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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 21 July 2021, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bethell.


Covid-19

Lords statement on the coronavirus pandemic.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
814 cc323-336 
Session
2021-22
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Procedure
Hybrid proceedings
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Thornton | 814 cc326-8 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for this discussion on the Statement made on Monday in the Commons. In fact,...

Baroness Brinton | 814 cc328-330 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, and the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, their officials and all ...

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Lord Bethell | 814 cc330-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am enormously grateful for the thoughtful and challenging questions from the noble Ba...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 814 c331 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the 30 minutes allocated for Back-Bench questions.

5.21 pm

Baroness Wheatcroft | 814 c331 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too send my best wishes to the noble Baroness, Lady Penn. I echo the concerns of the ...

Lord Bethell | 814 cc331-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have complete sympathy with the noble Baroness about the fast-changing nature of our ...

Lord Herbert of South Downs | 814 c332 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, given the growing number of people now being pinged and required to isolate, would it n...

Lord Bethell | 814 c332 (Link to this contribution)

I hear loud and clear the concerns that members of industry and critical services have about isol...

Baroness Donaghy | 814 cc332-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft, said, every contradiction by a Minister not onl...

Lord Bethell | 814 c333 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the take-up of vaccine will at some point begin to tail off among some demographics. We...

Baroness Barker | 814 c333 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, throughout the pandemic, epidemiologists have been clearly telling us that when restric...

Lord Bethell | 814 c333 (Link to this contribution)

I completely agree that the post-lockdown wave is a well-known phenomenon, and we are living thro...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 814 c333 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, on 28 June, the Secretary of State said that the lifting of restrictions in July would ...

Lord Bethell | 814 c333 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, who is so wise in these matters, has answered his own question. If nece...

Lord Scriven | 814 c334 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is living proof that, despite having ...

Lord Bethell | 814 c334 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is the clinical advice given to us by clinicians. I cannot answer the whole questi...

Baroness Altmann | 814 c334 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I echo the words of appreciation for my noble friends Lady Penn and Lord Bethell and co...

Lord Bethell | 814 c334 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for my noble friend’s kind remarks. Her question is extremely complex, and difficul...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 814 cc334-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Statement given in the other place said that

“our wall of protection must be ...

Lord Bethell | 814 c335 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving me an opportunity to address this issue, and I hop...

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor | 814 c335 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that the Minister is alive to the fact that the beta variant is less susceptible to the...

Lord Bethell | 814 c335 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord makes an important and serious point—but could I just address one matter first? Th...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 814 c336 (Link to this contribution)

Following on from the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, I want to ask specifically about the surprise in ...

Lord Bethell | 814 c336 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I make no apology for changing my mind during the pandemic. I will admit readily to the...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 814 c336 (Link to this contribution)

That brings us to the end of the Oral Statement. All questions have been asked.

Subjects
Children Care homes Exemptions Disease control Staff Quarantine Travel Young people Vaccination Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation Nightclubs Coronavirus NHS Covid Pass
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