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HANSARDFood Price Rises: Public Sector Food ProvisionTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of food price rises on the provision of food by public sector organisations, in particular the…27 Feb 2023HANSARDCommunications Act 2003 (Restrictions on the Advertising of Less Healthy Food) (Effective Date) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am afraid I am a weary veteran of discussions about these regulations. As your Lordships know, the House’s Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has absolutely…27 Feb 2023HANSARDFood Price Rises: Public Sector Food ProvisionMy Lords, in December, food price inflation was 16.9%. It is a fact that this has caused a reduction in the portion size and nutritional value of school meals. This affects poorer…27 Feb 2023HANSARDImmunisation: Winter 2023-24My Lords, will the Minister say a little more about routine vaccination programmes? Although, as he says, in the UK childhood vaccination levels are quite high, they have been…22 Feb 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Nature-based Solutions (STC Report)My Lords, it is a pleasure to start the wind-up speeches in this debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, and all involved in producing this report. It was an honour and a…09 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesMy Lords, the Minister and other Ministers have often mentioned that the lowest-paid workers have been given a higher percentage uplift—I recall 9% being mentioned. Does he accept…08 Feb 2023HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations 1988My Lords, does the Minister consider that too low a dose would leave people believing that fortification does not work? Is he aware that the Royal College of Obstetricians and…07 Feb 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationMy Lords, the Government’s plan B will not help the situation, as the Science and Technology Committee found in its report on the Government’s ambition to be a scientific…31 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureMy Lords, I understand from the Minister that it is the department that paid the cost of this useless material, and for its storage. How many doctors, nurses and ambulance staff…25 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusMy Lords, the innovative vaccines and treatments mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Patel, all require UK clinical trials. The number of clinical trials initiated in the UK…19 Jan 2023HANSARDUN Biodiversity Conference: COP 15My Lords, I think the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge, for introducing this debate. I assure him that I and the 100,000 little worker bees I have at home in my hive will…12 Jan 2023HANSARDFood (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, my regret Motion regrets these delay regulations because they damage public health and are against the Government’s previously stated policy. When the legislation for…06 Dec 2022HANSARDFood (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on a really good try. I thank him very much. The problem is that we live in an obesogenic environment. The Minister mentioned four ways in…06 Dec 2022HANSARDFood (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That this House regrets that the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1007) will delay without sufficient justification the…06 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeMy Lords, could I ask the Minister about our overseas investments? It is important that we put our money where our mouth is. Since Boris Johnson announced that we would stop…06 Dec 2022HANSARDUEFA Euro 2020 FinalMy Lords, is the Minister aware that rugby fans drink a lot of beer, but you do not have problems at rugby games? Does he know why that is?30 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP 27: CommitmentsMy Lords, it is an honour to open the winding-up speeches in this very important debate, on a matter about which our Benches, like all other Benches, feel particularly passionate.…24 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP 27: CommitmentsMay I request that the Minister writes to me about tidal stream energy?24 Nov 2022HANSARDBattery Strategy (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, as a member of the committee, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for his excellent chairing of our inquiry and his introduction today. I also thank all the committee…23 Nov 2022HANSARDNursing: RecruitmentMy Lords, is the Minister aware that the percentage of nurse vacancies is much higher in community care than in any other part of the sector? What is the department doing to…26 Oct 2022