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HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023It does; that was a helpful and clear explanation. However, if somebody has tweaked their test for Northern Ireland and they also want to sell to the EU, are they able to do so?…06 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS: Fracture Liaison ServicesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Black, and the Better Bones campaign have done an excellent job in raising the public profile of fracture liaison services, so I was a little…05 Feb 2024HANSARDChild ObesityMy Lords, the data is devastating: 11 year-olds in the poorest areas of our country are twice as likely to become obese as those in the wealthiest, and that gap is growing. I ask…01 Feb 2024HANSARDCare of Critically Ill ChildrenMy Lords, the Minister has already flagged communication as one of the key areas that comes through in the report, around both palliative care and care more generally. Can the…29 Jan 2024HANSARDCancer Research: Funding GapMy Lords, I am sure the Minister receives regular representations from potential investors in medical research in the UK about what they need from the Department of Health and…29 Jan 2024HANSARDMaternity ServicesMy Lords, I am also grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, for the debate, and to all speakers, whose points will inform my contribution. Like the noble Baroness,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDSmokingMy Lords, does the Minister agree that reducing the number of outlets that sell tobacco products does in fact have a positive effect on the prevalence of smoking? In this respect,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Hospital Waiting TimesMy Lords, long wait times for cancer diagnosis and treatment can be a matter of life and death for some people. However, we are still some way off meeting the Government’s faster…23 Jan 2024HANSARDMeasles CasesMy Lords, a large group of adults in this country have not been vaccinated against measles for a variety of reasons. Can the Minister confirm that any adult who believes that they…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDementiaMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, for this debate. There are some repeated themes to our questions and debates that we need because these are complex…18 Jan 2024HANSARDNational Immunisation ProgrammeMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, for both the opportunities she has provided us with to debate vaccination this week. The bulk of my remarks…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCare Home StaffingMy Lords, as the Minister has likely anticipated, 2024 is going to be a year when we keep hassling him for a long-term workforce plan for social care. Assuming he is not going to…18 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesMy Lords, I hope the Minister will revisit his department’s response to the Times today, which comes across as quite dismissive of genuine difficulties that many people across the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationMy Lords, during the pandemic, we learned the value of having a clearly identifiable owner of a new vaccination programme. Can the Minister tell us who the owner of the RSV…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNational Health Service: Key TargetsMy Lords, back in 2013, the Government set a target for the NHS to become paperless by 2018, which they later extended to 2020 when the target seemed too ambitious. This may come…16 Jan 2024HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, in speaking for these Benches I would ordinarily speak from a health perspective. From our point of view, a lot of the drug abuse issues fall within that category. We…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateMy Lords, we should start by recognising and thanking the nearly 3 million health and care workers whom we depend on all year but who have to work especially hard during the…11 Jan 2024HANSARDDeaths: Younger Age CohortsMy Lords, I think it is fair to claim that the pandemic was the most comprehensively documented public health event in human history. How much are the Government spending on teams…11 Jan 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, even less than the noble Lord, Lord Knight, can I claim that this is my primary brief, so I want to make a short Back-Bench contribution to the subject, bringing some of…19 Dec 2023HANSARDNHS App: Medical RecordsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what measures they have put in place to mitigate the risk of people being coerced into showing their confidential medical records to third parties…19 Dec 2023