Ian Blackford, SNP MP:
Opens with comments on Holocaust memorial day. “We should never forget that.”
Accuses the PM’s COVID response of lacking leadership, U-turns, and mixed messages, effecting the scale of the pandemic. Asks the PM to comment on criticism from ‘the scientists’.
PM: Reiterates that the government has ‘followed the science’. ‘Everywhere in the UK can be proud’ of the vaccine rollout.
Blackford: Accuses Johnson of ‘repeatedly ignoring’ advice. Asks the PM for clarity on furlough, Universal Credit and other support for the British public.
PM: Once again returns to the vaccine rollout. Claims the government has given ‘unprecedented support’.