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Chris Law Excerpts
Tuesday 18th January 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Edward Argar Portrait The Minister for Health (Edward Argar)
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Public consultation on the reconfiguration in East Sussex was launched on 6 December last year and will close on 11 March. She is right to highlight access and transport links as a key factor in such decisions, and I would of course be delighted to meet her.

Chris Law Portrait Chris Law (Dundee West) (SNP)
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T3. Only 9% of people in low-income countries have received one vaccine dose. The UK Government have delivered less than one third of their pledged contributions to COVAX. Given that no one is safe until everyone is safe, what assessment has the Secretary of State made of the risk to public health from emerging variants from the unvaccinated worldwide, and will he ensure that all doses pledged will be delivered to COVAX by the end of June?