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COVID-19: Lords questions government and debates new restrictions

Read all UK Parliament news for October 2020.

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Statement on COVID-19
At 1pm the government updates the House of Lords and members questions follow.

Debate on regulations
At 2.40pm members debate regulations making it an offence not to self-isolate if instructed to by certain local authority and health officials. This would apply to those who have tested positive for coronavirus or who have been in close contact with someone else who has tested positive.

Members are raising concerns and proposing changes to the debate. They relate to the scientific evidence used to inform restrictions, the test, trace and isolate regime, and support for local businesses and communities.

Coronavirus alert levels regulations

Highlights from the 2019-21 session in the Lords

Read more about the House's work checking and revising legislation, debating key issues, and scrutinising the decisions and actions of the government.

Four short debates in the Lords

Members discuss Body Mass Index, alcohol harm, COVID-19-related evictions and biodiversity emergency

Committee asks what long-term support parents and families will need as result of pandemic

COVID-19 Committee takes evidence at 9.45am on Tuesday 27 April

Government should consider new health and employment rights to protect wellbeing in the digital world

The Select Committee on COVID-19 publishes its report Beyond Digital: Planning for a Hybrid World

Committee investigates long-term impact of pandemic on parents and families

The COVID-19 Committee will hear the concerns of charities who have been supporting families through the pandemic.

Report published on the impact of COVID-19 on courts and tribunals in England and Wales

The Constitution Committee publishes the first of three reports on the constitutional implications of COVID-19

Lords debates Coronavirus Act powers one year on

Members debate the government's one-year report on the Coronavirus Act 2020 powers. Find out more

How can governments use wellbeing measures in making and evaluating policy decisions?

The COVID-19 Committee will hear evidence on approaches that governments can take, and have taken, to making wellbeing central to policy making.

Lords debates the Budget statement

Members debate the economy

What will this period of online learning mean for children’s futures?

The COVID-19 Committee will explore the long-term impact of the sudden shift to digital learning necessitated by the pandemic.

03 February 2021

Does employment legislation meet the needs of the digital workplace?

The COVID-19 Committee explores whether current employment legislation, policy and practice is adequate to protect workers’ wellbeing in an increasingly digital workplace

27 January 2021

How will technology affect the quality of our working lives, post-pandemic?

COVID-19 Committee takes evidence at 10:00am on Thursday 28 January

25 January 2021

The impact of digital on the post-pandemic jobs market

The COVID-19 Committee to explore how the pandemic has increased the adoption of AI, automation, remote working and e-commerce.

20 January 2021

Lords debates non-domestic ratings bills

Members discuss accessibility, environment and privatisation of services

19 January 2021

How does spending more time online affect our relationships?

COVID-19 Committee takes evidence on Tuesday 12 January at 10.00am

06 January 2021

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