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HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireMy Lords, I acknowledge the noble Lord’s reference to anecdotal reports and observational studies that have reported benefits of vitamin D in reducing the effects of Covid-19. We…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireMy Lords, having worked in the hospitality industry for 10 years, I feel great kinship with restaurant owners but cannot avoid the fact that restaurants represent a major focus…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireMy Lords, I am glad to reassure the noble Lord that Manchester businesses will be getting a payment to cover the backlog, as he described.22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireMy Lords, grants will be available from 1 November, will be administered by local authorities and will remain in place until April 2021, with a review point in January. The…22 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 28 September be approved. Relevant document: Special attention drawn to the instrument by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…22 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, this instrument sets out the regulations on the legal duty to stay at home and self-isolate for people who test positive for Covid-19 and their contacts who are told to…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireMy Lords, the exit strategy question is extremely important and I am grateful to the noble Baroness for raising it. We have not published strict criteria for each exit strategy…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireI am grateful to the noble Baroness, who has clearly read the Conservative Party manifesto. I should be grateful for her recommendations on how we can do exactly what she suggests.22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireThe noble Lord is right that the situation at airports is distressing and has caused huge damage to travel, the airline business and hotels. However, foreign travel represents a…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireMy Lords, I hear the point loud and clear from both the noble Lord and others who have raised it. The question of the exit strategy is a priority and it is inevitable that people…22 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am enormously grateful for a debate that shed a huge amount of light on an issue which acutely illustrates the delicate task that we and a lot of liberal democracies…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireFirst, I am glad to say that we have struck a financial arrangement with the Mayor of Manchester, and one of the valuable points that I think the noble Lord is alluding to is that…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireI pay tribute to NHS colleagues who have done an enormous amount to increase NHS lab capacity, and would be happy to share the numbers with the noble Baroness. We have written to…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, put the sense of jeopardy and anxiety about the current situation extremely well. Anyone providing for their family or running a business…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireThe feedback from the Vaccine Taskforce is very promising. It has six contracts for vaccines on four different platforms. The Oxford vaccine is by far the front runner, but what…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19The noble Baroness is right to raise questions about the way in which the disease is transmitted. We have put a huge amount of effort into studying it. I pay tribute to the…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19I thank the noble Lord for his interest. The JCVI is, as he described, the agency responsible for giving advice on the prioritisation plan. Our policy is to follow that advice,…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCancer Task ForceMy Lords, the situation raised by Cancer Research UK and others causes concern, but I reassure the noble Lord that we are doing more than a million routine cancer appointments and…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCancer Task ForceThe noble Baroness puts her case extremely well. We have a massive investment in the NHS that spans physical infrastructure and staff, hospitals and investment in nurses. This…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCancer Task ForceMy Lords, I completely and utterly agree with my noble friend.20 Oct 2020