Proceedings During the Pandemic (No. 4)

In my role as Chair of the Procedure Committee, I welcome the fact that my right hon. Friend the ...

The SNP also fully supports the continuation of the provisions for virtual participation. I welco...

I am going to disappoint the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) by breaking the consen...

That is the whole point: if we get into a second wave in the winter, and there are more local loc...

I will come back to participating virtually. I do not disagree that people should be able to part...

We are in exceptionally difficult times—we often say that, but it is the truth. We have to look a...

I am disappointed that, having come back thinking that we might move on and be able to accommodat...

I apologise for contributing from the Opposition Benches, but there is no room anywhere else. Doe...

It is interesting that my right hon. Friend is over there, given the ten-minute rule Bill we had ...

I agree with much of what my hon. Friend says and I think it is very good that we are actually ha...

My right hon. Friend makes a very good point, but I also make the point that this is the Parliame...

I very much agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Sir Robert Syms), and also with my ri...

I am extraordinarily keen that the House should get back to normal operation. Hon. and right hon....

I am listening to the Leader of the House and of course he is right to talk about this Chamber—th...

I gave the good news to the House at the last session before the recess that Westminster Hall wil...

I am a little surprised that the Leader of the House tried to draw a comparison between the prese...

I am very keen that more Members should be present, and I would say that these motions are permis...

I do not think for a moment that we should do away with the ability of vulnerable Members to take...

The problem with testing is that it tells us only whether someone has this virus; it does not tel...

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I am delighted to give way to my new socialist friend.

With the greatest respect, that is an argument against the effectiveness of testing in any form, ...

As I am sure my right hon. Friend is aware, the point of the 14-day quarantine is that after 14 d...

Would the House authorities and the Leader of the House also look at the question of whether we c...

My right hon. Friend has a record of making important and valid points in the Chamber, and that o...