Back to the Commons, with on-going coverage of the coronavirus topping the airwaves. The Prime Minister hosted a COBRA meeting, to ensure we deal with this threat as coherently as possible. Mr Johnson, who's recently announced that his girlfriend, Carrie, is pregnant and that they are to marry, told the BBC that he felt the virus would spread throughout the UK, but that the NHS was well prepared. Meanwhile, my friend and colleague Home Secretary Priti Patel is accused of bullying her staff. Her top official, Sir Philip Rutnam, has resigned and intends to take the Government to a Tribunal for constructive dismissal. So it was no surprise that the first Urgent Question (UQ) of the afternoon was on this very topic. It was asked by Corbyn, who stated he was surprised the PM was not answering. Instead, Michael Gove dealt with it, and dealt with it well. The bleatings of the Left were predictable, as was Corbyn's accusation that we were the Party of bullies. By this point, I'd had enough of Corbyn, and when called to ask a question said the bullies were on his side of the House and there's plenty of evidence to support that. The next UQ was on Heathrow expansion and again I managed to catch the Speaker's eye. On this occasion, I voiced my concern at the Government's silence over the recent court ruling that threatens the airport's third runway. Only recently, when the judiciary interfered with Brexit there was outrage, but when they stop a vital infrastructure project there's silence. I fear the Government's lack of action will encourage environmentalists to challenge every large project, claiming that they don't sit with our pledge to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050. We voted 4:1 in the House for the third runway to go ahead, so it must. The third UQ asked the Government what it was doing for British citizens who risk catching the coronavirus in prisons overseas. Clearly, this drew attention to Radcliffe, jailed by the Iranians for allegedly spying, which is ridiculous. There are reports slowly emerging from Iran that the coronavirus has really caught hold there. Finally, Liz Truss made a Statement on a UK-US trade deal. After the Second Reading of the Medicines & Medical Devices Bill, we came to a Motion on HS2. where a revolt was expected. The debate only lasted an hour, with MPs on both sides of the argument putting their case. The Motion's remit was very narrow and frequently the Deputy Speaker had to stop colleagues from referring to their own constituencies and demands. The vote when it came at about 2140 was a muffled affair from the No side, their cries being drowned out by the Ayes. Subsequently, the Speaker, who was at this time back in the Chair, did not call a Division, so the first likely revolt of this parliament died a death. I have to day that personally I have always been against HS2, but with the Government committed to going ahead, and with a big majority, a protest vote is pointless. We heard that it might now cost a staggering £230 billion! Still, with more votes to come, that revolt might emerge further down the line, as it were. Finally, all the committee nominees were duly posted officially in the Chamber, with the SNP making a fuss over the make-up of the Scottish Affairs Committee. A long day.