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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State for Education will be setting out these plans. We need to get them out as soon as possible so that people have the last couple of days of term to work on…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am very grateful for what my right hon. Friend says about the vaccination centre in Harlow. It is an uplifting experience visiting a vaccination centre. Rarely have I seen so…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman very much for his kind words. He said that people have been encouraged every time I have come to the Dispatch Box. Given some of the things I have had…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Tiers SystemLocal action is vital to our strategy of suppressing the virus, while protecting the economy, education and the NHS, until a vaccine can make us safe. Help is on its way thanks to…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, of course; I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as I can on the roll-out of the vaccine across his part of County Durham. Making sure that everybody can get access is so…17 Dec 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund AdvanceThe Department of Health and Social Care has sought a repayable cash advance from the contingencies fund of £34,000,000,000. The Department of Health and Social Care’s net cash…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are absolutely determined to build back better. That needs to involve tackling long-term underlying health inequalities. A huge programme of work will be needed to do that,…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThat is right. We looked very closely at the southern end of Lincolnshire, which is a long way from where the rates are incredibly elevated around Lincoln, the coast and West…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI will write to my hon. Friend immediately with our plans for the roll-out of primary care-based vaccination facilities in Aylesbury. I regret having to put Buckinghamshire into…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I am very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and constituents to hear their stories. Many of us have lost those close to us in this terrible pandemic. We are constantly…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI agree with every word that my hon. Friend has just said. I strongly agree that the best way to get out of tier 3 is by everybody coming together to comply with the…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am very glad to be able to reassure the hon. Lady that the agreement that has been reached with the dentists is all about ensuring that while we support our NHS dentists we see…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady raises an incredibly important point. It does not matter whether or not somebody is registered with anybody, they can still spread the disease. The reason for the…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. We are committed to setting out weekly updates on the vaccination programme—we released the first data yesterday, on the 137,000 number—and increasingly with the sorts of…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI think the moment when we see contact rates of more than 90% should be one where everybody comes together and says thank you and well done to everybody at NHS Test and Trace and…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I am grinning because I think this is the first time in the dozens and dozens of statements I have made this year when the hon. Member for…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I can. I am very sorry that that meeting has not happened yet, and we will get right on to it for early January.17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Gentleman rightly asked about the arrangements in place for Christmas, which the Prime Minister set out very clearly yesterday. Christmas is a very special time of year…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs we enter the coldest months, we must be vigilant and keep this virus under control. Yesterday, 25,161 cases were reported and there are 18,038 people in hospital with…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdatePeople should act with great caution in this pandemic, because doing so protects them, protects their families and protects their loved ones. We have set out what the rules are,…17 Dec 2020