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HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness and noble Lord for their comments. Like them, my thoughts and sympathies are with every family that has tragically lost loved ones during this…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I am grateful to my noble friend for setting out an eloquent case for the police, as indeed many others do for teachers and many of the other keyworkers who we have been so…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I am not aware of any plans in that area, but I am happy to pass on the comments made by the noble Baroness about other things we might look at to the relevant departments.28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19Many noble Lords’ contributions have shown how difficult this issue is. So many groups and individuals rightly have a claim to prioritisation of the vaccine, which is why we have…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19As I said, we will be looking at all important data, which we will be publishing and reviewing so that we can then set out a strategy for leaving the lockdown. Our aim will be to…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I can certainly—[ I naudible .] Sorry, I seem to be having a battle with my unmute button. I can certainly assure my noble friend that that will not be the case. I hope I can…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I assure my noble friend that much work is going on in our scientific community to analyse the new variants. As she will know, the UK has one of the most extensive genomic…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I am sure the department continues to work on these issues. They are very important, but I am afraid I cannot give an update on publication.28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19The noble Lord speaks on behalf of parents throughout the country. He is absolutely right that, when we do start to re-open schools, we want to ensure that will be sustainable.…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19The right reverend Prelate is absolutely right. While we are putting in support to help now, we recognise that the long-term damage caused by this extensive period in which young…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19The noble Baroness is absolutely right. We are still in the early days of collecting vaccination data, but the early data we have confirms that we need to work hard to make sure…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I can reassure the noble Baroness that we will be targeting this money towards the very pupils she talks about. Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced that we will provide a…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19She sounds like an extremely sensible young lady to me. I hope that the noble Lord reassured her that the issue we face with school closures is not that schools are unsafe for…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I can assure my noble friend that new data around the impact of the new strain is being continually looked at and a lot of work is going on to survey and understand the new…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I entirely understand the points that the noble Lord and the noble Baroness made. I am sorry if he felt that I had not responded properly, but I have reiterated in answer to a…28 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Early Years SectorCould the noble Lord ask his question please?20 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccine TrialsMy Lords, can we please keep questions short? The last few have been far too long.13 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccine TrialsI am sorry, my Lords. We have asked people to keep their questions short, so that everyone can ask their question.13 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI hope I addressed the noble Lord’s point when I responded to similar comments from the noble Lord, Lord Newby, and also, of course, from my noble friend. The Prime Minister said…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the right reverend Prelate—and, of course, all the people from all the different faith communities who are working so hard to help with the difficult situation we find…07 Jan 2021