let‘s talk to the senior conservative backbencher damian green.er theresa may and her deputy for an extended period. thank you for being with us on bbc news. you know a lot about how governments prepare for potential emergencies. i want to talk a bit about that and the concerns raised about preparedness ina concerns raised about preparedness in a moment. picking up on what gavin williamson had to say about personal protective equipment, i suppose the government must rather regret having talked up this techie delivery yesterday as coming today when it hasn‘t been delivered? delivery yesterday as coming today when it hasn't been delivered? -- turkey. deliveries around the world are always complex, i understand the raf is waiting for it, the problem is at that end and it will arrive tomorrow. it is delivering the extent of the ppe required is of course complicated and the expansion of the number of places that receive it and need it is huge. the government is used to delivering it to roughly 230 hospitals around the country. there are now 58,000 diff

i've been speaking to the conservative mp damian green who was the first secretary of state in theresahing surprising about dominic cummings attending the meetings. you have got to unlock the economy as much as you can, but the same time, not allowing the virus to go back to spreading very fast. that involves a mixture of scientific decision—making and political messaging, which is very difficult. but clearly that is the next big decision the government has to take. ok, let's just turn, before i let you go, to the question of scientific decision—making and the allegations, i suppose, that there is at least the perception if not the reality of political interference or political involvement in those with dominic cummings being present at, either in a member or observer status, at meetings of sage, the scientific advisory group that advises the government. where you stand on this row? i must say, i think this story is complete rubbish. i would be much more worried if senior people from number ten, dominic cummings or anyone else, wasn't actually listening to the scientific discussions. a

i'm joined now by the conservative mp damian green, who was the first secretary of state in theresa may'sor talking to us. let's deal with those in the order we just tackle them. i am interested in your view on philip hammond talking about how we need to start discussing the next complex phase in terms of lifting some restrictions to allow economic activity. i think we are already discussing it clearly. i absolutely take the point by ministers that are keen not to read that discussion in public. they have succeeded at one of the successes of the government's response has been the government's response has been the way, and it is a public success as well, that by and large people have obeyed the lockdown and putting that at risk would, if it led to a spike in cases, notjust, obviously, damage people's health, was damage the economy, because it would mean the economy, because it would mean the full lockdown would have to stay on for longer. i have a great deal of sympathy for ministers who are saying we should wait for the right time to talk about this. inevitably it means that some of the

lettersjoin damian green, the conservative mp who was named first secretary of state during theresa may'sus. your initial thoughts on boris johnson for being with us. your initial thoughts on borisjohnson recovering in hospital. well, i would say what we've heard is cautiously encouraging, they have said that he has not got pneumonia which is a serious thing that could have happened and dominic raab said at the five o'clock briefing that he is in good spirits, he doesn't have to have ventilation through tubes, so all of that is mildly encouraging. but, we will have to wait and see what happens on the medical side. but he is in the best hands that he could possibly be in. he couldn't be anywhere better. you are a form of the secretary of state. dominic raab is now deputising for borisjohnson. what exactly is that post? it is effectively the deputy post, it means that if the prime minister is not there for whatever reason, the first secretary stands in and it can be fair if parliament is sitting for public reasons, he might take prime minister's questions but also on a more day—to—day basis

conservative mp damian green signed a letter earlier this week saying this was a welcome and necessary are questions raised about whether it will be enough, quite frankly. labour mp stephen doughty, who was pushing on this issue for a few weeks told me, this is welcome but it is well short of what is needed. he pointed out the london marathon alone raises £66 million. he thinks this issue will have to be revisited. he also says he has concerns about the chancellor talking about charities being able to use the furlough scheme and having access to that. he says a lot of charities are providing crucial services so furlough in years not an option because people then couldn't carry out duties for the charity. but it is a big injection of cash to help the charity sector. one thing that came up in the press converts was more clarity and information on what is happening around this review on lockdown measures. we heard rishi sunak say there would be a special cobra committee meeting tomorrow morning to decide the approach to the review of this lockdown, but it would be based on data from the s

damian: these are the different strains. so, you can see there's a strain sour banana, green crack, tangie dream, euthanasia. ah, that one's probably pretty mild. it's a balancing act cultivating strains and catering to customers. how do you measure demand? damian: being tied to retail dispensaries, we're able to then get that data very quickly. we're able to analyze the metrics that we get from the retail side for the point of sale. lemonis: is it that sophisticated? damian: it's getting that sophisticated, yes. i'm going to get the feedback from the consumer that says, "i really want this taste. i really want this flavor." and therefore, we have to then change our production cycles to meet the market needs. this is just like any other business. lemonis: i had one final question for adam. if pot is so lucrative, why isn't the big money investing? how many traditional private equity firms would love to be in this space, but can't stomach the repercussions of getting in this space? adam: most of them. lemonis: and why is that? adam: because their hands are tied, because they're running legacy funds that have v