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HANSARDCoronavirusYes. The NHS covid-19 app, which will be available this month, will, as one of its features, ensure that people can go to a pub, restaurant or hospitality venue and scan the QR…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThe answer is yes. In Oldham in particular, where there has been a very serious outbreak, making sure we have that connection between the national system and the data flowing…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusYes, 100%. I strongly support my hon. Friend, and I congratulate her on— [ Interruption. ] Somebody says, “Her pregnancy.” I hope it is public knowledge—well, it is now. I…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusObviously, I talk to the Scottish Government, who are responsible for local action in Scotland. We work as closely as we can to try to bring both the UK capacity and the local…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusOf course, we have been increasing capacity all the time, and working throughout the summer to do that, to make sure that there is as much capacity as there is. The big change in…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusIt was a real pleasure to be in Shotley Bridge yesterday, to meet my hon. Friend there and to visit Shotley Bridge Hospital. He and the whole House know that we will build 40 new…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusWe absolutely need to control this virus. I very much hope that we will make very significant progress, through treatments and vaccines, within the sorts of times that I set out…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusAgain, I am happy to try to solve the individual issue for the nurse, not least because the figures that I read out for Stockport do not include the NHS capacity, which is there…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusThat is an incredibly important subject, as we need to make sure we get the screening available. It ties into the questions on testing, because prioritising testing for those…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusYes, absolutely. The hon. Lady is right to raise the concerns in Warrington about the increase in the number of people testing positive. I am happy to work with her, Warrington…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI am very happy to meet the campaign. Of course I have seen the reports. I feel very strongly about this. We have worked very hard to get through the backlog, and we are making…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusMy colleague the Culture Secretary is responsible for the programme of pilot events. For a pilot event to go ahead, it needs both the support of the local council and to have been…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusWe have put the extra capacity into Ashfield that my hon. Friend talks about, and I am delighted that the number of people in Ashfield who are getting a test has therefore…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and it comes to the point that was previously made about Christmas. Of course, we will keep the rule of six in place only for as long as…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI will happily look at that individual case. Of course, there are many hundreds of tests being done in the hon. Lady’s constituency, as well as across London. I can look at the…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusOf course, as the hon. Lady well knows, we are working both to increase capacity and to ensure that we have prioritisation so that the people who need a test most can get access…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI have looked very closely at the situation in Sweden, and the challenge is that Sweden brought in significant laws curtailing social activity and that the population in Sweden…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusWe are increasing that capacity, and we are bringing new technologies to those labs to expand on that. My hon. Friend is a great expert on this issue, and makes a really important…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI am happy to consider the specific issues that the hon. Gentleman raises about Ilford. We have an extremely good working relationship with the London group, which is cross-party…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusWe have put a huge amount of testing into Kirklees, and it is very important because of the levels of coronavirus there. I am very glad that my hon. Friend’s constituents did…15 Sept 2020