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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I am very supportive of what the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, said. My colleagues and I have been in this space for 37 years and we have built rather a lot of things in it. It has been very interesting to watch what happened in east London, when …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I have listened carefully to the debate taking place in Committee over the last few weeks with great interest and noted the growing consensus that now exists across this Chamber for transformation and change. These debates have shown the House at its best. It is clear that the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I thank the Minister for those helpful thoughts and reflections. First, on NHS England, we need to be very sure that a two-way street is established, because I worry that systems such as this are not learning organisations—we know this from experience—and they now need to become such …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I did not want to speak in this part of the discussion but I will make a few comments. I absolutely support what the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, and the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, have been saying.

When I first arrived in Bromley-by-Bow 37 years ago this year, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"I thank the Minister. Can I just give an illustration about the local on this issue? I am certainly not an expert on climate change, but I am a practical person who worries a lot about granularity and the gap between a lot of talk I have heard over many …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I spoke on Tuesday about the structure that my colleague Paul Brickell, a Labour councillor in Newham at the time, and I, wrote for the then Government Minister Hazel Blears for the new company that would deliver the Olympic legacy in east London. I also described some of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 11 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I was one of the people, along with Paul Brickell, who wrote for Hazel Blears the structure for the Olympic Park Legacy Company. I was involved in that project from day one—along with Lord Rogers, who, sadly, has recently died—and for 19 years. We thought a lot about …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I welcome the direction of travel the Government are taking with this legislation. It is a direction of travel my colleagues and I set out on 36 years ago this year at the Bromley by Bow Centre in the East End of London. As our work today starts …..."
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Written Question
Coronavirus: Screening
Tuesday 19th October 2021

Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the market costs for COVID-19 PCR tests for the general public; and what steps are they taking to lower these costs.

Answered by Lord Kamall - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

We are committed to working with the travel industry and private providers to reduce these costs and since requirements were introduced for international travel testing, the costs have fallen significantly. We have reduced the cost of NHS Test and Trace tests for international arrivals from £88 to £68 for ‘green list’ arrivals or fully vaccinated ‘amber list’ arrivals and from £170 to £136 for two tests for ‘amber list’ arrivals who are not fully vaccinated. By the end of October, fully vaccinated passengers travelling from non-‘red list’ countries will be able to replace their day two test with a cheaper lateral flow test, reducing the cost of tests on arrival into England.