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HANSARD EU-UK Partnership: EU’s MandateI have six minutes or less, so I will do my best to answer the points that hon. Members have raised. I want to thank everyone who has taken part in the debate, and I thank the…04 Jun 2020HANSARD EU-UK Partnership: EU’s MandateIf the hon. Gentleman is very quick, I will give way.04 Jun 2020HANSARD EU-UK Partnership: EU’s MandateI am afraid I am going to make some progress, I am sorry. I can reassure the hon. Lady that we very much understand those issues. We are taking an incredibly pragmatic approach to…04 Jun 2020HANSARD EU-UK Partnership: EU’s MandateI can give the hon. Gentleman those assurances. I will just say, as a quick plug, as it is my Department, that the work that the civil service did last year in terms of those…04 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19I beg to move, That this House has considered Covid-19. We gather here today in the midst of a very great darkness that has descended upon our nation, and not just our nation—all…11 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Large-scale Testing and TracingBoth the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Health Secretary attend a daily meeting with the Prime Minister. Testing and tracing are a part of the issues that are…04 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Large-scale Testing and TracingThe hon. Lady is right that ensuring that we have the right testing and the right volume of testing in place is one of the five criteria for our being able to reopen society and…04 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Large-scale Testing and TracingClearly there are very strict protocols that surround any kind of procurement or pilot that might take place across any Government Department. Those protocols have given us…04 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Testing: Restriction to Hospital AdmissionsThe Prime Minister established new implementation committees to co-ordinate the covid response. The committees are supported by the Cabinet Office secretariat and meet regularly…04 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Testing: Restriction to Hospital AdmissionsI thank the hon. Gentleman and all colleagues who have put forward ideas and solutions, and shared good practice in the early weeks of this crisis. I am sure that the hon.…04 May 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillThe hon. Gentleman’s comments will have been heard, and I am sure that point will be clarified, but in all this, whether it is about key workers or new policy of this ilk that has…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillThe point that has just been made is critical. I give my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) an absolute reassurance: the Government have an…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillI will make a little progress, because there is quite a lot that I have not managed to say at the Dispatch Box yet. We will therefore be able to carry out the will of Parliament…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillI will make a little progress; sorry, but I have not had much time. Consistency of outcome will be achieved by making a range of tools and powers consistent across the UK. That is…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillThank you, Dame Eleanor. The first such reason is that in the event that Parliament is not sitting, we think that the made affirmative procedure would impede our ability to manage…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillCan I just answer that point, because my hon. Friend made it on Second Reading, and I have checked the issue? The Department of Health and NHS England are looking at precisely the…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillThe hon. Gentleman might wish to say that some of the provisions cannot be applied. We do not wish to do that. The whole purpose of the Bill is that the bulk of the powers—apart…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillIn his earlier remarks, my right hon. Friend was talking about things that we might wish to do in a year’s time and so forth. I do not think any of those things are being ruled…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillI am sorry, but I am very short of time. Other hon. Members have mentioned businesses, with examples of good practice and, I am afraid, bad practice. That needs to be called out.…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillI do not have a lot of time left, so if I cannot address some points now, I will try to address them in Committee. I would like to briefly put on the record, echoing the…23 Mar 2020