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HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outThankfully, as the National Audit Office set out, they have not been a feature of any of the response to coronavirus, so that is good.08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outYes, we will keep expanding the sites available. Of course, I understand why people want their local hospital to be dispensing the jab. Alongside hospitals and those vaccination…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outYes, my hon. Friend is completely right. We must all keep doing the basics—“Hands, face and space”, respecting the rules, and living carefully with personal responsibility, so as…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outThe House might be relieved to know that my right hon. Friend and I agree with each other on the need to ensure that, as the vaccine is rolled out to vulnerable groups, we monitor…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outThat is an incredibly important consideration, both on the grounds of social justice and because all of us can pass on the disease to others, so it is right, fair and practical…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outI am delighted that the James Cook University Hospital in Teesside is one of the first and is vaccinating today. There is a lot of work to be done to make sure that we roll out…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-outThe UK has put more money into the international search for a vaccine, and the distribution of a vaccine to the countries that otherwise would not be able to afford it, than any…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outWe consider all those figures, and because we consider them alongside special factors such as whether there is an outbreak, we do not put a specific figure on that, as the hon.…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outYes, yes and yes.08 Dec 2020HANSARD 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 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineWith permission, I would like to make a statement about the coronavirus vaccine. Today marks a new chapter in our fight against this virus. Ever since the pandemic hit our shores…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. It has been a big team effort. I echo his thanks to the whole team. We have a further tranche of flu vaccines ready to go;…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineYes, I absolutely will. Our goal and our aim, and the commitment and agreement between all four nations of the United Kingdom, is that we will all start vaccination at the same…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineYes. The hon. Gentleman raises a point that is important for the vaccination programme but also important thereafter, because if levelling up means anything, it means trying to…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineAbsolutely, and my hon. Friend gives the lie to this idea that we should somehow split public and private. I want to pay tribute, on behalf of all those in the House who believe…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineMy hon. Friend is right to raise this important issue. I am glad to say that we have more staff working in the NHS in Devon over the last year and we have increased the number of…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineI gently advise the hon. Member and other Scottish National party Members not to try to make this comparison. I looked into this matter in some detail when somebody else raised…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineYes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. Just as when students go home for Christmas and we are able to use the massive testing capacity that we have built up to ensure that they…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineOnce we have got through the clinical priority, of course there is a debate to be had about the order of priority after that. Between now and then, if we can get the repeat…02 Dec 2020