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HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Border Control Passenger SafetyMy Lords, I completely and utterly acknowledge the concerns expressed by the noble Lord and by communities who live proximately to regional airports. As we look to the opening up…25 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewI am enormously grateful for my noble friend’s kind comments. On his point on vaccines, I emphasise the enormous contribution of the whole union behind the vaccine project. It has…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, I am enormously grateful to my noble friend for his comments. I know he has been a vocal critic of some things, and I take his comments in very good measure. On his…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewI am enormously grateful to the NAO for the powerful report that it has published. It said many complimentary things about the Government’s handling of the pandemic. I am grateful…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, I do not think I need to speculate on this matter; of course social care will form part of the inquiry. It has been an incredibly important part of our response, and we…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, the Prime Minister will define the terms of reference and the chair will define how the inquiry deports itself. On the noble Lord’s point about the rules and the…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, I absolutely agree with the noble Baroness that we are at a pivotal moment in the pandemic; matters are on a knife-edge. There is so much good news about the effect of…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, I do not think that is correct. The noble Baroness is right to ask the question because we should always challenge our systems, but track and trace has really delivered…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, as I said before, there was an internal ways-of-working review into the department’s early response to the pandemic, way before the threat of variants was on the…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewI am extremely grateful to my noble friend for his comments. He is entirely right. The battle against anti-vaxxers has been very successful. We have used a spirit of dialogue with…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, the Prime Minister promised on 12 May that there will be a statutory inquiry beginning in spring 2022, as my noble friend alluded to. Its chair and terms of reference…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, I start by welcoming the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, to the Bench; I am very much looking forward to working with her in the months ahead. The Prime Minister confirmed…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, we are enormously grateful for the advice of SAGE, which, as the noble Lord will know, is a very large collection of scientists, many of whom have many different views.…20 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Internal ReviewMy Lords, it is not for me to define exactly what the scope of the inquiry will be but the noble Baroness’s points are extremely well made. I emphasise the importance of women. We…20 May 2021HANSARDCare Homes: Insurance IndemnityThe noble Lord is right to point to provisions for the future and for future pandemics—or any future waves. I reassure him that arrangements are in place to ensure the safe…19 May 2021HANSARDCare Homes: Insurance IndemnityMy Lords, I do not need to remind the noble Baroness that there are profound inconsistencies between the NHS and social care. They are organised completely differently, and the…19 May 2021HANSARDCare Homes: Insurance IndemnityMy Lords, in terms of monitoring, Care Quality Commission data indicates that pressures are being felt by the insurance industry, but these are not translating into reduced…19 May 2021HANSARDCare Homes: Insurance IndemnityMy Lords, the noble Lord speaks movingly of the plight of many people in care and I agree with his sentiment—it has been a very difficult year indeed—but we cannot blame the…19 May 2021HANSARDCare Homes: Insurance IndemnityMy Lords, in the year from March 2020, the number of patients has in fact increased from 457,000 to 458,000. The CQC is monitoring the situation extremely closely and its data…19 May 2021HANSARDCare Homes: Insurance IndemnityMy Lords, I acknowledge the challenge faced by care homes on the insurance market, but CQC statistics suggest that, in fact, the insurance industry has done an enormous amount to…19 May 2021