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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the proportion of patients is who having suffered a heart attack (myocardial infarction) survive for five years; and what the equivalent figures are in (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Sweden and (d) the USA. - Inc fact that data are not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the proportion of patients is who having suffered a heart attack (myocardial infarction) survive for five years; and what the equivalent figures are in (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Sweden and (d) the USA. - Inc fact that data are not...
Asked by
Lord Davies of Stamford
(Conservative)
Answered by
John Denham
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
30 April 2001
For answer on
10 May 2001
Answered on
10 May 2001
Mr. Quentin Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the proportion of patients is who having suffered a heart attack
(myocardial infarction) survive for five years; and what the equivalent figures are in (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Sweden and (d)
the USA. [160239]
Mr. Denham: [holding answer 8 May 2001]: Data on the number of patients who survive for five years after having a heart attack are
not routinely collected. Equivalent data for international comparisons are also not readily available. We have developed the
National Service Framework for coronary heart disease, a 10-year strategy which deals with all aspects of coronary heart disease to
provide a modern service with fair and fast access to high-quality services. One of the NSF's immediate priorities is to improve the
use of effective medicines after heart attack (especially use of aspirin, beta-blockers and statins) so that 80 to 90 per cent. of
people discharged from hospital following a heart attack will be prescribed these drugs.
We recognise the importance of better information and that is why we have funded, through the National Institute for Clinical
Excellence, the Royal College of Physicians' Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project (MINAP), which will collect information on
all people hospitalised with a heart attack. It is expected that MINAP will eventually link to mortality data through the United
Kingdom central cardiac audit database, and provide information on survival rates.
Subjects
Germany; Heart diseases; France; Patients; USA; Cardiovascular system; Mortality rates
Date
10 May 2001
Reference
368 c364-5W; 160239
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who, having been diagnosed with (a) lung cancer, (b) bowel cancer, (c) breast cancer, (d) cervical cancer and (e) prostate cancer survive for five years; and what the comparable figures are for (i)...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who, having been diagnosed with (a) lung cancer, (b) bowel cancer, (c) breast cancer, (d) cervical cancer and (e) prostate cancer survive for five years; and what the comparable figures are for (i)...
Asked by
Lord Davies of Stamford
(Conservative)
Answered by
Melanie Johnson
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
30 April 2001
For answer on
8 May 2001
Answered on
8 May 2001
Mr. Quentin Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who, having been
diagnosed with (a) lung cancer, (b) bowel cancer, (c) breast cancer, (d) cervical cancer and (e) prostate cancer survive for five
years; and what the comparable figures are for (i) France, (ii) Germany, (iii) Sweden and (iv) the USA. [160240]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to
reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Quentin Davies, dated 8 May 2001:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the five year survival rates are for (a)
lung, (b) bowel, (c) breast, (d) cervical, and (d) prostate cancer, and what the comparable figures are for (i) France, (ii)
Germany, (iii) Sweden, and (iv) the USA. (160240)
The latest available five-year survival rates for England are for cases diagnosed in the three year period 1992-94 and followed up
to 31{st }December 1999. Data for eight common cancers including (a) lung, (b) colon, (c) female breast, (d) cervical, and (e)
prostate cancer are available on the National Statistics website, www.statistics.co.uk, under "Health and Care". (Figures for (a)
and (b) are presented for males and females separately).
Survival from cancers of the colon and rectum, which together form the large bowel, are similar. Hence figures for colon alone are
included in the presentation of survival in eight common cancers on the National Statistics website for patients diagnosed in
1992-94. Survival from cancer of the rectum for patients diagnosed in 1991-93 in England and Wales was published in the summer 2000
edition of Health Statistics Quarterly (number 6).
Five-year survival data for the USA can also be found on the National Statistics website, at the address shown above, for patients
diagnosed during 1986-90 and followed up to 31{st} December 1995 for equivalent sites.
Comparable data for France, Germany and Sweden are published in Berrino F, Sant M, Verdecchia A, Capocaccia R (eds). Survival of
cancer patients in Europe-the EUROCARE study II. IARC Scientific Publications No.151. Lyons: International Agency for Research on
Cancer, 1999, a copy of which is in the House of Commons library.
Subjects
Death; Cancer; Germany; France; Medical treatments; Patients; USA; Sweden
Date
8 May 2001
Reference
368 c50W;368 c50-1W; 160240
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Robin Cook
(Labour)
Asked by
Michael Fabricant
(Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, When he will next meet the United States Secretary of State to discuss the future of NATO; and if he will make a statement.
Subjects
Attitudes to; Germany; Europe; Foreign relations; USA; NATO
Date
1 May 2001
Reference
367 c734-5
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on the relationship between the United States and Europe and the future of NATO.
1st supplementary on the relationship between the United States and Europe and the future of NATO.
Asked by
Michael Fabricant
(Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
1 May 2001
Subjects
Attitudes to; Germany; Europe; Foreign relations; USA; NATO
Date
1 May 2001
Reference
367 c734-5
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Robin Cook
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Attitudes to; Germany; Europe; Foreign relations; USA; NATO
Date
1 May 2001
Reference
367 c734-5
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions took place with the German nuclear authorities in advance of permission being granted for the recent resumption of spent nuclear fuel transport from Germany to Sellafield.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions took place with the German nuclear authorities in advance of permission being granted for the recent resumption of spent nuclear fuel transport from Germany to Sellafield.
Asked by
Llew Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Keith Hill
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 April 2001
For answer on
1 May 2001
Answered on
1 May 2001
Mr. Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what discussions took place with the
German nuclear authorities in advance of permission being granted for the recent resumption of spent nuclear fuel transport from
Germany to Sellafield. [159730]
Mr. Hill: Discussions have taken place between my officials and those of the competent authorities in Germany, and other European
countries, to ensure there will be no repetition of the circumstances of excessive contamination which led to the suspension of
spent fuel transports from Europe to Sellafield in mid 1998.
Subjects
Environment protection; Germany; Radioactive waste; Nuclear fuel reprocessing; Radioactive materials; Transport; Sellafield
Date
1 May 2001
Reference
367 c589W; 159730
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, When he will next meet the United States Secretary of State to discuss the future of NATO; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, When he will next meet the United States Secretary of State to discuss the future of NATO; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Michael Fabricant
(Conservative)
Answered by
Robin Cook
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 April 2001
For answer on
1 May 2001
Answered on
1 May 2001
Subjects
Attitudes to; Germany; Europe; Foreign relations; USA; NATO
Date
1 May 2001
Reference
367 c734-5; 158609
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will release to the Public Record Office the (a) cryptographic memorandum No. 101 JNA 10 Naval Attache Code and Additive Cypher and (b) cryptographic memorandum No. 119 of June 1946, The JN 11 Cyphers. - (Holding answer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will release to the Public Record Office the (a) cryptographic memorandum No. 101 JNA 10 Naval Attache Code and Additive Cypher and (b) cryptographic memorandum No. 119 of June 1946, The JN 11 Cyphers. - (Holding answer...
Asked by
Lord Foster of Bath
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Robin Cook
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 April 2001
For answer on
27 April 2001
Answered on
27 April 2001
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will release to the Public Record Office
the (a) cryptographic memorandum No. 101 JNA 10 Naval Attache Code and Additive Cypher and (b) cryptographic memorandum No. 119 of
June 1946, The JN 11 Cyphers. [158992]
Mr. Robin Cook: [holding answer 26 April 2001]:
These memoranda underwent sensitivity reviews in 1999 and, on the basis of those reviews, will continue to be withheld for the
foreseeable future.
Subjects
Disclosure of information; Germany; Public records; World War II; Public Record Office; Military intelligence
Date
27 April 2001
Reference
367 c422W; 158992
House
House of Commons
Supplementary on making German the main foreign language taught in schools.
Supplementary on making German the main foreign language taught in schools.
Asked by
Michael Fabricant
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
26 April 2001
Subjects
Curriculum; Languages; Germany; Schools
Date
26 April 2001
Reference
367 c437
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Blunkett
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Curriculum; Languages; Germany; Schools
Date
26 April 2001
Reference
367 c437
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further action he plans to take to ensure that specified risk material does not enter the domestic food chain from abroad. - (Holding answer 27 March 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further action he plans to take to ensure that specified risk material does not enter the domestic food chain from abroad. - (Holding answer 27 March 2001).
Asked by
Hilton Dawson
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 March 2001
For answer on
24 April 2001
Answered on
24 April 2001
Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what further action he plans to take to ensure that specified risk material
does not enter the domestic food chain from abroad. [155834]
Ms Stuart: [holding answer 27 March 2001]: Under European Union single market rules only meat which has been produced in accordance
with relevant EU meat hygiene and BSE protection rules may be marketed for human consumption within the EU. These rules include
European Commission Decision 2000/418/EC, which requires the removal of specified risk material (SRM) from cattle and sheep carcases
at the slaughterhouse. Single market rules do not permit border controls at points of entry in respect of meat imported from other
EU member states, although random checks at points of destination are permissible. The importation of fresh meat containing SRM into
the United Kingdom from third countries is prohibited by virtue of the SRM Order 1997. Meat imported directly into the UK from a
third country is subject to official checks at the border inspection post to ensure that it complies with all relevant EU and
national public and animal health requirements.
In the UK such checks have shown that the vast majority of consignments of meat imported from other EU member states have complied
with the relevant EU rules. A small number of consignments, however, have been found to contain carcases with small pieces of SRM
still attached. The majority of these consignments (12 out of 14) were destroyed with the remaining two returned to the export
approved plant in January 2001.
As a result of these findings, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has, in each case, taken up the matter vigorously with the national
Government of the exporting country concerned and with the EC. The FSA has also put in place risk-based enhanced checks on meat
imported from other EU member states. The Meat Hygiene Service and its equivalent in Northern Ireland, has been instructed to check
all consignments of imported carcase beef originating from those slaughterhouses which have previously exported carcases with SRM
still attached. Since half of the findings of SRM have involved meat imported from Germany, the FSA has instructed that every
consignment of carcase beef imported from Germany arriving at a licensed meat plant in the UK must be checked by the relevant
authority for the presence of SRM. Local authorities throughout the UK have been advised to make extra checks at meat plants under
their supervision known to receive imports of carcase beef, and to check every consignment of carcase beef imported from Germany for
the presence of SRM.
In addition, because of the disruption of British meat supplies arising from the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, enforcement
authorities have been instructed by the FSA to step up levels of inspection of all types of imported meat, on a risk assessment
basis, in order to ensure that all relevant public health requirements are met.
The enhanced checks on meat imported from other EU member states, and the enhanced level of inspection of all imported meat, will be
maintained for as long as the FSA considers such measures to be justified. The FSA will continue to monitor the situation.
Subjects
Inspections; Disease control; Germany; Imports; Meat; Safety; BSE; Beef
Date
24 April 2001
Reference
155834; 367 c212-3W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Geoffrey Hoon
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Robathan
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What recent discussions he has had with his French and German counterparts on the proposed European rapid reaction force.
Subjects
EU countries; EU common foreign and security policy; Germany; France; NATO; EU defence policy; Rapid reaction forces
Date
23 April 2001
Reference
367 c11-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on the concern that the German Government will be unable to fulfil its commitment to the European rapid reaction force and whether the force will be entirely separate from NATO.
1st supplementary on the concern that the German Government will be unable to fulfil its commitment to the European rapid reaction force and whether the force will be entirely separate from NATO.
Asked by
Lord Robathan
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
23 April 2001
Subjects
EU countries; EU common foreign and security policy; Germany; France; NATO; EU defence policy; Rapid reaction forces
Date
23 April 2001
Reference
367 c11-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Geoffrey Hoon
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
EU countries; EU common foreign and security policy; Germany; France; NATO; EU defence policy; Rapid reaction forces
Date
23 April 2001
Reference
367 c11-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What recent discussions he has had with his French and German counterparts on the proposed European rapid reaction force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What recent discussions he has had with his French and German counterparts on the proposed European rapid reaction force.
Asked by
Lord Robathan
(Conservative)
Answered by
Geoffrey Hoon
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 April 2001
For answer on
23 April 2001
Answered on
23 April 2001
Subjects
EU countries; EU common foreign and security policy; Germany; France; NATO; EU defence policy; Rapid reaction forces
Date
23 April 2001
Reference
367 c11-2; 156935
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the recent discovery of contaminated shipments of German beef in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the recent discovery of contaminated shipments of German beef in Northern Ireland.
Asked by
Tim Yeo
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 January 2001
For answer on
23 April 2001
Answered on
23 April 2001
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the recent discovery of contaminated shipments of
German beef in Northern Ireland. [147859]
Ms Stuart: I am advised on questions of food safety by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The shipments of German beef in question
were found to include a small number of beef forequarters to which pieces of spinal cord remained attached. Under the European
Union-wide rules on specified risk material (SRM), the spinal cord should have been removed from the carcases at the abattoir at
which the animals were slaughtered.
The presence of SRM on imported meat is clearly unacceptable. I have raised the issue personally with the Federal German Minister of
Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture on several occasions to stress the importance of effective implementation of the SRM rules
and to press for remedial action at the abattoirs concerned. The FSA has also raised the matter with the European Commissioner for
Health and Consumer Protection who also expressed his concern to the German authorities. I am satisfied that the German authorities
fully recognise the importance of effective SRM controls and are taking appropriate steps when breaches of these controls are
discovered.
Subjects
Contamination; Germany; Northern Ireland; Beef
Date
23 April 2001
Reference
147859; 367 c159W
House
House of Commons
Adjournment debate on compensation for prisoners of war held in Germany during World War II.
Adjournment debate on compensation for prisoners of war held in Germany during World War II.
Lead member
Vincent Cable
Answering member
Lord Moonie
Department
Ministry of Defence
Type
Adjournment debates
Subjects
Compensation; Geneva Conventions; Inhuman treatment; Germany; Pay; Prisoners of war; Concentration camps
Date
5 April 2001
Reference
366 c597-604
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investigations he has carried out into the presence of spinal cords in beef imported into the UK from Germany; what the findings were of those investigations; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investigations he has carried out into the presence of spinal cords in beef imported into the UK from Germany; what the findings were of those investigations; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Laurence Robertson
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 February 2001
For answer on
29 March 2001
Answered on
29 March 2001
Mr. Cawsey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he has taken following the discovery of spinal cord in imported
beef from other EU countries. [149915]
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what investigations he has carried out into the presence of spinal
cords in beef imported into the UK from Germany; what the findings were of those investigations; and if he will make a statement.
[150222]
Mr. Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures he is taking to stop the import of meat that contains specified
risk material; and if he will make a statement. [155296]
Ms Stuart: The Government are advised on matters of food safety by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Controls on specified risk materials (SRM), such as spinal cord, are a crucial part of the protection of United Kingdom consumers
against BSE, and the UK has had rules requiring the removal and safe disposal of SRM for several years. New, harmonised
European-wide SRM controls were introduced with effect from 1 October 2000. Responsibility for ensuring that SRM controls are being
enforced by all member states lies with the European Commission, which is currently carrying out inspection missions to all member
states to check on this.
Where consignments of beef imported into the UK have been found with SRM attached, the issue has been taken up vigorously with the
European Commission, and with the authorities of the member states involved--Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. The FSA
policy is to press for plant closures if evidence suggests that there is a system failure. It is for the national authorities to
review the inspection systems at the abattoirs concerned, and three abattoirs, two in Germany and one in the Netherlands, have had
their operating licences suspended by their relevant authorities until they can guarantee that no more contaminated meat will come
into circulation on the market. The FSA has also instructed the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) (and its counterpart in Northern Ireland)
to inspect every consignment of carcase beef imported from Germany to licensed meat plants in the UK, and all consignments from the
other overseas abattoirs concerned. Reports from the MHS show that the large majority of consignments of imported beef have had the
SRM properly removed. In addition, local authorities have been advised to check all consignment of imported carcase beef from
Germany at meat plants under their supervision.
Subjects
Cattle; Inspections; Diseases; Health hazards; EU internal trade; Disease control; Germany; Imports; Meat; BSE; Beef
Date
29 March 2001
Reference
150222; 365 c752W
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports (Government responses); House of Commons papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Defence Committee
Notes
Received 03.04.01
Subjects
Defence equipment; Industry; Germany; France; Procurement; Ministry of Defence; EU defence policy; Italy; Spain; Military alliances; Sweden; NATO; British American Security Information Council
Commons Library location
CS 873
Date
28 March 2001
Reference
HC 389 2000/01
House
House of Commons
Whether they consider it to be in the public interest that beef should be imported from Germany. [HL 881]. - Inc ref to Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No 2) Regulations 1996.
Whether they consider it to be in the public interest that beef should be imported from Germany. [HL 881]. - Inc ref to Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No 2) Regulations 1996.
Asked by
Lord Tebbit
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
21 March 2001
Answered on
21 March 2001
Subjects
Health hazards; Hygiene; Germany; Imports; Meat; BSE; Beef
Date
21 March 2001
Reference
HL 881; 623 c165-6WA
House
House of Lords