Covid-19 Update

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:50 pm on 8 September 2020.

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Photo of Diana R. Johnson Diana R. Johnson Labour, Kingston upon Hull North 1:50, 8 September 2020

Today in Hull, the prospects of getting a timely local covid-19 test are patchy. People are being sent as far away as Leeds and Withernsea, so how can it be right that local councils such as Hull City Council, with statutory public health responsibilities, are being kept completely out of the loop in sorting out local testing problems, in a system that seems all about protecting Deloitte, G4S and the noble Baroness Harding, rather than having that joined-up national and local system that safeguards public health during this pandemic?