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HANSARD Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyPerhaps when the Leader of the House sums up the debate, he will explain to us what consultation has been carried out with the devolved Parliaments— particularly Northern Ireland,…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyI welcome the news that the Parliamentary Partnership Assembly will, hopefully, heave into view in the next few months. The aim is to create a working relationship between the…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateAs the Secretary of State has highlighted, we do not know about omicron’s severity, but its mutations certainly suggest a risk of increased transmissibility and possible immune…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyDoes the hon. Member not recognise that the Cabinet makes decisions behind closed doors as well? Many Parliaments and Governments make decisions behind closed doors.06 Dec 2021HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesDoes my hon. Friend recognise that if we want people to vote, we want more people with disability in this House? Does she agree that it is a shame that none of the learning from…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Adult Social CareThe challenges in social care of increasing need and demand are the same across the four nations, but until now the approach has been very different. The Scottish Government have…01 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI raised the issue of ventilation last summer—we have known for a long time that covid is airborne—and I wrote to the Chancellor on two occasions asking him at least to remove…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthWe are still seeing hospitalisations and deaths in people who are doubly vaccinated. The reason we are delivering boosters in all four health services is because that immunity is…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthHappy St Andrew’s Day to all Scots across the parliamentary estate, whether they were born in Scotland or are adopted Scots like myself. We are in the early days and need more…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthWe do not suffer the same deaths, hospitalisations or outcomes from flu. [ Interruption. ] Well, we don’t. Look at 170,000 deaths over the last 18 months in the UK. We certainly…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI was not claiming that it was, because genomic testing takes a couple of weeks generally and it is therefore too late for someone to isolate. What I am saying is that with this…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI think we would be talking about redesigning the test for a whole new antigen. I mentioned just one advantage that we get from PCR testing, which basically looks at genes—I will…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThe reason that my colleagues are not here is that the debate is largely about the regulations in England and we do not normally vote on English matters. We have not normally…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthIt is very difficult at the moment. Cases go up and down and we swap positions. At the moment, Scotland has the lowest incidence of cases at 349 per 100,000. Northern Ireland has…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI think that its emergence in southern Africa would suggest that it is from a naive population. One of the issues with our complacency here and reliance on vaccination while…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI have given way a lot, and lots of other hon. Members are waiting to speak. As for the Leader of the House’s nonsensical claim that people cannot catch covid from their friends,…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismDoes the hon. Gentleman share my concern that if there had to be an individual process rather than a general exemption for humanitarian work, that might be beyond some of the…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismMy hon. Friend will know that my husband and I spent 18 months as volunteers in Gaza in the early ’90s and have been running a breast cancer project between Scotland and Gaza for…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismDoes the right hon. Gentleman also recognise that because of the blockade it is impossible for doctors in Gaza to get out and train, and that we therefore have to bring the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillWill the Minister give way?23 Nov 2021