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HANSARDPublic HealthMy hon. Friend is too kind, but I am grateful to him. I fully accept the sincerity of the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State in bringing forward these measures, and their…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthWe are being asked today to take away the fundamental freedoms of nearly 68 million people in this country. First, I thank Mr Speaker for his strenuous, successful efforts to…04 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateBefore Wednesday, will my right hon. Friend publish a full impact assessment, setting out the cost of the lockdown in terms of the jobs that will be lost, the businesses that will…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateGreater Manchester has lived under harsh additional restrictions for three months. May I put it to my right hon. Friend that lockdowns themselves cost lives as well as…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State knows that pubs, bingo halls and gyms have gone to enormous lengths to ensure that they offer a safe environment, and many of us in Greater Manchester and…19 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportCare homes across the country are struggling to survive, and the areas with greater restrictions are particularly dealing with unprecedented levels of vacancies. What are the…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Warley (John Spellar) who closed on a critical point. I thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the good faith…13 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Prime Minister has said there will be a four-week sunset for areas with the highest restrictions. What reassurance can he give to areas in tiers 1 and 2, some of which have…12 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Healthrose —06 Oct 2020HANSARD Public HealthI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. We are three weeks in and we know that a different model is being applied in Scotland. At what point would she expect to be able…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Public HealthNot from me.06 Oct 2020HANSARD Public HealthThe so-called rule of six, like the ban on household mingling in some parts of the country and, indeed, the original lockdown measures, was introduced under public health laws…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I thank my right hon. Friend for being prepared to listen and for the constructive conversations that we have had over the last couple of weeks. As he said, Members on both sides…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)These things will be brought forward. We have had the assurance, and we will hold the Government to it. The hon. Gentleman will see it very soon. I will close by thanking those…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)The hon. Gentleman is an expert on procedure, and he will soon get to grips with it. It is the made affirmative procedure, which entails the setting of a commencement date in the…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that intervention, because it is important to say that those of us on both sides of the House who put our names to that amendment were…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)Mr Speaker, may I begin by thanking you? Although you gave your reasons earlier for not selecting the amendment in my name and those of 80 other colleagues across the House, you…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I absolutely agree. Those were two wonderful interventions from former Chief Whips; I wonder whether there are any more in the House. That is precisely the point: it is our belief…30 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillOrder. It is not possible to speak from those Benches. The hon. Gentleman must find another place in the Chamber.21 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateDoes my right hon. Friend agree that balancing the measures to tackle covid with the other health consequences, such as cancer patients going undiagnosed or not being treated in…21 Sept 2020