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HANSARDPublic HealthWe all know that the NHS is facing one of the toughest winters in living memory; not only is covid a very real threat, but we are also facing a potentially tough flu season. The…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateEighteen weeks ago, on 9 August, I asked the Government what assessment they had made of using community pharmacies. The response, in full, said: “No assessment has been made.”…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Adult Social CareThis statement is incredibly thin. It feels as though the Government are trying to fiddle with the light bulbs on the Titanic as it is starting to go down. We have an enormous…01 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthWill the Minister give way?30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Healthrose —30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. The hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) raised a question about the enforcement of mask wearing. One of the major…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThe Liberal Democrats will support the regulations, but we have grave concerns about whether the Government are doing enough to protect people, to protect the NHS, and to buy…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI take that point. We know that many of these measures often result in a lose-lose situation. A real problem over the past 18 months has been the way in which people have tried to…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI thank the right hon. Member for his intervention, but I respectfully disagree with him. What we have learned over the past few months, from public health directors in…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthAh, okay. I thought the right hon. Gentleman was talking about schools and young people. Of course there have been major issues for young people, but when I was talking about…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthSomething appears to have been lost in translation here. I am not entirely sure whether the right hon. Member is referring to students or to the academics who teach them. I am…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI am incredibly grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. I have tried to raise that issue as often as I can through various means, and that is probably all I can say…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThe point that I am trying to make is that the Government are framing the introduction of these specific restrictions in terms of whether or not there is extra transmissibility…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthAlthough I recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s assertion that covid accounts for 6% of patients in hospitals, I urge him to think about the impact that covid in-patients have in…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI disagree with some of those points. As a liberal, I believe fundamentally in giving people the most personal freedom they can have up to the point at which it interferes with…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthDoes the hon. Gentleman not accept that the major incentive for people to be vaccinated is to reduce their own chances of hospitalisation and death, not just so they can go to the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt is often said that how a society treats its most vulnerable is a measure of its humanity, yet a quarter of the clinically extremely vulnerable have yet to receive their third…29 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseTomorrow, we will be debating restrictions that are designed not just to reduce transmission, but, I presume, to protect the NHS. I was disappointed that, on 16 November, a Health…29 Nov 2021HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Yesterday, I finally received a response from the Government to my named day question on the state of ambulance services in England—a…24 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillDoes the hon. Member agree that it would be helpful if the NHS had a duty, as I have attempted to capture in new clause 63, to identify carers, so that their health and wellbeing…23 Nov 2021