All 6 Debates between Lord Grayling and Sajid Javid

Public Health

Debate between Lord Grayling and Sajid Javid
Tuesday 14th December 2021

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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I thank my hon. Friend for sharing that with the House. I think it is important to hear that support from South African experts too.

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell) (Con)
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We are all, of course, concerned to hear that plan C measures are already being discussed, and I should be grateful if my right hon. Friend could lay that to rest. However, I want to raise the question of hospitalisations. There is a difference between people who have been hospitalised with omicron and those who have hospitalised from omicron. Will my right hon. Friend tell us what he knows about those cases? How many people have been admitted to hospital for other reasons, and how many have arrived in hospital because they are seriously ill with omicron?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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What I can tell my right hon. Friend is that there are approximately 6,000 people in English hospitals who have tested positive for covid, and of those—I have shared information like this with the House before, because I was determined to obtain it when I first became Health Secretary—approximately 80% are there because of covid symptoms, while about a fifth are there for other reasons, but were tested for covid and happened to have it. I hope that that is helpful to my right hon. Friend.

Covid-19 Update

Debate between Lord Grayling and Sajid Javid
Monday 6th December 2021

(2 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I think we can say that we are leading the way on this. The UK Health Security Agency has established a database that is open for all countries to access to post their data. Even the discovery of the omicron variant and its potential risks was done here in the UK.

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell) (Con)
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I echo concerns about the travel and aviation sectors. This is a real blow for them. The Secretary of State will remember that back in June or July he took a decision to remove restrictions, in the face of heavy scientific advice that he needed to carry on with restrictions. That decision was the right one. Will he give an undertaking that this time round he will also face down the more conservative elements of the scientific community, do the right thing and keep the restrictions as minimal as possible?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Yes, I am happy to give that commitment to my right hon. Friend, for all the excellent reasons he gives. We were absolutely right, back at the start of the summer, to open up our country, including removing travel restrictions. That is one of the reasons, with regard to the dominant delta variant, why the UK is in a much better position than many other European countries today.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Grayling and Sajid Javid
Tuesday 19th October 2021

(3 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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In terms of the challenges of the pandemic and the challenges more generally over winter, the Government have set out a detailed plan. It depends very much on vaccinations, treatments, testing and surveillance, but we keep it constantly under review and, should we need to do more, there are contingencies.

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell) (Con)
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May I add weight to what my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell) said earlier? I have a similar situation in my constituency at the Chalk Pit in Epsom. It is really important that we strengthen the public heath duties of the Environment Agency. Will the Secretary of State make that a priority of his discussions with his ministerial colleague?

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Debate between Lord Grayling and Sajid Javid
Monday 28th November 2011

(12 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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The trouble is that we just cannot take the Opposition seriously when we know that they have already announced 10 different ways of spending that money. We as a Government are delivering real action through real schemes that work and are affordable, and that is something that they failed to do. It is worth saying also that Labour is the party under which, back in 2009, more than 1 million young people were not in education, employment or training—despite the fact that Labour Members tell us otherwise.

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) (Con)
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7. What steps he is taking to ensure that individuals are able to build up pension pots under automatic enrolment.

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Debate between Lord Grayling and Sajid Javid
Monday 28th March 2011

(13 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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In the context of Merseyside, we have been very pleased by the co-operation and support that we have had from the chambers of commerce. They are actively recruiting more mentors among the local business community. The lessons we have derived from Merseyside will enable organisations in other parts of the country and Jobcentre Plus to follow best practice in getting the scheme up and running nationwide in the course of the year.

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) (Con)
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20. What estimate he has made of the likely effects on welfare expenditure of implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill.

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Debate between Lord Grayling and Sajid Javid
Monday 14th June 2010

(14 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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We will be maintaining all the existing programmes, and in particular the flexible new deal, right up until the start of the Work programme next year. The flexible new deal is by far the largest programme that the previous Government put in place to support young people and older people into employment. It is important to ensure that we maintain continuity of support right up to the point when the Work programme is ready to be launched.

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) (Con)
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The Minister will know that spending on welfare doubled under the previous Administration, yet the number of those living in poverty increased. Does he agree that what the previous Administration succeeded in doing was to create the most expensive poverty in history?