THEY SAID WHAT?

“What I am saying is that we have already got some quite robust systems in place and the principal one is the ministerial code - it is about how ministers conduct themselves based on the people they have talked to”

- Environment Secretary George Eustice as Westminster looks to understand the role former prime minister David Cameron played in securing Whitehall access for

Greensill Capital.

“We don’t need the ‘tweaks’ Eustice said they might consider today, we need to tackle Tory sleaze with a full, independent, transparent inquiry - and we need stronger measures to put integrity and honour back into heart of Government”

- Shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rachel Reeves,

below.

“Trust leaders are going as fast as they can in tackling the most urgent cancer, surgery and other cases. They are only too aware of the impact of delays. The scale of the backlog ahead is very worrying” - NHS Providers chief executive

Chris Hopson.

“Have you heard of this new vaccination for America? It’s going to keep us all alive, it’s going to keep us all safe. It’s called gun control. It’s called gun safety”

- Madonna.

“It was the most humbling feeling. Fond memories came flooding back. I had to get a picture, it was like going back in time”

- Former Brookside star Ray Quinn, who started work as a carpet fitter to keep busy during the Covid-19 pandemic and said he laid carpets in the real Brookside Close in Liverpool.