against a number of mps and peers. the ambassador was due to attend a reception at the house of commons tomorrow. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale has more. because of covid—19, most of this is virtual. this was his opportunity for them to meets and impedes face—to—face as part of this, they invited him to a reception in the house of commons, overlooking the teams. little problem. when mps found out about this, some of them are furious and that is because our relationship between china and parliament are not great at the moment because china imposed sanctions, travel bands on five mps and two peers earlier this year in march because of criticism they had made about china's human rights record in these mps went to speakers and we do not think they should be coming to parliament. they have imposed sanctions on parliament and the speaker ruled that that would be appropriate. it will be inappropriate. the story was first