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HANSARDStatutory Storage Limits for Gametes and EmbryosMy noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Innovation (Lord Bethell of Romford) has today made the following written statement: Family units and…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Support for CarersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I start by thanking the right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey) and the hon. Member for Bath (Wera…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Support for CarersOf course, there are financial pressures across public services, and more widely across our economy we face an extremely challenging time, but we have given significant extra…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Support for CarersI am very happy to meet the right hon. Gentleman to talk about that. It is about the technicalities of data, data sitting in different places, and how we can overcome that so that…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Support for CarersYes, I have heard that. I have also received correspondence about the situation of somebody who may be in full-time education and seeking eligibility for the carer’s allowance.…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Support for CarersThe hon. Gentleman has made his point very clearly. He knows that that is a devolved matter, but SNP Members are listening, and I hope that they take up his concern. Effective…22 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and we have seen some really effective collaboration across health and social care during the pandemic. We want to continue to build on…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateI do not accept what the hon. Gentleman says. From my position during the pandemic, I can say that we have tried, at every step of the way, to protect those who have been most…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateI appreciate my hon. Friend’s point, but the fact is that isolation is an important part of our defences against this virus. At the moment, therefore, we have to ask people who…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateThe hon. Lady refers to the importance of making sure that only those who really benefit from in-patient treatment should be in in-patient units. We know that is often not the…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and it is why I am working closely with my hon. Friend the Minister for Health, who is leading oversight of the elective recovery work. We…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateIt is very good to hear that Wirral Council is supporting social care workers in its area. Local authorities are a crucial part of our work in social care reform and they have so…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateI agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend on that; I am glad that we are able to focus our funding for the NHS on the things that really matter—building new hospitals and…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman for taking the opportunity to raise that point. I am well aware of it, as my constituents in Kent raise the issue of that challenge in my area, and I…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateAs I have said, we are considering the recommendations of the NHS pay review body. This is an extremely important decision for the Government; it clearly has consequences for a…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateWe have indeed committed to build 40 new hospitals by 2030. Together with eight existing schemes, that will mean 48 new hospitals by the end of the decade—as my hon. Friend says,…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateI join the hon. Lady in thanking NHS staff in her constituency, particularly in St Thomas’ Hospital, just across the river from where we are now, where I had one of my three…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateMay I say how good it is to hear that my hon. Friend’s area has taken up the jab so strongly, so that so many people are having the protection of both doses of the vaccination? We…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateThe hon. Lady has clearly been speaking to NHS staff in her constituency, and I am glad to hear that. As the Minister responsible for the NHS workforce, I speak to NHS staff all…21 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateI, too, thank the NHS and social care staff in my hon. Friend’s constituency and her local hospital for all that they are doing. I welcome her acknowledgment of the progress we…21 Jul 2021