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HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BMay I write to my noble friend on that?20 Oct 2021HANSARDAgeing: Science, Technology and Healthy Living (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, this has been an excellent and fascinating debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for his chairmanship of the Science and Technology Committee. I have heard the…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BThe Government are consulting widely on the measures to be taken, balancing and looking at the trade-offs not only in health but with wider societal factors.20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI am not sure I agree with the noble Baroness on the figure she cites; I will double-check and write to her. On the triggers, it is clear that we have to look at a range of…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI thank my noble friend for making that valuable point. When one looks at the broken-down data, one sees that there are some demographics that have not taken up the vaccine as…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI thank my noble friend for that question, particularly in the light of this being Black History Month, an important month to be celebrated in terms of the contribution that the…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI agree with the noble Lord that it is important that we take as many measures as possible to make sure that we do not have to move to plan B. I assure the noble Lord that I do…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI thank my noble friend for his question. I do not have the detailed data and I will write to him. But in terms of the link between cases, hospitalisations and deaths, it is quite…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI am sure the noble Baroness will appreciate that all these issues are not necessarily binary, and that there are often a number of trade-offs, not only between economic and…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI assure the noble Baroness that plan B does involve legally mandating face coverings in certain settings, such as public transport and shops. I am sure many noble Lords will have…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI thank my noble friend for that very important question. Some of the data suggests that there has been a slower uptake for the booster. I do not have the exact information and…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI am afraid I disagree with the noble Lord on that particular question. In fact, the UK is seen as a leader in the speed and efficiency with which it adopted vaccines. Countries…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BI thank the noble Baroness for pointing out the important issue that there is a trade-off. There are some who continue to argue against moving to plan B, and it is important that…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BThe Government have co-ordinated action and been in constant conversation with the devolved Administrations—or, as one noble Lord said, the devolved Governments—to co-ordinate and…20 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewI thank my noble friend for the question and the point he made so forcefully. In January, the Government announced a £148 million crime package for 2021-22, which has been…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewThe Government have committed to answering in full the recommendations of Dame Carol Black’s review. In terms of joined-up thinking across government, the Government established…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewIn September 2020, Kit Malthouse and Jo Churchill, the then Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care, co-chaired a UK ministerial meeting focusing on UK-wide…19 Oct 2021HANSARDGPs: In-person AppointmentsThe relationship between the patient and the GP is important, so we have made sure that choice is at its centre. As they develop the relationship, they can decide on the most…19 Oct 2021HANSARDGPs: In-person AppointmentsI sympathise with the case that the noble Baroness communicated. It is important that GPs and patients work that relationship out between themselves. If a patient asks for a…19 Oct 2021HANSARDGPs: In-person AppointmentsWe have published a comprehensive new plan to support GPs and make it easier for patients to see or speak to GPs and their teams, based on their choice. The plan is backed up by a…19 Oct 2021