Hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. Coming up anger at new advice in areas where covid cases are growing. Can he understand how insulting it is to have new restrictions imposed upon us, Local Lockdowns By Stealth, by The Back Door . A minister dismisses claims of confusion. What we are asking people to do in those affected areas is to be cautious, be careful. Also in this Programme Labour accuses ministers of letting down rape victims. No more pilots, nol more consultations what we need is action we need a plan. And a new familiar face in the House Of Lords. I, john lord sentamu, do swear by Almighty God. But first, Downing Street has denied that the government is imposing Local Lockdowns By Stealth amid concerns about the spread of the so called indian coronavirus variant. The denialfollows the emergence of Government Advice urging people not to travel into and out of areas hardest hit by the new variant unless absolutely necessary. The advice was published online last week wi
now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, as borisjohnson sets out his plan to reopen england slowly easing lockdown between now and the end ofjune. a wretched year will give way to a spring and a summer that will be very different and incomparably better than the picture we see around us today. labour says this has to be the last shutdown and welcomes the data driven approach. i m glad the prime minister spoke today of caution, of this being irreversible, of assessing the data and following the evidence. those are the right guiding principles. the education secretary announces that teachers will grade exams in england this summer. young people will be ablel to look forward to the next stage of their lives with confidence. . but labour thinks he could have acted sooner. i can t help wondering why he only trusts teachers when there s a chance to make them responsible for what happens with exams, rather than his department. and the lo
farfrom over. but he when he became president was far from over. but he also rejected reports that he would be forming a new political party. now on bbc news, it s the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament as borisjohnson sets out his plan to reopen england slowly easing lockdown between now and the end ofjune. a wretched year will give way to a spring and a summer that will be very different and incomparably better than the picture we see around us today. labour says this has to be the last shutdown and welcomes the data driven approach. i m glad the prime minister spoke today of caution, of this being irreversible, of assessing the data and following the evidence. those are the right guiding principles. the education secretary announces that teachers will grade exams in england this summer. young people will be ablel to look forward to the next stage of their lives with confidence. . but labour thinks he could have acted sooner. i can t help wonder