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HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, for the record let me say that I am not for a minute suggesting that we should not have full and proper scrutiny of any legislation, whether in Grand Committee or in the…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Perhaps I may again interrupt, because I do not feel that we are considering the regulations. Of course, I bow to the much greater experience of the noble Lord on constitutional…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the Deputy Chairman for that clarification and I am pleased that his words bear out the point I have just made to the noble Lord.09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am very much a newbie so I offer my sincere apologies if I have misunderstood. However, my understanding is that all statutory instruments go back to the House and any…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the noble Lord does have a suspicious mind, and perhaps I was not clear. This is contingency planning and the agreements that will be put in place within the six months…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Perhaps I may respond briefly to the noble Lord, Lord Winston. I thought that I had made myself clear, but perhaps not clear enough. Research and clinical trials are outside the…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Research is also outside the scope of these SIs. The noble Lord has tremendous experience in this area, which we appreciate and value. We have a fantastic NHS based on…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I responded to that question on two occasions. I will repeat for the noble Lord that all the processes currently in place will remain; there will not be anything new.…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am happy to respond. I hope that I am not repeating the same points, but they are important. Clearly, the noble Lord is finally beginning to understand that there will not be…09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the Grand Committee do consider the Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I refer the Grand Committee to the comments that I made at the start of the first SI, which also extend to this SI. I beg to move.09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, for two years, the Government have been implementing a significant programme of work to ensure that the UK will be ready, from day one, in all Brexit scenarios, and I…09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No, my Lords, we are not talking about a gap. We are actually talking about the continuation of what we have in place at the moment. That is why we are making these contingency…09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No, I am sorry, we have discussed these issues. Many of the same issues are coming up on all three SIs.09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am afraid that is the only answer I can give, even if it is not one that the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, feels is adequate. If there are issues that I feel I need to write to noble…09 Jan 2019HANSARDNational Health Service: NursesI would like to reassure the noble Baroness that we work very closely with the Home Office. As a transitional measure, our temporary workers route will allow employers to bring in…08 Jan 2019HANSARDNational Health Service: NursesMy Lords, we are committed to ensuring that nursing remains an attractive career so that the NHS builds on the record number of nurses currently on wards, but we need to do more.…08 Jan 2019HANSARDNational Health Service: NursesMy Lords, I agree with much of what the noble Lord said. There is a shortage of nurses in the NHS: 41,000 vacancies, as he rightly identified. To put that into context, our…08 Jan 2019HANSARDNational Health Service: NursesThere were 22,200 acceptances to study nursing and midwifery in 2018, compared with 22,575 in 2017, which we estimate will increase the final number of students on nursing and…08 Jan 2019HANSARDNational Health Service: NursesThe noble Baroness is absolutely right to say that we need the staff to deliver the long-term plan and that without them we cannot do that; it is very important. We recognise…08 Jan 2019