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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 25 Sep 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) Regulations 2020

"My Lords, the commentary by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee on these regulations and the update which we have just heard from the Minister illustrate beyond doubt what an extraordinary challenge these local authorities are facing as they try to follow and implement government regulations which, as we have already …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Sep 2020
Covid-19 Update

"My Lords, one of the most public failures of communication has been the refusal of the Prime Minister to talk to his counterparts in the devolved nations. Yesterday, they had the privilege of a conversation with Mr Gove. The Prime Minister has still not spoken to them since May. I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2020
Covid-19 Update

"My Lords, perhaps I may take the Minister back to the question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley. I was sorry to hear him say rather dismissively that people are clogging up the system because they seek some sort of reassurance, although they do not have symptoms. That seems …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Sep 2020
Covid-19

"My Lords, I take the Minister back to airports. I have three questions. First, what is the science telling us about the likely impact—I know that this is a difficult question—of people coming off planes from highly affected countries? Have we done any research on that? Secondly, the Minister said …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Sep 2020
Covid-19: Local Restrictions

"My Lords, it seems to have been decided that areas of low infection do not need the same degree of access to testing as the known hotspots. Indeed, there are accounts of people in London being directed to Wales because there is not sufficient testing capacity. Is this not exactly …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2020
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill

"My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness and to pledge our support—I feel sure of that in this House—for what she is trying to achieve, in the light of what she has achieved so far. We all look forward to what the Minister will say in …..."
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Written Question
Coronavirus: Screening
Wednesday 29th July 2020

Asked by: Baroness Andrews (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of chemical reagents needed for polymerase chain reaction tests for COVID-19.

Answered by Lord Bethell

To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet Testing – note for House of Lords which is attached, due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library

Written Question
Coronavirus: Screening
Wednesday 29th July 2020

Asked by: Baroness Andrews (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in relation to unregulated or unverified COVID-19 antibody tests being used in the UK; and what steps they are taking to ensure that polymerase chain reaction tests for COVID-19 being offered by private companies are being conducted in accordance with the relevant guidelines.

Answered by Lord Bethell

To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet Testing – note for House of Lords which is attached, due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 27 Jul 2020
Covid-19: Response

"Where does the Minister think the greatest risks of a second wave of Covid-19 now lie? What specifically needs to be achieved by early autumn to prevent that, and what extra support will be provided specifically for care homes?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Jul 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020

"My Lords, these regulations expose both the way the management of the pandemic is being improvised day in, day out and the failure to provide Parliament with proper time to scrutinise. Inconvenience is hardly an excuse.

We are also debating them in the knowledge that, such is the loss of …..."
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