been the result, mr speaker? another body blow to the uk economy and to our ability to fund our nhs. that is the fundamental difference between... that is the fundamental difference between this government and the opposition. we have a plan for getting to covid, all they do is carp from the sidelines. mai; for getting to covid, all they do is carp from the sidelines.— carp from the sidelines. may i commend _ carp from the sidelines. may i commend my _ carp from the sidelines. may i commend my right _ carp from the sidelines. may i | commend my right honourable carp from the sidelines. i—l commend my right honourable friend for resisting calls from the labour party and others for more restrictions before christmas. and also for the changes that he has announced today. omicron is less serious than previous variants. we will see new variants appear in future, the likelihood is that they will continue to be less serious. it is not in the national interest to partially or wholly set... shut down sectors of our economy every time we see a new variant. will he take this opportunity to inform the house as to whether and how the government will be changing its approach when you variants arrive? i will be changing its approach when you variants arrive?— you variants arrive? i think, thank m riaht you variants arrive? i think, thank my right honourable _ you variants arrive? i think, thank my right honourable friend - you variants arrive? i think, thank my right honourable friend very i my right honourable friend very much. she is totally right in what she says. we simply cannot go on as a country and as a society by reaching endlessly for lockdown, which is their instinct. no matter what the cost, no matter what the damage it does. we have to remain cautious, mr speaker. i'm afraid i cannot tell the house that we can rule out absolutely everything to protect the public, but i am confident, as i said to the country last night, i am confident, that is why i am repeating it today, i am confident that we can get through this wave of omicron with the measures, with a balanced and proportionate approach that we are taking. i am glad to have her support stop for the future, what we need is the multi—... polyvalent vaccines that can deal with any type of covid mutation, any type of variant, as well as the therapeutics, mr speaker. that is what we are investing in. as you should know, more per head than any other country in europe. can i should know, more per head than any other country in europe.— other country in europe. can i thank the prime minister _ other country in europe. can i thank the prime minister for _ other country in europe. can i thank the prime minister for advance - other country in europe. can i thank| the prime minister for advance sight of his statement? i hope the prime minister had a safe and restful break and his festive parties were perhaps more sensible and regal than they were in 2020. mr speaker, the prime minister is right that the booster programme is absolutely crucial. getting a booster reduces the chance of getting covid, protects against serious illness, and helps reduce pressure on our nhs. but the prime ministermike centric approach to ride out the omicron wave is a reckless gamble that risks lives and risks the nhs. let's talk about what ride it out means. it means allowing the omicron variant to rip through communities. it means avoidable deaths, long covid, and stretching the nhs to breaking point. that is why the correct approach is to show continued caution and to slow transmission. this is the proactive, sensible and cautious approach being taken by the scottish government and the other devolved nations. and it is the uk government that is once again out of step. but recklessness has been the hallmark of this prime minister. the prime minister has acknowledged parts of the nhs will feel temporarily overwhelmed, but hospitals in england are already overwhelmed with heart attack patients being told to make their own way to hospitals. how appalling, prime minister. what a failure. well the prime minister now listen to his own chief scientific adviser and chief medical officers, who have acknowledged that the disease is moving up the age ranges and that we can expect increased pressures on hospital? will the prime minister act to slow the rate of transmission? mr speaker, the reality is that the prime minister has no choice but to ride it out because he is too weak to get a more cautious and sensible approach past his divided cabinet and his mutinous backbenchers. the prime minister knows that he doesn't carry the moral authority to protect the public when his stomach he has broken previous restrictions himself. the public is faced with a prime minister who does not have the political leadership for the authority to act to keep these islands safe. will the prime ministerfinally islands safe. will the prime minister finally acknowledged that he is riding it out is risking lives and the nhs because his backbenchers are now calling the shots? i and the nhs because his backbenchers are now calling the shots?— are now calling the shots? i think ou are now calling the shots? i think you should _ are now calling the shots? i think you should take _ are now calling the shots? i think you should take back _ are now calling the shots? i think you should take back what - are now calling the shots? i think you should take back what he - are now calling the shots? i think| you should take back what he said because... know, mr speaker, ithink that he should be respectful of the traditions of this house, which as you do not accuse people of things they have not done. it is totally untrue. this government has taken... order. order. mr blackford, please, weiust_ order. order. mr blackford, please, we just want to calm it down. this is a new_ we just want to calm it down. this is a new year, let's start off as we mean _ is a new year, let's start off as we mean to— is a new year, let's start off as we mean to go— is a new year, let's start off as we mean to go on, not in the way we are behaving _ mean to go on, not in the way we are behaving. prime minister. mr speaker. _ behaving. prime minister. m speaker, while the scottish national party continues to do serious economic damage in the way that they do, we will continue... we will continue to get on with a balanced and a proportionate... continue to get on with a balanced and a proportionate. . ._ continue to get on with a balanced and a proportionate... order. order. now, and a proportionate... order. order. now. either— and a proportionate... order. order. now. either we _ and a proportionate... order. order. now, either we behave... _ and a proportionate... order. order. now, either we behave... i- and a proportionate... order. order. now, either we behave... i do - and a proportionate... order. order. now, either we behave... i do not. now, eitherwe behave... i do not need _ now, eitherwe behave... i do not need any— now, eitherwe behave... i do not need any advice from anybody over there _ need any advice from anybody over there that — need any advice from anybody over there. that is the last thing we need — there. that is the last thing we need i'm _ there. that is the last thing we need. i'mjust there. that is the last thing we need. i'm just saying we need to calm _ need. i'm just saying we need to calm it_ need. i'm just saying we need to calm it down. it is a very important debate, _ calm it down. it is a very important debate, the — calm it down. it is a very important debate, the country is watching. they— debate, the country is watching. they want — debate, the country is watching. they want to hear what is going on. catcatting _ they want to hear what is going on. catcalling across the chamber is not -ood catcalling across the chamber is not good for _ catcalling across the chamber is not good for anybody. i catcalling across the chamber is not good for anybody-— good for anybody. i think what we need to do _ good for anybody. i think what we need to do is _ good for anybody. i think what we need to do is get _ good for anybody. i think what we need to do is get on _ good for anybody. i think what we need to do is get on together - good for anybody. i think what we j need to do is get on together with good for anybody. i think what we l need to do is get on together with a plan that is both balanced and proportionate, and i think does a huge amount to protect the public and is the right way forward in dealing with omicron. he says, mr speaker, that the uk government is out of step with what the scottish national party want, actually, overwhelmingly, we do the same thing at the same time, and there is far more that unites us than divides us. that is the reality. you may not like it, but that is the reality. mr speaker, i must say, i do take exception to the language used by the right honourable gentleman. mr speaker, i think that when it comes to the union, he should reflect on the great success that has been achieved by the uk scientists working together on vaccines, the formidable effort of test and trace operations that i have seen myself in glasgow and elsewhere, the heroic actions of the british army in ferrying vulnerable people who needed urgent covid treatment from remote scottish islands to the places they needed care, and to follow, which was a huge operation, many billions of which were spent in scotland —— back and to furlough. i think you should take back some of his more damaging remarks. i do not think they do him any credit at all. we should do our level best to work together in a civil way to get through this pandemic. that is what this government intends to do. i did not hear what _ this government intends to do. i did not hear what we _ this government intends to do. i did not hear what we said because people were chuntering at the same time. i wanted _ were chuntering at the same time. i wanted to— were chuntering at the same time. i wanted to calm it down, i want is to use language that is appropriate to this chamber. so, please, make sure that we_ this chamber. so, please, make sure that we treat — this chamber. so, please, make sure that we treat each other with the respect _ that we treat each other with the respect that i expect from all of you going — respect that i expect from all of you going forward. i respect that i expect from all of you going forward.— respect that i expect from all of you going forward. i can graduate the prime minister _ you going forward. i can graduate the prime minister on _ you going forward. i can graduate the prime minister on his - you going forward. i can graduate l the prime minister on his balanced approach, unlike that of some other people in this house. there is increasing concern amongst epidemiologists, modellers, scientists about the use of modelling and forecasts. amongst the comments are the forecast that we may have been using for the last two years are almost hysterical, lurid, spectacularly wrong, consistently overconfident and substantially inflated. those are comments from scientists, not from journalists or politicians. does he trust the modelling that he is getting, and with the government consider an enquiry into the use of modelling and forecasting, many of which have been found to be unrelated to reality? i been found to be unrelated to reali ? ., ~ , been found to be unrelated to reali ? . ,, , ., ., reality? i thank my honourable friend very _ reality? i thank my honourable friend very much. _ reality? i thank my honourable friend very much. i _ reality? i thank my honourable friend very much. i think - reality? i thank my honourable friend very much. i think it - reality? i thank my honourable friend very much. i think it is l reality? i thank my honourable i friend very much. i think it is very important for everybody to understand the limitations of what a model is. these are not forecasts, they are mathematical projections based on the data that the modellers currently have. particularly when it came to omicron, about the severity of the disease. and that is why when you feed... assumptions about severity that are excessive into the model, you will get results that come out excessive. that, i think, is what he is driving at. i think if you look at some of the models, some of the calculations, they are much closer to what is in fact happening now. models are useful, they cannot be dispensed with, we need to have projections. i do not think we should be doing in this house is in any way try to undermine or attack the independent scientists whose independence is absolutely vital for our ability to handle this disease. quietly waiting for half an hour or so. can i ask the prime minister, he knows perfectly well that one of the big issues facing the nhs as capacity, in particular in the workforce. can i make some very simple suggestions that could have an effect very, very quickly. first of all, to provide... to reward people for staying on in the nhs right the way through to retirement, to reward people for returning from retirement, to make sure that we deal with the gender pay gap, because that is what is make it very difficult for many women to stay on in the profession, provide sabbatical so that people do not burn out in the profession, and finally deal with the problem of overtime, which is now barely worth doing for lots of doctors and nurses. if we increase that, maybe we'll be able to increase the capacity and be able to save many more lives. i capacity and be able to save many more lives-— capacity and be able to save many more lives-_ more lives. i thank the right honourable _ more lives. i thank the right honourable gentleman. - more lives. i thank the right honourable gentleman. wel more lives. i thank the right i honourable gentleman. we are more lives. i thank the right - honourable gentleman. we are doing everything we can to ensure flexibility in the nhs, so that staff can move more easily by electronic passes and so on from one place to another. we are getting many doctors back to the service. we have got our volunteers, both in the vaccine roll are now in helping hospitals with the current pressure. but more fundamentally what we are doing is recruiting large numbers of nhs staff. there are now more people working in the nhs than at any time in its history. about 50,000 more old told this year than last year, all told. that is the investments we are making. i all told. that is the investments we are making-— are making. i welcome the changes that the prime _ are making. i welcome the changes that the prime minister has - that the prime minister has announced. all of us should want to be protected by vaccines rather than restrictions in the future. he will be aware that on new year's eve, the uk health security agency published studio: we are going to leave the house of commons for a moment, although you can continue watching on the bbc parliament channel if you so wish. the prime minister has announced that from four o'clock in the morning the predeparture test for arrivals back into the uk will be scrapped, no more pcr or lateral flow test will be required for people coming into the country which is what the travel industry has been hoping for and we will come back to that shortly. the plan b measures will be reviewed on the 26th of january. we have some breaking news from bristol crown court. three people have been cleared of criminal crown damage after a statue was pulled down in the city injune 2020. andrew plant is with us. what is the background? peoplejust what is the background? people 'ust bearinnin to what is the background? people 'ust beginning to gatheri what is the background? people 'ust beginning to gather in i what is the background? people 'ust beginning to gather in the i what is the background? people 'ust beginning to gather in the wake h what is the background? peoplejust beginning to gather in the wake of. beginning to gather in the wake of those verdicts outside bristol crown court. people will remember those scenes from bristol even though they were 18 months ago, june, 2020, during a black lives matter protest, and there was a break of group that went into the centre of bristol and went into the centre of bristol and went to the edward colston, the 17th—century slave trader, a statue in the centre of the city which has stood here for 125 years and they put ropes around the neck of the statue and pulled it down off its plinth and it was then sprayed with graffiti and stamped on and rolled more than 100 metres into the nearby harbour—side. despite there being several hundred people in the group, many people on camera, there were only everfour many people on camera, there were only ever four people charged with criminal damage in the trial started here at the end of last year in mid—december, and it finished just a few minutes ago and the jury finding all four people charged not guilty of the criminal damage after that statue was pulled down. during the seven to 2020, during a black lives matter protest in bristol, a statue of the slave trader edward coulston tied up and toppled. the 125—year—old bronze was graffitied and rolled into the water. police did not intervene. cheering we made a tactical decision that to stop people from doing that may have caused further disorder and we decided the safest thing to do in terms of policing tactics was to allow it to take place.- allow it to take place. over the ears allow it to take place. over the years previously, _ allow it to take place. over the years previously, some - allow it to take place. over the years previously, some had - years previously, some had petitioned to have the statue removed, and edward colston made his fortune in the 17th—century transatlantic slave trade. across bristol buildings, pubs, streets and schools carried his name. the protest made headlines worldwide, and many venues began dropping the edward colston name and conversation started about other historical statues and monuments. it is not about the statues _ statues and monuments. it is not about the statues but _ statues and monuments. it is not about the statues but it - statues and monuments. it is not about the statues but it is - statues and monuments. it is not about the statues but it is about. about the statues but it is about the story we tell ourselves, the heroes that we lionised and those that we now wish to perhaps move away from. the that we now wish to perhaps move away from-— that we now wish to perhaps move awa from. , .,, . ., away from. the people charged with damauuin away from. the people charged with damaging the _ away from. the people charged with damaging the statue _ away from. the people charged with damaging the statue became - away from. the people charged with damaging the statue became knownj away from. the people charged with i damaging the statue became known as the constant four and large crowds gathered at the start of their trial —— edward colston four. the trial was said to be only about criminal damage but the defence team said it was about much more than that. four days after the protest the statue was fished out, eventually put on display at a museum, to explain the latest chapter in bristol does �*s history and its repercussions worldwide. —— bristol's history. these four people cleared of criminal damage, it's at the end of this? —— is that the end of this? this has sparked conversations in bristol and across the world and we are expecting statements i think in are expecting statements i think in a couple of minutes but they had lots of supporters at the start of this trial. a lot of people in bristol thought this was much bigger thanjust about bristol thought this was much bigger than just about pulling down a statue, it started conversations everywhere about what kind of symbols and statues we have in our towns and cities and what they represented, and of course what they may now, but for others it was polarised and many said this was a cut and dried case of criminal damage and that the prosecution should go ahead. early statement from the defence team saying there was a sense of communityjustice in bristol but in terms of prosecutions that would be the end of that, the end of the trial and those four people charged with criminal damage found not guilty here by a majority jury found not guilty here by a majority jury verdictjust in the last couple of minutes at bristol crown court. andrew, thanks forjoining us. we have news in kazakhstan, anti—government protests in the country are spreading. they are into their second day. i was reading earlier that a number of anti—government protesters in kazakhstan's main city have stormed the mayor's office, this is to do with fuel prices, and usually protests are not seen in this autocratic part would be bad but we now understand there are reports through reuters, the news agency, saying that protesters have also seized the main airport in the city of al marta, which used to be the capital until the late 905. they have also taken control of some other government buildings and again this is very unusual because they should expect a tough response, they are told, from the kazakhstan president who said he will take control of the national security council from the former autocratic leader. it is worth keeping an eye on that situation in kazakhstan at those anti—government protests 5eem tho5e anti—government protests seem to be spreading. —— a5 tho5e anti—government protests seem to be spreading. —— as those. now back to coronavirus and the daily numbers from the government. a further 191i,7li7 lab confirmed covid—19 ca5e5 further 191i,7li7 lab confirmed covid—19 cases have been recorded as of nine o'clock this morning in the uk. the government has said that a further 334 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for covid—19. but this figure of 334 does include a backlog of people who died in hospital reported by nhs england covering the period the 1st of january until the 4th of january. separate figures from the office for national statistics 5how5 separate figures from the office for national statistics shows they have now been 174,000 deaths registered in the uk where covid—19 wa5 in the uk where covid—19 was mentioned on the death certificate. we can go back to the house of commons where the prime minister is taking que5tion5 commons where the prime minister is taking questions on the coronavirus. hearing from the snp mp, joanna cherry. individualised risk assessments carried out in all cases. now, i noted the minister's sympathy for the plight of my honourable friend and her but can he tell me this, what specific steps of his government to take to make sure that visiting restrictions are proportionate acro55 visiting restrictions are proportionate across the board? i thank you very much, and i want to repeat my sympathy for all those who needs to visit people in care homes, and loved ones in care homes are desperate to be visited. we have a system in place which does allow for a limited duration visits for three nominated persons, which is an improvement on where we were at earlier stages in this pandemic, but what we want to do is continue with a balanced and proportionate approach, which doesn't allow the disease to get back into our care homes in the way that it did, the faster we can get through omicron, the quicker we will be back to normal. i the quicker we will be back to normal. ., , the quicker we will be back to normal. . , ., , ., normal. i am sure on the site of the house we will _ normal. i am sure on the site of the house we will welcome _ normal. i am sure on the site of the house we will welcome my - normal. i am sure on the site of the house we will welcome my right - house we will welcome my right honourable friend's statement, and i have the honour ofjoining an army of volunteers at my local vaccination hub over christmas to help get people jabbed now. thousands of people each day, it has been a privilege. my local hospital has declared a critical incident. i would be extremely grateful to him and his colleague health secretary to receive maximum assurance that the leadership of that hospital will get all the support they need in order to maintain tho5e essential services for the people of my constituency. ye5, yes, the hospital he mentions will get every support throughout this difficult period, and we will do everything we can to engage with my right honourable friend on the issues he raises. that is possible, i55ue5 he raises. that is possible, as i told the house, to the funding we are putting in. i as i told the house, to the funding we are putting in.— we are putting in. i wonder if the prime minister _ we are putting in. i wonder if the prime minister will _ we are putting in. i wonder if the prime minister will take - we are putting in. i wonder if the prime minister will take the - prime minister will take the opportunity tojoin me in prime minister will take the opportunity to join me in thanking the welsh labour government for sharing 4 million te5t5 the welsh labour government for sharing 4 million tests with england. sharing 4 million tests with enland. n ., , sharing 4 million tests with enland. a . , england. actually, the uk government has su lied england. actually, the uk government has supplied tests _ england. actually, the uk government has supplied tests to _ england. actually, the uk government has supplied tests to the _ england. actually, the uk government has supplied tests to the whole - has supplied test5 to the whole country, but we are very proud to collaborate with people and testing organisations acro55 collaborate with people and testing organisations across the country. i thank the prime minister, whose thank the prime minister, who5e judgment was proven to be absolutely correct over the holidays, as a parent to the wedding of a mask at school may seem a small price to pay to ensure that your kids are back in the classroom getting the vital face—to—face teaching that they deserve, but it isn't co5tly. it does the quality of teaching and the well—being of our children. so what assurance can my right honourable friend give me and p acro55 assurance can my right honourable friend give me and p across the country that this measure will be constantly reviewed and will only last as long as absolutely necessary? i last as long as absolutely necessary?— last as long as absolutely necessary? i can give him a categorical— necessary? i can give him a categorical assurance - necessary? i can give him a categorical assurance that i necessary? i can give him a - categorical assurance that masks and schools will not last a day more than we need them. —— ma5k5 in schools. than we need them. -- masks in schools. ~ , ., schools. winter is always a difficult time _ schools. winter is always a difficult time for _ schools. winter is always a difficult time for the - schools. winter is always a difficult time for the nhs, | schools. winter is always a i difficult time for the nhs, but schools. winter is always a - difficult time for the nhs, but we are now in unsustainable situation. la5t are now in unsustainable situation. last night, 17 hospitals acro55 greater manchester announced that they were suspending nonurgent surgery is due to the impact of covid—19. and at least ten health trusts across england have been forced to declare critical incidents since christmas. last week, the prime minister said he hoped we could ride out this wave, but i don't think our hard—working nhs staff or the government's scientific advisers would agree. what additional steps we now take to ensure greater manchester's hospitals do not become critically overwhelmed?— hospitals do not become critically overwhelmed? ~ . ., ., , ., overwhelmed? what we are doing is to sot overwhelmed? what we are doing is to spot hospitals — overwhelmed? what we are doing is to spot hospitals in _ overwhelmed? what we are doing is to spot hospitals in greater _ spot hospitals in greater manchester and up and down the country with record investment, as i was saying in an hour and so, making sure we supplement the staff with: doctors back, volunteers, and new therapeutic treatments, but fundamentally, there is also a job for this country to follow plan b, follow the guidance that we put in place. i follow the guidance that we put in lace. ., , . ., place. i warmly welcome the boost that the prime _ place. i warmly welcome the boost that the prime minister _ place. i warmly welcome the boost that the prime minister gave - place. i warmly welcome the boost that the prime minister gave to - that the prime minister gave to the get boosted now programme over the recess, almost a million posts a day were given to people, i want to thank everyone involved in that. also welcome the leadership the pm showed on the covax facility and making sure that vaccinations have been spread around the world. is there more we can do given the risk of variance emerging in places where vaccination rates are not as high as the uk to boost vaccination rates around the world? i the uk to boost vaccination rates around the world?— the uk to boost vaccination rates around the world? i think the uk can be roud around the world? i think the uk can be proud of. — around the world? i think the uk can be proud of. she _ around the world? i think the uk can be proud of, she knows _ around the world? i think the uk can be proud of, she knows this - around the world? i think the uk can be proud of, she knows this area - be proud of, she knows this area well, what we're to support vaccination around the world. thanks to the deal we did with astrazeneca oxford, and 1.5 billion doses were administered to people who needed them around the world, at cost. that was thanks to the deal negotiated by the uk government. we put 478 million into covax, we have a pledge to deliver 100 million surplus vaccines around the world byjune this year. vaccines around the world by june this ear. ., ., . this year. throughout the pandemic, eo - le in this year. throughout the pandemic, people in education _ this year. throughout the pandemic, people in education have _ this year. throughout the pandemic, people in education have worked - people in education have worked heroically to keep our schools open and children learning. but they are struggling. i spoke to a head teacher my constituency this morning is currently working as a school caretaker, receptionist, classroom teacher and covid tester. can the prime minister at least admit to overstretched staff working in education that communication would schools need to be better, and that more could and should have been done before schools returned to prevent this highly predictable situation? i share what she has said about the amazing work that has been done by teachers in schools up and down the country, i've been to many of them and they have done incredible things to make their schools covid compliant, to protect against infection, and they have done a fantasticjob. we communicate with them the whole time, my vote on the friendly secular state education has done a formidablejob friendly secular state education has done a formidable job of interacting with teachers, with parents and trying to get our messages across. i know she will want to be in the chamberfor know she will want to be in the chamber for the statement that my right honourable friend is about to make. in right honourable friend is about to make. . right honourable friend is about to make. i ~ make. in the critique, i think the opposition _ make. in the critique, i think the opposition front _ make. in the critique, i think the opposition front bench _ make. in the critique, i think the opposition front bench forgot - make. in the critique, i think the i opposition front bench forgot about the 50,000 hospital beds they cut when they were in power, including closing entire wards in one hospital, but i digress. can i remain the prime minister of the important role played by volunteers in the nhs at the moment? particularly those in services such as the ambulance service, who will be attending more and more jobs as the ambulance service, who will be attending more and morejobs in the coming weeks and months to support the nhs. given we will be relying on and nhs to quite rightly keep the economy open, can i ask them to look closely at a possible future reward and recognition payments to our nhs staff for the extra efforts they will be making this winter? he extra efforts they will be making this winter?— extra efforts they will be making this winter? i, ~ , ., . , this winter? he makes an incredible im ortant this winter? he makes an incredible important point _ this winter? he makes an incredible important point about _ this winter? he makes an incredible important point about the _ this winter? he makes an incredible important point about the record . this winter? he makes an incredible important point about the record of| important point about the record of the opposition, because the pressure on the nhs is caused by the limit to the number of beds that we have, only about 100,000, and that is why this government is getting on with building 40 more hospitals, yes we are, that is why are recruiting 50,000 more nurses, and they opposed the lot of it. up up until now, the advice to care homes has been that of somebody test positive with a pcr test, they should not be tested using a pcr or a lateral flow test for 90 days, unless they develop new symptoms during this time, in which case they should be retested immediately using a pcr test. given the changes to the testing arrangements agency has announced today, does this advice still hold? i, i, , �* i, still hold? no, it doesn't, and i will make _ still hold? no, it doesn't, and i will make sure _ still hold? no, it doesn't, and i will make sure that _ still hold? no, it doesn't, and i will make sure that he - still hold? no, it doesn't, and i will make sure that he has - still hold? no, it doesn't, and i i will make sure that he has advised on the new arrangements. —— that he is advice. on the new arrangements. -- that he is advice. ~ i, i i, , on the new arrangements. -- that he is advice. ~ i, , �* i, is advice. the morecambe bay health trust has been _ is advice. the morecambe bay health trust has been overwhelmed - is advice. the morecambe bay health trust has been overwhelmed recently with people in affect bed blocking because they cannot get back into the care homes. i know we are putting tents on car parks, i have seen that on the news. i would like to see in a very helpful way, do you not think it would be right to enact in areas like mine, more rural areas going north, the big names and girl centres like we have had in preston? —— big nightingale centres? i -- big nightingale centres? i am rateful, -- big nightingale centres? i am grateful. but _ -- big nightingale centres? i am grateful, but what _ -- big nightingale centres? i am grateful, but what you're - —— big nightingale centres? lam grateful, but what you're doing is making sure we support the hospitals up making sure we support the hospitals up and down the who are facing the pressures you describe is —— what we are doing, notjust with more staff but with on—site facilities as well. my my honourable friend, the memberfor east dunbartonshire, along with members for bradford west and north east fife, all of whom have been affected by the let's leave the house of commons again and speak to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who has been watching that statement by the prime minister and all the subsequent questions. this is following the reviewer of covid measures, jonathan, and good news

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