jacob rees—mogg had checked out the health risks of voting.ion yesterday, i went into the division lobby with the expert who presented to us from public health england, and his view, which i'm allowed to share with the house, is that division lobbies are not a high risk, and that the only step he would recommend is that we actually open the windows, because a flow of air would be beneficial. jacob rees—mogg there. mps spent most of the afternoon debating wednesday's budget. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, welcomed the extra spending to combat the coronavirus outbreak, and said labour stood ready to work with the government to protect people. but he dismissed claims that a £30 billion investment package was akin to a labour budget. he said rishi sunak‘s first budget had failed. it doesn't come close to reversing the damage of the last ten years of austerity. i just give this final warning to the government and all of us. if we sow the seeds of disappointment and disillusionment, it can stir up a form of politics none of us wish our count

jacob rees—mogg. you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock. will we see a covid—i9 vaccine? the coronavirus outbreak has been a sharp increase in the number of people trying to access the benefits system. almost half a million applications for universal credit have been made in the last nine days. that's almost double the peak monthly figure of applications recorded last year. the work and pensions secretary was asked by mps if she envisaged that self employed people would use the new system, known as uc. i do see it is absolutely an option, and i'm very conscious that people just see the uc allowance, which we raised as part of the chancellor's package to be £20 higher than it is today on a weekly basis, that that might be, they think that might be the only source of help from universal credit they could get. we know that universal credit replaces a number of benefits for new claimants in the system. in that, there may be prospects that people may not realise they can get help on, like housing cost support if they are renting, extra money if

i think it's good that they have got these awards and i can imagine someone like jacob rees—mogg doingave to wait and see who the winners are, but i wasn't expecting to be up until the small hours worrying about it, to be honest. and jess phillips, are you equally phlegmatic about this? yeah, i think that...| suppose it depends how one judges civility, is it people working together for the common good, or is it those who understand that using a nice voice and saying please and thank you is the way to appear, at least, civil? so i suppose we'll have to wait and see, but again i shan't be losing much sleep. do you think it is effective or important in politics? does civility get things done? it does, it definitely does, and there has to be an amount of cross—party working. it was vastly more important in the time of a hung parliament, and it had much more power in the time of a hung parliament in order to get things done — and i don't mean about the substantive, the brexit issue, i mean about all the other things parliamentarians are working on, whether they get talked about or not. but

i'll letjacob rees—mogg clear this one up.ld be called the union flag. and it is used by people who are more pedantic than they are wise. at two — mps celebrated international women's day, but anne mclaughlin got a bit confused about who was sitting in the speaker's chair. mister — i mean, madam deputy speaker. i'm the second woman to call you mr speaker. and at one — how would you prepare for a tough negotiation? britain's chief brexit negotiator david frost enjoys a patriotic fry—up. bacon, eggs, beans, and mmm, brexit! faye kidd. finally, let's return to the subject of coronavirus and one very eminent doctor in the lords was troubled by social interaction. it seems to me that simply not shaking hands is only part of the problem. social kissing seems to be something that we should not be doing. it's very easy to do that. somebody‘s tried to kiss me twice today, and i don't mean... laughter. ..and i don't mean in the way that my wife, who might be listening to this debate, is concerned. the minister lord bethell had this to s

jacob rees—mogg there, and that's it for me for now.night at 11pm for our round up of the week in the week in parliament. but for now, for me, alysia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. we had a mix of weather across the uk on thursday. gartner was northern areas that had the best for the day's sunshine. this is how things worked out in the highlands of scotla nd things worked out in the highlands of scotland further south again, we had this pesky slow—moving weather front across england and wales, bringing different weather conditions. low cloud, drizzle, mist and in the south of wales, only temperatures of five degrees, quite chilly for some of us as well. 0ver the next few hours, that front going nowhere fast. again it's going to be cloudy, some mist untilfog patches and drizzle forming quite widely. it's the cloud that keeps temperatures up, five or six degrees and the south was further north with various guys, the frost is going to be more extensive, the lowest temperatures in scotland could get all the way down to —64 minus seven cels

jacob rees mogg.e same time tomorrow for a review of the whole week in parliament. but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. good morning. parts of south—east england had over an inch and a half of rain on thursday. now that area of rain on thursday. now that area of low pressure is bringing heavy rain, hailforce gusts of of low pressure is bringing heavy rain, hail force gusts of winds across the near continent, also bringing significant snowfall over the alps as well. but behind it, clear skies, lighter the alps as well. but behind it, clearskies, lighterwinds. the alps as well. but behind it, clear skies, lighter winds. so the alps as well. but behind it, clearskies, lighterwinds. so it means for us the chilly start to our friday morning, with many places offering around or just friday morning, with many places offering around orjust below freezing. the exception of the far south—east, singing onto some cloud, and maybe into northern ireland. here we could see some showers from the word go. elsewh

people have pointed out that at pmst he was close to a priti patel and jacob rees mogg.or is not being tested because he doesn't have symptoms. he is not self isolating because they kept a strict two metre distance. of course, that photo of them shows how important it is for them to follow their own advice. if senior members of the government come down with this and are unable to work, that has huge implications for the country. from downing street, we are hearing that there are other people in the prime minister's office who have self isolated. presumably in response to the news that the prime minister is a victim of the virus. let's talk about him and his health. he is 55, in good health. he says his symptoms are mild. i don't want to speculate on his personal health. while a lot of the victims have been older, with pre—existing conditions, sometimes people with no conditions are struck down. i'm nota people with no conditions are struck down. i'm not a doctor and i haven't seen his medical reports, so i can't comment. 0n downing street, it is good that his staff are s

you can see there those inside the abbey, the prime minister‘s fiancee, jacob rees—mogg, the home secretaryceremony and formality but it will have a lighter, more modern mood also. this really is it in terms of harry and meghan and the royalfamily terms of harry and meghan and the royal family and royal duty. terms of harry and meghan and the royalfamily and royal duty. we terms of harry and meghan and the royal family and royal duty. we are seeing some royal cars arriving. we would expect the wessex ‘s would be first to arrive. we are expecting the earl and countess of wessex to be the first to arrive outside westminster abbey. yes, print ad with their just getting westminster abbey. yes, print ad with theirjust getting out of the car with his wife sophie countess of wessex. both of whom had visited a number of commonwealth countries in recent yea rs number of commonwealth countries in recent years and done an awful lot of work around how than education in commonwealth countries. they are the first of the royal visitors. they will go into the abbey observing scottish dances, they will be t

the leader of the commons, jacob rees—mogg, has said "iranian authorities have denied the outbreak ofenough?” think the british government needs to be really clear, you know, as a top priority for all the british iranians being held unfairly in the prison that they get tested and they are proven to be safe. it needs to bea are proven to be safe. it needs to be a top priority of the embassy every day until it happens stop richard, thank you so much. they hope she gets tested and treated soon. thank you. -- i hope. more than 83,000 people have been infected globally, with cases in at least 50 countries. dr margaret harris is from the world health organization, which has raised its risk assessment of the virus to the top level of "very high". she joins us from geneva. thank you for talking to us on bbc brea kfast. thank you for talking to us on bbc breakfast. if i could pick up on the point, i don't know how much of the previous interview heard with nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's husband, she is in a jail in iran, how difficult and how concerned is the world health organization about how ho