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HANSARDSocial Care WorkersMy Lords, there is no doubt that we need more people to choose to work in social care. Prior to the pandemic, the vacancy rates for care workers in residential care and…07 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Care WorkersMy Lords, the immediate focus is on the national recruitment campaign across broadcast, digital and social media. We acknowledge that there needs to be more recruitment in social…07 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 14 September be approved. Relevant document: 27th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee07 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Care WorkersThis is a very important piece of communication. We have sought to work through the colleges and through the CQC system in order to make sure that employers make knowledge of…07 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Care WorkersMy Lords, I pay tribute to all those who contribute to the care of loved ones, neighbours and people in their community. The noble Baroness is entirely right to acknowledge the…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysMy Lords, the immediate concern is, of course, the epidemic, which has slowed things down. It means that management resources that should be dedicated to things such as this are…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysMy Lords, it is probably too early to make an accurate analysis, but one impact that has happened in the food industry is the move to online deliveries. That is why we are…07 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am enormously grateful for the thoughtful questions and rich debate that we have had. I shall try to knock off some detailed questions about the app, and I will then…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysMy Lords, I cannot commit at this point at the Dispatch Box to a date, as the noble Baroness has asked. However, I will express an enormous amount of warmth towards the idea. I…07 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Care WorkersMy Lords, I am extremely grateful for the noble Lord’s recommendation. The project that he describes is incredibly interesting. I am not aware of it today, but I will definitely…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysMy Lords, the highly successful food hygiene rating scheme plays a key role in protecting public health. I thank the noble Lord for championing the scheme and am grateful for his…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysMy Lords, I completely acknowledge the persuasive statistics from the noble Baroness. FSA analysis suggests that food-borne illness outbreaks are twice as likely to occur in…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysThe noble Baroness puts the case very well. I completely acknowledge that the FSA favours extending mandatory display ratings to England and that in June and November last year…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysWell, my Lords, the situation in Uxbridge is clearly one of grave concern, and I share the noble Lord’s concerns—but that is not the national picture. As I said earlier, in…07 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Care WorkersThe noble Baroness makes her point extremely well. We want social care to be a profession that people seek out, where they seek professional development and where they can find a…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysMy Lords, I completely endorse the noble Lord’s points. There is robust evidence that the FHRS has driven up hygiene standards in food businesses, thereby reducing the risk to…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysWell, the noble Baroness makes a strong case. I think a lot of consumers would like to see the kind of rating that she describes. I am not sure whether it is rightly the…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysMy Lords, the role of the inspectors is a local authority responsibility. While there may be national figures, I am afraid that I do not have them at my disposal, but I would be…07 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Care WorkersMy Lords, the recruitment of nurses is extremely encouraging. We have had an enormous response, with more than 10,000 nurses already recruited and recruitment rates to…07 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysMy Lords, the pattern of food inspection rates across the country is uneven, as my noble friend points out. However, the costs of implementing this scheme should not and might not…07 Oct 2020