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HANSARDEngagementsIt is perfectly possible to support track and trace and to point out the problems. Standing up every week saying, “It’s a stunning success” is kidding no one. That is not giving…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe problem with the Prime Minister quoting the 70% of people who are contacted and asked to self-isolate is that that has gone down. It was 90% just a few weeks ago and every…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister knows exactly what I am talking about: it is the rehiring of 30,000 people at BA on worse terms and conditions, and he should call it out. Yesterday, the…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsThis is just such rhetorical nonsense. It is perfectly proper and right for the Opposition to set out the parts of the package that we support the Government on and to highlight…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsOver the past few months, we have supported many of the economic measures announced by the Government, but the decision last week not to provide sector-specific support to those…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister continues to insult those on the frontline by not taking these issues seriously. The Prime Minister must recognise that huge mistakes have been made. Two months…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsFinally, to add further insult to injury, there are reports this morning that the Government are to remove free hospital parking for NHS workers in England. The Prime Minister…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsBy refusing to apologise, the Prime Minister rubs salt into the wounds of the very people that he stood at his front door and clapped. The Prime Minister and the Health Secretary…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsOn Monday, when asked why care home deaths had been so high, the Prime Minister said that “too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in the way that they could…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsThat is not an apology, and it just will not wash. The Prime Minister said that “too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in the way that they could have”. It was…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am glad to hear it. I gently point out that his Government have been in power for 10 years, with no plan and no White Paper. Of course we will join in plans for reforming social…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister must understand why this is of such concern. There is a nationwide lifting of restrictions this weekend, without an app, and without clear data for local…01 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsI do support the Government’s decision of Monday, but I think the 4,000 businesses and 160 schools that are now shut might take some persuading that the Government acted quickly…01 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsI spoke to the Mayor of Leicester this morning, and I know the Prime Minister spoke to him yesterday, and he was absolutely clear that he did not get that data until last…01 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsIf the Prime Minister cannot see that three quarters of those with covid-19 are not being contacted and asked for their own contacts, that is a real gap in the system. He cannot…01 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsMay I, too, celebrate the birthday of the NHS, as we all will this Sunday, particularly at this time? At the daily press conference on 18 June, the Health Secretary said, “There’s…01 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe reality is that the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday was investment equivalent to less than £100 per person across the United Kingdom—0.2% of GDP. Not much of his…01 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister just has not addressed the question I put to him. I was not asking about those who have gone into the system—the 10,000—or those who have been contacted; I was…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsYesterday, the Government announced the next stage of easing lockdown restrictions. If that plan is to work—and we want it to work—we need an effective track, trace and isolate…24 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsGermany. It had its app working on 15 June and it has had 12 million downloads—I checked that overnight . [Interruption.] Twelve million—it is way beyond. The Health Secretary…24 Jun 2020