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HANSARDPublic 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 DisparitiesMy right hon. Friend is right, and I thank her for that question. Equalities are not something that happens in the Equalities Office; equalities happen across Whitehall. Every…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesIt is imperative that we understand the key drivers of those disparities, the relationships between different risk factors, and what we can do to close the gap. That way, we will…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement. As a black woman and the Equalities Minister, it would be odd if I did not comment on the recent events in the US and…04 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (First sitting)I thank both hon. Members for the points that they have made and the good questions they asked. I reiterate that tackling climate change and improving the environment are top…04 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. Clauses 7 to 9 make changes to set company car tax—CCT—appropriate percentages that favour zero and ultra-low…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesI am afraid I am not sure I have seen the specific report that the hon. Lady is referring to, but if she writes to me, I can give a much more comprehensive response than at the…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesThe hon. Gentleman is right. It goes back to what I said earlier. Public Health England did not necessarily have the data, because data is being looked at from different quarters…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesAbsolutely. We do welcome that. It is very heartening, as I said earlier, to see that communities all across the country are not just saying, but showing, how much we value the…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that question. He raises an interesting point. We are aware that some of the risk factors associated with poorer outcomes are more…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 DisparitiesYes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need to look at a whole range of areas. I go back to what I said earlier about this being not the end of the review process but the…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesI will repeat the point I made earlier: we should not conflate black people with people who do not have any recourse to public funds. It is a very—I am not going to say the words…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesOn Public Health Scotland having different results from Public Health England, we are finding this in a range of reports and it is one reason why we are not rushing to…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic 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 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 DisparitiesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need all hands on deck on this issue, and we definitely do not want silo working where people believe that only the public sector will be…04 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Regional EconomiesI have been in conversation with the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and the Treasury is well aware of this issue. At the moment, we have provided £630 million for…18 May 2020