Living with Covid-19 Debate

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Living with Covid-19

Craig Whittaker Excerpts
Monday 21st February 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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The hon. Lady is right to draw attention to the immunosuppressed and those who are particularly vulnerable. They will continue to have access to free testing, plus the therapeutics that I have described.

Craig Whittaker Portrait Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con)
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The British sequencing regime is one of the best in the world, with more than 13% of all tests sequenced here in this country. Can my right hon. Friend say what steps are being taken to ensure that despite reductions in testing, our sequencing capacity in this country will stay one of the best in the world?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I can certainly assure my hon. Friend that we will retain that capacity.