Extracts from Lords debate to approve the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020 - Jan 7
Friday, 8 January 2021 07:34
Baroness Altmann (Con) [V]:...It is almost beyond belief that we do
not require a negative Covid test before UK entry. The only way
forward seems to be vaccination. We keep hearing about delays in
training, approvals or distribution logistics, but Israel has
managed to get moving much faster than us. Its medical and military
operations have left the UK and EU countries lagging behind... Lord
Walney (Non-Afl): My Lords, many noble Lords have already raised
concerns and suggestions about the...Request free trial
(Con)
[V]:...It is almost beyond belief that we do not
require a negative Covid test before UK entry. The only way forward
seems to be vaccination. We keep hearing about delays in training,
approvals or distribution logistics, but Israel has managed to get
moving much faster than us. Its medical and military operations
have left the UK and EU countries lagging behind...
(Non-Afl): My Lords, many noble Lords have already
raised concerns and suggestions about the vaccine roll-out. I
invite the Minister, when summing up, to cheer us all up, because
we have seen the extraordinary capacity of this country to be
world-beating in becoming the first country able to vaccinate
people. What are the Government doing to understand where the
blockages are? Has he been able to pinpoint what Israel has been doing
successfully, with the extraordinary achievements in that country?
What can the Government bring in short order to this situation?
They have shown that they can act quickly. What will change in the
coming weeks to speed this up?
(Non-Afl):...Looking at the pace at which
they are vaccinating, what is Israel doing right that we are
not? Can I suggest some reasons to the Minister? My own GP service
today is vaccinating for flu but is not allowed to vaccinate for
Covid because of new Public Health England rules...
(Con) [V]:...Vaccinations
are obviously key to all this, and I agree with others who pointed
to the experience of Israel If there is no shortage of
supply, and I would encourage the Minister to make clear that there
is not, why are we not making more progress than we are currently
seeing? We certainly need to use community pharmacists and we
should be welcoming volunteers, not making it more difficult for
them with some of the extraordinary red tape in the training and
questions about deradicalisation and so on. It is monstrous and
makes no sense at all...
(Ind Lab)
[V]:...First, we require a
national mobilisation on a wartime footing, as many noble Peers
have said, to accelerate the rollout of vaccines.
Israel as previously mentioned by the noble Lord,
Lord Bourne, and others, is doing it 10 times faster than us...
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