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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOf course, we are constantly evaluating the impact of people isolating, and how many people isolate when asked to. I would encourage the hon. Lady to look at a broader range of…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI hesitate to interrupt the love-in between the Prime Minister and my predecessor, but I am grateful for his support—for their support. This is a set of difficult measures, but I…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe carefully considered this issue, consulted on it and discussed it widely. Christmas is a national holiday, as well as being very much a Christian celebration. That is…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI will absolutely take up all those suggestions. We are in discussions with Kirklees about what more we can do, including in the area of large-scale community testing and the…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt is very impressive that the hon. Gentleman can see the Prime Minister, since he has just left the Chamber, but I am sure the Prime Minister is nodding sagely, wherever he is.…26 Nov 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 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe look at all five indicators essentially equally. The point about pressure on the NHS is a more sensitive indicator on the decision to go into tier 3. If an area is in the…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, there will be further funding for those areas that go into tier 2 and yet more funding for the areas that go into tier 3. That funding will go to the councils for the extra…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Winter Plan: TiersOn 23 November, the Prime Minister set out our covid-19 winter plan in Parliament. Our covid-19 winter plan puts forward the UK Government programme for suppressing the virus,…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe work as a very cohesive team of Ministers in the Department, and we all work on covid-related issues. I take it from my hon. Friend’s gentle chiding that he would rather my No.…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am delighted that we have a significant increase in the number of NHS staff. The figures published this morning show that there are 14,800 more nurses than there were this time…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI would urge everybody to get a vaccination, if we manage to get a vaccine that is approved by the authorities, because the regulator will only approve a vaccine if it is safe and…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI hope that, partly through this measure and the increase in the national living wage that the Chancellor confirmed yesterday, we can improve the pay and conditions of staff…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe have taken the decision to roll out the vaccine UK-wide at the same pace. I want to get it as soon as possible to the west midlands and to everywhere else, but it is fair to…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I agree with every word of what the hon. Lady said.26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateUnfortunately, we will not be removing that requirement from tier 2. It is incredibly important that we keep the cases under control. The local team in Warrington has worked very…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, absolutely. My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right about the importance of this. We have to balance the need for an area to reflect the human geography in which…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe look as much as we can at taking the impacts into account. For instance, the mental health of people under lockdown is of course more challenged than in normal circumstances.…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateQuestions over the interpretation of the data in the clinical trials are rightly for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, which will assess these clinical…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. the hon. Member and I share an enthusiasm for this agenda with the Prime Minister, who is a personal convert to the need to tackle obesity. In fact, this crisis shows how…26 Nov 2020