Another week of COVID-19 and all its associated difficulties. It would appear that we are at last beginning to get to grips with this virus and the difficulty now for the Government is how does it break free from this lock-down without seeing a resurgence. Following the PM's announcement last night, Mr Johnson made a further Statement in the House today in addition to publishing a 50-page document which expands on the plan to emerge from lock-down. I have put the link to this document on my website for you to read should you wish to. The document includes the provision that people in England should now aim to wear face coverings on public transport and in some shops. Mr Johnson told Parliament the "roadmap" for lifting the lock-down would enable the country to "control" the disease if people continued to follow the rules. He said the public should exercise "good, solid, British common sense" in adapting their lives to the next phase of the coronavirus response. My morning began with a conference call with my parliamentary team, after which I had another with a small team of Conservative colleagues, who meet in private weekly to chew the cud. It was helpful to hear what other colleagues were thinking, especially after the negative responses to the PM's announcement. At 1430, I was connected to the Chamber for my virtual appearance for FCO Questions. One of the problems of this system is that the question one initially submits days ago has been answered by the time the minister has to respond. Anyway, my supplementary asked why the Government was adopting a 14-day quarantine policy to those entering the UK now after weeks of lock-down and would it apply to the Channel Tunnel and ports. My question and the response the Foreign Secretary gave is on my website. By the end of the day, we learnt that the government has extended plans to impose a 14-day quarantine on people flying into the UK to other means of transport. But there's no date yet for when that will start. Passengers arriving from France and the Republic of Ireland will be exempt. I had also submitted a request to speak both during the PM's Statement and the COVID debate that followed. I was unsuccessful at both and this is proving incredibly frustrating. Like all my colleagues, I am doing the very best I can for constituents by phone, email and even Whatsapp! We chase ministers seeking replies and clarification and most are good at getting back. At 1730, and unable to take part in the COVID debate, I dialled into the weekly Dorset police conference call. The focus of our hour was how to deal with the expected thousands of visitors to our attractive coastline and beaches at the weekend now that people could drive to both, so long as it was only for the day and that they respect social distancing. I think we are holding our breath and hoping that the numbers are manageable as there's nothing to do, with shops, pubs and attractions all closed. Education, or the future of it, is on everyone's mind and today we learnt that there is an "ambition" for all primary school children in England to spend a month back at school before the summer holidays. But, to ensure social distancing, there will be class sizes of no more than 15 pupils, staggered break times and frequent hand-washing. Not unexpectedly, and unhelpfully, the National Education Union rejected the re-opening plans as "reckless". Getting children back to school is a top priority, in my view, and total protection for teachers is going to be impossible to guarantee 100 per cent until a vaccine is found. But that could take many more months and children must be educated. It would also allow many parents to go back to work, which the Government is now urging those who cannot work from home to do.