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HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMy Lords, I will address the same amendments in this group as were listed by the noble Baroness, Lady Bull. Amendments 5, 6, 9, 12 and 15 will be addressed by my noble friends…20 May 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMy Lords, I was inspired to table Amendment 19, which stands in my name, by three experiences. The first was that, prior to the Bill’s Second Reading, I spent a considerable…20 May 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill20 May 2020HANSARDMental Health ServicesMy Lords, is data on mental health support, A&E presentations, referrals to community mental health services, crisis resolution callouts and detentions under the Mental Health Act…19 May 2020HANSARDDraft Human Tissue (Permitted Material: Exceptions) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, the United Kingdom has been a world leader in transplant research and reconstructive surgery since the 1940s, and we continue to be the home to world-leading…18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: TestingWhat is the average time between a swab being taken and a patient getting the result, and what is the average time for that test result to show up in national tracking data?14 May 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, in the Covid emergency legislation and these regulations, the Government have taken unto themselves enormous powers which remove from citizens many basic legal rights.…12 May 2020HANSARDCharitable and Voluntary SectorI hope I am—I am working under considerable technical difficulties. I draw attention to my interests as held on the register. The importance of charities is in their existence not…30 Apr 2020HANSARDGarden CentresMy Lords, garden centres play a great part in the supply of fruit and vegetable plants for the whole of this year; that is why it is important that they are open now. Local…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillWill the Minister please write to me about whether this legislation once passed can be used by the families of victims to consider judicial review of decisions to release that…28 Apr 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMy Lords, on behalf of my colleagues on these Benches, I welcome this Bill. I was due to speak on it before the Recess, as was the Minister, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen…28 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentHas the Department of Health and Social Care raised with the Treasury the issue of care homes having to pay VAT on PPE, which the NHS does not?23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Social Care ServicesMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, for this opportunity to hold the Government to account. I return to a point I made during the emergency legislation debate on…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Care Home DeathsI have heard about a care home which lost one-third of the residents in one weekend. It is that bad. I am told that the Clipper system for ordering PPE is not working and…22 Apr 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillWill the Minister concede that we are tabling this amendment because of how the NHS and medical services are affected by the Bill? We are not asking for any change in the criteria…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, from these Benches I too thank the Minister, the Bill team and all the civil servants who have worked with them for the collaborative and inclusive way that they have…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, I have attached my name to this amendment, which has support on Benches across the House. In moving this amendment, the noble Baroness described exactly what this is: a…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, I, too, pay tribute not just to the staff of the NHS, who are doing a truly wonderful job, but to the army of cleaners, drivers and shop assistants who are playing an…24 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Critical Care CapacityMy Lords, to increase the number of freelance locums working in the health system, will the Government make specific changes to the NHS Pension Scheme, in particular the death in…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, based on the models that the Government are using, can the Minister say when he thinks we will reach the peak transmission spike?16 Mar 2020