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HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseThey are not advised to do so. What staff do within a school is a matter for their head.18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseWe are working on a four nations approach, and trying to make sure that the approach that we have to international travel is aligned across all four nations, including with the…18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseAnd some! The military have been unbelievably helpful in this crisis, right across the extraordinary things that my teams and the whole NHS have had to do in terms of logistics…18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseThe hon. Lady is absolutely right; this is an incredibly important subject, both, as she says, during the crisis and thereafter. We have a study under way, which Public Health…18 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, we are rolling out testing to all residents and staff, symptomatic or asymptomatic, in elderly care homes. I announced that at the start of this urgent question. It is an…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI will look into the question that the right hon. Lady raises.05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI have not seen the particular report that the hon. Gentleman refers to, but we take into account all data and considerations in making the decisions that we do.05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, of course; if I get the details, I am very happy to do that. I would also be very happy to know where my right hon. Friend had his hair cut, because it is extraordinary. No…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe have considered all the different potential apps being used by different countries around the world. I am confident that any such concerns about international travel can easily…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend, who probably has the most spectacular backdrop of any questioner in this session, is right to raise that issue. It is happening: the right personal…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe are working with many, many companies on the expansion of testing, including new technologies. We have to be confident that the technologies are effective and work, because a…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateExercise Cygnus was undertaken under my predecessor, and there are specific rules in Government around decisions over papers that were produced before one’s time. I will take away…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOne of the five tests that we have set out before the restrictions are eased is that the number of deaths should be falling consistently. Indeed, the Scottish Government’s…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, I would be very happy to discuss that suggestion with my hon. Friend. It is important that, as a nation, we remember and commemorate the sacrifice of those who have lost…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, we have today launched a piece of work by Public Health England to look into the disparities in the impact of covid-19. However, I will just pick the hon. Lady up on a couple…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe are absolutely learning from everything that has happened, and constantly looking again, trying to make sure from the time we get up in the morning to the time we go to bed at…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes. I want cancer treatments to resume as soon as is safely possible. In some cases, it is clinically not advised to resume treatment because there is a spread of the virus in…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am happy to look at any examples that are effective in reducing the spread of the virus. Of course, parts of this are devolved, and parts of it are the UK Government’s…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. I would like to take this opportunity to set out the exact policy, which a few media outlets have got wrong in the past few days.…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady is right that making sure that our whole social care system gets access to PPE is important. There is often a focus on PPE in hospitals and care homes, but on home…05 May 2020