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HANSARDLaw Enforcement: Brexit ImpactsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom of (1) not having access to European Union databases…06 Jan 2021HANSARDLaw Enforcement: Brexit ImpactsMy Lords, on Christmas Day, the Home Secretary issued a statement saying that the new agreement with the EU was “historic” and would “make the UK safer and more secure”. Will the…06 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020My Lords, on Christmas Day, there were 578 Covid-related hospital admissions in London; 16 weeks earlier there had been just two. That number became 38, four weeks later, and,…30 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsThe Government have form on overpromising and underdelivering, so I am interested in the figure that the noble Lord has given. Assuming that he is going to achieve 25 million…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsI draw attention to my interests in the register and beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name.17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people they anticipate will have received COVID-19 vaccinations by (1) 31 December, (2) 31 January 2021, (3) 28 February 2021, and (4) 31…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Prisoners and Children in CustodyMy Lords. The Covid figures cited by the noble Baroness are despite prisoners being locked down in their cells virtually all the time. In Her Majesty’s Prison Lindholme, nearly…16 Dec 2020HANSARDChildren: Online GroomingMy Lords, the UK Safer Internet Centre recently reported that in one week alone earlier this year 700 young girls, most of them between 11 and 13 years old, were coerced into…02 Dec 2020HANSARDFace-to-Face Medical AppointmentsMy Lords, nearly three-quarters of GP consultations at the peak of the pandemic were conducted by telephone or video call. A BMA survey in June found that nine in 10 GPs want to…19 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Conflicts of InterestYesterday the Minister said that he had personally made 300 calls to potential suppliers of PPE earlier this year. Not surprisingly, given the report from the National Audit…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Mass Testing ProgrammeTo ask Her Majesty's Government how many contracts they have placed for the purchase of (1) personal protective equipment, and (2) the mass Covid-19 testing programme, (a) with…04 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Mass Testing ProgrammeMy Lords, the noble Lord must realise that he is in danger of appearing complicit in the stench surrounding these procurements. On 6 April, he met with Meller Designs, which…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportMy Lords, yesterday the Leader of the House misspoke, no doubt unintentionally, when she told us that the level of wage support being offered was in line with that of most other…15 Oct 2020HANSARDPost Office: Horizon Accounting SystemMy Lords, we are all very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, for continuing to press this issue doggedly over the last decade. Under the framework document, the Post…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, we are four weeks into the current term, yet the Government are talking about delivering this equipment and the remote routers. Can the Minister tell us what proportion…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffMy Lords, it is quite right that there should be proper consultation on this, as the Minister says. However, we should look at the sentencing tariff not only for those who kill…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLightweight Polyethylene Chest PlatesMy Lords, lighter-weight armour is welcome, but a report in the Mail on Sunday last month—I am sure that the Minister saw it—said that this type of body armour is not fit for…30 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Child TraffickingMy Lords, last weekend, in Trafalgar Square, alongside the anti-maskers and the anti-vaxxers were conspiracy theorists who believe that an international elite is kidnapping…29 Sept 2020HANSARDEmergency Services NetworkTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the decision to ban Huawei equipment on the delivery of the new Emergency Services Network.24 Sept 2020HANSARDEmergency Services NetworkMy Lords, I am sure that that is intended to be good news, but this has been an omnishambles from day one. It was supposed to take four years; now it is 10. We are the only…24 Sept 2020