Covid-19: Winter Plan Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Covid-19: Winter Plan

Ben Bradley Excerpts
Monday 23rd November 2020

(3 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I will take up immediately the hon. Lady’s point about Hull and try to understand why it has not got the lateral flow tests that she rightly wants to see.

Ben Bradley Portrait Ben Bradley (Mansfield) (Con)
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Nottinghamshire went into tier 3 just a few days before the national lockdown, but it was a very stressful few days for the beauty industry in Nottinghamshire, which was uniquely forced to close, unlike in any other tier 3 area in the country. Given that the premise of the tiered regional system was to have consistent and fair restrictions in each tier across the country, will the Prime Minister assure me that he will seek to avoid those kinds of irregularities under the new restrictions to avoid the upset felt by beauticians and make sure it is fair for small businesses?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes, we will indeed. As I said in my statement, we will make sure there is much more uniformity about the way we do things.