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HANSARDPublic HealthI thank hon. Members from across the House and those who have contributed virtually for the many truly thoughtful contributions in what has been a really wide-ranging debate this…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthOne thing that I will do when I have finished speaking is see whether I can look up the specific data for the hon. Member’s constituency. In general, however, the announcements…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI am making some progress and I am mindful that many Members want to speak this evening. The roll-out of the Pfizer vaccine is happening at pace, with more than 600,000 people…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI will make some progress. At the time of these provisions we were seeing an exponential rise in cases in London, Kent, and some other parts of the south-east, and it was clear…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI hear my hon. Friend’s point, and I share his view that throughout this pandemic the vast majority of people have behaved with great responsibility. I know that people in tiers…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthMy hon. Friend may well have heard the statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, after which he answered a large number of questions about the vaccine. As he…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthBefore I say anything else, I want to say thank you to all our health and social care workers who have been working day and night through Christmas, Boxing day and the bank…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI beg to move, That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 1518), dated 11 December…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Effect on People with Learning DisabilitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani. I thank the hon. Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson) for securing a debate on this very important topic.…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Effect on People with Learning DisabilitiesWe will continue to scrutinise all possible evidence and data we can get to understand the impact of the steps we are taking. For instance, as I have set out, we have supported…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19It will probably be helpful if we pursue the specific case outside the Chamber. I just wanted to reiterate the importance of care agency staff being tested in care homes. Tests…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19The speeches we have heard this evening remind us just what hard times we live in, when we have had to do things that would have been unimaginable just a year ago. There are the…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19I know that a huge amount of work is going on to ensure that we have the boots on the ground needed to vaccinate people. Indeed, that is one of the things that those who have…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Acquired Brain InjuryThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point, and I shall, as I say, take that matter away, as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has done as well. In conclusion, I take the matter…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Acquired Brain InjuryI absolutely take the hon. Gentleman’s point, and I have heard the argument made about the service we are discussing and other services that are commissioned locally. There is the…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Acquired Brain InjuryIn that case, demands: I shall see which of them I can answer. One was about a national neurorehabilitation lead. During the period of covid-19 there is indeed a national lead.…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Acquired Brain InjuryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Eagle. I congratulate the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) and thank him for securing a debate on this important…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Acquired Brain InjuryI was just about to conclude, and I believe that the hon. Gentleman has a couple of minutes at the end.24 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Acquired Brain InjuryIn that case, I shall take his intervention.24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Adult Social CareThe answer to my hon. Friend’s question is yes. Adult social care has already been at the front of the queue for testing. Care homes in Stourbridge and across the country have had…17 Nov 2020