been taking an unproven drug, hydroxychloroquine, in the hope of preventing infection with coronavirus. the drug is intended to prevent malaria and the us food and drug administration has warned that it could have serious side effects. the world health organization has again been attacked by the trump administration for its early response to the pandemic. the us accuses it of failing to provide the necessary information. in response, the agency's director—general said they had sounded the alarm early and often. revised guidance from the uk's health services anybody who has lost their sense of taste or smell should self isolate for seven days to reduce the risk of spreading covid—19. the symptoms have been added to the list of signs but somebody may have caught the infection.

you are pretty much up—to—date on the headlines. now on bbc news, today in parliament. hello there, and welcome to monday in parliament. the home secretary sets up plans for a new post—brexit immigration system. we are seizing this opportunity to change the entire system end to end, for the better. labor attacks proposals to bring in a immigration salary threshold of over £25,000. it sends a signal and tells people that anyone earning less than that is unskilled and unwelcome in our country. the health secretary expands the coronavirus testing regime

but opposition mps reckon he's been too slow. should have been in place before lockdown was eased. and mps are told ministers should prevent universities rushing to open the autumn because of financial pressures. first, the government's immigration bill has first commons hurdle but conservatives joined the opposition voices with concerns about restrictions on key workers from overseas in the covid—19 crisis. it ends the movement of nationals at the end of this year and they will need a certain number of points such as for skills, education and salary before they are allowed to come to the uk to work. the home secretary said the bill would give people what they called for when they voted for brexit. the bill before us today will play a vital role in our recovery plans for the future. it will end free movement and pave the way for our new points—based immigration system. a firmer, fairer and simpler system that will attract the people we need

to drive our country forward through the recovery stage of coronavirus, laying the foundation for a high wage, high skill productive economy. a system that works in the interest of the british people allowing us to attract the very best talent from right around the globe. since publishing the details of the new points—based system in february our world has undoubtedly changed. what has not changed is this government's unwavering support for our nhs and its incredible professional staff. they are the very best of britain. that's why we are introducing a new fast—track nhs visa to prioritise the qualified staff needed to provide high quality and compassionate professional care. the current system has expanded over decades, making it inefficient and difficult for those who want to come to this country to navigate. we're seizing this

opportunity to change the entire system end to end and for the better. labour said little had changed since the bill was published before the general election, but the circumstances had changed dramatically. on a thursday evening at 8:00 we clap for our carers. millions of people come to their doorsteps to say thank you. quite rightly we are showing our appreciation for nhs workers come care workers, and all of our front line workers. and yet, madame deputy speaker, in the midst of this crisis the government is putting forward an immigration system containing a salary threshold of over £25,000 that sends a signal and tells people anyone earning less than that is unskilled and unwelcome in our country. we know that one in six of those brave care workers in the front line of this battle are non—uk nationals. i commend the home secretary

for the commitment to extend visa to doctors and nurses, but what of care workers? are they going to be the cinderalla service, forgotten once again? and what about staff and our hospitals? so crucial in the work against a virus where repeated deep cleaning is an absolute imperative. we cannot open hospitals if we cannot clean the loos. this is a crucial bill but we knew more than two words from the immigration minister on how he thinks he can be delivered in a big bang fashion injust seven months' time when history has proven that is perhaps not the best way to deliver bold new immigration systems. this is a dreadful bill and one which will in destroy opportunities for future generations and split more families apart. a bill that will result in many thousands of eu nationals losing their rights in this country overnight, and which will extend the reach of the hostile environment further. it will drown thousands

of businesses and key industries in red tape and fees and deprive our public services of talented and desperately needed workers. the windrush case studies presented by wendy williams are enough to make you shake with anger. and yet this bill has not a single trace of recognition of windrush in it. and there are alarming signs the department has failed to learn its lesson. more than half of the nhs and care workers who have died from coronavirus were born abroad to. they could not have given more to this country and we owe them so much. we also at a time when we need to move on from the older brexit divides, brexit happened injanuary, as a result, european free movement rights end in december, and we need new legislation and the uk has to choose what to do next. we have to choose well and build a positive system that recognises and welcomes the contribution of people coming to britain have made for many generations and will make in future. a conservative recognised

immigration had been a factor in the brexit vote. a question was asked and a question was answered. while too many members of the last parliament did not get it, today we can put the dilly—dally and dither and delay to an end. i understand this some concerns about what they see as this concept, the end of free movement. it's rather simple. a uk immigration system created and developed by the uk and determined by the needs of our economy, a system that treats immigrants from every corner of the globe on the same basis. this bill is a slap in the face to the thousands of migrants including eu migrants working so hard for the nhs and the care sector. in this time of crisis. but ministers opposite seem to think that you can measure somebody‘s value to society by an arbitrary financial threshold.

it also fails to protect the rights of british citizens to live, work and study in eu member states. nor does it fully guarantee the right of uk citizens already living across the eu. while i'm disappointed and frustrated the government refuses to respect the rights of eu citizens who contribute to this country i find it beyond comprehension that they do not recognise the need to protect the rights of our citizens either, if the stated aim of this bill is to establish an immigration system to replace free movement that will allow businesses and public services to recruit the workers they need and it failed. now, the health secretary has announced that everyone aged five and over in the uk with symptoms of coronavirus can now be tested for the infection. until now, testing in england and scotland has been limited to people with symptoms who are key workers and their families, hospital patients, care home residents over 65 and those who need to leave home to work.

in wales and northern ireland it was just key workers, hospital workers and care home residents. matt hancock also added a new symptom to the list, he said people should self—isolate if they lose their sense of smell or taste, until now the only symptoms specified with a persistent cough and a high temperature. today i can announce to the house that everyone aged five and over with symptoms is now eligible for a test. that applies right across the uk and all four nations from now. anyone with a new continuous cough, a high temperature or the loss or change of sense of taste or smell can book a test by visiting nhs dot nhs.uk/coronavirus.

if you are eligible for a test do not have internet access you can call 119 in england and wales or in scotland and northern ireland 0300 2303 2713. i welcome that eligibility for testing is being widened into all cases as the first step towards a test, trace and isolate approach, but does the secretary of state not agree that the system should have been in place before lockdown was eased? matt hancock said now is the right time for contact tracing to begin, but it was the situation in care homes that dominated the session. over 12,500 people have sadly died in care homes because of covid—19. last week he said he had put a protective ring around care home from february but yesterday a care home provider in the sunday times wrote,

and i quote, "elderly people are not a priority" and "the government were asleep at the wheel." the reality is that there is no early lockdown of care homes when needed, there was no testing of people transferred from hospital to care homes until mid—april seeing this virus. ppe was requisitioned and given to the nhs because of shortages. there was guidance suggesting infection was unlikely and that credits was still in place when there was community transmission and we still do not have full testing of all residents and care home staff 12 weeks later. no wonder aged care uk have said this is too little too late. there has not been an outbreak in most care homes, and there has —— where there has, there has been rigorous infection control and a huge amount of work gone into that. we have, as we said, got testing for all and that of course started with testing throughout for those people who tested or had the first symptoms in a care home. but now for all staff and residents whether symptomatic or not.

i've been speaking with social care providers across the country every single week since the start of this crisis. not a single one would recognise the secretary of state's description last week of a "protective ring" having been thrown around them. they had no access to ppe or testing, and in some cases were told ambulances would not take their residents to hospital. now the sector is clear, community regular access to testing on a weekly basis for all staff and residents with prompt access to results that can act to maintain infection control. can the secretary of state say when this essential measure will be in place? we absolutely did throw a protective ring around social care not lease with the 3.2 billions pounds of funding we put in from the start. topped up with 600 million pounds on friday. further to that, the honourable lady i think does know that the testing has been carried out in care homes throughout. of course there's always more that we should and will do, but we have been working very hard and closely with the adult social care sector.

with empty beds due to covid—19 comes a dramatic loss of income which is a significant impact on their business. could my right honourable friend please advise me on what they've got in place to assure that care homes are supported to get their doors open and provide this exceptional level of care? the funding of course is a critical part of this. we put £600 million extra in on friday and that's not good —— not to go into local authority budgets. that's just to get to the care homes. that will help with infection control, we've also got to make sure that funding is sustainable for the future. matt hancock. earlier the chancellor came under pressure at question time on the financial support to businesses up and down the country. the shadow chancellor raised the job retention scheme that has allowed businesses to furlough millions of workers. we've called for it

to become more flexible. we recognise it cannot persist forever, but according to press reports the treasury is considering asking all employers to pay 40% of employee wages on thejrs from the 1st of august. that risks a massive spike injob losses. what reassurance can he give us that he's looking at the evidence on the potential impact of unemployment for this? we're in deep consultation with unions and business groups to make sure we get the second part of the scheme right. i think it's right for the economy and the taxpayer to ask employers to make a contribution to paying the wages of their employees. they'll have the benefit of flexible furloughing to help offset that. i did say details will be provided by the end of the month. successful businesses in tourism and hospitality industries will face a very different reality at the end of lockdown. with overseas visitors gone for the foreseeable future and social distancing in place, these businesses need time

to reinvent themselves for the new post—covid environment. what measures will the chancellor introduce to enable greater flexibility in the furlough scheme now to support them as they prepare for this new reality? mr peaker, it's because of the time it takes that last week i announced an extension to the furlough scheme all the way to october to provide that runway for growth and in particular for those that will open later. and as i said we will introduce flexible furloughing in the extension period of that scheme. you're watching monday in parliament with me alicia mccarthy. now, just over a week ago, the prime minister announced a quarantine would be introduced for people coming into the uk, to stop covid—19 being brought in overseas. returning uk holiday—makers orforeign visitors will be expected to self—isolate for 11; days. the scheme will come in next month.

travel firm say it will do more damage to an industry already hardheaded. —— hard—hit. the transport committee, the conservative had a suggestion. can i ask if you will consider that those entering the uk coming from countries where the infection rate is below the rate of one will not be subject to quarantine? will boost confidence in aviation travel where it is most needed. secretary of state. i should say, an answer to a previous question that the final details that the final details of the quarantine scheme will be released soon and come in next month. it is the case that we should indeed consider further improvements. for example, things like airbridges enabling people from other areas who have achieved lower levels of coronavirus infection, to come to the country.

so those are active discussions, but we will go beyond what will initially be a blanket situation. the boss who owns british airways told mps last week that the announcement of the quarantine plans was more bad news for the industry. aviation sector support was promised before reneging. we had before the transport subcommittee when trying to justify the goal of 12,000 employees and many from edinburgh, despite having access to 10 billion euros of liquidity, the vast majority of which was generated by british airways profits. so what is the government actually doing to prevent tens and hundreds ofjob losses? mr speaker, not only do we have the bank of england scheme which enables companies that would not ordinarily have the ability to raise money through a paper route,

we also have the business interruption scheme and this gives the time to pay for flexibility and financial support and vat deferrals. mr speaker, i should point out that we have a special process in place available only to the aviation sector, so when they run out of those other forms of options, they can talk to us about those. and i request that that is formally written to me and i discussed with treasury and a large number of aviation orientated businesses. business aviation is in freefall. ba, virgin atlantic and many others are set to lay off tens of thousands of staff. thejob retention scheme is a restructuring scheme and we cannot allow that. to add to the confusion of the government's travel quarantine

measures, will the secretary of state bring forward and aviation support package for the sector? there are 43,500 furloughed staff right now from the airlines and another from airports and i am very acutely aware of the job losses and proposed job losses and we are very concerned with the story of the additional scheme which is actually called the birch process with the treasury. can the secretary of state outline what support he is giving to airlines to make sure that they are employing people to continue employment where they can, but also what support they will give aviation workers who need to transition to other forms of employment as well? airlines and aviation in general is facing particularly hard times first that this crisis and with quite a long tail that is come out of it,

and we are working very closely with the work and pensions department to support workers who lose theirjobs as well. the future of trade to and from northern ireland was debated by peers. the chairman wanted to know whether or not it was an accepted fact that customs posts will be established at ports and airports in northern ireland from january next year. and how, if there were the case, it was compatible with repeated assurances from ministers that goods moving from northern ireland would have free and unfettered access to uk markets. respondening for the government, lord younger. it is a practical solution to prevent a hard border from the island of ireland. but he makes clear that northern ireland remains an integral part of the uk and its internal market. that includes guaranteeing and putting that guarantee into legislation by the end of this year unfettered access for northern ireland businesses to the uk market. as we have always made unequivocally clear that we would do. my noble friend will be aware that ministers have repeatedly assured the house that no checks will take place on goods moving to or from northern ireland after transition.

there is a widespread feeling that members are being consistently misled. he tell the house which custom officers will be enforcing at these posts? what sanctions will apply for noncompliance, under which legal jurisdictions being conducted and will he commit to facilitating a debate in this house so that we can examine this issue which is of unparalleled economic and constitutional significance? can i be clear that we have always been clear? we have always been clear that there will be requirements for checks. building on whatever happens in belfast and northern ireland businesses and the executive to ensure that new administrative procedures are streamlined and efficient and want to ensure optimum flow of trade.

does the minister not recognise that a breach was given, by which many of us in this house, which clearly undermined the issue of trust and the government, which is so vital for the general conduct of politics and northern ireland? the prospect of no deal will have implications for the operations and scale of checks required on the irish sea interface. will the minister now press the government urgently requests for an extension before the end ofjune? the government has no intention of extending the transition and can also say that it is progressing well and it is very constructive in terms of the joint committee and special committees in terms of taking forward the detail which is so important for the protocol. the fact is that for 15 weeks now, we have been under a legal

requirement to establish mr johnson's frontier in the irish sea by the end of the year. with two—way checks and a legal requirement to help the eu supervise their frontier and a new single—market frontier inside the united kingdom frontier. and we seem to be still in denial and are even refusing to let them have a base in belfast. how come? my prime minister said there will be no foreigners, no checks, no barriers of any kind. you will have unfettered access. my lord, i simply ask the minister, what is the truth?

they said if there are any forms of any kind, ring up the prime minister and throw them in the bin. on that point, can i ask him if somebody does have forms, what will the prime minister says in terms of the form and should it be put in the bin — what number should they called to access the prime minister? the prime minister did say and he is adamant that there will be unfettered access. the government is aiming to prevent universities in england rushing to reopen in the autumn because of financial pressures. the university and college union told mps on the committee

that it would be dangerous for them to leave the sentence about getting students on campus. mps are the universities must be upfront with potential new students about what they would be able to offer. within the reopening of universities, i really think there needs to be much firmer government guidance because if not, some universities will rush to reopen and they will be wanting to promise students that they will be reopening next semester and attract the students rather than them go somewhere else, if you think about students who were quite cluttered from over recruitment, students in hallwys, from cafes, to libraries, everywhere is always, and they hold 200—300 people

in a tiny corridor and there is mixing. the idea that we can just leave what that guidance should look like too numerous different universities when they are all in competition with each other to try and attract students, that could be incredibly dangerous. not all students can access online teaching. the quality of education for students is what they expect and student should have the opportunity to continue on if they want to. but they should have at the same time, the ability to do so the later stage without being of detriment or cost themselves. given that students, like everybody else will have no certainty that the universities will be anything back to normal when their term begins in autumn, what is your thinking on that? this is clearly an issue because none of us know exactly what is going to be happening in the autumn and what we are requiring is that universities are as clear as they can be to students, so when they accept an offer from universities, they know in broad terms they will be getting. but we don't want is that it will be promises that everything will be coming back to normal when it turns out that that is not the case. and there's clarity that people know it they're getting. nicola dandridge. that is it for now, but please join us for another round—up for the day here in westminster. for now, for me, goodbye.

hello there. on monday, the temperature reached 25 celsius in suffolk, and over the next couple of days, the heat will continue to build. the peak of the temperatures is likely to be on wednesday. things start to break down a bit after that. chance of thunderstorms on thursday before we all turn cooler and windier by the end of the week. pretty mild out there at the moment away from northernmost parts of scotland. these are the temperatures by the end of the night, and as you can see, still a lot of cloud around. some outbreaks of rain, too. that rain continuing to affect the northern half of the uk mainly during tuesday morning. slowly petering out, many places becoming dry during the afternoon. the cloud thinning and skies brightening. the best of the sunshine likely to be across wales, the midlands and southern england, where temperatures will peak at 25 or 26 degrees. but on the whole, it should be a slightly warmer day across the uk than it was on monday. and those temperatures continue to climb for wednesday. that area of high pressure is sitting over the uk. it's pushing the cloud and rain away, and we're going to be drawing up a gentle southerly breeze that will bring the heat northwards

all the way from spain and france and move its way across the uk. northern areas start quite cloudy on wednesday. some rain to clear away from the northern isles, the cloud thins and breaks, and sunshine develops more widely. and in the afternoon, we're likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through central scotland, 20 or so for northern ireland, the highest temperatures across the midlands to the south—east of england, 27 or 28 degrees. things start to break down a bit on thursday. there's a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out from the south—east of england, heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery. and that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, it's still quite a warm day on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we've got this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening and this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk during friday, but there won't be much rain, i think, for england and wales,

and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds, though, will be stronger. gales likely in the north—west, and this is where we'll see most of the showers. otherwise, there'll be some sunshine, a cooler and fresherfeel, but still 21 in eastern england.

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