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HANSARDTest and TraceI would gently suggest that iPhones are actually quite common, so it is important that it does work on iPhones. The boss of Serco has admitted that its contact tracing system will…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTest and TraceWhile a proximity app would assist in identifying casual contacts, many people were concerned that a centralised model would harvest their data. In the trial, this one failed to…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI, too, welcome the positive outcome of the recovery trial showing the contribution of dexamethasone—a drug that is cheap and accessible across the world. Despite claiming to be…17 Jun 2020HANSARDSocial Distancing: 2 Metre RuleThe risk of viral spread is influenced not just by the distance between people, but by the length of time they spend together. While research is measured in minutes, people could…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: R Rate and Lockdown MeasuresThe R number is close to one across England and may even be above that in some areas. As the R number reflects lockdown changes made a couple of weeks ago, does the Secretary of…08 Jun 2020HANSARD Coronavirus and Care HomesThe London School of Economics reported that there were over 23,000 excess deaths in care homes in England and Wales, but only 12,000 were put down as due to covid. How does the…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseI welcome that eligibility for testing is being widened to all symptomatic cases as the first step towards a test, trace and isolate approach, but does the Secretary of State…18 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19I would first like to express my sympathy for all those who have lost a loved one to covid during this epidemic, and to pay tribute to the millions of healthcare staff, key…11 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: EU Procurement SchemesOperation Cygnus in October 2016 showed that the UK would struggle in a pandemic due to a lack of both ventilators and personal protective equipment for staff. Why did the…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateAt least 140 health and care staff in the UK have lost their lives to covid-19, and we should pay tribute to them, but analysis of more than 100 of those tragic deaths has…05 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseLike all MPs, I pay tribute to health and care staff across the UK. Particularly in view of the key role of care workers and in recognition of their contribution, will the…22 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19The Foreign Secretary mentioned that the Government have been consulting with the G7, but they have not been consulting with European Governments through the European Centre for…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19The Secretary of State will be aware of the concern about why the UK Government’s approach was such an outlier until now, including the talk about herd immunity, when it is not…16 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusI echo the good wishes to the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Ms Dorries). I welcome the declaration to keep Parliament open, but surely we should be looking at core functions,…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesI do. I respect the work that Labour did, and child poverty was falling. Interestingly, the upturn in child poverty we have seen did not happen with the crash in 2008; it happened…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesI thank the hon. Member for that recognition. The Scottish Government are spending more than £100 million every year in mitigating some of these cuts—they pay the bedroom tax and…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesIf the right hon. Gentleman waits to hear the rest of my speech, I will highlight some of the differences in child poverty. We have seen life expectancy for those women falling,…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesObviously I welcome what the Minister has said, but she talked about starting to take action and, given that we have had Conservative-led Governments for the last decade, I find…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesI totally accept that, and actually, children in low-income families have three times the rate of mental health problems. Three-year-olds in a household with an income of less…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesDoes the hon. Gentleman agree with me that part of the problem is the dental contract, whereby dentists are not rewarded for the amount of work they do and certainly not rewarded…04 Mar 2020