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HANSARDCovid-19 Services: Private ProvisionThe private sector has been absolutely vital to the covid response and continues to be so. Despite the speed that procurement has had to run at, value for money and quality…11 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Sector Frontline: PPEWe are supporting the Department of Health and Social Care to get personal protective equipment to those who need it. We have expanded both overseas supply and domestic…11 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Sector Frontline: PPEWe have 400 officials working on ensuring that we have robust PPE supply chains. I thank my hon. Friend and all those who have volunteered alongside him. That last-mile delivery…11 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Sector Frontline: PPEI thank all those people in my hon. Friend’s constituency, no matter which sector, for the work they have been doing on PPE. It just shows what can be done when the private,…11 Jun 2020HANSARDLockdown Easing: Public ConfidenceWe recognise the range of emotions that people are feeling about the lifting of restrictions. Tremendous sacrifices have been made to get the virus under control, and incredible…11 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Services: Private ProvisionIf the hon. Lady has concerns about any aspect, whether related to a company or practices within a company, she should please raise it with the Cabinet Office. People have raised…11 Jun 2020HANSARDLockdown Easing: Public ConfidenceWe are determined to get the UK economy—including the hospitality sector—up and running again and our schools reopened. Research published in The Lancet last week showed that a…11 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Services: Private ProvisionFirst, procurement rules have not been suspended. One of the absolute key focuses is to ensure that the very many companies that have stepped forward to help this nation in this…11 Jun 2020HANSARDLockdown Easing: Public ConfidenceI thought he might. That was strongly associated with a lowered risk of transmission, but a distance of 2 metres was likely to be more effective. The advice therefore remains that…11 Jun 2020HANSARDLockdown Easing: Public ConfidenceThe hon. Gentleman raises a serious point, but if he thinks that that has undermined public health messages, I would strongly suggest he might like to stop banging on about it.11 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI can give my hon. Friend that reassurance. We want a separate fisheries framework that reflects our rights in international law. Our requests are simple, reasonable and…09 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI am very disappointed to hear that from the hon. Gentleman. On the withdrawal agreement Joint Committee, I am Barnier’s oppo, and I thought I was charming.09 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUMy hon. Friend makes a good point. The areas where we still need to make progress will be helped when the EU remembers that we are a sovereign equal.09 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI am sorry that the hon. Gentleman is disappointed to see me here today. I am always delighted to see him, and he will know that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster needs no…09 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUMy hon. Friend makes a good point. The German constitutional court decision emphasises the point that we are a sovereign equal, and the EU needs to accept that. That decision will…09 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUWe are very aware of the asks of every sector in Scotland. I have been working with all the devolved Administrations to ensure that they are able to feed in. Indeed, those…09 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUMy hon. Friend’s constituents are very wise indeed. It would just prolong the negotiations. It would also see us paying into the budget and being subject to laws that we had no…09 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUThe hon. Gentleman is right that there are challenges, but those challenges are known and a huge amount of work is going on to ensure that we can address them. We will be saying…09 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI thank the hon. Lady for her commitment to helping us deliver a good deal. The key aspect of why we cannot let these negotiations go on is that prolonged uncertainty. We believe…09 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI thank my right hon. Friend for that important question. In addition to shortly being able to talk more about border operations and how we envisage things working in the future,…09 Jun 2020