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HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, I am enormously grateful for the questions from both noble Baronesses. I will try to address them and if I omit any, I will be happy to write to them with more details.…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021I start by saying a profound thank you to the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for this regret Motion. If is not often a Minister thanks the Opposition for a regret Motion, but I…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, the noble Baroness is right to say that the Serum Institute of India is the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer by far and we are enormously grateful for the strong…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, I could not agree more heartedly; the vaccination of staff is a massive priority. Those figures give us cause for some reflection on how we can increase them. The…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy noble friend hits the nail on the head; who could think that a return to the previous regime of turning up at a GP’s surgery or a hospital every time you feel ill could…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, we very much hope that the vaccination programme being delivered today will lead to an inflection point in the whole country’s approach to vaccinations overall. That is…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy noble friend is entirely right: this is a considerable dilemma not just for the Government, but for everyone. We in the UK have an enormously valuable project in our…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateThose were two extremely thoughtful and well-informed questions. I do not have the statistics at my fingertips, but I would be glad to go back to the department and write to the…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, we are committed to both our levelling-up agenda and the kind of population health measures to which the noble Lord alludes. That is why we are bringing the NHS and…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, from the beginning, we have put in place arrangements for the UK manufacture of vaccines, which, in the light of events, has proved to be a pragmatic and sensible move.…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, I hear my noble friend’s message loud and clear and he has made the case both persuasively and thoughtfully. He is a little ahead of events. It is not possible for us to…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateI am extremely impressed by the noble Lord’s perseverance on this issue. I know that he feels very strongly about the need for members of the public to be involved in policing the…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his tribute to the NHS, both the front-line staff and those who have organised the vaccine rollout. He is right to say that this has…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, I am grateful for the broad and large hook that the noble Baroness has provided me with. I reassure her that not only do we have a massive amount of support already in…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, I am not sure that I have at my fingertips the precise rollout plan for domestic manufacturing. All I can do is reassure the noble Baroness that we are exploring all…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateThe noble Lord is entirely right to emphasise this incredibly important aspect of our toolkit to manage infection rates down. The workplace is an area of infection threat and…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, I endorse completely the noble Baroness’s remarks that we depend on the generosity, public spirit and kindness of family carers who provide an enormous amount of support…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, I simply do not recognise the characterisation that the noble Baroness has just presented. The view of our treatment of the elderly and vulnerable taken by Amnesty…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, I completely agree with the noble Baroness that a descent into some type of vaccine war would be extremely regrettable, and the British Government are doing everything…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateMy Lords, the CQC has pronounced its report on do not resuscitate orders, which is absolutely crystal clear. I wholly endorse its findings and recommendations.22 Mar 2021