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HANSARDCarers: SupportMy Lords, the love, commitment and sheer hard work of Britain’s unpaid carers have saved lives and made a huge difference to the country’s most vulnerable. The nation is hugely…10 Jun 2021HANSARDCarers: SupportMy Lords, as the noble Baroness knows, we have worked very closely with hospices to fill the funding gap that hit them hard during the pandemic, and I pay tribute to those who…10 Jun 2021HANSARDCarers: SupportThe noble Baroness is undoubtedly right that carers have taken on a hugely bigger burden. More carers have been involved in looking after loved ones and families; those already…10 Jun 2021HANSARDCarers: SupportMy Lords, I completely agree with my noble friend on commending the role of unpaid carers. We could not have got through this pandemic in the way we did without them. The system…10 Jun 2021HANSARDCarers: SupportThe noble Lord puts it very well. Breaks are key. Some 6.5 million carers work flat out throughout the year. It makes all the difference to them if they can have moments of…10 Jun 2021HANSARDCarers: SupportMy Lords, I cannot provide a direct answer to the noble Lord’s reasonably broad question, which illustrates the very wide range of care undertaken by Britain’s unpaid carers. As…10 Jun 2021HANSARDCarers: SupportMy Lords, I can reassure the noble Baroness that economic considerations absolutely will be borne in mind. It is a huge challenge to take on the massive economic benefits of…10 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am extremely grateful for my noble friend’s comments on the Olympics, and we wish our Olympic champions all the best luck. We keep our fingers crossed for Tokyo, under very…08 Jun 2021HANSARDNHS Digital: Primary Care Medical RecordsMy Lords, I contest the premise of that question. I have not had a single complaint from anyone who has had the vaccine or been on any prioritisation list for the vaccine. Tens of…08 Jun 2021HANSARDNHS Digital: Primary Care Medical RecordsMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her kind remarks. As she knows, there is an incredibly rigorous system for ensuring the safe curation of this data, and I pay…08 Jun 2021HANSARDNHS Digital: Primary Care Medical RecordsThe nature of the data is very explicitly described in the documents that the noble Baroness will have referred to. If she likes, I would be very happy to send her a full set of…08 Jun 2021HANSARDNHS Digital: Primary Care Medical RecordsMy Lords, data saves lives. We have seen that in the pandemic, and it is one of the lessons of the vaccine rollout. The GP data programme will strengthen this system and save…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I completely understand my noble friend’s concerns, but I do not accept that we have done nothing. It is quite wrong to suggest that the NHS has done nothing but Covid.…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am grateful for the noble Lord’s comments. Yes, we are engaged with behavioural scientists, but I reassure him that lotteries for vaccines are not on the cards. Taking…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Handling and PreparednessMy Lords, I completely share my noble friend’s frustration at the situation. Of course we all enormously regret the fact that our efforts to open up international travel were…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI pay tribute to those in the hospitality and related sectors—both those who manage and those who work in it. It has been one of the toughest aspects of this awful pandemic to see…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am enormously grateful to the noble Baroness for raising in the same breath the importance of secure data arrangements and the question of what we are doing on long Covid,…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Handling and PreparednessMy Lords, I am not sure that any Government, even the Labour Government in the noble Lord’s time, could claim to have some kind of forecasting ability that could possibly have…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Handling and PreparednessMy Lords, I am not sure whether I have the data that the noble Baroness has asked for. I also contest the premise of her question. We have moved extremely quickly when presented…08 Jun 2021HANSARDNHS Digital: Primary Care Medical RecordsI am grateful for the question. I will look into that date and share whatever materials are available.08 Jun 2021