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HANSARDFuture of Health and CareMy Lords, we are putting considerable resources into hospital rebuilding, with 40 hospitals being built over the course of the Parliament; that is a major investment programme.…23 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareMy Lords, the noble Lord is entirely right that the regulation of both clinical care and social care is critical and key not only to good performance by both sectors but to the…23 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareMy Lords, I start by paying an enormous tribute to the 11,251 community pharmacies for the work they do day in, day out, and in particular their contribution to the vaccine…23 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 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeI am enormously grateful to the noble Baroness for her support in this matter. I reassure her that we are focused and working on it, and I will bring forward an update as soon as…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeMy Lords, I am across the recent outbreak of chicken nugget salmonella poisoning across the UK. However, I point to the work of the European distribution fraud unit, which is very…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeMy Lords, the focus of the unit tends to be on either food that is unfit for human consumption, such as in the horsemeat scandal of 2013, which the noble Baroness will remember,…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeMy Lords, the NFCU has done an enormous amount in working with stakeholders. Although it is a relatively small unit, with just 80 individuals, it works extremely closely with…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeMy Lords, I bow to the noble Baroness’s great expertise on the correlation between poverty and crime. But that makes no excuse for the kind of crimes we are talking about here.…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeMy Lords, the NFCU’s head count is just over 80 staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and its budget is £5.7 million. The NFCU has an anonymous reporting route available…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeThe noble Lord undoubtedly knows that, since January 2021, the FSA has been running a 12-month pilot of the new model of working with local authorities on trading standards in…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeThe noble Baroness is entirely right: this is a very distressing crime. I was pleased to note the convictions and custodial sentences in March last year under Operation Stock, led…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeThe noble Lord entirely has a point. I completely agree with him that the National Food Crime Unit has a formidable task ahead of it and that its investigatory powers could be…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFood-related CrimeMy Lords, food crime is of rising importance to the public, our trade, our farmers and our climate. That is why the Food Standards Agency constituted the National Food Crime Unit…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19The noble Lord is, as ever, cutting to the chase. The role of hotel staff, transport to and from airports and the flight crew themselves is incredibly important. As the noble Lord…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, I am enormously grateful for the questions from the two noble Baronesses. By way of introduction, both the noble Baronesses are entirely right that the variants of…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines DeploymentMy Lords, my noble friend is entirely right that there are many mysteries of immunity that we do not fully understand. While we have some strong evidence on the transmissibility…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines DeploymentMy Lords, I pay tribute to the Welsh for hitting that remarkable number. I thank the noble Lord very much indeed for bringing it to the House’s attention. I absolutely assure him…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines DeploymentMy Lords, I have heard the noble Lord’s concerns about this matter when he has brought them up previously, but I simply do not recognise the story he is telling. I would remind…11 Feb 2021