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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Coronavirus

"It has certainly been a challenging time for my constituents in North Herefordshire, but their fortitude and community spirit must be highly commended. It is a triumph that vaccines were produced and approved in record time, and this was the silver bullet I have been asking for in all my …..."
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Written Question
Coronavirus: Herefordshire
Wednesday 10th March 2021

Asked by: Bill Wiggin (Conservative - North Herefordshire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the covid-19 case rate in Herefordshire being listed as 160.3 per 100,000 in his oral contribution of 26 November 2020, Official Report, Column 999 and that rate being given as 145.2 on gov.uk for the week leading up to 20 November 2020, for what reason the county's infection rate was described as falling in his oral contribution of 26 November 2020 and on the gov.uk website.

Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The data referenced from ‘Coronavirus cases in England: 26 November 2020’ shows Hereford’s case rate from 13 to 19 November 2020 as 160.3 per 100,000. This data also shows that for the previous week, 6 to 12 November 2020, the case rate was 163.4 per 100,000. This is a rate change or decrease of -3.1 from the previous week. The data is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-cases-in-england-26-november-2020

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered covid-19 vaccine.

Is locking down the nation the only way of combatting covid-19? Whatever suggestions emerge from this debate, we must continue to protect the vulnerable and at-risk individuals. I was briefed by three leading vaccine manufacturers to discuss their work …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine

"I hoped I had been clearer that I was not calling for a curtailment of any of the safety steps. However, with eight people dying every hour, delay has consequences too. What is not acceptable is that the standards for safety in the UK may be slightly different from the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine

"I don’t need two minutes; just tell us everything...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Oct 2020
Covid-19 Update

"My right hon. Friend gave an excellent answer to our right hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark). The JCVI report is indeed most helpful and reassuring because it prioritises the vulnerable, the elderly and, of course, our health workers. However, it last met on 1 September, and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Sep 2020
Covid-19

"Does my hon. Friend think that what we were doing in March was very different from what the Government are dealing with today?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Sep 2020
Covid-19

"Since covid-19 began, sadly in Herefordshire we have seen 128 deaths and 1,008 people have tested positive. However, looking to France as an example of where we could be in just a matter of weeks, there have been 14,412 new cases in the last 24 hours, compared to just 5,693 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Sep 2020
Covid-19

"My hon. Friend is right, but everybody who takes the vaccine reduces the risk proportionately for everybody else. It is all about the R number, as he knows. That is why the Government have been right to pre-book the vaccines: 100 million doses of the AstraZeneca and University of Oxford …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jul 2020
Points of Order

"Further to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Thank you for that answer. You will be aware that 72 people tested positive in my constituency this weekend. I did apply for an urgent question. I put my name down to be on the call list today. Could I ask …..."
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