This is an unprecedented Bill to deal with an unprecedented crisis. Over the coming months, every aspect of the way that we do things in Britain will come under strain. As in wartime, we will have to change the way that we do things, and when it is all over things will not revert to business as usual. Some things will have changed forever, and the way that we do business here will assuredly fall into that category. I am sure that everyone in your Lordships’ House wishes the Government well as they grapple with coronavirus. But democracies never give the Executive a blank cheque. As a Parliament, we must retain our critical faculties and, if we do so, it will help the Government and the country to get through this crisis together (Hansard HL Deb, vol 802, col 1659, 24 March 2020).

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房东和租户：大流行中的财产

这是应对前所未有的危机的史无前例的法案。在接下来的几个月里，我们在英国做事的方方面面都将面临压力。与战时一样，我们将不得不改变做事的方式，而当一切结束时，事情将不会恢复正常。有些事情将永远改变，我们在这里开展业务的方式肯定会属于这一类。我相信在您的上议院中的每个人都希望政府在他们与冠状病毒作斗争时一切顺利。但民主国家从不给行政长官一张空白支票。作为议会，我们必须保留我们的关键能力，如果我们这样做，它将帮助政府和国家共同度过这场危机（Hansard HL Deb，第 802 卷，第 1659 栏，2020 年 3 月 24 日）。