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HANSARDCovid-19My noble friend Lord Lucas is quite right about IP, although I bear testimony to the private companies and major corporations which have reacted incredibly generously and…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentThe noble Baroness raises a good point. I do not know the precise answer and would be glad to write to her with a clear answer.23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentMy Lords, I share the noble Baroness’s endorsement of the tremendous response from British manufacturing. Some 176 firms have applied to the scheme and we are processing their…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Social Care ServicesMy Lords, I join the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, and others in remembering those who have suffered from this dreadful disease. I pay tribute to those in healthcare and other key…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19The noble Lord, Lord Liddle, is not entirely right. We have fantastic manufacturing in the UK—I reinforce the view of my noble friend Lady Buscombe that the sector provides jobs…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19I reassure my noble friend Lord Balfe that the amount of video treatment being given by doctors has gone through the roof. During this epidemic, we have seen the medical trade and…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19My noble friend Lord Dobbs is right that there seems to be an opportunity, but I have to be candid with him. Our need for PPE runs into hundreds of millions of items. We have…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19The noble Lord, Lord Scriven, is not correct to say that the Government decided to stop track and trace; there are still PHE track and traces, but when the disease reaches a…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19My noble friend Lady McIntosh is quite right that we should look at several different workstreams for our track and trace model. As the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, implied, one of…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19The noble Lord, Lord Robathan, makes a fair point. I reassure him that we are investing in a massive 20,000-person surveillance by the ONS to get to the bottom of the mystery…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentThe reference that the right reverend Prelate makes is an entirely right one. I pay tribute to the hard-working professionals in NHS and care home procurement. They have been…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentMy Lords, the full weight of the Government is working to get every NHS and care worker the personal protective equipment that they need. A cross-governmental team is working to…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19The noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, is right that our present guidelines state that those arriving in Britain should isolate if they have symptoms and seek a test from a hospital if…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19I reassure my noble friend Lady Altmann that we are making this a massive priority. It has huge advantages over other therapeutics because it is plasma and can therefore have an…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentThe noble Baroness is right to champion this point. The Cleveland Clinic is known to us. I will ensure that it is played into the task force that is working on both the…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentThe noble Baroness makes a completely fair point. The background is that procurement in the NHS has been lean and efficient. It has been dedicated to choices for local…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentThe noble Lord asked for clarity; let me be clear. The NHS is the client. The department of health pays the bills. Other departments are doing their bit to help. We are very…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentI reassure my noble friend that we have been in daily and constant contact with the Turkish Government, who have behaved with good faith and in a supportive fashion throughout all…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19I am very grateful for my noble friend’s helpful update, but I remind him that these arrangements are conducted by local authorities. The question that he asks is best answered by…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19I would like to take my noble friend to Skipton House in London’s Elephant and Castle to see the very large room where there is a combination of the diplomatic skills of the FCO,…23 Apr 2020