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HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesThere are many bodies tackling public health and raising awareness of some of the worst health problems we have—not only the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesIt is true that some of the allocation for the National Health Service is being used for public health spending, but we want to make sure that across the health system the NHS not…02 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesThe Government have allocated more money for local authorities but we think that it is best left to local authorities to decide how to spend that portion of their grant, for they…02 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesThe public health grant will be maintained in real terms over the spending review period, and we will confirm local authority allocations in due course, but this is not the only…02 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesSince 2016, the local authority public health grant has decreased by 2% in cash terms, but we increased the grant in 2020-21, and in 2021-22, and it now stands at over £3.3…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesI thank my noble friend. He is indeed looking incredibly healthy and is a living advert for the path away from cigarettes to e-cigarettes. Noble Lords across the House are keen…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesE-cigarettes are a pathway out of cigarettes; these e-cigarette products exist now, even before we have one approved via the MHRA. It is important not to ban existing products…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesThere are a number of factors that will be looked at when licensing e-cigarettes, including incentives to customers—flavours, et cetera—to take up these products. I will have a…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesThe MHRA has been quite clear that it wants to be in a position to license a product as soon as possible—it says 18 to 24 months. Noble Lords may well want to push the MHRA on…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesI thank my noble friend for pointing that out, and I will investigate. Not being a user of e-cigarettes or cigarettes, or of any sort of narcotics or alcohol, I am afraid that I…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesThe noble Lord raises a very important concern about e-cigarettes. From conversations I have had with the MHRA and others, I understand that, at the moment, there is no evidence…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesIt is very important that we get the MHRA to approve these e-cigarette products. The MHRA is seen as a jewel, to which many experts from other countries look. One of my roles is…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesAs the noble Lord will know, some of the issues are related to leaving the EU, but it is interesting to learn from conversations with the MHRA that it is hugely excited about its…02 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesI thank my noble friend for that very important question. We continually assess our preparedness plans for infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics to ensure that they remain as…02 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesAs noble Lords will know, the Chancellor has confirmed additional spend for public health, and the public health grant will be maintained in real terms over the spending review…02 Nov 2021HANSARDPeople with Learning Difficulties and Autism: Detention in Secure SettingsMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for securing this important and heart-wrenching debate, and for leading the work on the independent reviews of people with a learning…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth Incentives SchemeI thank my noble friend for those important questions, which are exactly those that I would have asked—and, in fact, did ask the briefing team when I was getting more details on…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth Incentives SchemeI thank the noble Baroness for that important question. When I am being briefed, I test my officials and make sure that I am able to answer as many questions as possible. I am…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth Incentives SchemeMy Lords, I start by thanking the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their questions. This is a good story in terms of how we tackle health in the modern day. The noble…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSocial CareMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, on securing this important debate and I thank him for his well-argued case for the importance of the private sector in…28 Oct 2021