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HANSARD Under-age VapingAs I just said and as the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough (Neil O’Brien) said earlier in the debate, the consultation…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingThat is the balance we have to create. We do not want unintended consequences whereby we reduce the use of vapes in under-18s but also stop their use among those who are quitting…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingI thank the many right hon. and hon. Members who have made a valuable contribution to this afternoon’s debate. I will respond to the issues they have raised throughout my remarks.…12 Jul 2023HANSARDMental Ill Health: West YorkshireI absolutely pay tribute to the school in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency. I also point out that Red Kite View is a new unit specifically for young people in his constituency.…11 Jul 2023HANSARDCoroners: StillbirthsI thank my hon. Friend for his work in this space and I apologise for the delay in publishing the consultation. I met him along with a Justice Minister, and I assure him that we…11 Jul 2023HANSARDMental Ill Health: West YorkshireI thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. There were many recommendations during pre-legislative scrutiny. We are working through those and we hope to be able to respond…11 Jul 2023HANSARDHormone Replacement TherapyWe are in the process of issuing another bulletin to both GPs and pharmacists on the serious shortage protocols and to make clear the alternatives available. That is a clinical…11 Jul 2023HANSARDHormone Replacement TherapyWe continue to engage regularly with our suppliers to prevent and mitigate supply issues in the short term. We have over 70 HRT products. The vast majority are available. We have…11 Jul 2023HANSARDYoung People’s Mental Health: HousingI absolutely pay tribute to Tom and to his father. I reassure him that we have many campaigners. Only last week, we received the baton of hope at No. 10 from those campaigning to…11 Jul 2023HANSARDYoung People’s Mental Health: HousingActually, under this Government, last year, the number of first-time buyers passed the 400,000 mark, which is the highest number in 19 years. I will not take any lectures from a…11 Jul 2023HANSARDMental Ill Health: West YorkshireNHS West Yorkshire integrated care boards have increased their investment in mental health services in line with their overall allocation increase. They have spent more than £591…11 Jul 2023HANSARDCoroners: StillbirthsThe consultation on giving powers to coroners to investigate stillbirths received 334 responses, including from bereaved parents, charities, the Chief Coroner, clinicians and a…11 Jul 2023HANSARDVaccine Development and EvaluationThe vaccine development and evaluation centre, backed by £65 million for state-of-the-art facilities, at the Porton Down site has been operational since early last year. It…11 Jul 2023HANSARDYoung People’s Mental Health: HousingWe are working with a number of Government Departments, including the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to tackle the…11 Jul 2023HANSARDMental Ill Health: West YorkshireI thank the shadow Minister for her question. To highlight another initiative in West Yorkshire, the Night OWLS—Overnight West Yorkshire Living/Advice Service—helpline has been…11 Jul 2023HANSARDVaccine Development and EvaluationI confirm to the hon. Gentleman that, in the recent spring campaign, we deployed four approved vaccines—Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Novavax and Sanofi-GSK—as part of our roll-out.…11 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Covid Variants: Government PreparednessI am very happy to meet up with the hon. Gentleman, and also to write to him regarding the specific points on which he asked for clarification. It is important that we give the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDNew Covid Variants: Government PreparednessWe are certainly not putting all our eggs in the mRNA basket for covid, or for any other use of mRNA technology. Such vaccines must still pass the MHRA assessment in order to be…28 Jun 2023HANSARDNew Covid Variants: Government PreparednessWe know that the virus has the potential to evolve with new covid-19 variants that may evade immunity and the vaccinations that we have in place. We also know that we could face…28 Jun 2023HANSARDNew Covid Variants: Government PreparednessThere are several ways, and I did try to set some of them out. As I said, UKHSA tests samples from covid-positive patients around the country every week and does genomic…28 Jun 2023