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Written Question
Care Homes: Visits
Monday 14th December 2020

Asked by: Laura Trott (Conservative - Sevenoaks)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether care home visitors will be required to wear personal protective equipment including masks, gloves and aprons when visiting family members after receiving a negative covid-19 test under the care home visitor testing programme.

Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

When visiting a care home, all visitors should wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for the duration of their visit, regardless of whether they have been tested or not. The appropriate PPE for visitors can be determined using the guidance at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-how-to-work-safely-in-domiciliary-care

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill

"It is honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. Before I start, I thank everyone in the room today. This has long been an overlooked area of policy, but with the work of everyone here, perhaps that will not be the case for much longer. As the right hon. …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill

"Again, I agree entirely that we must ensure providers have proof of age before carrying out treatments. However, I worry that the amendment is too narrow, in that it is for the defendant to establish the steps that they took to evidence proof of age. It is already implicit that …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill

"Clause 1 of the Bill creates a new criminal offence of administering in England botulinum toxin injections and cosmetic fillers to persons under 18. Currently, children and young people can access invasive cosmetic procedures on the commercial market without the requirement for any medical or psychological assessment. As the hon. …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill

"Thankfully, the future of the GMC is slightly wide of the scope of the Bill, so I will leave those matters to the Minister. However, the right hon. Member for North Durham made the point well that there is widespread abuse by doctors who prescribe botox for cosmetic purposes, particularly …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill

"I thank the right hon. Member for North Durham for all his work in this area. On amendment 4, the pressure that young people are put under by social media is undoubtedly a motivating factor behind many of them seeking out these cosmetic treatments. That was discussed at length on …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill

"Clause 2 sets out a duty on business owners to ensure that substances are not administered to a person under 18. This does not apply to administration by a doctor or regulated healthcare professional. Subsection (1)(b) sets out that a business owner commits an offence if they or someone acting …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill

"Many good points have been made today about the wider work that we need to do in this, but when the Bill goes through it will be the next step towards protecting children, in an area where at the moment they are open to physical and mental scarring for life. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Nov 2020
Covid-19

"Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the private sector has played a role in helping tackle the virus, and specifically that Pfizer, as a private company, has only got the money to invest because of its profit and share nature?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Nov 2020
Covid-19

"I was glad to hear the Minister, in his opening remarks, refer to the need to focus on data because I am going to use my limited time today to argue for more data analysis specifically on the effectiveness of lockdown restrictions, and to support the move towards an approach …..."
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