Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con), the chair of the liaison committee, says he will support the PM because no one else has set out a viable alternative. But he urges the government to publish a white paper on test and trace, and to publish more data behind the government’s decision making.
In response to a question from David Davis (Con), Johnson says the government has been looking at the case for extending use of vitamin D and an announcement will come shortly.
Liz Saville Roberts, the Plaid Cymru leader at Westminster, says people in Wales have noticed that the government will only extend job support when jobs in the south of England are threatened. She says YesCymru, the independence movement, has gained 2,000 members in two days as a result. She thanks him for his contribution.
Stephen Metcalfe (Con) asks the PM to review the ban on outdoor sports like golf and tennis.
Johnson says the government has to break the chains of transmission.
Sammy Wilson (DUP) says we were promised a Churchillian response. But instead Johnson is more like Lord Halifax, he says. He says we should not be surrendering to the virus.
Johnson says the medical advisers are optimistic about the future.
Fay Jones (Con) criticises the Welsh government for creating artificial barriers between England and Wales.
Johnson says it is important people limit their travel.
Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, says his party will back the lockdown. But he calls for the carers’ allowance to be increased in line with the increase in universal credit.
Johnson says he will look at the idea.
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Charles Walker, a Conservative, says he will vote against the lockdown. He suggests we need a written constitution to guarantee people’s rights.
Johnson says he does not think that is necessary.
Iain Blackford, the SNP leader at Westminster, says he has repeatedly asked for the furlough scheme to be extended for Scotland.
But the government only complied when England needed it, he says.
He asks for a guarantee that the Treasury will fund a furlough scheme for Scotland whenever Scotland needs it.
Johnson says the answer is yes. The furlough scheme is a UK-wide scheme, he says. He says Blackford was talking nonsense. Furlough already applies up there, he says.
(Johnson is missing the point. The Scottish government wants an assurance that 80% furlough will apply there beyond November, if it needs a national lockdown, even if England is not in lockdown.)
Liam Fox, the former international trade secretary, suggests a new parliamentary committee should be set up to look at the case for a lockdown, to ensure the cure is not worse than the disease.
Johnson says that is a matter for the Commons. He says existing select committees have been looking at this already.
Johnson suggests criticism of test and trace leads to fewer people self-isolating
Johnson is responding to Starmer.
He says he makes no apology for trying to avoid a lockdown.
It was not wrong to support a local approach, or support test and trace. Both of those have done a “heroic job” in their way.
He says Labour should stop knocking test and trace.
People need to self-isolate more than they are doing, he says. And he implies that Labour’s criticism is hindering this.
He says the measures will end on 2 December. MPs will vote on what happens next.
He claims people want to see politicians working together.
Starmer says Labour will vote for the lockdown.
But it wants the government to use the time wisely.
He says it must fix the test and trace system.
Job support should be made at least as generous as it was in the spring.
And he asks the PM to clarify how the lockdown will end. Will it only happen when R falls below 1? Or will some areas exit lockdown first?
Starmer says Leicester has been under restrictions for 127 days already.
