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Union condemns 'dangerous and impractical' plans to end virtual parliament
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas speaking via video link during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons

PROSPECT hit out yesterday at “dangerous and impractical” plans to cancel online sessions and bring MPs back to Westminster as early as next month.

The union for parliamentary staff argued that the current system established during the coronavirus outbreak is working well and that the government should follow its own advice to “work from home if you can.”

Virtual debates and electronic voting have been organised to enable MPs and staff to work from home, but Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said last week that MPs could not “hide away” while others return to their workplaces.

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