Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:07 pm on 29 July 2024.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Conservative
3:07,
29 July 2024
I too welcome the noble Baroness to her role. On a less complex point, lockdown is a very expensive policy and should be used in very limited circumstances. So does the Minister agree in particular that damaging lockdowns in schools—this is about the education of our children—always need to be avoided if at all possible?
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