Up to the Commons, leaving early to meet many members of the Weymouth & Portland Chamber of Commerce. They'd come up to enjoy a tour of the Palace and then to have a chat with me. We'd booked Westminster Hall for that, but found it packed with schoolchildren having a packed lunch. Due to time pressure, and the fact the Dorset team had left at 0600, I had to ask the class to leave. Fortunately, the MP hosting them was present and quite understood the situation. The Chamber and I had a chatty 90 minutes, which was most enjoyable. Afterwards, we headed to the steps in Westminster Hall for the photo. Monday is always a busy day as we catch up with correspondence over the weekend. Later at 1500 I went to Room R in PCH to meet some Ukrainian MPs. This fascinating meeting went on for c90 minutes, too, with me chairing it by the end as MPs had to leave to other events. There were three ladies and one gentleman and all spoke movingly and were well informed. One lady told us how the Russians had killed her husband in a missile strike, leaving their two young children without a father. It was a sobering moment and brought home the real consequences of the appalling war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, a heavy police presence in cities in China had calmed the protests against Covid restrictions, which erupted over the weekend. And we all know how the police over there behave! Law enforcement authorities in six different countries joined forces to take down a “super cartel" of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe, according to the European Union crime agency. And 50 migrants who have arrived in the UK this year have been diagnosed with diphtheria, the immigration minister revealed, with the vast majority being reported in the last two months. Finally, in an interesting move, professional footballers in Scotland are facing a ban from heading the ball the day before and after matches.