Sarah Vine - the wife of Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove - tells @LBC the idea people can be fined up to £3,200 is "bonkers".
"£100 is plenty. It doesn't need to be £3,200. It just sounds a bit mad, draconian, police state, doesn't it?"
"£100 is plenty. It doesn't need to be £3,200. It just sounds a bit mad, draconian, police state, doesn't it?"
She adds: "I already have to remember my keys, my phone, my tablets, my everything and now I have also got to remember my face mask.
"It's another thing that I am in danger of getting wrong in life."
"It's another thing that I am in danger of getting wrong in life."
On A-Levels, the Daily Mail columnist says it is has "not been a good week. It's this sort of 'computer says no thing'.
"The messaging has been very confused and chaotic.
"I personally think we should cut the kids some slack."
"The messaging has been very confused and chaotic.
"I personally think we should cut the kids some slack."
Vine: "I'd have placed more trust in teachers. By and I large they know what children are capable of and most of them don't exaggerate.
"What Nicola (Sturgeon) did was disingenuous. It's nice and handy to have a load of first time voters. It's opportunistic politically."
"What Nicola (Sturgeon) did was disingenuous. It's nice and handy to have a load of first time voters. It's opportunistic politically."