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HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)The right hon. Gentleman will know that the guidance has been looked at again, and the Crown Prosecution Service has issued new guidance that has remedied the concerns raised at…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)In a way my right hon. Friend, who has huge experience in these matters, answers his own question, because of course there is a judgment to be made. We have made a very clear…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)Yes. What I have said relates to measures to do with the pandemic response. As my hon. Friend says, the vast majority of the measures in respect of social distancing restrictions…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)Yes, we are renewing that schedule, because it is very important to ensuring that we prioritise care for those who need it most. The concerns that the right hon. Gentleman raises…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)Yes. The powers in the Act have allowed us not only to ensure that people get the care that they need and that that care is targeted where necessary, but to allow people to get…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I would love it if elimination were a realistic strategy, but everywhere in the world that has tried an elimination strategy has, sadly, seen a resurgence. New Zealand attempted…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19That includes some brilliant interventions from my right hon. Friend, who calls for more from a sedentary position. So there is further work to do, and I look forward to engaging…28 Sept 2020HANSARDPoint of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. The evidence is as described. I would be very happy to take the hon. Lady and any other Member through the existing evidence and to…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19That is right, and in fact my hon. Friend leads me to where I was going to come next. He is right, whether it is producing the only known treatment, dexamethasone, or having a…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19Of course, sometimes in this pandemic we have to move fast. Sometimes we have had to move fast, and we may need to do so again. The challenge we have in this House is how to…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19We always look at the effects of these policies. We have to take everything in the round, including the level of social distancing that might have been going on, were that to…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19The structure of Select Committees is a matter for the House, of course, and far be it from me to impinge on the business of the House and the proper responsibilities of the…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19We ensure that testing is prioritised in the areas with the greatest prevalence, and we look at not only the number of positive cases but the surveys and the positivity rate.…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I thought this might come up. I was going to develop the argument further before coming to the nub of that particular point, but, since my right hon. Friend gives me the…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19Yes, absolutely. I am aware of these sorts of scams, and we have a programme of action to take against them. It is an outrage that people should try to take advantage of a global…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19It is a view that I very largely share. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the number of times that I have stood at this Dispatch Box and taken into account points made by…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I am grateful for the tone in which my hon. Friend has engaged with this issue. He is a great supporter of parliamentary rights, and I am a fellow traveller in heart. The…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I will take one more intervention on this point, and then I am going to make some more progress.28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I beg to move, That this House has considered covid-19. Today’s debate comes at a critical moment, as coronavirus continues its deadly march across the globe. Too many lives have…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I have said what I have to say on this. It is clearly an area on which I am very happy to engage with the right hon. Gentleman and everybody else, along with the Leader of the…28 Sept 2020