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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateObviously, it is for each devolved Administration to make its decisions, although I know there has been a lot of discussion in this area. However, I reassure the noble Lord that,…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am afraid that I do not agree with that assessment from the noble Baroness. As I said, local and national government are working together with resources and expertise, and 95…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe issue is that the flu jab is released in batches so certain amounts are available per month. It is more about flow-through than the availability of the flu jab; that is…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord will be aware that these new measures came into effect only today, and we believe that they will have an impact. As I said in my initial answer to the noble…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs I have already said, we took a robust and proportionate approach in September, introducing the rule of six and the curfew. We have done the same again. As I said, our new…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI assure the noble Lord that dialogue with local leaders at the local government level and between the devolved Administrations is ongoing. There is a lot of working together.…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their comments and questions. First, they are right to point out some of the statistics to highlight the situation we are in. As…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my noble friend. Certainly, the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Communities Minister have all had regular dialogues with the…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOn test and trace, I hope I outlined in my earlier answers the work that is going on to further improve national and local link-up. As I said, across the country there are now 95…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI can certainly assure my noble friend that our priority is to ensure that we bear down on this. As I said, the number of people testing positive for Covid has quadrupled in the…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI have never and will never comment on Cabinet meetings, so I have said as much as I can in answer to the noble Baroness. I also said, with regard to the decisions being made,…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI agree with the right reverend Prelate that that is the dilemma being faced. As he rightly says, harm to health is harm to the economy and harm to the economy is harm to health:…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI can certainly assure the noble Baroness that discussions are ongoing across government, including through the Treasury and the Business Secretary, with local leaders, local…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWithin the very high tier—the top level of the new interventions—non-essential retail, schools and universities will remain open. They remain open at all levels. As the noble Lord…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateEach tier—medium, high and very high—has a range of restrictions around all the things the noble Viscount rightly says.14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy noble friend is absolutely right to talk about care homes, and I can certainly reassure him that no care homes should be forced to admit residents they do not feel they can…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs I mentioned in reference to a comment by the noble Lord, Lord Newby, CT scanners have been made available—for instance, in Harrogate and Exeter—to provide safer, faster access…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateFirst of all, our Job Support Scheme is in line with those of other major European countries, including France, Germany, Ireland and Italy, in its proportion of wage support. We…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI entirely agree with my noble friend. That is the basis of the thinking behind the very high tier in particular, where restrictions can be dovetailed to the specific…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateVery quickly, analysis from PHE and NHS Test and Trace suggests that pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes account for the highest rates of common exposure for Covid, especially in…14 Oct 2020