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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am grateful to Steve Rotheram and other leaders in that area for the support they are giving for the measures we are putting in place. I think that they understand the real…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI agree totally with my hon. Friend, and it should be Think Clean week in Watford and across the whole of the UK.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are generally well disposed towards any business or organisation that allows its activities to take place in a covid-secure way. We will proceed with our plans to do that for…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdatePregnant women who are in any doubt about what they should do to shield from covid should consult the gov.uk website for advice, because there is plenty there for pregnancies.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI understand the hon. Gentleman’s point. That is why we have extended the job support system. The universal credit system is also there to provide a safety net and to help people,…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am so sorry for the experience of the hon. Lady’s constituent. She makes a very important point about partners being there for scans. I will look into the matter she raises.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI certainly echo what my hon. Friend says about the Government in Wales. Businesses of the kind that he refers to in his constituency obviously have access to the job support…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe have to have some sort of cut-off date in order to deal with the possibility of fraud. I am obviously very sympathetic to the hon. Gentleman’s constituent and I wish him all…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIndeed. Everybody who is told to self-isolate because they have been in contact with somebody with an index case of covid should remember that there is £500 to help them but also…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I can.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI wholly share the hon. Lady’s feelings about the vital importance of allowing women to have a birth partner with them during labour. As she rightly says, we have changed the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is completely right, and that is why I made the point, in almost identical terms, earlier on.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed I will.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt is the burden of what I am saying today that we want to do everything in co-operation with local leaders and local authorities.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI note the ideological scorn of any private sector work, which I thought had left the Labour party these days, but does not seem to have done. I share the hon. Gentleman’s…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for representing his constituents well in the way he does. Of course, we will make sure that we regularly review the measures for his constituency, and…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is spot on. It is so important to avoid an uncontained second wave in order to protect the NHS, and allow the treatments and therapies for other non-covid…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAll businesses that are covid-secure should be able to keep going, and I hope that they will.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe guidance is very clear that people from areas with very high levels, such as Merseyside, should not be making those journeys.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is completely right, and that is why we are bringing in this package.12 Oct 2020