Living with Covid-19 Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Living with Covid-19

Rachael Maskell Excerpts
Monday 21st February 2022

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I can certainly assure my hon. Friend that we will retain that capacity.

Rachael Maskell Portrait Rachael Maskell (York Central) (Lab/Co-op)
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In order to have good surveillance, the Prime Minister will need data; in order to get that data, he will need testing, particularly for looking at future variants of the virus. Can he explain where he will get that data to trace the future mutations of covid?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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That is exactly what the ONS survey does.