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HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020I am sorry; I lost track of time. I got distracted. Noble Lords have got the gist. Some people say I am mad; I appeal to the Government to turn back to the people—the citizens—to…01 Dec 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020You think I am mad? That is a good start to a civilised debate. Anyway, all this is unnecessary and not the way we should move forward, because I think that the technocratic…01 Dec 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020You might disagree with me, my Lord—01 Dec 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, I will indeed consider voting for either the fatal or a regret amendment. Despite this, I want the Minister to note that many of us here understand that he and the…01 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Expiry of Mental Health Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020I warmly welcome the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton. I know that he is well respected by trade unionists outside this place and he will bring to us a refreshing brand of…25 Nov 2020HANSARDData Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020To the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, I say that I am hoping that the Government use the opportunity of leaving the EU to review, from scratch, after this SI, some of the laws…16 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: University StudentsMy Lords, last week, 192 academics from the University of Manchester wrote to the vice-chancellor saying that they were ashamed and humiliated at the erection of a metal fence…16 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I concede that I am new here, but I will issue a warning: outside this place and the Westminster bubble this row over Part 5 is seen as a last-ditch battle in the Brexit…09 Nov 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020My Lords, it is hard to follow that. We have heard important and shocking contributions, exposing the flaws in the reliability of the evidence and forecasts used, but I want to…04 Nov 2020HANSARDHigher Education (Fee Limits and Student Support) (England) (Coronavirus) (Revocation) Regulations 2020My Lords, UCU, the UK’s largest academic union, had to cancel its online congress because it ran into technical problems. Could anything be more ironic, especially when one of the…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Financial Support for High Street RetailersMy Lords, will the Minister ask colleagues in the Welsh Assembly whether the distinction between buying essential and inessential retail goods is a scientific one or an arbitrary…27 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020My Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak for the first time in your Lordships’ House. I thank all the wonderful staff here, especially the security guards, who have taken me…20 Oct 2020