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Virendra Sharma Excerpts

Tuesday 8th June 2021 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment (Nadhim Zahawi)]

I join my hon. Friend in congratulating the whole team on the incredible work that they did in pretty difficult and urgent circumstances. I reassure him that, as the Prime Minister has said and as the Secretary of State has said from the Dispatch Box, we want the whole country to come out of this lockdown together.

[Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall) (Lab) [V]]

My constituents continue to be concerned that covid-19 is being used as an excuse to remove services from Ealing Hospital permanently. Accepting temporary suspensions for covid-19 is fine, but will the Secretary of State confirm that this public health crisis will not be used as an excuse to scrap services without following proper consultations and undertaking rigorous impact assessments?

[Matt Hancock]

Yes.