Covid-19 Update Debate
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Baroness Barker
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Covid-19 Update
Baroness Barker Excerpts(4 years, 1 month ago)
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Lord Bethell
On the provisions for those on zero-hours contracts, that is an area that is particularly knotty and difficult. It is absolutely the focus of the current negotiations on statutory sick pay and other provisions; it is one we care very much about getting right. As for the advice for those in the House of Lords, I cannot repeat the advice of the CMO more times than I have already. I very much hope that everyone will follow it.
Baroness Barker (LD)
My Lords, based on the models that the Government are using, can the Minister say when he thinks we will reach the peak transmission spike?
Lord Bethell
The situation is fluid. The CMO spoke about this in detail at the press conference. He is not speculating or giving an exact date, because the modelling is not as clear as one would hope it to be. However, it will certainly be within weeks, rather than months.