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All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
Alex Norris
Labour, Nottingham North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of clinically extremely vulnerable people who will be unable to return to work on 1 November 2020 because their workplace is not covid-secure.

Asked 15 October 2020
Answered 20 October 2020
By Jo Churchill (Conservative, Bury St Edmunds)
104180
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Answered
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Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Tonia Antoniazzi
Labour, Gower

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the covid-19 vaccine on the performance of elite athletes in the context of International competitions in 2021.

Asked 15 October 2020
Answered 20 October 2020
By Jo Churchill (Conservative, Bury St Edmunds)
104172
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Answered
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Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Blood: Screening
Helen Hayes
Labour, Dulwich and West Norwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department made of the performance of Roche Diagnostics in delivering blood testing for NHS England; and what the (a) key performance indicators and and (b) penalties are in NHS...

Asked 15 October 2020
Answered 20 October 2020
By Edward Argar (Conservative, Charnwood)
104135
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Answered
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Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Blood: Screening
Helen Hayes
Labour, Dulwich and West Norwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he is having with Roche Diagnostics on provision of blood tests in South East London; and what steps is he taking to increase the capacity of blood testing services in that area.

Asked 15 October 2020
Answered 20 October 2020
By Edward Argar (Conservative, Charnwood)
104134
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Answered
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Question for Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme
Lord Storey
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for 16 and 17 year olds to be disqualified from the Kickstart Scheme because they are unlikely to receive Universal Credit.

Asked 6 October 2020
Answered 20 October 2020
By Baroness Stedman-Scott (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8830
Answered
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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Coronavirus
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Conservative, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Environment Agency, and (2) water companies in England, about testing waste water for COVID-19; and what plans they have to use the results of such tests to detect early warning s...

Asked 6 October 2020
Answered 20 October 2020
By Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8823
Answered
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Question for Department for Education
Covid-19 Response School Stakeholder Advisory Group
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Labour, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many meetings of the COVID-19 Response School Stakeholder Advisory Group have taken place in 2020.

Asked 8 October 2020
Answered 20 October 2020
By Baroness Berridge (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8957
Answered
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Question for Department for Education
Covid-19 Response School Stakeholder Advisory Group
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Labour, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government who are the members of the COVID-19 Response School Stakeholder Advisory Group.

Asked 8 October 2020
Answered 20 October 2020
By Baroness Berridge (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8956
Answered
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The most recent four written statements in the House of Commons

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business Update
Alok Sharma
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Conservative, Reading West
Statement made 20 October 2020
HCWS528
Commons
Ministry of Justice
Parole Reform
Lucy Frazer
The Minister of State for Justice
Conservative, South East Cambridgeshire
Statement made 20 October 2020
HCWS527
Commons
Department of Health and Social Care
Report on Exercise on Pandemic preparedness
Matt Hancock
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Conservative, West Suffolk
Statement made 20 October 2020
HCWS526
Commons
Cabinet Office
Meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee
Michael Gove
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Conservative, Surrey Heath
Statement made 20 October 2020
HCWS525
Commons

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business Update
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility)
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 20 October 2020
HLWS522
Lords
Cabinet Office
Meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee
Lord True
Minister of State
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 20 October 2020
HLWS521
Lords
Ministry of Justice
Parole Reform
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
The Lords Spokesperson
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 20 October 2020
HLWS520
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
Report on Exercise on Pandemic preparedness
Lord Bethell
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation)
Conservative, Excepted Hereditary
Statement made 20 October 2020
HLWS519
Lords

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20 October 2020
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19 October 2020
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16 October 2020
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15 October 2020
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20 October 2020
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19 October 2020
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15 October 2020
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14 October 2020
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