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HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportIt has been a time when most people have come together and worked together to respond to the very legitimate concerns that we all have on behalf of our constituents. The more we…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportI am very proud that, as a result of our ability to act as one UK, the broad shoulders of the United Kingdom have enabled us to protect almost a million jobs in Scotland,…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportMy hon. Friend is quite right to single out the huge amount of work being done by local authorities up and down the country to assist us in our response to the pandemic, and I am…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportFor exactly that reason, the Chancellor set out the package of measures in the winter plan. We recognise that there is a balance, and we have sought to strike one that enables…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportMy right hon. Friend is right that it is important, as we live with the virus and accept that it will be with us for longer, that we constantly learn from that and see what…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportThe hon. Lady says that she seeks targeted measures, but then seems to ignore the £1.57 billion that the Chancellor announced for the arts—exactly the sort of targeted package…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportThe decision to extend tighter lockdown measures to the Liverpool city region, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough was based on the latest health evidence, including advice…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportThis is one of those sectors that have been hit hard both emotionally and economically. One can see the human distress and the impact of the virus in such cases, at what is a…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportThe hon. Lady says that there should be a package for the Liverpool city region of £700 million of additional funding. That would equate to over £23 billion if applied evenly on a…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportMy hon. Friend speaks with great authority when it comes to the business community. I know that he engages extensively with it and understands the issues closely. I am very happy…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportThe right hon. Gentleman raises an important point. The response to the pandemic is helped if across the UK we take a co-ordinated approach. For example, Scotland’s chief medical…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportOn the specific point about the theatre, it is a sector championed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Digital Culture, Media and Sport, and I referred earlier to…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportAs I have said in reply to a number of colleagues, we will continue to listen and evaluate the circumstances, including what applies to London. The Chancellor has set out a…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportAs we covered earlier, there are specific measures for areas with local lockdowns, such as the £1,500 support for businesses that are closed for three weeks or more. The…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportThe significant fiscal measures that we have put in place will clearly have longer-term consequences for the public finances. The Chancellor has been quite clear about that in…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportWe always keep these things under review. That was a temporary set of measures brought in by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, but the hon. Member is right to point to the…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportAs I said in reply to my right hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd West (Mr Jones), it is important that these decisions are shaped by the Joint Biosecurity Centre and that it takes…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportThe pace of those medically driven decisions is more, perhaps, a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who I know has been to the…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportMy hon. Friend is quite right that the impact on business is not confined to those areas most acutely affected by the virus; there is a wider displacement effect on businesses,…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportThe slightly puzzling thing is that the hon. Gentleman does not seem to accept yes for an answer. When I was asked by the Scottish Government Finance Minister whether I would give…06 Oct 2020