Covid-19 Update
Debate between Matt Hancock and Nick Fletcher
Thursday 17th September 2020
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Matt Hancock
On the contrary, the fact is that we are working hard with the local authority in Slough, where just in the last week over 1,900 tests have been done. I think it would be better to work together—don’t you?
Nick Fletcher (Don Valley) (Con)
On a visit to Trinity Academy in the town of Thorne in my constituency, the principal told me that increasing the number of testing kits given to each school from 10 to 30 will better ensure that children remain in the classroom, where they belong. Can my right hon. Friend therefore confirm to the House whether his Department is planning on increasing the number of testing kits distributed to educational settings?
Matt Hancock
Yes, we are looking at exactly that, and I am very happy to talk to my hon. Friend about it.