Covid-19: Disparate Impact Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Covid-19: Disparate Impact

Chris Green Excerpts
Thursday 22nd October 2020

(3 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kemi Badenoch Portrait Kemi Badenoch
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The hon. Gentleman is right to speak of making sure that people have access to all the information available. Much of the work that we have been doing has been with PHE, which looks mainly at England, but I will find out what information I can provide about the work that is being done in Wales. The Government are looking to ensure that everybody has access to the information, and we are working with the devolved nations to make sure that they have examples of the best practice that is happening across the board.

Chris Green Portrait Chris Green (Bolton West) (Con)
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I thank my hon. Friend for her statement, which highlights a whole range of factors that are distributed right across the country. We know and understand the cost of covid to a certain extent, but there is also the cost of the lockdown. National figures, for example, show reduced GP appointments, cancer screening and hip operations. Will my hon. Friend commit to working with ministerial colleagues to produce a constituency by constituency covid lockdown health impact assessment, because in order to represent our constituents we have to have that local data?

Kemi Badenoch Portrait Kemi Badenoch
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That is an interesting suggestion. I believe that information like that exists. I am happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss the issue further, to understand exactly what it is that he is looking for and see if we can do something to produce information like that.