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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, and I thank my hon. Friend for what he does to make sure that happens. The ways that we co-operate are much more significant than the differences between us.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOn this matter, Mr Speaker, I defer to you and the House authorities.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThat is exactly why, on top of the low business rates, the VAT cuts and so on—and the grants that we have given—the job support scheme is directly designed to support those…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI understand the point that the hon. Lady makes, but she will also understand that the schemes that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor has announced go on until next spring. We…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed. I can assure the people of Harrogate and elsewhere that we are stepping up preparations across the country, but the Nightingales, as I think Stephen Powis of the NHS…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI can tell the hon. Gentleman that we are supporting local authorities such as Bradford not just with the £3.6 billion we have already given, but as I said earlier this afternoon…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed. That is why my right hon. Friend the Chancellor announced grants of up to £3,000 and why we have the job support system, which is designed to help people in exactly…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI understand my hon. Friend’s point about people’s behaviour after leaving the pub. That is why it is vital that everybody shows common sense and follows the guidance.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI can give my hon. Friend every possible assurance that as soon as transmission is obviously down—as soon as we have got the R down below 1— things will change very much indeed.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThat is a very good question. A lot of people ask about the precise criteria. We look at a number of different measures. We look at the hospital admissions and the rate of…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am proud of this Government’s record in raising the living wage by record sums. The hon. Lady will have heard what I said earlier about continuing with our support for universal…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady makes a very important point, but for some of the businesses that she talks about—aviation, for instance—we have packages. Whether through Time to Pay or through the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed. I thank the people of Bury and I am, of course, sorry for all the privations that are being endured, not just in Bury but across the country. The best way to get the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOf course, in addition to the billions that we have invested—including £19 billion in coronavirus business interruption loans to small and medium-sized enterprises and £38 billion…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI just remind the hon. Lady that in addition to the £500, there is also the support of universal credit. As to those who are thinking of not isolating still, alas I must tell the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, and it is exactly in order to prevent a further backlog that we need to prevent an uncontained outbreak of coronavirus now. That is why we are putting in place the measures…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise that issue, and that is why we put £1.57 billion into supporting the arts. That funding also covers freelancers and people who are involved in…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt is indeed, because people should have the freedom from fear, the freedom from seeing their jobs destroyed in the long term and the freedom to go about their lives in the normal…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are turning around tests as fast as we possibly can and laying on new labs and new test sites, and I am very confident that we will get up to half a million tests a day by the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend, like many Members across the House, draws attention to what appears to be an anomaly in the regulations and in the guidelines. There are many such issues that we…12 Oct 2020