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HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseThe Government are taking action to tackle cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease, including through supporting improved uptake of the NHS Health Check England…23 Apr 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseI thank my noble friend for this question. The ONS has provided this information and made it available for research purposes to make absolutely sure that we get to the bottom of…23 Apr 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseThe noble Lord is quite right. There were much wider effects and impacts in the lockdown, and alcohol intake was one of them; mental health, particularly of our children, was…23 Apr 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseI am sure I speak for the whole House when thanking the noble Lord for his expert understanding and insights. As he said, the evidence is very clear that while no vaccine is…23 Apr 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseThe main thing that the vaccine did was prevent any bad effects if you did get Covid. While it might not have reduced transmission much, its main benefit was that it reduced the…23 Apr 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseThe noble Lord is absolutely correct. The MHRA study on heart inflammation, which he mentioned, said that there is that side-effect for one to two people per…23 Apr 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseDeaths from heart disease among those under 75 are down by about 20% compared with 2010, which is a clear trend. Notwithstanding that, we are very aware—Sir Chris Whitty is…23 Apr 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseThe noble Baroness is absolutely correct: a vaccine helped you avoid not just heart disease but all the other impacts of Covid that she mentioned, including long Covid and a whole…23 Apr 2024HANSARDNHS: Long-term SustainabilityI also thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for initiating this debate today. I am very happy to start off by answering the question of the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, by praising the…18 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewUnderstood. Again, I will come back in detail on that point. One of the points made to me about the difficulties of trying to recruit to these eight new services was that, when…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewFirst, I think I speak for the whole House in agreeing that no one, under any circumstances, should feel that they live in a hostile society —whatever case it is, whether it is…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewTo take the second point first—it was also made by the noble Baroness opposite—that is absolutely right; it can be a real danger. People with English as a second language might…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewI must admit that I am not sure that I quite understood the question from my noble friend.17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewI thank the noble Baroness. She is absolutely right: it is only in that lack of data environment that, dare I say it, ideology can fill in the vacuum and start to drive the sorts…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewI remember that it was the noble Lord who, in the round table that we had on this, made very clearly the same point I was making earlier about puberty and age. It is only when you…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewWith the wonders of modern technology, I hope I can answer two questions in one. On the previous question, yes, the regulators have been communicated with about making sure that…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewYes, absolutely, and I thank my noble friend for correcting me and giving me the opportunity to correct that. Again being very honest, this shows that part of the challenge in…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewI thank the noble Baronesses for their important points and for their sensitivity. First, I echo the Secretary of State’s gratitude to Dr Cass and her team for undertaking a…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewYes, and that is an excellent point. Again, I thank the noble Baroness in this area. The questions that she raised earlier in the year in terms of some of the language from the…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCass ReviewThat is an excellent point—yes.17 Apr 2024