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HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanThe NHS Medical Director has made it clear that the NHS has carefully planned to make sure that we can deal with additional demand using, as the noble Lord has rightly said, the…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanI thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their questions. We have published our winter plan, the aim of which is to take us through to spring. I will first answer a few…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanWe have put in place one of the world’s most comprehensive economic responses, backed by over £200 billion, to protect jobs, incomes and businesses throughout this period and…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanIn relation to the pecking order, as my noble friend said, for the vaccination, it will be for the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to advise the…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanWell, there will be further guidance on carol singing, I am assured, so the noble Baroness can keep an eye out for that. On vaccines, obviously the safety of the public comes…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanOn travel over Christmas under the new tier system, people will be permitted to travel abroad, but those in tier 3 areas are being advised to avoid leaving the area for any reason…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanI hope that I have made it clear that we are working very closely with the devolved Administrations to make sure that these programmes and vaccines are rolled out. Obviously, the…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanThe noble Lord is right in the sense that one issue that care homes have faced is the movement of staff who work in a number of them. We have extended the infection control fund…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanAs I have said, there was a COBRA meeting this afternoon with the devolved Administrations, and details of the decisions made were released just before we came into the Chamber,…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanI reassure the noble and gallant Lord that a vaccine will be deployed across the whole UK. We are working closely with the devolved Administrations to ensure that it is deployed…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanWell, I assure my noble friend that the legal consistency of the new tiers—as I said, they are now standardised—will be complemented by targeted communications and public health…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanI can certainly reassure my noble friend that we are working closely with universities. As he will know, between 3 and 9 December, students will be allowed to travel home on…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanRegardless of faith, Christmas is a time when family and friends come together. It has been an incredibly difficult year for everyone, and time with loved ones is very important.…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanI agree with the noble Lord, and that is exactly why we are offering all local authorities in tier 3 areas the opportunity to participate in the sort of programme that he has…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanI would be very happy to have the vaccine injected into my body. I will let my noble friend eat his genetically modified potatoes, but I look forward to sharing a meal with him…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanI am very happy to again pay tribute, as the noble Baroness, the noble Lord and others have done, to the fantastic scientists who have worked on these vaccines and indeed who work…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanI completely accept and acknowledge the difficulty for hospitality businesses in particular over the past few months. As the noble Lord is aware, we have provided a comprehensive…24 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated ReviewI thank my noble friend. He is absolutely right that we must look across all our capabilities to ensure an integrated response across the board to the threats and opportunities of…23 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated ReviewI thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their comments. I will start by talking briefly about the integrated review, as they both asked some questions about it. We will…23 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated ReviewAs the noble Baroness says, we believe that this settlement gives a chance to break free from the vicious circle whereby we ordered ever decreasing numbers of ever more expensive…23 Nov 2020