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HANSARDPatient Safety CommissionerAccountability is obviously very important. We are making sure that the patient safety commissioner is complementary to the many bodies already operating in our health service and…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPatient Safety CommissionerI fear that I cannot really add to what I said to my noble and learned friend. We are going to advertise the role shortly and we have finalised the relevant details. The patient…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPatient Safety CommissionerYes, we obviously want to get the patient safety commissioner in position as soon as possible. The consultation ran from 10 June to 5 August. We will shortly arrange for…02 Dec 2021HANSARDEarly Years InterventionsMy Lords, we know that the early years are key to children’s later life chances, and effective early support is crucial. That is why we have put unprecedented investment into…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEarly Years InterventionsThe right reverend Prelate is a great champion of young children. We have both worked with a charity called the Nelson Trust, which looks after disadvantaged children. There is…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEarly Years InterventionsThis is such a distressing time for all mothers. They have babies and expect things to be very special and magical but so often discover the opposite. We must make sure that…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEarly Years InterventionsAs part of the Covid recovery strategy, we have invested £17 million in the delivery of the Nuffield Early Language Intervention programme, improving the language skills of…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEarly Years InterventionsOf course it is very important that the independent nursery schools carry on. We are investing additional funding for the early years entitlement worth £160 million in 2022-23.…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEarly Years InterventionsThat was very succinct. This is a very important area and the whole point about the family hubs we are setting up across the country is that we are bringing everybody…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEarly Years InterventionsAs the noble Lord said, it is very important that no one is left behind. The SEND review is looking at ways to improve the outcomes for children and young people with SEND. There…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEarly Years InterventionsI have to say to my noble friend that I have not read the report, but I certainly will—it is going to be my weekend reading. We welcome the report from the Lords Public Services…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHGV Driving TestsI am doubling up and answering for my noble friend Lady Vere of Norbiton today. There is something about Whips: they are definitely versatile, if nothing else.01 Dec 2021HANSARDHGV Driving TestsI agree; anything the French can do, we can definitely do better.01 Dec 2021HANSARDHGV Driving TestsRegulations came into force on 15 November 2021: the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021, which removed the staging element for provisional…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHGV Driving TestsThe department and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency will continue to encourage people who want to drive a car and trailer to get professional training, to promote road…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHGV Driving TestsWe take safety very seriously. Any death on the road is one death too many. Our record on road safety is internationally recognised, and we will continue to work across a range of…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHGV Driving TestsI absolutely understand what the noble Lord is saying, but we held quite a big consultation. A lot of people in the industry were happy with the new rules going ahead. We have had…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHGV Driving TestsMy noble friend makes a very good point. We are committed to looking at established and new approaches to increase the provision for improved overnight lorry parking in England,…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHGV Driving TestsThe noble Lord makes a good point. The Government are determined that the planning system should play its part in meeting the needs of hauliers and addressing current…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHGV Driving TestsThe noble Lord will be pleased to hear that I can reverse a trailer; I have been doing so from quite a young age, and quite successfully. At the moment, I have to reverse a…01 Dec 2021