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HANSARDCovid-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 UpdateWith respect to the right hon. Gentleman, we are not back to where we were in March, because the R is not at those levels and we are not going back to a national lockdown of the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThat is exactly right. That is the strategy that we have been pursuing for some time now, and that is why it is necessary to intensify the restrictions in some areas.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateFor the implications for his constituency, my hon. Friend should look at the gov.uk website. He should be in no doubt that the Government are committed to supporting businesses,…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 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 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 UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that it would be a wonderful thing if we could hyper- localise actions in the way that she suggests. Alas, the disease being what it is, we…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI think the hon. Lady may have missed what I said. We are putting up to another £1 billion into supporting local authorities and £500 million into supporting local test and trace…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIndeed, but as I said earlier, I am reluctant to make a hard-and-fast distinction between students and other members of the population. They are heir to the same afflictions as…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt is thanks to the great expansion of NHS Test and Trace that we know where the virus is being transmitted in this country and where the incidence is rising, and contrary to what…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 UpdateI do not know whether £190 billion counts as a promissory note or empty rhetoric, but that is what the Chancellor has provided so far in support. I am grateful for what the hon.…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe reality is that the disease is rising across the country. We have seen in other European countries and around the world that it sometimes rises fastest in one place rather…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI appreciate the sacrifice that my hon. Friend’s constituents have been making, and I am sorry for the privations that are being visited on people across the country. To see…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI repeat the undertaking that I just gave.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Chancellor has set out the job support scheme, which, as he said, goes through till next year.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed; that is why we have gone for the three-tier approach and anybody in any doubt whatever, whether or not in Carshalton—I thank my hon. Friend’s constituents for the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am afraid I must reject what the hon. Gentleman says in the sense that I think he is being inconsistent or trying to have it both ways. Most people, I think, in this country…12 Oct 2020