Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matt Hancock and John McNally

Tuesday 23rd February 2021 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

Yes. We are absolutely all on the same side on this issue. To be totally clear for the hon. Lady, and all those listening, the Prime Minister set out that we would offer the vaccine to all residents of care homes by the end of January and to all staff by 15 February, and we achieved that. The challenge is uptake. Rather than having a political ding-dong about it, what we all need to do is get out the positive messages about the vaccination programme. I am delighted that the Minister for Care and the Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment have both been working incredibly hard on this issue, and we published an uptake plan last weekend. I am sure the hon. Lady will want to join the efforts to try to encourage everybody to get the jab.

[John Mc Nally (Falkirk) (SNP)]

What steps his Department is taking to support dental services during the covid-19 pandemic.