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 tha...

I am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for what he has set out and the manner in which h...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. We have been working together to try to find a way through this ...

I thank the Secretary of State for all he has done. I have spoken to him many times about these i...

Yes. The powers in the Act have allowed us not only to ensure that people get the care that they ...

Has the Secretary of State seen the evidence that many disabled people and people who need care h...

Yes, we are renewing that schedule, because it is very important for ensuring that we prioritise ...

I thank the Secretary of State very much for the sensible measures the Government have taken toda...

Yes. What I have said relates to measures to do with the pandemic response. As my hon. Friend say...

I thank my right hon. Friend and the business managers for the work they have done in reaching th...

In a way my right hon. Friend, who has huge experience in these matters, answers his own question...

Given the number of cases in which schedule 21 has been inappropriately used, can the right hon. ...

The right hon. Gentleman will know that the guidance has been looked at again, and the Crown Pros...

If I may, I will make a bit of progress, because otherwise I will take the whole 90 minutes mysel...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s earlier statement. My constituents are incredibly concerned abou...

We are absolutely open to further and longer debates—for instance, the debate we had on Monday. U...

As the virus clearly behaves according to how each and every one of us behaves, will the Secretar...

rose—

Order. Let me just say that the Secretary of State said that the time could not have been extende...

Thank you, Mr Speaker.

My hon. Friend’s comments are absolutely right. The need for all of ...

I am very grateful for the correspondence that the Secretary of State and I have had on a specifi...

Of course the companies involved should be making recompense where that is appropriate, and I hop...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

If I could just make some progress.

The fourth part of the Act contains measures for managi...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. Will he agree, though, that the inconsist...

I think we have shown throughout that we are always willing to try to improve the way the rules o...

If the Coronavirus Act were voted down today, would the Minister not have 21 days to bring forwar...

The principle of the Coronavirus Act is that it underpins so many of the actions that are necessa...

I have a lot of sympathy with what the Secretary of State is saying, but may I also support what ...

We are always happy to look at the evidence on how these things can be done—absolutely. I would b...

On the 15-person limit at wedding venues, it would help a lot of those in the industry, which is ...

I will ask my right hon. Friend the Business Secretary to take up that point. The Business Depart...

I remind Back Benchers that, unlike Front Benchers, they will have three minutes each.

3.51...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate, having taken the Bill through its Comm...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the Government are attempting to shift blame on to local councils?...

indicated dissent.

The Secretary of State shakes his head, but in the north-east, that is exactly what has happened....

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The UK Government need to get a grip and work with the ...

I said on Monday that I was actually quite pleased with the app, and I wonder whether the hon. Ge...

Yes, I have indeed installed the app. It has taken a significant time and a significant amount of...

I would like to point out to the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker) that the app actually works b...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The lesson with promises from this Government is that we alwa...

He will be able to read it in Hansard in the morning.

Moving swiftly on.

In England, the number of tests, the availability of tests and the turna...

I hope my hon. Friend agrees that the way the Secretary of State has approached this matter today...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. She saves me from coming to another part of my speech. Qualit...

I agree that 141 unlawful prosecutions—100% unlawful prosecutions —is completely unacceptable. In...

The hon. and learned Lady is absolutely right. The problem comes with “potentially infected perso...

As I have said, there will be a three-minute limit, starting with Mr Graham Brady.

4.11 pm<...

Mr Speaker, may I begin by thanking you? Although you gave your reasons earlier for not selecting...

Can the hon. Gentleman tell us what this new procedure is?

The hon. Gentleman is an expert on procedure, and he will soon get to grips with it. It is the ma...

But the Government decide.

These things will be brought forward. We have had the assurance, and we will hold the Government ...

I regret the fact that this is only a 90-minute debate. The Government should have ensured that a...

indicated dissent.

I can see the Secretary of State frowning, but, Secretary of State, that is the reality. People a...

You’re obsessed by it.

The right hon. Gentleman should reflect on the damage that the 1980s did to communities. I used t...

I will support the Government today because, although I fully understand the concerns about parli...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that when we talk about NHS staff and testing, we need to focus o...

My hon. Friend has done a lot of campaigning to highlight that issue, as have Select Committee me...

The lack of scrutiny throughout this pandemic has led to sloppy decision making on the part of th...

Yesterday, as Chair of the Liaison Committee, I signed a letter to the Prime Minister to focus th...

In the face of pictures from hospitals in Italy and reports from China of the number of people wh...

Very quickly, one of the issues that has come to my attention—the number of emails has been enorm...

Well, of course, that is an issue that the Government will have to address in the future, if ever...

As ever, my right hon. Friend makes the most powerful points. Does he agree that perhaps a specia...

Order. It is significant to me to try and get as many Members in as possible. Please let us try t...

It certainly should not be left to those who have wanted to rush through decisions and those who ...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care for his c...

I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests; I am a patron of t...

I first thank the Secretary of State for everything he has done to get us to this stage tonight, ...