Covid-19: One Year Report

My Lords, I first thank the Minister for his speech, and also for his very hard work over the pas...

My Lords, Covid-19 was an unpredictable and unprecedented crisis—a health crisis, an economic cri...

I call the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes.

3.05 pm

My Lords, I am sorry; I was carried away by the previous speaker.

Oh!

It is some time since I have spoken in a coronavirus debate in your Lordships’ House but my issue...

My Lords, a year ago, when little was known about the virus, the Government, through the legislat...

My Lords, I support the regret Motion in the name of my noble friend Lady Thornton. In response t...

My Lords, the National Mental Capacity Forum, which I chair, recently ran its eighth fast-track w...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his introduction to the debate. I hope he will for...

My Lords, one year on, when the situation has changed, so should the response and the laws requir...

My Lords, today we are considering a range of important measures for the immediate future and the...

My Lords, I support these regulations but I am also glad to have the opportunity to support the r...

My Lords, I support the Motion in the name of my noble friend Lady Brinton. As we reflect on the ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, and to support her tribute t...

My Lords, I am delighted to be participating in this important and timely debate. I am proud and ...

My Lords, like other noble Lords, last week I received a letter from the Department for Business,...

My Lords, the legislation we are reviewing today was passed in a genuine emergency. The concern o...

My Lords, I must remind the noble Lord that there is a time limit for Back-Bench contributions of...

I would like to mention the wearing of face coverings. I have one general question, to which I do...

My Lords, the advisory time limit for Back-Benchers is five minutes in this debate.

4.15 pm...

My Lords, I too thank the Minister for his introduction, but I join others in expressing my conce...

My Lords, I support the regret Motion from my noble friend Lady Brinton and echo the thanks that ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley. In this instance, I am su...

My Lords, on 13 March last year, this country had a carefully prepared plan from the Department o...

My Lords, I remind the noble Baroness of the advisory time limit for Back-Benchers.

4.36 pm...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a director of H&O Communications. I remember thinking, immedia...

My Lords, one year ago Parliament passed the most incredible legislation, all in one day, with th...

I thank my noble friend the Minister for presenting the regulations before us. I declare my inter...

My Lords, it has been a while since I was last here, but I am very pleased to come in today to su...

My Lords, I am pleased to see my noble friend Lord Brooke back in his place and I agree with his ...

My Lords, I shall concentrate on a couple of issues that were raised by the noble Lord, Lord Broo...

My Lords, this moment in time is deeply significant and goes far beyond the immediate legislation...

My Lords, there is a five-minute time limit.

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, has withdrawn from the debate, so I call the nob...

My Lords, after hearing all the previous speeches, I do not wish to repeat them. My question for ...

My Lords, I did not expect to be on my feet quite so soon, but I begin by paying a genuine tribut...

My Lords, I welcome the chance to pay tribute to all those who have worked so hard and devotedly ...

My Lords, I want to look at the money side because although the Government have spent massively o...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. I think the Prime Minister is quite righ...

My Lords, as the 40th speaker, I know that many matters and different views have already been cov...

My Lords, I take this opportunity to register my concern at the many government failings in deali...

My Lords, I shall concentrate on what I see as the danger that practices and habits developed dur...

My Lords, I congratulate all those who have got us to a situation in which infections, hospitalis...

The noble Lord, Lord Judd, whose name is next on the list, has withdrawn from the debate, so I ca...

My Lords, the Coronavirus Act one-year report, published earlier this week, states:

“Since ...

My Lords, I too support the regret Motion in the name of my noble friend Lady Brinton, and I am s...

My Lords, I first pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, for his resilience in surviving a ...

My Lords, we have had a fascinating debate that has highlighted the price we have all paid for th...

I very much thank noble Lords for an incredibly broad and wide-ranging debate. It has been a real...

My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the Minister’s speech but those participating remotely cannot h...

My Lords, I am afraid that the technical problem is not yet resolved. The House will therefore ad...

My Lords, the debate will now continue. My apologies for the system going down. I call the Minist...

My Lords, to pick up from where I left off: as my noble friend Lady Noakes quite rightly pointed ...

Nobody has done that.

Yes, they have. Order!

Rather than demonising the private sector and those who work in it, ...