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HANSARD Covid-19: TransportQuarantine at ports of entry is a useful public health tool for preventing diseases spreading from high-prevalence to low-prevalence populations. Sadly, the UK now has a…12 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19May I start by welcoming very much the powerful speech from my right hon. Friend the Minister, the statement from the Prime Minister earlier and the plan published today, which I…11 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Repatriation of UK NationalsI very much welcome the Minister’s comments about Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The Government’s leadership in this matter is extremely timely. Will the Minister say what part the…29 Apr 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI very much welcome the statement, particularly the news about the bounce-back loans, which will be very helpful for small businesses in my constituency. Selling milk and meat…27 Apr 2020HANSARD Self-employed Persons: Financial SupportMay we please have further clarity on how builders, plumbers, electricians and plasterers should be conducting themselves at work or, indeed, whether they should be at work at…24 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am very reassured to hear that by the end of the week care settings will all get PPE, which is not what the leader of my council was being told recently. I accept the Secretary…24 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillI commend the Health Secretary on everything that he and his team are doing. To ensure that returning healthcare professionals can do so at the right time, when the disease peaks…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillDoes my right hon. Friend share my dismay at my being told just now that masks and PPE that were meant to be delivered to my authority, Wiltshire, tomorrow, will now be delivered…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillAs always, I am listening with great attention to what the hon. Gentleman has to say. Does he agree that part of the problem is that policy has to be based on behavioural science,…23 Mar 2020HANSARDBudget 2020The Northern Ireland economy is much more heavily based around the public sector than those of other parts of the United Kingdom, and covid-19 may make the situation even more…18 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ15. I thank the Prime Minister and his team for the sure-footed way in which they are approaching this crisis. Given what is unfolding in northern Italy, and the very real…18 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19The Iranian Foreign Minister has been issuing plaintive appeals on social media for medical supplies to assist in his sanctions-hit country. Setting aside Javad Zarif’s…17 Mar 2020HANSARD Mental Health of VeteransThe Minister is of course right that service in the armed forces is positive, generally speaking, in terms of mental health, and veterans probably have better mental health than a…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Mental Health of VeteransI have listened with great interest to the hon. Gentleman. As a veteran, I defer to no one in my admiration of our veterans, or my desire to ensure that their mental health is…11 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusMay I commend my right hon. Friend for the sure-footed way he has approached this, and the hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) for his balanced and measured…11 Mar 2020HANSARDTurkey-Greece Border: RefugeesDoes the Minister agree that those who are so quick to lay into Turkey would be well advised to visit the Syria-Turkey border, as I did recently, to see the work Turkey has been…10 Mar 2020HANSARDPublic Health GrantTraditionally, public health was about infectious diseases and sanitation. More recently, it has become about lifestyle issues. Given the epidemics of the 21st century,…10 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe Government are absolutely right to be putting a lot of public money into research on a possible vaccine, but the Secretary of State will know that research is no good unless…09 Mar 2020HANSARDDepartmental FundingGiven the likely effect of covid-19 on populations that DFID works with, what plans exist to establish contingency funding to deal with mitigation for those populations and to…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesIn his opening remarks, the Opposition spokesman mentioned smoking cessation just once, yet we know that over half the excess mortality between social classes is directly…04 Mar 2020