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HANSARDHealth and Social CareI can certainly say to the noble Lord, as I again said in my opening remarks, that we are committed to ensuring that local authorities have access to sustainable funding for core…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareObviously the noble Lord will know that the vast majority of the workforce is employed privately. Local authorities, as part of the fair rate for social care, will be working with…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI thank my noble friend. As she will well know, the Health and Care Bill, which will come to your Lordships’ House shortly, lays the groundwork for that. We are certainly doing…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI completely recognise the passion the noble Baroness has spoken with, and I thank her for all her work. I would absolutely be happy to take her up on her offer and listen and…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareWhat will help the people my noble friend has talked about is the fact that, under these plans, we will now cover all care costs for anyone with assets under £20,000, which is up…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am sure the noble Lord will make his own judgment on that. I repeat that the Prime Minister was perfectly honest about it in his Statement. He said that “no Conservative…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI can say to my noble friend that the Health and Care Bill will come to this House when we come back, which will allow a lot of debate on this subject matter. He will be pleased…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am afraid I will have to get back to the noble Baroness on that.09 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanAs I said, intelligence and information were obviously being assessed by the FCDO and the MoD throughout this and plans were being taken. It is a fact that the speed at which the…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI certainly agree with the noble Lord in his last comment. However, I dispute the idea that we have not been working with our international partners. Through the UN Security…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI have to say to the noble Lord that we were working on preparations. The preparations for Operation Pitting, for instance, involved intensive work by many government departments…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank the noble Baroness and noble Lord for their comments. Like them, I pay tribute to all those involved in Operation Pitting. We of course owe a huge debt of gratitude to the…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanYes, I can assure my noble friend that that is exactly what we will be doing. We will also want to be pragmatic and through organisations and some form of dialogue see whether we…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank the right reverend Prelate. We are certainly working on his first point about air routes. We have been working particularly with, for instance, the Qataris and the US to…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI am afraid that all I can do is once again reiterate the point that the specific evacuation plan for Afghanistan was revised in January 2021 and kept under review until it was…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanWe assess that al-Qaeda is now less active in Afghanistan than it was before 2001 but, of course, we acknowledge completely that the group has not ceased to exist and remains a…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank the noble Baroness for her comments. I will certainly make sure that I raise her points with the relevant Ministers and departments; I will ask somebody to get back to her…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanThat this House takes note of the situation in Afghanistan.18 Aug 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI am afraid the noble Lord has gone well over his time. Can we hear from the noble Baroness, Lady Mobarik?18 Aug 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI am afraid I have to interrupt the noble Lord. We thank him for his contribution and perhaps we can move to the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Gadhia.18 Aug 2021