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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the Statement says that the Government are looking to introduce daily tests for contacts instead of self-isolation. I have a couple of questions. My noble friend Lady…08 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateEvidence-based policy is really important on this. Statistics from the Nuffield Trust show that, with the mitigations that healthcare and hospitals are putting in place,…10 Nov 2021HANSARDRacism in CricketMy Lords, the issue goes much wider than cricket bodies. Clearly, cricket is funded by big money and sponsors also have a role, not in calling out individuals, but in dealing with…10 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs we have time, the Minister has just said from the Dispatch Box that the Prime Minister was following the rules of the trust he visited. That trust says on its website that you…10 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 VaccinationsI do; you went on for two minutes.08 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 VaccinationsOutrageous.08 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 VaccinationsQuestion!08 Nov 2021HANSARDBiometric Recognition Technologies in SchoolsMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones for instigating this very important and in fact fundamental debate about the use of biometric technology in schools. I also…04 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesMy Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association.02 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government by what percentage the public health grant to local authorities has (1) increased, or (2) decreased, since 2016.02 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesMy Lords, even with the recent cash increases, the public health grant has been cut in money terms since 2016 by £1 billion, curtailing services such as smoking cessation, healthy…02 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth Incentives SchemeMy Lords, from these Benches I thank the Minister for coming to answer questions on the Statement. These Benches welcome anything, including innovation, that targets the poor…28 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeMy Lords, a five year-old boy whose family had fled the Taliban, Mohammed Munib Majeedi, fell to his death from a hotel in Sheffield last year. The Metropolitan hotel in Sheffield…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth Incentives SchemeThe Minister has been going for about two minutes now.28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth Care and Adult Social CareMy Lords, with more than 105,000 vacancies in social care, we have a bit of a crisis. Which job would the Minister advise a low-paid worker to take when offered one of these three…27 Oct 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020My Lords, I have so far not had a chance to welcome the Minister to his new role. I wish him well. I think he has already found out that it is going to be a very busy portfolio,…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNHS England Funding: Announcement to MediaThe Minister has just said in a previous answer that, to deal with the social care crisis, a Bill will be coming forward. The crisis is now. Care homes are not able to take people…26 Oct 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020This is an important issue that goes back to what the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said. We keep hearing the phrase “when the time is right, we will implement plan B, if required”. Who…26 Oct 2021HANSARDMen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, we should not look at men as one homogenous blob. There is more than a nine-year life expectancy difference between men in the top income bracket and those in the bottom…25 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I too welcome the Minister’s reading the Statement from yesterday. We are discussing this on the day when more than 50,000 Covid cases have been recorded in the UK for…21 Oct 2021