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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am incredibly proud that the UK has the highest measured rate of enthusiasm for taking the vaccine in the world, and especially that such a diverse nation has been able to…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI hope so. The great limiting factor remains supply. We get them out as fast as we get them in; there is not a stockpile waiting. My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI discussed this issue with the Prime Minister. The office for health promotion is intended to be able to tackle some of those issues, led clinically by the chief medical officer,…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe are working on a plan for that with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and of course on the social distancing review that the…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOn the contrary, the proposed reforms set out in the White Paper, which have come from the NHS itself, will help to deal with the backlog. They will help to make sure that the NHS…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe publish that data, so I refer the hon. Lady to the gov.uk website.17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, this is our planned approach. I am glad to say that the number of cases across the High Peak is very, very low. I am also glad to see that the vaccination rates across the…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe best understanding that we have is that five of the 18 who were in hospital yesterday had been vaccinated once, and one had been vaccinated twice but it is not clear how…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, 100%. Just like people across Salford and Greater Manchester, people across Lancashire should come forward to get the jab if they are eligible. In some areas, such as parts…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateAs the hon. Lady knows, we are building 48 new hospitals over this decade. Forty of those have been set out, but there are a further eight slots, so she may want to work with Hull…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. The UK fights this together. There are outbreaks also in Moray and in Glasgow, and I have been talking to the Scottish Cabinet…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, we are making significant progress with the onshoring of vaccine capability. It is about developing the vaccine, as the team in Oxford did brilliantly, but also about…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI have just waxed lyrical about the value of Scotland working with the UK Government and of Northern Ireland working with the UK Government, and my hon. Friend almost chastises me…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIt is really clear that we are removing restrictions. I am delighted that we are able to remove restrictions, such as the absolute restrictions on close physical contact, and rely…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, of course. My hon. Friend puts it very wisely. As the Member of Parliament for Burton, which is famous for its beer and its pubs, she no doubt speaks for her whole…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend will no doubt have seen the note that went out last week from Dr Nikki Kanani about ensuring that face-to-face access is available to the appropriate clinician, and…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend is quite right to ask all those questions. In fact, I met Simon Stevens and the Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment about the matter this morning, because…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on coronavirus. Since January last year, and especially since 8 December, when the world’s first clinically…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe are of course worried about the impact of long covid, and the evidence is growing about the different impacts. The clinical advice is that there are a number of different…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateTypically my right hon. Friend asks the most pertinent question, to which we do not know the answer. The level of vaccination that we need in order to withstand the incursion of…17 May 2021