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HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI have some personal experience in this space, so I understand exactly what the noble Lord is saying. I think we all agree on its importance. We have a commitment to decrease the…26 Jan 2023HANSARDMental Health Act ReformYes, I too saw the statistics on the number of black people who are detained. Clearly that is not right and is something that we need to get on top of. I know that the NHS has set…26 Jan 2023HANSARDMental Health Act ReformAgain, I agree that workforce is key to this. I am not aware of the report; I will look it up. I am somewhat surprised, because I know that we all accept that we need to invest in…26 Jan 2023HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI agree 100%. As I say, I have some personal experience. In many ways, these children or young people have incredible skills and are gifted in many directions, and the economy we…26 Jan 2023HANSARDMental Health Act ReformNo, I hope that all noble Lords will see that there is no sense of delay on this side—and we are not waiting for the legislation to introduce a lot of these measures. It is very…26 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureAbsolutely. I remember well, as I am sure do others, watching the news about planes being diverted to other countries and it being asked how come they were not coming to the UK…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureThe department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 confirm that 817 million items of PPE worth £673 million were not fit for any use. By December 2022, the department had reduced…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureI thank the noble Lord. Given the recent press, I want to start by setting out the position of Cignpost, the private sector Covid testing company in which, as many noble Lords…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureIn the circumstances at the time, I think we were all worried that we were going to run out of PPE. If the noble Lord remembers, it was the Wild West out there in terms of trying…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureRight now, less than 1% of stock is held in China—to answer that question directly. In terms of cost, we are currently paying about £700,000 per day, which is why we are writing…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureI will write to the noble Baroness with the statistics. I can be clear that the endeavours undertaken to buy the PPE were to make sure that we did not run out. Again, there is…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureAbsolutely. As ever, we want to learn the lessons. That is why we have set up the Covid inquiry. Yes, supply arrangements are in place. At the same time, as per the answer to the…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureAgain, I would take issue with the words “useless material”. It was bought based on a projection of how the pandemic could progress and what would be required. The fact that it…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureAs I mentioned before, the daily cost is roughly £700,000.25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureI think we all agree that, at the time, some mechanism was needed to sift the thousands upon thousands of offers of goodwill to help with PPE. A decision was made to take…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPPE ExpenditureAs I said, less than 1% of the stock is being held by the Chinese. Most of the money being spent on storage costs is in the UK. Notwithstanding that, we clearly want to get rid of…25 Jan 2023HANSARDHealth and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 December 2022 be approved. Relevant document: 25th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (special…25 Jan 2023HANSARDHealth and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023My Lords, to make sure that all noble Lords have the right version of this SI, I draw attention to the correction slip amending two points: “Page 3, regulation 5(3)(a): omit…25 Jan 2023HANSARDHealth and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023I thank noble Lords for their contributions and agree that we are all trying to achieve the same thing: to ensure the digital benefits come from this system and maybe—who…25 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I start by declaring an interest: as I have mentioned before, my wife is a dentist, and so interested in this. She has been able to join us here, as part of a…24 Jan 2023