We’re wrapping up this liveblog for today, so I’ll end with this summary. Have a good evening and thanks for reading. Boris Johnson for the first time committed to an “independent inquiry” into the coronavirus pandemic. The prime minister said it was not right to devote “huge amounts of official time” to an inquiry when the UK was “in the middle” of a pandemic. However, in response to a question from the acting Lib Dem leader Ed Davey, he said there would “certainly” be in inquiry “in the future”. Johnson indicated that he had not read a government-commissioned report setting out urgent measures needed to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus, telling the Commons only that he was “aware” of it. Johnson was questioned at length by Keir Starmer about the study by 37 senior doctors and scientists, published this week, and the need for an effective test-and-trace system to mitigate any new outbreak. The prime minister claimed the government’s test-and-trace system was “as good as or better than anywhere else in the world” – a claim Downing Street later failed to substantiate with evidence. The claim was made during a testy PMQs in which Johnson accused Starmer of “knocking the confidence” of the British people. A further 85 people in the UK have died of coronavirus in the latest 24-hour period, according to government figures. It takes the official death toll to 45,053, although the true figure is much higher when including excess deaths. Kemi Badenoch, the equalities minister, has said she was “deeply unhappy” with the much-criticised Public Health England report last month that failed to explain the reasons why people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds were disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, described as “frankly ridiculous” the government’s insistence that face coverings do not need to be worn in takeaway shops – after Michael Gove was photographed leaving a Pret a Manger without wearing one on the day the government announced that face coverings would be mandatory in England’s shops from 24 July. Khan urged people to wear a face covering in all shops and takeaways: Stormont’s health minister, Robin Swann, will recommend to the Northern Ireland executive that the wearing of face coverings in shops in the region becomes mandatory. Swann said “everything possible must be done” to encourage the wearing of face coverings in shops and other indoor spaces. Chris Grayling, the former minister who is no stranger to career mishaps, has failed in his bid to become chairman of parliament’s intelligence and security committee. He had been widely expected to be elected to the post. Pubs in Ireland that do not serve food are set to remain closed until 10 August. Currently only bars that provide a substantial meal are allowed to sell alcohol.