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HANSARDIndependent Residential CareI thank all those who work in the care home sector for the enormous amount of sacrifice and commitment that they have shown to protecting residents. The noble Baroness, I think,…07 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Residential CareMy Lords, the money that my noble friend refers to is not currently ring-fenced. Local authorities have been written to, to explain that the money should be prioritised for…07 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Residential CareThe noble Baroness puts her question extremely well, but I am afraid it is beyond my ability to predict as she asks exactly what the shape of the national care provisions will be.…07 Jul 2020HANSARDFood: Fruit and VegetablesThe noble Baroness does me a great service to point out the good work of Clara M Davis, who I was not aware of previously. She makes a very good point: the effect of advertising…06 Jul 2020HANSARDFood: Fruit and VegetablesThe noble Baroness is right about the effects of diabetes, and the impact of Covid on those with diabetes has been profound. It is described well in the PHE report and is a source…06 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisThe noble Baroness will not be surprised to learn that I have just spent three and a half months looking at drugs that might make a difference to Covid, only to find that many of…06 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisThe noble Baroness is very specific in her questions, and I am afraid I am not able to answer them specifically because they are subject to restrictions and confidentiality. Where…06 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisThe noble Baroness shines a spotlight on an uncomfortable but realistic fact of life in our medical service: those with money are able to pay for treatments beyond the reach of…06 Jul 2020HANSARDFood: Fruit and VegetablesThe noble Lord is quite right about the home production of food. During the Covid epidemic, Project Defend was put together to ensure that, as a country, we have resilient supply…06 Jul 2020HANSARDFood: Fruit and VegetablesI thank my noble friend for reminding me of the important Hungry for Change report; I pay tribute to it and to its recommendations. If I understand his question correctly, the…06 Jul 2020HANSARDFood: Fruit and VegetablesI also pay tribute to the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. However, it falls outside the remit of the Department of Health, so I do not have details about the scheme to hand,…06 Jul 2020HANSARDFood: Fruit and VegetablesThe noble Baroness is right to cast a spotlight on an apparent area of policy confusion. Labelling is normally associated with Defra, and the provision of school meals with the…06 Jul 2020HANSARDFood: Fruit and VegetablesMy noble friend touches on an interesting area. I cannot answer it precisely. I am not sure that we have taken any assessment of the effect of eating vegetables and fruit during…06 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisThe noble Lord is right to point out the importance of that report, which we have taken very seriously. We have worked closely with industry to find a suitable product to take…06 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisThe noble Baroness’s point on fundraising is well made, and I think I answered it in my previous answer. We are looking at it closely. On policy-making in this area, it is…06 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, for her Question. There is no legal impediment to prescribing medicinal cannabis where clinically appropriate, and the…06 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisThere is a difference between the issue of controlled drugs and that of access to regulatory approved drugs. The noble Baroness is right that medicinal cannabis offers huge hope…06 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisMy Lords, I cannot comment in detail on the specific situation the noble Lord refers to. I recognise the high costs of medicinal cannabis, and we have done an enormous amount to…06 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisI do not think the noble Baroness is right. There are always groups advocating that their medicines are different from every other type of medicine, but the processes of clinical…06 Jul 2020HANSARDFood: Fruit and VegetablesMy Lords, I pay testimony to the hard work of the noble Baroness in this important area. The schemes she mentions have been incredibly impactful and this subject is very…06 Jul 2020