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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Member asks a very sensitive and reasonable question. Of course it is right that we should follow the clinical guidance in terms of the order of priority, and that does…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am afraid the answer to that question is a matter for the House rather than for me as Health Secretary.14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend knows from personal experience what this disease can be like. He has been a powerful voice for Ashfield, and I will take his representations into account when we…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateBelieve me, I would love to be able to answer that question. We do not know, because it depends on the speed of manufacture of the vaccines and the approval or not of the Oxford…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMany of the facilities that the hon. Gentleman talks about, such as care homes, are doing unbelievable work to remain covid secure. I understand the impact on hospitality. I love…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am tempted to try to give an answer to that question, but it is very much a matter for the MHRA. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for the good wishes that he sends. In the…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateHow can I reject an entreaty like that? My hon. Friend makes a very seasonal request. We will be looking at the situation very closely come Wednesday, and we will see what is in…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI take my right hon. Friend’s views on this very seriously. I would say to everybody in Bournemouth and across the country that the best way they can help their area to go into a…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes.14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThanks to the strength of the UK, we have put more funding into the global vaccination effort than any other country in the world, and I am proud of that fact. Of course we have…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. Stoke-on-Trent has had a tough time recently, but the work by the city council and the community testing that is going on in Stoke-on-Trent are very impressive. All of us, as…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman has made a typically wise intervention ahead of the decision making on Wednesday as to the wider tiering arrangements for the rest of the country.14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe principle the hon. Lady outlines is exactly the one we are working to. The £500 self-isolation payment for those on low incomes is a very important part of our approach, and I…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI will look at this extremely closely after my hon. Friend’s entreaty. I have been noticing that in both West Dorset and Bournemouth the number of cases has been coming down. I…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am thrilled by the number of former clinicians who have come back to support this. In fact, I met some of them when I went to Milton Keynes to see the vaccine being injected. I…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI certainly hope so; that is one of the things that we are talking about with the NHS. For now, that is not possible. We of course have extra emergency capacity in the…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, that is absolutely the goal. I pay tribute to everybody by the Royal Stoke, and it was wonderful to see some of the examples of those who have been vaccinated. Stoke has been…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe want to support businesses as much as we possibly can. The support that is available—the record sums—has been outlined by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor. That will of…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs you know, Mr Speaker, we look in great detail and at a granular level at the geographies that these restrictions have to cover. Unfortunately, central London’s case rates are…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateUnfortunately, cases are rising in Harlow and in the districts of Essex and Hertfordshire nearby, so we do have to take the action that we are. What I say to my right hon. Friend,…14 Dec 2020