Covid-19: Ethnic Minority Disparities Debate
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Baroness Fookes
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Covid-19: Ethnic Minority Disparities
Baroness Fookes Excerpts(3 years, 11 months ago)
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Baroness Berridge (Con)
My Lords, since 1974, I believe, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act has been in force in this country and, overwhelmingly, employers take their responsibilities in this regard very seriously. The NHS, as a key employer, had by the end of last year done a risk assessment of the overwhelming majority of its ethnic minority workforce. As I said, we are also including certain groups in the mass testing asymptomatic pilots to ensure that we reduce rates of transmission.
The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Fookes) (Con)
The time allowed for this Question has now elapsed, and I apologise to those who were hoping to be called.