HIV: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Debate
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Lord Fowler
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HIV: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
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Lord Bethell (Con)
I am afraid that I was not a Minister in the period that the noble Lord is talking about, so I cannot account for that. However, I agree with him that, on the point he raised about access to PrEP among women and the black community, we have a case to answer. I completely acknowledge that, particularly among the black community, this is one of the most difficult areas that we have to tackle in order to hit our objective of zero transmissions by 2030. We are working extremely hard to try to reassure those who are hesitant about taking on such therapies that they are safe, accessible, private and relevant. We need to win that battle in order to hit our target.
The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
All supplementary questions have now been asked and we will therefore move on to the next Question.