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plans MPs take part in a parliamentary business virtually has been approved by the competent authority for the management of The Commons .

The House of Commons Commission, said Ministers will be asked about Zoom for the First Time in The House of the 700-year history.

"unprecedented step" will "keep the democracy" during coronavirus-crisis, it said.

MPs will have to approve The Plan for The Next week, if you are again on 21 April.

It means that up to 120 members will be able to get involved in the process at almost any Time , while 50 could remain in The Chamber in the context of the social distancing rules.

The Commons are the authorities to mark the 2m (6 ft) to support distance MPs, if you are in The Chamber .

The House of Lords are also some non-legislative debates from the distant to the management.

This will only be transmitted, from the beginning of may, during the debate on laws, The First in The Chamber with the "expectation of limited participation".

in the sitting of The House of Commons Commission, which on Thursday included Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle , Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg, shadow leader Valerie Vaz and the SNP's Pete Wishart .

speaker, Sir Lindsay, said the chair of The Commission : "the introduction of a hybrid solution, with steps to a fully virtual Parliament , we allow the members to remain in the vicinity of their communities, while continuing their important work in the review of the government.

"I don't want members and employees to put themselves in danger.

"By working virtually, this is our contribution to the leadership to stay home, protect the NHS and save lives. "

Mr Rees-Mogg said: "These measures will make it possible for the Parliament to continue its work in the implementation of control, the approval of the expenditure, and laws - All of which are important for the control of coronavirus. "

The House of Commons Commission, said there is an expectation that fewer deputies in The Chamber , if you stopped back after the break and All of them were members of Parliament , work was practical.

If MPs approve the action, some of these will participate in the be able to, in Prime Minister 's Questions, All the pressing questions and explanations via video-link for The First two hours of each meeting day from Wednesday, 22. April.

screens are placed to enable The Commons chamber, to present the speaker and the deputies to see to be able to be your "virtual" colleagues.

The Commission said that if an MP "is mentioned, but not seen or heard has technological reasons, it should be possible for them to be called later in the process".

And, as soon as The Delivery of hybrid-method "judged satisfactory and sustainable", work, the extension of The Model to the debates on motions and laws to begin "as quickly as possible".

It is up to The House to decide on any change to a system of remote voting, The Commission said.

He added that 20 virtual sessions in the week will be held from 20 April.

The National Cyber Security Centre, advised The Commission The Public parliamentary procedures, the use of Zoom is appropriate, if the installation and use of The Service will be managed through carefully.

Before the decision, the Conservative member of Parliament Stephen Crabb , who is The Commons , " Welsh Affairs select Committee Chairman , said a transition to a "virtual" Parliament "not so important" how many members "are also used to work from home".

"We don't think necessarily that this lockdown is going to end in The Next few days or even a few weeks," he told The Bbc .

"So we do not want To Let this period elapse without the government really out of the question, in a very, very serious and difficult Issues - and this is what we need to do in the situation. "

Mr Crabb said it was "inevitable" that it is "a couple of teething challenges," if you chair a Committee meeting via video-conference.

"you still have 10 Other People in The Room , they All want to talk to you perhaps at the same Time , it is much easier to chair, when you said he physically in the same space".

He added that The Virus "forces us to reform with more urgency" in an "old-fashioned" Parliament - such as electronic voting or video conferencing.

in the Meantime, Westminster SNP leader Ian Blackford was part of a cross-party group of deputies, demanding that the Parliament be re-convened immediately and practically.

"We take seriously our responsibility to our constituents expect us to hold the government responsible," he told The Bbc .

"We should be using the technology, we should not expose ourselves to any Risk to The Public , our clients and our employees.

"Let us do the work we need to do, but we do it from a position of safety. "

MPs are currently, due to the debate on key Brexit law, when you return, and the government needs to pass the Finance Bill, the adoption of measures in the budget

Under the current rules, 40 MPs must be present in The Commons chamber, the vote for anyone, but so that the party whips could effectively act as proxies for All MPs, so that less would need to personally participate in the conference.

Such changes would, however, bring the government to the front of a movement, the members agree to would have to. Other changes to the MPs-work can be informally agreed between the speaker and the leader of the party.

members of the National Assembly for Wales held the

And the leaders of The Four opposition parties in Scotland to ask questions about coronavirus to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon , via an online session for the First Time on Thursday last week.

Source of news: bbc.com