Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020

My Lords, these regulations go some way towards easing the coronavirus restrictions and I am grat...

My Lords, I should like to highlight the implications of these regulations for people with disabi...

My Lords, I wish to comment on the enforcement provisions set out in SI No. 684. Regulations 7 to...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his hard work, but I ask him: why are pubs opening while schoo...

My Lords, plenty of virus is still in circulation. At the Science and Technology Select Committee...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for the way in which he introduced these regulatio...

My Lords, I welcome the regulations and have one question for my noble friend the Minister about ...

My Lords, these regulations expose both the way the management of the pandemic is being improvise...

My Lords, others have talked about the chaotic decision-making by government that has made delays...

My Lords, like many other Peers, I am furious about the way the Government seem to be ruling by d...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I welcome the exemptions made for el...

My Lords, I know we are working under difficult circumstances, but to have one minute to debate t...

My Lords, I understand the difficulty the Minister has in dealing with these regulations and have...

My Lords, while the regulations are generally welcome, greater attention should have been given t...

My Lords, in my precious minute, I express my gratitude, mindful of the difficult journey we have...

My Lords, I will not divide the House, but I oppose these regulations. My noble friend said that ...

My Lords, under official definitions, taxis are defined as public service vehicles. They are prob...

My Lords, I find it deeply troubling that, yet again, we are debating regulations that came into ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, for his explanation of these regulations. I will ...

My Lords, the original regulations, which we are amending today, had a dramatic effect on the red...

My Lords, I have four questions for the Minister.

First, why were face coverings not mandat...

My Lords, for us to move safely from lockdown, there must be effective testing, tracking and trac...

My Lords, I will make two points. The first is that, for the first time, I feel uncomfortable tha...

My Lords, just this morning the Lords Science and Technology Committee published an open letter t...

My Lords, I declare my interests and pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Bethell. It is not easy ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of the statutory instruments—although we are a...

My Lords, I thank Ministers for the progress to date on masks, which are tangential to these regs...

My Lords, since the first coronavirus SI was laid on 27 January, the Government have laid a total...

My Lords, when history judges Her Majesty’s Government’s response to this pandemic, I am sure tha...

My Lords, I note that if we do not approve these regulations today, they will cease to apply, and...

My Lords, had these regulations been provided in April with proper consultation, they might have ...

My Lords, it is to be welcomed that more businesses are opening, but more practical and financial...

My Lords, sadly, we have all experienced the Government’s inconsistent and confusing guidance thr...

My Lords, if we agree these SIs, one of my sons will be in the Olympic pool with his team at 5.45...

My Lords, I echo other noble Lords: these regulations seem to make a mockery of parliamentary scr...

My Lords, it is widely acknowledged that black, Asian and ethnically diverse people have been har...

My Lords, here we go again: statutory instruments being debated after they have come into effect....

My Lords, if we were in a proper Chamber, as we should be, I would be shouting “Hear, hear!” as t...

My Lords, these regulations may be a sensible consolidation of previous ones, but we cannot prete...

My Lords, the Minister referred to the situation in Leicester. There is concern here in the north...

My Lords, I endorse everything that the noble Lord, Lord Alton, has said and the spirit of what t...

My Lords, I will confine my few words to a plea on behalf of local authorities throughout England...

My Lords, I have always felt that Parliament was something of a reactive beast, but debating thes...

My Lords, as a former Health Minister in your Lordships’ House, I offer my sincere congratulation...

My Lords, many Members have spoken again about the frustration at the delays of three weeks or lo...

Can I just say for clarification that as we were discussing these SIs, the news came through on m...

You want three times the time.

I have asked for extra time for the Back-Benchers but it is not in my gift; it is probably not in...

My Lords, I want to say a profound thank you to those who have contributed to this debate. I know...