Covid-19: Road Map Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Covid-19: Road Map

Lindsay Hoyle Excerpts
Monday 22nd February 2021

(3 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. Before I call the Prime Minister, I would like to point out that a British Sign Language interpretation of the statement is available to watch on parliamentlive.tv. I now call the Prime Minister to make his statement.

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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Of course my right hon. Friend is right to raise the point about outdoor transmission. That is why, on 8 March, with the return of schools, we are also going to be seeing school sport, which is great, plus outdoor recreation one on one in the way that I described earlier on, and then on 29 March it is the rule of six plus two households together, plus more sport outdoors of all kinds, up to and including, I think, rugby with tackling but without the scrums, as I understand the guidance.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Welcome to rugby league!

Allan Dorans Portrait Allan Dorans (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (SNP) [V]
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Analysis by the Royal College of General Practitioners of NHS England’s covid-19 vaccination figures shows that people of black ethnicity are half as likely as people of white ethnicity to get vaccinated and people of Asian ethnicity are under two thirds as likely as their white counterparts to accept vaccination. What additional specific steps will the Prime Minister take to encourage greater uptake of the vaccine in those communities?