Commons day starts with Wales questions
PM Boris Johnson faces questions from Labour's Jeremy Corbyn
Statement on coronavirus from Matt Hancock
Environment Bill to be debated later
Lords look at bill on NHS funding
Debate continues on the Environment Bill, with plenty of maiden speeches from new MPs.
Remember, you can find a record of every word spoken in Parliament in Hansard, external, where the day's proceedings are written up.
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Now Environment Secretary George Eustice is opening the debate on the second reading of the Environment Bill.
This bill aims to improve air and water quality, tackle plastic pollution, restore wildlife, and protect the climate.
You can read more about the bill from our environment analyst Roger Harrabin here.
The SNP's Chris Stephen's has just proposed a ten minute rule bill - the Workers (Definition and Rights) Bill.
He aims to establish a legal definition of employment, which will cover zero-hours contracts and agency workers, and help prevent abuses.
"It is now time to refine the definition of worker... and provide greater protection from day one of employment," he tells the Commons.
Reality Check
Image source, PA MediaBoris Johnson said at PMQs: "99% of all the solar panels installed in this country have happened under this Conservative government".
If you count "this Conservative government" as starting with the coalition with the Liberal Democrats in 2010 then he's right, according to BEIS statistics., external
If you measure from 2015, more than 60% of capacity had already been installed by then.
If you look at data, external from the International Energy Agency, it turns out that about 96% of the world's solar generating capacity has been installed since 2010.
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DUP MP Ian Paisley welcomes the "level-headed clarion certainty" the health secretary has given people, but asks for more.
He says many of his North Antrim constituents will be following the rugby game due to take place between Italy and Ireland this weekend.
"[Some say] the game should be stopped, but the Department of Health has taken a more level-headed approach," says Mr Paisley.
"However, the IRFU [Irish Rugby team] don't seem to know what to do.
"Can the minister give clear and clarion advice?"
Mr Hancock confirms he will ask the UK's chief medical officer to speak to their counterpart in the Republic of Ireland "to make sure very best clinical advice is given, rather than me giving it from the despatch box."
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Tory MP Ben Everitt praises the response to coronavirus in his constituency of Milton Keynes North, which housed some of those who needed to be quarantined when returning from China.
He also claims the UK has been "the best prepared... in the world" when dealing with the outbreak.
Mr Hancock praises the town, before pointing approvingly to the press for its "very responsible" coverage of "what is a very big story".
He adds: "We have, of course, detailed operational plans for dealing with this, including if it gets much worse.
"But part of the plan is about the behaviour that people undertake, and how people respond in this House and in this country.
"So far, we have seen an exemplary response and I very much hope that continues."
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Mr Hancock says "overreaction has its costs too" - economically and socially.
"We have to react in a way that is proportional," he says.
"Our primary goal is to keep the public safe."
So for example, he says, schools should stay open, otherwise that would have an impact on children's education.
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Mr Hancock is asked about flu vaccinations to ease pressures on services that may have to deal with coronavirus.
The health secretary says the vaccination rate "was at a record level this year".
He says people can also follow general advice including washing hands.
Image source, PA MediaBritons who were on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship were repatriated last week
Tests for the virus are being expanded to include people displaying flu-like symptoms at 11 hospitals and 100 GP surgeries across the UK.
Up to now, people were tested only if they displayed symptoms having recently returned from one of the countries where there has been an outbreak.
The Foreign Office has also updated its travel advice, warning against all but essential travel to 11 quarantined towns in Italy, and advising to people to self-isolate on their return.
However Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said there were no plans to stop flights from Italy, which attracts about three million British visitors each year.
Four schools have shut completely for a week to carry out a "deep clean" after students and teachers returned from skiing trips in northern Italy over half term.
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In response to a question from former business secretary Greg Clark, Matt Hancock says the government is working with "around a dozen private companies" to bring in improved diagnostic equipment.
He says it would be better if the virus could be diagnosed at a patient's bedside instead of swabs being sent to a laboratory, as is currently the case.
The shadow chancellor says Sajid Javid's speech contained a "damning attack" on the PM's senior advisor Dominic Cummings - and points to his remarks about future decisions...
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Mr Hancock says schools in the UK "should stay open" and continue to follow advice on the gov.uk website.
Anyone experiencing symptoms, even if mild, after travelling from mainland China, Thailand, Japan, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia or Macau in the last 14 days, is advised to stay indoors and call the NHS 111 phone service.
If you have returned from the following specific areas since February 19, you should call NHS 111 and stay indoors and avoid contact with other people even if you do not have symptoms:
If you have you have returned from the following areas since February 19 and develop symptoms - even mild ones - stay indoors, avoid contact with others and call NHS 111:
The Foreign Office now advises against all but essential travel to 10 small towns in Lombardy and one in Veneto in Italy, , externalwhich have been isolated by the country's authorities.
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Labour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth says: "We want to work constructively with the government on this issue.
"We are broadly supportive of the steps he is taking."
Mr Hancock says: "This is not a political matter, this is a matter of keeping everyone safe."
He says it is not yet certain it will become a pandemic, so the plan is still to contain it.
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Mr Hancock reitrates advice the government has already issued that those returning from areas affected by coronavirus such as certain areas in Italy, should self-isolate if they have symptoms.
He says the government's approach has been guided by the chief medical officer.
He says the public can be assured they have a clear plan to “contain delay and search and mitigate” the spread of the virus.
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock updates MPs on the government's response to the spread of the coronovirus.
He says 13 people so far have been tested positive out of 7,132 - but more cases are to be expected.
He adds that the government is "taking all necessary measures" to minimise the risk to the public.
He says there is "no need" for schools to close or students to be sent home whilst test results are awaited.
He says closing schools will not be necessary "in most cases" - and says new advice is coming shortly.
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In reply, Boris Johnson says he would like to thank Mr Javid for his "immense service to this country".
He says the former chancellor has "friends and admirers on all sides of this House".
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Mr Javid finishes by paying tribute to Boris Johnson.
"I firmly believe that the PM has the tenacity, the energy and the skill to see it [their shared vision] thorough."
He says the PM "has my full confidence" and "full support to get it done".
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Image source, hocChancellor Rishi Sunak is listening to Sajid Javid, from the front bench next to the prime minister
Mr Javid says his successor Rishi Sunak is "more than capable" as chancellor.
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Sajid Javid says "checks and balances" within government are important to ensure "sensible decisions" are made.
Mr Javid resigned during a reshuffle after being asked to fire his ministerial aides.
He says it has "always been the case" that ministers can appoint their own advisors, and he saw no reason why the Treasury "should be the exception to that".
He says "no particular person" has a "monopoly of the best ideas".
He says he felt the order to fire his aides would "significantly inhibit" the flow of good advice and would not have been in the national interest.
And he makes a pun on the name of advisor Dominic Cummings, as Huffington Post's Paul Waugh points out:
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