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HANSARDAmputees: Limb FittingMy Lords, I have two questions for the Minister. First, many people face an amputation as a result of diabetes. What progress is the national prevention programme making in…02 May 2019HANSARDHomelessness: Local Authority SpendingMy Lords, today we have local government elections, so it is important to recognise that the £16 billion that has been lost in the reduction of core funding to local government…02 May 2019HANSARDAntimicrobial ResistanceLet us hope that the people who buy it are public-spirited enough to know that they need to develop it and that that can be done. That puzzled me when I read the fascinating…02 May 2019HANSARDNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018I thank my noble friend for bringing this matter to the Floor of the House and for leading this short discussion. I too have many questions for the Minister but many of the…01 May 2019HANSARDNHS Funding: Mental Health ServicesWith his consent, I beg leave to ask the Question standing on the Order Paper in the name of my noble friend Lord Bradley. Noble Lords will know why he cannot be with us today,…01 May 2019HANSARDNHS Funding: Mental Health ServicesI thank the noble Baroness for that Answer. Given that mental health illnesses account for 28% of the burden of illness in the NHS but receive only 13% of its funding, I find her…01 May 2019HANSARDSocial Media and HealthMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating this important Statement. This discussion provides a good backdrop to the debate to follow, on the online harms White Paper. There are…30 Apr 2019HANSARDNHS MandateMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Answer to the Urgent Question asked by my honourable friend Jonathan Ashworth in the Commons earlier today. Why was it necessary…25 Apr 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is always a good moment when we get to this point in any legislation. It is also an opportunity for us to look at where we started in July. In July, my Chief Whip…24 Apr 2019HANSARDTobacco Harm ReductionMy Lords, it is important to say that snus is snuff—let us be quite clear that we are talking about a tobacco product. It seems slightly odd that the noble Viscount should suggest…02 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare and Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019To move, as an amendment to the above motion, at the end insert “but this House regrets that Her Majesty’s Government’s failure to ensure that the legislation complies with proper…27 Mar 2019HANSARDNational Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare and Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the noble Baroness for that extensive explanation, her answers to questions, and the detail and attention she has given this statutory instrument. I was struck by a couple…27 Mar 2019HANSARDNational Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare and Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the noble Baroness for her detailed explanation, in which she named the new Act, which has now received Royal Assent. I thank her and her colleagues for, very sensibly,…27 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth: HIVMy Lords, it is greatly to be welcomed that science is now leading us to end new transmissions by 2030. But is the Minister aware that women who are HIV-positive are four to five…25 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth Services (Cross-Border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the Minister for introducing the regulations and for clarifying the position on the National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare and Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU…21 Mar 2019HANSARDNutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I will speak briefly. I thank the Minister for proposing these regulations. I remember several years ago one of the issues we had to deal with in the European Union was…21 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth Services (Cross-Border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I hope the Minister does not mind, but while she was speaking I went to GOV.UK to have a look. She is quite right that there is a lot of information there, but if I want to know…21 Mar 2019HANSARDYogaMy Lords, I can bear witness to the efficacy of workplace yoga, as I attended many of the lunchtime sessions organised by my noble friend for seated yoga before the Christmas…21 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these amendments and explaining their intent. With the exception of Amendment 3, they seek to make the Bill consistent and coherent,…19 Mar 2019HANSARDFolic AcidCan the Minister tell the House whether the consultation will take on board compelling international evidence about the use of folic acid? Research has already been done, and…19 Mar 2019