Covid-19 Update Debate
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Baroness Laing of Elderslie
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Sajid Javid
Regardless of the news about this variant, the booster programme remains crucial. In fact, as I said earlier, it is even more important because of this news. My hon. Friend asked about whether the programme can be extended to lower age categories; as he knows, boosters were extended to the 40-to-49 age group on Monday, and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is already considering whether the programme can be extended further. I await its advice.
Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)
I thank the Secretary of State for having come directly to the House this morning.