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HANSARDAmbulance Queues: Health OutcomesMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, wishes to speak virtually. I think this is a convenient point for me to call her.13 Jan 2022HANSARDRespiratory VirusesMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, wishes to speak virtually. We have her on screen. This is a convenient point to call her.11 Jan 2022HANSARDKazakhstanMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, wishes to speak virtually. I think this is a convenient point to call him.11 Jan 2022HANSARDDWP: Support for Larger FamiliesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jones of Cheltenham, wishes to speak virtually, and I think this is a convenient point to call him.11 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 38(1) ( Arrangement of the Order Paper ) be dispensed with on Tuesday 18 January to enable the Committee stage of the Health and Care Bill to continue before…11 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat (1) Standing Order 38(4) (so far as it relates to Thursdays) and (5) ( Arrangement of the Order Paper ) be suspended until the end of the session so far as is necessary to…11 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19The noble Lord is absolutely right, which is why a huge amount of work around NHS reform is going on in government. The integrated care White Paper and other things will be coming…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19My noble friend is right. It is something that I know noble Lords and our colleagues in the other place have raised. Work is going on to try to take action in this area. When the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19My understanding is that discussions are taking place in the JCVI and among scientific advisers but, in terms of things that have come politically, the answer is: not as far as I…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19Of course we understand that the rise of omicron has been very challenging, particularly for certain sectors and businesses, which is why we have announced a £1 billion support…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19The noble Lord is right: there was a reduction in capacity over Christmas. I am sure that conversations are being had, but I go back to the point that I made earlier: in the next…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19I completely agree that we have a duty of care, which is why we have implemented a whole range of measures to which noble Lords were alerted earlier this week. It would be a great…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19The noble Baroness of course makes incredibly important points. We already know that about 60% of those in intensive care have not been vaccinated. We know that unvaccinated…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19I completely understand the noble Lord’s frustration. My niece is at university in Cardiff and is in exactly the same position; she has had to go back to Wales over the holiday to…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19As I have already said in answer to previous questions, almost 8 million tests are being made available to pharmacies in this week alone, and we are increasing our supply of…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19I am afraid that we do not have that kind of granularity of data but, as I explained in my response to the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, we are trying to use a whole array of…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19As I mentioned in response to an earlier question from the noble Lord, Lord Newby, our current assessment is that we are not planning to shorten the isolation period, for the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19I certainly agree with the noble Baroness about the appalling behaviour of some people around schools, and we have provided guidance to all schools on how to manage…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19I agree with the noble Baroness’s last point but I think that she miscategorised me slightly. I did not say that antivirals were the only answer; I said that they are one part of…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19The virtual wards are different from the Nightingale surge hubs. The hubs will create up to 4,000 beds if needed, and will be facilities that take patients who, although not fit…06 Jan 2022