Extracts from Westminster Hall debate on Live Events and Weddings: Covid-19 Support - Nov 9
Tuesday, 10 November 2020 08:28
Esther McVey (Tatton) (Con):...I end on this note, which is what
David Irlam—operator of Colshaw Hall and Merrydale Manor—says: “I
would happily be a guinea pig for the Minister. I will do a
business venue that is covid compliant. I will do track and trace.
I will make sure people are served at the table. I will make sure
we do absolutely everything that is covid compliant. Please look at
the rules we have put in place.” Please have a Zoom meeting with
this person, and the rest of the...Request free trial
(Tatton) (Con):...I end on this note, which is what David
Irlam—operator of Colshaw Hall and Merrydale Manor—says: “I would
happily be a guinea pig for the Minister. I will do a business
venue that is covid compliant. I will do track and trace. I will
make sure people are served at the table. I will make sure we do
absolutely everything that is covid compliant. Please look at the
rules we have put in place.” Please have a Zoom meeting with this
person, and the rest of the people in my patch, so we can go back
to having weddings and true once-in-a-lifetime—for most
people—celebrations...
(Clwyd South) (Con):...Over the past few months, I
have organised regular roundtable Zoom calls with representatives
of the Clwyd South wedding industry, such as Phil Godsal of Iscoyd
Park, Andrew Marshall of Tower Hill Barns and Tracey Owen of Tyn
Dwr Hall, and with others from further afield in Wales. At
different times, those meetings have been joined by Ministers,
including the Secretary of State for Wales, the Wales Office
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and the Minister for Economy
in the Welsh Government...
(Manchester
Central) (Lab/Co-op):...As we have heard, these sectors were
a thriving and deeply interconnected ecosystem that supported
millions of jobs across the country. I have held a number of
Zoom roundtables with
representatives from these shut-down sectors and those sectors
closed in all but name...
...Even before the second national lockdown, which we are now
in, it was clear that those industries needed more support.
Although the reintroduction of the furlough scheme is welcome, that
will have come far too late for too many. Those I have spoken to,
on the many Zoom calls I have held, took
decisions on redundancies weeks ago. Let us remember that, without
the businesses to administer the furlough scheme, the jobs will not
be saved either. What we are seeing is businesses starting to go
bust, unable to pay the overheads that they incur—the rents, the
venue hire, the utilities, the equipment hire and so on...
:...I asked
specifically whether the Minister would look into the pilot scheme
that one of my constituents has put in place. Will he look into
that and have a Zoom meeting with my
constituent?
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