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HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, the lockdown debate later this afternoon brings home the significance of an emergency like Covid. It requires swift, dramatic change to protect public health. Clauses 6…04 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Mass Testing ProgrammeMy Lords, I do not accept the assumption that we are going into a second lockdown because of the failure of tracing. The tracing system has led to the isolation of more than 1…04 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Mass Testing ProgrammeMy Lords, 289 contracts with an estimated value of £6.1 billion have been awarded by the DHSC to private sector suppliers to support test and trace, and 370 contracts worth an…04 Nov 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 3 November be approved. Relevant document: Instrument not yet reported by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments04 Nov 2020HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.02 Nov 2020HANSARDBlood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.02 Nov 2020HANSARDBlood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, these regulations are critical in giving effect to the Ireland/Northern Ireland protocol for the safety and quality of blood, organs, tissues and cells, including…02 Nov 2020HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.02 Nov 2020HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.02 Nov 2020HANSARDBlood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I start by saying a profound thank you for a lively, insightful and patient debate, because I recognise that these issues have been visited before—and the debate only…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentMy Lords, I completely agree with those at the University of Birmingham who confirmed that triage tools were not used. They were not necessary, and everyone had absolutely the…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentMy Lords, claims that frail and elderly patients were denied care in wave one of the coronavirus pandemic, in part because of the triage tool developed by the NHS in case it was…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity offered by the noble Baroness to reinforce the point. Age discrimination is absolutely forbidden by the NHS constitution. The CMO wrote…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentWe go into the second wave in much better shape in relation to coronavirus because we know so much more about the virus. In terms of medicines, the therapeutics, the practices,…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentOur learning has come a long way. Practices within ICU units have changed as a result of what we have learned in relation to the way that oxygen is administered, the range of…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentMy Lords, we are extremely grateful to the Resuscitation Council for its work on this important tool. It gives an opportunity for patients to express their preference and for…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentMy Lords, the implementation of the long-term plan is under way, despite Covid. We have put the care of the elderly—and, in fact, all those who are vulnerable and in need of…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentMy Lords, I do not know whether that specific instruction has been withdrawn; I will be glad to write to the noble Lord on that. I reassure him that, during an epidemic of a…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentMy noble friend is entirely right to chase me in this matter. I remember the commitment very well and I will endeavour to find out from my colleagues at the department how they…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Intensive Care TreatmentI am not sure that I agree with the implication of the noble Lord’s question—that somehow there is a prejudice on the front line against older people and that staff take it into…29 Oct 2020