'It’s about this crucial two weeks'
Tougher Covid restrictions could be imposed in Parliament if cases keep rising during a ‘very crucial two weeks’.
New measures include the cancellation of non-parliamentary business activity, such as tours and banqueting activity at the Palace of Westminster. Last week, Jacob Rees-Mogg defended not wearing a face mask by arguing regular testing shows he is not ‘spewing Covid’ in the chamber. Sir Lindsay urged MPs to follow the tightened measures, telling the Commons: ‘If we can get through these two weeks, I believe we are then through to next year.‘But it’s about this crucial two weeks, as numbers have been rising on both sides of the House and within staff, and unusually the transmission has been on the estate and that’s why it’s a greater worry than we’ve had before.
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