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HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI am delighted that outdoor sports are able to reopen. Like the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, I have had significant representations from people who…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanMy hon. Friend makes a powerful case for a sector that is obviously prevalent in his beautiful constituency, and I look forward to working with him to see what progress we can…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanYes, this is a really important subject to get right. The use of testing will make it easier for students safely to go home and then safely to return to university. I have…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanMy right hon. Friend tempts me to give an answer ahead of its time. Like him, I look forward to hearing what the Chancellor of the Exchequer will have to say on Wednesday.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThank you, Mr Speaker. In addition to what the Prime Minister said before we lost the audio, although the tier 3 restrictions that have been set out are less stringent than the…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanOver the summer, we put in place a new regime for ensuring that people who test positive but need to go to a care home can get the support they need in a way that protects them…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI pay tribute to everybody in Stoke: the council, the Royal Stoke University Hospital, the wider NHS and our three colleagues in this House who represent Stoke, including my hon.…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanIt is absolutely vital that we vaccinate fairly across this country—across the whole of the UK— according to clinical need. That is the agreement that we have reached among the…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanYes, those values are important and should be rewarded. I hope that, in the areas of the country where the case rate has really come down a long way and is coming down fast, we…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThe whole country knows that we are going through very difficult times, but I hope that the news, especially on vaccines, that we have seen over the past fortnight offers some…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanWe have put millions of pounds into Ipswich Hospital, and I know that my hon. Friend supports Ipswich Hospital very strongly indeed. I am glad that across Suffolk, and across the…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThe tiered system that has been set out by the Prime Minister today is calibrated very carefully, learning all the lessons from the lockdowns that have been in place and from the…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanMany people in those circumstances are also in receipt of universal credit. We have put in an increase of £1,000 for those in receipt of universal credit, which is a significant…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanYes, we will publish the statistics that we look at to make the judgments that my hon. Friend refers to. It is not possible to put a specific number on it, though, because there…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThe vaccines programme is a UK programme, and of course the costs of the roll-out incur Barnett consequentials and will therefore be available across the whole of the UK. We are…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI can give my right hon. Friend exactly that assurance, not least because gyms will be able to reopen in all tiers, and I recognise the enormous efforts that most gyms have made…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThe hon. Lady is right to praise local public health officials. Local directors of public health have done an amazing amount of work throughout this crisis, and we work incredibly…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI would be happy to look at that myself and to take it up with my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, who will be at the Dispatch Box on Wednesday.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI pay tribute to all those who have been working on the coronavirus response and, more broadly, all those who have been working together across the public and private sectors to…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanWe have put in place an enormous amount of support for the hospitality sector and we understand the challenges posed by the measures that were brought in. The reason behind the…23 Nov 2020