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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI urge the hon. Gentleman to say to his constituents that we all need to be careful and take personal responsibility to limit the spread over Christmas. I should also like to…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI totally agree: do your bit and get a test.14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateA test and dine scheme is being piloted. It is something we are looking at to try to support the hospitality industry while keeping the virus under control. I will report back to…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI will just answer the first bit. I was absolutely thrilled to see Coventry delivering the first vaccination with the clinically approved vaccine in the world. It made my heart…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady’s local public health experts are already working with the national system. I gently say that instead of trying to divide people with this public-private split, as…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI wish I could do that, but I cannot do so faithfully. What I can do is say is that the majority of people will be vaccinated in the new year and we are working to ensure that the…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Gentleman is quite right to raise this issue. My condolences to him and to all the family and friends of his friend, who is sadly no longer with us. I pay tribute to the…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWhat my hon. Friend says is exactly right.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 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 UpdateI appreciate the sensitivity with which the hon. Lady raises this case. Of course I would be very happy to ensure that it is looked at properly by the JCVI, but the decision, as I…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 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 UpdateI will take a look at the numbers in Wealden in particular. I am concerned about the rate of increase in other parts of the south-east and will have to look very carefully at that…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateNobody has been deprioritised: the nation has been prioritised according to clinical need, and that is rightly a judgment for the JCVI. It has of course looked into the research…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThere has to be a 21-day window from the first vaccine dose to the second. We are aiming to send out invitations so that people can come as close to that 21-day marker as…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIf the hon. Gentleman has an individual case of a school in that situation and he could let me know, we will sort that out, because in general the links between local directors of…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are always open to finding new ways to protect the economy as much as possible and bring the virus under control. I share my right hon. Friend’s desire to get it under control…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. We have set out what statistics we look at, and we publish the statistics. I think Nottinghamshire, including Nottingham, has done a very good job in getting its cases down.14 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outThe plan is, according to clinical priority, to vaccinate those in care homes and their carers; NHS and social care staff, and the over-80s; then the over-75s; and then, at that…08 Dec 2020