Covid-19

Emma Hardy Excerpts
Monday 16th March 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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I do think it is the right way to go, to make sure that private sector capacity is urgently available to address this crisis. It is a matter of all working together to deliver.

Emma Hardy Portrait Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) (Lab)
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My constituent cannot get mortgage payment support because she does not have a sick note to go with self-isolating. When will electronic online sick notes be available through the NHS 111 service?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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We are fixing that, but we are also changing the law to ensure that people who are self-isolating are clearly deemed to be sick for these sorts of purposes.