Extracts from Lords motion to approve the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 - Nov 4
Thursday, 5 November 2020 08:03
The Earl of Clancarty (CB):...Lastly, I ask the Minister for
clarification on what the lockdown means for private music
teaching. The Minister says that the Government are prioritising
education. It is vital that this teaching continues through the
lockdown to nurture the next generation of musicians. I sent the
Minister a note on this question this morning, so he might not have
had time to see it, but there is a discrepancy between the guidance
and the legislation, which clearly lists...Request free trial
(CB):...Lastly, I ask the Minister for
clarification on what the lockdown means for private music
teaching. The Minister says that the Government are prioritising
education. It is vital that this teaching continues through the
lockdown to nurture the next generation of
musicians. I sent the Minister a note on this
question this morning, so he might not have had time to see it, but
there is a discrepancy between the guidance and the legislation,
which clearly lists education as an exception without specifying
what form that may take. Can music teachers continue to teach
privately from home and visit other houses to teach? Can private
music schools still operate face-to-face teaching? Can peripatetic
music lessons in schools take place?
(CB) [V]: My Lords, I have
considerable sympathy with those like the noble Lords, and , and my noble friend , who feel that the cost of lockdown is simply
too great or even that the road to herd immunity would be a
preferable route. As someone with a financial toe in the
hospitality arena—as declared in the register of interests—I also
have great sympathy with those who are struggling; indeed, I worry
too about the artists and freelance musicians who
will once again be hit and may fall between the Government’s safety
nets, as mentioned by my noble friend ...
(LD)
[V]:...Regulation 3 refers to elite sportspeople. I enjoy watching
sport, like many of us, and I fit into the category of someone who
watches key annual national matches and has a preference for some
sports over others. But why are those well-paid members of the
sports community not treated like anyone else who has a living to
earn? Why does the help and support they get not apply
to professional musicians playing for a national
orchestra, or actors? Perhaps I am missing something obvious, and I
wonder whether the Minister would enlighten me...
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