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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2020
Covid-19 Update

"May I return to the issue of political gatherings, which my noble friend and I discussed last Thursday? He mentioned that protests such as those we have seen recently from Extinction Rebellion might not be outlawed quite yet, but it is not really a matter of outlawing political protest—I did …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2020
Covid-19 Update

"My Lords, the new guidelines require political protests to be “organised in compliance with” government rules and

“subject to strict risk assessments”.

Who will undertake these assessments, when and how will they be undertaken—I presume they will have to be undertaken before any protest is mounted—and does this mean that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Covid-19: Rise of Positive Tests

"My Lords, what I am about to ask implies no criticism, because this is such a difficult question. The increase in restrictions on social gatherings that have just been announced will be so difficult to enforce. Is there at least a case for us to consider focusing more on mortality …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Sep 2020
Suicide

"Recently published figures show an alarming, significant increase in suicides among young people, even boys and girls aged 10. Those were pre-Covid statistics. Those statistics are heartbreaking and, I think we all agree, inexcusable. Does my noble friend believe that the social media companies are really owning up to their …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 27 Jul 2020
Covid-19: Response

"My Lords, Public Health England has been including in its death totals those who once had Covid, recovered, but have since died from other causes. So, if you once had the virus but no longer have it, and get hit by a bus, you still get listed as a Covid …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Jul 2020
Covid-19: Personal Protective Equipment

"My Lords, I was going to ask my noble friend about private sector provision of PPE, but I shall move on to something which may be even more significant—the hopeful news of developments in Oxford scientists identifying a vaccine against Covid. Is my noble friend able to offer any update …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 24 Jun 2020
Personal Protective Equipment

"My Lords, it is not simply stockpiling but the ability to supply PPE as and when needed that is so important. Will my noble friend join me in welcoming and congratulating the private sector—firms up and down the country, big and small—which provided such tremendous support in meeting our recent …..."
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Written Question
Coronavirus: Death
Monday 18th May 2020

Asked by: Lord Dobbs (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Bethell on 22 April (HL Deb, col 56), when they will publish their analysis of the increase in non-COVID-19 deaths that has taken place as a result of the restrictions in place to address the pandemic; and when they expect to publish an analysis of (1) the predicted trends, and (2) the estimated totals, for future non-COVID-19 deaths as a result of such restrictions. [T]

Answered by Lord Bethell

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is publishing a report on the increase in non-COVID-19 deaths observed in weekly deaths statistics, in coming weeks. This is mentioned in ONS’s statement of upcoming analysis on deaths and COVID-19. The report will analyse how the number of non-COVID-19 deaths occurring in different places of death, for different age groups and for different causes of death differ from previous years’ data and will suggest how these findings correspond with possible reasons for the increase.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 23 Apr 2020
Covid-19

"Minister, are prisoners in our prison system participating in the manufacture of PPE? Does the crisis not represent an opportunity for many prisoners to not only contribute but move towards some rehabilitation?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 22 Apr 2020
Covid-19: Extent of Infection

"First, I very sincerely thank my noble friend for his tireless work during this crisis. Did he by any chance see the BBC report yesterday under the headline “Deaths at 20-year high”? Digging into that needlessly sensationalist headline, intriguingly it reported that the apparent increase was one-third linked to the …..."
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