Covid-19: Vaccine

Lord Scriven Excerpts
Wednesday 11th November 2020

(3 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bethell Portrait Lord Bethell (Con)
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We are working extremely closely with the Northern Ireland Administration to ensure deployment of the vaccine; as I said earlier, this will be done on a four-nations approach. The Oxford vaccine is going through the final stages of phase 3. We are very much looking forward to hearing how it is going but I am afraid to say that I do not have a precise date for when that will be.

Lord Scriven Portrait Lord Scriven (LD) [V]
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My Lords, what specific arrangements have the Government put in place at our borders to ensure that the vaccine can pass speedily, without hindrance, from Belgium after 31 December?

Lord Bethell Portrait Lord Bethell (Con)
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My Lords, we have extremely detailed and thorough arrangements for our borders on 31 December. No problems are envisaged with regard to the vaccine.