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HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsMy friend the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) says from a sedentary position that that was his idea, but success has many fathers, and I can tell my…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsMy hon. Friend—and he is an honourable man—makes an important point that has a wider context than just his constituency, which is that we must make sure that we control the virus.…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are making good progress in validating the tests and in doing what needs to be done to be able to use them effectively. I have seen some of these reports from around the world,…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe level of cases matters, but so too does the direction of travel, and when the number of cases is falling—especially if it is falling rapidly—that is the sort of indicator that…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course I have met and continue to meet the families of those bereaved through coronavirus. With this particular group, I am afraid that when I last looked into it, they were in…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCancer OutcomesThe NHS’s recovery approach is restoring urgent cancer referrals and treatment to at least pre-pandemic levels and building capacity for the future. Latest data from July suggests…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Restrictions: Reducing Covid-19 TransmissionOf course the hon. Member’s constituents and all those who are under local action restrictions yearn to see their families. We all yearn to be able to get back to the normal…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady has long been a campaigner on this subject. We have made significant progress in terms of expanding access where it is clinically safe to do so. On this, as on so…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Restrictions: Reducing Covid-19 TransmissionI discuss these matters with the Cabinet Secretary and other colleagues across government all the time, and I also speak regularly to the Mayor of London. We maintain vigilance…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCancer OutcomesYes, absolutely. I think we agree right across the House on the importance of this agenda. The first and most important part of it is to bear down on the long waits, because the…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, of course I would. I would underline some news announced by the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am a strong supporter of the work we have done to look at that approach. The hon. Lady is right to raise it, and I will write to her with a timetable for that response.06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. I know very well the impact of long covid; it is something that I understand deeply. We are in the process of setting up…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman well knows, decisions on the distribution of any vaccine have not been taken. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is the body that advises…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very worried about the rates of transmission in the north-east, as I am about parts of the north-west of England. I look forward to working with the hon. Gentleman and…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe covid-19 app has now been successfully downloaded by around 15 million people, including my hon. Friend’s father. Every extra person who downloads it helps to keep themselves…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Laboratory Testing CapacityWe are increasingly contracting with labs like the ones my hon. Friend mentions—as well as the Lighthouse labs, which have huge capacity—to make sure that we can both increase…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Laboratory Testing CapacityAs part of the drive towards the capacity target of 500,000 tests a day by the end of October, we have announced additional Lighthouse labs as part of the national lab network,…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Restrictions: Reducing Covid-19 TransmissionWe are, as the hon. Gentleman said in his question, putting money into local councils in areas where local action needs to be taken. We have an open dialogue with councils and…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCancer OutcomesMy hon. Friend makes an important point. The Royal Stoke Hospital has performed brilliantly during coronavirus, and I thank everybody who works there for the efforts that they…06 Oct 2020