Tory backbenchers will stage a rebellion next week against the Prime Minister’s plans to introduce emergency laws to help fight coronavirus. The Prime Minister’s proposals could be in place for more than two years but David Davis, the former Brexit secretary, will table an amendment calling for the legislation to expire after one. The government hoped to find a cross-party agreement so that it could pass through the House of Commons early next week without a formal vote, reported The Times. Concerns have been raised by the Police Federation, which represents rank and file police officers, that patients suffering from an illness could be treated like criminals. Mr Davis told The Times: ‘There is nobody who can scrutinise a 300-pageb ill in one day.

Source: Daily Mail March 21, 2020 00:55 UTC