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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe will certainly look into what is happening to meat processing, and the hon. Member is right to draw attention to that phenomenon. We have seen it in Anglesey and in Germany. We…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe right hon. Lady knows very well that the Government have invested record sums in protecting businesses, in comparison with any other country. We have done more to protect…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend is entirely right. A message such as “Stay at home. Protect the NHS” is very simple. Everybody can see what they have to do. Getting into the easing of the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI shall repeat my previous answer: we do not want to see anybody penalised for doing the right thing.23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe will of course do everything we can to ensure that not just our schools but our colleges get the attention that they need. As the hon. Gentleman knows, there is massive…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed. The guidance, as I say, will be published later today.23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI make no comment on the blessed amnesia that has descended on the First Minister of Wales, except to say that, actually, when we look at the facts and what the UK is doing…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed—although, as my hon. Friend already knows, we are doing a massive amount to support businesses of all kinds, particularly by getting rid of business rates for the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, it does mean that, but we are also committed, as my hon. Friend knows, to getting all our schools back in September. I do believe it that will be possible, if we stick to the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed. I know how valuable the theatre sector—and the whole entertainment sector—is to our economy. My hon. Friend should be in no doubt that my right hon. Friend the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI think that most people will understand that we want as much to open of our business sector and economy as possible, in a covid-secure way. The hon. Lady will also understand…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThat is a very good way of putting it. We want, so far as we possibly can, to confine our action to the localities where the flare-ups have happened. That is why it is vital that…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI congratulate my hon. Friend on the way she represents her constituency. We will do whatever we can for Scunthorpe General Hospital. I have no doubt that it is on one of the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, indeed, and we will be doing a huge amount for coastal communities that have been left behind, as my hon. Friend knows. But one thing I think we can all do now is ensure that…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am grateful to the hon. Lady, but I must repeat what I have said to the House several times now. We will of course be putting the argumentation about the change in the 2 metre…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI certainly encourage customers to go to the fantastic local retailers in Rugby, and I am delighted that these measures obviate the need for the cursed one-way system that my hon.…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs the hon. Lady knows, businesses have been eligible for £25,000 in grants. We have had 11 million people supported under the coronavirus job retention scheme and spent huge…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend is a great champion of those industries and, as I have said to colleagues in the House already, we are doing a huge amount to engage with them and to support…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady has heard what I have had to say. We will do everything we can to get all such venues—aquariums and seaquariums—open as fast as we can and make them covid compliant.…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAbsolutely. I know I can rely on the incredible ingenuity of every sector in the UK, including the arts, retail and hospitality sectors, to use technology now to bank the changes…23 Jun 2020