here was robert buckland, thejustice secretary, on brea kfast buckland, thejustice secretary, on breakfastre you come into close contact with people, you want to give them the confidence that you are doing everything you can to prevent inadvertent transmission of this disease. is it unfair to say robert buckland is all over the shop about which shops it would wear a face mask in which ones he wouldn't wear a face mask? well, maybe it's a little unfair, but it gets to the essence, doesn't it, about what the advice in england currently is? beyond public transport where you have to wear one, everywhere else it is guidance, up to us to employ our ownjudgment. now is guidance, up to us to employ our own judgment. now part of that is inevitable because part of the unlocking process involves handing back more powers to us to make a decision, but there are others who say, look, in england there should be the clarity there is in scotland and elsewhere in the uk as well and that these things should become mandatory in shops too. it is not going to happen? we don't yet know. chris, thank you very muc

this morning, we have thejustice secretary robert buckland asking should facemasks be mandatory underatory, perhaps. confused dot—com. so, i think the bottom line is this. ministers are trying to work out basically they wa nt to trying to work out basically they want to get us back to work, they wa nt want to get us back to work, they want people going into city centres. do making facemasks compulsory help oi’ do making facemasks compulsory help or hinder that? there are two conflicting views. the view around borisjohnson conflicting views. the view around boris johnson appears to conflicting views. the view around borisjohnson appears to be if you area borisjohnson appears to be if you are a facemask we will feel protected, safer, people are taking responsibility and therefore will be more relaxed about returning to city centres going into work and out and about. the counter is that if we all have to wear facemasks we will all think covid, very, very frightening, my goodness me, i'm not going to bother. basically they don't know how we will react to legally being forced to wear facem

justice minister robert buckland said efforts to clear the backlog could extend into next year.ing overall for the court system, saying its own analysis suggests the government spends only 39 pence per person each year on average onjustice in england and wales. eu leaders have extended their summit in brussels after failing to reach an agreement on a plan to spend 750 billion euros to revive their economies following the coronavirus crisis. the german chancellor angela merkel said it wasn't clear that a solution would be found today, because as she put it there was "a lot of good will but also many positions". our europe correspondent gavin lee explained what the main sticking points were. it is a political rubik's cube at the moment. it matters because, with a50 million people across europe, a continent which is going into deep recession, some economies shrinking by about 11%. in spain, overall, about 8% this year. the decisions in the building behind me over the past 48 hours is going to affect the future of the economic recovery. the big issue is part of the recovery fund, 75

robert buckland in this very seat. saying they should be mandatory perhaps, definitely maybe.street is confirming yes, they will become compulsory by the tail end of next week. a little bit of delay is that the law can be changed. and the police can enforce this with fine of up to £100, £50 if you this with fine of up to £100, £50 if y°u pay this with fine of up to £100, £50 if you pay it straightaway. the hope it will be a bit like on public transport, people are willing to comply rather than be forced to comply rather than be forced to comply but it's worth pointing out there is a different picture around there is a different picture around the uk, as we been reporting, it's mandatory to wear them in shops, in scotland. in wales, a more liberal regime, it's not compulsory on public transport until a week on monday so a different picture elsewhere around the uk. lots of places in europe saying absolutely have to wear a face covering and all of this, is a report by scientists out this morning warns about a potential significant uptick in cases of coronavirus next winter when i

regarding the wearing of masks in enclosed spaces, like shops, in england — thejustice secretary robert bucklandre is a need to make them mandatory. that contrasts with what michael gove said on monday, but he prefer to test your good sense. matt hancock says officials are dealing with more than 100 local outbreaks every week and are taking targeted action. his comments come after 73 cases of covid—19 were confirmed at a vegetable farm in herefordshire. around 200 workers have been totally self—isolate on the premises. the local council believes the outbreak is contained now and there's a further easing of lockdown today in england you go to beauty salons, nail bars, spas and tattooists. in scotla nd nail bars, spas and tattooists. in scotland you're allowed back at shopping centres as long as are covering your face, and shopping centres as long as are covering yourface, and pubs, bars and cafe is in wales and start serving customers outdoors. 0n the mixed messages regarding the masks like shops in england, thejustice secretary robert buckhurst said there is a need to make the monetary perhaps.