Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings: South Africa - June 16
Thursday, 17 June 2021 08:21
Extract from Lords motion to approve the Health Protection
(Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England)
(Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 The Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care
(Lord Bethell) (Con):...I remind the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, that
red-listing is not decided by some simple algorithmic relationship
to infection rates. Red-listing is used principally to keep out
variants of concern. During the period that he talked...Request free trial
Extract from Lords
motion to approve the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions)
(Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Regulations 2021
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of
Health and Social Care ()
(Con):...I remind the noble Lord, , that
red-listing is not decided by some simple algorithmic relationship
to infection rates. Red-listing is used principally to keep out
variants of concern. During the period that he talked about, we
were understandably focused on the South African
variant, and it was the South African variant that
was rife in Pakistan and Bangladesh and that led us to red-list
those two countries. We did not have a copy of delta. We did not
have the necessary sequencing data. The WHO had not attributed it
as being a VOC. Let us look at what actually happened. The delta
variant became a variant of concern on 7 May 2021. By this point,
India had already been on the UK red list for a full two
weeks...
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Commons statement on the G7 and NATO Summits
The Prime Minister ():...I was honoured to welcome our friends the
leaders of India, South Korea, Australia and South Africa as guests in Carbis
Bay—virtually, of course, in the case of the Prime Minister of
India. On Monday, Scott Morrison and I were delighted to reach a
free trade agreement between the UK and Australia, creating
fantastic opportunities for both our countries, eliminating tariffs
on all British exports—whether Scotch whisky or cars from the
midlands —and making it easier for young British people to live and
work in Australia. We have also included protections for British
farmers over the next 15 years and unprecedented protections and
provisions for animal welfare. This House will, of course, be able
to scrutinise the agreement once the texts are
finalised...
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