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HANSARD CoronavirusThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise this issue. I have of course talked to the Treasury and the new Chancellor of the Exchequer on this question. Another important…26 Feb 2020HANSARD CoronavirusYes, absolutely; of course I will keep the House and the wider public updated. That is an incredibly important part of our work. Of course, for any colleague, my door, and that of…26 Feb 2020HANSARD CoronavirusWe should thank Border Force, which has done a fantastic job, and the staff at the international ports. We are constantly engaged with them, through the Department for…26 Feb 2020HANSARD CoronavirusWe updated the advice on exactly what self-isolation means earlier this week. It does, for instance, mean going home, and if other people live with you at home, trying to keep out…26 Feb 2020HANSARD CoronavirusMy hon. Friend is right about Milton Keynes. The people of Milton Keynes have done exactly the right thing, and I would add to his list Milton Keynes University Hospital, which…26 Feb 2020HANSARD CoronavirusThe hon. Member raises an important point and through the medium of the wedding dress makes a much broader point, which is that many things are made in China, especially drugs and…26 Feb 2020HANSARD CoronavirusI will ask the chief medical officer to speak to the Republic of Ireland chief medical officer and to ensure that the best and appropriate clinical advice is given. Rather than me…26 Feb 2020HANSARD CoronavirusThat is a very important subject. In fact, I have been working on that in the past 24 hours, to ensure that tech companies, social media companies, Google and others promote the…26 Feb 2020HANSARD CoronavirusI am very happy to do that. More broadly, I am open to ideas on how to improve our response, including learning from where things have not gone well. Our approach is to make the…26 Feb 2020HANSARD CoronavirusWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to update the House on covid-19, or coronavirus. As of this morning, 7,132 people in the UK have been tested for the virus. So far,…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is the sort of analysis on which we can make decent policy progress, because it based on the facts, rather than on making things up.25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareI will write to the hon. Lady to give her the facts. Do Members know what the facts will say? The facts show that life expectancy is going up—I think I have made that point.…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareIt is not flat, it is rising, and it is really important that this debate, which is so critical, is based on the facts. The increase in life expectancy should be shared right…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareNo. What I am saying is that life expectancy, as I have repeated, is going up, but there are areas where it is not, and we will and we must tackle that. The challenge for us as a…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareI do not recognise those figures, because—25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareNo, I do not recognise those figures because they are not the accurate representation of what is actually happening. There are many within that figure who are judged under…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareI will give way to the hon. Lady one more time and then I will move on, because we need to make some progress.25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareThe £1 billion comes from general taxation and the half a billion comes from the social care precept, and we have been absolutely clear about that. The second part of the plan is…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareI am going to make some progress and talk about the long-term solutions we are seeking on social care. For all its many strengths, it is clear that the system cannot remain as it…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareThat is the sort of contribution I think we need in this debate. We should not be saying, “We have one answer, and we won’t engage on anything else”, but saying, “Here is an…25 Feb 2020