as chairman of the education select committee, it is a cross— party education select committee, it isdifferent from your role as a party man, can i ask you one questionjust on that, the are quite a lot of your collea g u es on that, the are quite a lot of your colleagues who are keen on the idea of parliament having a say on the questions of when lockdown is introduced, even if it is a co nsulta nt introduced, even if it is a consultant role. what is your view on that? is because parliament should discuss these issues, but i'm not a scientist or a medical officer. i believe we are the state of national emergency and i think that sometimes things, the government needs to do things, the government needs to do things very quickly, like if there isa things very quickly, like if there is a local lockdown because of the spike in the coronavirus. i still wa nt to spike in the coronavirus. i still want to give the government and scientists to benefit of doubt. but i don't want to happen is that parliament becomes a roadblock to emergency measures. i parliament becomes a roadblock to emergency

chairman, roger taylor, the chairman of quual, being questioned by the chairman of the education select committeesages this morning. you have been sending them to me on twitter and instagram. particularly for those who are involved in local lockdown is. we have seen this affecting 800,000 people in glasgow. chakra princess says she is in west dunbartonshire, i am a bit hacked off, if people did what they were told to the first place, we would not here now. people were visiting by the trainload from all over the place with little or no social distancing. you are welcome to get in touch. send a message on twitter, instagram or e—mail. this is bbc news. i‘m victoria derbyshire. here are the headlines from the uk and around the world. after almost six months at home, it‘s back to school for millions more children in england and wales. because we have been at home for so long, so it is very nice that we are able to come back to school and find new friends and things like that. quite nervous because it's my first day but i feel like it will be, like, nice meeting new people. lockdown restrictions in th

that we have a public report if you look at things that robert half in the chair of the education select committeeaid, pointing out potential problems. so i think that generally speaking, i think there is plenty of evidence to suggest gavin williamson should have been aware there were problems coming up the track but i think ultimately it does feel as though his position is secure for now in dentistry have decided to stick with them. and i think with the return of schools today and throughout the week, i think should they continue going to plan, ithink think should they continue going to plan, i think number ten is his biggest test and that you turn on a level. the biggest risk restrictions in glasgow after a rise in virus restrictions there. that has a side baron restrictions there. that has a side bar on the front page of the guardian. scotland reacting very quickly but this will cause a lot of problems and inconvenience people there. that's right. we have got these three areas here seeing similar levels of restrictions we have seen in some areas of england, especially in the northwest. people w

the house of commons education select committee has investigated special educational needs provision.. is the child the priority at the moment? i think that, at the moment, the system mitigates against the child being the priority, because what we have created is an adversarial system, a treacle of bureaucracy for parents to navigate through. what seems to happen is it's not the child that is at the centre, it's the process, which is the bureaucracy, which seems to be at the centre, so that unless you are sharp—elbowed or well— heeled and navigate the system, you won't get that proper care, necessarily, for your child. the local government association represents councils in england. i don't recognise that, because i think that what we want to try and do is make it as simple and as efficient as possible for parents. however, there are criteria that have to be assessed, and that may be where there's some parents who're finding they're having stumbling blocks. when tom browne moved to kent with his wife and three children, he thought he had the wherewithal to navigate the system. i mean,

for a statement from the government in parliament, so is the conservative chair of the education select committeeion is devolved, so i don't think it willjust be the education secretary gavin williamson coming under political pressure but, of course, this all comes off the back of the exams saga we saw over the summer. the extent to which this issue will build up over the coming weeks, i think it depends partly on to what extent we see more coronavirus on campuses, more stu d e nts coronavirus on campuses, more students having to isolate. i think, if that increases, so will the political pressure. jessica parker, oui’ political pressure. jessica parker, our political correspondent. detectives investigating the shooting of sgt matt ratana in croydon on friday are searching properties in south london and close to the village of banstead in surrey. the 23—year—old suspect is critically injured and detectives are unable to question him. sgt ratana was remembered this morning at the national police memorial day service and also at east grinstead rugby club, where he was head coach. tom symonds reports

she'as also a vice chair of the conservative party and a member of the education select committee.l say infection rates of coronavirus remain high. caroline, i don't know if you caught much of our last couple of interviews the people in the nightclub sector are really struggling in terms ofjobs, mental health, not particularly getting government support because they can outside the furlough scheme. what would you say to them? lots of people have sent this pandemic very difficult, but the government has had to focus initially on saving lives and protecting the nhs and then on reopening the economy in a way that allows our most crucial services to open first, getting schools opened this week, for example, and in a way that protects. the government has put in an unprecedented package. what is the difference between pubs and nightclubs? we take the scientists' advice on what venues are more or less likely to transmit coronavirus. i would suggest that in pubs people are being required to set up chairs rather than standard bulbs, people are being constrained in small group settings, keep

the chair of the education select committee, the conservative mp robert halfon has tweeted in the lastas well from the government as to what will happen next. it's worth pointing out it is a devolved issue. so, as well, people might want to hear from respective ministers in scotland, wales and northern ireland. but here is what the culture secretary, oliver dowden, had to say this morning. well, clearly, the experience is not as it would be, given this crisis. but we are doing that in order to reduce the spread of the disease and enable them to go back at all. and i think it's important for students not to have to give up a year of their life by not going to university. and they are going to university, and paying the fees accordingly. i think to what extent this issue becomes even more highly charged will depend on whether we keep seeing more and more students heading to university, having to self—isolate, questioning, in some cases, whether they are getting value for money. so, i think this issue could run on into the next few weeks. the home secretary, the commissioner of the metrpo

the chair of the education select committee robert halfon says clearer guidance needs to be given totheir families. it is very worrying. there are reports suggesting that up to 3000 students are in lockdown, in universities as far as dundee to exeter. i think the time has come for the department for education, the chief medical, the chief science officer to give a statement setting out the policy for university, to reassure university staff, to reassure students and their families because we don't want to have a situation where students are in a lock—down in the halls of residence at christmas time. this would cause enormous anguish to both the students and families across the uk. let's speak to the general secretary of the university and college union, jo grady. thank you forjoining us. just describe the situation as you see it at the moment. as we see it, this is at the moment. as we see it, this is a completely avoidable but predictable mass. 0n the bank holiday weekend last month, new seeyou called for the government and universities to live as much teaching online because along

the chair of the education select committee robert halfon says clearer guidance needs to be given toorrying. there are reports suggesting that up to 3000 students are in lockdown, in universities as far as dundee to exeter. i think the time has come for the department for education, the chief medical, the chief science officer to give a statement setting out the policy for university, to reassure university staff, to reassure students and their families because we don't want to have a situation where students are in a lock—down in the halls of residence at christmas time. this would cause enormous anguish to both the students and families across the uk. joining us now from her accomodation at manchester metropolitan university is megan tingy. spini spin i don't know if you had the comment there from robert halfon saying there needs to be clearer guidance. do you know what is going on at university? i haven't heard much from my university. we went into lockdown yesterday in the evening. me and my flatmates looked out the window and saw security out there and they are telling us we can

we can leave the education select committee for a moment. rry on watching the education select committee on bbc parliament. three associations representing school leaders and governors have written jointly to the prime minister to express mounting concern about difficulties in obtaining covid tests. among them is the association of school and college leaders. geoff barton is its general secretary — hejoins me now. i have got many messages from pa rents i have got many messages from parents up and down the country from all parts of the country seeing effectively my kids come home with what could be covid symptoms but it could just be a cold. they cannot get a test, they cannot go back to school, they have to self—isolate for two weeks and they are missing more school. are you hearing similar stories? i am afraid i am. far too many of them. whether you are a parent, student or representing school and college leaders and the deal was that we would do everything we could to open our schools, one—way systems, make them covid secure, but there was

interestingly, yesterday robert halton, the conservative chair of the education select committee, wadedamilies need guidance and also raised the possibility of whether students should get discounts when they are not getting sufficient face—to—face learning. yes, jessica, thank you for now. more from jessica later on. we will also hear from students who are in lockdown. butjust after seven o'clock this morning. we will also speak to glasgow university's chief operating officer about the measures they have put in place. us president donald trump has announced his nominee to fill the supreme court seat left vacant by the death of the liberaljudge, ruth bader ginsburg. ifjudge amy coney barrett is confirmed by the senate, conservative—leaning justices will hold a six to three majority on america's highest court for the foreseeable future. nomia iqbal reports. inside impact rose president trump confirmed who wants to see replace ruth bader ginsburg. a controversial nomination, but amy coney barrett attempted to reassure americans. the president has nominated me to serve on the us supreme cou

let's speak now to the chair of the education select committee, robert halfon, whojoins us from harlow, and we've been granted that debate and we are waiting for a date. but i would like to see a national strategy from the government. i welcome the individual programme to set out in the education secretary's letter but what we need, there are lots of different programmes and we don't know their effectiveness and to meet the most important thing of all is to extend the free school meals over the school holidays. you've seen the letter from the education secretary in full, what is your reaction to what he said and how marcus rashford responded to that, which is simply that we should do better? we need to doa that we should do better? we need to do a lot better. of course the letter listed all the existing food programmes that the government has, andi programmes that the government has, and i welcome that. but it is not enough. we need to think imaginatively. we can't have a food policy are in essence and elastoplast. there has to be a national strategy. i think there should be, this task

education secretary. stuart: chad, can i say this, would you agree with me, it will extremely difficult to the get the selection, move it forward, get hearings in the judiciary committeelmost impossible before the election. what say you? >> it's a pretty tight timetable when you look at the average and in modern era about 40, 45 days. president indicated he would not make the nomination until friday or saturday. the family for ruth bader ginsburg is sitting shiva until fruit need. that might be out of respect until the for the ginsburg hearing this will be closest confirmation vote that would come before a presidential election. in january of 1940, frank murphy was confirmed to the supreme court in january of a election year. john clark, july of 1916, also a presidential election year. william woods, who was confirmed for the supreme court in a lame-duck session in late 1880, not 1980. 1880. stuart: i'm not sure those long ago precedents have any meaning in today's toxic political world. i think you agree with me because i see you nodding there and smiling. >> certainly on the toxic part. it is going to be a tight turning radius to get this done before the election. s