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HANSARDCovid-19: Aligning UK and Foreign Entry and Return RequirementsMy Lords, I do look at the costs and have regular meetings with the team to look at this. I pay tribute both to officials and to the industry for standing up an enormous number of…19 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Aligning UK and Foreign Entry and Return RequirementsMy Lords, I completely agree with the noble Lord that we should be utterly committed to the route to sustainable, open borders. However, we cannot hide from the threat of…19 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Aligning UK and Foreign Entry and Return Requirements[ Inaudible ]—are engaging with a range of international partners, including the EU and the US, on mutual recognition. Ministers have agreed to begin the formal process of…19 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Aligning UK and Foreign Entry and Return RequirementsMy Lords, we are working with our partners to try to open up borders. There is a growing consensus that vaccination is an important component in opening up borders, and the…19 Jul 2021HANSARDElderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Lilley on securing time for the Second Reading of this important Bill. I thank him for bringing forward this challenging legislation,…16 Jul 2021HANSARDOrgan Tourism and Cadavers on Display Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this very important and wide-ranging debate. I am sure noble Lords will join me in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord…16 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, we acknowledge the risks. The noble Baroness is entirely right about flu; the relatively low levels of both flu and RSV in the last 18 months mean that many will not…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, the position of the immunosuppressed is one that we have a huge amount of sympathy for. Those who have blood cancer face a particular challenge. I was very grateful to…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, following the G7 we pulled together a joint task force with USA colleagues to address the precise point that the noble Baroness alludes to. That joint task force is…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend for his campaign on Nepal. His remarks are heartfelt, understood and heard clearly. We all recognise the debt we owe, not just to those…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, winter is a challenging time for the NHS, and, during an average winter, seasonal respiratory conditions drive an increased demand for hospital beds, as my noble friend…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19The challenge presented by workforce illness in the NHS is acute at the moment. It is one we are very conscious of, and the noble Baroness is entirely right that parents who have…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, the noble Baroness slightly underestimates the significant step that the Government have made in order to take advantage of the vaccine, try to get the economy moving…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19Enormous expansion has already taken place: we have brought together the existing dispersed genomic sequencing capacity of the country and brought it to bear, both at the PHE…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, I will definitely consider the idea of a full-page advert, and I am grateful for that suggestion. I would also be very interested to receive a submission from my noble…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19The noble Baroness makes her points extremely well. I support the ban on smoking in public places for exactly the reasons she describes. However, I do not support a mandatory,…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19The noble Baroness obliges me to confess that, as a young man, I mastered the art of controlling my sneezing, and I am pathetically proud of this. I should be glad to share the…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, I will be crystal clear on this matter. The noble Baroness is right: the wearing of masks is important—for yourself and other people— which is why the Government…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, in terms of care home staff vaccination, we are in the midst of a consultation on the subject. The noble Baroness should not necessarily pre-empt the consultation. We…15 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, our intention is that, later in the summer, those who are fully vaccinated will not have to quarantine when arriving in England from an amber list country. This will…15 Jul 2021