Covid-19: Vaccination Prioritisation Debate
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Lord Fowler
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Covid-19: Vaccination Prioritisation
Lord Fowler Excerpts(3 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Bethell (Con)
My Lords, the noble Lord tempts me to commit to schedules that I am simply not in a position to commit to, I am afraid to say. The performance of the various vaccines is extremely complex: each one of them needs a different delivery plan. In collaboration with the NHS, we are putting in place an extremely energetic and thoughtful deployment programme. Those in charge have been instructed to have that ready to start from 1 December, but I will not hide it from the House that it may well be after the new year that the very large numbers begin. I reassure the House that we are super-focused on this deployment plan, and, as soon as the vaccines become available, we will be trying to get them to the public as soon as we can.
The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed, and that brings us to the end of Question Time.