Asked by: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the World Snooker Championship, prior to its decision to exclude clinically vulnerable people from attending the event at the Crucible Theatre in May
Answered by Baroness Barran
The Events Research Programme (ERP) is running its first phase of 10-15 pilots in April and May to inform decisions around the safe removal of social distancing at Step 4 of the Roadmap. The pilots will be run across a range of settings, venues, and activities so that findings will support the full reopening of similar settings across multiple sectors.
We fully recognise the importance of these inclusion concerns and are reflecting on issues of diversity, inclusion and equality in the Events Research Programme, ensuring the pilot events cover a range of age groups, ethnicities, geographic location and accessibility.
The pilot events are the first steps to helping all members of the public safely back to mass events and these have been developed under a SAGE framework in line with the latest PHE and DHSC guidance.
Our Science Board has reviewed the Events Research Programme’s approach to clinically extremely vulnerable individuals attending the pilot events.
They strongly urge caution for the clinically extremely vulnerable attending the events on public health grounds, however these groups are not excluded from involvement in the pilots.
All attendees are required to fill out a consent form as part of the sign up process for the research programme, given the increased risk of COVID 19 transmission on account of the relaxation of some risk mitigation factors (social distancing and numbers attending).
For each pilot event, a Public Sector Equality Duty impact assessment is being carried out before each event which considers the impact of this scientific study on groups with protected characteristics, including those with disabilities.
Asked by: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the decision by the World Snooker Championship to refuse entry to fans that are considered clinically vulnerable to the event at the Crucible Theatre in May, and (2) the consistency of the decision with (a) government guidelines, and (b) equality legislation.
Answered by Baroness Barran
The Events Research Programme (ERP) is running its first phase of 10-15 pilots in April and May to inform decisions around the safe removal of social distancing at Step 4 of the Roadmap. The pilots will be run across a range of settings, venues, and activities so that findings will support the full reopening of similar settings across multiple sectors.
We fully recognise the importance of these inclusion concerns and are reflecting on issues of diversity, inclusion and equality in the Events Research Programme, ensuring the pilot events cover a range of age groups, ethnicities, geographic location and accessibility.
The pilot events are the first steps to helping all members of the public safely back to mass events and these have been developed under a SAGE framework in line with the latest PHE and DHSC guidance.
Our Science Board has reviewed the Events Research Programme’s approach to clinically extremely vulnerable individuals attending the pilot events.
They strongly urge caution for the clinically extremely vulnerable attending the events on public health grounds, however these groups are not excluded from involvement in the pilots.
All attendees are required to fill out a consent form as part of the sign up process for the research programme, given the increased risk of COVID 19 transmission on account of the relaxation of some risk mitigation factors (social distancing and numbers attending).
For each pilot event, a Public Sector Equality Duty impact assessment is being carried out before each event which considers the impact of this scientific study on groups with protected characteristics, including those with disabilities.
Mentions:
1: Lamont, Johann (None - None) and pool venues to open at all levels of the five-level system of coronavirus restrictions, except level - Speech Link
2: Ross, Gail (None - None) I know what the petitioner is saying about snooker being a non-contact sport. - Speech Link
3: Corry, Maurice (None - None) If snooker halls were to open, there would have to be strict rules. - Speech Link
Laid - 14 May 2021 In Force 17 May 2021
These Regulations replace the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (“the International Travel Regulations”), the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for International Passengers) (England) Regulations 2020 and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Pre-Departure Testing and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
Found: Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021
Inquiry Publications Jun. 29 2021
Inquiry: Violence and abuse towards retail workersFound: One suspect had a broken snooker cue. Suspects targeted Apple and Samsung stock.
Mentions:
1: Jonathan Edwards (IND - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) Members should be required to emblazon their private benefactors on their clothing in the same way that snooker - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Jonathan Edwards) that like snooker players—I perhaps look like - Speech Link
3: Angela Eagle (LAB - Wallasey) Why was Greensill—an unregulated shadow bank with a toxic business model—allowed access to the coronavirus - Speech Link
4: Julie Marson (CON - Hertford and Stortford) That is in addition to the British Business Bank’s review of Greensill’s compliance with the coronavirus - Speech Link
5: Anneliese Dodds (LAB - Oxford East) Indeed, at one point he tweeted proudly about CLBILS—the coronavirus large business interruption loan - Speech Link
Laid - 8 Mar 2021 In Force Not stated
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/568) to—
Found: Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Information for Passengers) (England) (Amendment
Apr. 14 2021
Source Page: Coronavirus Acts: sixth report to Scottish Parliament (April 2021)Found: Coronavirus Acts: sixth report to Scottish Parliament (April 2021)
Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (CON - North Devon) many congratulations to the winner, Nartnapa Thai Kitchen in Lynton.The sector is also wracked with coronavirus-related - Speech Link
2: Holly Mumby-Croft (CON - Scunthorpe) them and their ties with the community, with places like Mulligans Sports Bar sponsoring local darts, snooker - Speech Link
3: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) and look seriously at Labour’s plan for debt recovery, and support businesses having to pay back the coronavirus - Speech Link
4: Alex Davies-Jones (LAB - Pontypridd) venue in my constituency, to plant a tree as part of its memorial to the lives lost at the hands of coronavirus - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Oliver Dowden (CON - Hertsmere) restrictions can be lifted at step 4 through piloting major events such as the FA cup final and the world snooker - Speech Link
2: Simon Baynes (CON - Clwyd South) As coronavirus restrictions are relaxed, are there practical ways in which my right hon. and learned - Speech Link