Mr Zahawi did not provide an explicit response to Mr Ashworth's question regarding resources and timelines but indicated that decisions would be made shortly based on advice from chief medical officers. Regarding school ventilation, no specific figures were given in the statement.

Mr Zahawi did not provide specific commitments to address these issues directly but emphasised ongoing efforts to deepen the 'wall of defence' through additional doses for immunosuppressed individuals.

The minister did not directly address these points raised by Mr Ashworth during his statement.

I am grateful to the right hon. Member for his support and his words on the vaccination of pregnant women and the protection that the vaccine offers them. On JCVI advice, it looked at 12 to 15-year-olds' narrow impact but advises chief medical officers to look at wider impacts... (Answer as provided)

I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s excellent question. I would say two things: first, in many ways, the decision taken by our chief medical officers to increase the dosing interval from three to 12 weeks was an inspired and clinically important decision... (Answer as provided)

Acknowledges the importance of mental health and mentions additional funding to primary care for GPs.

Explains that the chief medical officers are looking at both health and other factors, including mental health.

Agrees to make it easier for young people to access vaccinations, including walk-in options.

Explains that a covid certificate is being considered to keep certain industries open without causing repeated closures.

Confirms that advice from JCVI will be followed regarding booster jabs for different categories.

Reassures that there is no political influence on the decision-making process regarding vaccine recommendations.

Acknowledges industry concerns and indicates that feedback is being considered.

Acknowledges the importance of volunteer support and confirms that notice is given based on need, though it must flex depending on advice.

I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s question. It is an important question that I want to address head-on, because it is about statements on Twitter; I understand that I am “trending” on Twitter. I was asked about this by Tom Swarbrick, who replayed to me my February interview. I said to him that the difference between then and now was first that the Delta variant is so much more infections than the previous variants—it takes only a very few particles for someone to be infected—and secondly that we have learnt from the experience of other countries which attempted to reopen sectors such as the nightclub sector and then had to close them rapidly because of super-spreader events. We do know that 60% of people who have had two jabs will not become infected with the Delta variant and therefore cannot infect someone else, although 40% will and can. This is a relative risk that we want to avoid: what we do not want to do is open the industry and then have to shut it down again because of those super-spreader events.

I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s important and thoughtful question, and for his words of encouragement as well. Let us look at what the vaccines have achieved. We have achieved a situation in which we have weakened—severely weakened—the link between cases going up rapidly, serious infection, hospitalisation and death. We are in a very different place today. This new equilibrium is where we want to be able to head to in steady state.

I have grateful for the hon. Lady’s words, including those about the issue of vaccine certification, on which I agree with her. No one in this Government, and certainly not this Prime Minister—as I said at the weekend, it goes against his DNA—wants to curtail people’s freedoms, so we will not do this lightly at the end of September.

Let me try to unpack my hon. Friend’s question. First, no decision has been made on vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds who are healthy. We are vaccinating those who are vulnerable. We will not pre-empt the important work that the chief medical officers are doing and on which they are experts.

I will go back and check, but I am almost certain that the NHS England system is now able to take in data from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in terms of jabs—or jags.

I can give my hon. Friend that reassurance. We have a pretty substantial outreach programme, including webinars with midwives so that they are given all the available tools to ensure that pregnant women are given the protection that they so vitally require.

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: 11 November is the date by which care homes and care home providers will have to comply with the legislation on the vaccination programme. I would be happy to share with him the guidance and the communication that we have sent out to the sector, and I will write to him after this statement.

Confirmed work is underway to recognise vaccinations from a list of approved vaccines in various countries through pilot schemes.

Stated that no decision has been made regarding vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds; parental consent is required, and NHS follows Gillick competence guidelines.

Reiterated that parental consent is required in any school-age vaccination programme; no decision has been made about vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds.

Acknowledged and thanked St John’s volunteers for their significant contribution to the vaccination effort.

Explained that testing-based certification can be undermined by self-testing fraud; vaccination-based certification is more effective for preventing transmission and hospitalisation.

Responded that the matter would be addressed shortly.

Confirmed work is being done with primary care networks to enhance pharmacy offers for the booster programme.

Stated that no one curtails freedoms lightly; it is purely to sustain an open economy until the virus transitions from pandemic to endemic status.

Confirmed a consultation on this issue would follow due to the duty of care towards vulnerable individuals in hospitals or care homes.

Agreed to do everything possible to ensure coordination and timely delivery of both vaccines.

Acknowledged that a group of older patients had earlier doses and will be prioritised for boosters when data from Cov-Boost is available.

Urged all 16 and 17-year-olds to come forward for vaccination, thanking the 'Grab a Jab' team.

My understanding is that, for 12 to 15-year-olds who are healthy, the chief medical officer is looking at the impact on them specifically, whether it be their mental health or the other impacts of disruption to education. He is consulting widely with local directors of public health and the Royal Colleges.