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Overseas Secretary Dominic Raab will face Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer
Prime Minister’s Questions will return at noon because the Commons carries out its first day as a digital Parliament.
Boris Johnson remains to be recovering from coronavirus, however Overseas Secretary Dominic Raab, performing because the PM’s deputy, will take his place.
He’ll face Sir Keir Starmer in his first PMQs as the brand new Labour chief – and his first look within the Commons since turning into chief of the occasion.
The primary query will probably be requested over video hyperlink by Tory MP Alex Stafford.
It comes after MPs permitted a movement on Tuesday to permit for a brand new “hybrid” Parliament amid the coronavirus outbreak.
In consequence, the variety of MPs within the chamber has been restricted to 50 – sitting aside from one another consistent with social distancing pointers.
Screens have been put in within the chamber which can enable as much as 120 MPs to participate in debates by way of the Zoom video-conferencing device.
The brand new preparations will initially function till 12 Might, though may stay in place for longer.
Some MPs raised considerations in regards to the new format throughout Tuesday’s debate, similar to having the ability to get into the Chamber to ask questions on behalf of constituents and worries about how lengthy the measures would final.
However Chief of the Home, Jacob Rees-Mogg, mentioned: “We should not let the proper be the enemy of the great.”
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After PMQs, Well being Secretary Matt Hancock will make an announcement to the Home on the continued pandemic.
Labour’s shadow well being secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, and former Well being Secretary Jeremy Hunt, will ask questions over video from residence.
However the former Labour chief, Jeremy Corbyn, is predicted to be within the chamber to asks questions on his return to the backbenches.