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HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseI pay tribute to the hon. Lady’s campaigning on these issues. We have worked closely together to bring really positive news on the treatments for cystic fibrosis on which she has…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseThe explanation is that in the pub they will have to be socially distanced at 2 metres, or 1 metre plus mitigation. Unfortunately, this virus is still at large, so having very…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseIf they have signed a data protection agreement, today.20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseThere is undoubtedly a challenge in respect of people who have not come forward during lockdown and are presenting now with severe mental health problems. I am working on that…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseYes—we are planning to provide exactly the reassurance that my right hon. Friend seeks, in two ways. First, the essential point is that we will not approve a vaccine until we are…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 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseI will do better than that: when we get scientific evidence on the impact of cold weather on this virus, we will publish it.20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseThose projections did not take into account the actions that the UK Government are undertaking.20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseOn the first point, I am afraid that I cannot give my hon. Friend the clarity that she understandably seeks on behalf of her constituents, because it is a scientific question. As…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseI will look precisely at putting mobile testing units in Maltby and Dinnington and look, again, at the local data, along with the local authority, to see what we can do.20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseWe have been building the Test and Trace system and improving the data that flows from it and underpins it all the way through this crisis, and I am glad that the hon. Lady is…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseYes, if a local authority—say, an upper-tier local authority—gets the data and wants to conclude a further data-sharing agreement with a lower-tier local authority, that is…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseYes—and I imagine that you might have an interest in this too, Mr Deputy Speaker. The extra funding announced on Friday by the Prime Minister of course also means that we will be…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseI very much agree with the hon. Lady’s sentiments; the challenge is that the number of different groups within shielding is essentially as big as the number of people who are…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseYes, I like the new Barry—he is like the old Barry, before he got very cross with me over Brexit. Welcome back; it is really nice to see you. If I may, I will make this clinical…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseI can certainly confirm that we will be consulted on those proposals as they are brought forward. I have not yet seen them. I know that work is ongoing, and I think that they are…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseWe are undertaking that research into immunology. It is incredibly important for people, like me, who have had the disease to know the likelihood of getting it again and of…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseOf course it is important to support social care as well, as we have financially right from the start. The vast majority of discharges from hospital were into the community, with…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseThe hon. Lady asks a very important question. There is increasing evidence that there are some long-term, debilitating consequences of having had covid for a minority of people,…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseI do not have anything further to add yet. The problem was that anybody who had had covid at any point and then subsequently died, whether or not from covid, was being counted in…20 Jul 2020