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HANSARDCoronavirusThis is a very important point. One thing we will be doing during this period is encouraging people who need to see their GP or to have an out-patient appointment for something…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI am very happy to write to the right hon. Gentleman with the specific answer to his question, but the general answer is more, and, frankly, as many as possible. We are buying…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe critical point about vaccine development for coronavirus is that if we cannot be sure that a vaccine is safe, we cannot put it into large numbers of people for a disease with…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusNo, it is not the position. The Prime Minister was explaining why we have taken the decisions that we have.09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThat is a really important point, and the advice now is, as for everybody else, that they should wash their hands, follow the public health advice and catch sneezes and coughs. We…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusAbsolutely. This is a national effort, and a national effort involves the Government, the NHS, every single individual, local authorities, local resilience fora and local police.…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusYes, very shortly.09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusAs I said, we see no purpose for suspending Parliament, and parliamentary accountability is very important, as is the legislative power of Parliament.09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI am very happy to look into that specific example.09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusWe are not currently advising the cancellation of mass events, but we are considering closely providing further advice and strengthening advice to those in the vulnerable and…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThis is a matter that the Chancellor is considering ahead of the Budget.09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusWe are increasing the amount of information that is available at airports, but the evidence from other countries that have tried temperature testing at airports shows that it is…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe coronavirus outbreak continues to advance around the world. The number of cases in China and South Korea keeps rising but at a slowing rate, but the outbreak in Iran, Italy,…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI am tempted to give my right hon. Friend a clinical answer, but instead I will ask one of the chief medical officer’s team to write to him.09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusYes.09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe hon. Member is absolutely right to suggest that the transition to the delay phase is indeed that: it is a transition. We will not give up hope of containing this disease while…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusYes, absolutely. There should not be data protection problems here, but sometimes there are perceived to be, so cracking through those is important as well.09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI pay tribute to the Chair of the Select Committee for the way in which he has handled this—for instance, in demonstrating the need for transparency in the questioning of the…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusLet me start by concurring with what the hon. Gentleman said about the legislation. It should be taken through on a cross-party basis. I should of course be happy to talk to him…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThose sorts of discussions are going on, led by the Treasury and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.09 Mar 2020