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HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]It might be helpful for your Lordships’ House to know that to fulfil what the noble Lord says, there would be a need for collective agreement to offer a commitment to bring…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Baroness, not least because she has also given me a bit of time to add to my earlier answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, about the meeting with…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I note what the noble Baroness has said. We have discussed these issues a number of times in the Chamber and outside. On her second point, the situation is as I have outlined, and…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I have heard from noble Lords that they are concerned with having transparency, holding the Government to account and being updated on the situation. I absolutely agree with all…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I start by saying how grateful I am to noble Lords for their amendments and for the contributions they have made today. I express my thanks at the beginning of this…31 Mar 2025HANSARDFood, Diet and Obesity Committee ReportMy Lords, I welcome the Food, Diet and Obesity Committee report. Like many noble Lords, I express gratitude to the chair, the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, and to all members of…28 Mar 2025HANSARDPharmacy Opening HoursThe noble Lord makes some very constructive points and illustrates further the point that there are many ways to deliver pharmaceutical services. I can assure him that we are…20 Mar 2025HANSARDPharmacy Opening HoursI feel that the most constructive response I can give to the noble Lord is the response of the Secretary of State, who has made it quite clear in Parliament that discussions will…20 Mar 2025HANSARDPharmacy Opening HoursI know the noble Lord talked about primary care more generally, but the assessment on pharmacies is that there is quite a good coverage. Some 80% of the population live within a…20 Mar 2025HANSARDPharmacy Opening HoursI will of course discuss the right reverend Prelate’s request for publication of information with Minister Stephen Kinnock, who has been working very hard with the sector in…20 Mar 2025HANSARDCovid-19: Day of ReflectionMy Lords, I too congratulate the right reverend Prelate on securing this important and touching debate, which was somewhat inevitable, considering the subject. I acknowledge her…20 Mar 2025HANSARDPharmacy Opening HoursI certainly agree with my noble friend’s point. I hope that she has noticed my enthusiasm for the role that pharmacies play. The introduction of Pharmacy First was a tremendous…20 Mar 2025HANSARDPharmacy Opening HoursMy Lords, this Government recognise that pharmacies are an integral part of our communities. There are processes in place to monitor opening hours and their impact, and core hours…20 Mar 2025HANSARDPharmacy Opening HoursI appreciate the noble Baroness’s views. Indeed, community pharmacies in England are dispensing around 1.1 billion NHS medicines with a value of over £10 billion each year.…20 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS England UpdateAll of this will be looked at by the transformation team, because it is a considerable change. I thank the noble Baroness for that contribution, and I will ensure that it is heard.19 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS England UpdateNobody should worry about data or their privacy. Our job is to improve our ability on data, and this change will not affect that. Indeed, part of the 10-year plan will include a…19 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS England UpdateI understand that point and the noble Lord’s wish for dates, which I am not able to give him, as I am sure he will appreciate. These reforms are not about front-line staff losing…19 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS England UpdateMy noble friend will know—as I am sure the right reverend Prelate knows—that the Chief Nursing Officer has always played a role in advising Ministers; that the case was long…19 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS DentistryI welcome the suggestion from the noble Baroness, and I will raise that with the Minister, Stephen Kinnock. What I can say is that strengthening the dental workforce is absolutely…19 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS DentistryAs I said, it will be ICBs delivering the extra 700,000 urgent dental appointments each year. They will be best placed locally to decide how to do it. It may well be through the…19 Mar 2025