Prescott joking with hospital staff

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David Prescott visited his father, who is being treated at University College Hospital in central London, on Wednesday morning.

He said: "I have just seen my father this morning. He has pneumonia and is in a high dependency unit.

"He has been sitting up in bed this morning laughing and joking with hospital staff."

The Deputy Prime Minister's son continued: "He would like to say a big thank you to all the doctors, staff and nurses who have provided fantastic and wonderful treatment in the NHS hospital since he came in on Saturday.

"He would also like to thank everyone for the messages of support he has received from around the world."

A spokeswoman for the Deputy Prime Minister said he had been on the phone to his wife Pauline, but that she was not expected to visit him at hospital on Wednesday.