Respiratory Viruses

Lord Pickles Excerpts

Tuesday 11th January 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Kamall (Con)]

As the noble Lord will know, there has been a debate on the efficacy of face coverings. The Government believe that they do contribute, along with a number of other measures. One of the things we have to be careful of, when we talk about one measure, is not to diminish the importance of other measures. As a noble Lord who spoke earlier said, all these measures are important—washing hands, opening windows and making sure you are socially distanced—as well as wearing masks. Rather than isolating one preventive measure, we think they all contribute together.

[Lord Pickles (Con)]

My Lords, can my noble friend tell the House what progress has been made on the provision for the visually impaired of lateral flow tests capable of being used without the help of a third party?

[Lord Kamall (Con)]

I thank my noble friend for that question. I am not aware of the answer, and I will commit to writing to him.