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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:49 am on 15 October 2020.

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Photo of Richard Burgon Richard Burgon Labour, Leeds East 11:49, 15 October 2020

Serco is at the heart of an outsourced tracing system that is failing to contact one third of all the close contacts of those with coronavirus. That is clearly helping the virus to spread out of control. There is widespread public concern that the Government are in hock to giant outsourcing companies, and concern that Serco and the like are not just ripping off the public but putting lives in danger. Does the Secretary of State think that the public should be reassured or worried by the fact that Serco’s former chief spin doctor is now his Minister for Health?