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Paul Girvan

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Tuesday 15th December 2020

(3 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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My hon. Friend raises an important point, and my right hon. Friend the Health and Social Care Secretary is working very hard to help NHS trusts return to pre-covid levels of elective care as soon as possible. I have been really quite impressed over the past months throughout this pandemic at how businesses, both within the medical field and outside, have come together to support the NHS.

Paul Girvan Portrait Paul Girvan (South Antrim) (DUP) [V]
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What measures can the Minister take to ensure that GB businesses do not use the Northern Ireland protocol as an excuse to refuse to do business with companies in Northern Ireland? Some are already saying that after 31 December they can no longer supply goods to those companies, and some are using the situation as an opportunity, because of the additional bureaucracy and paperwork, to increase prices.

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