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HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewThe scientific advice is that the people who are closer together are more likely to spread the virus and that, later at night, social distancing becomes harder. We have all seen…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewYes, and the updated evidence that we are publishing today shows that the just under a quarter figure is correct. It is the highest single identified area. The figures on…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI want to say to all the staff and all the regulars at the New Cross that we would not have this in place unless we thought it was needed. The science is about how, late at night,…01 Oct 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)If I may, I will make a bit of progress, because otherwise I will take the whole 90 minutes myself. The central point is that we need to ensure that we strike a balance so that we…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)We are absolutely open to further and longer debates—like, for instance, the debate we had on Monday. Under the Standing Orders of the House, this debate is for 90 minutes, and…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I agree with him on the point about scrutiny. I am very glad that we have been able to find a way to ensure that we can have that scrutiny and…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I beg to move, That the temporary provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 should not yet expire. When we introduced the Act in March, I said that coronavirus was the most serious…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)rose—30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)Thank you, Mr Speaker. My hon. Friend’s comments are absolutely right. The need for all of us to exercise responsibility in a world where the virus can pass asymptomatically,…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)Of course the companies involved should be making recompense where that is appropriate, and I hope that we can come forward with a resolution to this issue sooner rather than…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)May I just make some progress? The fourth part of the Act contains measures for managing the deceased. This is a devastating virus that has caused pain and suffering for many and,…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)He will be able to read it in Hansard in the morning.30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I thank colleagues on both sides of the House for their contributions to this debate, and I would like to reinforce once again my statment that we will keep listening to and…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I am grateful to my hon. Friend. We have been working together to try to find a way through this that works both for the House and for the circumstances. There has been a change…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I will ask my right hon. Friend the Business Secretary to take up that point. The Business Department is responsible for making sure that the business rules are right, and I know…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)We are always happy to look at the evidence on how these things can be done—absolutely. I would be very happy to talk to my right hon. Friend about how we can take this forward.30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)The right hon. Gentleman will know that the guidance has been looked at again, and the Crown Prosecution Service has issued new guidance that has remedied the concerns raised at…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)In a way my right hon. Friend, who has huge experience in these matters, answers his own question, because of course there is a judgment to be made. We have made a very clear…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)Yes. What I have said relates to measures to do with the pandemic response. As my hon. Friend says, the vast majority of the measures in respect of social distancing restrictions…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)indicated dissent .30 Sept 2020