Jason said it was lovely to meet some of our wonderful local district nursing students online last week and also volunteer with the Friend to Friend community group, thank you to all our amazing key workers and community volunteers.
Jason McCartney
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of an excellent Teams call with the wonderful Sam, Vicki and Lindsay, who are local district nursing students who will be working over Christmas.
Tomorrow, I will be out with the friend-to-friend volunteers in my constituency, delivering 80 afternoon cream teas to elderly and vulnerable people in our community.
Can my right hon. Friend please join me in thanking all our amazing key workers and volunteers, who will be going the extra mile this festive season to support our wonderful communities?
Mr Rees-Mogg
I thought my hon. Friend was going to invite me to a cream tea; I feel rather let down.
He is absolutely right to highlight the heroic contribution of all our key workers, and to mention Sam, Lindsay and Vicki and the fact that they will be working over Christmas.
Key workers have shown a huge amount of dedication throughout the pandemic; whether they are public servants or essential workers in the private sector, they are the ones who have kept our economy turning under immense pressure. They have shown great dedication to their work and to the nation, be they supermarket staff, cleaners, teachers or bus and train drivers.
We should be really proud of the contribution made by the subjects of Her Majesty during this pandemic.
