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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes.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 UpdateThe NHS and social care has £5.4 billion of extra funding over the second half of this financial year. A lot of that funding is being deployed to create extra capacity, especially…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI believe that my right hon. Friend the Education Secretary said something about the importance of ventilation last week.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 UpdateI thought it was going to be a serious question.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 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 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 UpdateThe rules apply equally to everyone.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYes, I am happy to give that commitment to my right hon. Friend, for all the excellent reasons he gives. We were absolutely right, back at the start of the summer, to open up our…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am not aware of the details of the individual cases that the hon. Gentleman mentions, but a variety of credit cards and payment systems can be used. If he believes there has…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateLet us see what next week brings.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI can give my hon. Friend that assurance. When it comes to genome sequencing, which is crucial to identifying new variants and any of the risks they may or may not bring, the UK…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI believe that the response we have had is balanced and proportionate.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support for the measures that I talked of in my statement. I am pleased to hear that the Leader of the Opposition, the right hon. and learned…06 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care Approach to WinterToday the Government publishes the health and social care approach to winter. This joint publication between DHSC and NHS England and Improvement sets out the expected challenges…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHIV Action PlanThe government are committed to achieving zero new HIV infections and AIDS and HIV-related deaths in England by 2030. Today I am pleased to announce the publication of a new…01 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe UK’s covid-19 vaccine programme continues to protect the nation against the virus. We continue to make the vaccine accessible to all those eligible and urge everyone to take…30 Nov 2021