Conservative MPs in the UK have pressed the government to announce its plans for a general re-opening of schools, as the country’s third national lockdown continues amid the ongoing CCP virus pandemic. Tory MP Robert Halfon, chair of the Commons Education Committee, wrote on Twitter on Monday that he has contacted the speaker of the House of Commons asking for permission to put an Urgent Question to Parliament on a plan for the return. He said his request to table the question was triggered by “media speculation” that schools will no longer re-open after the February half term, as had been earlier posited by the government. “Over the weekend in the newspapers it was indicated that the schools now wouldn’t open until Easter,” Halfon told the BBC’s Breakfast programme. “That’s why I’m urging clarity for parents, children, teachers, and support staff as to what the government plans are,” he said. Halfon said …