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HANSARDElective Care RecoveryIf you look at international comparisons, the situation is clear, and my right honourable friend the Secretary of State has made it clear that he does not think it is good enough.…07 Feb 2022HANSARDElective Care RecoveryWe are looking at elective recovery all the way through; some of that will be in secondary care but, clearly, some of that will be in primary care. One of the issues that we want…07 Feb 2022HANSARDElective Care RecoveryI thank the noble Baroness for not speculating. All I can say about the elective recovery plan is that there have been active discussions between my department and the Treasury,…07 Feb 2022HANSARDElective Care RecoveryThe noble Lord rightly raises the issue of our brilliant workforce, who are at the heart of our plans for recovering services. The NHS’s delivery plans are focused on how we can…07 Feb 2022HANSARDElective Care RecoveryMy Lords, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question made in another place: “Mr Speaker, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on…07 Feb 2022HANSARDElective Care RecoveryThe noble Lord raises an important point. He may well have seen coverage last week about the cancer plan as well as the Secretary of State’s commitment to what he called a “war on…07 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI thank all noble Lords who spoke in this debate. As a number of noble Lords have acknowledged, the case for reforming professional regulation has long been acknowledged, and…04 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill04 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI can confirm that that conversation did take place. When we were dividing up the groups for today, I thought about offering this to someone else. One of my noble friends turned…04 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, in moving this amendment I will also speak to the Amendments 313A, 314A and 315A standing in my name. Before I start, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, for her…04 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentI begin by agreeing with the sentiments expressed by the noble Baroness that we should not necessarily be labelling people who decide not to take the vaccine. We should understand…03 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentI thank the noble Baroness for raising that point. It is really important to note that, when engaging in debates such as this, it is sometimes easy to forget patients, and we…03 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentFirst, I thank my noble friend for giving advance notice of the question, enabling me to try to get an answer. While we do intend to revoke the VCOD, subject to consultation in…03 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentI agree with the sentiments expressed by the noble Viscount. Sometimes it takes the worst of times to bring out the best in people. It was an incredible response. It was also a…03 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentAs ever, the noble Baroness is absolutely right. Once again, I thank her personally for her frequent advice and questions, based on her years of experience. This gives me the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentI thank my noble friend for her question. I will be frank with her: I was not aware that the Government intend to stop publication, so I will have to go back to the department and…03 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentI hope that the noble Lord will forgive me, but I had a lot of meetings on the Bill today. When the questions came in and I saw the original answer, to be perfectly frank, I was…03 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentThe Government continue to review the data, as other countries do. Clearly, we have vaccinated vulnerable children, and there have been moves, particularly with omicron, to look…03 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentI thank my noble friend for his question and for his longer-term engagement with me on this issue. I assure him that we are keeping this under constant review. The evidence…03 Feb 2022HANSARDVaccination: Condition of DeploymentI start by thanking both the noble Baronesses for their questions and the Benches opposite for their support during this difficult time. There was not really much political…03 Feb 2022