Covid-19: UK-wide Discussions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Covid-19: UK-wide Discussions

Baroness Thornton Excerpts
Tuesday 9th June 2020

(3 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord True Portrait Lord True [V]
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My Lords, I cannot add to what my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health said, but I can underline one’s concern for every resident of care homes. As my right honourable friend said, that testing is available. He announced yesterday evening that the testing will be extended to a wider range of care homes, not only those for the elderly.

Baroness Thornton Portrait Baroness Thornton (Lab) [V]
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Following on from my noble friend Lady Andrews’s question, the Minister might take on board that there are some definite communication difficulties from the centre to Wales. What specifically will the Government do to ensure that people living on the long border between England and Wales understand and abide by the different lockdown rules?

Lord True Portrait Lord True [V]
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My Lords, regardless of where a person lives, if they are in Wales, they are subject to Welsh rules, and vice versa if they are in England. That is a clear position and one that I reiterate.