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HANSARDThyroid Patients: LiothyronineThe noble Baroness raises a really important point about some of the blockages to patients getting T3. It is both the first and second-line advice from NHS England but also the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidI first express my relief that the noble Baroness does not want me to resign—but, as others say, give it time.06 Jul 2022HANSARDThyroid Patients: LiothyronineI have had prior notice from other noble Lords about this issue and have organised meetings with my officials in the past on this—I am always happy to do so. Given the concerns…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidIf I let your Lordships laugh a bit longer, maybe I will run out of time. We are absolutely clear that we will do this; I am sorry that we have to go through this process, but the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDThyroid Patients: LiothyronineThe current advice is for them to try the first-line treatment and only if that does not work should they go for the second-line treatment which noble Lords are asking for. In…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidThe reason we have a consultation is so that we are aware of unforeseen circumstances and that, hopefully, we deal with unintended consequences before they occur. It is all very…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidI am not sure that I should thank my noble friend for that question. I really do not mind being heckled, as long as I am not being asked to resign, frankly.06 Jul 2022HANSARDThyroid Patients: LiothyronineI am afraid that I am not able to fully answer my noble friend’s question. However, I know that my right honourable friend the former Secretary of State for Health did organise a…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidI am grateful to the noble Lord for continuing to promote this important policy. I hope that, following our meeting in May, the noble Lord is sure that the Government share his…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidI hope the noble Lord appreciates that there is debate here. He has written to me a number of times about Professor Wald’s paper, which has been put before the advisers in the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidThe advice still does not accept Professor Wald’s paper. But we did say in the meeting, if the noble Lord remembers, that we should not let the scientific debate be the enemy of…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidThe noble Lord has a couple of questions there, and I will try to answer them as quickly as possible. We are hoping to launch a consultation in August/early September, with a…06 Jul 2022HANSARDThyroid Patients: LiothyronineNHS England is currently consulting on this revision, for much the same reasons that the noble Lord acknowledges. At the moment, liothyronine is a second-line treatment when the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidPerhaps I have not made it clear enough that we are proceeding with this; there is no stopping the process or review. We are clear that the scientific debate should not hold up…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidI hope that the noble Baroness is not mis-stating the fact that we are looking to go through proper processes as our trying to kick this down the road.06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidThe Government are clear that we are doing this, but we also have to be aware of the debate regarding high levels of folic acid. We are progressing in areas where the consensus is…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidI have been advised on this issue, and I have asked if this could be done quicker. Let us put it this way: I anticipated the reaction that I might well get in this Chamber to some…06 Jul 2022HANSARDThyroid Patients: LiothyronineI thank my noble friend for sending me the question in advance, since it was quite complicated—I sent it to the advisers, and when it came back, I had to ask for further…06 Jul 2022HANSARDThyroid Patients: LiothyronineMy Lords, I am still here. While levothyroxine is the first-line treatment for hypothyroidism, guidance published by NHS England is already clear that prescribing liothyronine is…06 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidYou always have to be careful what you say at the Dispatch Box. I am afraid that I have to follow a process; I can take it back to the policy team, but they advise that this is…06 Jul 2022