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HANSARD Public HealthI do not like it one bit, but I will support the Health Secretary tonight. The reason I will do it, and I suspect the reason why there is such high public support for these…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthMy right hon. Friend knows that I am obsessed with this point. He mentioned the agreed schedule of delivery. Will he consider publishing that, so that we can see what the agreed…06 Jan 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI want to get clarity on the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper). If the reason for the restrictions on our constituents’ lives is to…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillI agree with my hon. Friend, who has experience of working in the sector. The deal is in many ways a basis on which we can build. There is always a way to structure services, as…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillIt is a matter of public record that I have had my points of difference with this Government and this Prime Minister since the Brexit referendum, but unlike many, I never…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthAs usual, my right hon. Friend is making a very thoughtful speech. As the Health Secretary said this evening, the vast majority of the big rise in infections yesterday were of the…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State knows that the vaccine roll-out programme in Hampshire is in a very, very strong position. What he will not know is that, by the close of play today, just…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19Does my hon. Friend share the concern of many Members about so-called wet pubs? The Bakers Arms in Winchester contacted me this morning to say they are finding it difficult to…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19I have expressed my concerns in the House before about the Christmas policy. There is a lot of care going into looking at the data for the review of the tiers, and yet weeks ago,…14 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy constituents will be joyed by the changes to the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, as my right hon. Friend knows. The Joint Committee has clearly done its job and shown that…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outI think I have sat through every single urgent question and statement that the Secretary of State has done, but the fact that it says “Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out” on the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDChildhood Cancers: ResearchIt was the privilege of my life to hold the role of cancer Minister in the previous Government. Through that work, I learned of the battles of DIPG patients and the all-too-tragic…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Nurseries and Early Years SettingsI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of nurseries and early years settings. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate, which is a…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Nurseries and Early Years SettingsIn summary, we have heard some committed speeches about the maintained sector and the PVI sector. The fragile sector comment was very well made by the right hon. Member for East…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthI said to the Prime Minister earlier that my area has seen a drop in the seven-day average of 55%, yet we emerge from the national restrictions in tier 2 having entered them in…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthThe latest rate in my area is 79 per 100,000 people. A week ago, it was 178. We went into lockdown in tier 1 and will come out in tier 2. Pubs and restaurants in my constituency…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionI bless my hon. Friend for that. It has been a pleasure to work with him on the commission. He has Front-Bench responsibilities himself and it is a big commitment. We had to be…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionI most certainly do. As a Health Minister I travelled around the world to G7 and G20 meetings. The NHS and what we do within it, as the Health Secretary has said many times, is so…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthWoeful? It has been non-existent in many instances. I am not reassured to hear that that has been happening across the border in Dorset as well, and I am not surprised. I need to…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionThrough you, Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank Mr Speaker for granting what is a special Adjournment debate on the launch of the HIV Commission, falling as it does on World AIDS Day.…01 Dec 2020