Covid-19 Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Update

Saqib Bhatti Excerpts
Monday 12th October 2020

(4 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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With respect to the right hon. Gentleman, we are not back to where we were in March, because the R is not at those levels and we are not going back to a national lockdown of the kind we saw in March. What we are doing is taking a series of carefully modulated local and national measures designed together to get the R down, keep education going and keep the economy moving.

Saqib Bhatti Portrait Saqib Bhatti (Meriden) (Con)
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My constituents in Meriden have worked really hard to comply with the guidelines, and I am sure they will adapt to the new tier system to protect the NHS and keep the rate of infection low. Because they have worked so hard, will the Prime Minister commit to working to review things and get them out of tier 2 as soon as possible? They have been doing their part, and they deserve it.

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes. I am aware of the feelings in the midlands and, indeed, around the country. I can tell the people of Meriden that we want to get them out of any kind of restrictions as fast as we possibly can.