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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI agree with my hon. Friend. Taking a vaccine should be a positive decision. With the exception of NHS settings or social care settings, no one should be forced to take a vaccine,…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend makes a very important set of points. She is right about what the early data suggests about transmissibility. We are certainly seeing that here in the UK, and…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his support—he is right to talk about the importance of buying time—and for his comments about the NHS and the need to prepare. I reassure him…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateFirst, let me thank the hon. Lady for her support for vaccination in general. Right across the UK, it is really making a difference, and I thank her for her comments on that, and…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe reason it is not possible to go online to book a third dose is that, often, the GP will need to make a judgment on the particular individual. A lot of cases are different, and…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend is right to talk about the particularly acute challenge facing the travel sector. It has been hit hard not just by the measures that have been taken here at…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI believe that, in certain conditions, immunocompromised people can have antibody tests. It is a decision made by their clinicians. I think the hon. Lady is asking whether they…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe medical rationale is around the incubation period of the virus. Most of the data that we have today is based on previous variants that we have had time to assess. With this…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateDepartments across Government work together on the pandemic, and that means that my Department works very closely with the Department for Transport.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes and yes.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOn vaccine donations, I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave to a similar question. In terms of transport, I also refer her to an answer I gave previously.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI would encourage everyone to look seriously at the national Government guidance. Our guidance is clear. Even before the emergence of the new variant, we all knew that covid-19…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateAs each day goes by, we are getting a little bit more information, but I do think that by next week we will have more information, given the samples that have arrived at Porton…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIt is important that we do whatever we can through using the right communication channels. It is also important that we provide the easiest access possible. For example, some of…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes. I know my right hon. Friend speaks with experience and I agree with him absolutely.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe are reviewing that scheme, for reasons that my hon. Friend has brought up in the past in the House. I agree that it is important to have confidence in vaccines, and that scheme…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI think my hon. Friend will understand the difference in terms of public health between a managed quarantine facility and home quarantine, but he is right to point to an important…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI think we can say that we are leading the way on this. The UK Health Security Agency has established a database that is open for all countries to access to post their data. Even…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIt is important that there is easy access for everyone to get vaccinated. The hon. Lady has given a really good demonstration of why that is so critical for every part of our…06 Dec 2021