At the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up mps demand the government allow them to continue voting by video link. And say the new giant queuing system isnt working. It all looked more like exercise in a category c prison for white collar criminals rather than the mother of parliament. Labour hardens its attack the government over its handling of coronavirus, but borisjohnson reckons the country wants to see a united front. I really do not see the purpose of the endless attacks on public trust and confidence. I have supported the government openly and taken criticism for it but boy does he make it difficult to support this government. And an mp defends changes to the abortion laws in Northern Ireland. One reason why this house stood up for the rights of all women in the United Kingdom was because it was too difficult does not mean that their rights should be denied. Mps returned to westminster after their whitsun break with a government rebellion
Previous month in following social distancing have together helped us to bring this virus under control. I commend the statement of the house. Thank you and i thank the home secretary for her statement and advanced we have been calling for sensible, and we it is vital the uk has a plan for minimising the risk of infection is coming into the country but the home secretary must also realise there are a fundamental question she needs to realise she needs to answer. Why these particular measures and why now . From when the lockdown was imposed, only 273 people were formally quarantined from four flights, three from one hand, one from tokyo, when over 18 Million People into the country by air. The home secretaryjust said in her statement this was because domestic transmission was widespread, but this is what the government because my own chief scientific adviser said, and i quote a lot of the cases in the uk didnt come from china, and didnt come from the places you might have expected. They
Of may. What you can see the cars and four light goods vehicles is over that period, after the initial lockdown, a gradual increase over time in transport use. The heavy goods vehicles, the trend is the same but you can see it start from a much higher base line, reflecting the fact that many of the hgv journeys were essential, even at the point of initial lockdown. If you then turn to the lower part of the slide, you will see the data for national rail, transport for london and then for buses other than transport for london and you can see here, essentially very flat curbs indeed, showing that people have stayed away from public transport, are continuing to stay away from public transport and preserve at this for essential workers. Next slide, please. On testing, this is a recap following the delivery by the secretary of state. You can see that, as of the 27th of may, 117,000 tests were delivered in the previous 24 tests were delivered in the previous 2a hours, bringing us to a total o
The week in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up mps demand the government allow them to continue voting by video link, and say the new giant queuing system isnt working. It all looked more like exercise hour in a category c prison for white collar criminals, rather than the mother of parliament. Laughter. Labour hardens its attack on the government over its handling of coronavirus, but borisjohnson reckons the country wants to see a united front. I really do not see the purpose of these endless attacks on public trust and confidence i have supported the government openly and ive taken criticism for it but boy, he makes it difficult to support this government and an mp defends changes to the abortion laws in Northern Ireland. One of the reasons why this house stood up for the rights of all women in the United Kingdom wasjust because it was too difficult didnt mean that their rights should be denied. Mps returned to westminster after their whitsun br
But no action will be taken against the Prime Ministers chief advisor. Thousands ofjobs are at risk at easyjet, as the airline says it will cut up to 30 of its workforce because of the pandemic. The premier League Season is set to restart on 17th june, with two games. Aston Villa V Sheffield united and Manchester City v arsenal. Good afternoon, and welcome to viewers on bbc one. Borisjohnson is expected to give further details on how and when lockdown measures in england will be further eased, at todays downing street press briefing, in about half an hours time. It comes as coronavirus Contact Tracing programmes have begun in both england and scotland. Anyone whos been in close contact with someone whos tested positive for covid19 will now be contacted and asked to self isolate. Northern ireland has a version of the programme already up and running, while in wales the scheme is due to start in earlyjune. Heres sophie hutchinson. Pinpointing people with the virus and tracing those they