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HANSARDCovid-19: Child Health ServicesMy apologies, Mr Speaker; I have lost my voice slightly. I was at Wembley on Sunday night and I have to say that those young lions outperformed. We are so proud of them, and I am…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Child Health ServicesI am grateful for the hon. Member’s question. Our mental health recovery action plan will allow us to deliver additional support for 22,500 more children to have access to…13 Jul 2021HANSARDPatient Transport: VATI am very happy for myself and the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill), to meet with others about that. Of course, I cannot…13 Jul 2021HANSARDQuarantine-free TravelI thank the hon. Lady for her question. We are working with the United States authorities, with the EU and with other international partners to ensure a safe return to…13 Jul 2021HANSARDQuarantine-free TravelThe European Medicines Agency and our regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, work incredibly closely together, and the EMA has authorised the vaccines…13 Jul 2021HANSARDLife Sciences VisionMy noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) (Lord Bethell), has made the following written statement: In “Build Back Better: our plan for…07 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-Secure BordersWell, we shall see. As of today, 30 million-plus people have had two doses. We are at 72 million doses in the United Kingdom, and we aim in the next four weeks to offer the double…15 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-Secure BordersI welcome today’s debate on a matter that is, rightly, of significant public interest. It is slightly disappointing to hear the right hon. Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds)…15 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-Secure BordersI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his comments. He is absolutely right that we have to remain vigilant. Part of the reason why the decision was made to place countries…15 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-Secure BordersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: as of 1 June, Heathrow has introduced a red list country terminal. Of course, all airports and ports have a responsibility to ensure that…15 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-Secure BordersThe right hon. Gentleman continues to hark back. Let me give him some details: on 23 April, India was added to the red list; on 29 April—that is, seven days later—that variant…15 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI join my hon. Friend in congratulating the whole team on the incredible work that they did in pretty difficult and urgent circumstances. I reassure him that, as the Prime…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19When the Prime Minister set up the vaccines taskforce he gave it two priorities: first, to discover the vaccines that would work, in order to contract for them or to manufacture…25 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19I think I have dealt with the first part of the hon. Lady’s question, in the sense that the guidance and information was shared with the country on 14 May. We continue to…25 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19I will certainly take my right hon. Friend’s constituents’ details and look into that. We urge all hospitals to make sure that when the frail elderly need social contact, they are…25 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19That is a really important question. Let me share with the hon. Member a little about the operational challenges around vaccine manufacture. We will of course look at any text…25 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The important thing is to get those who are eligible vaccinated and for those who need their second dose to get that second dose within the…25 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19The hon. Lady will know, because she is on the weekly MPs’ call that I host, that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is looking at this data. In the meantime,…25 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19My hon. Friend will know that the reason for restrictions on activities such as choirs and singing is the added transmission through aerosols or droplets. The faster that we can…25 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19I am grateful for the hon. Member’s commitment in ensuring that we get the vaccine message out to harder-to-reach communities and for her work with me on the weekly meetings. We…25 May 2021