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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the amount of testing we are doing is increasing enormously. Most people who book a test do get it locally, and that test is delivered quickly and on time. The result…14 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am here to support the regulations before the House, not to comment on the issues about which the noble Lord asks.14 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the phenomenon we had noticed was that large groups of people, sometimes in pubs and sometimes in other congregations, would seemingly be from two households, but that…14 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe change in the alert level is done in consultation with the CMO and it is his advice that the circumstances have not changed enough for us to move it. On the average travel…14 Sept 2020HANSARDAnti-obesity StrategiesThe noble Lord is probably aware that a letter has been sent to GPs inviting them to step up to their responsibilities for face-to-face meetings. Everyone should have a…14 Sept 2020HANSARDAnti-obesity StrategiesMy Lords, I am not sure I agree with the premise of the question. It is not my belief that the anti-obesity campaign will generate massive negative repercussions. The NHS’s work…14 Sept 2020HANSARDAnti-obesity StrategiesThe noble Baroness is entirely right: we do rely on the advice of charities, academics and experts in eating disorders. We do not do anything without full consultation with those…14 Sept 2020HANSARDAnti-obesity StrategiesMy Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Baroness that serious eating disorders are complex, and we need to resource the medical attention required by people with serious mental…14 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am not sure that I have a precise answer to the noble Baroness’s question on easement powers. It was my impression that they had not been used in the vast majority of…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI completely recognise the problem identified by my noble friend. I reassure her that the expert sub-group NERVTAG is developing a predictive risk model to enable a more…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI reassure the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, that saliva testing is a massive priority for the Government. I reassure her and Professor Spiegelhalter that the positive error rate…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord is right to be concerned about false positive results. However, our experience, our piloting and the emerging technologies suggest that that will be the case in a…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI shall be extremely careful about how I reply to that question because I would not want to come across as testy. The noble Lord is right: it is a challenge to strike the right…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, this country has been absolutely on the front foot on vaccines. We have negotiated agreements with six different vaccine providers for 340 million courses of vaccine. We…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I entirely welcome the challenge from my noble friend but, respectfully, I completely disagree with his approach. I want to flag two issues. The first is the enormous…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Baroness absolutely speaks my language when she talks about the technology that is being brought into the front line. My sincere hope is that Covid will bring a benefit…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord is entirely right to emphasise the challenge of itinerant domiciliary care. Such workers were always a vector for potential disease and are putting their own lives…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, my understanding is that the risk assessment is done by the local police force in conjunction with Public Health England, but I am happy to check that and write to my…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Baroness raises a very difficult subject. A huge amount of work has gone on in this country and others to define the most effective possible list of symptoms. The honest…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, we could not be moving more quickly to engage with the producers of tests in order to sign up the resources we need to put in mass testing. That cannot be switched on…10 Sept 2020