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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, of course. We are working with hospitals across Yorkshire and across the whole country to try to make sure that we have the most capacity available. It is true that the…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOf course, we will continue to work on a clinically led basis with everybody across the country who needs support. The vaccines were not trialled on children, and it would…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes.10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, my hon. Friend is it absolutely right, and that is the reason for the caution we in Government are showing. There is understandable excitement at the news of the vaccine, but…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOf course we recognise exactly that, and the hon. Gentleman puts it well. Ministers are working with faith leaders on how we can come to an arrangement, as soon as possible, to…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThere is absolutely no doubt that we have worked together as a United Kingdom to put ourselves in a strong position when it comes to access to the Pfizer vaccine, and we have…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady puts the point very movingly. The Minister for Care is leading on this issue with great compassion and I hope that we can make some progress soon.10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe expansion of testing capacity obviously opens up the number of different uses to which it can be put. We are working closely with the aviation industry—my right hon. Friend…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady tempts me, but I will resist the temptation. We do not know when this vaccine will be ready, because I will not allow it to be rolled out before it is clinically…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThis is something that we are working hard on in the Department. I am not yet in a position to answer all those questions, except to say that I have looked at the results of the…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThat is a matter for the Treasury, as the hon. Lady indicates. The truth is that we have made PPE freely available to health and social care and other public services until the…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe answer is yes, and I will add a third: visitors to care homes. I would like the testing regime to work for those people, to make visiting easier. When it comes to agency…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIt is up to the local authority, in the first instance, to notify a Member of Parliament, although often, if an issue is very significant, we in the Department will also work with…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateBefore I forget, Mr Deputy Speaker, I should say happy birthday to you as well. The hon. Lady asks a very important question. The JCVI has looked at that issue and in the earlier…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, absolutely; this is a UK programme and I have been working closely with my Northern Ireland counterpart, Robin Swann, who is doing a brilliant job in Northern Ireland, to…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOf course it is important that we continue to build and strengthen the contact tracing system, as we are doing. My hon. Friend mentions the uncertainties, and the issue of the…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdatePrecisely for the reasons my hon. Friend sets out, the top priority for this vaccine, according to the clinical analysis, is the residents of care homes, along with the staff who…10 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Regulations: Assisted Deaths AbroadYes. I think it is clear that there are changing views on this subject and that there is a very strong view that any change should be dealt with carefully and sensitively. In…05 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Regulations: Assisted Deaths AbroadThe hon. Lady makes an important contribution to the debate in respect of how we should consider these issues.05 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Regulations: Assisted Deaths AbroadI would be happy to have that meeting with Mr Conway. I have spoken to others in the same circumstances who have made the case strongly. The compassion of the case cannot be…05 Nov 2020