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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThroughout this, and even with the challenges with demand for testing that we saw last month, we kept the tests going to care homes because people who live in care homes are the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe proportion of contacts that are reached that are in what are called complex settings in the system—for instance, in care homes it is relatively easy to find all the contacts…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateNobody has stood up for the gyms of this country more than my hon. Friend, and he has made this argument endlessly to me. He stands up for Southport, and I will take that point…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe baseline for tier 3 is set across the board, and then further measures are set out in consultation and agreement with the local area.19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are increasing the communications to people about the benefits of vitamin D, and as I said to the House on Thursday last week, we are also instituting further research into the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI would love to be able to give timeframes, but, unfortunately, one thing about this disease is that it moves fast and sometimes we have to move fast, too, so it is better to say…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady puts the sensitivity of this dilemma very appropriately. We have published a winter plan for care homes, which sets out our approach in this area and we are working…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateNobody has done more to support the pubs of Leeds than my right hon. Friend, and he is doing it again today, so let us turn the meeting into a roundtable. I will make sure that…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI know that many of the local authorities in Greater Manchester—in fact, all of them—have taken very seriously their statutory responsibilities to get the virus down, and I pay…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are doing everything we possibly can to suppress this virus. There have been some countries, and there have been some parts of this country, that have explicitly followed an…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are absolutely putting more resources into contact tracing in York. It is only because of the combined effort of the national and local team that we are able to do the work…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThere is no health data that is transferred, but of course once this House has voted for an enforceable rule, it is important for all of our constituents and communities that we…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. My hon. Friend has spoken for Burnley with such passion throughout this crisis. It has been very difficult for Burnley, which has now seen the highest case rate among the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point: everybody needs to follow the rules to give Barrow the best chance of coming out of level 2 restrictions. If people live in a…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is having exactly the discussions that are needed to respond to the circumstances in, for…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOf course I will speak to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor about that. I come from a small business background, so I fully understand the challenges people face, including the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend asks an important question. The false positivity rate for the current technology—the PCR test—is much lower than that. The analysis of the false positivity rate…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOf course, the furlough scheme continues until the end of the month and the job support scheme replaces it. That is the reason for the timing. It is the premise of the right hon.…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateGiven that we hit 300,000 tests a day for the first time over the weekend, I would have thought that the hon. Gentleman might have looked at the data and the improvement that is…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. I applaud the work that has been done across Bucks to deliver public health messages and try to get the whole community to support the action that we all can play our part in…19 Oct 2020