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HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsThe hon. Lady makes a very important point. First of all, I am not going to get into speculation around new measures and things of that nature. It is a tragic day, a sad day; it…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI thank my hon. Friend, and I completely hear his comments. As I said, our operational partners and the people in the sector have had a torrid time. It is for my colleagues across…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI will always speak highly of my frontline partners in Border Force, who do exceptional work across ports and airports. From the start of this pandemic, we have supported Border…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Obviously, as part of the end of transition, inland sites were created to assist with the flow of goods, as we have spoken about this…26 Jan 2021HANSARDIndependent Review of PreventThe Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 committed the Government to making arrangements for an independent review and report on Prevent, the Government strategy for…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsThe hon. Gentleman makes a really important point. First of all, the advice is not to travel. It is to stay at home for the very reason that he has given: we are in a pandemic and…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsThe Chair of the Home Affairs Committee will be aware, with regard to her comments about last year, that the advice from Government was to stay at home, and clearly the point of…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI thank my hon. Friend for her question. Again, it is worth reflecting on the fact that we are in a global health pandemic and all measures must always be under review. She made…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsIt is important for the hon. Member to understand that the accommodation facilities that we are using are military bases that are of a very high standard—so much so that they were…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He is absolutely correct. We have an amazing vaccine programme. As we all know, the world is speaking about our vaccine roll-out…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsThroughout the pandemic, all decisions have been made by looking at scientific advice, and the right hon. Gentleman will be well aware of that, and it is no different when it…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI thank my right hon. Friend for his important question. First, all announcements were made both in the conventional way and to the House, as Mr Speaker would expect. Secondly, as…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. Of course, we are speaking about current measures that are in place right now and have been put in place by the Government. My right hon.…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI have already outlined the comprehensive package of measures that we brought in from January last year. It is all very well to talk with hindsight about measures in the past, but…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI refer my right hon. Friend to my statement earlier.26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI refer the hon. Lady to my statement and the comments I have made about measures being under review and announcements being forthcoming. It is not for me to give a timetable for…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI am intrigued by this new hindsight that everybody seems to have adopted rather quickly, when I have already outlined the position of the Opposition earlier in my remarks. The…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I thank him, as a Kent MP, for the work he has been doing, particularly on flow and hauliers. We absolutely have throughout the last 12…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsLet me begin by saying that I welcome the hon. Gentleman giving us a chance to discuss these measures. He has also mentioned the police national computer, on which we will provide…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsFrom January 2020, the Government have had a comprehensive strategy for public health measures at the border. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office swiftly discouraged…26 Jan 2021