Quarantine: Scientific Advice Debate

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Department: Home Office

Quarantine: Scientific Advice

Lord Craig of Radley Excerpts
Wednesday 10th June 2020

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Craig of Radley Portrait Lord Craig of Radley (CB) [V]
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My Lords, objection to and ridicule of this devolved policy is widespread. The SI for England is 22 pages, for Wales 26 pages. They are massively complicated—a valiant attempt to cover every other department’s wish list of exemptions. Scotland and Wales have differing fixed penalties to the England-only SI. As there is no unified UK policy, would it not be better to scrap it now, and not even wait for the three-week review?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford [V]
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My Lords, we would wish to instigate a four-nations approach, and we engage across four nations in an attempt to get unified approach. That has been our aim all along.