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1416158

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date	24/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are making special provision for visas to the UK for Afghan doctors and nurses who wish to be evacuated, to help address the NHS staffing gap in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL5624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government responded swiftly to the fast-moving and challenging events in Afghanistan, including supporting the largest and fastest evacuation in recent history. We can be proud as a country we helped over 15,000 people to safety from Afghanistan in August 2021 and we continue to do all we can to enable those who are eligible to relocate to the UK through the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care is also working with DWP to develop pathways to support Afghans who are already in the UK to access roles in the health and social care sector.</p><p>On the issue of NHS staffing gaps, the Government has done a number of things to ensure the NHS has suitable resources. We are on schedule to deliver 50,000 more nurses by the end of this Parliament to deliver a sustainable long term workforce supply. With the National Health Service and Health Education England, we have established a programme to improve retention and support return to practice, invest in and diversify training and increase ethical and sustainable international recruitment. We have also made £2 billion made available in 2021/22 and a further £8 billion from 2022 to 2025 to increase activity, tackle backlogs in elective care and reduce waiting times for patients.</p><p>In August 2020, the Government launched the Health and Care Visa which provides for fast-track entry, reduced application fees and dedicated support. Health and Care Visa applicants are also exempt from paying the Immigration Health Surcharge. These benefits also extend to Health and Care Visa applicants dependents.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/02/2022 18:11:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1405016

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made with donating safe vaccines to help with the international efforts to vaccinate the world, in line with the Communique of the G7 Summit in Cornwall.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL5577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>Our G7 Presidency in 2021 secured agreement from leaders to commit to sharing at least 870 million doses by June 2022. The G7 has gone further since June, and donated 770 million doses by the end of 2021 and committed to donate an additional 1.2 billion doses.</p><p>We have met the UK goal of donating 30 million doses by the end of 2021, as part of our G7 pledge to donate 100 million doses by June 2022. To date, the UK has delivered 23.3 million doses to countries in need of which 17.8 million have been delivered via COVAX and 5.5m doses donated directly. A further 7.5 million doses have been received by COVAX and will shortly be allocated and shipped in line with COVAX's fair allocation model. The Prime Minister said at the G20 in October 2021 that we will donate 20 million further Astra Zeneca doses and 20 million Janssen doses to COVAX and we remain committed to meeting our 100 million pledge in full by June 2022.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/02/2022 17:17:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1400567

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for giving the COVID-19 booster vaccination to housebound patients; and what is their mechanism for delivery if their GPs have opted out of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL5172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The National Health Service is responsible for providing COVID-19 booster vaccinations to housebound patients. If a general practitioner (GP) practice is signed up to the Enhanced Service for phase three of the vaccination programme, the practice will provide booster doses to housebound patients or make alternative arrangements. If a practice is not signed up to the Enhanced Service, they will request that the local clinical commissioning group  make arrangements via another Primary Care Network (PCN) grouping or alternative provider.</p><p>Some patients may be able to attend a PCN designated site with assistance. Discussions should be held between the GP and the patient’s family and/or carer to facilitate this. For those patients who are unable to travel to a designated site, PCNs have established mobile or roving vaccination teams to deliver COVID-19 vaccines directly in an individual’s home.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 19/01/2022 12:48:46 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1400568

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Pest Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make illegal the baiting of electric fences with honey and other substances designed to attract wildlife.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL5173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>In England, wildlife is protected by law through legislation such as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.</p><p>Section 11 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 prohibits certain methods of killing or taking wild animals. Under subsection 2(c), a person will be guilty of an offence if they set in position any electrical device for killing or stunning, calculated to cause bodily injury to any wild animal included in Schedule 6 of that Act, such as badgers and hedgehogs. It is also an offence under regulation 45 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 to use electrical and electronic devices capable of killing or stunning, for the purpose of capturing or killing a European protected species, or for any of the protected species listed on Schedule 4 of those Regulations.</p><p>The Government has no current plans to introduce further legislation to prohibit conduct involving the 'baiting' of electric fences with honey and other substances designed to attract wildlife.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 03/02/2022 14:39:57 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1385182

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Iraq: Turkey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of allegations that the government of Turkey is deploying chemical weapons in northern Iraq; and what plans they have to support an independent inquiry into their deployment by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom opposes the use of chemical weapons in all circumstances. We take any credible evidence of the use of chemical weapons very seriously. We have been monitoring the recent allegations of chemical weapons use in northern Iraq but the allegations remain unsubstantiated. Any evidence should be shared with States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention and provided through appropriate channels to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Technical Secretariat.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/12/2021 12:42:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1385183

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Strokes: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of cerebral haemorrhage in UK women (1) below 60, and (2) 60 and above, and their link to the (a) Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccination, and (b) Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has monitored suspected reports of cerebral haemorrhage and thrombosis following COVID-19 vaccination. No direct association between reports of cerebral haemorrhage and the AstraZeneca or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines has been identified in women or men aged either above or below 60 years old. However, a review of reports of specific types of blood clot in cerebral veins, occurring with low platelets concluded that a link with AstraZeneca vaccine is likely. Cerebral hemorrhage may occur because of these events. No link has been identified with the Pfizer vaccine.</p><p>There is some evidence that the reported incidence rate of these blood clots is slightly higher in females compared to men, although this is not seen across all age groups. A higher reported incidence rate is seen in younger adult age groups following the first dose compared to the older groups at 21.1 per million doses in those aged 18 to 49 years old and 11.0 per million doses in those aged 50 years old and over. There does not appear to be an increased risk following the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The advice remains that the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccines outweigh the risks for the majority of people.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 16/12/2021 15:21:22 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1385184

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether housebound patients are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations in the same timeframe as those who are able to visit vaccination centres in person; and, if not, what is the average delay.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 05/01/2022 11:38:38 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1380852

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Afghan refugees aged 16 to 24 who have arrived since January will be eligible for the Kickstart Scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>All refugees brought to the UK through the Afghanistan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) have the right to work and will have support in finding employment as part of a comprehensive integration package. <br> <br> The Department for Work and Pensions will support Afghan refugees who are eligible for the Kickstart Scheme to access it if it is appropriate to their needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/12/2021 14:03:43 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1379155

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received regarding negotiating bilateral arrangements for the Youth Mobility Scheme Visa from (1) any EU member state, and (2) any other countries, who are not already covered by the scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>We remain open to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories including the EU or nations within it. However, as each YMS is subject to a bilateral, reciprocal agreement which also provides benefit to UK nationals with the detail negotiated and agreed between the relevant parties, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur. Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4084 question first answered 30/11/2021 17:25:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1379156

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made regarding negotiating bilateral agreements for the Youth Mobility Scheme Visa to (1) any EU member state, and (2) any other countries, who are not already members of the scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>We remain open to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories including the EU or nations within it. However, as each YMS is subject to a bilateral, reciprocal agreement which also provides benefit to UK nationals with the detail negotiated and agreed between the relevant parties, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur. Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4083 question first answered 30/11/2021 17:25:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger