Covid-19: Business Interruption Insurance

Lord Adonis Excerpts
Tuesday 17th March 2020

(4 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran
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On my noble friend’s final point about the opportunity to review those issues here, I understand that that will be dealt with through the usual channels as speedily as possible. On the need for cash and the need to change regulations, I think that is the point I was trying to make a few moments ago about how we sequence this. Cash flow appears to be the single most pressing issue, and that is where we are focused.

Lord Adonis Portrait Lord Adonis (Lab)
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My Lords, it is my understanding that the Statement is not being repeated later today. Could the Minister take back to the usual channels the acute concern about that? This Statement is the single most important business that Parliament will conduct this week, and I sense that noble Lords would like the opportunity to ask the Government questions about it and to give their views.

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran
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I understand from my noble friend on the Front Bench that an offer was made to repeat the Statement here today, but the usual channels agreed that the economic debate tomorrow will be used as a platform to debate it.