith (Liberal Democrat - Penistone and Stocksbridge)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department will be responsible for drafting and publishing the obesity strategy.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The Childhood Obesity Strategy, which will be launched in the summer, is being led by the Department with input from across Government, including Public Health England.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Nov 2015
Junior Doctors Contract

"In his approach, the Health Secretary has implied that the current junior doctors contract arrangements compromise patient safety, so will he tell us which hospital chief executives have confirmed to him that that is the case?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Feb 2015
Human Fertilisation and Embryology

"Does my hon. Friend agree that the fact is that any scientist would say that no technique is entirely safe but the risk in this case is very low indeed, and completely justifies the leap of faith she describes, which is in effect a further advance in the use of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Feb 2015
Human Fertilisation and Embryology

"Is prevention not better than cure?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2015
National Health Service

"I feel privileged to take part in this important debate, which has focused on how the state of the NHS is playing out in Members’ local areas. The contribution of my right hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman) encouraged me to reflect on just how recently …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2015
National Health Service

"I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and I am really sorry to hear of the cases she raises. The situation really does need to be sorted out, because the Yorkshire ambulance trust goes on to say that

“the service was experiencing a high level of demand in the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2015
National Health Service

"Does my right hon. Friend not agree that the same explanations apply to ambulance response times, by which I mean the closure of the NHS Direct service, the cuts to the social care and the difficulties in seeing a GP?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2015
National Health Service

"Sickness-related absence is going up around the country. In Barnsley, it has gone up by two percentage points in the past two weeks. A one percentage point increase equates to £1 million a year. Not only will that hit budgets, but it is a real sign that the NHS is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"T8. My constituent Mr Offord waited 22 minutes after a 999 call for a double-crewed ambulance, and his death was referred by the South Yorkshire coroner to Ministers because of a concern that he might have survived if he had received medical help sooner. The Yorkshire ambulance service has just …..."
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