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HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, we recognise the significant public and parliamentary interest in this important topic. That is why we are conducting a wide-ranging review, seeking input from…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationI will ask my colleagues involved to look at the points the noble Lord makes. I repeat that work is continuing, as set out in the Written Ministerial Statement before the House.…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, my noble friend makes an important point about care homes, and I am sure my noble friend Lord Bethell will consider that carefully. The safety and security of the most…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, I have been open with Parliament and we have laid a Written Ministerial Statement. Given that Parliament is going into recess, it seemed appropriate to set out progress…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, the Government have set out the intention and the timescale on which we intend to proceed. We have committed to setting out the conclusions of the review ahead of step…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationI obviously agree with my noble friend that for international travel there have to be international discussions, and indeed there are. So far as his point on lockdown is…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, I think nobody pretends that everything that has happened in the last year has been done perfectly in every case. The Government maintain that we have made enormous…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, again, the specific, final decisions that address those points have not yet been made and will be announced on the timescale I have indicated to the House.29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, I agree with the right reverend Prelate that any scheme would certainly have to take into account those who cannot have the vaccine. Obviously, the different…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, I said in my Answer that work on the review continues and therefore there should not be an assumption. Before the Private Notice Question was agreed—which of course I…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationAgain, my Lords, as set out in the Statement and in my response, equality issues are considered and they are being considered in the scope of the review, as are the specific…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationThe noble Baroness raises important and germane points. I have said to the House twice now that ethical, equalities, privacy and other issues of those kinds are being and will…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, as I said, and as is set out in the Written Ministerial Statement at greater length, ethical and equalities considerations are obviously among those being considered in…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, my noble friend expresses a point of view. The Government are committed to exploring whether and how certification might be used to reopen our economy, as my noble…29 Apr 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, I believe the Prime Minister does and will conduct himself, as he has, in accordance with the principles of public life.27 Apr 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, I am rather old and to me “people’s democracy” conjures up the old eastern bloc. I am interested in high-quality, high-integrity government. The Ministerial Code is the…27 Apr 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeI do agree with my noble friend. The Prime Minister, in denying one of the more absurd allegations, made the same point. If I am allowed a personal comment: I have the privilege…27 Apr 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeI am not sure who the “he” is in that question. If the “he” is me: I have always sought to adhere to the Ministerial Code. If the “he” is the Prime Minister: I have said I believe…27 Apr 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, I certainly agree that we need a measure of objectivity on this, echoing the words of the right reverend Prelate. It is important that any malpractice should be dealt…27 Apr 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, as the noble Baroness opposite did, my noble friend raises an important point. The noble Lord, Lord Evans, the chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, has…27 Apr 2021