Mr Neil Hamilton: In favour.
Mr Neil Hamilton: It wasn't called.
Mr Neil Hamilton: In favour.
Mr Neil Hamilton: In favour.
Mr Neil Hamilton: Abstain.
Mr Neil Hamilton: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd, and I'm very grateful to you for inviting me to make this point of order today. Last week, during the votes on coronavirus, I said that I was voting against, but, because my microphone was misplaced, you didn't hear my voice and therefore assumed that I wasn't present, and so I wasn't recorded as voting, and I'm grateful to you, therefore, for allowing me to put...
Mr Neil Hamilton: Yes, I have actually come to the end of what I intend to say. So, on the basis of what we know about the science, and the facts of what we know about the way that this epidemic has developed in the course of the last few months, I believe there is an irresistible case for relaxing the lockdown as quickly as possible.
Mr Neil Hamilton: I strongly support this motion, because what is most glaring about our experience of coronavirus is the lack of evidence that the lockdown, the draconian lockdown, has had any useful purpose at all. It was based originally on predictions by Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College in London that proved to be utterly absurd in the event, and the Swedish Government received studies based...
Mr Neil Hamilton: Against.
Mr Neil Hamilton: In favour.
Mr Neil Hamilton: Against.
Mr Neil Hamilton: Against.
Mr Neil Hamilton: For.
Mr Neil Hamilton: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is forecasting today that Britain will suffer the worst economic damage of any country in the developed world as a result of our draconian lockdown. We're forecast to see an 11.5 per cent fall in our national income for this year. That compares with 6.5 per cent in Sweden, which has followed a completely different road. We're taking...
Mr Neil Hamilton: I—
Mr Neil Hamilton: Against.
Mr Neil Hamilton: Against.
Mr Neil Hamilton: Against.
Mr Neil Hamilton: Against.
Mr Neil Hamilton: Against.