British Heart Foundation: Tipping Point Report Debate

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Department: Department of Health and Social Care

British Heart Foundation: Tipping Point Report

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Excerpts
Tuesday 8th November 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Markham Portrait Lord Markham (Con)
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I am afraid I do not have information on the number of deaths. I will investigate this. I can say that I am sure that we have all seen a great increase in the number of defibrillators and we very much encourage this.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)
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My Lords, that is very kind of the Minister. May I take him back to his response to his noble friend about vaccination? Would he, none the less, tell the House that the Government are absolutely convinced that the Covid and flu vaccinations have brought huge benefits?

Lord Markham Portrait Lord Markham (Con)
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I thank the noble Lord for giving me the opportunity to state this. I should have done so the first time around, so that is appreciated. As he says, vaccinations have brought huge benefits. We can all be proud to be the leading country on rolling them out, seeing the benefits that have come from it all.