Covid-19 Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Update

Ronnie Cowan Excerpts
Wednesday 19th January 2022

(2 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ronnie Cowan Portrait Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP)
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When the Prime Minister read out the line, “The Government will no longer mandate the wearing of face masks,” a number of his Back Benchers took off their masks and waved them around their heads. Will he acknowledge, without a hint of irony, that we have a deadly virus still at work in our communities, and that it falls upon us all to behave in a manner that encourages people to act responsibly within their own communities?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I thank the hon. Gentleman very much and direct him to exactly what I said earlier, which I am sure he listened to.