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and you can ask him anything, anything at all. Mr. Meg, good morning.

Good to see you, James. Welcome. Welcome to our newfangled high-tech Westminster Studio.

It's great to be back in Westminster, yeah. I have to warn you that the last senior politician to be in here was forced into self-isolation shortly after concluding his interview with Ferrari earlier this week,

so I'm hoping that that hasn't set a fashion or started a trend.

We need to begin, before we go to the phones, with this curious contradiction of claims

that's coming from central government, Dido Harding yesterday, expressing the belief that

nobody could see this massive upt tick in requirements for tests coming.

And Matt Hancock this morning suggesting that you can get a test if you want one everywhere in the country.

Where do you stand on either of those two claims?

I think all of us could see an increase in demand for testing as autumn approaches.

A number of things were happening. Schools returning in September.

Greater socialisation, people go into bars and restaurants, but people returning from holidays.

But also, we saw what happened in Scotland. Scotland had their schools returning a couple of weeks before us,

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