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HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI have not been to the bar recently, but I do not think that Parliament’s bars are exempt from these measures. I think it is wrong to say so, and I would be grateful if you could…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewWe have got this record testing capacity and I am incredibly grateful for all the people who work to deliver it. I will not have this divisive language; I just won’t have it.01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI am going to pay tribute to my hon. Friend, and for the following reason. There are some people who rail against some of the measures that we have to put in place, and of course…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s support for the measures that we have had to take and for the £7 million of extra financial support for the councils affected—not just Merseyside,…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the work to tackle coronavirus. The virus continues to spread. Yesterday, there were 7,108 new cases. However,…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewThe hon. Lady makes an incredibly heart-rending and important point. The balance in terms of the rules around visiting those in care homes is one of the most difficult to strike.…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI want to say to all the staff and all the regulars at the New Cross that we would not have this in place unless we thought it was needed. The science is about how, late at night,…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewAs the hon. Member knows, although public health measures are devolved, it is only because we are one United Kingdom that we are able to have the strength of support that is in…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewWe are taking a more localised approach to tackling this second peak than we did to the first, for two reasons. The first is that the evidence is that it is much more localised in…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewWe have put extra financial support into the north-east, and I thank people across the north-east for what they are doing to stick by the renewed and increased restrictions that…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI feel personal responsibility for the record number of tests that are being done in this country. I feel personal responsibility for the fact that the vast majority of people in…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewYes, of course we will, and I take my hon. Friend’s point about wet-led pubs. He is right that the 10 pm curfew is far better than the closure of hospitality—not that we want to…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewOf course the restrictions will come back to this House in the normal way. As the hon. Gentleman well knows, yesterday we made the further commitment that, wherever possible, all…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewIt is constantly under review. We have shown that we are willing to change the measures to follow what works. This is an unprecedented crisis. I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewAbsolutely. My hon. Friend is an incredible voice for Peterborough. We discussed the local lockdown having its effect in Leicester, and the Prime Minister mentioned Luton…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewA hundred per cent; my hon. Friend speaks with great wisdom.01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI do agree, and I am glad to agree with my hon. Friend. As I announced yesterday, we have brought in a new process, an innovation on parliamentary procedure, to ensure that there…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewYes, the leaders of the seven Newcastle councils—Newcastle, Gateshead and the wider north-east councils—did ask for the measures that were put in place. We put in £10 million of…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, who speaks from the heart.01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI would be happy to talk to my hon. Friend about that.01 Oct 2020