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All bars and restaurants in the House of Commons will be banned from selling alcohol starting Saturday, the president confirmed.
Commons spokesperson Sir Lindsay Hoyle said: ‘Following the government’s decision to move London to the Covid Level 2 alert category, I have asked parliamentary authorities to introduce measures to align the House of Commons with the picture. national.
As MPs represent different constituencies at different levels, with the highest level ordering the closure of bars, I have decided to stop the sale of alcohol at the end of the House of Commons estate starting this Saturday.
The Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle, pictured, has banned the sale of alcohol in bars and restaurants in his section of the Palace of Westminster as a result of London’s new Covid-19 regulations.
Sir Lindsay said: “This means that it will not be possible to purchase an alcoholic beverage at any of our catering establishments for the foreseeable future, whether food is served or not.”
“This means that it will not be possible to purchase an alcoholic beverage at any of our catering establishments for the foreseeable future, whether food is served or not.
“The House of Commons Committee will meet Monday to consider other necessary measures to protect MPs, their staff and House staff, while maintaining our safe status from Covid.”
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has told Londoners being asked to make ‘monumental sacrifices’ in the upcoming local shutdown to ‘ignore government politicians’ who have disobeyed coronavirus rules.
The capital city is preparing for Level 2 restrictions starting Saturday, which means a ban on separate households mixing indoors, including in pubs and restaurants.
On the day that additional restrictions were announced for areas such as London, Essex and Yorkshire areas, it was also revealed that SNP MP Margaret Ferrier will face no further action from the police after traveling between London and Glasgow following a positive test for coronavirus. .
When asked if he was concerned about how the non-compliance of Ms Ferrier, as well as the prime minister’s senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, could affect Londoners’ willingness to make more sacrifices themselves, Khan urged Londoners to ‘do the right thing for our city’.
He said: ‘I know from anecdotal experience, speaking to Londoners from all walks of life, but also from polls conducted by independent polling companies, that the way the prime minister’s senior adviser behaved led people to wonder ‘Why should I follow the rules when it isn’t? ‘.
‘My advice to Londoners is to ignore what government ministers, government advisers or members of Parliament do.
‘Do what’s right for our city, your loved ones, and yourself.
‘These restrictions exist because there are no good options, and this will slow down the spread of the virus, which means that hopefully you won’t get the virus, your loved one won’t get the virus, and then you won’t need the NHS, which means that The NHS can continue to treat non-Covid patients as well as those with Covid. ‘
Khan added that he hoped the Level 2 restrictions would mean that the NHS Nightingale hospital at the London ExCeL Center will not need to be on standby, as was done in Harrogate, Manchester and Sunderland, while the Belfast coronavirus spill hospital has reopened.
He said: ‘I spoke to the London NHS team today, and due to the brilliant work of the NHS, we currently have sufficient capacity in the NHS both in terms of general admissions and in terms of intensive care units.
“We hope that as these additional restrictions are introduced early Saturday, it will not be necessary to open the Nightingale as Londoners will follow the new rules.”
On Thursday he also backed calls by Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer for a blockade of “circuit breakers” across the country, to give the government time to “finally work out the test, trace and isolation system.”
London is just hours away from entering Level Two of the government’s Covid-19 rules, which impose additional restrictions on meeting people from outside your home or bubbles in bars and restaurants.
He said: “The government, frankly speaking, has failed us as a country by failing to classify evidence, track and isolate, despite the passage of six months.
“What they should be doing is talking to colleagues in South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and elsewhere, who have already figured it out, to learn from them what to do.”
He has also written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to support businesses in the capital through the Level 2 lockdown, extending the licensing scheme, directing financial support to the sectors that have suffered the most, and extending the commercial rate holidays. currently in place through March 2021 so companies can plan beyond that date.
Different restrictions are being introduced in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in an effort to block a second wave of the killer virus.
In Scotland, 570 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized as of Wednesday, up from 319 the previous week, with 49 on ventilation beds, up from 28 the previous week.
In Wales, 384 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized as of Wednesday, up from 277 the previous week, with 29 on ventilation beds, up from 27 the previous week.
In Northern Ireland, 164 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized on Tuesday, up from 147 the previous week, with 17 on ventilation beds as of Wednesday, up from 11 the previous week.
Data on Covid-19 patients are not comparable in the UK due to differences in the way the numbers are reported.
