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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe have put in place the extra £500, in addition to other income that people are getting, to support people on low incomes to self-isolate. If someone who is on a low income has…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI agree with my hon. Friend that more enforcement is, sadly, necessary to ensure that these rules are followed across the board, because if people follow the rules across the…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateRandox delivers a very significant number of tests every single day—it is a growing number. In fact, it is currently outperforming the allocation that we have asked it to deliver,…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI urge the hon. Gentleman to take a lead from the SNP Front-Bench spokesman, the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Dr Whitford). These are very serious times, and since the Prime…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe Nightingale hospitals are there, ready to go if they are needed. They are currently mothballed and can be reopened very rapidly. We are working incredibly hard with the NHS to…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI pay tribute to the hon. Lady, because in Kirklees it has been difficult in the last few weeks. Unfortunately, we are seeing continued cases in Kirklees. Last week, my right hon.…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, of course. My hon. Friend makes the point well. We are putting more localised testing in and making sure that it is as accessible as possible. Of course, the challenge is to…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe have been putting in the extra testing capacity in Sefton. More than 5,000 tests have been conducted in Sefton in the last week. People should hear loud and clear that if they…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI work very closely with the London leadership, cross-party, to tackle the problems and to ensure that there is testing available according to the clinical priority. In the hon.…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe judgment on how we lift the rule of six will be based on a whole series of measures: not least, of course, the case rate across the country, but also the impact of those cases…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThere is record testing capacity, which we work across the whole UK to deliver.17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, of course. There are of course challenges, which we are working incredibly hard to address, both in Derbyshire and nearby in Greater Manchester. Across Derbyshire as a whole,…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateTaking those points in reverse order, of course investing in the next generation of technologies is important here and now, because if we do not push forward those technologies…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThose are the challenges that we are working so hard to address. The message to the hon. Lady’s constituent and others is that there are thousands of tests available in her part…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend, who rightly raised this issue with me on Tuesday, knows that I will always be driven by the data in the local action that we take. Where we do take local action, I…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI pay tribute to the hon. Lady, who, in what she has been saying this morning and overnight about the restrictions that we have unfortunately had to put in place in her local…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI will happily look into the testing in Southend, but it is nice to have some good news for the people there today.17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, I will happily work with the hon. Lady on that question. It is a challenge, because of the problem of intergenerational transmission of the virus—I am sure she understands…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateGiven the hon. Lady’s understandable concerns for her constituents, she should welcome the record testing capacity that we have and the more than 3,000 tests that have been done…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend raises an important point about the mathematics and the science of testing. I am sure he would enjoy reading the annexes to the ONS report that comes out each…17 Sept 2020