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Select Committee
District Councils' Network
 LGF0003 - COVID-19: Local Government finance

Written Evidence Mar. 16 2021

Committee: None

Found: They are also preparing to lead the local health recovery by promoting accessibility to our open spaces

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Covid-19 - Tue 16 Mar 2021

Mentions:
1: Sturgeon, Nicola (SNP - Glasgow Southside) On that date, we expect all parts of Scotland that are currently at level 4 to move down to a modified - Speech Link
2: Sturgeon, Nicola (SNP - Glasgow Southside) impact on that—and we will continue to bring those services back as safely as possible.I hope that gyms - Speech Link
3: Sturgeon, Nicola (SNP - Glasgow Southside) the importance of sticking with the discipline for a little bit longer.On the move down from level 4 - Speech Link
4: Golden, Maurice (Con - North East Scotland) When will the Scottish Government publish updated guidance on restrictions that are contained in the tier - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Budget Statement - Fri 12 Mar 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Moynihan (CON - Excepted Hereditary) This can keep many community sports clubs alive. - Speech Link
2: Lord Cruddas (CON - Life peer) I will do so freely and with an open mind. - Speech Link
3: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (LAB - Life peer) Despite having remained open to assist the economy during school closures, early years settings have - Speech Link
4: Lord Bhatia (Non-affiliated - Life peer) The lockdown will also have a significant economic impact. - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill
Report stage - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB - Excepted Hereditary) That was an open goal waiting to be filled. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) single-sex exemptions that allow women to have legitimate access to women-only services and spaces: gyms - Speech Link
3: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB - Life peer) During the first lockdown, visits to the UK’s national domestic abuse website surged by 950% by the end - Speech Link
4: Lord Alderdice (LDEM - Life peer) First, as we have already discussed, the victims themselves are open to be abused by those who claim - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Oliver Dowden (CON - Hertsmere) , alongside pubs, restaurants, museums, galleries, gyms, theatres and cinemas. - Speech Link
2: Oliver Dowden (CON - Hertsmere) will be pulling up their shutters, people will be returning to pubs and restaurants or working out in gyms - Speech Link
3: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) revealed, we see that Aberdeenshire has been placed in the lowest category and Aberdeen city in the second tier - Speech Link
4: Yvette Cooper (LAB - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) their economy and schools open. - Speech Link

Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Scottish Tourism and COVID-19
Mar. 08 2021
View source webpage
This briefing looks at the impact of COVID-19 on Scotland's tourism sector. It provides insights and analysis on the scale of COVID-19 challenges faced by the sector, and the public sector policy response over the year to March 2021.

Found: This figure of 74% compares with the 4% decline recorded during the 2009 global economic crisis.

Commons Chamber
Covid-19: Cultural and Entertainment Sectors - Tue 02 Mar 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Caroline Dinenage (CON - Gosport) At step 2, no earlier than 12 April, indoor leisure facilities such as gyms can reopen for use by people - Speech Link
2: Caroline Dinenage (CON - Gosport) that will be set out tomorrow by the Chancellor in his Budget, but it is an excellent point.In step 4, - Speech Link
3: James Daly (CON - Bury North) ELR has received Government funding during lockdown, which has ensured its survival.The Fusilier Museum - Speech Link
4: John Whittingdale (CON - Maldon) was due to reopen at the beginning of December but, just a few days later, London was put back into tier - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Covid-19 - Mon 22 Feb 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Desmond Swayne (CON - New Forest West) They keep them up and about, spreading it, but a lockdown reverses the terms of trade. - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (CON - South Northamptonshire) We need to keep talking about the harm that is being caused by the lockdown so that we get the balance - Speech Link
3: Joy Morrissey (CON - Beaconsfield) Even when the country was being bombed during world war two, schools remained open. - Speech Link
4: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) businesses again, only for many of them to find that the tier system then slowly strangled their operation - Speech Link

Select Committee
Rt Hon. Nick Gibb MP (Minister of State for School Standards at Department for Education), and Vicky Ford MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Familes at Department for Education)
 Department for Education, and Department for Education

Oral Evidence Feb. 11 2021

Inquiry: Left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)

Found: It is the additional thing after we have adopted all the other tier 4-type measures in closing non-essential

Scottish Government Publication (Progress report)
Constitution Directorate

Feb. 11 2021

Source Page: Coronavirus Acts: fifth report to Scottish Parliament (February 2021)
Document: Coronavirus Acts: Fifth Report To Scottish Parliament (PDF)

Found: Whilst construction sites were permitted to remain open during most of the reporting per iod, with