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HANSARDBudget: Economic and Fiscal OutlookTo move that the Virtual Proceedings do consider Her Majesty’s Government’s assessment of the medium-term economic and fiscal position as set out in the latest Budget document and…05 May 2020HANSARDHouse of Lords: MembershipMy Lords, I think this is going wide of the Question, though the noble Lord might wish to reflect on the large number of Peers on his own Benches who were brought in under the…05 May 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdatePPE is of course of fundamental importance. If anybody in the country did not realise it at the start of this crisis, it is fully understood now. Ministers have always understood…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, I might be new in the game, but I am afraid that I cannot urge the Government because I am no longer on the Back Benches. I can say that the Government understand the…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, my noble friend raises a very important point. Prisoners are a vulnerable part of the community and mental health is important for everyone, not least prisoners. I…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, my honourable friend the Minister for Health has said that he will consider the details of the scheme further. I am glad that it was welcomed by the noble Baroness and I…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, I am grateful for what my noble and learned friend said about the Department for Work and Pensions. It is an important area when it comes to confronting this crisis.…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateI thank the noble Baroness. It is of course in the hands of the Chancellor. I am sure the noble Baroness would agree that his massive response to this crisis, helping businesses…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, the fact that my noble friend points to—the indirect impact on people and their health in the Covid crisis—has been repeatedly stressed by the Chief Medical Officer in…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, I certainly take into consideration what the noble Lord says. As I said earlier, through the help of local authorities and the truly outstanding agencies that work in…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, I regret that the sound was not very good for my noble friend’s question. I certainly caught her concern for farmers, and I take that point; my right honourable friend…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made yesterday in the other place by my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster:…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, perhaps I may begin by congratulating the Prime Minister and Carrie Symonds on the birth of their son. It is a story of movement from near death to new life in a few…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, obviously, education is of critical importance. As my noble friend will know, some schools have stayed open to provide support for the children of key workers—I express…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, I totally agree with the noble Baroness about those who work in public transport. I am a public transport user myself; I do not drive a car in normal times. I know every…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, I cannot answer the detail on the last point; I will advise the noble Baroness on that point. Obviously she will know that the NHS visa scheme will be ongoing as an…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, I share that aspiration and I know that the Government do, but the need to protect the safety of the public and to save lives is still paramount; the five tests have not…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, I am not going to follow the noble Lord into considering history; otherwise, one could go back further and further into how we got into the 2008 crisis and so on. The…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateMy Lords, I thank my noble friend. Of course, I wholly endorse what he said about the great achievement of the National Health Service, with all the support that it has received…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipMy Lords, I understand where the noble Lord is coming from, but we have seen many deadlines moved over the last few months and years. My view, and the Government’s view, is that…28 Apr 2020