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HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersMy Lords, we know that the Minister is a big fan of data dashboards for tracking such things as the flow of patients through hospitals. Does he agree that such a dashboard would…12 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, as this is a new stage of the Bill, I need to refer again to my entry in the register of interests. I have no current financial interest in any of the regulated…06 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will make a short contribution so that I do not disappoint the noble Lord, Lord Moylan; I will make a few direct and crunchy comments. First, I thank colleagues who…06 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryMy Lords, we have all been appalled at what happened at the Countess of Chester Hospital, and we would also like to extend our sympathy to all those affected, especially those…05 Sept 2023HANSARDDementia DiagnosisMy Lords, is the Minister concerned that there may be misdiagnosis of Alzheimer’s in people who do not speak English as their first language because of the use of verbal cognitive…04 Sept 2023HANSARDFolic Acid FortificationMy Lords, the Minister said in reply to a previous question that a lot of the industry is already voluntarily adding folic acid to bread and other foodstuffs. Of course, “a lot”…25 Jul 2023HANSARDTobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023My Lords, it does rather feel like the old days to be transposing EU directives into UK law—the good old days, from my political perspective—but I certainly recognise some of the…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareMy Lords, we are fortunate to have the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme—SSNAP—to help us monitor compliance with the national guideline. In its very good easy access…24 Jul 2023HANSARDHuman Medicines (Amendment Relating to Original Pack Dispensing) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023My Lords, I start with the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Dodds. Reading the Explanatory Memorandum, it was curious that in paragraph 10.2 we are told that the consultation…24 Jul 2023HANSARDEmergency Healthcare (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, we are all grateful to the members and staff of the Public Services Committee for producing this excellent report and to the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong, for…20 Jul 2023HANSARDMMR VaccineMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the experience of both the MMR and Covid vaccination programmes shows that vaccine hesitancy is actually a very complex problem with…20 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, we have not talked much about fees in our consideration of the Bill, and I will not talk much about them today, but there are some important questions. We should not…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I just want to make some brief comments in support of the principle of what the noble Lord, Lord Knight, is aiming at in this amendment. The Bill is going to have a…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the powers in Clause 111 are perhaps the most controversial outstanding issue in the Bill. I certainly agree with the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, that they deserve some…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am mindful of the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, to be brief. I add a note of welcome to the mechanism that has been set out. In this legislation, we are…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThis is the key question. For example, let us take a feature that is pushing something at you constantly; if it was pushing poison at you then it would obviously be harmful, but…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Coates, and her amendment, which tries to help parliamentary counsel draft better regulations later on. I am…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI wish to test the opinion of the House.19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill19 Jul 2023HANSARDFood: Two-For-One OffersMy Lords, next week it will be three years since the Government committed to legislate to end the promotion of high-fat, salt and sugar foods by volume. Would a reasonable person…19 Jul 2023