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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I do not want to take us back to the impact assessment issue, but it would certainly be helpful to know before Report where the Minister’s department is going in…12 Jun 2023HANSARDGeneral Practitioners: Recruitment and RetentionMy Lords, plugging the gap in relation to GPs will take many years. The noble Lord will know that in hospitals, specialist and associate specialist doctors have increased in…12 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Services: Huntington’s DiseaseIn begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I apologise to the House as I should have declared my GMC board interest in the previous oral…12 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Services: Huntington’s DiseaseI am grateful to the Minister for that positive Answer. He may be aware that the Huntington’s Disease Association has research which shows, first, that many people with that…12 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS GP Surgeries: Purchase by US CompaniesMy Lords, the noble Lord referred to the workforce plan. Can he assure me that, when published, it will be fully funded?05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the Committee is entitled to ask what the Minister means by “in due course”. Specifically, will the impact assessment be available before Report? My thinking is that the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Amendment 19A is on modern slavery. I will speak to a series of my other amendments relating to Clauses 4 and 21. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I was going to wind up, if I may. Other noble Lords may contain their enthusiasm for dental charges, but I am keen to move on to that important issue. I will not give a…05 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That this House regrets that the increase of 8.5 per cent to patient charges under the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/367) (1) will…05 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I know how eagerly noble Lords have anticipated our debate this evening. I should declare at the beginning my presidency of the Fluoridation Society and patronage of the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister and for him attempting to explain the mystery of the dental contract, which has defeated many Ministers over many years. Explaining it…05 Jun 2023HANSARDMedical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of the statutory instrument. I do not oppose it at all, although the fact that the Government are doing it seems to reflect the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDBranded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister. I think he has responded in a positive way, which is gratifying and, I hope, sets the foundation for a proper negotiation with the…25 May 2023HANSARDBranded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That this House regrets that the Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 propose a 27.5 per cent claw back rate which significantly exceeds that…25 May 2023HANSARDBranded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am very glad to introduce this debate, and thankful to noble Lords who have stayed to take part in it. Underpinning this debate is a major concern about the current…25 May 2023HANSARDBranded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I fully accept that, but the sentiment that comes through is something that is shared throughout the National Health Service: that drugs expenditure, per se, is something to be…25 May 2023HANSARDVagrancy Act 1824My Lords, can the Minister explain why the Government need to spend an inordinate amount of time looking at what to replace the Vagrancy Act with, having said that they will…17 May 2023HANSARDPharmacies: Medicines at HomeMy Lords, the Minister referred to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidelines, but those were issued in 2013—some 10 years ago. If it was so important, why has it taken Boots and…17 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, one of the few compensations of speaking so late is that it enables me to try to respond to some of the points made in this fascinating but, I think, worrying debate…10 May 2023