Covid-19 Update

Debate between Paul Maynard and Sajid Javid

Monday 13th December 2021 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

There will be two ways to access high-risk events, be it a nightclub or larger events. The main way will be to take a lateral flow test and get a negative result, which would need to be registered through the NHS website and the proof could be through the pass or a text message result, for example. There will be an exemption from that for someone who is double-vaccinated. The proof of vaccination can also be given through the letter process.

[Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)]

A constituent of mine has both anaphylaxis and urticaria. She has been told that she cannot be medically vaccinated. Amid all the talk about second doses and third doses, she cannot access even her first dose. What assurances can the Secretary of State give her regarding access to non-invasive forms of vaccination?

[Sajid Javid]

My hon. Friend asks a very important question. The rules around the need to be vaccinated, whether for passes or otherwise, do not apply to anyone who is medically exempt. Many people have received exemption certificates directly from their GP. That is the best route. Some individuals have called 111 and received advice. If I can be of direct assistance to my hon. Friend, then of course I will help.

Covid-19 Update

Debate between Paul Maynard and Sajid Javid

Monday 6th December 2021 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

The rules apply equally to everyone.

[Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)]

For what reason is the Department of Health and Social Care making an announcement on extensions to the red list, rather than the Department for Transport, as has been the case previously?

[Sajid Javid]

Departments across Government work together on the pandemic, and that means that my Department works very closely with the Department for Transport.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Paul Maynard and Sajid Javid

Tuesday 30th June 2015 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

Not only do I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the importance of business, but my father’s first business began in his constituency, so I understand the importance of this to people in Rochdale and elsewhere. It is important that the word “business” and the importance of business appear throughout Government policy, as they do in the Conservative manifesto and, as I am sure he will hear next week, in the Budget.

[Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)]

T6. Low-paid workers in my constituency will have been pleased to see the first above-inflation rise in the minimum wage since the financial crash, but what more can the Government do to encourage employers to pay the living wage where affordable?