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HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outThrice yes, indeed; I thank my hon. Friend, who is Stratford’s representative in this place. My hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) is right about…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outWe are working on doing that as soon as it can safely be achieved.08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outI have a huge amount of sympathy with what the hon. Lady says, and we have looked into this. We are not proposing to extend the Christmas bubbles, but we hope that NHS trusts and…08 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 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outWe looked at that very closely, as did the JCVI, and because of the risk of dying of covid, it is absolutely right that age takes priority. The prioritisation of health and social…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outYes. That is the hardest part of the vaccine roll-out to deliver by its nature, because of the minus 70°C requirements of the vaccine, but it is absolutely a part of the plan.08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outI can absolutely assure the hon. Lady that the fundamental principle of the roll-out is that it must be done according to clinical need and fairly right across every part of the…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outThe roll-out of the vaccine is being managed by the NHS, and it is entirely unfair of the hon. Lady to describe the NHS in that way.08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outI understand how important this is. The roll-out of testing to allow for visiting by Christmas is under way. In terms of the vaccine, care workers, because they can travel, are…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outSome of the stories we have heard this morning have been really heart-warming, of people being able to have the confidence to do the things that in normal life we take for…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outIt is only with a vaccine that we can finally defeat this virus and get life back to normal. This UK project has made huge strides forward, and I am very, very grateful to NHS…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outYes, if she can travel, when the NHS calls, my advice to my hon. Friend’s constituent is to get that card with that invitation and to phone up my hon. Friend, and he will give her…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outIt makes me very proud that we have managed to start this vaccination programme sooner than many people anticipated. People told me that it was not going to be possible and that…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outYes, I do, and I hope that we can get the vaccine out to residents of care homes as soon as is feasibly possible. They are in the top priority group clinically, and it is simply a…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outYes, today has been a celebration of progress we have been able to make, but there is a huge amount more to do, not just in the roll-out but in making sure we have the future…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outThere is very significant provision for vaccination in London. I will take up the specific point about Ealing, but London, thankfully, is a very well connected and interconnected…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outI understand why the hon. Lady and many others want to know what the speed of the roll-out will be. Because we are reliant on the manufacturing process, which is itself a…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outWell, I very much hope so, but there is some time between now and then, so we have got to temper our joy and enthusiasm at today’s announcement with the need to keep on keeping…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outOne hundred per cent. That is a very important point, and it is important right across the country, especially, if I may say so, in Scotland and Wales. We have the primary care…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outAll of us in Government feel encouraged by today’s progress, but we are also determined and resolute to get through this in the safest way possible, and out into the brighter seas…08 Dec 2020