That informationar too long and engaging with Northern Ireland and the Irish Government and fcal policy of Northern Ireland and come back to the house, this has to be sothing done with the support and engagement witthe engagement of Northern Ireland. That completes the questions for Northern Ireland and i starwith chris green. I am proudly working for disabled people, next year we will publish our National Strategy for disabled people which will be most ambitious intervention in this area putting fairness at the heart of the government and leveling up so everybody has the opportunity to participate in the life of this country. I know the whole house will want to join me in welcoming fantastic news the nhra authorize the fisa pfizer vaccine, to be made available across the uk for next week and i would pay tribute to all those who made this possible, the protection of vaccines will ultimately allow us to reclaim our lives and get our economy moving again. This morning i have met with minierial colleagues and others and have further such meetings later. I would like to share congratulations with the Prime Minister on the creation of this new vaccine and give congratulations to engineers, technicians and scientists, i believe we should support the widest distribution of safe and effective medicines but does my right honorable friend agree with me that it shoulde taken on a voluntary basis by individuals and families . Absolutely. I strongly urge people to take up the vaccine but it is not part of our culture or ambition to make vaccines mandatory, that is not how we do things. The leader of the opposition. Can i join the Prime Minister in comments on disabled people, and start with the fantastic news about the licensing of a vaccine. This pandemic caused so much grief and loss but we are a step closer to the end. I express my thanks across the house to all those who worked on this and every one taking part in the trials. Delivering a vaccine fairly, quickly and safely will be the next major challenge facing the country. Whatever our differences across the house we all have a duty in this National Effort and to resure the public about the safety of the vaccine. This morning a priority list has been published for the first phase of the rollout. We understand 800,000 doses will soon be available and that is good news because of the two dose is required, 400,000 people can be vaccinated, can the Prime Minister tell the house who does he expect to receive the vaccine next week . I am grateful to the right honorable gentlemens point about the rollout and update the house on what the jcb i concluded so far and the priority list his residence in a ca home for their care to stop transmission. All the 80 years of age and older, frontline healthcare, and 75 years, the all those 70 years of age and over extremely vulnerable indiduals and a list of the house will want to study but does represent common sense. This stage to recognize this unquestionably good news, by no means the end of the ory or our National Struggle against coronavirus and that is why it is important having a package of tougher measus, and that is how we will contue to beat the virus. The priority for the first phase, residen and care homes, 80 years of age and over, social care workers. Im not criticing that list in the slightest, 400,000 people, to understd how anxious peoe in those groups are, having saificed so much. The question they are asking, when does he expect those in the top groups can expect toe vaccinated. It is very important people do not get their hopes up too soon about thepeed we will roll out the vaccine. We are expting several million doses of the vaccine befo the end of the year, rolling it out as st as she can. That is why i put so much emphasis on continuing importance of the tearing system of mass cmunity testing at the same time we go rough these tough winter months. We will need at the same time we rollout the vacne, over the next few weeks, we dont need to ke that testing regime in place. I pre the prime ministe further on the plan, we want is to work because the top category is care homes and must be a hugconcern for many people. The practical problems of the delivery of vaccines into care homes bearing in mind temperatures tt vaccines have to be stored. The Prime Minister mt know this is a coordination problem at would arise, to overcome this problem in th spirit that i asked the Prime Minister what plans to put in pce to address these problems of getting the vcine safely and quicklinto care homes given the practical differences of doing t anxiety those in care homes will have about getting it quickly. Entirely right to raise the issue of care homes and our ability for the type of vaccine rapidly into care homes because it needs to be capped at minus 70 degrees as the house understand. There are logistical challenges to be overcome to get Vulnerable People access to the vaccine they need. We are working on it with all the administrations to ensure the nhs across the country will be in the lead is able to distribute it as fast and as sensibly as possible to the most vulnerable groups but he is right to raise that logistical difficulty and that is why also important we get thestrazeneca vaccine we hope will come on stream and while he is paying tribute to those involved in the vaccine perhaps he could pay tribute to the work of the Vaccine Task Force which secures the deal with pfizer and criticized only a few weeks ago. I pay tribute to everybody to get us where we need to go delivering as quickly and safely as possible the next few months. The next question is Public Confidence in the vaccine which is a cause for concern. That is the success of getting rolled out across the country. The highest regulatory and medical standards that anytime in the world, but it is important we do Everything Possible to counter dangerous lifethreatening disinformation. With financial penalties that failed to act. Will this work with us and bring forward emergency legislation in the coming days the house would support . We are working to tackle all kinds of disinformation across the internet and to single out the and he factors, totally wrong in their approac he is encouraged to take up vaccines across the countrynd we will be publishing a paper very shortly on online harms designed to tackle the information he speaks of. Can i also promise once the government has a Communications Plan for the vaccine, share it with the house so the same way to the same thing to the country encourages many people to take up the vaccine as possible. The the vaccine is wonderful news but too late for many who lost their jobs already and i want to turn to the collapse of the Al Qaeda Group in the last 48 hours, 25,000 jobs at risk, caused huge anxiety at the worst possible time and threatens to rip the heart out of many in our towns and cities. Can the Prime Minister tell the house what he is going to do now to ptect the jobs and pensions . What we can do to protect all the jobs, and myonorable friend the secretary of state has written to the insolvency to look the doing everything to restore the high treats of this country, it is a bit much, the economic consequences of the fight ainst coronavirus. Neither he nor his troops cod be bothered to vote for meases that would open up the economy and allow businesses to trade, mister speaker. How can he attack the economic consequences of a battle agait coronavirus when he wont support measures f the economy. Come to the house and explain when the Prime Minister abstains he runs away to afghanistan, mister speaker, on the question of jobs there are serious questions that need to be answered about the collapse of these businesses, it isnt an isolated incident. Over 200,000 retail jobs have been lost this year, 200,000 stores have been closed before the latest restrictions. I suspect if we had seen a scale of job losses in any other sector, would have been different action already so i urge the Prime Minister to take this seriously, dont deflect as well as provide emergency support, work with the trade unions in the sector to finally bring forward a comprehensive plan to save retail jobs and provide much greater support, with real jobs, this family facing it, they need to hear from you. We are supporting every job we can bend every livelihood for t 200 billion pound program. If he could be bothered to vote for a modern program to keep the virus down and open up the economy, mister speaker. We are getting on with our program, in addition to which we are delivering 20,000 more Police Officers and he talked about extension when it came to protecting veterans from unfair prosecution he chose to abstain. When it came to protecting the people of this country from coronavirus at a critical moment he told his troops to abstain. Captain hindsight is rising rapidly through the ranks and has become general iecision. That is what is happening to e right honorable gentleman. He ditrs, we get on with the b. Mister speaker, next week marks one year since the primacy won a mighty majority. This turned the redwall blue ensuring our communities would no longer be elected. As part of the plan to level up a new Infrastructure Bank has been promised. Mister speaker, you know we feel at the crossroads of the kingdom. Our cathedral spire is the tallest in the country and historically the principal city of West Yorkshire and the oxygenating heart all make it the perfect city. Will my right honorable friend the Prime Minister commit to a new Infrastructure Bank in wakefield and restore my citys glory . It is a magnificent campgn, the chaellor will listen closely to his call for the national infraructure bank to be established. Lets head to scotland with the leader, ian blackbn. This morning for the first time in months people have woken up, the ws and vaccine approval is the news we have been waiting for mister speakerfor many, that hope on the horizon remains far too distance, millions havent had a single penny ofupport from t uk government. Yesterday i met with those who represent ny of these citizens. The last nine months, without any help or any hope, it is now tragically costing life. Taught msomething genuinely shopping. 800 people have taken their life in the last0 days. The Prime Minister commit to looking again at the support package, to ensure no one,ut no one is left behind. Those overtaken their lives, a very tgh time for the country, a stand for selfemployed people across the country, they were also supported with the increases in universal credit and many other ans of support, when you look at the overall level of support, it coared favorably with any government around the world. Eople need help. I am asking the Prime Minister to think about this. In abject faure by the uk vernment and the Prime Minister has been missg in action. Why cant the pre minister and the cncellor change their minds on their support for million people. You have peoe working in construction, education, hospitality, healthcare. Th havent just been left behind. Th have been ignored for nine months, the chancellor has repeatedly dogged this issue, they havent been ofred one formal meeting for the government minister, the Prime Minister working on a meaningfulackage of support or is the prime minier going to abandon these people three weeks from christmas . We have abandoned nobody and are continng to support people. We have nounced in addition to the support i have mentioned we announced 400 million vulnerablehildren and their families through the winter. Weave increased universal credit as i mentioned to the house, Housing Allowance provided billions more to cal authorities who were hard to reach and i say to the honorable geleman the best way to help the selfemployed and the economy of the whole country iso get us moving again with a package measures the house vot for last night to allow retail to startup and allow business to start up again, it is shameful anwe do not think retail is shameful. Want businesses to open up that was voted for, it is a great shame. Enormous pressure, i welcome the government and the nhs continued commitment to combined medical facility. The sale of the existing Memorial Hospital on public donation, will help fund the new building investing 20 Million Pounds in manufacturing to benefit wales, scotland, england and Northern Ireland welcoming the skill of all those in the nhs to make historic donations. Congratulate him on any decision. But i know that he is supporting, the development of new health and wellbeing. Ose roberts. T licensing of the vaccine, a ray of light and dark times. And the amount the whales receivedheir transport in england, 80. 9 to 36 , inflicted on whales. We dont get a fair return. Can he inform the house how much investment he is funneling, labeling this white despite not a single one in wales. Failing the characterization the honorable lady makes an investment across the whole of the uk. An additional 1. 3 billion pounds next year, providing 240 million welsh farmers, 2. 1 million fisheries in wales and the last time, the welsh labo government, 144 Million Pounds on plans for a bypass. Early christmas presents and vaccine. This union can afford, talkin with Small Businesses flooding in february, and all they want to do is trade. Thank you for battling through a really difficult to thousand 20 and associate degreree, giv real hope to these three women, these entrepreneurs across the uk hopes for a better 2021. He is indeed. I congratulate the female entrepreneurs he mentioned and they will be helped by the vaccine and allowed to do business aga and our program, wasnt supported by the right honorable gentleman. The Prime Minister put at risk good friday agreement, promised the country for test track and trace system, promised a ready deal with the eu in the general election, to deliver on tse promises, and the second one. If t honorable gentleman is saying it is necessarto keep this country the eu is the just of what he was saying. So would thearty opposite. Britain was a nation of shock eaters, the best retailers in the countryry. And the future of Business Rates, and the fundamental review of Business Rates and join me in encouraging people Small Business saturday. I could also tell him the core for evidence ahead of the review conclusion. It will take long time for the industry to recover from the impact of coronavirus. And a quarter of 1 million jobs uniquely impacted. Many workers and their families have been financially ruined and iis a familiar scenario, the Prime Minister ues you to wake up to the situation and commits to sector specific support deal to save the Aviation Industry before it is too late. We are doing a huge amount, i appreciate the difficulties manys many are doing. They are not flying in the way they were before the pandemic, they bounce back strongly, in avtion once they get the economy moving again. The rest of the United KingdomSmall Businesses are the lifeblood of the economy providing 60 of jobs. Post covid19 we require the privatesector Small Business read recovery, a new discipline, with a Small Business test so every tax on regulation and every bit of legislation measured against to provide support which will be lightened for post covid19 recovery. I thank him for his excellent suggestion. Every measure is judged by the effects of the impact on businesses large and small and providing particularly difficult circumstances, 100 billion pounds of business, shot local, cautiously and prudently to reopen. The Prime Minister, marked his first year in port, 71,000 covid deaths the highest rate in europe, 2 trillioin depths, the economy, negotiations and one . 5 billion taxpayer money spent on contracts, to go against meals for hungry children, which of these achievements is he more prouof. To vote for measures, sorry, she defied the injunction to the developer in sheath but it would be a good thing. I take her more seriously of her party leader would vote for measures to open the economy while protecting the lives across the uk. Mccartney good afternoon. Granting the reqst from the eastern bypass with vehicles, for many decades to come. Normally and refreshing goin big spaces and colleagues, the secretary of state for help last night and local decisionmakers to s cases locally. Far better than any official and include uk members and they are desperate to get back to work. The uk economy. I am grateful to my honorable friend, as closely and accurately as we can about taking decisions, we must look at the entire National Picture and on the internal Combustion Engine the Hydrogen Engine can be the internal Combustion Engine. My constitue was diagnosed in 2019, but she was no longer able to do the job she loved, is fito work. A wealth of evidence to the country. Her life was devastated, being able t stand up for your self. Will the Prime Minister et wi me to a sure they suffer Chronic Fatigue and does not limit decision to single points of evidence. What she descrid, another representaonal proper meeting with relevant meeting to discuss her objectives. Scotland. Leveling up, and Many Community constitucies, 4 billion pound leveling up the decision to review the project, more likely benefit government instment. In light of new spending commitments can my honorable friend share prosperity funds and an annncement on that soon and it would be simpler and less timeconsuming for Small Businesses to act best with what they are replacing . Prime minister. Completely right about the new uk shared prosperity funding will be different from the leveling up fund and with people in cornwall, with communities. The Scottish Government, the bonus scheme andealth and social care, to care during the pandemic the Prime Minister is not responble for health in scotland but is responsie will he prove the government money to stop for colleagues motives, and match that initiativeand the treasury woulnot tried to let it be paid taxfree. That is a matter forhe Scottish Government for fiscal freedom, with thank health and social care workers in scotland, tput into a. 8 for the last three years, the biggest ever investment in the nhs even before covid19 began an investment on this government. And tweet 10 days time, ahead of prop 26 next year i urge the Prime Minister not to curb your enthusiasm for the environment. Will he Share International leadership, setting up an ambitious but achievable target in 2030. On the part of that 0 britain. They led the way on instituting, the developed nations, we were the first nationally determined contribution published around the time othe Climate Summit onhe twelfth of december. Heading to scotland, drew hendrix . Thank you. The ime minister mentioned universal credit, the chancellors decision to increase universal credit during theandemic, the admission of what my constituents, universal edit isnt enough to live on. In january, capping the benefit of thousands of universa credit claimants, that will be 250 pounds per month mainly to famili, he already knows about that level so to scrap the cap and continue or is he going to throw these families to the wall like the 3 million excluded . I repeat the point i made earlier on about huge sums the government invested in, looking after families across the whole of the uk well morris of 200 billion pounds, he will support families across this country throughout the pandemic. The objectives, i hope he would agree to get the economy moving again and get people back into work in a way everybody would want. Isnt it a fact that under this gornment in spite of all the difficulties the umployment rate is lower in the uk than it is in france and spain and italy, canada and the united states, and we will continue to work to look after every job we can. This is 45 minutes. Im very glad to have the outgoing and incoming chair mann of the Republican Committee here this morning to talk with us about the coming