Extract from Lords repeat of Commons statement on Covid-19 Update - Jan 7
Friday, 8 January 2021 07:25
Lord Haselhurst (Con) [V]: My Lords, may I ask my noble friend what
assurances have been received from AstraZeneca that vaccine supply
will be able to keep pace with the Government’s commendably
ambitious deployment plans? And what contribution is expected of
other vaccine sources? Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Con): I am
sure we would all like to pay tribute to everyone who has worked so
amazingly quickly to help to develop both the Oxford vaccine and
the Pfizer vaccine. I can assure my...Request free trial
(Con) [V]: My Lords, may I ask my noble
friend what assurances have been received from AstraZeneca that
vaccine supply will be able to keep pace with the Government’s
commendably ambitious deployment plans? And what contribution is
expected of other vaccine sources?
(Con): I am sure we would all like to pay tribute to
everyone who has worked so amazingly quickly to help to develop
both the Oxford vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine. I can assure my
noble friend that AstraZeneca is accelerating its delivery
schedule. Obviously, we are working extremely closely with the
companies in order to deliver what the noble Lord called our
ambitious programme. We of course have access to 100 million doses
of the vaccine on behalf of the whole of the UK, the Crown
dependencies and the overseas territories
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