To do it but also to continue to provide the type of financial support that is absolutely necessary, such as for those who self isolate, which is something i touched on earlier. The last thing The Honourable gentleman asked me about val neva. I should be careful what i say because it is a commercial contract but it may be helpful for The Honourable gentleman to know that i have been in touch with the Health Minister in scotland, and he is fully aware of the situation, and we remain in dialogue. The situation, and we remain in dialouue. ,. , the situation, and we remain in dialouue. ,. ,. , dialogue. Given that the number of hosital dialogue. Given that the number of Hospital Beds dialogue. Given that the number of Hospital Beds has dialogue. Given that the number of Hospital Beds has fallen dialogue. Given that the number of Hospital Beds has fallen by dialogue. Given that the number of Hospital Beds has fallen by over dialogue. Given that the number of. Hospital beds has fallen by over 600 since the pandemic, figures are sent to me by his department, will the minister assured me that proper additional capacity will be built back into the nhs as part of his plan, ratherthan back into the nhs as part of his plan, rather than resorting to hugely damaging lockdowns and restrictions . I hugely damaging lockdowns and restrictions . Restrictions . I thank my right honourable restrictions . I thank my right honourable friend restrictions . I thank my right honourable friend for restrictions . I thank my right honourable friend for that restrictions . I thank my right honourable friend for that question and she is right to raise, and she will know we are waiting for the fall in the spread of capacity, to make sure those in hospital that are naturally vulnerable in any Case Arent protected from the moment hospitals will refer to what is known as green channels and Red Channels that have the virus or not, this is something i can assure her the nhs is keeping under review and would like to get rid of this segregation as soon as possible. When it does, it will increase capacity. When it does, it will increase caaci. ~. When it does, it will increase caaci. ~. ,. , capacity. What are the implications for euro compromised capacity. What are the implications for Euro Compromised People capacity. What are the implications for Euro Compromised People who | capacity. What are the implications i for Euro Compromised People who do not know what the effect of the vaccine is for them . Parents of 13. 1 of deaths within the fully vaccinated population, despite making up less than i of the general population. And does he not agree that we should be advising them not to return to unsafe workplaces until we know more. The honourable lady is right to raise this, it is such an important issue, and that is why we have throughout the pandemic offered advice and given guidance through clinicians, working with the nhs, for those that are immunocompromised and that is constantly updated as the nature of the Covid Threat is constantly changing. And where we get advice to take further action. In a moment ago i referred to for certain people that are immunocompromised but they can take the vaccine, we received clear advice that the Antibody Response from two doses wasnt Enoughin Response from two doses wasnt enough in most cases, that there should be a third dose, as part of a primary course and that is why we accepted that advice and acted on it immediately and i think that affects about 500,000 people in that category, but we will keep it in to review and do whatever we can. I welcome the governments vaccine passport, and i hope the president is moving to trust people more to make decisions for themselves. The Secretary Of State will know there is evidence of people returning from green List And Amber list countries over the summer actually had a lower level of covid than people who stayed here during the summer. That makes a very powerful case for getting rid of the day two Pcr Test for people getting rid of those returning from those countries . My my honourable friend is right to raise that, it is why we have constantly kept those Travel Rules relating to covid under review and in my statement earlier, you may have heard her refer to a set of changes we are due to make very soon and my right honourable friend the Transport Secretary will be bringing those changes to The House as soon as he possibly can. The those changes to The House as soon as he possibly can. As he possibly can. The secretary of State Uuite as he possibly can. The Secretary Of State quite correctly as he possibly can. The Secretary Of State quite correctly is as he possibly can. The Secretary Of State quite correctly is Urging State quite correctly is urging people to get vaccinated. He will be aware that there were certain ethnic minorities that have relatively low vaccine take up, sadly, and we see this for instance in my own borough of hackney. Is there anything he has considered that the government could do it nationally to support outreach to ethnic minority communities . The riaht to ethnic minority communities . The right honourable lady makes a really important point. We want everyone to take up the offer of a vaccine, and she is right to point out the disparity in take up, based on certain communities. I think the good news is we have certainly noticed, partly as a response to Government Action and some fantastic people, especially, i have come across for example in london, in Public Health, working for Public Health england, that have worked with, reached out to communities to increase uptake, and we have seen a significant increase in uptake in the communities she refers to, over the communities she refers to, over the summer, but that is work that continues, and it remains a priority. I continues, and it remains a riori. U, continues, and it remains a riori. , priority. I welcome the Booster Programme priority. I welcome the Booster Programme for priority. I welcome the Booster Programme for the priority. I welcome the Boosterj Programme for the vulnerable, priority. I welcome the Booster Programme for the vulnerable, that my right honourable friend has set out to labour can ijust my right honourable friend has set out to labour can i just ask my right honourable friend has set out to labour can ijust ask him about this vexed issue about parental consent . Because the Nhs Website states that it would be rarely appropriate or safe for a child to consent without parentss involvement, and Parents Consent must be sought prior to vaccination. So can my right honourable friend, whether there is an intention to follow this advice, and if not what legal basis has that decision been made on, because the cilic and later Case Law was intended for a far lesser circumstances and roll out to far less healthy children, so if he is going to make sure there is credibility in the system, there has to be parental consent. I credibility in the system, there has to be parental consent. Credibility in the system, there has to be parental consent. I would like to be parental consent. I would like to reassure to be parental consent. I would like to reassure my to be parental consent. I would like to reassure my right to be parental consent. I would like to reassure my right honourable to reassure my right honourable friend on this that the legal basis we are following in particular for Child Vaccinations is the one that has been set out since the 1980s, and been used or applied by successive governments for all Child Vaccinations, and the way the offer of a Covid Vaccine will work will be no different to the current processes deployed. That does require in the first instance to ask parents for their consent, and i am told by the School Age Immunisation Service, these are specialists within the School System that work on child vaccination, that in the vast majority of cases, there is no dispute between what a parent decides on what the child might decide, and that Sort Ofjust works quite normally in that way. Where there is a difference of opinion, so between the parent and the child, then the School Age Immunisation Service will try to reach a consensus, bringing both parties together, and only in those rare situations where they cannot reach consensus, then the process that is followed, called cilic competence, is a process by which it would have to be determined if the children in question is competent enough to make decisions regarding their own health, and in general, Iam Decisions regarding their own health, and in general, i am told the older the child, the more likely there is to be a decision that they are competent enough, but i stress this is the process followed for decades now under successive governments and we wont be changing that process. Gillick competence. We know the ring of protection that the government talked about last year was nonexistent and left lots of people in Adult Care exposed to infection. So can the Secretary Of State say what resources are specifically going to be made available for Care Homes this winter, so that we can ensure they have the Staffing Levels that they need, and to prevent the sort of devastating Infection Rates we saw last year. Mr devastating Infection Rates we saw last ear. ~ last year. Mr speaker, i can tell The Honourable last year. Mr speaker, i can tell The Honourable gentleman last year. Mr speaker, i can tell The Honourable gentleman that| last year. Mr speaker, i can tell. The honourable gentleman that we have already planned to spend an additional £34 billion this year on both nhs and Care Homes, helping to pay for additional measures, such as Infection Control measures, some additional staffing costs, and we constantly keep that under review. Can i echo comments my right honourable Friend And Constituency neighbour the chair of the health select committee made in raising concerns about mentaL Health . I am dealing with a constituent at the moment who has been sectioned under the mental Health Act. There were no beds in surrey and she has had to be moved to kent. Would my right honourable Friend Look at increasing capacity on those most severe cases so that families dont have to undertake the journey in what is already a difficult set of circumstances for them . Mr already a difficult set of circumstances for them . ~ ,. , ~ circumstances for them . Mr speaker, my honourable circumstances for them . Mr speaker, my honourable friend circumstances for them . Mr speaker, my honourable friend is circumstances for them . Mr speaker, my honourable friend is right circumstances for them . Mr speaker, my honourable friend is right to my honourable friend is right to raise this, it is a very difficult situation and of Course Everyone in this house understands, and it is one of the reasons why we are increasing capacity. There is new Funding And Support and it is something that remains a priority. Could i start by extending my condolences, and on behalf of my party, their condolences to the Prime Minister and his family today. Mr speaker, children and young people have done everything that has been asked of them through this pandemic, as have their parents, yet children have paid a high price, in terms of lost learning and in particular their mentaL Health. Yet they have been an afterthought for government throughout. It is all very well announcing today that the power to close schools under the Coronavirus Act will be expired. It makes a great headline, but the Health Secretary is well aware that power was never used previously to close schools, just guidance from the education secretary, so will he give pupils and parents across the country a Cast Iron Guarantee today that his government will not close schools again this winter . Mr speaker. Schools again this winter . Mr speaker. I schools again this winter . Mr speaker, i think The Honourable schools again this winter . Mr speaker, ithink The Honourable lady speaker, i think The Honourable lady will agree that we are as a country in a much better place with Kobe Today then we saw even at the start of this year, and that is down to many factors, a number of those i refer to in my statement. But i believe with the measures we set out today that we can be confident that our children will not have to go again through the kind of disruption that they have seen in the last couple of years. That they have seen in the last couple of years. The distinguishing characteristic couple of years. The distinguishing characteristic of couple of years. The distinguishing characteristic of the couple of years. The distinguishing characteristic of the Coronavirus I Characteristic of the Coronavirus Emergency Act was not so much the new powers, which already existed in the civil contingency and other acts, but the fact that the ministers were not required to get them approved by parliament before implementation, and it is one of the reasons for the poor quality of some of the decisions taken in the last year. Can he give an undertaking that any new regulations and any he retains will be put to The House before implementation, including Vaccine Certification if the government is unwise enough to pursue that course . Mr government is unwise enough to pursue that course . Mr speaker, i can tell my pursue that course . Mr speaker, i can tell my right pursue that course . Mr speaker, i can tell my right honourable pursue that course . Mr speaker, i | can tell my right honourable friend that when the government, any government, makes decisions that have such an impact on peoples liberties, even if those decisions are made for all the right reasons, in this case, of course, to deal with this pandemic, then it should be working with The House, and working with colleagues, and any measures that are significant, of course they will come to the government, come to The House and seek approval in front of The House. The Secretary Of State talked about international work. Unless we tackle this across the world, we are going to be in a pandemic forever, so when he was at the g20 and he shared with other countries what we are doing to help tackle it internationally, can help tackle it internationally, can he please share with a house what is being done to tackle Vaccination Rates across the Globe Share with The House. Mr rates across the Globe Share with The House The House. Mr speaker, i can tell The House. Mr speaker, i can tell The Honourable The House. Mr speaker, i can tell The Honourable lady The House. Mr speaker, i can tell The Honourable lady there The House. Mr speaker, i can tell The Honourable lady there was i The Honourable lady there was significant discussion with g20 colleagues, but not all of them have lets say behaved in exactly the same way as the uk, in offering donations to poorer countries of vaccines. The honourable lady will know that we are committed to 100 Million doses, to offering those to international friends, million doses, to offering those to internationalfriends, and million doses, to offering those to international friends, and that already we have provided or donated 9. 2 million doses, most of those through the covax programme. We remain committed to that programme and one of the things we try to do internationally, including through the foreign secretary, is to encourage more countries to both honour their commitments to the covax, and those that haventjoined it, to come forward and help in that way. It, to come forward and help in that wa. ~. , it, to come forward and help in that wa. , it, to come forward and help in that wa. ,. ,. , way. We are served by some amazing Gp Surgeries. Way. We are served by some amazing Gp Surgeries, including way. We are served by some amazing Gp Surgeries, including the way. We are served by some amazing Gp Surgeries, including the Mallows I Gp surgeries, including the mallows new practice and their team, that i am hearing that some gp constituents surgeries are still not opening their doors for face to face appointments, and could i ask if he agrees with me that actually wish to encourage those Gp Surgeries to open up encourage those Gp Surgeries to open up to help with the backlot . Yes. Encourage those Gp Surgeries to open up to help with the backlot . Up to help with the backlot . Yes, the Backlog Up to help with the backlot . Yes, the backlog i up to help with the backlot . Yes, the backlog. I agree up to help with the backlot . Yes, the backlog. I agree with up to help with the backlot . Yes, the backlog. I agree with my the backlog. I agree with my honourable friend, he is right to raise this, i think everyone can understand why during the height of the pandemic, gps could not provide access in the normal way, but we are way past that now, life is starting to return almost back to complete normal, and as that is happening, it should be happening in our Gp Surgeries too, and more gps should be offering face to Face Access and we intend to do a lot more about it. The Secretary Of State rightly speaks of the importance of vaccines, and in my Livingston Constituency it is playing a crucial role in the global fight against covid and have worked incredibly hard to augment and adapt their work on a vaccine as new variants have emerged. As requested by his uk government. So you can imagine my Shock And Mine that their contracts to produce 100 Million vaccines was cancelled with very little notice or consultation. To compound that shot, there appears to be little clarity and reasoning, and whilst i wont repeat the room is printed in the media, does the Health Secretary not agree that this is a shocking way to treat a company working tirelessly on a vaccine, and will he meet with me to ensure the future of the site, its work and its workers are secure, and rethink this disastrous decision . And rethink this disastrous decision . ,. , decision . Have to say to The Honourable decision . Have to say to The Honourable Lady Decision . Have to say to The Honourable lady i decision . Have to say to The Honourable lady i dont decision . Have to say to the | honourable lady i dont agree decision . Have to say to The Honourable lady i dont agree with her. There are commercial reasons that we have cancelled act, but what i can tell her is that it was also clear to us that the vaccine in question that the company was developing would not get approval by the mhra here in the uk, and obviously she is not recommending that we administer vaccines that dont get approval. I do understand her point about livingston and the factory in livingston, and that is very important for the uk government, the scottish government, and of course it is something we will be working together on to see what more we can do. Clarification and a request what more we can do. Clarification and a request. On what more we can do. Clarification and a request. On a what more we can do. Clarification and a request. On a clarification, i j and a request. On a clarification, i welcome the boosters. Could he clarify for people who have had either the astrazeneca or the pfizer, will they be having the same vaccine, or mixing a vaccine, and a request, one of the slowest things when it comes to dealing with the Fibre Vaccination is the 15 Minute Wait you have to sit through to see you dont have a reaction. We now should have the data. Will you ask the nhs to look whether this can be removed to remove some of the pressure on those delivering the vaccines over the winter . fin Pressure on those delivering the vaccines over the winter . On the Booster Programme, vaccines over the winter . On the Booster Programme, everyone i vaccines over the winter . On the | Booster Programme, everyone on vaccines over the winter . On the Booster Programme, everyone on that programme will be offered either the Pfizer Vaccine or half a dose of the moderna vaccine. I think in the vast majority of cases it will be the Pfizer Vaccine. Majority of cases it will be the pfizervaccine. In majority of cases it will be the Pfizer Vaccine. In terms of the data thatis Pfizer Vaccine. In terms of the data that is now available on that 15 Minute Wait, we are analysing that to see if we can make any difference to see if we can make any difference to the way we administer the vaccine. ~ ,. , ~ to the way we administer the vaccine. ~ ,,. , ~ g. , to the way we administer the vaccine. ~ ,,. , ~ i. To the way we administer the vaccine. ~. ,~. , vaccine. Mr speaker, Jane Roach from erdinuton vaccine. Mr speaker, Jane Roach from erdington lost vaccine. Mr speaker, Jane Roach from erdington lost her vaccine. Mr speaker, Jane Roach from erdington lost her father vaccine. Mr speaker, Jane Roach from erdington lost her father to vaccine. Mr speaker, Jane Roach from erdington lost her father to covid, erdington lost her father to covid, and then five days later lost her sister to covid. They led the hundreds of families who came To London last week, down the memorial walk, calling with one voice for the promised Enquiry Take place. They are frustrated, because they want not just for are frustrated, because they want notjust for their are frustrated, because they want not just for their families are frustrated, because they want notjust for their families to know why they died, but for No One else to die as a consequence of mistakes made. When will the Secretary Of State and the Prime Minister agreed to honour the pledge that has been made to meet with Covid Families for justice, because they have a right to be heard at the next stages. Mr speaker, The Honourable gentleman is right to raise the concerns of jane and many others up and down the country, and expressed her frustration in the way that he did. I am certain that when this enquiry gets going, that people like jane and many others will have the opportunity to set out their views. First of all, thank you for granting the statement last night, i think it was important The House heard an early opportunity on this decision. Regretfully, there were one or two inadvertent inaccuracies in some responses to the questions but i am very pleased to say, having raised those with the minister who i respect greatly, a correction has either been made or will be made very quickly and i think that is admirable from the department that they have sought to put the record straight at a very early opportunity. Can i ask the Secretary Of State, in his statement, he said that regular, asymptomatic testing of those in education would continue in the coming months. Now, my understanding was there is to be a review at The End of september about regularly testing children that have no symptoms. Is that still going to continue . My view is that we shouldnt be regularly testing children who have no symptoms, only those who have symptoms, and that is also the view of the royal college of paediatrics and child health. So, urge the Secretary Of State to drop regular asymptomatic testing of children . I think it will be good for their education and good for their mentaL Health. Mr for their education and good for their mentaL Health. Mr speaker, My Riaht their mentaL Health. Mr speaker, my right honourable their mentaL Health. Mr speaker, my right honourable friend their mentaL Health. Mr speaker, my right honourable friend raised their mentaL Health. Mr speaker, my right honourable friend raised the. Right honourable friend raised the issue of yesterdays statement, and im pleased he has accepted the Vaccines Minister had inadvertently i think, my right honourable friend was referring to whether the department had received the advice from the Jcvi Department had received the advice from thejcvi on boosters, and the Vaccines Minister was not aware of the time he was making the statement that we had actually received it, and as he said, it was inadvertent, and as he said, it was inadvertent, and the Vaccines Minister has done a letter of correction which is going to the library of The House today. On asymptomatic testing of schoolchildren, that is planned to continue for this month. Whether we continue for this month. Whether we continue beyond that, i am not aware of a final decision that has been made on that, it is something my department consults with, with the department for education. But the general point that he is making is that we should end this as soon as we can, and especially if we believe it is not making much of a difference. Of course, we keep that under review and if we continue with it it must be supported by the evidence. It it must be supported by the evidence it it must be supported by the evidence. ,. ,. ,. , evidence. The Secretary Of State, in wirral, there evidence. The Secretary Of State, in wirral, there has evidence. The Secretary Of State, in wirral, there has been evidence. The Secretary Of State, in wirral, there has been a evidence. The Secretary Of State, in wirral, there has been a 1396 wirral, there has been a 13 increase in one week in levels of infection, and sadly four people died in hospital, after a period of there being very, very few deaths indeed. So we are at a much higher level of Infection Rates. Can he tell The House what level of deaths the government will be prepared to accept from covid before they think of taking measures to try to prevent the ongoing spread . I5 of taking measures to try to prevent the ongoing spread . Is to of taking measures to try to prevent the ongoing spread . The ongoing spread . Is to speaker, of course no the ongoing spread . Is to speaker, of course No One the ongoing spread . Is to speaker, of course No One wants the ongoing spread . Is to speaker, of course No One wants to the ongoing spread . Is to speaker, of course No One wants to see the ongoing spread . Is to speaker, of course No One wants to see any. Of course No One wants to see any death from any disease, including covid, but i think that, as we have learned more about covid, i think everyone understands that it is not completely preventable, but it is our vaccines that are making a difference in wirral and across the country. No level of deaths i would describe as acceptable. The job of the government is to keep it at an absolute minimum, but Notjust Covid deaths. We also have to be alive to the deaths from cancer, from Heart Disease and things, and she will know when we had at the height of the restrictions, many people were suffering in other ways because they werent able to go to the nhs, and werent able to go to the nhs, and we have to keep that top of our mind too. It we have to keep that top of our mind too. , ,. ,. , we have to keep that top of our mind too. , ,. ,. ,. , too. It has been very tough for alL Health professionals, too. It has been very tough for alL Health professionals, so too. It has been very tough for alL Health professionals, so will too. It has been very tough for alL Health professionals, so will the L Health professionals, so will the Secretary Of State wholeheartedly condemn the abuse that some gps have been suffering recently . And if vulnerable people are not able to get through on the telephone to their surgery, get through on the telephone to theirsurgery, is get through on the telephone to their surgery, is it the clinical Commissioning Group or the department that should step in to Try And Sort that out . I absolutely would oin Try And Sort that out . I absolutely would join my Try And Sort that out . I absolutely would join my honourable Try And Sort that out . I absolutely would join my honourable friend l Try And Sort that out . I absolutely| would join my honourable friend in condemning anyone that gives abuse to our fantastic gps up and down the country. And if someone cannot get through to their gp, the answer is they should try a certainly through their clinical Commissioning Group first. If any reason that doesnt work, then please come across to the department and consult ministers. The Secretary Of State has not delivered a concrete plan today. No Real Clarity on thresholds for further lockdowns or details of what draconian and unnecessary powers in the Coronavirus Act he wants to hold onto. Can he at least say when this soon to expire act will be back before this house for a vote . Can i su est before this house for a vote . Can i suggest that before this house for a vote . Can i suggest that the before this house for a vote . Can i suggest that The Honourable lady reads the plan before she comments on it. I reads the plan before she comments on it. ,. Reads the plan before she comments on it. ,. ,. ,. , on it. I welcome much of what is a Sensible Plan on it. I welcome much of what is a Sensible Plan from on it. I welcome much of what is a Sensible Plan from the on it. I welcome much of what is a Sensible Plan from the Secretary L on it. I welcome much of what is a | Sensible Plan from the Secretary Of State, although i do have a Creeping Feeling we are preparing to treat flu like covid, more like the other Way Round more than the other Way Round but before we extend the Vaccine Programme and boosters, can i ask the Secretary Of State to get a grip on a creeping issue, which is people who have had one vaccination in england and another one in scotland or the other Way Round, the two systems are not talking to each other and then they are not getting the benefits of being fullyjabbed, so we need to deliver for those who have done what we asked them to do before we deliver vaccines to others. ~ , before we deliver vaccines to others. G. ,. ,. , , others. My honourable friend is absolutely others. My honourable friend is absolutely right others. My honourable friend is absolutely right to others. My honourable friend is absolutely right to raise others. My honourable friend is absolutely right to raise this, i others. My honourable friend is i absolutely right to raise this, and i have people in my own family who have had that very issue, and it is something that i know the Vaccines Minister is looking at, but i also have discussed it with the Health Ministry in scotland and we are working to see what more we can do. As we go into another winter, placing our Communitys Welfare in the hands of health and social care staff, can the Secretary Of State reflect on the fact that in england 3 nhs Pay Rise does not marry up well to the 4 Macro Backdated in scotland. Why will the Secretary Of State not place the same esteem on health and social care in england as we do in scotland . Mr health and social care in england as we do in scotland . Health and social care in england as we do in scotland . Mr speaker, when it came to the we do in scotland . Mr speaker, when it came to the pay we do in scotland . Mr speaker, when it came to the Pay Rise we do in scotland . Mr speaker, when it came to the Pay Rise the it came to the Pay Rise The Honourable gentleman referred to, we accepted the recommendation of the independent Pay Review Body and i think that was the right thing to do. Is think that was the right thing to do. ,. ,. ,. , do. Is my right honourable friend aware that do. Is my right honourable friend aware that the do. Is my right honourable friend aware that the likely do. Is my right honourable friend aware that the likely course do. Is my right honourable friend aware that the likely course of i do. Is my right honourable friend | aware that the likely course of the pandemic is that more and more people, vaccinated or not, are likely to be infected by covid . But the levels of protection from the vaccines will keep them from serious disease. So will he say something about the triggers for any future lockdown or other restrictions, and confirmed that the expected increase in the Transmission Of Covid will not be among them . Mr in the Transmission Of Covid will not be among them . Mr speaker, My Riaht not be among them . Mr speaker, my right honourable not be among them . Mr speaker, my right honourable friend not be among them . Mr speaker, my right honourable friend is not be among them . Mr speaker, my right honourable friend is right right honourable friend is right about of course the importance of vaccines, and in terms of any potential triggers, vaccines, and in terms of any potentialtriggers, i vaccines, and in terms of any potential triggers, i think one thing i would highlight that i havent mentioned so far today in parliament is the importance of being on guard against future variants, but especially if there is lets say a vaccine escape variant, No One can rule that out, that is why our Surveillance System is so important, but in that situation, i think the government would have to take further action. We couldnt say what that action would be today, but thatis what that action would be today, but that is the kind of risk that we need to be on guard. Ih that is the kind of risk that we need to be on guard. That is the kind of risk that we need to be on guard. In hull, we have the second need to be on guard. In hull, we have the second highest need to be on guard. In hull, we have the second highest rates i need to be on guard. In hull, we have the second highest rates of Covid Infection in the country, and in one of the wards in my constituency, only 51 coverage of second doses of the covid vaccination, of course the Secretary Of State said the national average is 71 , so this figure goes to the heart of the problems we have with regional and health inequalities, and i would like to know what the Secretary Of State is going to do to make sure we maximise the number of people in hull who receive the vaccination, and we dont have people in hull left behind in the recovery. Mr people in hull left behind in the recove. ~. ,. , recovery. Mr speaker, of course No One should recovery. Mr speaker, of course No One should be recovery. Mr speaker, of course No One should be left recovery. Mr speaker, of course No One should be left behind recovery. Mr speaker, of Course Noj one should be left behind wherever they are in the uk. The differential take up of the vaccine can be based on a number of factors, but there is definitely a difference in Age Groups for example, and so what we are trying to do, working with the nhs, is we tailor our message about trying to convince people about the fact effects of the vaccine to those respective Age Groups, and we also try to do it on a localised basis. If The Honourable lady has any particular suggestions around hull, we will be more than happy to listen to her. He we will be more than happy to listen to her. ,. ,. , to her. He retains all the powers of the 1984 public to her. He retains all the powers of the 1984 Public Health to her. He retains all the powers of the 1984 public Health Act, to her. He retains all the powers of the 1984 public Health Act, which i the 1984 public Health Act, which were used to take away our liberties without parliamentary prior authority. Will he undertake to review and to give us a new public Health Act . Mr review and to give us a new public Health Act . Review and to give us a new public Health Act . ~ ,,. , ~ ~ ,. , Health Act . Mr speaker, we keep all rules under Health Act . Mr speaker, we keep all rules under review Health Act . Mr speaker, we keep all rules under review at Health Act . Mr speaker, we keep all rules under review at all Health Act . Mr speaker, we keep all rules under review at all times. Health act . Mr speaker, we keep all rules under review at all times. He l rules under review at all times. He will rules under review at all times. He will know from the discussions he describes with international colleagues that while travelling the rest of europe has recovered to 60 of pre covert levels, it is a fraction of that here, so when will he scrap the outdated, unnecessary and hugely expensive travel testing regime, save what is left of an industry, and end of the situation where foreign travel has once again become the preserve of the rich . Mr speaker, i say two things to the right honourable gentleman, first of all that it is important that we have a system of surveillance, especially around variants across the world. There are different ways to do that. We have chosen a particular path at the moment but it is important to have that surveillance, i hope he agrees. And as i alluded to earlier in my statement, we are planning to make some changes around the Travel Regime and my right honourable friend the Transport Secretary will come to The House as soon as he is ready. Come to The House as soon as he is read. ,. ,. ,. , ready. Time and time again i am heafina ready. Time and time again i am hearing from ready. Time and time again i am hearing from constituents ready. Time and time again i am hearing from constituents of ready. Time and time again i am i hearing from constituents of mind that they cant get face to face appointments with gps, and i know they are under immense pressure. Further to the answer my right honourable friend gave to my friend from watford, would he be able to elaborate on what work he and his department are doing to encourage gps to give face to face appointments to those individuals who need them . Who need them . Yes, i can, mr speaker. Who need them . Yes, i can, mr speaker. And who need them . Yes, i can, mr speaker, and again, who need them . Yes, i can, mr speaker, and again, it who need them . Yes, i can, mr speaker, and again, it is who need them . Yes, i can, mr speaker, and again, it is a who need them . Yes, i can, mr speaker, and again, it is a very| speaker, and again, it is a very important issue, we are working with the bma, the nhs and other important organisations on this. And there are a number of things that i think we can do, but we are trying to do so by agreement at this point, but he is right to raise this issue, and as i said earlier, it is high time that gps started operating in the way that they did before the pandemic, and offering face to face appointments to everyone who would like one. Mr appointments to everyone who would like one. ~ ,,. , ~. , like one. Mr speaker, in the Health Secretarys like one. Mr speaker, in the Health Secretarys statement, like one. Mr speaker, in the Health Secretarys statement, the like one. Mr speaker, in the Health Secretarys statement, the first secretarys statement, the first matter here mentioned is the importance of vaccines. But we know that 40 of the Worlds Population has been single vaccinated against covid, but only 1. 8 of those in low income countries have been vaccinated, and are not on track to vaccinated, and are not on track to vaccinate their populations until 2023. To be frank, mr speaker, this government has previously taken a dangerous route into international policies like their anti refugee bill. So my question is will the government commit to ensuring the uk plays its part in vaccinating the poorest nations in the world, firstly to save lives, and secondly to avoid the potential emergence of further covid variations . Brute to avoid the potential emergence of further covid variations . Further covid variations . We are more than further covid variations . We are more than playing further covid variations . We are more than playing our further covid variations . We are more than playing our part. Thank you. I know the international Travel Sector will welcome the framework. Given that it is coming out on the 1st of october, will that give colleagues the opportunity to pay them their ideas. Will he entertain the idea of moving into Lateral Flow Tests and only the small proportion of positive cases we need to take up a Pcr Test. I know these are important issues. I dont want to pre empt the statement of the right honourable friend, the Transport Secretary, but i know that