office advised of the progress and an outcome of that. let me assure you, i take very seriously my obligations and responsibilities and those of my government, to this parliament and i hope you will accept that assurance. today, i will report on the current course of the pandemic. i will assess the latest data and set out our tentative view that, although significant art and uncertainties remain, both in the data and immediately ahead, there are, nevertheless, some grounds for cautious optimism, but a combination of the protective measures introduced before christmas, the responsible action on the part of the general public, and the rapid delivery of booster vaccines have had a positive impact. as a result, i will indicate that from next week, we will begin to lift the measures introduced before christmas, but that we will do so in a phased and careful way. starting with the removal of attendance limits on live