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HANSARDNHS Digital: Primary Care Medical RecordsMy Lords, my honourable friend Jon Ashworth called for this delay yesterday in the Commons. It is not often that we can say thank you to the Minister at such short notice, but it…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, first, I thank the Minister for this update today and congratulate him on yet another long stint at the Dispatch Box. We face some uncertainty, as we often have…08 Jun 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, by now the Minister must realise that we are very fed up at being asked yet again to retrospectively approve significant legislation that impacts on individual liberty,…07 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: People with Neurological ConditionsI first congratulate my noble friend Lady Gale on this debate and pay tribute to the work that she had done on Parkinson’s disease, over many years, including championing it in…27 May 2021HANSARDCOVID-19 Variant: Travel Guidance for Local AuthoritiesMy Lords, to paraphrase Matt Lucas as the Prime Minister: “Don’t go to work—go to work. If you can stay indoors, go outside. Don’t go outside—go on public transport. Don’t go to…26 May 2021HANSARDCOVID-19 Variant: Travel Guidance for Local AuthoritiesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure local authorities are informed of new travel guidance on areas where the COVID-19 variant B.1.617.2, first…26 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, we can probably all agree that the Minister has drawn the short straw today—and not for the first time, I think. The issue I want to raise on this Question is that the…26 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I thank the Minister for being here to take this Statement. We keep meeting like this; it is over a year now. I wonder whether our relationship needs to move on. The…18 May 2021HANSARDOsimertinib Cancer TreatmentMy Lords, we should all wholeheartedly welcome the news of the agreement to enable early access to Osimertinib for early-stage lung cancer patients in England and I absolutely…18 May 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Local Authority Enforcement Powers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021It is regrettable, as my noble friend Lord Rooker said with a certain amount of robustness, that yet again the House is being asked to retrospectively approve significant…17 May 2021HANSARDEating Disorder Services: ReferralsMy Lords, as the noble Baroness has said, we know that eating disorders among children and young people have increased during the pandemic. There is a very welcome increase in the…17 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechIt is our first day discussing the gracious Speech and we have had almost 90 speakers, so the first thing I need to say is “good luck” to the Minister responding to the…12 May 2021HANSARDConduct Committee: 11th ReportI hesitate to intervene on the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, but I think we need to agree his perfectly sensible Motion to approve the 11th report from the Select Committee.…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationIn the typical fashion of this Government, the Transport Secretary claimed that the prospects for foreign holidays in May looked good. First, can the Minister say whether that…29 Apr 2021HANSARDOffice for Health PromotionMy Lords, the policy paper does not reference the measures proposed in the childhood obesity plan and the recent Tackling Obesity strategy released last July. I hope that omission…29 Apr 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Flight Passengers and Covid-19My Lords, the truth is that the Northern Ireland Health Minister, Robin Swann, found out that there were cases of the Indian variant of the virus in the Republic of Ireland only…28 Apr 2021HANSARDNational Health Service (Charges and Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021Like my noble friend Lord Hunt, I welcome the purpose of the 2021 regulations, as community pharmacies are contracted and commissioned in England under the national community…26 Apr 2021HANSARDFolic AcidI reinforce what my noble friend Lord Rooker said. I may be addressing this with my third or fourth Minister. I am not certain whether the noble Earl, Lord Howe, dealt with it…26 Apr 2021HANSARDAlcohol Harm Commission: Report 2020My Lords, I thought I would read out all the recommendations very quickly. They are: “1. A new comprehensive strategy… 2. Alcohol harm should be a specific part of the remit of…22 Apr 2021HANSARDBody Mass IndexMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Addington, on this debate, which has already raised many interesting issues. Indeed, the report of the Women and Equalities Committee…22 Apr 2021