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HANSARDCovid-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 am grateful to my right hon. Friend. What we have sought to do here is to set out a road map that is measured and cautious but provides, as much as we can, that degree of…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19Very briefly, but this is the last intervention I will take from colleagues, I am afraid.22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19My hon. Friend was a distinguished Minister in the Department for some time and rightly highlights the situation that we faced at the height of the first wave of the pandemic. It…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who highlights a point that, along with others, will be concerning parents and pupils. As we set out the plan for unlocking and reopening our…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19I am grateful to my hon. Friend—indeed, my friend—for that point. The reason we are doing this is that we have been clear throughout, and the Prime Minister has been clear…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19My right hon. Friend makes an important point. Often in this Chamber we look at the impact in terms of hospitalisations, infection rates and deaths from covid, but—absolutely…22 Feb 2021HANSARDNHS England and NHS Improvement: Annual Assessment 2019-20Today, I am laying before Parliament my annual assessment of the NHS commissioning board (known as NHS England) for 2019-20. Covid-19 has presented an unprecedented challenge, the…28 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020, No.…25 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020I am grateful to the shadow Minister for his clarification. If I am being honest, I think it is probably premature at this point for us to speculate about things at that level of…25 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020I will endeavour to address the various points raised by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston. It is a pleasure to serve opposite him in these…25 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19I reassure my hon. and gallant Friend that, while there may on occasions be challenges with the post, we are persistent in our determination, and the NHS is persistent in its…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19I will give way to my hon. Friend, but then I will make some progress.12 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19I will give way briefly to the hon. Lady, and then to my hon. and gallant Friend.12 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19It is always a pleasure to hear from my hon. Friend, who is also my friend, in this House, and he raises an extremely important point. I can give him the reassurance that I, other…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I say to those who may doubt or speculate about this disease: it is real and it has, sadly, taken more than 80,000 of our fellow…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: NHS Bed CapacityI reiterate, as I did earlier, my thanks to the hon. Lady and all her colleagues in the NHS for everything they are doing. I reassure her, as I do and as my right hon. Friend the…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19My hon. Friend makes a hugely important point. He, of course, has been a huge champion in this House for the cause of mental health. I know that, as we speak, the Minister for…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19I had the pleasure of working with the hon. Lady in a past life before either of us were Members of this House, and she makes a typically sensible suggestion, which I am sure…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19I beg to move, That this House has considered covid-19. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your courtesy in slightly drawing out your introduction to allow me to take my mask…12 Jan 2021