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HANSARDCoronavirus BillI entirely agree. This exchange is an example of the cross-party approach we are all taking. I am very grateful to the hon. Member for the work he has done, together with the…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillI will look into those specific points. There are parts of the Bill that would help to tackle the problem my hon. Friend describes if it is appropriate to do so, but I think it is…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillWell, what can I say? I am concerned that people are not following the public health advice.23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillI want to bring to the attention of the House to the professional indemnity clauses. Where there is no existing professional indemnity agreement in place the Bill provides legal…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillAbsolutely. The chief medical officer is personally looking into that issue to make sure that when there is a treatment, we can bring it to bear as soon as is safely possible.…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point, because we have advised against all unnecessary travel and I do not regard going to a holiday home in Wales as a necessary journey.…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillI agree with my hon. Friend.23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillIt is already within NHS trusts’ power to pay those visa fees if it is necessary.23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillClearly, these are issues of the highest sensitivity. It is important that we take those measures in case they are needed in the circumstances where staff numbers available are…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillThere is the most comprehensive public communications campaign probably in the history of Government peacetime communications—maybe I will send the hon. Lady a poster.23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillI will take one more intervention, and then I will make some progress.23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19We are making it constantly.16 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19Now that there is onward transmission in the UK, those sorts of measures are less efficacious. Of course, we have been doing that all along and strengthening it, but there are…16 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19This is an issue that I discussed with the hon. Member for Leicester South, the shadow Health Secretary, earlier today. The package of measures in the Budget addresses it as much…16 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19The shielding measures, where we insist on the lowest possible social contact, are for people who have existing conditions and will be contacted by the NHS. For those over 70 who…16 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19That point is incredibly important and is directly addressed in the advice that will be on the gov.uk website.16 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19The hon. Gentleman is right to raise all those issues, and we will address them all.16 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19Yes, the response to this crisis has been extraordinary. Things are happening in this country that nobody would have wished, and things are happening faster than so many people…16 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I will. The hon. Member makes a very good point.16 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19Our estimate of the total number of new cases is significantly higher than the available number of tests right now, which is why we need to increase testing capacity so quickly.16 Mar 2020