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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, I am pretty sure that that has been done. If it has not, I will absolutely check and get back to my hon. Friend. If anybody who is clinically qualified comes forward, we are…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, absolutely. This is a UK vaccine that is being deployed across the UK fairly, according to clinical need. I spoke to my opposite number in Northern Ireland this morning, and…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes. My hon. Friend catches my emotions as well, and I am sure the emotions of most of the House, in that we have this extra and new hope of a vaccine, but we also have some very…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, there is of course support for the testing of schoolchildren, and I am sure that my right hon Friend the Education Secretary will be happy to set out more details in his…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThose with appointments before 4 January should attend their appointment, and those with appointments from 4 January onwards will have them rescheduled. I understand that that…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am absolutely delighted to be able to agree with every single word that my right hon. Friend says. He and I have not always agreed on every dot and cross of the policy on how to…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateAs I have said, we will absolutely vaccinate according to clinical need. Once we are through those clinical need cohorts, there is a very important call on the next set of…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe have to remember that the vaccine is a great symbol of hope, but it is a means to an end, and the end is the lifting of restrictions and the restoration of our liberties and…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe will vaccinate according to clinical need, because that is the best way both to protect lives and to be able to lift the restrictions.30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, I absolutely will. We already look at the impact on the NHS, of course, but that will become more important as more and more people are vaccinated and, we hope, the…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe will vaccinate NHS and social care staff as soon as we can. They are, of course, in the priority list. They are in priority group 2, except for social care home staff, who are…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe Education Secretary is about to make a statement to set out more details, but the armed forces have been brilliant in all sorts of parts of the response to the pandemic, one…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI totally understand why people want the answer to that question, because of the hope that the vaccine gives us. What I can tell the hon. Lady is that the speed of the roll-out…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI want to thank Nigel Watson and all his colleagues who have delivered this fantastic effort across Hampshire. It is true that the current rate-limiting factor on the roll-out of…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI have just announced the need to move a significant proportion of England into tier 4 restrictions, and I welcome the implicit support for that measure. Where it is possible to…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI share my right hon. Friend’s desire and the strategy of keeping this virus suppressed while we get the vaccine rolled out as fast as possible. One of the other pieces of news…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIn what I hope is my last statement of the year, and most likely my last answer of the year, I thank my hon. Friend for her question, and not just for praising those at Lifted…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateToday marks a great stride forward in our plan to get us out of this pandemic and to return to normal life. Our strategy throughout has been to suppress the virus until a vaccine…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe new variant of this virus makes it very difficult to control, which is why it is so important that everybody follows those public health messages. That is the challenge we are…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend is absolutely spot on. The issue of long covid is very serious, and we have put more support into the NHS and into research to try to understand it better. I…30 Dec 2020