Covid-19 Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Update

Jerome Mayhew Excerpts
Monday 12th October 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I think the hon. Lady may have missed what I said. We are putting up to another £1 billion into supporting local authorities and £500 million into supporting local test and trace and enforcement.

Jerome Mayhew Portrait Jerome Mayhew (Broadland) (Con)
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While rightly moving to simplify the message, does my right hon. Friend agree that flexible local approaches are the best way to tackle outbreaks in order to prevent a total lockdown and minimise the wider economic impact, particularly on low-incidence-level areas such as Broadland?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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That is exactly right. That is the strategy that we have been pursuing for some time now, and that is why it is necessary to intensify the restrictions in some areas.