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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:52 pm on 7 June 2021.

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Photo of Matthew Hancock Matthew Hancock Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 3:52, 7 June 2021

The right hon. Lady and I have had this exchange before. I respect her enormously, but she continues to imply that we should have taken decisions based on data that we did not yet have. That is simply not a reasonable position for the Chair of any Select Committee to take.