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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are working with pharmaceutical companies and the scientists to understand whether and where such modifications are needed and how they can be brought to use on the frontline…02 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe want to provide as much support as possible. I am really glad that the vaccine roll-out is going well in Wealden and thank everybody who is playing their part in that.02 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I can give my hon. Friend that absolute assurance. Of course, the supply of vaccines is the rate-limiting step. We have seen the strain on vaccine supply from some of the…02 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe onshoring of vaccine manufacturing is an incredibly important part of our strategy. We were previously very, very good at the research and at the regulation of vaccines, but…02 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI will take those representations to my Cabinet colleagues, as I know that they are working hard to ensure that everybody gets the support they need.02 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: House Party Fines and Domestic Enforcement MeasuresOn 28 September, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 came into force. These regulations mean that self-isolation is a…28 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outI am delighted that across West Yorkshire and Harrogate as a whole, more than 150,000 vaccines have now been done. I would say to anybody that coming forward for a vaccination…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outThe truth is that supply is the great limiting factor, so we do need to put the vaccination centres where they are most needed, and pharmacy has an important role right across the…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outAcross Shropshire, and Telford and the Wrekin, 14,000 doses have been delivered to the over-80s. I will look into the specific question of the primary care network that my right…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outAbsolutely. We will pilot that approach and see how much demand there is for overnight vaccination. As my hon. Friend says, it could be particularly appropriate for shift workers,…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outThis afternoon, we will be publishing much more detailed local information, so that will be available, and as the roll-out continues, we will publish more and more granular…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outWe are very much open to the vaccination of teachers, and school staff more broadly, whom the hon. Gentleman mentioned, once we have got through those who are clinically most…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outAll the three devolved nations are getting their vaccine according to fair shares and at the same speed as England. While supply is the rate-limiting factor across the board, the…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outAbsolutely. We all want to enjoy those liberties again, and we want to do so safely. Balancing those two things is at the core of the conundrums of policy, and has been throughout…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outYes, I agree with my hon. Friend, and I am delighted to say that next week a new vaccination centre will open in Folkestone, serving the people not only of Folkestone, but of the…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outMy right hon. Friend is quite right to raise the issue of getting supply out to East Kent. In fact, we are opening more centres just outside his patch, in Folkestone, next week.…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outWherever possible is the answer. The truth is that the NHS has not in the past collected people’s mobile numbers routinely or their email addresses, which is why this roll-out is…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outMy hon. Friend is quite right to praise the teams across the north-east who have been doing an unbelievable job. The vaccination of 98% of residents in his area is something we…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outWe have put more money into the international effort to ensure that everybody around the world can be vaccinated than any other country. That is not just more as a proportion of…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outAll those who are over 70 or clinically extremely vulnerable will have that offer before 15 February. What that means in practice is that if you receive a letter when measures are…21 Jan 2021