Extract from Lords statement repeat on Covid-19: South Yorkshire
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health
and Social Care (Lord Bethell) (Con):...As well as this, and as
agreed with local leaders, unfortunately, Casinos betting shops,
adult gaming centres and soft play centres will also have to close,
and while gyms will remain open classes will not be allowed. On
that point, the Liverpool City Region and my honourable friend the
Member for Southport, Damien Moore,...Request free trial
Extract from Lords
statement repeat on Covid-19: South Yorkshire
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of
Health and Social Care () (Con):...As well
as this, and as agreed with local leaders, unfortunately,
Casinos betting shops,
adult gaming centres and soft play centres will also have to close,
and while gyms will remain open classes will not be allowed. On
that point, the Liverpool City Region and my honourable friend the
Member for Southport, , have also
requested to bring their region into line with those measures. So
gyms will be open and soft play centres will close in the Liverpool
City Region...
Extract from Commons
debate on Covid-19
(Warley)
(Lab):...The industry would not necessarily have been happy with
that, but it would at least have been comprehensible. Indeed, had
it been published earlier, things may have been even better because
those in the industry would not have had to spend considerable sums
on changing their premises, only to have that disregarded. They may
have the slightest suspicion that the evidence is non-existent or
at best very thin, and that the policy has been driven more by the
desire to be seen to be doing something, but at huge cost to this
industry, which is not only a huge part of the economy, but part of
what makes our country stand out in the world. What a vast industry
we are talking about: pubs and clubs; restaurants and cafés;
betting shops; bingo halls and casinos; cinemas
and theatres; gyms; music venues; wedding venues; football and
rugby clubs and racecourses—the list goes on—as well as the myriad
suppliers and transport companies that service them. There are
hundreds of thousands of businesses, some international brands, but
most small businesses whose owners have invested their life’s work,
dreams and savings in them. They have been hanging on, hoping for
better times. The Government’s response is depriving them of that
hope. Of course they need relief and the belated help that was
announced today, but they also need customers and trade...
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