Coronavirus Bill

My Lords, my Amendment 2 is also in this group and I want to speak briefly to it. I start by draw...

My Lords, I want to speak in favour of Amendments 1 and 2, and later Amendment 6, which I think i...

My Lords, the objectives of my noble friend’s amendment are clearly correct. It proposes that we ...

My Lords, I too support the amendments in this group and the spirit in which they have been put f...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendments 1 and 2. I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady H...

My Lords, I strongly support Amendment 1, which was moved by my noble friend Lady Thornton, and I...

My Lords, yesterday I had the privilege of being able to speak, so I will be brief. I support the...

My Lords, I hope noble Lords have noticed that my noble friend Lord Low has tried to speak twice,...

I thank my noble friend very much for her support. I do not think I had tried to speak—maybe I ga...

My Lords, I too am very keen to support these amendments, particularly Amendment 1. Any form of m...

My Lords, first, I strongly support the very sensible amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady...

My Lords, I start by welcoming this amendment, which in its spirit and intention is utterly sensi...

I thank the Minister for that comprehensive answer. I also thank all the House for its supportive...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

5: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, my right honourable friend Ed Davey prompted an important statement from the Chief Secr...

My Lords, I put my name to this amendment, because I too am about the need for economic support f...

My Lords, the proposals that the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, has put forward commend themselv...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, asked for a cross-party view so I will make a brief interv...

I add my support by saying that those words from the noble Lord, Lord O’Shaughnessy, were very wi...

My Lords, I support the amendment and I stress, as others have, the extreme urgency in this. The ...

My Lords, I add my support to the amendment, particularly on behalf of those who work for small s...

My Lords, this has been another short but important debate and I absolutely agree with my noble f...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and other noble Lords who have spo...

Will agency staff be included in any thoughts that the Government are having about those who migh...

The noble Baroness makes a very good point and one that I was familiar with in my previous role a...

My Lords, the Minister did not deal with the point about why the statement on this crucial issue ...

My Lords, as the noble Lord rightly said, Parliament will not be able to debate any package of me...

Is not the reason why Parliament meets precisely so that it can make representations to the Gover...

Absolutely. That is what I indicated that parliamentarians, including your Lordships, would be ab...

Government figures say that there have been 477,000 new universal credit claims in the past nine ...

I am aware that self-employed claimants will not be required to attend a jobcentre; universal cre...

Those applying by making calls rather than going online are at the mercy of whoever answers the p...

The noble Baroness makes a very important point. She may be aware of instances where the system h...

I am in danger of being a pain here, but could the noble Earl acknowledge that he understood the ...

I fully acknowledge the noble Lord’s point. I refer him to the various measures that my right hon...

Like the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, I regret if I too am being something of a nuisance, but I rec...

All I can do is assure the noble Baroness that the points she has made will be taken back to the ...

My Lords, I too regret another intervention, but how will people know what is going on if they ar...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness knows, there are various avenues for individuals to utilise. One ...

My Lords, this has been an extremely valuable debate. All sides of the House have demonstrated ho...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

6: After Clause 84, insert the following ne...

My Lords, first, I want to follow up on a point I made yesterday and compliment the noble Lord, L...

My Lords, I have attached my name to this amendment, which has support on Benches across the Hous...

My Lords, I attempted to put my name to this amendment. For some reason, presumably because the P...

My Lords, I completely recognise the good intentions of this amendment and the desire to protect ...

Can the Minister concede that we are tabling this amendment because of how the NHS and medical se...

I completely recognise that the noble Baroness’s intentions are totally and 100% benign. She has ...

I say this with the sincerest due respect. The Minister will be aware that there are huge concern...

The noble Baroness’s concerns are noted.

My Lords, before I get to the procedural part I will refer the Minister to some of his own words....

Moved by

Lord Newby

7: Clause 89, page 58, line 21, leave out “2 years” and insert “3...

My Lords, the Bill introduces across a whole range of public policy areas significant powers, som...

.My Lords, I support Amendments 11 and 12, which I think means that I support the idea of six-mon...

I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Newby, in great detail. In the debate yesterday, ...

My Lords, I have tabled an amendment that in effect allows the Commons to sunset some clauses but...

As a signatory to the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, I give it very...

I agree with everything I have just heard in support of these amendments. I hope your Lordships w...

I very much apologise for interrupting the noble Lord, who is making an incredibly valuable speec...

I gladly agree to what has been proposed from the Labour Front Bench.

My Lords, my colleague and noble and learned friend Lord Falconer has provided a cue that enables...

My Lords, I think the House might be keen for the noble Lord to conclude his remarks so that we c...

My Lords, the Green group supports all the amendments in this group. I have two brief points to m...

I agree with those remarks too. Is it your Lordships’ will that I make my second point, or have p...

If the noble Lord has made his second point, might he draw his remarks to a conclusion?

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Newby, for introducing this group of amendments. ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his assurances about the website and the comprehensive informa...

Moved by

Baroness Ludford

13: After Clause 99, insert the following new Clause—