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HANSARDAnaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024My Lords, to be fair, I said that that Act had been subsequently amended by the Health and Care Act 2022. If you do not have flexibility through regulation, you will never get…26 Feb 2024HANSARDAnaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024My Lords, I was a member of the GMC until the end of January, so at the council meetings I was involved in a number of discussions about the responsibilities of the GMC in the…26 Feb 2024HANSARDLeasehold: Property Management CompaniesMy Lords, the Minister will be aware that legislation in 2000 and 2004 abolished leasehold in Scotland. Given noble Lords’ concerns about the current Bill, why on earth can we not…19 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryMy Lords, I declare my interests as president of the British Fluoridation Society. The Academy of Medical Sciences reported very recently that nearly a quarter of five year-olds…19 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstMy Lords, when I had responsibility for community pharmacy more than 20 years ago, one of the schemes we instituted was incentivisation for private consulting rooms and spaces. I…06 Feb 2024HANSARDCancer Research: Funding GapTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the analysis by Cancer Research UK projecting a £1 billion funding gap for cancer research.29 Jan 2024HANSARDCancer Research: Funding GapMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, particularly in relation to his final comment about long-term investment. He will be aware that around 62% of all publicly funded research…29 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 9 in this group. It concerns verbal abuse to children and, in terms of the challenges the Minister set us with the four As, it is concerned with raising…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Hospital Waiting TimesMy Lords, can we get back to the Question? The Minister said that the information asked for is not kept centrally. Will he accept that the latest figures show an average of 750…23 Jan 2024HANSARDNational Health Service: Key TargetsMy Lords, the Minister keeps talking about progress being made, but if he looks at, say, the four-hour A&E target, he knows that the latest figures show that the NHS reached only…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateMy Lords, I too thank the Minister for the Statement and his response, but it takes the biscuit in terms of the Government really seeking to exploit the plight of the NHS by…11 Jan 2024HANSARDOrgan DonationsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on organ donations of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019.12 Dec 2023HANSARDOrgan DonationsMy Lords, I am very glad to have tabled this Question for Short Debate. I was honoured to take through the House my Bill, which became the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act in…12 Dec 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care: StaffingMy Lords, to respond to the right reverend Prelate’s question, if I may, the Migration Advisory Committee has said that the reason we recruit so many people from overseas is poor…12 Dec 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, by keeping on extending the trials, the Government are in effect implicitly making e-scooters legal because it will be impossible for them at some point to say, “We’re…11 Dec 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have tabled a stand part notice in this group. First, I will support my noble friend Lord Berkeley. I particularly welcome his Amendment 9, which sets a sensible…11 Dec 2023HANSARDSexually Transmitted InfectionsMy Lords, can we come back to the issue raised by the noble Lord, Lord Black: whether community pharmacies could play a bigger role in relation to PrEP? Does the Minister accept…05 Dec 2023HANSARDNational Health Service: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, does the Minister understand that I will have no time at all to respond?30 Nov 2023HANSARDNational Health Service: 75th AnniversaryThat this House takes note of the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service and its performance in waiting times.30 Nov 2023HANSARDNational Health Service: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, I refer the House to my membership of the GMC council. I was privileged to lead a debate 25 years ago in your Lordships’ House to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the…30 Nov 2023