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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, absolutely. The extra support that we put into areas that go into tier 3 is a reflection of the need to ensure that that support is there when action has to be taken for…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, we have been working very closely with the Tees Valley. The level 2 restrictions there were not something that we put into place lightly, but we followed the data. We will…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on coronavirus. The virus remains a perilous threat. Yesterday, Europe recorded its 7 millionth coronavirus case.…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOn the contrary, we are working hard across party lines and trying to rise above that sort of political attack to work for the benefit and the public interests of everybody in…20 Oct 2020HANSARDPandemic Preparedness Exercise: ReportToday, I am publishing the report into Exercise Cygnus. Exercise Cygnus was a national exercise that took place in 2016. It looked at how well prepared the UK was to respond to a…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Updaterose—20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I strongly agree. I praise my hon. Friend’s leadership in his local community in making this case. The number of cases in Nottingham and increasingly across Nottinghamshire…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe work very hard on this point. To answer both this question and a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Sir Graham Brady) that I did not did not…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I am happy to agree with my hon. Friend. We were discussing on Sunday morning the challenges in South Yorkshire, where cases are going up fast and action needs to be taken.…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe answer is yes and yes. They will be there to benefit everyone across the whole United Kingdom.20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend puts the case very clearly, and she is right. We do not want businesses in Stockport to be disadvantaged, so an offer, proportionate to the support that we have put…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI think it is time to put aside short-term political point scoring. The deal on the table that the Mayor of Greater Manchester walked away from was a fair deal that had been…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are starting to see some of the local action that we have already taken just starting, potentially, to work, and we have seen in Bolton that the cases were shooting up before…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, absolutely; that is an incredibly important strand of work. It is being led by the Business Department, but I keep a close eye on it and, in fact, had an update on it this…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Prime Minister is seeking precisely to do that and he, like me, very much hopes that the local leadership in Greater Manchester will do their bit. When it comes to Cheshire…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI strongly agree with my hon. Friend, who puts it very clearly: the people of Greater Manchester would expect their local leaders to come to the table. That offer of support for…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI agree with the hon. Lady that the majority of people try to follow the advice, and that the vast majority of people want to do the right thing. We introduced the £500 payment…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, because the isolation of people and their staying isolated is important. The right hon. Gentleman can complain that we are doing too much, but that is not normally the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Gentleman is completely wrong on two fronts. This has been a very consensual statement so far, and the hon. Gentleman—19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI can answer the question. My hon. Friend makes an important point. The indirect evidence is that the number of hospital admissions due to people being over-inebriated has fallen…19 Oct 2020