Protestors from South East Cornwall are among those who have been arrested for gluing themselves to the entrance to the Houses of Parliament earlier today.

The Extinction Rebellion (XR) members aimed to prevent MPs from entering Parliament for Prime Ministers Questions. An XR supporter in South East Cornwall said: “The group of Cornish people at Black Rod gate are deeply concerned that investment in the post Covid recovery, which could have helped us to change course and avoid the worst climate and ecological outcomes, is being used to prop up the very industries and projects which are making things worse.”

Klaudia van Gool, from XR SE Cornwall, was there to support others at the Houses of Parliament this morning but not directly involved. She said: "Five people from South East Cornwall were there this morning and three managed to glue themselves to things and were then arrested.

"The aim was to try and intercept Boris Johnson on his way to Prime Ministers Questions to draw attention to the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill - it was tabled last week and has now been postponed for another six months.

"You can’t just say, we’ll talk about it in another few months, this is an emergency. It’s Question Time, but you’re not actually asking the right questions. We want to know what the Government is doing about the climate emergency. It is failing on its own targets on addressing climate change."

Extinction Rebellion is holding two weeks of actions in London and all over the country to highlight what it sees as key elements of the fight to address the climate crisis.

Later during PMQs, prime Minister Boris Johnson described the protestors as “crusty, left-wing anarchists”.

Among people from South East Cornwall who have been involved in campaigning over the last two weeks are students, GPs and medical consultants, scientists, horticulturalists and others of various backgrounds and descriptions.

In London, Klaudia said the atmosphere had been friendly most of the time: when member Ele Waters was arrested earlier, the police officer had had a friendly conversation with her and she had been "her usual calm, serene self".

"It gets a bit intimidating when they bring in a lot of police," she said, "but the police were not aggressive in any way."