video ruth jones. thank you- i want to _ through. video ruth jones. thank you.k you. i want to start by thanking i through. video ruth jones. thank. you. i want to start by thanking our amazing nhs staff, especially those working in our health but here in south—east wales for their amazing work in this pandemic. can i ask the secretary of state to update the house and any conversations he may have had with the pharmaceutical companies about the need to modify the vaccine in the light of the new variants? yes, we are working with pharmaceutical companies and the scientists to understand both whether such modifications are needed, where they are needed, and how they can be brought to use on the front line as quickly as safety possible. this is very important consideration given the variants that we have seen. we have confidence that modifications to vaccines, should they be necessary in large scale, will