How virtual Parliament might work

MPs set to vote on new arrangements including PMQs by video conferencing

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The Serjeant-at-Arms helps create the virtual tour of the Palace of Westminster in 2017
(Image credit: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

MPs are expected to approve plans for a partly virtual Parliament next week in an effort to adhere to physical distancing measures.

House of Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle has called on the government to allow a virtual Parliament so MPs can work from home when the current recess ends this week.

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