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HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillI thank my noble friend for the question and for raising this issue. I am aware that my right honourable friend the Secretary of State intends to meet Jeremy Hunt to discuss this…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillThe noble and learned Lord makes an important point. I am very much aware of today’s earlier discussion, when I was smiling, perhaps over-smugly, thinking, “At least we’ve got…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillI start by paying tribute to all the work the noble Baroness has done in this area, and for educating me more on this issue when I was a relatively new Minister. All I can say at…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillThe noble Lord makes a very important point from his own experience. I thank him for all his engagement and for educating me on what happens in the community. We must be careful…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillAs noble Lords discussed during the Health and Care Bill, prevention is crucial. One thing I became aware of when I became a Minister was, when talking to the NHS and others, how…28 Jun 2022HANSARDPharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2022My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions and once again apologise for the delay in bringing this matter before the House. I welcome the essential role that your…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillThe noble Lord makes an incredibly important point. We have seen the impact that the pandemic has had on mental health across all age groups. During the Health and Care Bill, the…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillWhen I was having initial discussions on the various parts of the Bill, children and young people’s mental health clearly came up. The statistics are staggering. Some 420,000…28 Jun 2022HANSARDPharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2022My Lords, since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the country has faced its greatest health and economic challenge for decades. Community pharmacies have proven once again…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillClearly, there are a number of different facets to mental health and what we are looking at, but suicide is one of those areas. In fact, my right honourable friend the Secretary…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillI am sure the noble Lord is aware that one of the things we found when looking at the shortage of doctors—even though we have more doctors than ever before—was that some people…28 Jun 2022HANSARDNational Health Service (Integrated Care Boards: Exceptions to Core Responsibility) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 May be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 20 June.27 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeI thank the noble Lord for his question but what is more important is that we get people who have diabetes on to the programme in the first place. As we adjust the programme to…23 Jun 2022HANSARDPolioI thank my noble friend for that question. There is routine surveillance that happens anyway. However, in this case they have detected it in more than one surveillance. Quite…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeI thank the noble Lord for the question and pay tribute to him for his work in this area over many years. He is absolutely right. One of the challenges of this programme is that…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeI am not entirely sure of the answer to that. I will check and write to the noble Lord.23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeI apologise, I did not hear what the link was: between diabetes and what, sorry?23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeThe noble Baroness makes an important point about what we have to learn from these programmes. In many of these programmes we are in a process of discovery. You try things—some…23 Jun 2022HANSARDPolioMy noble friend makes a very important point. Even though a number of countries have been declared polio-free, including the UK because of our high level of polio vaccination, we…23 Jun 2022HANSARDPolioVaccination is already part of a national plan. People should be vaccinated at certain ages—I think it is in the first few months, and then in preschool and then at about the age…23 Jun 2022