Covid-19 Update Debate
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Hywel Williams
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Covid-19 Update
Hywel Williams Excerpts(3 years, 9 months ago)
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Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC) [V]
Yesterday, the number of deaths from covid in Wales passed the grim total of 5,000. Our public health leaders say that the Welsh Government’s £500 self-isolation payment is not enough and is indeed an economic driver for people to go to work. Sick pay, on the other hand, is the responsibility of this Government, so will the Secretary of State now commit the Government to increasing the paltry level of sick pay, as suggested, from £96 per week, to enable working people to self-isolate safely?
Matt Hancock
We have put in place the extra £500 for those on low incomes to ensure that everybody can get the financial support that they may need while self-isolating.