"Today I am publishing “Next Steps for Nursery Milk”—a public consultation on the measures by which, through the nursery milk scheme, we can secure the most effective delivery, to all children under the age of five, of free milk in their childcare setting.
"The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will meet on 21and 22 June. The health and consumer affairs part of the Council will be taken on 22 June.
The presidency is expected to seek to agree a partial general approach on the proposal for a regulation on establishing …..." Anne Milton - View Speech
"Yes, and may I commend my hon. Friend on the work he has done in this area? In the reformed NHS, infertility treatment services will be commissioned by clinical commissioning groups, with the NHS Commissioning Board providing oversight and support. That will include the provision of resources and tools to …..." Anne Milton - View Speech
"As I am sure the hon. Lady is aware, we have proposed in the alcohol strategy to make sure that public health and other health considerations can be used in making decisions about licensing applications. This is what we have achieved from having a cross-government strategy and approach, moving public …..." Anne Milton - View Speech
"We estimate that alcohol misuse cost the NHS in England about £3.5 billion in 2009-10. The published estimate for the number of alcohol-related admissions was 1,168,300 in 2010-11. However, that is admissions to hospital. We reckon that the cost of alcohol-related accident and emergency visits was about £696 million in …..." Anne Milton - View Speech
"Indeed, that is why we have a cross-Government strategy. We will be working with the Home Office and many other agencies and Departments to ensure that we deliver the savings. It is not just about the financial cost; it is also about the human cost. Identification, brief interventions and alcohol …..." Anne Milton - View Speech
"I can assure the hon. Lady that I am not at all worried about the politics of the issue. To ensure a brief answer, I refer her to the Government’s alcohol strategy, which mentions all those factors and draws attention to the substantial progress we expect to see on those …..." Anne Milton - View Speech
"We will introduce an alcohol check within the NHS checks for adults from April 2013. My hon. Friend is right to highlight the substantial impact that identification and brief interventions in the GP’s surgery and elsewhere can have...." Anne Milton - View Speech
"I can assure the hon. Lady that we will be talking with the devolved Administrations, and indeed all other agencies, and welcome any input on this. It is good to hear her welcome our strategy, and I am sure she will agree that the only way we can reduce alcohol …..." Anne Milton - View Speech
"This year, we published our public health outcomes framework, which will last from 2013 to 2016. It sets out two high-level outcomes: to increase healthy life expectancy and to reduce differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy between communities. This is the first time that a Government have published …..." Anne Milton - View Speech