Vaccination Strategy

Ben Bradshaw Excerpts
Wednesday 12th January 2022

(2 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Maggie Throup Portrait Maggie Throup
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I reassure my right hon. Friend that we will not have the restrictions in place for a day longer than necessary. He is aware that the current plan B restrictions will be reviewed on 26 January.

Ben Bradshaw Portrait Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
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Many hon. Members have constituents whose long-awaited treatments and operations are being cancelled because hospitals are full of the unvaccinated. We in England have one of the most indulgent approaches to the unvaccinated. Why does the Minister not follow the example of New Zealand, Australia and the rest of Europe and do much more to incentivise people to get vaccinated?