Schools: Access to Defibrillators Debate

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Lord Selkirk of Douglas

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Schools: Access to Defibrillators

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Business of the House
Monday 30th January 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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As I say, we leave it to schools to deal with the precise details, but they will of course make it absolutely clear where the defibrillator is. I have already referred to the issue of training.

Lord Selkirk of Douglas Portrait Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Con)
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Does my noble friend accept that the use of defibrillators has saved a great many lives—provided, of course, that they are used in appropriate circumstances?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I accept that entirely.

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