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HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsI think it worth reminding the House that ventilation guidance has been there from the very beginning for schools and school leavers to implement, but the roll-out is happening as…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsMy hon. Friend asks a really important question around vaccination status. I can certainly say to him that that will not be used in any way. The whole purpose of this is to accept…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsI hope I addressed that question earlier. I think quite the opposite, and the reason I say that is that it is right that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has…13 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Immunology ResearchThank you very much, Dr Huq. It is a pleasure to be here, in person, to serve under your chairship. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate,…09 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Immunology ResearchI completely share the hon. Gentleman’s concerns about that issue, and it is important that we look at it very seriously. He also asked whether we have enough supply of monoclonal…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareOn 19 July, the Prime Minister announced that “by the end of September—when all over 18s will have had the chance to be double jabbed—we are planning to make full vaccination the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareOn 19 July, the Prime Minister announced that the Government were planning that “by the end of September—when all over 18s will have had the chance to be double jabbed—we are…09 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsWe will set out in detail in due course exactly how the vaccine pass will work for domestic use: for example, in nightclubs.08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s championing of the vaccination programme. He raises an important point. One of the issues around lateral flow tests is the risk of people…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsI have said that there will be parliamentary scrutiny around this, and we will be coming back and setting out in detail what that looks like.08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsThere will be appropriate parliamentary scrutiny, as I have said today and in the past.08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsThe very strong advice from the chief medical officers—we have heard from our colleagues in Scotland, too—is that this will be an important mitigating measure. It is something we…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her opening words and for urging those who have not had a vaccine to come forward and be protected. She asked a number of important questions…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsMy right hon. Friend asks an important question. When I or a Minister from the Cabinet Office stands at the Dispatch Box and shares the detail of the implementation, we will…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsMy right hon. Friend asks about my previous position. I addressed it a few days ago from this Dispatch Box. Back in January and February, we did not have the level of evidence on…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has made his view clear to me on many occasions. It pains me to have to take a step like this, which we do not take lightly, but the flipside…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsAbsolutely, we will issue clear guidance about venues. Nightclubs are a particular concern when it comes to evidence from other countries of super-spreader events, but,…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsI agree with my hon. Friend that the times that we are enduring are not normal. This is a measure that we are having to take. As he will hear from our chief medical officers in…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his excellent citation of the vaccine success in Scotland. NHS Scotland has done a tremendous job, as has the NHS in Wales, Northern…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsI am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s questions and I will attempt to address them. I will begin by saying to the House that no one in this Government, and certainly not…08 Sept 2021