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Covid-19: Removal of Restrictions

Debate between Lord Patel and Lord Fowler
Tuesday 21st April 2020

(4 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
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Lord Mackay of Clashfern. No? Okay, we will go on. Lord Patel.

Lord Patel Portrait Lord Patel (CB)
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Noble Lords cannot see me, but I hope they can hear me. One of the five conditions the Government have set themselves before any changes will be made to the current lockdown is that they will have to be confident that there will not be a second wave of infection. What scientific evidence will the Government need in support of this decision, and what role will population-based serology testing play in this decision?