Coronavirus

Lilian Greenwood Excerpts
Monday 9th March 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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We advise against all but essential travel to northern Italy, and I do not regard skiing as essential.

Lilian Greenwood Portrait Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab)
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The adult intensive care unit at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust was at over 100% capacity on 76 occasions in the past year. An expansion of critical care will add a further eight beds. What is the Secretary of State doing to expedite this expansion? How many additional intensive care beds does he believe can be created and how soon?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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We are working very hard right across England and I know that my Scottish and Welsh counterparts are working right across Scotland and Wales to ensure that we get that expansion of critical care beds as much as is possible.