we have been watching the joint committee hearing is the health secretary began answering questions from mps, he s been talking for about an hour from mps, he s been talking for aboutan hourand from mps, he s been talking for about an hour and a quarter. let me bring you some of the key points from that time. on the subject of ppe, for the nhs, he said that there were local challenges but never a national shortage of ppe. because of the actions we took. he was questioned did he ever say shortages of ppe where the fault of sir simon stephens, the head of nhs england, or indeed the chancellor and he said thatis or indeed the chancellor and he said that is not a fair recollection. there was never a point at which ppe could not be obtained. 50 then he talked about local challenges but never a national shortage. one of the other big areas of questioning was around the policy on care homes. and matt hancock said we set out a policy that people would be tested