Health and Social Care Bill: HIV/AIDS Programmes Debate

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Department: Department for International Development

Health and Social Care Bill: HIV/AIDS Programmes

Earl of Listowel Excerpts
Wednesday 21st March 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Northover Portrait Baroness Northover
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I was accused of answering at too great a length. The Commissioning Board will oversee commissioning. It is working out how that can best be delivered and whether various things should be commissioned at the local level. If the noble Baroness would like to feed into that process, that would be very welcome.

Earl of Listowel Portrait The Earl of Listowel
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My Lords, this may be slightly wide of the Question, but can the noble Baroness say what progress has been made in reducing maternal transfer of HIV in this country, and how that compares with the progress made on that issue in sub-Saharan Africa? That may be very wide of the Question and she may like to write to me.

Baroness Northover Portrait Baroness Northover
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I am very happy to write to the noble Earl, but the information I have suggests to me that it has been declining.