RESIDENTS were given the opportunity to quiz leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg on Tuesday evening.

The online event over Zoom was organised by Warrington South MP Andy Carter.

During the question and answer session, Mr Rees-Mogg took a range of questions on topics such as Covid-19, climate change, the BBC and Brexit.

He predicted the economy would grow ‘quite strongly’ in 2021 and thanked Warrington South residents for electing a ‘brilliant’ MP.

He said: “Andy has made a fantastic impression in his first year, he is a very helpful questioner at business questions to me but he’s a real parliamentarian taking on serious duties and serious select committee duties making a real contribution in the house.”

Mr Rees-Mogg said Brexit will make politicians more accountable, explaining that previously politicians were able to blame bureaucrats in Brussels.

He said: “Whenever the Government does something or Parliament passes a law you can hold people like me and Andy to account.

“We will have agreed to it and there will be no higher authority saying we have to do something else.”

Mr Rees-Mogg paid tribute to those who had made a vaccine possible and he said that the vaccine will ‘allow us to get back to normal’ before revealing that his mum is one of the half a million people who have already been vaccinated against Covid.

When asked if he preferred a night out or a night in watching Netflix, he said that he prefers a night out and explained that his kids rarely watch live TV because they prefer YouTube.