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HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn response to the last point, the turnaround time for test results is now the next day for almost every one. However, there has been a challenge, referred to just now and in a…01 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. The direct provision of healthcare is of course devolved, but as the UK Health Secretary, I take an interest in ensuring we have high-quality healthcare right across the…01 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course we have put in over the last two and a half years some very significant pay rises for nurses, and the whole House commends the work that the nursing profession as a…01 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has been a tireless advocate for Burnley. He is quite right to praise the people of Burnley, who have had local restrictions put in place. Because of the actions…01 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy heart goes out to the hon. Member and to the family and friends of his friend, about whom he spoke so movingly just now. He is absolutely right to raise this. The early…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support to Scottish GovernmentThere is absolutely no doubt about the combination of the UK Government putting in place the capacity that we can get only because we are one united nation, working in concert…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19We need to move fast sometimes in the response to a pandemic, and we need to move fast to contract with those who are best able to provide the support that people need. The…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19Yes I do, and I put everything I possibly have into driving it as fast as possible, subject to it working effectively.01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19The hon. Lady is quite right to raise this issue. It is good to see the figures showing that suicide rates have fallen, but we absolutely must and will remain vigilant.01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19That is absolutely right. From the first nationally imposed local lockdown, in Leicester, we worked with the local authorities to decide what the appropriate geography was, and it…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19This is a very important question. Essentially, part of the research into the vaccine is research into its efficacy, which is about research into the immune response that it…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19Yes, absolutely; we are working very hard to ensure not only that we have PPE for now and for winter and that we rebuild the stockpile that we used during the peak of the…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support to Scottish GovernmentThe UK Government are supporting the covid-19 response right across the country. We have established the Joint Biosecurity Centre, ensuring decision makers in Scotland and across…01 Sept 2020HANSARDNHS Test and TraceNHS Test and Trace is consistently reaching tens of thousands of people who need to isolate each week. In the latest week’s data, 84.3% of contacts were reached and asked to…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19We are working very closely with the Department for Education to have a successful and safe return of universities, just as, from today onwards, we are seeing a successful and…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19It is incredibly important that pharmacists as well as GPs and others are able to make the flu jab available. We have got to make sure that happens as effectively as possible, and…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19We are working through that backlog. I am glad that, over the summer, we were able to re-contract with private providers of healthcare to help us to get through that backlog, and…01 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseYes, the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about the importance of this. We are getting cancer services back up and running as fast as possible. The idea that we are waiting…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseI will bring the answer to that question to the Science and Technology Committee, which my right hon. Friend chairs, tomorrow. I commissioned an answer to precisely that question…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseWe have worked very hard to support the social care sector, and, exactly as the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) asked, making sure that we get that financial support in…20 Jul 2020