How MPs joined kilometre-long queue in a vote to end virtual parliament
How MPs joined kilometre-long queue in a vote to end virtual parliament

MPs formed a socially-distanced queue across the entire parliamentary estate and voted in favour of discontinuing the virtual parliament, in place to reduce transmission of Covid-19 during the pandemic.

The government lobbied to restart a physical parliament as soon as possible, labelling the virtual version as too restrictive, despite the Equality and Human Rights Commission condemning the plan for excluding older MPs or those with disabilities or illnesses and many MPs criticising it for excluding colleagues who were shielding.