Lloyd Russell-Moyle was participating in the discussion of “HIV Action Plan Annual Update 2022-23” on the 18th July that Nicola Richards who is the Conservative MP for West Bromwich East set out the discussion. She began with the comment “I beg to move, That this House has considered the HIV Action Plan annual update 2022-23.” and then she said at the beginning of our contribution

I was pleased to be successful in my application for this debate, and I thank colleagues from across the House for attending. I start by thanking the Government for fulfilling their commitment to update Parliament on the progress they have made on the HIV action plan—which I fully support—as it is crucial that Members are given the opportunity to scrutinise the progress that we are making on tackling HIV.

Those words were just the opening of her contribution and Scott Benton who is the Conservative MP for Blackpool contributed during her initial statement and then at the end of her next comment she introduced the Elton John AIDS Foundation and then Lloyd responded which was the first of his three comments in the debate all of which can be found here. So here is the end of Nicola’s comment and the response from Lloyd

Nicola: Furthermore, the Elton John AIDS Foundation has done fantastic work with hospitals in south London on a pilot scheme that can inform a national programme to re-engage people who have been diagnosed with HIV but who are lost to care. Clearly, finding and restarting treatment for those lost to care is an urgent consideration and, at a cost of £3,000 per person, it would be significantly cheaper than providing emergency care if their condition worsened.

Lloyd: The hon. Lady highlights an important study from the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which found that, with a low amount of money, people can be returned to care. The problem is that sexual health and HIV services are under strain. That money needs to be ringfenced and provided by the Government so that we can spend now to save later.