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HANSARDCovid-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 UpdateMy hon. Friend makes an extremely important point about young people and vaccinations. I do think that people need to appreciate the value of vaccinations for ease of travel,…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI agree with the hon. Gentleman about the importance of vaccinating the world. No one is safe till everybody is safe. That is clear, and we must get more vaccines to Africa in…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI have not sat here quite long enough—nothing like it, in my view—but, yes, my right hon. Friend is right about schools. It is very important to keep them going. I think masks…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 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI understand my right hon. Friend’s point, but the NHS fully supports the policy because of patient safety considerations. I repeat what I have said to several Members: I really…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the hon. Lady very much. We are working fast to unblock it so that people get the fourth jab as fast as possible.19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend very much, but I think the evidence is clear that healthcare professionals should get vaccinated.19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI really understand the concerns of people with long covid. Everybody knows people who have had an experience with covid that has gone on far longer than for many others, and who…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend and respect very much the points of view that he has put across consistently throughout this pandemic. It has been very important that we have had a…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateNi hao, as we say to the right hon. Gentleman. Renshi ni hen gao xing! I do not agree with him, Mr Speaker. I want to go on and deliver on the people’s priorities. This Government…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for what she has just said. Her point about birth partners being able to attend is unbelievably important. I am glad that we were able to address it…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady makes an incredibly important point and I am grateful to her. There is a job of work for all of us to do in reaching out to certain groups. At the moment, it is not…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend has a great deal of expertise in this matter. I thank all frontline staff and others in the NHS for what they have been doing. He is right in what he says…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWithin hours of learning from scientists in South Africa about the emergence of a new covid variant last November, this Government acted to introduce balanced and proportionate…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Conservative approach to the Union is one that I think is right for our country. We want to keep it together. Conservatives in Scotland do an excellent job, which is why their…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsNo, I really do not agree with the hon. Lady, and I do not think that she can have been following anything that has been said this afternoon. We have unemployment falling to…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend. I am advised that the amendment in question will indeed be withdrawn.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 totally support what the hon. Lady says about combating apathy. I do think that apathy is our foe now, particularly among people who think that the variant is so mild that they…19 Jan 2022