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HANSARDCancer ServicesI would say that, as soon as people notice any signs that might worry them, they should seek help. We have worked at pace to ensure that services have been resumed and are able to…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesI, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler) on securing this debate, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting it. I thank all hon.…18 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesThe articulation of the challenge is not simple, and to frame it as if it is does an injustice to all those people who are living with all the various challenges. We have worked…18 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesI am so sorry but there has been so little time at the end of the debate, and I want to leave the hon. Member for Brent Central some time to speak.18 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Impact: BAME CommunityToday, Public Health England has published the result of ITS work to engage with individuals and organisations within the BAME community, to hear their views, concerns and ideas…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper) for the clarity with which he put that. I have already noted that further amendments were made on 12 June…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthMy understanding is that, as the situation is abating, to push the review out to 28 days while making a constant assessment is deemed the right thing to do to allow a more fluid…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthTo that point, I will address the comments that the hon. Gentleman made about transparency. In recognition of these unprecedented times, SAGE has been publishing statements and…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthYes, finally, although I am sure the House would appreciate it if we just pushed on.15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthZoos have been closed as a consequence of the restrictions since they came into force on 26 March. Until 1 June, zoos were in effect closed as a consequence of regulation 6, which…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthI would argue that this is a dynamic situation. For example, with zoos, scientific evidence indicates quite clearly that open spaces are much safer for people to be in, so a…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthI thank all hon. Members who have spoken. The debate has exemplified quite how challenging and complex this situation is. Throughout it, we have discussed both opening up and not…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthIt is my belief that they can stay over if they are within the guidelines of the social bubble—that is, if they are a single person. There are several distinct areas and I am…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthIf my hon. Friend will indulge me as I go through my opening speech, I will address that in my concluding remarks. There is transparency in relation to the SAGE minutes, which are…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthIf my hon. Friend will forgive me, I am going to make a little progress and then I will of course take another intervention. All over the world we are seeing the devastating…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthI thank my right hon. Friend for those remarks. I will certainly take that back and feed it in, because I know that he is not alone in feeling that we could improve the time…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthI thank my hon. Friend for that. If he will allow me to go through what I wanted to say, I hope it will be clear why we have used that procedure. The rapid and frequent amendments…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthI beg to move, That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (S.I, 2020, No. 558), dated 31 May 2020, a copy of which was…15 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Third sitting)The MHRA has a specific compliance department. It works on a case-by-case basis, and it would issue a notice—see clause 18—and it would move forward on that basis with an…10 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Third sitting)Amendments 2 to 7 relate to the clauses about defences available for offences under clause 23 and regulation 60A to be inserted into the Medical Devices Regulations 2002 by…10 Jun 2020