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HANSARD Covid-19I know that the Minister and hon. Members on both sides of the House understand the seriousness of the situation that we now face. Yesterday, the chief medical officer warned that…12 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State will know that we cannot protect the NHS unless we also protect social care, yet there are worrying signs that the Government risk losing control of the…12 Jan 2021HANSARDWorker Exploitation: Leicester Textile IndustryMy hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. This issue does not just affect the workers in this industry. It does not just affect those of us who have pensions that are invested…18 Nov 2020HANSARDWorker Exploitation: Leicester Textile IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of tackling worker exploitation in the textile industry in Leicester. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship,…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Care Home VisitsI am afraid the Government’s pilot scheme simply fails to understand the scale or urgency of the task. The average time someone spends in a care home before they pass away is two…17 Nov 2020HANSARDDementia: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I am so pleased that my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) has secured this…12 Nov 2020HANSARD Family Visits in Health and Social Care Settings: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Joy Morrissey) on securing this important debate and on her…11 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Reciprocal and Cross-Border Healthcare (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. We will not vote against the regulations because they provide some certainty for some citizens in terms of…04 Nov 2020HANSARDAdult Care: Covid-19Families with loved ones in care homes are desperate to start visiting again, but are banned from doing so in swathes of the country with extra restrictions. The Government’s own…06 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. The Labour party will not oppose the regulations, but I want to set out concerns and questions that have been raised…05 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020Of course, I hear and understand what you say, Mr Gray, so I will now move on to a point that I believe is related to this SI: if we are putting extra restrictions on to an area,…05 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020The point was more that the local authority was getting a lot more contacts that it had to follow up. It is asking whether it will get the financial support to do that properly.…05 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020Message received and understood, Mr Gray. I hope the Minister will respond to the point about support for the city council in doing extra testing. The council tells me that it…05 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020It is difficult; when we are trying to put forward practical solutions for how additional extra local lockdowns work, it needs to be a package including the local extra testing…05 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020No, I absolutely will not. You will be relieved to hear, Mrs Murray, that I do not have much more to say. Forgive me for trying to get this on the record but, as a local MP, the…21 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. The Labour party will not oppose the regulations, which lift many, although not all, of the additional restrictions…21 Sept 2020HANSARDSocial Care: Covid-19Following on from that question, Ministers initially promised weekly testing for care home staff by 6 July. They then abandoned that pledge and said that routine tests would not…01 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOrwellian!16 Jul 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher, and I will begin by saying that Members on the Labour Benches support these regulations. As one of the three…16 Jul 2020HANSARDSocial Care SectorI, too, wish the Minister a very happy birthday. I am sure the Minister will agree that lessons must be learned from what has happened so far, because the virus is not over for…23 Jun 2020