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HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapWe have among the toughest quarantine measures anywhere in the world, as the right hon. Gentleman well knows, including the mandatory incarceration in hotels appointed by the…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. She is quite rightly a doughty campaigner for the aviation industry and all that it brings to our country. I can tell her that we will…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI am very grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his overall support for the road map. Indeed, I also welcome his support for the vaccine roll-out. I am sure that…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the road map that will guide us cautiously but irreversibly towards reclaiming our freedoms, while doing all we can to…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapThe hon. Gentleman is totally right to raise the issue of cancer patients and other patients who need treatment. We are going to do everything we can to clear the backlog as fast…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapWe are making as much data available as we possibly can. Clearly, we cannot make people’s medical records available because that would breach patient confidentiality. The hon.…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapAs I have told the House, non-essential retail will reopen on 12 April. I doubt that I am essential to the opening of Fosse Park, but I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI think my right hon. Friend speaks for many people in the country when he says that. We do have a very tough regime on international travel—one of the toughest in the world—and…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapIf one can do outdoor Zumba, then 29 March is the date—assuming you cannot do it one on one, in which case you could do it earlier. Indoors, as my right hon. Friend will have…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapThe hon. Lady will be hearing a lot more about that and other matters on 12 April.22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI thank the hon. Lady very much for what she says about vitamin D. She is right about the value that that vitamin can have and we will make sure that we give it due publicity.22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapYes. One of the most important things we can do is not just support kids’ mental health, address those issues and help teachers to address them, but also invest in one-on-one…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI am grateful to my hon. Friend. This is already a very fast unlocking programme by international standards. As I have explained, the timetable is dictated by the intervals we…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapThe tourism sector is absolutely vital for our country and the faster that we can get it open, the better, but the best way to open it up fastest is to have a road map from which…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapYes, I do. I thank everyone involved in the vaccination programme in North West Norfolk, and I thank my hon. Friend for championing the vaccinators.22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapThese “not before” dates are not arbitrary; they are crucial. They are determined by the time we need to evaluate the impact on the pandemic of the openings-up that we are doing.…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapSome 99.5% of the PPE that we have received has been of a high standard, but of course, where people have fallen down on their contracts, we will claw back the money that we have…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapThe hon. Gentleman raises a very important point. I will make sure that we do even more to get that point over to people, so that people who cannot wear face masks because of…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI thank my hon. Friend. Wild horses would not keep me away from North West Durham.22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapYes, indeed. We will ensure that we support businesses throughout the pandemic. I am absolutely certain that the hospitality industry in Cleethorpes and the surrounding area will…22 Feb 2021