Covid-19: Vaccines and Further Variants

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Excerpts

Wednesday 23rd March 2022 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Con)]

Again, the noble Lord asks a question which is specifically about the health benefits. This Question was geared more towards manufacturing and the resilience of the UK’s ability to produce vaccines. Again, I suggest that I ask my noble friend in the Department of Health to answer that question in writing.

[Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Con)]

My Lords, given my noble friend’s earlier commitment to international donation, is it not high time that we made a bilateral donation to Nepal in order to fulfil our duty of care to our 30,000 Gurkha veterans and ensure that they are finally vaccinated? I declare my interest as Deputy Colonel Commandant of the Brigade of Gurkhas.

[Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Con)]

I acknowledge my noble friend’s particular interest in Nepal and would be very glad to take that request back to the department.