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HANSARDChildhood ObesityI thank my noble friend for his warm wishes and his wishes for my longevity in this position. I agree that on the scale of carrot and stick with these sorts of measures, we come…17 Oct 2022HANSARDChildhood ObesityI do not believe that we are fudging around. Noble Lords will see some very firm action. If the noble Lord goes into the supermarkets today, he will see a very big difference in…17 Oct 2022HANSARDChildhood ObesityI thank and agree with my noble friend. He is correct. The cost of obesity to the NHS amounts to around £6.5 billion a year; obviously, this is in addition to not being very good…17 Oct 2022HANSARDChildhood ObesityI thank the noble Baroness for bringing this issue before us. I know that she is a passionate campaigner in this area, with a strong track record. I like to believe that we have…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEdenfield Centre: Treatment of PatientsMy Lords, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given by my honourable friend in the other place. “I am grateful to my honourable friend for this important…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPharmaceutical Research and Development SpendingMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, for arranging the debate on this vitally important topic. Despite this being the fifth time that…13 Oct 2022HANSARDEdenfield Centre: Treatment of PatientsMy noble friend is correct that these are the sorts of things that we need to think about in this situation. It is a complex situation because, of course, as well as the…13 Oct 2022HANSARDEdenfield Centre: Treatment of PatientsMy Lords, like the noble Baroness, I am aware that the White Paper is in draft, but I have not seen its latest status. I know it will address some of the issues that we all agree…13 Oct 2022HANSARDEdenfield Centre: Treatment of PatientsMy Lords, I completely agree with the question in making sure that this does not happen or is not happening elsewhere. We have been in touch with the CQC, as one would expect,…13 Oct 2022HANSARDSkills for Care ReportMy Lords, we are investing in adult social care. We have made £500 million available to support discharge from hospital into the community and bolster the workforce this winter;…13 Oct 2022HANSARDSkills for Care ReportFirst, let me say that we value social care. As the noble Baroness will be aware, the £500 million was in addition to a £5.4 billion increase over three years. Again, that…13 Oct 2022HANSARDSkills for Care ReportMy Lords, my noble friend is correct that this is also a labour supply issue. Part of the benefit of living in an economy with full employment is, of course, that there is little…13 Oct 2022HANSARDSkills for Care ReportMy Lords, my understanding is that there is a 10-year plan as part of a workforce plan, which rightly looks at the issues raised by the noble Lord. As I mentioned in my answer to…13 Oct 2022HANSARDSkills for Care ReportMy understanding is that the pay of carers is always at least the national living wage. I will look into that, but that is my understanding. That is not to say that where they…13 Oct 2022HANSARDSkills for Care ReportThe noble Baroness is correct that a number of people are on zero-hours contracts. As I am sure she is aware, their employment is through a number of agencies and local…13 Oct 2022HANSARDEdenfield Centre: Treatment of PatientsI agree with the points that my noble friend makes. I have some personal experience of people with learning difficulties, and I completely agree that the right setting for them…13 Oct 2022HANSARDEdenfield Centre: Treatment of PatientsI am grateful for my noble friend’s comments. She is absolutely correct that, although we are grateful to the likes of the BBC for highlighting these issues—and I speak here as a…13 Oct 2022HANSARDSkills for Care ReportAny industry with the sort of turnover rate that was mentioned earlier demonstrates that there is a need to look further into it, so I absolutely accept the premise of the…13 Oct 2022HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateI thank the noble Baroness for giving me that opportunity. I wish to be part of this House as someone who is open and collaborative, so I will take the opportunity and fulfil it…10 Oct 2022HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateOn the 15 trust areas, I will need to get back to the noble Baroness on whether it is down to demographic factors. I wish to dig into it more and will look at a number of things.…10 Oct 2022