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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right to raise this issue. As she has rightly explained, there will be a number of people who, understandably, will be concerned about the move away from…13 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I can confirm that. Removing restrictions is not without risk—I accept that—but keeping restrictions is not without cost. As my hon. Friend points out, the restrictions have…13 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThroughout the pandemic, my predecessor and other Ministers have rightly been working with the devolved Administrations, and of course that work continues; it will remain a…13 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady understandably talks about the link between case numbers and hospitalisation. She will know that the last time we saw cases at 30,000 and above on a daily basis, we…13 Jul 2021HANSARDSocial Care ReformI want people to be able to get the care they need when they need it and to have the choices they want. I want people to live their life in full and to live independently as part…13 Jul 2021HANSARDSocial Care ReformWe have already seen substantial increases in adult social care funding, but the Government have said that we want a long-term, sustainable solution, so we will bring forward…13 Jul 2021HANSARDSocial Care ReformFirst, my right hon. Friend is right to bring to the House’s attention the way that the Government are also working on social care for working-age people. He is also right to…13 Jul 2021HANSARDSocial Care ReformMy hon. Friend will be interested to know that the Department commissioned the Care Quality Commission to review the DNACPR decisions that were being made during the first wave of…13 Jul 2021HANSARDSocial Care ReformI think the hon. Lady may well have misunderstood what I said at the conference; I am not sure she listened to the whole session. It is worth repeating that the Government are…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Departmental ResponseSince the start of the pandemic, we have acted swiftly to reduce the spread of the virus and to keep the public safe. As our vaccine programme progresses, links between cases and…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Departmental ResponseThe hon. Gentleman talks, understandably, about pressure on the NHS, and he will know that the restrictions we have necessarily had in place during the course of this pandemic so…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Departmental ResponseThe hon. Gentleman will know that the Government’s decisions are rightly informed by the best possible scientific advice there is and, as well as that, looking at the data and…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 RoadmapThe Government have committed to taking a cautious approach to easing restrictions, guided by the data and not by dates. As I set out in my statement to Parliament yesterday, the…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 RoadmapFirst, I am pleased that my hon. Friend agrees with the decision we have made to proceed with step 4. It sounds like he agrees with the central decision to move from a system of…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 RoadmapI am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that, now that we have begun the process of opening up, more work is being done between my Department and the Department for Transport on…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI think I have set out the general approach at the Dispatch Box a number of times. As we begin to move towards a more normal position, we want to start removing the regulations…12 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe remarks that the right hon. Gentleman refers to by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster are absolutely correct. As we move away from regulations, there will no longer be a…12 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. It is a responsibility as we open up not just for the owners of the businesses, the nightclubs and the pubs to take that sensible,…12 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is right to raise this. As she says, the rate of vaccination that we have achieved in this country is the envy of the world. We want to make sure that is…12 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman may know that when we set the 16 August date, and I think I made this clear in the statement last week, it was based on clinical advice—the public health…12 Jul 2021