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HANSARDInfant Mental Health AwarenessI understand that Infant Mental Health Awareness Week was a great success. There is much to be gained from seeing the world through a baby’s eyes.23 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn the contrary, ensuring that we use technology to its best possible effects is incredibly important. I would have thought that the shadow Secretary of State would want to side…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe were scrupulously fair in the allocation of funding to local authorities, ensuring, for instance, that the support for social care went according to the number of beds. We have…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely. When we set up the loneliness strategy in 2018, when I was the Culture Secretary, I had no idea that covid-19 would make it so vital. I very much hope that, in England…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is a very important question on supporting children’s mental health. We absolutely reiterate the long-term plan ambitions for service transformation and expansion. Indeed,…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccineYes, of course. That is an incredibly important question for anybody living in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, like my hon. Friend’s constituents. The vaccine programme is…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccineVaccine development is progressing well, with human clinical trials being undertaken by both the University of Oxford and Imperial College London. We are also exploring how other…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Next PhaseThanks to unprecedented action, we have protected the NHS. It was not overwhelmed during the peak of this crisis, and all covid-19 patients admitted to hospital were able to…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTest and TraceI have not got those data exactly— [Interruption.] Perhaps the Opposition would care to engage on the substance, rather than not taking this seriously. Yesterday, we delivered the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTest and TraceIt is very strange taking these questions from the SNP spokesman, given that I am working with the SNP Government on resolving exactly these problems in Scotland, and maybe the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTest and TraceNHS Test and Trace was introduced on 28 May, working with local authorities to prevent and contain the spread of covid-19. I am encouraged by the early results, which show that in…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsBecause this is a big team effort by a combination of public and private sector partners. I pay tribute to Deloitte, without which the testing programme would not be possible. I…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. David Rosser is a great leader of a very, very impressive trust. I was speaking to him only last week. There is an important lesson from covid, which is that many of the NHS…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are putting this policy into action and it will be retrospective to the date of the announcement by the Prime Minister.23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Next PhaseFirst, there is no reason at all why the exit from the transition period should have the impact that the hon. and learned Lady describes. We have put in place a huge amount of…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTest and TraceYes.23 Jun 2020HANSARDTest and TraceThat is an incredibly important question. Of course, I would add Northern Ireland to that group. We have regular meetings. I have a weekly call with my counterparts in the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTest and TraceObviously, as soon as possible. I agree very strongly with the hon. Lady about the importance of contact tracing—the Test and Trace programme is one of the largest of its kind—to…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course it has been necessary to have tight controls over visitors in hospitals during this crisis, because people picking up nosocomial infections in hospital has been one part…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am absolutely delighted that my right hon. Friend will be able to follow guidance and take more steps out after 6 July. The decisions on shielding were all based on the best…23 Jun 2020