Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, the Health Secretary held a very innovative press conference that was completely online. On Monday, I and many other Members held a very good meeting with the immigration Minister via Skype. Can there not be a reassurance that Ministers will undertake to hold briefings over telephone calls or online for Members—it does not have to be a sitting of Parliament—so that we can ask those questions directly, because often one gets a better or more nuanced response in person than through written correspondence? It would help resolve some of the issues if Members had access to Ministers directly after an announcement in that kind of mode.
Financial and Social Emergency Support Package
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Lloyd Russell-Moyle
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 March 2020.
It occurred during Opposition day on Financial and Social Emergency Support Package.
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