Public Health

Do the police have powers of entry into a private dwelling to enforce these rules?

At that specific moment, I was doing my very best to answer the point made by my hon. Friend the ...

I am grateful to the Minister for what she has said. What she seemed to be saying was that it is ...

My right hon. Friend makes two important points. He will be aware that the Government are publish...

I will just move on as I am conscious that I have taken quite a number of interventions—

Not from me.

Okay then.

I am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. We are three weeks in and we know that a diffe...

I have a personal perspective, as I have a household of five and am therefore well aware that the...

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I feel I have taken quite a number of interventions, so it is time that I moved on, if that is al...

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I am sorry but I was closing my speech, not taking an intervention. That was the end of my speech...

Order. The Minister has completed her speech. She is due to come back at the end of the debate, a...

I thank the Minister for her introduction.

With 1 million people worldwide and over 42,000 ...

Given that the Minister has pleaded simplicity for the rule of six, is it any less simple that th...

I certainly do not think my constituents are stupid, and I hope that the right hon. Gentleman doe...

On that point, can the hon. Gentleman tell the House of the present state of negotiations with th...

Regrettably, I am not one of the business managers of the House, so I cannot advise on that, alth...

Should I infer from the hon. Gentleman’s points that the Labour party would like children to be e...

What I am saying is that I would like to see the evidence. I would like to know what the differen...

The question was asked and the answer was that it was for simplicity. It was not a question of ev...

That is probably overstating things. Certainly, it is not what has been said in the other place a...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Every suggestion the right hon. Gentleman makes is helpful, so I will.

Could I suggest 10, and then we can count them on our fingers? That would be simple enough, would...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I hope that the Government’s thought proce...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am conscious that more people want to speak, so I will make this my last one.

I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman can help me out. I am looking at the provision on linked hous...

If we are going into pub quiz territory, then perhaps we can have a pint later on. I am afraid th...

I am sure the Minister really appreciated that warm welcome from her colleagues—so different from...

The so-called rule of six, like the ban on household mingling in some parts of the country and, i...

It is a strange place to be when I find myself in agreement today with so many Members on the Gov...

It is welcome that we are having a debate, scrutiny and ultimately a vote in the House. For that,...

I, too, am deeply concerned that the evidence for the rule of six is not extensive enough to demo...

In relation to a four-nations approach, the First Minister of Wales has called on the Prime Minis...

The hon. Gentleman makes a really good point. Any party in power anywhere would have been like a ...

May I begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Minister, the other Ministers in the Department and of...

My hon. Friend is making the powerful point that there are other health issues and other effects ...

I do agree. I call on Ministers to publish robust data about the balance of costs and benefits. I...

Before I call Mark Harper, I would like to say that if business does end early, I hope that David...

The good thing about this debate and your having put in place a firm time limit, Mr Deputy Speake...

I notice that my right hon. Friend is back on a time limit, so I take this opportunity to note th...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend.

My hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Si...

I thank all colleagues who have spoken in this debate, because I have been grateful for the thoug...

Nobody is suggesting that we let the virus rip; radical as I may be, I cited some supportive pass...

I appreciate that my hon. Friend did not take the “let rip” position, but some have done so. The ...

Will the Minister give way?

May I just finish responding to my the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr Ba...

I will make progress, as colleagues made a large number of points during their speeches that I am...

I just wanted to challenge the Minister on this let it rip point, as the Secretary of State has d...

I absolutely hear my right hon. Friend’s point. I reiterate the response that I just gave, which ...

Will the Minister give way?

If my hon. Friend would allow me, I would like to make a little bit of progress, otherwise I will...

Will the Minister give way?

I am really sorry, but I have so little time.

We have seen reduced levels of socialising si...

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I have only three minutes left, so I am keen to cover a few more points that have been made in th...