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Johnson says the Department for Education has been working with the Department for Transport on ensuring children can use buses to return to school in the autumn.
And PMQs is now over. Snap verdict coming up soon.
Johnson says he does think there are issues with the way the DBS criminal record check scheme works. He agrees to look at this.
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