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HANSARDFood and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their valuable and considered contributions to the debate today. I re-emphasise the main point I made in my opening comments: removing automatic…10 Mar 2025HANSARDFood and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025I understand that. It is why these reforms build on existing powers, whereby the FSA and FSS can request information for the review. It is of course in the interests of businesses…10 Mar 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeI was glad to have the opportunity to discuss this with the noble Baroness. Having looked into it, we do not currently hold this data. However, where strontium therapy is…27 Feb 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeMy Lords, we are investing £16 million in the Prostate Cancer UK-led TRANSFORM trial to look for better tests than we have currently. Evidence shows that the current best test…27 Feb 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeI agree about the need for clear messages, and I hope the noble and right reverend Lord will agree on the need for striving to do rather better.27 Feb 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeI thank the noble Lord for sharing his personal experience. I am not suggesting that the PSA test should not be used, but we are talking about extending it and using it in a…27 Feb 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeI certainly agree with my noble friend. As he knows from his experience, tests are available. The point is that they should be used in the right situation. As he knows, one of the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeThe advice and guidance is that GPs should counsel asymptomatic men about the potential benefits and harms of PSA testing, so that they can make an informed decision. However, the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeThe noble Lord is quite right to raise this. I am glad to say that the TRANSFORM trial I referred to will help to address this by ensuring that a significant proportion of…27 Feb 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeMy Lords, I am glad to hear that the right reverend Prelate had such good care in the NHS. His comments are appreciated, and we are very pleased that things have out turned so…27 Feb 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeThe noble Baroness is absolutely right. I encourage everyone, men and women, to be aware of any changes in their bodies. They are not wasting the time of their GP. That is exactly…27 Feb 2025HANSARDProstate Cancer: National Screening ProgrammeAgain, I am sure that the noble Baroness would agree that the important thing is that people ensure that they do not ignore the situation. I agree that the situation that we…27 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal Health: ChiropractorsI am glad that the noble Lord acknowledges the ongoing work, because we are indeed exploring how best to support dealing with MSK conditions—not least to encourage and provide…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal Health: ChiropractorsMy Lords, improving health outcomes for over 17 million people in England with musculoskeletal conditions forms a key part of this Government’s commitment to build an NHS for the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal Health: ChiropractorsI recognise the importance of mitigating the long-term burdens of MSK conditions, which are considerable, and the role that healthcare professionals, including allied healthcare…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal Health: ChiropractorsThe noble Baroness is absolutely right to highlight the extent of the impact of MSK conditions not just on individuals but on our economy and our health service. However, to…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal Health: ChiropractorsMy noble friend helpfully emphasises the point about the need to provide for local populations, and ICBs are in the pole position to do that. I am sure that noble Lords will…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal Health: ChiropractorsI am certainly happy to have such discussions. Perhaps I could use this opportunity to say to noble Lords that part of the recently published elective reform plan sets out funding…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal Health: ChiropractorsWorking with community-based organisations, including faith communities, has come up a number of times in the 10-year plan consultation, as I am sure the right reverend Prelate…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal Health: ChiropractorsThe noble Lord raises an important point about what is required before healthcare is provided. I can certainly assure the noble Lord that, as I know he is aware, where there is a…26 Feb 2025