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HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesI thank my hon. Friend for that question, which makes an important point. We do want to see diversity in leadership across institutions in this country, which is one reason why we…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesIt is important to reiterate that any easement plan is being made in conjunction with scientists. The Government have reviewed and explained guidance extensively across all sorts…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesThat is a very good point, and I thank my hon. Friend for his question. Engaging employers as well as employees will be essential. Professor Kevin Fenton of PHE has already…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesAgain, it is important to remember that the purpose of the review was to look at specific factors. There are other factors that we will continue to look at. This is not the end of…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesI thank the hon. Lady for raising the case of Belly Mujinga. I am extremely saddened and shocked by what I have read about her death. I understand, contrary to what the hon. Lady…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesYes. The largest disparity found was by age. People diagnosed who were 80 or older were 70 times more likely to die than those under 40. My hon. Friend is right, and that is…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesI must push back on some of what the hon. Lady said. It is wrong to conflate all black people with recent immigrants and assume, which is what she just said, that we all have to…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I would have hoped to see more, but I understand that Public Health England did not have all the data it needed. Some of the things not…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesI agree that we cannot be seen to be doing a box-ticking exercise, but we also should not just accept statements such as “being black is a death sentence” in this country. It is…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesWe are considering the experiences and circumstances of people across society so that, while the UK will be changed by this experience, we can emerge stronger and more united. All…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesYes, as I said before, there are a range of things that we will need to consider. We want to be evidence-led. I shall raise this with the various bodies, not just Public Health…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. In a time of crisis and great worry for many of us, it has been heartening to see different communities working together hand in hand and…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesI utterly reject what the hon. Lady has said. With permission, Mr Speaker, I think I need to clarify some confusion that seems to have arisen. The Government commissioned a review…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesThe short answer is no. The report is a welcome first step, but it certainly has not gone far enough. We will take it to where we think it needs to get to.04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesAll I can say to the hon. Lady is that the Government are doing every single thing they can to make sure we eliminate the disparities that we are seeing because of this disease.…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesThis goes back to the point I made about making sure that everyone is treated equally. We need to look at some of the data that is being collected to make sure there is…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesAgain—I will repeat this point—it is important that we understand the key drivers of the disparities. What we commissioned was a quantitative review. We want to be evidence-led.…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesThat is absolutely correct; I agree with my right hon. Friend. At the risk of sounding clichéd, this is a Government that we want to work for everyone, but it is not yet fully…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. As he will know, the review was by Public Health England. I have not seen the Welsh figures that he talks about, but if he writes to…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesMy hon. Friend is right. Levelling up is not just about north and south; it is going to cut across lots of different areas. Responding to the challenges of covid-19 specifically…04 Jun 2020