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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2016
Health: Neural Tube Defects

"But, my Lords, it is not just in this House, is it? It is in the Scottish Government, who I understand are now laying out plans to introduce fortification. They are supported by the Administrations in Northern Ireland and in Wales. Why is England taking this isolationist view when across …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Health: Red Cell Folate

"My Lords, some of us have long memories that go back to 1991, when the MRC study into this issue had to be stopped early because the results were so overwhelmingly in favour of folic supplementation. The lead researcher on that study was Sir Nicholas Wald. More than 80 countries …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Dec 2015
Pregnancy: Neural Tube Defects

"My Lords, is the Minister aware that the best tribute that he could pay to the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and his campaign would be to make an early and positive decision on the fortification of white flour in this country? How long are the Government going to go on …..."
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Written Question
Ebola: Sierra Leone
Monday 2nd November 2015

Asked by: Baroness Hayman (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Verma on 19 October (HL Deb, col 438), whether they will publish a risk assessment on the threat to "the safety of the British public" which would be posed by the resumption of direct flights from the United Kingdom to Sierra Leone.

Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton


Public Health England’s latest published risk assessment to the United Kingdom population posed by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was on 24 June 2015 and is attached. The Government continually assesses the risk and any proposals to resume direct flights will be considered by the Government in the context of these assessments.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2014
Health: Flour Fortification

"My Lords, it is more than 20 years since the MRC study on this issue first had to be abandoned because it was considered inappropriate not to give folic acid supplements to the women who were involved. When the noble Earl reads the latest study, I suggest that he will …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Health: Birth Defects

"My Lords, the Minister said that this was not a decision to be taken lightly, and that is absolutely right, but we now have the experience of 50 other countries. We have had scientific evidence on this issue for many years. The fortification of white bread flour is a targeted …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 Nov 2013
NHS: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

"My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the General Medical Council. In no way do I speak on its behalf today, but it is obvious from the remarks that the Minister has made that the GMC has been working with the Government and other regulators and is …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 29 Jul 2013
NHS: Out-of-Hours Services

"I wonder whether the noble Earl could help me, because I am genuinely puzzled about the current status of NHS Direct, its funding and governance, who makes decisions about contracts and whether they are viable or not. NHS Direct was set up as a national service, paid for and provided …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 29 Jul 2013
NHS: Out-of-Hours Services

"Since I can quibble about my own party as I am now a Cross-Bencher, I take this opportunity to say that I am not puzzled about the 111 service—but who is NHS Direct now? Who is responsible for its governance, its funding and decisions about whether it goes for contracts?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2013
NHS: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

"My Lords, like others I congratulate my noble friend Lord Patel on initiating this debate. I declare an interest as a member of the General Medical Council, like the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar. That interest, of course, translates into a responsibility. So many organisations, including the GMC, have a responsibility …..."
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