It's 'back-to-work' day, with the Government reiterating its message that, if you cannot do the job from home, go to work. About time, too. The Chancellor reinforced the obvious by saying that it is "very likely" the UK is in a "significant recession", with figures showing the economy contracting at the fastest pace since the financial crisis. The economy shrank by 2 per cent in the first three months of 2020 as coronavirus forced the country into lock-down. Rishi Sunak told the BBC that just "a few days of impact from the virus" in March pushed the economy into decline. We need to get back to work, and fast. I held a conference call with my parliamentary team first thing. They are doing a first-class job as inquiries and worries pour in. At 1130, I dialled into a conference call with council CEO Matt Prosser and John Vickers, the MD of an innovative and exciting company called Blue Abyss. In short, it provides facilities for training in space, but under water. I think I'll leave it at that for the moment. You can look them up on Google if you want to learn more. The call went on for some time, so I missed PMQs, where the Labour leader attacked on the care home issue. The Agriculture Bill went through its Second and Third reading, passing with a healthy majority. Simon Hoare and Neil Parish had put down two amendments, where they argued the case for maintaining equal standards in future trade deals. At 1600, I took part in a fascinating conference call organised by Sir John Redwood, my incredibly able friend and colleague, who was seeking our opinions before meeting with the Chancellor. The call was confidential, but you can imagine that the points raised were wide-ranging. We then had our first real virtual votes; four of them, to be exact. Each vote takes 15 minutes, so it was a lengthy process. Madam Deputy Speaker told us that some colleagues had voted the wrong way by a mistake. There was not much she could do about that, she said! Getting children back to school, which is vital if we are to move forward, is proving harder than expected, with an alliance of teachers' unions claiming they won't have adequate safety measures and the move needs to be halted. Gavin Williamson warned the House against "scaremongering" over safety. The point is that social distancing is simply not possible to maintain for every second of every day and there will be times when people will be next to each other and we've just go to accept that. The alternative is lock-down until a vaccine is found and we'll be ruined by then!