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HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of Amendment 1. First, I must apologise to the House that I have been unable to participate in earlier stages of the Bill—a matter of…24 Mar 2021HANSARDThe Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Watson, for securing this debate. I declare an interest as a board member of Social Work England and I thank the various children’s…22 Mar 2021HANSARDPublic Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. While I welcome this short extension, it is only kicking the can down the road. As we have heard, private renters have been hit…18 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS: Staff Numbers after Covid-19My Lords, the NHS workforce has been working flat out for a year now. Their dedication, professionalism and personal sacrifices have inspired the whole nation. Vacancies stood at…04 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, these regulations, dealing with the sensitive issue of medical confidentiality and data sharing with the police, are being debated 30 days after they came into force.…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, at Monday’s Downing Street press conference, Professor Chris Whitty expressed his view that front-line health and care workers had what he termed a “professional…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines DeploymentMy Lords, I will press the Minister a little further on the low take-up of the vaccine by some care home staff, which has already been raised by other noble Lords. Recent research…11 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I greatly welcome the speed at which the vaccine programme is rolling out and the boost to morale that it has provided. However, news over the weekend regarding the…08 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, recent laboratory tests by scientists at Cambridge University show that one dose of the Pfizer vaccine may not produce sufficient antibodies to kill off the virus,…04 Feb 2021HANSARDSocial Care Funding (EAC Report)My Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, and his committee on this excellent report, proposing clear recommendations in what is a very complex area. I agree with many of…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTackling Intergenerational Unfairness (Select Committee Report)My lords, this has been an excellent debate, ably opened by the noble Lord, Lord Price. It is also overdue. Like many noble Lords, I do not find it acceptable—pandemics…25 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Eating DisordersMy Lords, NHS Digital has reported that admissions for eating disorders have almost trebled since 2007, but there has been very little investment into in-patient treatments since…19 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformMy Lords, there is much to be welcomed in this White Paper, for which we have waited so long. I am pleased to see patient voices being put front and centre of plans and proposals…18 Jan 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, last January the Prime Minister told MPs that there was “no threat to the Erasmus scheme.”—[ Official Report , Commons, 15/1/20; col. 1021.] What a difference a year…08 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, as we debate these regulations—after the event, as ever—we are in the throes of a national emergency the like of which I have not witnessed in my lifetime. We must learn…07 Jan 2021HANSARDHIV: Ending TransmissionsMy Lords, cuts to local authority public health budgets of some £700 million in real terms over the last five years have led to sexual health budgets being cut by 25% in this…01 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Expiry of Mental Health Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020My Lords, removal of the mental health provisions from the Coronavirus Act, which represented a significant reduction in protection and safeguards for people subject to the Mental…25 Nov 2020HANSARDFace-to-Face Medical AppointmentsMy Lords, according to the June edition of the British Medical Journal , the biggest change for mental health services has been the rapid adoption of video and phone…19 Nov 2020HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildMy Lords, the Civil Service training on children’s rights that was introduced in England in 2018, to which the Minister has just alluded, was a welcome step but was not mandatory.…16 Nov 2020HANSARDSuicideMy Lords, sadly, self-harm is a major risk factor for future suicide and is growing among young people. Later this month, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and…08 Sept 2020