Parliamentary Activity
Shipman Inquiry — 2 mentions in Parliament since Apr 2018
Written Question
Commons
02 Dec 2024
Analgesics
Sir Julian Lewis
Conservative
→ Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on (a) doctors and (b) other qualified medical personnel administering pain-relieving drugs which may shorten lives; and whether regulations on that issue changed after the convi
Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care
A wide variety of medicines are used for the purpose of pain-relief, and they have differing levels of regulation. Some items can be bought off-the-shelf without a prescription, whilst others require authorisation from a medical professional. The Human Me...
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Written Question
Commons
30 Apr 2018
Crimes of Violence
Louise Haigh
Labour
→ Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to figure 2 of the Serious Violence Strategy, published in April 2018, if he will publish the figures for (a) homicide, (b) firearms offences and (c) knife crime in each year for which
Government answer
Home Office
Information on homicide, offences involving firearms and offences involving knives or sharp instruments is regularly published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Home Office. The ONS publishes information on offences recorded by the polic...
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