Dehenna Davison
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(3 years, 10 months ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Rosie Winterton)
Order. Barracking is not a good look. We need to get through this quickly.
Dehenna Davison (Bishop Auckland) (Con)
Everyone in this House, including my right hon. Friend, will know the very stark dangers that a second wave could present to not only our economy, but our society. Does she agree that by introducing these new health measures at the border, we will be limiting the possibility of a second wave and keeping our citizens safe?
Priti Patel
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. She has just emphasised the need to protect the British public from a second wave, and that is the purpose of all the measures—the public health measures—that the Government have been bringing forward, because at the end of the day, we do not want to lose the gains that we have made in recent weeks. We are past the peak of this virus and that is something that we still need to continue to double down on and make great progress on.