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HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThe hon. Gentleman should wait until the Chancellor’s statement on Wednesday.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is a balanced approach that we will have to continue to follow through to the spring.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI thank local government for everything it is doing. I think that it is doing an amazing job in incredibly difficult circumstances. The hon. Gentleman can be sure that it will be…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI thank my hon. Friend and can confirm that we will be taking decisions about tiering on the basis of the data and a commonsensical division of the areas concerned.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThe hon. Lady is entirely right about the vaccine—it is wonderful news, but it is premature to say that it constitutes, on its own, an exit strategy. That is why I have insisted…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanMy hon. Friend makes a passionate plea for breweries, cider producers and others. I know that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will be listening keenly to all of that,…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanIf the hon. Gentleman looks at the guidance on travel in tiers 2 and 3, he will see that it sets out clearly that in tier 2 people should reduce the number of journeys that they…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanMy hon. Friend is totally right to support bingo halls and bowling alleys. They will be open, as he knows, in tiers 1 and 2. Alas, we cannot yet do it in tier 3, but, as I have…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThe hon. Lady makes an important point, and it is appalling that pubs, or any businesses, have had to face the restrictions that they have. Nobody has wanted to do this. The…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanMy hon. Friend will have to wait until the announcements by the Health Secretary on Thursday about exactly who goes into which tier. As my hon. Friend knows, the point about…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanYes. The criteria are as I have set out a couple of times now. The areas will be reviewed every 14 days.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanYes, indeed. I can tell my hon. Friend that local restrictions support grants are still available—£3,000 for every 28 days that a business is forced to close.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI very much sympathise with the hon. Lady’s constituents in Lancaster and Wyre, and I thank them for the efforts that they have gone to in helping to bring the virus down in their…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanIndeed. We will make sure that we support local authorities, which will clearly be playing an important role in rolling out the vaccine. As I said, we have already given £4.6…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI thank my hon. Friend, who is entirely right to support the hospitality industry in her community, and, of course, support packages will remain in place.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI can assure my hon. Friend that the Secretary of State for Transport is looking at all such schemes. I am sure he will have heard what my hon. Friend has said loud and clear. He…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanOf course not, and I feel very much for those who are in a difficult position. We have spent £13.5 billion supporting the self-employed so far—I think possibly more by now.…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanMy hon. Friend will have seen or heard several times the criteria that we are using to decide which tiers people should go into. The inverse is obviously true and everybody now…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI certainly will make sure that the hon. Member’s delegation is properly received and that we try to come up with a solution.23 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated ReviewWe will make sure that we have all the co-operation. I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point, which is a very important one, and I agree with him on what he says about GCHQ…19 Nov 2020