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HANSARDCovid-19: Deep CleaningThe noble Baroness is entirely right to emphasise the importance of personal hygiene. The Government are working hard to drive these messages home. Ultimately, it is up to the…11 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Deep CleaningI would like to reassure the House that my understanding is that the gap is not widening, but quite the opposite. An enormous amount of resources have been put into the various…11 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Deep CleaningI completely take on board the noble Baroness’s observation. I have here a copy of the regulations and I am happy to lay it in the Library. It is on GOV.UK in exactly the place…11 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Deep CleaningThe noble Lord is entirely right that cleaning is important, but the kind of deep cleaning protocols he described are not those recommended by the CMO at this stage of the…11 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Deep CleaningMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, makes an important point. Cleaning and cleansing will be uppermost in all our minds, and I assure the House that it is a source of great…11 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Deep CleaningMy Lords, on 26 February, Public Health England published guidance on Covid-19 decontamination in non-healthcare settings. The guidance describes best practice in cleaning, the…11 Mar 2020HANSARDDementia: Accident and EmergencyThe noble Baroness is quite right that this issue is not limited to England. The devolved Administrations are very much focused on it. I will look into the relevance and…11 Mar 2020HANSARDDementia: Accident and EmergencyThe noble Lord makes an important point. I completely sympathise with it. Low paid does not mean unskilled or unvalued. We are looking at the classification, but I should like to…11 Mar 2020HANSARDDementia: Accident and EmergencyThe noble Lord is quite right to point out the delay in providing an answer on social care. That is why the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care wrote to Peers earlier…11 Mar 2020HANSARDDementia: Accident and EmergencyThe noble Baroness will be aware that the identification of dementia patients in England has risen dramatically from 42% to 67%, which more than accounts for the increase in the…11 Mar 2020HANSARDDementia: Accident and EmergencyMy Lords, we are implementing our Challenge on Dementia 2020 commitment to make this the best country in the world to live with dementia. The NHS long-term plan commits the NHS in…11 Mar 2020HANSARDDementia: Accident and EmergencyThis Government are committed to science-based policy. There is undoubtedly a link between personal behaviours and outcomes later in life. Public policy should be aligned to…11 Mar 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 10 February be approved. Relevant document: 5th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . C onsidered in Grand…11 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe noble Lord asks an important question about the critical element of the research phase of our plan, and we have announced £46 million of additional funding for this area.…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe noble Baroness asks an important question about trying to keep our clinical staff healthy and fit. That is one of the biggest priorities in an epidemic such as this, because…09 Mar 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020I understand the point and will take it back to the department. The noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, asked about testing. She is entirely right to focus on that, because we are at the…09 Mar 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020The noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, makes an important point. The CMO currently has a weekly call with all the presidents or relevant members of the royal colleges, and there is an…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat an Answer to an Urgent Question asked in the other place earlier today. The Answer is as follows. “Madam Deputy Speaker, the…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusMy Lords, the noble Baroness has expressed concerns about those in residential homes and people with learning difficulties. The needs of all the most vulnerable in society are…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe noble Lord is entirely right. The CMO’s effort is now to identify those groups who require the greatest priority of assistance. We are not sure, and the CMO has not declared,…09 Mar 2020