Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said that if those who have been vaccinated begin easing off because they are protected, they are potentially putting at risk those further down the priority list who still need inoculation.
"Yorkshire should not be punished for its success in rolling out the vaccine quicker than other regions," one local MP said.
There was also hostility to the proposal in some parts of the Government, with one source saying the plan “incentivises people to catch Covid”.
Julian Assange was also not among the round of pardons issued by the president in his final hours in office.
Here's the full list of MPs who voted the amendment down.
Caught sleeping on the job again?
A top-ranking civil servant at the Department of Health and Social Care told MPs that 900 of the firm’s consultants were employed - at a rate of £1,000 per day.
"The staggering contempt that Tories show for the working class - not even bothering to TURN UP to the Opposition Debate," Jack Monroe said.
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