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HANSARDCovid-19I would be very grateful, and I know that staff everywhere would be grateful, if my right hon. Friend could give some indication of when all NHS staff can be confident that they…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19No, no. This is the point: when we have 50,000 people being infected every single day, it is a massive logistical task, but if we are honest, we still had problems when it was a…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI congratulate the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the news about LAMP—loop-mediated isothermal amplification—and lateral flow testing, which is potentially the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI support today’s measures, but is not the biggest issue that we face as a country now uncertainty—uncertainty about our health and uncertainty about the future of the economy?…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThis morning, it was announced that the routine testing of asymptomatic NHS staff in hotspot areas would start. This has been long advocated by the Health and Social Care…12 Oct 2020HANSARDPlanning and House BuildingI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) for securing this debate and for his superb speech. I used to be generally against development, but since being…08 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend knows that for every person who tragically dies from coronavirus, at least one other person has long-term symptoms lasting more than three months, meaning…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Health Secretary deserves enormous credit for the expansion of testing capacity that he has personally championed, but is not the underlying problem that the Lighthouse…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)My hon. Friend has done a lot of campaigning to highlight that issue, as have Select Committee members from all parties. The Select Committee will publish a report tomorrow that…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I will support the Government today because, although I fully understand the concerns about parliamentary scrutiny eloquently expressed by my hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I support the measures announced today. The Prime Minister will have decided on them with a heavy heart, but all the evidence from South Korea, Singapore and other countries is…22 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI support the measures outlined by the Health Secretary, which regrettably are both necessary and proportionate. Last week, on World Patient Safety Day, the World Health…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateToday is World Patient Safety Day, which I had the privilege of launching virtually with Dr Tedros of the World Health Organisation this morning. The changes that the Health…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusA week ago today, the Secretary of State told the Health and Social Care Committee that he expected to have this problem solved in two weeks. Since then, in my constituency, two…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs someone who has long campaigned for mass testing, I warmly welcome the ambition behind Operation Moonshot—and the implied characterisation of the Health Secretary as this…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for his public recognition of the terrible symptoms that many people face many months after their coronavirus bout has ended; his words will give…08 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19The Secretary of State has made impressive progress in making testing available to everyone with covid symptoms, but I wish to press him on the availability of tests for people…01 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe ongoing problems in maternity units in Shrewsbury, Telford and east Kent hospitals have shown that independent, blame-free investigations into baby deaths have never been more…01 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus ResponseThis may be the last coronavirus statement before the summer break, so I congratulate the Health Secretary on his stamina over the past six months and in particular on his…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThank you, Mr Speaker, for special dispensation to ask this question remotely. I want to ask the Health Secretary about the worrying variation in coronavirus mortality rates…16 Jul 2020