At home on their webcams – MPs taking part in the first-ever social distanced session of the House of Commons heard the Health Secretary Matt Hancock say the country is “at the peak” of the coronavirus epidemic – a peak which will last some time. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
Just a smattering of MPs in the chamber watched the new Labour Leader Keir Starmer at his first session of Prime Ministers Questions.
He quizzed Dominic Raab – standing in for the PM – on why testing for the virus was still running below capacity and the struggle to get more protective masks and clothing for NHS staff.
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