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HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineWe are very happy to work with Devon County Council if it wants to come forward for that sort of model. We are constantly learning from around the country. The local-national…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineWe are increasing the public health grant next year. Also, the public health grant is but one part of the massive overall investment in public health that we have made this year…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineIt is a great day for science and a great day to be Chair of the Science and Technology Committee, I would have thought. I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for what he said,…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineYes, I will. Let us work together and make that happen, with Stockport Council as well, and try to get those rates right down even further than they already are.02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineWe have to make judgments based on what is right, balancing the different considerations we have to take into account, including the yearning that many people have to come…02 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 VaccineThe hon. Gentleman has worked supportively and constructively with the Government throughout this pandemic. I pay tribute to the approach that he has taken, and that he took again…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineThe hon. Lady shakes her head, but that is how we have to deal with a pandemic in practice.02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineMy right hon. Friend is gracious and kind in what he says, and I welcome the WHO’s comments this morning. It has supported the UK approach and rightly commended the MHRA, our…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineThe guidance is precisely as set out on gov.uk.02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineYes, I can give that assurance. I join the hon. Gentleman in thanking the volunteers, whom I should have thanked in response to an earlier question, and also thank in advance…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthThis debate this afternoon, and into this evening, has been on one of the great challenges of our time: how to respond as a country to this unprecedented pandemic. Our response to…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionJust a few minutes ago at this Dispatch Box, I was here to update the House on the national effort to fight the new pandemic of our times. As we grapple with this pandemic of…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionI was about to say that despite the successes, there is further to go and we would all agree on that. We need to follow the evidence of what works and, crucially, we need to work…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthYes, of course. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister set out earlier what happens if an area meets the five criteria. We have set out those five criteria: the pressures on the…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionThe cross-party nature of the support for this work could not be better demonstrated than by the fact that when our colleague from the Scottish National party, the hon. Member for…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionI would be very happy to ensure that that happens and to work with the hon. Gentleman on a subject that I know is close to his heart. I reiterate that over the past three and a…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthYes; I was going to say that my hon. Friend need just ask, but I think he did. I will ensure that the national team and his local team at Warrington Council are put in touch right…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthThe hon. Gentleman, who is also from Merseyside, makes an important point. It is undoubtedly clear that the best way to preserve life among those who suffer from diseases that are…01 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am afraid that I cannot confirm that with respect to the Welsh border, because the legal restrictions on travel were a decision by the Welsh Administration, rather than by the…26 Nov 2020