yes, this is paul deighton, lord de deighton, who isa paul deighton, lord de deighton, who is a formersachs, who then led the 0lympic delivery committee in 2012. he applied for the job in the economist actually before it and got it. it clearly shows that there is an issue of ppe, all the headlines over the last few days have been talking about this crisis and also going back to johnson talking about this crisis and also going back tojohnson taking the reins. ten days ago he was in intensive care and we have been told that he was hovering between life and death, and now he is back. he is clearly ignoring doctor's orders and feels that he has to come back to work. presumably because the cabinet in place and able to move forward. but an extraordinary state of affairs. less than two weeks ago he was in intensive care and now he was ona was in intensive care and now he was on a three hour call on friday with his deputy, dominic raab. i am still fit and healthy and doing all those zoom fit and healthy and doing all those zoom calls at the moment... a three hour call would leave me feeling ti

we have appointed paul deighton, formerly chief executive of the london 2012 olympics, to lead on ourefforts to make and increase the supply of ppe. and we are receiving shipments of ppe regularly from suppliers in the uk and abroad. we are working to resolve the turkish settlement as soon as possible following unexpected delays at the weekend. today we have unloaded a shipment of 140,000 gowns from myanmar. and we are of course continuing to pursue every possible option for ppe procurement. let me now turn to the economic situation. exactly one month ago today, i stood at this lectin and said we would step in and help to pay peoples wages. we promised the support would be available by the end of april. today we deliver our promise. hmrc opened at the coronavirus job retention scheme at 8am this morning. as of 4pm this afternoon, over 140,000 firms have applied. and the grants they will receive will help pay the wages of more than a million people. 1 million people who come if they hadn't been furloughed, would have been at risk of losing theirjob. firms applying today should receive

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it's been announced that london olympics boss lord paul deighton has been appointed to help get morefor so long is that all of these products have been outsourced to places like china and now, eve ryo ne to places like china and now, everyone is looking for the same equipment, and every country is now building up its own manufacturing base for ppe. and that's what the uk needs to do and that's what we are trying to help it to do right now with these manufacturers. it's quite an arduous process, and maybe you can explaina an arduous process, and maybe you can explain a little bit about that, because it's not just can explain a little bit about that, because it's notjust getting hold of the stuff and making it. the designs need to be signed off and even the fabric you use is in pretty short supply. yes, it's pretty specialist fabric used for the gowns, for instance, and also the product itself has to have certain certification. we are not talking about just making a certification. we are not talking aboutjust making a t—shirt, or a pairof leggings, aboutjust making a t—shirt, or a pair