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HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersOkay; I will check that out and get back to the noble Lord.04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersMy Lords, in light of increasing concerns around new variants, mandatory quarantine measures for those arriving from high-risk countries are the next essential step to safeguard…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersMy Lords, I think it is fair to say that we were being pressed last year to go with the EU in its vaccination programme and we said no, and it was the right thing to say no. I am…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersI apologise to the noble Baroness and to the noble Lord, Lord Clark, because I do not have figures before me, but she is absolutely right about people coming to this country and…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersI thank my noble friend for that question about negotiating with the overseas territories. Commercial flights continue to maintain direct air links with the Cayman Islands,…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersI thank both noble Lords for their comments. I join the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, in mourning the 109,000 people who have died. It is a terrible time, and our hearts go out to…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersMy Lords, as I have said, this is a DHSC lead matter, but that does not mean that I will try to evade answering the question. I imagine that some of the procurement activity that…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersMy noble friend makes a very good point, because there has been a lot of fraudulent and scam activity around the coronavirus. The only thing this leads to is misery, because if…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersI thank the noble Lord for his question. It is very nice to see him after so long; I have not seen him for ages. My right honourable friend the Home Secretary did say that too…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersObviously, there are travel bans from certain countries, but in terms of transit—which is what the noble Lord is talking about—we ask anyone who arrives at our borders to fill in…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersI think the noble Baroness makes a really good point. We might be four nations, but we should be acting as one nation. That is the most effective and efficient way to try to…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersMy Lords, guidance is always issued when the rules change, and it is absolutely right that it would be issued in this case. The noble Lord is absolutely right: the rule is to stay…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersI thank the noble Lord for his suggestion. Of course, the Government are open to any suggestions that might make the process more efficient. In response to his question about how…04 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillThe noble Baroness asks a very pertinent question. If those schemes do not exist, how are they going to be provided for? I will do some digging before Report and perhaps I can get…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Hamwee and Lady Meacher, for setting out the case for these amendments, which seek to prevent personal information about…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, the Part 4 duty in the Bill does not preclude the provision of community-based services. I understand what the noble Lord is saying: because local authorities have the…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for setting out the purpose of these amendments, which, as he said, seek to strengthen the provisions in Part 4 of the…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, these probing amendments relate to the operation of domestic abuse protection notices. Clause 22 sets out the matters which the police must consider before issuing a…01 Feb 2021