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HANSARDNHS: Workforce Implementation PlanMy Lords, could the Minister assure the House that, when the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, conducts her workforce review, she consults not only the BMA and the royal colleges but…05 Feb 2019HANSARDHealth: Public Health GrantMy Lords, can we return the Minister to the original Question? Does she agree that increasing spending for the NHS, including a prevention vision, in the 10-year plan while…04 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillI would like very briefly to say how much I support the amendment in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, and my two noble friends. I led from the Labour Front Benches on…01 Feb 2019HANSARDOrgan Donation (Deemed Consent) BillMy Lords, I shall say just a few words. The noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, and the noble Lords, Lord Carlile, Lord O’Shaughnessy and Lord Lansley, have made the arguments…01 Feb 2019HANSARDNHS Long Term PlanMy Lords, I start by congratulating my noble friend Lord Hunt on initiating this important debate. I also congratulate noble Lords on the discipline they have mostly shown in this…31 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Health: Children and Young PeopleMy Lords, I declare my interest, as in the register, as a lay member of a CCG. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, on bringing us this debate. I know that we had a…30 Jan 2019HANSARDSepsis: National RegisterMy Lords, this is about leadership. When the Department of Health and Social Care decided to bear down on hospital-acquired infections, MRSA and C. difficile, and to collect the…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I will intervene on the Bill, which is not my normal territory, although I have 20 years’ experience of working on equalities issues in your Lordships’ House. I will…30 Jan 2019HANSARDHealth: VaccinesMy Lords, the issue here is the herd immunity provided by mass vaccination. As my noble friend rightly points out, the influence and effect of social media are probably not…29 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Insulin SuppliesAs the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, says, all analogue synthetic human insulin comes from outside the UK. The Government have already warned us that ports such as Dover and…24 Jan 2019HANSARDHealth: Medicines ShortageTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received from representatives of pharmaceutical companies about an increase in the shortage of common medicines.22 Jan 2019HANSARDHealth: Medicines ShortageI thank the Minister for her Answer. If Ash Soni, president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, says he says never seen so many common drugs—naproxen and even aspirin, for…22 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillMy Lords, I am pleased and honoured to support the noble Baroness’s Bill from these Benches. I congratulate her and Tim Loughton on getting us to this point. I know, having done…18 Jan 2019HANSARDBreast Cancer: Women Over 73My Lords, will the Minister please return to that question? My noble friend asked what value the state and the NHS are putting on the lives of older women, because they are not…15 Jan 2019HANSARDDentistry: ChildrenMy Lords, it is to be welcomed that the 10-year plan includes a commitment to seeing more children from a young age form good oral health habits to prevent tooth decay. It is,…15 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationMy Lords, I make no apology for the fact that I will continue to press the Minister, and the Government, about the effects of the political agreement on our health services. I…10 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is right. I intend to cover some of these issues when I speak tomorrow in the major debate.09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is true. I forgot that bit.09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Perhaps we could have some clarification from the Deputy Chairman of Committees.09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the Minister has probably now realised that the Grand Committee is not satisfied with the regulations, and it is highly unlikely that the Grand Committee will be…09 Jan 2019