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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord is absolutely right about the scenes that we saw. However, I stress that the vast majority of our citizens have abided by the guidelines and behaved respectfully.…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI do not accept that it has all just been talk. It is extremely important to bring performers in theatres, choirs and orchestras together with medical experts and advisers to…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI assure the noble Baroness that they are at the forefront of our mind. Attention is being given to them and further work is ongoing. One thing that I have not mentioned so far is…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am happy to reiterate that, subject to public health advice, it is indeed our aspiration to reopen gyms and leisure facilities by mid-July.25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWell, I have already set out the significant financial help that has been provided for the sector and mentioned that we have a cultural renewal task force, with an entertainment…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWhat I can say is that we have made £300 million available to local authorities to work with test and trace to develop the local outbreak control plans. Those plans will identify…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI assure the noble Lord that the Chief Medical Officers share data and work together. All four nations have downgraded the UK’s Covid alert level from four to three, which means…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am afraid I have provided all the information I can in terms of the fact that discussions are ongoing. There are further meetings next week. Support has been provided already.…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI hoped that I had set out some of that detail in my answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Smith. Each local area will have a local action committee to manage its outbreaks, and…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my noble friend. While I entirely agree with him about professional sport returning, as a Norwich City fan the return of the Premier League has not been a happy experience…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome the noble Lord back; it is good to see him on the screen. In relation to bars, one of the key things is that we urge everyone buying drinks to abide by the guidance and…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am sure that, like me, the noble Lord has seen pictures of the England cricket team being tested this morning as they went into their bubble in advance of their series against…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs I have said, each local area has a local action committee, which will be working with a number of different organisations. That is where decisions will be made at a local…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMinisters in the department recently met leaders in this sector to discuss the impact and how guidance could be developed to ensure that the sector can reopen. It will be…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs I said, we are working extremely closely with the performing arts sector because we are well aware of the issues it faces. The noble Lord will know that we have set up the…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt certainly feels like a bit of normality has returned with the noble Lord managing to discuss these issues in the Chamber. That is good to hear. I will certainly take back his…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs I said, we are committed to doing everything possible to allow children to go back to school safely and to support their well-being and education, and we are working with…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord is absolutely right. As we take another step in moving from the two-metre to the one-metre-plus rule, that will help to ensure that some who have not been able to…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord obviously knows a lot about this area. He is right that a series of strategies will need to be used for us to continue to make progress in combating this virus. The…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI hope that she can assure Sam Parker that we are committed to doing everything possible to allow children to go back to school safely. In the next couple of weeks, we will be…25 Jun 2020