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HANSARDHealth and Care BillI thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate for the passion they have shown. I think we are all concerned by vaccine inequity—as noble Lords have rightly said, we…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill16 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsI thank my noble friend for those questions and will try to answer them as best I can. We are now transitioning to a stage where we are able to live with Covid, and we have just…14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsI thank the noble Lord for declaring an interest. We are reviewing all scientific advice and looking at the spread and potential of new variants. Advice has been given on an…14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsWe constantly have meetings with the UKHSA and a number of different scientists join us for the calls when we have them, but we have always balanced things up. I shall give an…14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsThroughout the pandemic, the Government’s approach has been informed by a wide range of scientific and medical advice and the latest data, as well as by economic, social and…14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsIt is interesting that, when I was talking to some of the modellers and scientists about this, they said that whenever they look at models of changes in behaviour, they count in…14 Mar 2022HANSARDHuman Medicines (Coronavirus and Influenza) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, we are here this afternoon to debate two important statutory instruments which will amend provisions in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 and support our work to…14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsI can see that that may well be a reasonable request, so why do I not discuss what is relevant and perhaps write to all noble Lords?14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsThe Government have reflected on that and, in line with the public sector equality duty, have considered the impact of those decisions on the wider population but also on those…14 Mar 2022HANSARDHuman Medicines (Amendments Relating to the Early Access to Medicines Scheme) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to the Early Access to Medicines Scheme) Regulations 2022.14 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation etc.) (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation etc.) (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2022. Relevant document: 31st…14 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation etc.) (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, over the course of this pandemic, we have had to put in place curbs on our liberties. Many of those curbs would at one time have seemed intolerable, but they were part…14 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation etc.) (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2022I thank all noble Lords for their questions today. I will try to answer as many as possible but, if I do not answer some, I hope that noble Lords will allow me to write to them in…14 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation etc.) (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2022I am afraid I do not have a detailed answer, and I do not want to give an inaccurate one. I think I know the answer but I just want to double-check it. I will write to all noble…14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsIf I was aware of any scientific advice that had not yet been published, I am not sure whether I would be unaware of it. I will try to find out. The Government have laid out the…14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsI thank the noble Baroness for reminding noble Lords that the virus has not gone away. That is one of the reasons why we laid out the Living with C ovid -19 strategy. The UKHSA,…14 Mar 2022HANSARDHuman Medicines (Coronavirus and Influenza) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I begin by thanking all noble Lords who took part in the discussions today for their detailed questions. I will try to answer as many as I can, but I hope noble Lords will…14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsI thank my noble friend for making that point. It is incredibly important, not only within the medical community, where we were asked, for example, to lift some restrictions so…14 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsWell, there we are: there is a result already—please never accuse me of working too slowly. In that case, it is quite clear that there is a programme, and I shall find out more…14 Mar 2022