Mr Speaker, with permission, I’d like to make a statement on a new, ambitious Elective Recovery Plan… … the NHS’s Delivery Plan for tackling the Covid-19 backlog of elective care. The NHS has responded with distinction during the country’s fight against the virus. Caring for over 700,000 people with Covid-19 in hospital in the UK… …and delivering a vaccination programme that’s helping this country to live with the virus… …while at the same time doing so much to keep non-Covid care going. Nobody, no institution, felt the burden of the pandemic more than the NHS. There have been 17 million cases…