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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dunlop, and indeed to agree with much of what he said. I support the amendments in the name of my noble and learned…26 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I can speak more briefly to this amendment than the one I spoke to earlier, because my arguments will be much the same. What attracts me particularly about this…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireMy Lords, scientific evidence now suggests that one of the reasons for the spike in cases in the northern regions is due to the fact that Covid has been more virulent and…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, is the Minister aware that, today, a highly respected member of SAGE, Professor Stephen Reicher, said that the three-tier system is “the worst of all worlds … where…20 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is with great pleasure that I join with others in welcoming my noble friend Lady Hayman to this House and congratulate her on her speech. I am sure we will hear many…19 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, in the time available, I want to ask the Minister a number of questions about this SI and the decision to leave so much of the country designated as “medium” level, but…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the noble Baroness in her responses has not addressed the fact that, as SAGE put it so starkly, the centralised track and trace system is bringing only marginal benefit…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Local RestrictionsMy Lords, to go back to my noble friend Lord Hunt’s question, given the exponential rate of the increase in Covid in the north and Midlands, have we not again lost the advantage…09 Oct 2020HANSARDHousing: Rent and Covid-19My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that many of the people in arrears and liable to fall into homelessness are young people working in the hospitality or entertainment industries,…08 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: NHS ApplicationMy Lords, the Minister just gave a figure for the over-16s. In view of the outbreak of Covid in universities, what proportion of university students have accessed the app and…01 Oct 2020HANSARDStudents’ Return to UniversitiesMy Lords, in the Statement, the Secretary of State said: “As with all our education settings, we will continue monitoring the situation closely and will follow the latest…01 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) Regulations 2020My 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…25 Sept 2020HANSARDEnd of Eviction MoratoriumMy Lords, I return to the question put by my noble friend Lady Wilcox. If the Minister looks at the Welsh situation more closely, he will find that the Welsh Government have…24 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy 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…21 Sept 2020HANSARDRetail Businesses: Financial SupportMy Lords, the changes for small businesses that the Minister mentions are very welcome. Does he agree with me, however, that it is the larger stores that face the greatest…21 Sept 2020HANSARDRetail Businesses: Financial SupportMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend, and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.21 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools: Free Holiday Meals and ActivitiesMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the evidence of many years shows that summer learning programmes really work to lift learning, skills and confidence for poorer children in…14 Sept 2020HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord German, for introducing this debate—and for the way he introduced it—and to the Minister for the time he gave some of us on…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy 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…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Local RestrictionsMy 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…03 Sept 2020