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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Coronavirus Act 2020

"My Lords, I certainly do not oppose these measures since I believe them to be going the right way. I am pleased with that.

I want to concentrate on face masks. The noble Lord, Lord Scriven, mentioned them quite a lot because he believes that everybody wearing them would save …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Coronavirus Act 2020

"It is very good; keep going...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Oct 2021
COVID-19: Type 2 Diabetes

"My Lords, I am glad that the Government recognise that this is a huge problem, and the dangers that being overweight brings, especially during Covid. However, does my noble friend not recognise that the strategy, good as it may be, is not working? Is it not time to revert to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 Oct 2021
Covid-19: Plan B

"My Lords, could my noble friend tell us, following the amazing success of the vaccine rollout, what proportion of hospital beds are occupied by Covid patients? Because it seems to me that some people—some doomsayers—are trying to create panic where there is no need for it...."
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Written Question
Coronavirus
Tuesday 13th July 2021

Asked by: Lord Robathan (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total number of hospitalisations of patients with COVID-19 since 1 March 2020.

Answered by Lord Bethell

NHS England began collecting data on the number of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 from 20 March 2020. From 20 March 2020 to 4 July 2021, the number of such patients hospitalised in England is 407,019.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 08 Jul 2021
Covid-19 Update

"My Lords, last month the Minister made some highly critical comments about my having had the temerity to question the wisdom of government restrictions. Yet we now know that the last Secretary of State did not believe in their value either. Given the small risk to children and teachers from …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jun 2021
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

"To leave out all the words after “that” and insert “this House declines to approve the Regulations laid before the House on 15 June because (1) the measures are disproportionate, and (2) no impact assessment has been prepared for them.”..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jun 2021
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

"My Lords, we are told it is “one last heave”, “a teeny bit longer”, “just a little longer” and “we only rely on the data, not the dates”. “Freedom day”, which was meant to be next Monday, has now been replaced by “terminus day”, 19 July. I hope we all …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jun 2021
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

"My Lords, by his last rant my noble friend Lord Bethell really knows how not to get me to withdraw an amendment. I point out that, yes 127,000 people have died from or with Covid, at the same time as somewhere between 700,000 and 800,000 people have died altogether. Of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jun 2021
Covid-19 Update

"My Lords, yesterday the Prime Minister said that this extension of restrictions will

“save many thousands of lives”

and he was backed up by the Health Secretary. Since 18 May, the weekly average number of deaths per day from Covid has been in single figures—almost all of whom will have …..."
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