Why are MPs wearing a wheat sheaf on their lapels?

It is for event organised by National Farmers’ Union for England and Wales

Labour leader Keir Starmer is among the MPs sporting sheafs of wheat on their lapels in the Commons at PMQs.

Despite eliciting memories of Theresa May’s naughtiest admissions, the decorations were in fact in aid of Back British Farming Day, which falls on 13 Septeber this year.

Organised by the National Farmers’ Union for England and Wales (NFU), the event is aimed at celebrating the British farming sector and to encourage politicians to ensure it is prioritised during future trade deals.

Prime minister Rishi Sunak did not wear a sheaf.

During PMQS Sir Keir Starmer asked the Prime Minister why the terrorist suspect who escaped from prison was not held in a Category A prison.

Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, the Labour leader said: “I pay tribute to the police who tracked down the escaped terror suspect from Wandsworth prison last week.

“Despite being charged with terrorism, and despite being a flight risk, he was not held in a Category A prison. Why not?”

Rishi Sunak replied: “I’d like to thank the police and their partners for their efforts to find and arrest Daniel Khalife. There is now an ongoing legal process that must be allowed to take its course.

“I’d like to reassure the public that while these cases are extremely rare, the Justice Secretary has launched an internal investigation about how this could happen as well as an independent investigation of the incident so that we can learn the lessons from this case and make sure that it never happens again.”