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HANSARDWomen’s Health Strategy for EnglandI pay tribute to the noble Baroness’s work in this area and campaigning on this issue, and to the chairs of the pregnancy loss review, Samantha Collinge and Zoe Clark-Coates. That…21 Jul 2022HANSARDWomen’s Health Strategy for EnglandMy Lords, I thank both noble Baronesses for their questions. The noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, said that for too long the voices of women have been ignored in the healthcare…21 Jul 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsMy Lords, the Government have taken action in terms of the annual pension allowance. We are also aware of the issue of the lifetime allowance for GPs. However, it is generally…21 Jul 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsMy understanding is that the establishment of Select Committees is a question for Parliament, not the Government.21 Jul 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsIn terms of GPs specifically, my understanding is that because general practice is quite unique to the UK, we have a large number of people who have done their basic training…21 Jul 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsOn infection control, the NHS continues to keep in place the right infection control measures proportionate to the risk. While free testing is not available to the general…21 Jul 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsI am afraid I do not have the specific details of that funding formula to hand so I will write to my noble friend.21 Jul 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsMy Lords, we have increased funding to general practice and primary care to address some of the pressures that they have faced. In addition to funding, we are seeking to give…21 Jul 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsThe Department of Health and Social Care is cognisant of the pressures on GPs and is looking at improving the retention as well as the recruitment of GPs to increase their…21 Jul 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsMy Lords, we have 1,400 more full-time equivalent doctors working in general practice compared with March 2019. But the noble Baroness is right that we must do even more to expand…21 Jul 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsMy Lords, we are working to expand and diversify the general practice workforce to create an additional 50 million appointments a year, which should improve access for patients…21 Jul 2022HANSARDCrypto Asset TechnologyI absolutely agree with the noble Lord about the importance of ensuring that crypto assets cannot be used for money laundering or, for example, for the avoidance of sanctions when…21 Jul 2022HANSARDCrypto Asset TechnologyMy Lords, as the noble Baroness noted, there have been a number of different interventions to regulate this market over the years, including the regulation of derivatives,…21 Jul 2022HANSARDCrypto Asset TechnologyMy Lords, I have not seen the specific report the noble Lord refers to, but he is absolutely right that the risks of online fraud are significant, particularly for potentially…21 Jul 2022HANSARDCrypto Asset TechnologyMy noble friend is right about the risks around money laundering and illicit finance. That is why crypto assets were brought within the anti-money laundering regime a few years…21 Jul 2022HANSARDCrypto Asset TechnologyMy Lords, I am glad the noble Viscount did not challenge me to explain the intricate details that lie behind crypto assets. The consultation will be public and we will make sure…21 Jul 2022HANSARDCrypto Asset TechnologyI would like to reassure my noble friend that we are taking a staged and proportionate approach to crypto asset regulation that is sensitive to the risks posed but also responsive…21 Jul 2022HANSARDCrypto Asset TechnologyMy Lords, it is not necessarily the Government’s position that crypto assets offer a better means of exchange, but they represent part of a trend of rapid innovation in financial…21 Jul 2022HANSARDCrypto Asset TechnologyThe Government are considering some form of regulation; that is why we are consulting on it later this year. My noble friend is absolutely right that financial stability is one…21 Jul 2022HANSARDCrypto Asset TechnologyMy understanding is that the Bank of England is looking at the question of introducing a CBDC. In terms of stablecoins, the name derives from them being linked to other assets,…21 Jul 2022