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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt is not incorrect. We were the first country in the world to license a vaccine.19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is completely right to draw attention to those who are living with conditions that make them particularly vulnerable. That is why it is so important that, among all…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. I want to reassure the House that this is a complex and difficult issue, but it is important that we give NHS staff the strongest possible encouragement to get vaccinated.…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is why we gave another £300 million of funding this December.19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my hon. Friend, who is completely right. We need to learn the lessons of the last two years. We need to make sure that if we are, heaven forbid, attacked by another…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. We need to drive up booster take-up, but a lot of people have not even had a first and second dose. Our launch of the booster…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for campaigning for this wonderful project. We are supporting the electric vehicle industry. We made another £350 million available through the automotive…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I want to say how sorry I am for what the hon. Gentleman has had to say about James Scott. This Government do as much as we can to support veterans, and that is why we…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI repeat my careful words to my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper). I also repeat what I think is common ground, that it is the responsibility of every…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI see the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) shaking his head on the Opposition Front Bench. He was cruelly exposed last week as having repeatedly called for lockdowns.…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for all he is doing to champion trade with Latin America. I have no doubt that small businesses such as Squire Hair are eager to get into those new markets,…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateReally, that is a complete travesty. If we look at the numbers, as I think even the Opposition Front-Bench team have accepted, we can see that they are going down in all age…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI entirely understand people’s feelings and I entirely support what the hon. Lady says about someone obeying the rules when they make the rules. She is completely right. On the…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman, but I must say that I disagree with him. When we look at the levels of trust that the British people—people in Scotland, Wales and Northern…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent summary of what I was trying to say in response to the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting). It would have been a great thing—a…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker. I want to repeat that I understand the feelings that the hon. Gentleman has relayed to me, as I said last week. I sympathise very deeply with the feelings…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI hear the hon. Lady’s point, which many other colleagues have made today. I am glad the numbers are going up, but her Front Benchers do not agree with her. They agree with the…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI agree with that. I think that across Whitehall we need to show a lead and make sure that we get back to work—that everybody gets back to work. It is safe to do so, provided…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI have no doubt that Armed Forces Day will be absolutely spectacular across the country, and that Scarborough will make a terrific and a notable contribution.19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsNo, but I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question again. I remind him that there is an inquiry, which is due to conclude. I believe he is wrong in what he asserts, but we…19 Jan 2022