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HANSARDCovid-19: Health and Social Care WorkforceOur health and social care workers have been simply extraordinary during the pandemic, caring for people in the most challenging circumstances. We have done our utmost to support…23 Feb 2021HANSARDAdult Social Care FundingDuring the pandemic, the Government have provided over £1.1 billion for infection control, £149 million for rapid testing costs and £120 million to boost the workforce in adult…23 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Autism StrategyI thank the hon. Lady for raising this important issue and congratulate her on all the work that she does for autistic people. We are working across Government and particularly…13 Jan 2021HANSARDNational Autism StrategyI know that the report to which the hon. Lady refers, which was commissioned by the Secretary State for Health and Social Care, did indeed have some very serious findings. We…13 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Community TestingWe absolutely recognise not only the importance of self-isolation, which is critical in breaking the chains of transmission, but that it is not always easy for people to do. We…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Contact Tracing: EffectivenessI am pleased to report that the strong recent performance of the contact tracing service has been maintained, even with the significant growth in cases. The latest weekly data…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Contact Tracing: EffectivenessThe hon. Member has described, in fact, what is a really important partnership working between the national NHS Test and Trace system and local partners such as local authorities,…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Community TestingCommunity asymptomatic testing is an important tool in the fight against covid-19. We have delivered more than 5 million lateral flow tests to the 117 local authorities that have…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Community TestingI join my hon. Friend in welcoming the opening of community testing centres in Swadlincote. Asymptomatic testing enables us to pick up cases in high prevalence areas that…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Community TestingIt is great to hear about the work of the Rotherham CCG and my hon. Friend’s primary care network, which are clearly on the front foot in this vital work of vaccinating people who…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Community TestingI can assure my hon. Friend that most secondary schools and colleges have already set up testing sites and have begun weekly testing, using lateral flow devices for staff…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthThe regulations before us set out measures that none of us wants to take, yet we must take them if we are to control this new and aggressively infectious variant of coronavirus,…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthI have very little time and I want to cover more of the points that have been raised, including by my hon. Friend. As hon. Members have said, this national lockdown is different…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthI do not believe that my hon. Friend is as he describes himself, but what I do think is quite clear. We are saying that people should stay at home, unless their reason for leaving…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. Many other hon. Members have also asked about the duration of the restrictions and ongoing parliamentary scrutiny. I can say that the…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public Healthindicated dissent .06 Jan 2021HANSARDPublic HealthMay I make a little progress? I did take an intervention from my right hon. Friend a moment ago, and I am trying to respond to the many points made in the debate. My right hon.…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI do not think that now is the moment for me to hold a remote debate on that with the deputy chief medical officer, and my right hon. Friend also asks me to see into the future…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI am being counselled not to respond to my hon. Friend’s description of himself. I do not think I should be drawn into speculation on the roll-out and what we face ahead of us. He…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthSomething that I can say to give my right hon. Friend some extra insight is that, for instance in introducing the latest measures, one of the things that we saw was a rapidly…30 Dec 2020