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HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I am enormously grateful for that helpful debate. Let me try to provide some of the clarity and reassurances noble Lords have sought. Amendment 14 to Clause 3 would add…12 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I am afraid I will breach the convention on short speeches, but only because this has been an incredibly powerful debate. The points were made very thoughtfully, and I…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: VaccineThe central proposition we are discussing is that it is better to double the number of people getting their first jab, even if there is a marginal decrease in the efficacy of the…12 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 11 December 2020 be approved. Relevant document: 40th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Instrument not yet…07 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 14 December 2020 be approved. Relevant document:40th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee07 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, today we have more than a million people in Britain infected with Covid. A third are asymptomatic, and most are highly infectious. That is just too many. That is why on…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsMy noble friend puts it well. I always welcome the challenge of noble Lords on any subject whatever, but I agree that underlying many of the objections to lockdown appears to be…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsMy Lords, I pay tribute to the advocacy of the noble Baroness and her colleagues on this important point. I acknowledge the financial pressures on those of limited means who are…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsMy Lords, the science of virus transmission is very simple: tiny bugs spread by contact and by breath. Lockdowns work because they put space between people, but there are…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsThe CMO has given some guidance on this matter. He has made the observation that deaths from other flus are down, partly because of the social-distancing that is part of the…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsMy Lords, the noble Baroness analyses the situation extremely well and has laid out exactly the Government’s plan for rolling out the vaccine. She is entirely right that we are…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friend for that sage advice. I can reassure him that lockdowns do work—in Leicester, Bolton, Luton, Liverpool—and I can give him very…07 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 3) and (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021That the Regulations laid before the House on 5 January be approved. Instrument not yet reported by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments .07 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, we are debating today the 59th regulation in a restriction round—quite a colossal number. They are unfortunate and regrettable, but they are necessary. This Government…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsThe noble Baroness makes the point well. My observation is that the British public are extremely supportive of both the lockdown and the measures involved. Of course, we all see…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsThe noble Baroness quite rightly pays tribute to the work of the NHS. An enormous amount has been done on the marginal expansion of ICUs. My local hospital, University College…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsMy Lords, I do not know the precise nature or status of the care that the noble Baroness has, but it is true that care workers are massively prioritised, and those with…07 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 30 December 2020 be approved. Relevant document: 40th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Instrument not yet…07 Jan 2021HANSARDObesityYes, I entirely agree with the noble Baroness. There are parts of the Government’s estate where more could and should be done in order to promote healthy foods. I pay tribute to…05 Jan 2021HANSARDObesityI thank the noble Baroness very much for the recommendations of her report. Implementation is key. We have 13 workstreams, which is too much for me to go through in detail, but…05 Jan 2021