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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s excellent question. I would say two things: first, in many ways, the decision taken by our chief medical officers in England, Wales,…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, absolutely. We are making it as easy as possible for them to simply walk in and get their jab.06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s words of support and for her focus, quite rightly, on mental health. She will know that prior to today’s announcement of £5.4 billion, we also…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWithout putting words into the mouth of the chief medical officer for England, Chris Whitty, I can tell my hon. Friend that the work that he is conducting with his fellow chief…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThis is an incredibly difficult area, but let me try to describe the challenge here. To keep industries such as the nightclub industry open and sustainable, especially in the next…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI do not disagree with the hon. Lady; I know what she is talking about. She will have seen the interim advice from the JCVI on phase 1, which is for categories 1 to 4, and phase…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point that we look at every single day. In my ops meetings, we have a section dedicated to the workforce and specifically to…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s very thoughtful question. I can reassure her that there is no political decision making; the process that the chief medical officers are…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Member raises important points from the industry and we will always make sure that we look at them. One piece of feedback from our earlier consultation was that to be…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s question. It is an important question that I want to address head-on, because it is about statements on Twitter; I understand that I…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s important and thoughtful question, and for his words of encouragement as well. Let us look at what the vaccines have achieved. We have achieved…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI have grateful for the hon. Lady’s words, including those about the issue of vaccine certification, on which I agree with her. No one in this Government, and certainly not this…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateLet me try to unpack my hon. Friend’s question. First, no decision has been made on vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds who are healthy. We are vaccinating those who are vulnerable. We…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI will go back and check, but I am almost certain that the NHS England system is now able to take in data from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in terms of jabs—or jags.06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI can give my hon. Friend that reassurance. We have a pretty substantial outreach programme, including webinars with midwives so that they are given all the available tools to…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: 11 November is the date by which care homes and care home providers will have to comply with the legislation on the vaccination programme.…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right; we are working flat out. We have the pilot scheme in which we recognise vaccinations from America and Europe, and we are looking to…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I will.06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI repeat to the House that no decision has been made on vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds. We have to allow the chief medical officers to do the work that they need to do, with the…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI reiterate that the work that the chief medical officers are carrying out is looking at the impact of this—whether it be educational, psychological or relating to the public…06 Sept 2021