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Written Question
Care Homes: Coronavirus
Monday 29th March 2021

Asked by: Richard Thomson (Scottish National Party - Gordon)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of care home (a) staff and (b) residents have received a (i) first dose and (ii) second dose of a covid-19 vaccination to date.

Answered by Nadhim Zahawi

The information requested is available at the following link:

www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Feb 2021
Covid Security at UK Borders

"The covid-19 pandemic has heralded a challenging period for the aviation sector, and the new increased measures announced for the UK border last week will only make this situation more challenging for businesses and jobs in the weeks to come. There is a very clear and pressing need to increase …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2020
Covid-19

"Allow me to begin my remarks by sharing the sentiments that have already been expressed about our gratitude to everyone who is currently working to keep us safe and comfortable in our homes, whether that is the NHS workers toiling tirelessly or those in the care sector or, as we …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate supplies of personal protective equipment for (a) health, (b) social care and (c) other frontline services during the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"According to Treasury figures, the UK Government have spent £15 billion to date on PPE contracts, and the majority to date have been awarded without open tendering, often to those with connections to the governing party or to companies with no PPE experience at all. Does the Minister consider it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Nov 2020
Covid-19

"I thank all those who are working at present to keep us safe and comfortable, offer my condolences to all who have lost loved ones, and echo everything that my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn) said about the looming economic threat that is facing the north-east …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Covid-19 Update

"One of the ways in which we can hope to pick a path out of this crisis is with improved and faster testing. The Health and Social Care Secretary and the Prime Minister have spoken in past days about new testing technologies being piloted with NHS staff. If that technology …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Oct 2020
Covid-19 Update

"In the Secretary of State’s statement, he said that 51% of the cases have now been contacted a second time for contact tracing purposes. Can he clarify how many people are still waiting to be contacted for the first time, and how can he say with any confidence that the …..."
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Written Question
Blood: Contamination
Monday 21st September 2020

Asked by: Richard Thomson (Scottish National Party - Gordon)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to put in place a compensation framework for people who have received contaminated blood and for their families.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

The Government remains committed to considering a framework for compensation, as well as actions to address disparities in financial and non-financial support for people infected and affected by contaminated blood across the United Kingdom.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Sep 2020
Covid-19

"Does the Secretary of State share my concern that, of the £2.5 billion of covid-related Government procurement activity, at least £1 billion has been awarded without recourse to open competitive tendering, including a contract to a close friend of the Prime Minister’s chief adviser? Why is it that, six months …..."
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