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HANSARDCoronavirusMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. I shall ask three questions as quickly as I can so that as many people as possible can get in to speak. My first…09 Mar 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020I say to my noble friend that I would not use the internet as my source of information on any of these issues. I would use the BBC, which has been running extra programmes—in…09 Mar 2020HANSARDHealth: Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans WomenMy Lords, the Minister’s Answer gives me great optimism because it seems from the report by the Women and Equalities Select Committee in the Commons that there is an LGBT action…05 Mar 2020HANSARDNHS: Doctor RetentionMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for organising the meeting that we have all just come from; everybody there very much appreciated it. I am sure he agrees that seeing so many…04 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus (COVID-19)My Lords, I thank the noble Lord—the government spokesperson—for repeating this Statement. Our thoughts are always with those who have contracted the virus and we pay tribute,…03 Mar 2020HANSARDMental Health: Unregulated TreatmentI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, for securing this debate and I assure the noble Lord, Lord Marks, that we will be unanimous in this discussion. What the noble Baroness,…02 Mar 2020HANSARDNHS Funding Bill (Money Bill)My Lords, I start by reporting to the House again that I am a lay member of my local CCG, as in the register of interests. I also put on record my thanks to the noble Baroness,…26 Feb 2020HANSARDWuhan CoronavirusMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for repeating the Statement. The challenge the Government face—as we all do—is that this is a very fast-moving situation. If noble Lords look at…26 Feb 2020HANSARDNHS Funding Bill (Money Bill)I would just note that the noble Earl, who is an expert in procedure, was not actually in the debate that we have just had. We all know how competent the noble Lord, Lord Bethell,…26 Feb 2020HANSARDHealth: Sexually Transmitted InfectionsMy Lords, can I say how much I will miss the noble Baroness, Lady Blackwood, and how much I enjoyed working opposite her? Notwithstanding the noble Lord’s obvious talents, I hope…24 Feb 2020HANSARDHealth: Maternity Care Provisions in East KentI thank the Minister for that detailed Statement, which this issue definitely warrants. Given the measures that have been taken by NHS England and all the parties concerned, why…13 Feb 2020HANSARDWuhan CoronavirusI thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. Of course, our thoughts are with those who have been diagnosed with coronavirus and are in quarantine. I place on record these…11 Feb 2020HANSARDHealth: Learning Disability and Autism TrainingMy Lords, I declare an interest as a lay member of a CCG, and as someone who is therefore involved in the monitoring of LeDeR and other issues related to this debate. It is a…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAccess to Palliative Care and Treatment of Children Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, on getting her Bill here and being persistent, which counts for a great deal in this House. I welcome all the…07 Feb 2020HANSARDNHS: TargetsMy Lords, first, I draw the House’s attention to my interests in the register. I thank my noble friend Lord Hunt for initiating this debate and all noble Lords who have…06 Feb 2020HANSARDHealth: TinnitusTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of tinnitus on the mental health of those affected.05 Feb 2020HANSARDHealth: TinnitusMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. Given that this condition causes enormous misery and is, we are told, incurable, and given that research has shown recently what a…05 Feb 2020HANSARDEating Disorders: Provision of CareMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, on securing this debate and on her moving opening remarks, as well as all other noble Lords who have participated in…04 Feb 2020HANSARDPaterson InquiryMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made by the Health Minister in the Commons today. Two hundred and eleven former patients of Paterson, or their…04 Feb 2020HANSARDMajor Trauma Centre: WestminsterMy Lords, a study published in the Emergency Medicine Journal found that NHS hospitals seem in many ways unprepared for terror attacks, with half the doctors unaware of emergency…30 Jan 2020