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HANSARDCovid Contracts: Judicial ReviewFrom memory, it is my understanding that 99% of the contracts are published and 1% are outstanding. I am happy to check that and confirm it to the noble Baroness.01 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid Contracts: Judicial ReviewMy Lords, I am grateful for the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton. During those hectic days, more than 15,000 suppliers approached us. Many of them were credible,…01 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I start by thanking the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee for its work in looking at this legislation. I also echo the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton,…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid Contracts: Judicial ReviewMy Lords, the noble Lord puts it extremely well, and he takes me right back to those days. I remember making a public call for help with diagnostics, and an NHSBSA call centre was…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeI do not have the precise figure to hand. Those in group 4 will include those with Down’s syndrome and other CEVs; those with severe or profound learning disabilities will be in…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, teachers are a priority in as much as they are on the prioritisation list along with other key workers, but the honest assessment of the JCVI is that teachers are not at…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeWe have to work with what we have. The existing register, while not perfect, is the tool that we have for our task. GPs had been encouraged to update registers in advance of the…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, the Chief Medical Officer was entirely right. As the noble Baroness probably knows, there are already important requirements on health care workers who, for instance, do…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, I recommend that my noble friend and the Daily Telegraph look at the large amount of conditional material that the Prime Minister articulated in his Statement. There…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, we have an extremely sophisticated and energetic programme in this regard. Let me flag that the most important influencers in anyone’s decision on whether to take the…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, I do not agree with the noble Lord’s analysis. We are sometimes constrained by supply, but I am reassured that we will hit the targets that I articulated. London has a…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, we were alert to the issue of housebound priority cohorts from the very beginning, which is why we have put in place mobile vaccine units. We work closely with community…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, the vaccine deployment programme is proceeding at pace, for which I give profound thanks on behalf of all noble Lords. We have offered a Covid vaccine to 15 million of…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy noble friend puts it very bluntly. At this stage of the rollout, when the vaccine has not been made available to everyone, it is too early to make that kind of decision.…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareMy Lords, the noble Lord makes a very wise observation. The challenge of reducing bureaucracy has confounded many Ministers in the past, and I would not want to suggest in any way…23 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareMy Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness that there is a challenge around parity of status. The pandemic has vividly brought alive the challenging circumstances of those who work…23 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareMy Lords, I thank the two noble Baronesses enormously for those thoughtful and helpful questions. We are at a very early stage in the process of this important legislation, and…23 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareI am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Watkins, for her generous remarks on competitive tendering and discharge to assess. These are examples of where we have…23 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareMy Lords, the objectives outlined in the White Paper are reasonably clear. The four headline objectives are to make it easier for different people in the system to join up to find…23 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareThe noble Baroness is right that there are distinctive qualities to social care and medical care, but the lived experience of most patients and residents is that those living in…23 Feb 2021