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HANSARDLiving with Covid-19The hon. Lady makes a good point and I will do anything I can to help her. The national average for adult boosters is now about 71%, so that figure is low and we will do what we…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I might add that one of the most important factors in the success of the vaccine roll-out was the private sector. It was private sector investment that led to the AstraZeneca…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19We have already secured more antivirals and therapeutics per head than any other country in Europe. We need to ensure that the clinically extremely vulnerable have access to them,…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19It is fair to say that I think everyone will want to learn all the lessons from this pandemic and make sure that we take the best steps should a new variant strike us, but I have…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I have not only consulted them for their opinions, but have taken their advice. I hope very much that after these exchanges, the hon. Member will be able to see a press conference…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I had better be careful what I say about more hospitals; we want to build as many hospitals as we possibly can, but we will have to look at my hon. Friend’s plan. I do want to…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19My right hon. Friend is quite right in what he says about the plan, and I thank him for his outstanding work, when he was responsible for local government, in helping to deliver…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19That is a welcome call for liberty from the Opposition Benches. I can tell the right hon. Gentleman that we already have one of the most open travel systems in the world. I…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Yes, of course they do, and this plan is completely scientifically attested to. It is the right thing to do.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19First, may I thank my hon. Friend very much for his service in the NHS throughout the pandemic? I have seen him in action. On his point about the NHS, that will be for the NHS…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Yes, and it is a great shame that the Opposition cannot find it in themselves to support what I think is a balanced and proportionate approach that recognises that covid has not…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I hear my hon. Friend loud and clear. I have already heard several pleas on that matter today, and I repeat that we will be looking into it before Easter.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I should have thought that 10 days was quite a lot of notice.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, but first, statutory sick pay will be available, and secondly, if I may say so, I think he underestimates people’s sense of…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Yes. One of the things that the online harms Bill does is try to tackle that kind of pernicious online disinformation.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Of course I understand the difficult position that some people may find themselves in, but I hope that everybody will also understand that it is our job to be responsible towards…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Yes.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19My hon. Friend has put it brilliantly and succinctly, and I have nothing to add.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19As the right hon. Gentleman knows, statutory sick pay is only a part of what many employees already receive as part of their sick pay.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Well, you would not believe it from what the right hon. Gentleman has just said, but the co-operation between the UK Government and the Scottish authorities has been outstanding…21 Feb 2022