MPs will continue to follow the two-metre social distancing rule in the House of Commons - despite the PM's 'one-metre plus' measure coming into force in England from 4 July
But he sat on the committee that has decided to keep rules as they are for MPs. His office said:"Jacob's priority has always been that the commission follows the latest health advice as they did today.
"A Labour source said:"It's back to the drawing board for Boris Johnson's plan to get a mob behind him at Prime Minister's Questions."A decision on whether peers should follow the same approach or change to a minimum of one metre will be made later this week.
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