SIR – The Government is right to exhort people to return to their place of work (report, September 3). We all need to learn to live with the virus, and manage the risks, so we can get the economy back on its feet. Parliament must therefore lead by example, but it is failing to do so.
We are in the absurd situation where ministers, speaking in near empty debating chambers, are telling people it is safe to go back to work.
All necessary steps must be taken to ensure that we have a return to “business as usual” in both the Houses as fast as possible. Failure to do so risks people, understandably, asking why they should heed the Government’s exhortation to return to work if MPs and peers appear unwilling to do so.
Lee Anderson MP (Con)
Rt Hon David Davis MP (Con)
Baroness Meyer (Con)
Rt Hon Lord Lamont (Con)
Tom Tugendhat MP (Con)
Richard Drax (Con)
Steve Baker MP (Con)
Aaron Bell MP (Con)
Sir Graham Brady MP (Con)
Lord Bridges of Headley (Con)
Lord Cavendish of Furness (Con)
Lord Dobbs (Con)
Simon Fell MP (Con)
Rt Hon Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)
James Gray MP (Con)
Jonathan Gullis MP (Con)
Rt Hon Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)
Antony Higginbotham MP (Con)
Rt Hon Lord Hill of Oareford (Con)
Lord Howard of Rising (Con)
Tom Hunt MP (Con)
Mark Jenkinson MP (Con)
Imran Ahmad Khan MP (Con)
Rt Hon Lord Lilley (Con)
Lord Mancroft (Con)
Lord Marland (Con)
Karl McCartney MP (Con)
Gagan Mohindra MP (Con)
Robbie Moore MP (Con)
Kieran Mullan MP (Con)
Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con)
Baroness Noakes (Con)
Viscount Ridley (Con)
Rt Hon Lord Robathan (Con)
Dean Russell MP (Con)
Lord Shinkwin (Con)
Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde (Con)
Sir Robert Syms MP (Con)
Rt Hon Lord Trefgarne (Con)
Viscount Trenchard (Con)
Matt Vickers MP (Con)
Christian Wakeford MP (Con)
Bill Wiggin MP (Con)
William Wragg MP (Con)
Jacob Young MP (Con)
Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)