Coronavirus 2020 - Clive Lewis

I co-sign letter on need to house rough sleepers

I am supoprting a joint call by MPs from across parties to restart the Everyone In scheme, so that everyone who is sleeping rough is provided with emergency accomodation. We have written to Homelessness Minister explaining that the current measures, in the form of the Protect Programme, fall short of…

BBC Politics Live: I discuss lockdown restrictions

Earlier this week I was on Politics Live to discss the latest lockdown restrictions. I challenged the Government on the decade of austerity that has decimated children’s services, like Sure Start centres and youth clubs. Right now, shools are a canary in the coal mine. It’s where we are seeing…

My comment: rough sleeping and Covid-19

The Government’s refusal to provide emergency accommodation for rough sleepers during this lockdown is cruel and irresponsible. Rough sleepers are among the most exposed in our society and, without a repeat of the ‘Everyone In’ scheme, this lack of action will cost lives. During the last national lockdown, ‘Everyone In’…

I support Labour’s plan for digital inclusion

It’s been nine months since the first national lockdown, and the Government still doesn’t have an adequate plan to make sure all students have access to devices and internet so they can learn from home. Lockdown has highlighted just how vital digital inclusion is: for education, work, accessing advice and…

BBC Politics Live appearence

I was on Politics Live today to discuss the Government’s new Covid-19 regulations and the impact of the latest lockdown. This Government can’t seem to decide whether to put the economy first or the health of the nation first. Indecisivness and inaction has made a bad situaiton worse and contributed…

New lockdown: my comment to local press

I was asked by the local press for my views on the country going into another lockdown. You can read what I said below and the views of other Norfolk MPs in the linked article “We were always going to end up here again on the brink of another unavoidable…

Covid Vaccine: letter to Secretary of State

I’ve co-signed this letter to Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, asking vital questions about the vaccination programme. We will keep you posted as to any reply from the Secretary of State.

Closure of schools: my comment

The science is clear. The government is at least a month behind the advice of epidemiologists. Unions representing education staff are right. It is unsafe to re-open schools and universities to all for the foreseeable future. To shrink the pandemic we need to get below an ‘R’ rate of 1.…

Video: Covid contract corruption

In November a report by the National Audit Office showed that £10.5 billion worth of contracts were handed out by the Government without competitive tender and “suppliers with political connections were 10 times more likely to be awarded contracts”. So I asked the Cabinet Office minister whether this should be…

Letter – protection of Covid-19 health technology

Myself and other MPs have written a letter which calls on the Government to support the adoption of the proposed World Trade Organisation waiver on intellectual property (IP) protection for COVID-19 health technologies. The aim of this waiver, as proposed by South Africa and India, is to prevent Intellectual Property…

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