Ben Bradshaw
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(4 years, 9 months ago)
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Matt Hancock
We are advising against all unnecessary social contact. I appreciate that this has consequences and I regret having to take these measures, but we are having to fight this virus.
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
When exactly did the Government start buying extra ventilators? How many more have they managed to get? How many more do they need?
Matt Hancock
We started weeks ago. I can get back to the right hon. Gentleman with the exact date of the first time I authorised the purchase of more ventilators, but I can say that it was very shortly after it became clear that ventilators are the thing needed to support people who have coronavirus. On the question of how many more we will need, I can say that we will buy however many will be produced.