Health and Social Care Update
Debate between Lord St John of Bletso and Lord Haskel
Monday 22nd March 2021
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The Deputy Speaker (Lord Haskel) (Lab)
The noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, and the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, have both withdrawn, so I call the noble Lord, Lord St John of Bletso.
Lord St John of Bletso (CB)
My Lords, I would like to probe the Minister outside the question of the vaccine supply and its admirable rollout. While welcoming the Government’s workplace testing scheme, in which lateral flow tests will be given to businesses until the end of June, what established workplace testing infrastructure is in place? What measures are being taken to ensure the high uptake of this strategy and that it is as safe and accurate as possible?