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HANSARDCoronavirusI agree with every word that the hon. Lady says.17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI have looked into that idea in great detail, and I am afraid that I am advised, and have been persuaded by that advice, that it will not work. It has been tried in other parts of…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThis is a vital issue and the hon. Lady is right to raise it. We have to ensure that we have the mental health services and that, crucially, people come forward for support for…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusYes. The NHS is open and we need people to help us to help them by coming forward, especially if they have a fear of cancer, heart disease, stroke or any of the predictive signs…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI attribute the success to great British science, Government-supported funding, the NHS, and the three working together. I put it down to British ingenuity in our brilliant…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI am grateful for the chance to update the House on the urgent matter of coronavirus. Yesterday’s treatment breakthrough shows that British science is among the best in the world.…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe hon. Gentleman—he is my hon. Friend when it comes to air pollution—and I share a passion for clean air. He is right about deaths being correlated with areas of high air…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI do not recognise that, no.17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI am delighted to say that, because we made the stockpile in advance, the treatment is already in place, as of yesterday afternoon, in Cornwall—in Treliske Hospital—and right…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI agree 100%. The need to level up is no greater than in health inequalities. The differences in life expectancy between different parts of our country is stark and has been laid…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI will try to answer as many of the questions as I can. First, I concur entirely that we should have no truck with anti-vaccination campaigners. The reason we are working so hard…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe hon. Lady is right to raise this important issue. We are rolling out a risk assessment across England for all those with a higher risk of suffering from coronavirus, including…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusLocalised data is available through the work of Public Health England and local directors of public health, including the director for Bedfordshire, and then through our survey…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusYes. This is the third question in a row on some of the benefits we have learnt about during the coronavirus crisis. We made clear at the start of the crisis that data-sharing…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusYes. I am very happy to write to the hon. Gentleman about what we can do in those two areas, on which I know he has campaigned very hard. The one thing I would say on the positive…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusYes, I will do absolutely everything I can. I did not know that my hon. Friend’s wife suffered from cystic fibrosis. I am absolutely determined to make this happen. I worked…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThose reports were wide of the mark and the app does not have a problem with the measurement of distance. But I will come forward with an update very soon.17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusNobody wants to see the sort of economic consequences that we have already seen—even if there are more to come—but we have to take these measures to tackle this pandemic. We have…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThis is an extremely important point. Infection prevention and control within the NHS is vital, but it also leads to constraints on how the NHS can operate, and it is one of the…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThat is a really important point. Not only do we contribute more to the global vaccination funding programme than any other country—and we hosted the GAVI summit, which raised…17 Jun 2020