Coronavirus Bill

Yes. If it is okay with you, Mr Speaker, I will answer that intervention and then get on with the...

On the point about testing, will the Secretary of State be absolutely clear? Does the current tes...

Tests for both have recently been developed. The test for whether someone has coronavirus, which ...

Nobody denies that the Bill is necessary, but given that it gives the state, for the first time i...

Yes. I will turn to this point shortly, but let me just correct my right hon. Friend. The measure...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

Let me make a little more progress in answering my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough ...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. Everyone admires the steps he is taking. He...

We have done more testing than most countries. There are some countries that are ahead of us, and...

I commend what the Secretary of State said about working with the devolved Administrations to get...

We have other ways to enforce that with care homes, not least contractually through local authori...

I commend the Secretary of State for accepting the six-month review that he has just announced, b...

As discussed with the Opposition, we are proposing a six-month debate and vote on the continuatio...

I thank my right hon. Friend for the time he has taken in explaining at every stage how he has us...

I can confirm that the Bill is to deal with the current coronavirus emergency, and that is an imp...

I am sure the whole House will want to support my right hon. Friend and the provisions in the Bil...

We could consider that. The proposal is to have a debate and vote as opposed to a whole new piece...

Will the Secretary of State provide clarity on the six-month period? Obviously, six months is qui...

There will be recourse, and I will come on to that in a moment. The purpose of the social care me...

I thank the Secretary of State for the excellent work he has done to ensure that individuals get ...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who has worked hard to ensure that we come to a solution in the ...

To follow on from the hon. Member for Gillingham and Rainham (Rehman Chishti), I am grateful for ...

I entirely agree. This exchange is an example of the cross-party approach we are all taking. I am...

Is the Secretary of State aware that many people in the refugee community in the UK are qualified...

Yes. If the right hon. Gentleman emails me with the details, we will get right on to it. He refer...

I wonder whether the Secretary of State may not need an additional power in relation to the Home ...

It is already within NHS trusts’ power to pay those visa fees if it is necessary.

Will the Secretary of State look at the immigration surcharge for doctors and nurses who are work...

Absolutely. The chief medical officer is personally looking into that issue to make sure that whe...

I want to bring to the attention of the House to the professional indemnity clauses. Where there ...

I commend the Health Secretary on everything that he and his team are doing. To ensure that retur...

Absolutely—all of that is in hand. My right hon. Friend is quite right to raise it.

I thank the Secretary of State for everything that he is doing. We are all rooting for him to be ...

Yes, this is what I have been spending the weekend on—absolutely; it is incredibly important.

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. He is being very generous. On frontline c...

The answer is as soon as the tests we are buying are available. Expanding testing is absolutely c...

On the key points of people with mental health problems being signed off by one doctor and a loos...

Clearly, these are issues of the highest sensitivity. It is important that we take those measures...

I thank the Secretary of State for giving way. He is being incredibly generous. Clause 23 talks a...

That really is a question for the Treasury. My understanding is that the 80% wage subsidy is for ...

I thank the Secretary of State for giving way and for all the work he is doing—indeed, I thank th...

I am surprised to hear that, because we have been very, very clear about universities, alongside ...

Our local authority, the new unitary Buckinghamshire Council, has made the point that workers in ...

I do not think a legal change is needed to do that, because to second someone from one job to ano...

My right hon. Friend has slightly misunderstood, and I hope he does not mind me saying so. The po...

I will take that up with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

While we understand that the circumstances are exceptional, there is understandably grave concern...

The threshold is to do with staff shortages. I say gently to the hon. Lady that I understand her ...

I have a general question about the supply of medicine. Paul Howard, a consultant in palliative m...

I will look into those specific points. There are parts of the Bill that would help to tackle the...

The Secretary of State will be aware that over the weekend thousands of people made their way to ...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, because we have advised against all unnecessary trav...

I am pleased with what the Secretary of State has said, as this is a significant problem. I recei...

Well, what can I say? I am concerned that people are not following the public health advice.

Some holiday companies have been responsible. For example, Sykes Cottages has cancelled a raft of...

If it is deemed a risk to public health, the Bill does give the potential power, through secondar...

I mean this in a constructive way, but it does feel as though we are constantly behind the curve;...

There is the most comprehensive public communications campaign probably in the history of Governm...

The issue of Brits seeking to isolate in remoter parts of the country is a big issue in Rutland. ...

I agree with my hon. Friend.

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I will take one more intervention, and then I will make some progress.

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way; he is being very generous, but these are ...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. We are absolutely clear that we are prepared to take the...

The Secretary of State will know that a new medical examiner system has been introduced in many a...

I very much hope that they will not be. The medical examiners regime is very successful, and as t...

There may be instances where it is impossible to allow for a normal funeral in the way that one i...

I know that the hon. Gentleman speaks from experience of having presided over these events. That ...

May I start by thanking the Secretary of State for his kind words and for the way in which he has...

It would be remiss of me not to thank my hon. Friend and the Secretary of State for the way in wh...

I agree with my hon. Friend. I did note that the Secretary of State talked about the comprehensiv...

The shadow Secretary of State will know Telford and Wrekin very well as he has visited them many ...

I must tell the hon. Gentleman that my attempts to change the political complexion of Telford and...

It is vital that we have a sense of national unity on this. If it becomes necessary for the Gover...

The right hon. Gentleman has rather anticipated my point. Looking at the graphs—and I do caveat t...

My hon. Friend the shadow Secretary of State is absolutely right in what he says, but there are t...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and his point has been made repeatedly by my right hon. Frien...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way and for taking the issue of communication more...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right. I am proud to represent the great city of Leicester, which is ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his approach to this issue on a day-to-day basis. I completely support...

I totally agree.

There is a lot of talk about income, but it is also about expenditure. I have had many complaints...

My right hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and we are seeing it in my constituency. I have ha...

May I raise, once again, the issue of housing? Social isolation is great, but it is really diffic...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I represent an inner-city seat, and I appreciate that he...

I commend the hon. Gentleman for the stance he is taking in this debate. The whole House will res...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. We are asking people, and are probably on the cusp ...

As always, I am listening with great attention to what the hon. Gentleman has to say. Does he agr...

The right hon. Gentleman has shrewdly interpreted the stance I am taking. Throughout all this, gi...

Behaviour is changing, and, unfortunately, some of it is unhelpful. Today, I have had probably on...

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, and I totally agree that that is an absolute disgrace. I h...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend on the need, in particular, to protect all key workers and...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Path lab and virology labs are under intense pressure, becaus...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, since the courts are likely to be stood down, and in a context wh...

Absolutely. That is why these particular clauses must be scrutinised so carefully by Members acro...

That is precisely why I asked the Secretary of State whether, when we get to the six-month review...

The right hon. Gentleman is right: we cannot just have a take-it-or-leave-it approach to these th...

indicated dissent.

The Bill extends to five days from three the length of time for which somebody in hospital can be...

I welcome the spirit in which the hon. Gentleman is making his speech and also his proposal for a...

As I understand it, our amendment calls for a review every six months, but the hon. Gentleman mak...

Order. It has been very important that right hon. and hon. Members have had the opportunity to in...

The Health Secretary is not in his place—understandably—but I want to start with a tribute to him...

Does my right hon. Friend share my dismay at my being told just now that masks and PPE that were ...

My right hon. Friend knows, as a clinician— and I am concerned—that in our desire to get PPE out ...

The right hon. Gentleman may have seen reports today that some care providers are refusing to tak...

I am very worried about that. A doctor in my constituency told me of exactly the same problem, an...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South West Surrey (Jeremy Hunt). I do not th...

There is common cause even between Unionists and nationalists on this issue. The Northern Ireland...

I am happy to say that I completely agree. My right hon. Friend and I were in meetings with the P...

A number of Glasgow taxi drivers live in my constituency and they are self-employed. Over the wee...

I agree. I hope that the Minister might make some reference to this issue when she sums up later....

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Give me some time and I will. The part of the world I live in, the highlands, needs the powers in...

This situation is fluid and ever-changing, and I am sure everyone is receiving multiple emails ab...

That is the height of irresponsibility, and Amazon and anybody else who would behave in that way ...

The right hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech. As he knows, I have an amendment in Committ...

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that that would be a very good way forward. It is important...

Order. I will put a five-minute limit on speeches from here on in.

6.15 pm

There can be no doubt that this is an extraordinary Bill for extraordinary times. As others have ...

I entirely agree with the right hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) about the mess...

I rise as one the last new Members to give their maiden speech. I had planned to speak on the Bud...

May I warmly commend the hon. Member for High Peak (Robert Largan), who I think made a magnificen...

The Solicitor General.

All right. Let us stand on these things; they are the ones that matter. The Solicitor General ran...

There is still considerable pressure on time, so after the next speaker, I will reduce the time l...

I echo what a beautiful maiden speech that was from my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Robe...

My hon. Friend is making a very good speech on different aspects of the Bill. On his first point,...

Yes, I do agree. I understand why we have to do this through pay-as-you-earn first, because emplo...

I would like to begin by thanking everyone who is working hard to keep our country and our world ...

It is a pleasure to follow the maiden speech of my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Robert L...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Herefordshire (Bill Wiggin). When I indicate...

There have been some fantastic speeches this evening so far, including from my hon. Friend the Me...

That is exactly the point: so many of the early years sector and childminders are self-employed. ...

My hon. Friend is right, so I have managed to fit in the childminding sector and the self-employe...

I very much appreciate the spirit of co-operation and purpose in the Chamber today. We all want t...

I would like to put one or two points on the record before the Bill goes through. The first thing...

Does my hon. Friend agree that all these measures need to be unwound one day, and that Ministers ...

I certainly do, and my hon. Friend has made the point very well. That is the central thrust of wh...

I would like to begin where many hon. and right hon. Members have begun, by putting on record our...

I join others in commending the spirit, tenacity, determination and grit of those on the frontlin...

This is an unprecedented crisis.

How this House, the Government and the Prime Minister resp...

On Saturday, we had our first death from coronavirus in West Dorset at our county hospital. Howev...

Order. The more people can keep their speeches short, the more people can get in. I call Ruth Jon...

I start by paying tribute to all those who, right now, are working so hard in Newport West and ri...

Order. I will have to take the time limit down to three minutes if we are to have any chance of g...

I start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Robert Largan) for his maid...

First, I pay tribute to civil servants across Government, who have worked incredibly hard to put ...

Order. I call Peter Aldous.

7.34 pm

I think it is important to recognise what the Government have done so far. They have produced a 3...

I will be brief, given the time, but it is quite clear that we face the most serious and sustaine...

There is no doubt in this House that the situation we are facing is unprecedented in living memor...

I recognise the need for emergency legislation at this time to minimise and reduce the harm and d...

Ninety seconds, Yasmin Qureshi.

7.45 pm

It is clear from the words set out in sub-paragraphs 13(1)(a) and (b) in part 3 of schedule 27 th...

The tone of this debate—sober, serious, determined—reflects the mood of the people. I am consciou...

I do not have a lot of time left, so if I cannot address some points now, I will try to address t...

rose—

I am sorry, but I am very short of time.

Other hon. Members have mentioned businesses, with...