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HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresMy Lords, the furloughing of staff is a voluntary arrangement entered into at the employer’s discretion and agreed by employees. It is not for the Government to decide whether a…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresMy Lords, in international comparisons, our furlough scheme is actually more generous than many other countries’ and has fewer eligibility criteria than other countries’. But the…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresMy Lords, the Government are clear that the furlough scheme can be used flexibly by employers—it can be used to accommodate those employees who cannot work due to their caring…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresThe noble Lord is absolutely right that where parents need to take leave for caring responsibilities they have the right to do so, and if that is taken for under 26 weeks, they…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresMy Lords, the right to take parental leave is one of a number of options open to parents. We hope that employers will work with their employees to find the best solution in each…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresThe Government do not intend to change the operation of the furlough scheme from a voluntary scheme for employers to use to a legal obligation for employers to offer it. We do not…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresMy Lords, I believe there is a Minister for Children and Families who has that responsibility in the department. However, I completely take the noble Baroness’s point on the…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresMy Lords, I am happy to take that back, but as regards the vaccination schedule, we are following the initial first wave set out by the JCVI, which goes by clinical vulnerability…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresThe support that the Government have put in place through the furlough scheme and other schemes during this pandemic is absolutely unprecedented compared to any time in our…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School ClosuresMy Lords, the guidance for the furlough scheme is also clear that those required to shield because they are clinically extremely vulnerable are eligible for the scheme under its…18 Jan 2021HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2020That the draft order laid before the House on 26 November 2020 be approved. Relevant document: 37th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…14 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, we appear to have lost the connection to the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, so I suggest that we adjourn for five minutes.14 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, we now turn to the way in which reports are prepared and made on the exercise of the regulatory-making powers in the Bill. Amendment 69 in the name of the noble…14 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I know the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath has a long-term interest in and commitment to the work of NICE and, as such, will know that NICE’s remit is set out in…14 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillThe noble Lord may wish to know that the amendment is consequential on an amendment passed earlier on Report, so he or a fellow signatory may wish to move it. Amendment 6314 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy understanding is that Amendment 26 is also consequential to amendments passed on day 1 of Report, so we may wish to ask the noble Lord, Lord Patel, whether he wishes to move…14 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillThe noble Baroness is correct that Amendment 27 is consequential to an amendment agreed on day 1 of Report, so she may wish to move it.14 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, Amendment 15 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Field of Birkenhead, deals with a topic that has been discussed at length in both Houses. The noble Lord spoke…12 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, first, I would like to address the issue of patient and clinician access to affordable medicines in the UK. Patient and clinician access to affordable medicines is at…12 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillOn the first point—considering environmental impacts in terms of research—obviously safety is one of the things primarily considered when looking at research on medicines. There…12 Jan 2021