Andy Slaughter
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(4 years, 8 months ago)
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Matt Hancock
That is an incredibly important point. Public Health England is addressing the order of prioritisation, and we are also trying to drive up the number of tests available, as we have discussed many times earlier.
Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab)
Schools are closing. London Oratory School in Fulham, which had 1,300 pupils, closed today. One effect of that is that other schools in the vicinity then come under pressure to do likewise from the school community. That is no criticism of anyone, but can the Secretary of State review and clarify the policy on schools and what happens if they have to downsize or if the policy changes?
Matt Hancock
We are of course reviewing all those points, and there are some measures in the Bill tomorrow to enable them to be addressed directly.