Covid-19 Update Debate

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Lord Dubs

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High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill

Covid-19 Update

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Future Day:
Tue 1st Dec 2020
House of Lords
Monday 30th November 2020

(3 years, 12 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Penn Portrait Baroness Penn (Con)
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I think the noble Lord needs to unmute.

Lord Dubs Portrait Lord Dubs (Lab) [V]
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I apologise. Does the Minister have any estimate of the number of people who are currently in self-isolation? Does he agree that if these people were to be given high priority for testing, their period of self-isolation would be shortened and more people would be willing to go into self-isolation because they would not lose so much money if they could be tested quickly and resume their ordinary lives?

Lord Bethell Portrait Lord Bethell (Con)
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The noble Lord hits the nail on the head. We have already brought into place a test-to-release programme for foreign visitors and we are looking at ways in which such a principle could be applied elsewhere.

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