As the weather continues to improve and spring takes hold, the situation we all face becomes more and more surreal. Some are saying it's akin to a disaster movie and we all just long for the credits to roll and this pandemic to end. The Government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, gave rise to some hope when he said the UK "could be moving in the right direction." He added that we might be seeing the curve flattening, although it appears likely there will not be a loosening of the lock-down, at least not yet. Foreign Secretary told the nation that the PM will recover and that he was in "good spirits" and was breathing without assistance. And the 750,000 people who volunteered to support the NHS in England are being told what they can do to help. It was a remarkable and heart-warming response to try and take some of the pressure off those working in the NHS. In the afternoon, we held another on-line meeting of the Defence Select Committee. I am actually getting the hang of this technology now and joined the session really quite easily. We took evidence from Professor John Louth, an independent analyst and author, and Paul Hough, a respected UK and European defence consultant. Both men are advisers on the procurement and prosperity inquiry. We had two 30 minute sessions with each man, both of which were illuminating. Some colleagues were still having problems getting on-line and Heaven knows how we are going to run a virtual parliament, which is being mooted. At 1800, I joined another conference call to the police and PCC. Again this was most helpful and informative. Certainly, we are hearing that local people in places like Lulworth and Swanage are getting tired of visitors breaking the Government's guidelines about travel. The police are aware of this.