Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings: Israel - Feb 9
Wednesday, 10 February 2021 08:49
Extract from statement on Covid-19 Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough
and Whitby) (Con): What lessons can we learn from Israel which,
uniquely, is ahead of us in this race to protect its people? For
example, when we reach group 10—under-50s who have not already been
injected—should we prioritise those who have not been exposed to
the disease and who are not bursting with antibodies, so that we
actually protect more people? Incidentally, the Israelis are also
injecting 16 and 17-year-olds....Request free trial
Extract from statement on
Covid-19
(Scarborough and Whitby) (Con): What lessons can we
learn from Israel which, uniquely, is ahead of us
in this race to protect its people? For example, when we reach
group 10—under-50s who have not already been injected—should we
prioritise those who have not been exposed to the disease and who
are not bursting with antibodies, so that we actually protect more
people? Incidentally, the Israelis are also
injecting 16 and 17-year-olds. Are there any lessons to be learned
from that?
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (): I talk to
my Israeli counterpart regularly, and I am
impressed by the effort that Israel has delivered on to
vaccinate its population. I am very happy to look into the detailed
points that my right hon. Friend raises.
Extract from
Commons consideration of Lords message to the Trade Bill
(Gainsborough) (Con): I do not know whether
the Minister heard my saying in the last debate that I am worried
about the courts dealing with this in the absence of a defendant.
However, I also expressed my worry about vexatious motions against
our allies—Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia. How can
the Minister assure me that there will not be a series of vexatious
motions coming to this parliamentary Committee? Can we ensure that
the Committee’s terms of reference are tightly drawn, so that it
can actually deal with clear cases of genocide?
The Minister for Trade Policy ():
At the moment, I am speaking about human rights—I am coming
on to genocide in a moment—but I totally appreciate my right hon.
Friend’s question. It would not be proper for me as a Government
Minister to seek to dictate how a Select Committee might approach
its business; I think we have to have a level of trust in our
Select Committees to approach this question sensibly and
logically.
Extract from Committee
stage (Commons) of the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft
Bill
(Ilford South)
(Lab):...I would also like reassurance about the distinct
threat of unmanned aircraft pilots operating drones as swarms. That
is a potentially dangerous development. The military not just in
the US but in Israel have been testing that,
and it would not be beyond the wit of civilians purchasing unmanned
aircraft to do it. We need reassurance that the police are equipped
with the technology to disable a single swarm of drones conducting
a mission. We also need to satisfy the safety concerns about
overseeing those multiple unmanned aircraft if they are performing
different missions...
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