"Stop trying to blame women for men's criminality Richard," one Twitter user said.

Jacob Rees-Mogg rubbished Sajid Javid's suggestion that people should wear masks in crowded spaces.

"It’s not even winter. Help," she said.

“What could have been a great celebration of global Britain post-Brexit has now been Whitehall sanitised down into something anodyne and meaningless – it is a great opportunity missed," one Brexiteer complained.

"What's that point of having a Plan B if you refuse to use it once Plan A goes to sh*t", Ian Dunt asked.

"The economic and political shift towards neoliberalism has been about undermining democracy and moving decision making away from the hands of the average person" - Grace Blakeley.

Lib Dem MP Layla Moran, outside the chamber, said: “It is utter hypocrisy that the public are rightfully being advised to wear masks while Conservative MPs refuse to do so.”

Sajid Javid said MPs should set an example by wearing masks in the Commons - but he rarely dons one himself.

A vegan recipe finished with pumpkin seed pesto and grated macadamia nuts.