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HANSARDChild and Adolescent Mental Health ServicesMy Lords, the NHS is on track to meet the F ive Year Forward View for Mental H ealth commitment that 70,000 more children and young people will access treatment each year by…25 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth: HIVI thank the noble Baroness for that probing question. The Government have mandated local authorities to commission comprehensive open access sexual services. We have continued the…25 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth: HIVKnowledge about safer sex and sexual health is essential for young people. They must be equipped to understand and to make safe, informed and healthy choices. That is why we have…25 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Thornton and Lady Jolly, and to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, the noble Lord, Lord Marks, and the noble Earl, Lord…12 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Oral HealthMy Lords, Starting Well Core allows commissioners, where they identify local need, to establish schemes similar to the National Starting Well scheme, which runs in 13 high-need…12 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Oral HealthThe noble Baroness asks some very important questions. I am pleased to say that 77% of five year-olds now have no visible decay, compared to 69% in 2008, which is a welcome…12 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Oral HealthThe noble Baroness makes a very important point about ensuring that dental care is available and accessible to all. Dental commissioning responsibilities are for NHS England,…12 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Oral HealthI thank my noble friend for his question; he is of course very expert in this area. We want NHS dental services to be attractive for the profession and we remain committed to…12 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Oral HealthI thank the noble Baroness for her question. I shall write to her on the exact amount of investment, but there are some reassuring figures coming forward: 77% of all five…12 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Oral HealthThe noble Baroness is exactly right, in that improving children’s oral health is a wider picture: it is about not just access to dentistry but a preventive approach, which is a…12 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Oral HealthI thank the noble Baroness for her question. I shall have to write to her about access via Dentaid, which I was not aware of; it is a very important point. We are committed to…12 Mar 2019HANSARDGeneral Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 31 January be approved. Relevant document: 17th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee B).…12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) Bill12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, the Bill’s delegated powers and their global application have been a source of spirited debate since this Bill’s introduction, and noble Lords have rightly given…12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for tabling Amendment 3 and the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for Amendment 5, both of which seek to place limits on the powers in…12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) Bill12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) Bill12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillI thank my noble friend Lord Lansley for his question. This power enables a unilateral scheme, so it does not require reciprocity and is intended to be used only in an emergency…12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) Bill12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I now turn directly to the Henry VIII powers of the Bill. As noble Lords know well, the inclusion of the consequential Henry VIII power in the Bill has been the subject…12 Mar 2019