Gary asks his first Parliamentary Question using Zoom

This afternoon, Gary Streeter used the new Parliamentary Questions system to ask the Health Secretary an Oral Question from his front room.

Parliament has agreed to developing a way for MPs to participate in Parliamentary business from their constituencies to ensure social distancing be maintained in Westminster. 

Gary's question today focused on when routine, elective surgery can begin to happen in hospitals again to ensure we don't get too large a backlog.

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