QUESTION Time returns tonight, this time airing from West Bromwich with coronavirus and the Budget expected to take centre stage.
This week will see a member each from the SNP, Labour and the Tories, as well as Iceland's director and a public health expert.
It's great to see that, for the second week running, the BBC has brought in health experts. Last week a doctor was part of the panel. It seems like the outbreak of coronavirus has driven demand for expert opinion from scientists.
Here's who's on the panel in tonight's episode:
On our Question Time panel tonight. @SteveBarclay, @LouHaigh, @PeteWishart, @icelandrichard and Prof John Ashton. Join us from West Bromwich at 10:35pm. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/yVQV8OeeUj
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) March 12, 2020
Pete Wishart MP
SNP MP Pete Wishart will be representing the SNP tonight as the party's shadow leader of the House of Commons. He is also the chair of the Scottish affairs select committee. Wishart is the longest-serving SNP MP but for those who don't keep up with politics, you may know him as the former keyboard player for legendary Scots band Runrig.
Steve Barclay
Joining Wishart will be Tory MP Steve Barclay, the chief secretary to the treasury and a former Brexit secretary under Theresa May and Boris Johnson. He has recently been pressed by SNP's Kate Forbes to ensure Tory Budget promises are stuck to.
Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh is a Labour MP and the shadow policing minister. She has been MP for Sheffield Heeley since 2015 and used to volunteer for the Metropolitan Police. She has largely voted against the measures to leave the EU.
Richard Walker
Sharing his name with the editor of the Sunday National, Richard Walker is the managing director of the supermarket chain Iceland Foods. He previously called for a second Brexit referendum.
Professor John Ashton
Professor Ashton is a professor of medicine. He is the former director of public health and former professor of public health at Southampton University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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