Public Health

With this we shall debate the following motions:

That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, R...

Before I say anything else, I want to say thank you to all our health and social care workers who...

Could my hon. Friend confirm the numbers of the AstraZeneca vaccine that are ready to be administ...

My hon. Friend may well have heard the statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social ...

The great disappointment felt by many colleagues, who appreciate that the Government are under en...

I hear my hon. Friend’s point, and I share his view that throughout this pandemic the vast majori...

Will the Minister give way?

I will make some progress.

At the time of these provisions we were seeing an exponential ri...

Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?

I am making some progress and I am mindful that many Members want to speak this evening.

Th...

Can my hon. Friend help me? Statutory instrument 1572 required the people of Christchurch to move...

One thing that I will do when I have finished speaking is see whether I can look up the specific ...

As I said, we will start with a five-minute time limit on Back-Bench Members. I remind hon. Membe...

I hope you had a good Christmas, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I wish you and all colleagues a happy ...

This House legislated explicitly for specific arrangements to govern the celebration of Christmas...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that we are now in tier 4, but in statutory instr...

The reality is this. These are the questions that my constituents put to me, and I am reduced to ...

May I join colleagues in thanking House staff, Mr Speaker and the Deputy Speakers for enabling us...

May I put on the record some remarks about our former colleague the Member for Northampton South,...

As usual, my right hon. Friend is making a very thoughtful speech. As the Health Secretary said t...

My hon. Friend makes a good point, because that will help us to understand the extent to which th...

I want to start by giving my thanks to key workers and the NHS for everything they have been doin...

May I, too, add my thanks to all our frontline NHS and care staff, and to all those who have been...

I hope that everyone in this House would agree that we all long for the day when we can throw the...

I also pay tribute to those working on the frontline, particularly at the moment at the Homerton ...

None of us went into politics to do this kind of thing —to put restrictions on people’s liberties...

I accept that we need measures to suppress the virus while we await the vaccine roll-out, even if...

One concern that I share with the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Steve McCabe) is about t...

I would like to echo what many have said by wishing the House staff a very happy new year and tha...

As announced today, Leicester will move into tier 4. This is a city that has been in lockdown for...

No, sorry. The time limit is the time limit.

8.21 pm

I would like to start by paying tribute to the NHS staff and care workers who have gone above and...

First, I put on the record my thanks to all the doctors, nurses and care workers who have done th...

This time last year, I was really looking forward to 2020, as the year when we finally get Brexit...

Today is a bittersweet end to the year. The news is sweet nationally, as we hear of another new v...

Naturally, my constituents and I are disappointed that we were placed in tier 4 and at the short ...

I am very supportive of this legislation and the principle of tiers, but the counterpart to legis...

These regulations allow for changes between tiers. I speak as a veteran of tier 4, and this is an...

This morning’s news that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved really is the best late...

I am sorry we lost a bit of the video there, Mike, but we heard you loud and clear, with a nice p...

At the end of a year like no other, for the people of Aylesbury constituency, this was a Christma...

It is a pleasure to follow my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Ro...

I heard the news that Peterborough would enter tier 4 restrictions in a rather peculiar situation...

I join colleagues from across the House in welcoming the approval of the AstraZeneca vaccine. As ...

It is a pleasure to follow a typically excellent speech from my hon. Friend the Member for South ...

The year 2020 has been grim for so many of us. Nobody wants the restrictions, but they are necess...

I call the last Back-Bench speaker, Richard Holden.

9.29 pm

Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. Like many Members on the Government side of the House, an...

Order. Sorry, Richard, you have run out of time.

9.34 pm

This has been an excellent debate. We have heard lots of different views and perspectives about h...

I thank hon. Members from across the House and those who have contributed virtually for the many ...

Can I look into that point a bit? I thank the Opposition spokesman for giving us so much time to ...

Something that I can say to give my right hon. Friend some extra insight is that, for instance in...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

May I make a little progress? I did take an intervention from my right hon. Friend a moment ago, ...

The Minister is being generous in giving way. I wish to ask about one issue that cropped up today...

I do not think that now is the moment for me to hold a remote debate on that with the deputy chie...

I want to get clarity on the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr...

I am being counselled not to respond to my hon. Friend’s description of himself. I do not think I...