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HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: Low-income CountriesA small proportion of those who are vaccinated against covid-19 suffer adverse reactions. Can my hon. Friend explain why, under the COVAX compensation scheme, we give more…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThe mechanism is for the Minister to intervene on me, and I am happy to give way to her, to say that it is a misprint, or it is a deliberate confusion—it is to confuse the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper). I absolutely agree with her when she says she wants to maximise personal freedom. Unfortunately, most of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillWell, Madam Deputy Speaker, you have a lot to answer for. Handwritten errors can be identified and corrected. If there is fraud in handwriting, that can be subject to prosecution…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillWhen we were discussing earlier the issue of registration of deaths, I drew my hon. Friend’s attention to the fact that I have had lots of constituents—he probably has the same…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s suggestion and it would be interesting to hear what the Minister has to say in response. [Hon. Members: “Hurry up, then!”] If the Minister…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillThe point is that there was an inaccurate translation. When he got his citizenship certificate, somebody mistransposed the full names and put just one surname on his certificate…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart). I hope to be able to share with her a cautionary tale about the consequences of putting…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillMy hon. Friend is rightly concerned about hacking down trees unnecessarily but will she address her remarks to the problem of hacking electronic records?26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI do not have any evidence on that either way. The whole purpose of the 2009 regulations was that we would still have the hard-copy back-up system. Now, having put those…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillThat takes me on to the question of how we got to where we are now. For those interested in the background to this, let me explain that one of the former Members for the…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillCan my hon. Friend explain how that fits with the provisions of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981?26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillWhat my hon. Friend is referring to is like saying, “When I print off an email, it’s a hard copy.” It is not a hard copy; it is emailed and printed off. The Minister is talking…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI am grateful for that offer and shall certainly take it up, because a lot needs to be amended in the Bill. When I tabled amendments on Report last time, they were set out on the…26 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIvermectin has shown promising results as a potential treatment for covid-19 in places including South Africa. More than five months ago it was added to the Oxford University…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillMy hon. Friend says the information that comes from the death certificate is transmitted directly to the registrar. That is right, but if the person who is the nearest and dearest…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillDoes my hon. Friend share my concern that many of these registrations of deaths during covid have inaccurate information on them? They say the death is caused by covid or with…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillBut does that not highlight the difficulty that, if somebody registers a death on the telephone, they may not have access to the death certificate and may find that the death is…26 Nov 2021HANSARDEnglish Channel Small Boats IncidentAt the end of her statement, my right hon. Friend said that crossing the channel in a small boat was illegal. Would that it were, but it is not illegal, as was confirmed by the…25 Nov 2021HANSARDGlue Traps (Offences) BillThe Minister has covered many points of concern that have been raised. Will she also tell us about her Department’s policy on the burgeoning population of rats that are such a…19 Nov 2021