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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s question, and for what he has done during this pandemic in vaccinating and protecting people and helping with the covid vaccination…22 Jul 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that we take this step confidently but cautiously. I remind the House that this is probably the most infectious respiratory virus known to…21 Jul 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that we take this step confidently but cautiously. I remind the House that this is probably one of the most infectious respiratory viruses known…21 Jul 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareAnd volunteers and the police. The hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) reminds us all of the role that policemen and women played in ensuring that the vaccination roll-out…21 Jul 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe vaccination programme could in no way have delivered the extraordinary uptake without the backbone being NHS doctors, nurses and pharmacists, working with our armed forces,…21 Jul 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareAnd volunteers and the police. The hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) reminds us all of the role that policemen and women played in ensuring that the vaccination roll-out…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank the hon. Member for his question. I would just respectfully say that, on the contrary, the Government work with the diagnostics industry. Indeed, we were able to scale up.…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. We are, as he rightly outlines, incredibly aware of the stress of self-isolation and the effect of the policy on various workforces.…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his excellent question and I wish him a continued recovery. I know from the work that I have seen that it is not easy. I believe there…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend’s question is an excellent one. She has participated in the vaccination programme—she is one of the heroes I stand on the shoulders of—and she has done work in…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI can certainly confirm that, and the guidelines are very clear that we are both supporting people and recommending that they continue to be careful when in indoor spaces and…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend always makes thoughtful and important interventions and I take his words incredibly seriously on both questions. One was about sharing with the House the…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe hon. Member asks a really important question; it is one that we have asked the JCVI. There will be two supervised tests on return to school, but the other advantage will be…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI hear the hon. Member and I absolutely understand. That is why the JCVI will continue to review the data on the vaccination of children. Specifically on his question, it has a…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank the hon. Lady, who made an excellent video about the vaccination centre in Acton—she had a bit of a go at me for not delivering it within a few weeks, but we finally got…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI commend my hon. Friend for his exemplary work in taking the message out to his constituents that vaccines protect people, families and communities. He is right to continue to…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s support. We are looking at high-risk, large capacity indoor venues. My colleagues in the Department for Business, Energy and…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIn answer to an earlier question I informed the House that the test and release pilot results will be available in one to two weeks’ time. When they are, we will come to the House…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman for that excellent question and for his support on the weekly MPs’ briefing that we deliver on a Friday. Long covid is a serious issue among adults and…19 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 VaccinesThe independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has published its advice on the vaccination of children and young people. Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) has…19 Jul 2021