Oral Answers to Questions

Jason McCartney Excerpts

Tuesday 12th January 2021 Commons Chamber

The Secretary of State was asked—

[Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con)]

What progress his Department has made on rolling out covid-19 vaccines.

[John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (Con)]

What progress his Department has made on rolling out covid-19 vaccines.

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[Jason McCartney [V]]

Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people across Kirklees have already been vaccinated, but some of my constituents are rightly worried that they may have to travel to large vaccination centres in other parts of the country to get their jabs. Will the Secretary of State please confirm that all my constituents will be able to get their jabs locally? When will the new vaccination centre at Huddersfield’s John Smith’s stadium be opening?

[Matt Hancock]

Everybody will be able to get a jab locally. We are committed to ensuring that across England a local vaccination centre will be available within 10 miles of where everyone lives. For the vast majority of people—over 95%—this will be a fixed, permanent site. For some of the most rural parts—more rural than my hon. Friend’s constituency—there will be mobile units. If people get called to a mass vaccination centre and they feel it is too far for them to travel, they will be able to get a vaccine locally through one of the local GP services. I am delighted that the centre at the John Smith’s stadium in Huddersfield is going to be opening in the next couple of weeks.