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HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI thank my hon. Friend for his support for the local health system and for engaging so actively with my Department and the UKHSA team in response to this incident. He is…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakMay I first welcome what the Chair of the Select Committee has said about the response to this incident? She is right to press more broadly on vaccination. The winter campaign…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakMy hon. Friend raises such an important point. Let me, through him, convey my thoughts and condolences to Matthew’s family and, via them, to so many families across the country…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI thank the hon. Member for repeating that wonderful and moving tribute to Juliette from her headteacher, which brings into sharp relief the devastating impact that this has had…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakMy hon. Friend is entirely right. I did not respond to a linked question from the shadow Secretary of State earlier, so let me let me respond to both questions now. All cases are…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI thank the hon. Member for her proactive approach over the weekend and in recent days, given the impact that this is having on her constituency and the devastating impact on her…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakWe can be proud in the United Kingdom that this was the first country in the world to roll out the menB vaccine. As for who might be eligible in the future and on what basis, we…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakFollowing the right hon. Member’s question, I will ask whether expansion to Tonbridge would be a sensible thing to do, given the number of people who may have been in Club…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI thank my hon. Friend for sharing his awful experience, and for once again emphasising the importance of good public health information and advice, including for parents whose…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakThe hon. Member is absolutely right about the atypical nature of this outbreak. I can reassure her and the House that UKHSA is in regular contact with the devolved Administrations.17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for his question, and I am mindful of the concerns of neighbouring communities across his part of London and the wider south-east. I can…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI can understand that some people may choose to buy the vaccine, but I will reassure the hon. Gentleman on two points. First, we have a significant stockpile of vaccines.…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for his question, and I know that lots of parents will be concerned about this issue. As I have said, the first thing that individuals should…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI think that is a really constructive suggestion, and we will absolutely look at it. In reply to the right hon. Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat), who had left us but has just…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakLike my hon. Friend, I am a member of the NUS mafia in this place, and I well understand the enormous value that students’ unions bring to promoting student welfare and raising…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI am extremely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising that question and making that point. It sometimes feels that barely a month, if not a week, goes by in this job…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI thank my hon. Friend for the excellent work he does as a member of the Select Committee, and reassure him that we are taking the Committee’s letter and advice very seriously. I…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI am not sure about the point of prevalence, but we will look carefully at the genesis of this outbreak. Of course, in common with the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI reassure the hon. Member that UKHSA is in close contact with all the devolved Administrations to make sure they understand the nature of this outbreak, what we are seeing and…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. I can reassure him that, through partners in the NHS, we are ensuring that antibiotics are available to GPs to prevent students…17 Mar 2026