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HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI agree entirely. Some of the narrative around this reminds me slightly of my days back at school and “Animal Farm”—“Four legs good, two legs bad.” The reality is that both…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewThe hon. Lady and I have known each other for a long time and she made her point forcefully but, as ever, fairly. She raised a number of points. In respect of PPE supplies, as I…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewMy understanding is that this data relates to all contracts by the Department. If I am inaccurate in that, I will of course correct the record for the House, but my understanding…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewThe equipment was procured, it was secured and it was delivered. It did what we would all have wished it to do: it went to the frontline to protect people and to ensure that…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI am very happy to join my hon. Friend in doing that. I suspect that, in what has been a contentious urgent question, that is a point on which there will be consensus between me…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is absolutely right to pay tribute to the officials and those who were working flat out at the height of the pandemic, often through the…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI thank my hon. Friend. He is absolutely right. Getting PPE to the frontline, procuring what we needed and getting it delivered was the absolute priority. As I have expressed…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend. In answer to his first question, at the start of the pandemic, roughly 1% of the PPE used in these settings was produced in this country. Due to…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewAgain, I have huge respect for the hon. Gentleman, who is normally measured and tempered, but I fear on this occasion that he has not done himself justice in the points he makes.…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI would rebut any suggestion that there is any corruption taking root, to use the hon. Gentleman’s words. Members of this House have the ability to ask questions and the NAO has…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend. We did take every step we could to ensure that trusts had the PPE they needed. The NAO report said: “The NHS provider organisations we spoke to…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI am grateful to the hon. Lady, who knows this issue exceptionally well and has investigated it over a number of months. Of course, as always, I listen to what she says carefully…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI think what my constituents and the British public want to see us all doing is working together to make sure we get through this pandemic and get those on our frontline what they…24 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Infrastructure Plan: District HospitalsAlongside our investment in 40 new hospitals, our health infrastructure plan more broadly will deliver a long-term rolling programme of investment in health infrastructure,…23 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Service Capital EstateA total of £600 million has been allocated to tackle almost 1,800 urgent maintenance projects across 178 trusts, all due for completion by March 2012, while £450 million has been…23 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Service Capital EstateHow could I have failed to remember to group my hon. Friend’s question? I apologise to him. He is right to pay tribute to his local hospital in Harrogate. Zero carbon and…23 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Infrastructure Plan: District HospitalsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. May I join him in paying tribute to his local Hospital of St. Cross and the team who have done an amazing job in very challenging…23 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Service Capital EstateI am very grateful to my hon. Friend, who is a strong champion and a strong voice for Stoke and for her local hospital. The Government are committed to increasing hospital car…23 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19If I may just finish this point, then I will of course turn to my right hon. Friend. We are beginning with the things that people want to change most, the most important things…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19I beg to move, That this House has considered covid-19. When I last spoke in this Chamber in a general covid debate, on 12 January, we faced a very grave situation. There was a…22 Feb 2021