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HANSARD Lateral Flow Tests in Healthcare SettingsFirst, I thank the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) for bringing forward this debate about lateral flow tests in healthcare settings. He speaks so passionately about…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Lateral Flow Tests in Healthcare SettingsI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention; I know she is passionate about this issue, which she has spoken about many times. It is important that we should recognise that we…28 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Booster DosesThe covid-19 vaccination programme has fuelled this country’s journey along the road to recovery and the best way to protect ourselves and those around us is to get vaccinated.…28 Mar 2022HANSARDAntivirals and Therapeutics TaskforceThe UK has been a global leader in identifying and deploying successful treatments for covid-19. This work has been led by the UK Government’s therapeutics taskforce, which was…28 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Pharmaceutical InterventionsVaccines remain our best line of defence against covid-19. NHS staff and volunteers in our world-leading vaccination programme continue to work tirelessly, and I am sure the House…01 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lateral Flow TestsAs far as I am aware, and I am pretty sure I am right, the Scottish Government already have tax-raising powers, so perhaps they could use them in this instance.01 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lateral Flow TestsAs the Prime Minister announced last week, free tests will continue until April. He also stated that if the SNP in Scotland wished to continue to offer free tests after that date,…01 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lateral Flow TestsIn advance of the living with covid announcement on 21 February, ministerial colleagues discussed our living with covid strategy with the devolved Administrations. Officials were…01 Mar 2022HANSARDEarly Medical Abortion: Telemedicine ServiceThe temporary approval was put in place during the pandemic to address a specific and acute medical need to reduce the risk of transmission of covid-19. It was recognised that…01 Mar 2022HANSARDEarly Medical Abortion: Telemedicine ServiceThe Government will end the temporary approval put in place at the beginning of the pandemic. We have extended the temporary approval for six months until midnight on 29 August…01 Mar 2022HANSARDParliamentary Question 496: CorrectionI would like to inform the House that a written answer given by the previous Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care,…01 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we clearly stated, the decision has been made to end the temporary approval, which means that face-to-face consultations and taking the first pill in a healthcare setting…01 Mar 2022HANSARDPublic HealthFirst, I would like to outline that the House has been asked to revoke the legal requirements around self-isolation if one tests positive for covid-19, including: the duty to…01 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lateral Flow TestsI assure the House that the Treasury has not written off anything.01 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Pharmaceutical InterventionsWe carefully considered and accepted the advice of the JCVI that the health benefits to five to 11-year-olds of a single dose of the covid-19 vaccine are greater than the…01 Mar 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Test Device ApprovalThe UK is developing one of the most rigorous regulatory regimes in the world for coronavirus tests. The coronavirus test device approval regulations set high bars of specificity…24 Feb 2022HANSARDEarly Medical Abortion: Extension of Temporary ArrangementsToday I am announcing a six-month extension to the temporary arrangements for the provision of early medical abortion put in place during the covid pandemic. The Government will…24 Feb 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine ProgrammeThe covid-19 vaccination programme continues to protect the nation against the virus. As of 19 February 2022 over 139 million doses have been provided, including 52.5 million…23 Feb 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Randox LaboratoriesI appreciate my hon. Friend’s recognition, remembering where we were barely two years ago, of how we have moved on since then. We have put in place a test and trace programme that…10 Feb 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Randox LaboratoriesThe evidence has been put in the Library and the information is there. I want to make it clear that my Department went through as much evidence as it could. As I said earlier, we…10 Feb 2022