Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Poor taste as the Business Committee tries to scrutinise Sharma

Our politicians seem determined, as they appear by videolink, to look like so many captives, held against their will in attics and basements.

Calls for care home equipment must be heard. But they mustn’t be allowed to panic residents and loved ones.

Sending PPE to residences around the country must be done as soon as possible. Calling people “lambs to the slaughter” does not help, though.

Dominic Walsh: What a customs union does and doesn’t do – and how it compares to the backstop.

Precisely because it would be a rather unnecessary addition to the current deal, it is hard to argue that the proposal would be a disaster for Brexit.

Naked flesh does not stop the Brexit debate

The protesters were at length evicted from the Public Gallery, but no one really seemed to be in charge.

Indicative Votes. Bercow selects four motions. All back either a Softer Brexit, a second referendum – or No Brexit at all.

That’s variously for a customs union; for a custom arrangement plus the Single Market; for a second referendum, and for staying in the EU.

Peter Thompson: The inconsistencies, contortions and self-contradictions of the case for votes at 16

On what basis would they then be prevented from appearing in pornography? Should they then not be tried as adults and sent to adult prisons? And so on.

Nicky Morgan: Conservatives helped to deliver votes for women. Now we should provide votes at 16.

By accepting that 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland could vote on their future during the Scottish referendum, we undermined the case for not extending the franchise further.