Lord Laming
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Monday 22nd January 2024
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Lord Laming (CB)
My Lords, have the Government been able to ascertain why the vaccination rate in the West Midlands is so low in contrast to other parts of the country?
Lord Evans of Rainow (Con)
My Lords, the vaccination rate in the West Midlands is below the national average but not as low as in London. In London it is 75% and in the West Midlands it is 80%, so it not just a case of the West Midlands. There are many reasons why: large concentrations of social deprivation, transient communities and misinformation bring that all to a head, and to a very low and unacceptable uptake in vaccination.