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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is totally right to raise the immunocompromised and their continuing anxiety. The risks continue to diminish, as he knows—I think, today, one in 1,340 are estimated…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe actually have 60,000 nurses in training. I am reading every day about the enthusiasm with which people now want to go into that wonderful profession. We have, I think, 11,000…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThis country has done everything it can to support people throughout the pandemic, with the increasing of universal credit, with a furlough scheme, and with loans, credits and…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to stress the backlog that we now face in the NHS, and the stroke care and stroke services that need to be addressed. The weight of work is…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThat is a misunderstanding, I believe. We have been vaccinating and continue to vaccinate at a steady rate and as fast as we possibly can. We are secure in our supply, but…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am a long-standing admirer of the libertarian school of thought that I have generally associated with my right hon. Friend. He makes an interesting point about data and the…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateActually, I think that, in spite of the differences that are sometimes accentuated or emphasised for whatever reason, the levels of co-operation have been amazing. What is…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank everybody who has been involved in the vaccine roll-out, and particularly those at the Honley vaccination centre.12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI agree totally about the need to establish those facts: the impact on black and minority ethnic groups, what was driving it, and what could have been done to mitigate it. I am…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my hon. Friend, because he is totally right. That is one of the key messages that all of us in this House should be transmitting to adults, who are getting younger and…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I will update the House on our response to covid. The patience and hard work of the British people have combined with the success of the…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs my right hon. Friend knows, the hospitality sector in Sutton Coldfield, which I know from my own experience to be wonderful, will, like the rest of the hospitality sector…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed I can.12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI can certainly reassure the hon. Lady that the inquiry will be fully independent and that the bereaved and other groups will be consulted on the way it is set up. I meet…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady makes an excellent point, and I am sure the chairman of the inquiry will want to consider that as we set up the inquiry in due course. I certainly do not the exclude…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend, who is also a doctor, is completely right: necessity is the mother of invention. We have been driven by the pandemic to great, great feats of scientific…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe have had huge support for businesses of all kinds—premises, cuts in business rates, cuts in VAT and furloughing. The single best thing that we can do for charities is getting…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI can give my hon. Friend, who is a doctor, every possible assurance. This is a struggle that many of us face. I am afraid that we are one of the fattest countries in Europe, if…12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am sure she does, Madam Deputy Speaker.12 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, Mr Speaker. The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point about the situation in Israel. I am deeply concerned by the scenes we are seeing, as is everyone in this House. We all want…12 May 2021