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HANSARDLiving with Covid-19As I told the House, we have secured supplies of monoclonal antibodies in record numbers. We will also ensure that those who are immunosuppressed have access to testing to see…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19The hon. Lady is absolutely right to mention the problem of long covid. We have invested £224 million in expanding NHS treatment of long covid and we are putting another £50…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19No, I cannot confirm that, but I can tell my right hon. Friend that we have twice that amount. We have 4.9 million doses.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Yes, I have to say. I am casting modesty, if not caution, to the winds. Yes, we have got it right, although there have been some very difficult decisions. It would have been nice…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19The answer to those questions is yes and yes. The 1.3 million clinically extremely vulnerable will of course be given access to free testing. They will also have access to the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I begin by echoing the condolences for the DUP MLA Christopher Stalford. I wholly agree with the right hon. Gentleman’s sentiments. We do need people to get their confidence back,…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19With great respect to the right hon. Gentleman, people who are symptomatic will of course continue to have access to testing.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I thank my hon. Friend. Indeed, as I extend the hand of co-operation to our friends in the Scottish Administration, I hope the Welsh Administration in Cardiff will see the way…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I really thought that this would be the moment when the Leader of the Opposition ended his run of making the wrong call on every single one of the big decisions. Time and again,…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19The right hon. Gentleman is right to draw attention to the need to protect care homes and those who work in care homes. He should wait until March, when we will be setting out in…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on our strategy for living with covid. Before I begin, I know the whole House will join me in sending our best wishes to Her…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I can certainly assure my hon. Friend that we will retain that capacity.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19The hon. Lady is right to focus on personal responsibility, but the other part of the strategy is the vaccinations. This is a vaccine-led strategy, and that is what enables us now…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19My right hon. Friend returns to a theme he has mentioned several times. We have a vast plan to recruit more nurses and more doctors than ever before, and there already are more in…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19What you can certainly rely on, Mr Speaker, is the Government taking the tough decisions to protect the British people. We will have a vaccine and science-led approach to dealing…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19If the hon. Lady waits a little longer, she will get a breakdown of how we propose to support the most vulnerable. We will support them, as we have done throughout the pandemic.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Now is exactly the right time to invest in hospitals such as Scunthorpe’s and across the country. I cannot commit to the particular project that my hon. Friend describes, but that…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I know that my right hon. Friend speaks for millions of people around the country. I can tell her that many, many restrictions have already been lifted, and they will continue to…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19If I understand my hon. Friend correctly, he is referring to devolved Administrations— [ Interruption. ] I think that is what he was saying. The instinct for liberty burns just as…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I want to repeat to the House, because it is incredibly important that people understand, that the strategy for containing omicron is not to test everybody or large numbers of…21 Feb 2022