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| No 10 implicitly criticises Geoffrey Cox; MPs to get new vote on Owen Paterson report – as it happened | |
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| Latest updates: PM’s spokesperson says serving constituents should be an MP’s ‘primary’ role and confirms second vote on Paterson lobbying | Latest updates: PM’s spokesperson says serving constituents should be an MP’s ‘primary’ role and confirms second vote on Paterson lobbying |
| Boris Johnson rejects the idea of a blanket ban on lucrative second jobs for MPs but believes they must be “visible” to their constituents, No 10 has said. This amounts to implicit criticism of Sir Geoffrey Cox, the Conservative MP and former attorney general who it emerged was voting remotely during lockdown while in the Caribbean doing legal work for the the British Virgin Islands, a tax haven. Labour demanded an inquiry, saying his work was inappropriate because he was helping the BVI respond to a corruption investigation initiated by the UK government. (See 1.13pm.) | |
| Downing Street has announced MPs will get a second chance to approve the standards committee report saying Owen Paterson broke Commons rules. (See 12.27pm and 4pm.) | |
| All 1.4 million NHS staff in England will have to be vaccinated against Covid by next spring if they want to keep their jobs, Sajid Javid has told MPs. | |
| Anna Soubry, a former Conservative minister has accused the government of blacklisting dissenters in contests for senior public jobs after claiming she was overlooked for high-profile roles at Ofcom and the Charity Commission. | |
| Ireland has begun making contingency plans for a possible trade war between the EU and the UK in the event that Boris Johnson walks away from the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol. | |
| The UK has recorded 262 new Covid deaths, the government has revealed in its daily coronavirus dashboard update. This is the third highest daily figure for reported deaths since the second wave peak at the start of the year, only passed by the figures for 26 October (263) and 2 November (293). | |
| But the dashboard also shows that cases are on a downward trend, with 33,117 new cases recorded, and the weekly total for new cases down 14.8% on the previous week. Deaths tend to lag behind cases by three or more weeks, and the dashboard figures suggest that, after a recent increase, deaths may be starting to plateau. Week on week, they are now only up by 2.6%. | |
| Boris Johnson will travel to the Cop26 climate change summit in Glasgow tomorrow, Downing Street has announced. A No 10 spokesperson said: | Boris Johnson will travel to the Cop26 climate change summit in Glasgow tomorrow, Downing Street has announced. A No 10 spokesperson said: |
| The Economist’s Matthew Holehouse thinks it is a mistake for Labour to be attacking Sir Geoffrey Cox on the basis of the clients he is working for, as Anneliese Dodds has done in her letter to the PM today. (See 1.13pm.) | The Economist’s Matthew Holehouse thinks it is a mistake for Labour to be attacking Sir Geoffrey Cox on the basis of the clients he is working for, as Anneliese Dodds has done in her letter to the PM today. (See 1.13pm.) |
| Tom Newton Dunn from Times Radio thinks government whips are starting to brief against the PM. | Tom Newton Dunn from Times Radio thinks government whips are starting to brief against the PM. |
| Chris Bryant, the chair of the Commons standards committee, has released the text of a letter he has received from Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the Commons, with the wording of the motions that MPs will vote on next week approving the committee’s report into Owen Paterson. No 10 announced the vote was coming at lobby. (See 12.27pm.) | Chris Bryant, the chair of the Commons standards committee, has released the text of a letter he has received from Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the Commons, with the wording of the motions that MPs will vote on next week approving the committee’s report into Owen Paterson. No 10 announced the vote was coming at lobby. (See 12.27pm.) |
| Angela Rayner, who as Labour’s deputy leader shadows Dominic Raab in his capacity as deputy PM, has written an open letter to Raab complaining about his claim this morning that Geoffrey Cox’s work in the British Virgin Islands was “quite important” because it was useful for parliament to have some knowledge of what is happening in the overseas territories. (See 9.40am.) She said: | Angela Rayner, who as Labour’s deputy leader shadows Dominic Raab in his capacity as deputy PM, has written an open letter to Raab complaining about his claim this morning that Geoffrey Cox’s work in the British Virgin Islands was “quite important” because it was useful for parliament to have some knowledge of what is happening in the overseas territories. (See 9.40am.) She said: |
| In his point of order Chris Bryant also referred to the No 10 announcement that there would be a second vote next week on the standards committee report saying Owen Paterson broke the rules on lobbying. (See 12.27pm.) He asked the deputy speaker Nigel Evans if he had any more information about when that vote might take place. Mark Harper, the Tory former chief whip, said it was wrong for the announcement about next week’s vote to have been announced to the lobby, not to MPs in the chamber. | In his point of order Chris Bryant also referred to the No 10 announcement that there would be a second vote next week on the standards committee report saying Owen Paterson broke the rules on lobbying. (See 12.27pm.) He asked the deputy speaker Nigel Evans if he had any more information about when that vote might take place. Mark Harper, the Tory former chief whip, said it was wrong for the announcement about next week’s vote to have been announced to the lobby, not to MPs in the chamber. |
| Evans said he agreed it was “not really appropriate” for the announcement about this vote to have been made outside parliament. He also said it was “a shame” that the new vote was not announced earlier. | Evans said he agreed it was “not really appropriate” for the announcement about this vote to have been made outside parliament. He also said it was “a shame” that the new vote was not announced earlier. |
| In the Commons Chris Bryant, the chair of the Commons standards committee, has just announced that his committee has appointed a senior judicial figure to advise it on whether its procedures could be improved. | In the Commons Chris Bryant, the chair of the Commons standards committee, has just announced that his committee has appointed a senior judicial figure to advise it on whether its procedures could be improved. |
| This is a concession to those MPs, particularly Owen Paterson’s allies, who argued that Paterson did not get a fair hearing from the committee because its procedures were flawed. Their main complaints were that Paterson did not get a right of appeal, and that some of his witnesses were not heard by the committee. | This is a concession to those MPs, particularly Owen Paterson’s allies, who argued that Paterson did not get a fair hearing from the committee because its procedures were flawed. Their main complaints were that Paterson did not get a right of appeal, and that some of his witnesses were not heard by the committee. |
| Bryant has argued that these complaints were unfounded, because Paterson did effectively get a right of appeal and because the views of his witnesses were fully taken into account. But he has accepted that some aspects of how the system works could be reformed. His committee is currently concluding an inquiry covering this very topic. | Bryant has argued that these complaints were unfounded, because Paterson did effectively get a right of appeal and because the views of his witnesses were fully taken into account. But he has accepted that some aspects of how the system works could be reformed. His committee is currently concluding an inquiry covering this very topic. |
| Raising a point of order, Bryant told MPs: | Raising a point of order, Bryant told MPs: |
| Here is my colleague Denis Campbell’s story about Javid’s announcement. | Here is my colleague Denis Campbell’s story about Javid’s announcement. |
| Tim Loughton (Con) asks Javid what his assessment is of the proportion of the 103,000 unvacinated staff who are exempt. | Tim Loughton (Con) asks Javid what his assessment is of the proportion of the 103,000 unvacinated staff who are exempt. |
| Javid says the impact statement will give more details. With care home staff, the announcement of a mandatory vaccination policy led to the number of staff getting vaccinated increased “dramatically”, he says. | Javid says the impact statement will give more details. With care home staff, the announcement of a mandatory vaccination policy led to the number of staff getting vaccinated increased “dramatically”, he says. |
| Mark Harper (Con) asks if the government will publish a plan explaining what will be done to deal with the vacancies created by this policy before MPs vote on it. | Mark Harper (Con) asks if the government will publish a plan explaining what will be done to deal with the vacancies created by this policy before MPs vote on it. |
| Javid says an impact statement will be published today. And the government will publish more details of its workforce planning later. | Javid says an impact statement will be published today. And the government will publish more details of its workforce planning later. |
| Clive Efford (Lab) asks if Javid will follow a suggestion from the royal colleges and the unions that FFP face masks should be compulsory for health workers. | Clive Efford (Lab) asks if Javid will follow a suggestion from the royal colleges and the unions that FFP face masks should be compulsory for health workers. |
| Javid says this is being kept under review. | Javid says this is being kept under review. |
| Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative former health secretary, welcomed the policy. And Matt Hancock, Javid’s immediate predecessor, has just told MPs that he was in favour too. He said he backed making flu vaccines compulsory too, and he said he was glad Javid has not ruled that out. | Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative former health secretary, welcomed the policy. And Matt Hancock, Javid’s immediate predecessor, has just told MPs that he was in favour too. He said he backed making flu vaccines compulsory too, and he said he was glad Javid has not ruled that out. |
| In response, Javid paid tribute to Hancock for laying the foundations for the successful vaccination programme. | In response, Javid paid tribute to Hancock for laying the foundations for the successful vaccination programme. |