Covid-19 Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Update

Marie Rimmer Excerpts
Monday 12th October 2020

(4 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes, and it is exactly in order to prevent a further backlog that we need to prevent an uncontained outbreak of coronavirus now. That is why we are putting in place the measures we are.

Marie Rimmer Portrait Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (Lab)
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The Prime Minister should have no problem with giving me a positive answer to my question. For lockdown restrictions to work, public support is essential. For people to give up what they enjoy most, they need to understand why. Will the Prime Minister commit to sharing with the public the evidence on why specific types of businesses have been forced to close?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I repeat the undertaking that I just gave.