(Alliance News) - MPs are expected to vote on the government's new Covid-19 tier restrictions in England on Tuesday.
During Business questions, Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg told MPs there will be a "motion to approve regulations related to public health" tabled on Tuesday's order paper.
In a tweet, former Conservative chief whip Mark Harper wrote: "In order for MPs to vote responsibly on these new severe restrictions, we must have the cost-benefit analysis and data for each, setting out the impact on reducing spread of Covid and the impact on non-Covid health and the economy."
Rees-Mogg later confirmed the Commons will not be updated on the latest progress in EU talks until "there is something to say".
He added: "I can reassure the House that statements will come when there is something to say, but it isn't beneficial for the House to have statements until that time."
Rees-Mogg also said there are no plans for the Commons to sit on Christmas Day or Boxing Day to ratify a potential UK-EU trade deal.
Conservative MP Nigel Mills asked whether there are plans for the House to sit between Christmas and New Year to vote on any Brexit deal, as the European Parliament has indicated it will.
Rees-Mogg replied: "The House last sat on Christmas Day, I understand, in 1658, and it is not the intention of the government or indeed my right honourable friend the chief whip (Mark Spencer) to ask us to sit on Christmas Day or indeed the feast of St Stephen this year.
"I will give updates on government business and plans and recesses in the normal way but at the moment have no further information to give."
source: PA
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