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HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateI congratulate the Health Secretary on the impressive resilience that he has shown throughout the coronavirus crisis, but as we both know, the joy of his job is that winter is…14 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewI thank the Minister for the compassion and the anger in her response. She is a fantastic champion of patient safety. I also thank the many hon. Members, including my right hon.…09 Jul 2020HANSARD CoronavirusLast week, the Regius Chair of Medicine at Oxford University, Professor Sir John Bell, told the Science and Technology Committee that saturation testing of NHS hospital staff was…07 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI congratulate the Foreign Secretary on his personal commitment to human rights, which is becoming a hallmark of his tenure and is extremely welcome. If we are to have an…06 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI salute the outstanding leadership being shown by my right hon. Friend on this issue, and, indeed, the superb leadership being shown by Dame Barbara Woodward as our ambassador in…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI support the actions being taken in Leicester, but, like the whole House, I feel for the people of Leicester at this particularly anxious time. I want to ask the Health Secretary…29 Jun 2020HANSARDTesting of NHS and Social Care StaffThat is a reasonable question. I will certainly take that away. In fact, the CMO is coming before the Health and Social Care Committee in a few weeks’ time, and I am sure we will…24 Jun 2020HANSARDTesting of NHS and Social Care StaffIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Gordon (Richard Thomson). It is the first time I have heard him speak from the Front Bench and it was a very thoughtful…24 Jun 2020HANSARDTesting of NHS and Social Care StaffMay I put on record my thanks to the hon. Gentleman for praising me in this House for the very first time that I can remember its being on record?24 Jun 2020HANSARDTest and TraceNHS Test and Trace is currently tracing the contacts of about 700 people every day who have the virus, but the Office for National Statistics says that 2,500 new people are being…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusOn that last point, 20% of the people with coronavirus in hospital are estimated to have caught the virus while in hospital. So when does the Health Secretary plan to introduce…17 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainI wrestled with this issue when I was Foreign Secretary, but I think it is the right thing to do. In Africa today, there is competition—intense competition—between countries such…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: R Rate and Lockdown MeasuresThe Prime Minister’s testing turnaround target does not apply to postal tests. Given that the majority of infections can happen less than a week after the person who gives someone…08 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ3. I congratulate the Prime Minister on hitting the 200,000 daily capacity target for testing, which puts us at the top of the European league table for testing. He rightly said…03 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseThank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to ask the Secretary of State for three pieces of data, all of which are essential for this strategy. First, what level of new daily infections…18 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19I support the Government’s caution about lifting lockdown, and I commend the Prime Minister for being honest about the complex choices we face. I want to focus my comments on the…11 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Test, Track and TraceTest, track and trace is possible only with a mass testing programme, so I offer many congratulations to the Health Secretary on achieving such a challenging expansion in our…05 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseThe World Health Organisation says that one of the six essential criteria for lifting a lockdown is that we should be able to track and trace every single new covid case in the…22 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI salute the tone of the Prime Minister’s very difficult, sombre address to the nation on Monday night. I know that heroic efforts are happening to ramp up the amount of testing.…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the Health Secretary for the superhuman efforts he has taken to resolve the issues around PPE in the last week. The evidence is that we are in a much better situation now…24 Mar 2020