Matt Hancock, the health secretary, has indicated that more areas of England could be subject to the strictest tier 3 restrictions. In a statement to MPs he said further discussions are planned this week with south Yorkshire, west Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, the north-east and Teesside about moving them into tier 3, the very high alert level. But talks with Greater Manchester about moving it into tier 3 remain deadlocked. (See 5.35pm.) Hancock told MPs the situation was perilous. He said: Weekly deaths in Europe have increased by 33% and here in the UK deaths have tragically doubled in the last 12 days. The situation remains perilous. During a long statement many MPs complained to Hancock about the performance of NHS Test and Trace. Sir Bernard Jenkin, the Conservative chair of the liaison committee, told Hancock: One of the reasons why public confidence is in somewhat decline in the government’s strategy is because we have yet to see the transformation of the leadership of test and trace about which I have discussed with him many times. Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser, has told a committee of MPs and peers that it is “unlikely” that a coronavirus vaccine will stop the disease completely. Speaking to the joint national security strategy committee, Vallance said: I think it is unlikely that we will end up with a truly sterilising vaccine that completely stops infection. It is likely that this disease will circulate and be pandemic. My assessment - and I think that’s the view of many people - is that’s the likely outcome. Clearly as management becomes better, as you get vaccination that will decrease the chance of infection and the severity of the disease - or whatever the protocols of the vaccines are - this then starts to look more like annual flu than anything else and that may be the direction we end up going in. A temporary national lockdown will be imposed in Wales, the Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has announced. In a report Welsh government advisers say this measure could save almost 1,000 lives by Christmas. (See 5.31pm. Tourism businesses in Wales are spending Monday cancelling customers’ holidays after the first minister Mark Drakeford announced a two-week national lockdown designed to be a “short, sharp shock to the virus to slow down its spread”. The UK has recorded 851 deaths over the past week - up 68% on the previous week, the latest daily figures show. (See 4.36pm.) About a third more deaths in England are occurring at home than before the Covid-19 pandemic, data has revealed, with the majority down to causes other than the coronavirus. Downing Street has said a procedural concession by the EU does not go far enough to justify restarting the UK-EU trade talks. (See 5.43pm.) The archbishop of Canterbury has led criticism of the internal market bill in the House of Lords during its second reading debate. Referring to the way the legislation would allow the government to break international law, by ignoring pledges made in the Brexit withdrawal agreement, Justin Welby said: In the Church of England, we are all too clearly aware of the shame that comes with failing morally. Let’s not make the same mistake at national level. This House exists to amend and improve legislation, not to derail it, and that must be our urgent aim now. Michael Howard, the former Tory leader and Brexiter, also criticised the bill. He quoted Margaret Thatcher, who said: “Britain does not break treaties. It would be bad for Britain. Bad for relations with the rest of the world and bad for any future treaty on trade.” That said it all, Howard told peers. He went on: I want the United Kingdom to be an independent and sovereign state. But I want it to be an independent sovereign state that holds its head up high in the world, that keeps its word, that upholds the rule of law, that honours its treaty obligations. I want it to be an independent sovereign state that is a beacon unto the nations. I do not want it to be an independent sovereign state that chooses, as one of the first assertions of that sovereignty, to break its word, to break the law and to renege on a treaty it signed barely a year ago. That’s all from me for tonight. But our coverage continues on our coronavirus live blog. It’s here.