Lord Kamall
Main Page: Lord Kamall (Conservative - Life peer)(1 day, 22 hours ago)
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Baroness Hyde of Bemerton (Lab)
I do not want to pre-empt the outcome of an ongoing pilot but, as set out in the HIV action plan, the Government are serious about achieving all of UNAIDS’ previous aims of 95-95-95 and UNAIDS’ 2030 plan. This means that we will pull every lever, including that which the noble Lord mentioned, if the evidence suggests that it is how we can finally eliminate HIV and AIDS from the UK.
Lord Kamall (Con)
My Lords, I too pay tribute to both the noble Lord, Lord Cashman, and my noble friend Lord Black for their persistence on this issue—for making sure that it does not go away and that we continue the conversation. We also welcome the Government’s commitment to the 2030 target, originally set in 2019 by our Conservative Government but also by other Governments around the world, which shows that it is not really a political issue at all; it goes across the whole spectrum. Can the Minister tell the House what interim annual milestones have been set between now and 2030 towards meeting that 2030 target?
Baroness Hyde of Bemerton (Lab)
As I am sure the noble Lord is aware, we have provisional figures for 2025 that we expect to be confirmed by the end of this year, probably within the next month. Each year, we will be looking and monitoring, making sure that we track progress, because we cannot expect just to rock up in 2030 with all our work done.