Covid-19
Debate between Stephen Kinnock and Matt Hancock
Monday 16th March 2020
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Matt Hancock
It is as soon as possible. There are so many things that we need to get on with, and this is one of them.
Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon) (Lab)
My hon. Friend the Member for Leicester East (Claudia Webbe) referred earlier to reports that the private health industry is planning to charge the NHS £2.4 million a day for the rental of 8,000 beds. Does the Secretary of State really feel that that is the right way to go, given that this is a national effort and that we are all in this together? What steps will he be taking to ensure that private health providers are doing their bit?
Matt Hancock
I do think it is the right way to go, to make sure that private sector capacity is urgently available to address this crisis. It is a matter of all working together to deliver.