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HANSARDNo and Low-alcohol Alternatives: Labelling Guidance ConsultationThis Government set out in the 2019 Green Paper, “Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s”, commitments to work with industry to deliver a significant increase in the…16 Oct 2023HANSARDTissue and Cell DonationThe findings of the Government commissioned review into donor selection policies, that was carried out by the ‘For Assessment of Individualised Risk’ (FAIR) Steering Group, led to…18 Sept 2023HANSARD Community PharmaciesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) on securing this important debate. I start by…14 Sept 2023HANSARD Community PharmaciesThat is a brilliantly timed question, to which the answer is yes.14 Sept 2023HANSARD Community PharmaciesI will pause at the point of my peroration, because there is a question.14 Sept 2023HANSARD LGBT+ People and Spouses: Social CareAbsolutely. The police take this issue more and more seriously, which is vital. Some of the things that we have been talking about today, including in the “Stripped of all Pride”…12 Sept 2023HANSARD LGBT+ People and Spouses: Social CareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I apologise if this important debate is interrupted by a vote. I also apologise for the fact that my colleague the…12 Sept 2023HANSARD HIV Action Plan Annual Update 2022-23I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for West Bromwich East (Nicola Richards) and to all other hon. Members present. A number of them have played leading roles in…18 Jul 2023HANSARD HIV Action Plan Annual Update 2022-23I am happy to look into that. We provided extra funding in respect of mpox, but I will look into the issues the hon. Gentleman raised. This debate is an opportunity to restate our…18 Jul 2023HANSARD HIV Action Plan Annual Update 2022-23I will come on to opt-out testing in a moment. We are incredibly grateful for the work of the UK Health Security Agency, which is a world-class organisation that runs high-quality…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingProtecting children from the risks of vaping is a key Government priority. We regulate vaping, with a minimum age of sale of 18; advertising restrictions, such as a ban on TV and…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingWe are trying to stop access to vapes for the under-18s—it is literally illegal. We are trying not only to enforce the law but to reduce demand, as we have been discussing in this…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingOn driving up support for people to Swap to Stop, we are following the recommendations. On the things that we have been discussing in this debate, a whole set of other questions…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingAct robustly? I think we all want to act robustly. The shadow Minister said in his speech that he did not like banana-flavoured vapes, but would they be banned? I am happy to take…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingThe theme of my speech is that we have already taken action and we will continue to take action, but that it has to be evidence based. A range of suggestions has been made during…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingI completely agree with the hon. Lady on that point; this is exactly what our enforcement squad is doing, and I completely agree about the importance of doing it. On the call for…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingWe are garnering evidence on every different aspect of this policy question. In my remarks today, I have tried to illustrate some of the questions that we are thinking about at…12 Jul 2023HANSARDPharmacy ServicesWe have already been growing the range of NHS services available in pharmacies: we have set up the community pharmacist consultation service, the discharge medicines service, the…11 Jul 2023HANSARDCity-centre GP PremisesWhile it is a very long-standing system, we keep the approach to funding for GP premises under review. We have taken action in the primary care recovery plan to improve access to…11 Jul 2023HANSARDCity-centre GP PremisesWe talk all the time. I am conscious that there are 60% more full-time patient-facing staff in the hon. Lady’s constituency than there were in 2019, which of course puts pressure…11 Jul 2023