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HANSARDBroadband: PriceMy Lords, was the Minister struck, as I was, by the observation in Ofcom’s December pricing trends report that there are millions of consumers who are out of contract, and so free…02 Feb 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I have two observations, two pleas, one offer of help and four minutes to deliver all this, so here goes. Observation one is that this Bill is our answer to the age-old…01 Feb 2023HANSARDManufacturing Post BrexitMy Lords, why does the Minister think that UK car production has fallen to its lowest level since 1956? Do the Government have plans to invest in particular in the charge point…26 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureMy Lords, as well as the financial cost of failures in the PPE procurement process, does the Minister agree that it is important to remember the human cost paid by care workers…25 Jan 2023HANSARDHealth and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for ensuring that we have an opportunity to debate this statutory instrument. I am also grateful to the Minister for both his…25 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for ensuring that we have an opportunity to debate this important statutory instrument today. We benefit from his detailed…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTimes Health CommissionMy Lords, when confronted with evidence of problems in our health system, the tendency of government is to play it down or to blame anyone but themselves while, candidly, the…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusMy Lords, does the Minister agree that it is wise for the UK to maintain a good level of baseline PCR testing so that we can ramp it up when confronted with novel viruses such as…19 Jan 2023HANSARDUnited Kingdom: Future PandemicsMy Lords, for many people, the most effective tools for contact tracing during the pandemic were messaging services such as WhatsApp, as family and friends kept each other…16 Jan 2023HANSARDUK Mortality RatesMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, for tabling this debate and bringing this important paper to our attention. I look forward to hearing the Minister’s maiden speech. I…12 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022My Lords, regrettably I do not have an interest to declare in respect of the NHS Pension Scheme. I say regrettably because I was an NHS employee during much of my 20s but…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsMy Lords, as the Minister has recognised, social care provision is largely in the domain of local authorities. The level of local authority representation on integrated care…11 Jan 2023HANSARDCare Homes: StaffingMy Lords, we know from surveys by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services that there is already a shortfall in domiciliary care capacity, such that people are not…11 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesMy Lords, we are fortunate to have in the Office for National Statistics a source of trusted data to inform our policy deliberations. It provided essential data about excess…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresMy Lords, we welcome the fact that the Government are making a Statement, as it is abundantly clear to everyone that we have a crisis on our hands, and we on these Benches have…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Health Service (NHS Payment Scheme—Consultation) (No. 2) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am pleased to be able to take the reins from my noble friend Lady Brinton, starting with this short but important statutory instrument. I echo the happy new year…09 Jan 2023HANSARDDentists, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Nursing Associates and Midwives (International Registrations) Order 2022My Lords, I do not have any direct professional interest in the subject at hand, but as somebody who lives in London and needs dental care, and as a parent, I am grateful to those…09 Jan 2023HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryMy Lords, Sir Robert Francis’s study into a framework for paying compensation starts with powerful testimony from those who were given infected blood products and those around…20 Dec 2022HANSARDPlastics: Health ResearchMy Lords, while the global production of plastics continues to grow, the literature tells us that there is still very limited information about their long-term health effects. As…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS and Social Care WorkersMy Lords, it is clearly very timely that we are able to have this debate today, when the concerns of staff in the NHS are making the headlines. It follows a series of exchanges on…15 Dec 2022