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Hello and welcome to Tuesday in Parliament,

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our look at the best of the day

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in the Commons and the Lords.

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Controversy as the Governor of the Bank of England says

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the European Union has added to the dynamism

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It is speculative and beneath the dignity of the Bank of England to be

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making speculative comments. I am not going to let that stand.

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Pleas in the Lords for action against those who dazzle

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Does the Minister not agree that anything as dangerous as that is

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something that should not be available for sale?

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And, on International Women's Day, how have women politicians made

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At the moment, democracy fails if people cannot hear their voices in

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Parliament. It is an absolute failure and do women make a

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difference? Absolutely, they do. But first, "Comments beneath

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the dignity "of the bank". That was how the Euro-sceptic Tory

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backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg described remarks about

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the European Union made by the Governor of the Bank

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of England, Mark Carney. Before he came to a session

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of the Commons Treasury Committee, Mr Carney had written a letter

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to committee members, saying Britain's membership

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of the EU has reinforced He believed the British economy had

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grown through its More global banks, more

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internationally active banks, are headquartered in London than in any

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other European country. All other European countries combined. That is

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partly because of the cluster of expertise that is here, but also in

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many cases, and I have had numerous conversations with CEOs who have

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firmness, that is because of the ability of this economy can in terms

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of the activity and being in London... It's the last and it's

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quick. It comes to the heart of it. This is what I think is giving your

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reputation and the Bank of England harm. You are coming out with

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standard statement of the pro-EU group. We have consistently... The

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statements you make about the dynamism of the economy could just

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as well referred to the reforms introduced by Margaret thatcher. It

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is speculative and beneath the dignity of the Bank of England to be

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making speculative comments. I am not going to make that stand. Let's

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take this example. I will give a response. Trade growth between the

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UK and the rest of Europe, that is for so-called gravity models. The

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weight of trade with your nearest neighbours. And as trade growing

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more than one would expect, given the proximity of papers? This is

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other people for macro work of gravity. What we are seeing is

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detailed in the report. The verve and growth of the UK trade, with the

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rest of Europe, arguably, not conclusively, because of the single

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market is greater than one would think. We are going to move on. You

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may get a chance at the end of the session. It is arguably. And the

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Bank of England should not be arguing that way. I will just make

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one last point. Very reasonable. You are going to make it quickly,

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because we have been on the subject much longer than we thought. The

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language we have used and in the latter is careful. It's not

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conclusive, it is arguable. It is likely. There are these long pauses

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between each word, which... There are these long pauses, which to

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strike me, actually, as the efforts of somebody who might easily have

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made a career as a bomb disposal expert. But I am hoping we can move

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things on a bit faster. Several newspapers have suggested that the

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Mayor of London joining the Leave campaign affected the value of

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Stirling. How credible do you think it is to suggest that? Well, I would

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say this. The combination of having the agreement and, therefore, a date

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for the referendum, and the tangible evidence of a campaign in favour of

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leave, with credible politicians as part of that, not represented on

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this committee, concentrating the winds. The collection concentrates

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the mind is on this issue. Some had anticipated, and I know that seems a

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bit odd, that sometimes financial markets ignore an issue until there

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are focal point for the makeable tangible, but this is what happens.

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Time and time again. A way to tackle the danger of lasers

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dazzling airline pilots is being worked on urgently

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by the Government, it was disclosed

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in the House of Lords. British pilots have called

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for lasers to be classed as "offensive weapons"

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after a number of incidents. In February, a Virgin Atlantic

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flight to New York had to turn round and return to Heathrow

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because the co-pilot felt unwell after a laser beam was

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shone at the cockpit. Air traffic control were told

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there was a "medical issue" with one of the pilots after the laser hit

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the flight soon after take-off. And, this month, the crew

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of an American fighter jet were "disorientated" when a laser

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was directed at the plane as it When a Labour pier asked

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a question about lasers, The government is organising a plan

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to tackle these issues to ensure the safety of consumers and aircraft,

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including the consideration of legislative options. Some people

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have been sentenced recently under existing legislation for the missed

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use of lasers in relation to aircraft. And wonder if she could

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tell us what it is about these lasers that makes them a legitimate

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and legal item to be available for sale? Does the Minister not agree

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that anything that is as dangerous as that, that could bring down

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aircraft, is something that should not be available for sale, either in

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the hands of idiots or in the hands of people with malice, who are

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terrorists? I agree with the noble lord. There are of course many

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legitimate uses in the professional field, research, construction and

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consumer products. But our primary concern, as is his, is with laser

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pointers, where we agree that the need for powerful lasers is

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questionable and we will take that into account and looking at a

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legislative option. Is not the problem that the lasers are illegal

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for sale in this country? They are powerful ones. So the problem is

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they are bought on the Internet. They are illegal for certain this

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country. Should we not look at ways of making them illegal to buy?

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Technology does of course exist to counter laser dazzle and has been in

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use with the military for some time. I saw a report that Airbus was

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examining the use of protective film on its windscreens last year. Can

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she update the house on whether this technology has got to? We are also

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looking at this technology for exactly the reason the noble lord

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suggests. The possibility of putting film on aircraft is being progressed

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by a number of operators. I am surprised that the discussion so far

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has been limited to aircraft. Is the problem not one that also affects

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trains and cars etc, so it needs wider Scope. It is only a matter of

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time before somebody dies. The problem is that the government

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reacted very positively when the select committee made its report.

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There is an action plan and nothing has happened. Whilst nothing is

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happening, we can be sure that everything is happening in the other

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countries that are manufacturing drones. Can I ask the Minister to

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try and get some effort into this, because otherwise we will be in a

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sad situation. I always like a challenge and I will certainly take

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that challenge back. And it is important in these areas to work

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with the EU and globally because there are now no boundaries and

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safety has to go beyond UK. The Government has been

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challenged over a decision by the security company G4S

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to sell its Children's Services business, including the contract

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to manage two secure units, one at the centre

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of abuse allegations. The centres are at Oakhill

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in Buckinghamshire, G4S sacked five members

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of staff at Medway, G4S sacked five members

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of staff at Medway, following a

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BBC Panorama investigation. That move comes as a review of

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youth justice services in England and Wales

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is being carried out by a former head teacher,

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Charlie Taylor. We know that many of the young

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people in secure training centres have serious mental health problems.

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And they require specialist support. This is certainly the case in

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Medway. We understand that cheap or less has decided to end a contract

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there and that another training centre. I was surprised to learn

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that they are able to sell their contacts to other private companies.

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-- G4S has decided. They have an appalling record. Isn't the fact

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they are allowed to sell their contracts rewarding their failure?

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Absolutely not. It is our responsibility to ensure that

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children are kept in circumstances which are decent and enable them to

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have the opportunity to reintegrate. It is at the result of youth Justice

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board monitoring and the work of my improvement board and as a result of

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the wider work that Charlie Taylor has taken forward who we are

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monitoring very carefully the health and welfare of children in all of

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our secure training centres. And it will be the case that my department

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will have the ability to scrutinise any organisation that takes over the

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running of the centres, in order to make sure children are safe. I asked

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how many find they had received since 2010 and how many times they

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had breached their contracts. I have yet to receive a letter. I have

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asked to written questions and still nothing. It beggars belief that this

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information isn't immediately available to ministers on a contract

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of this size. There is a question about what internal row is going on

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within the Department about this information. I can only apologise.

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She has been perverse and it is an important issue. -- she has been

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persistent. G4S say they want to remove themselves from the

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administration of secure training centres for young people. But it is

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important that they are accountable for how public money is spent on

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double make sure every flight comes to her as soon as possible.

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Mr Gove was also tackled over the mental health problems suffered

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by youngsters and adults in the justice system.

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Then he consider making mental health and substance nip --

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misuse... He makes a acute point. Up to 70% of prisoners are, according

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to academic research, likely to have had a mental health problem often

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related to drink or drug abuse. So doing everything possible to make

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sure appropriate therapy and rehabilitation therapy is in all our

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interests. I have been promised one for my

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birthday in June. As my right honourable friend says that is a

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serious subject and substance abuse is even more serious. Is he aware

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that drones are being used to smuggle in drugs and mobile phones

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into prisons? If he is aware, what can we do to stop it? Can I first of

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all say that the fact my honourable friend has a birthday in June, we

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are looking forward to two significant anniversaries in that

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month to celebrate. On the point, he makes a very important intervention

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because even though instances are still rear, there is a real danger

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that drones can be used to smuggle contraband into prisons. Mobile

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phones can be used in criminal activity, drugs that can be used in

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prison in the most unfortunate ways. We have introduced new legislation

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to land a drawn in prison. You're watching our daily round-up

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in the Commons and the Lords. Should you have to know

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about first aid if you're Now, the House of

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Commons is 29% women, For campaigners for female

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representation, that ratio's a big But in the Lords, the suggestion

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was made that the Commons should aim The exchanges were part

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of Parliament's marking International Women's Day

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is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the achievements

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of women in the UK. We now have more female MPs

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than ever before and more women However, we are not complacent,

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which is why we are taking steps women, from all backgrounds,

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to consider politics or public life as potential careers,

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including setting a clear aspiration that 50% of new public

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appointments should go to women. I agree with her, progress has been

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made but it is all very, We need to accelerate

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the participation of women Would the Minister agree with me

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that having a gender balance in all our institutions

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would be using the best of all the talents this

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country has to offer? To achieve that aim,

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would she join with me in signing up to the UN theme for

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International Women's Day, which is Pledge For

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Parity 50:50 by 2030? And certainly increasing women's

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political participation is extremely important and helps create

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female role models. I was struck by her comment

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in the debate last night, that in 2003 Wales became a world

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leader as the first democratically elected institution

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to have 50% women members. I think we all want to

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follow that example. Does the noble Minister agree

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with comments made this morning by the Employment Minister Priti

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Patel, that women who want to leave suffragettes would not have wanted

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to leave the top table of the EU where they are involved in making

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laws, like rights for part-time workers and maternity leave

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which benefited women I thank the noble lady

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for her question. I think I am not going to speak

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for the suffragettes It is extremely important

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that women have a voice. Often they are the voice

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of rationality. The Commons was also debating

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International Women's Day. The workplace, whether

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it is in parliament, the city or other institutions

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was designed by men for men and has not changed fast enough to retain

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women, not only in day-to-day positions but in

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positions of leadership. I remember the turn

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of the century asking the clerk to the Defence Select

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Committee what a difference having women on that

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committee for the first time made. I was not sure what

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the answer would be. Of course it has made

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a difference, Fiona! He said, we just used to talk

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about how big bombs were and now we talk about the

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families of people. I just know that what would make me

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brave is knowing that my Women do bring something

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additional to Parliament. More women of every

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party standing up for We need more women reporting

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on national and local politics. We need more women shaping policies

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in think tanks and universities. Women dominate the lowest

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paid apprenticeships, making up 83% of health

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and social care apprentiships Meanwhile, men dominate

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the highest paid Only 3% of engineering

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and 2% of construction and 10% of IT

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apprentiships are women. I do wonder what this world might

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look like if more women were at the top table,

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heading up campaigns in the EU A better place for us

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all, I would suggest. We are all on social media

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and all of us female parliamentarians

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must've been trolled at some point. Imagine the response if we women

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who are targeted by misogynist trolls all supported

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each other to shout Let's challenge Facebook and Twitter

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to support women to get online In 2015 a women was

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murdered in the UK Women murdered by men

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that they should have been able Women are murdered by their

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partners, husbands and boyfriends. Also, in some cases,

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by their fathers, sons and brothers. We wish to give voice to honour

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the women who have died. I stand to honour every victim

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and fight to end violence Two women die at the hands

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of domestic abuse each week On average, a women will

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be assaulted 35 times The cost to the UK economy

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is estimated to be ?15.7 Today we need to celebrate

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achievements of women, to pause and reflect on those areas

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where statistics like that show As a former teacher,

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I would urge that we encourage all girls and women

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to take risks, to be As always, we are only

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limited by our imagination. Marian Allsop, the first female

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conductor at the Last Night of the Proms said,

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she was quite shocked, it could be

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2013 and there are Mr Speaker, let's hope by this next

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year a women's place at the highest Delays in getting autism diagnosed

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in a child means they're often 'locked out' from the services that

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would help them to cope That was the view of the Labour MP

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Jo Cox, who led a Westminster Hall She told MPs the waits

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were often extremely lengthy. Many thousands of people

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with children up and down the country are waiting

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for too long for a For children on average the current

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rate is now over 3.5 years. It is a particular concern that

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children are having to wait so long Not only does this place tremendous

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strain on their whole family, it also means many children are not

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receiving the early intervention which could have a big impact

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on their formative years. In many cases, children

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are being locked out of services She spoke about the experience

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of a man called Chris. After presenting himself

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to GPs were 20 years. Finally deciding to go private,

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without the diagnosis and an understanding

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of his needs and support, he experienced mental

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health conditions for most including depression, anxiety,

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OCD and mild Tourette's. He was hospitalised

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when he was 15 and later We now know the value and importance

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of early and fast diagnosis and yet our system continues

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to fail so many children. We are all agreed on a timely

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diagnosis of autism. Although it can be complex

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and involve a number of different professionals and agencies,

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it is clear that that for some To help standardise and improve

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the care and management of autism, particularly around diagnosis,

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and to enable health and social care services to support people

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with autism more effectively, for Health Care Excellence has

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produced 3 clinical guidelines They suggested there should

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be a maximum of three months between a referral

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and a first appointment and the NHS Local areas will continue to be

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asked to assess their progress First Aid is always a good area

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to have knowledge of, but does it need to be a requirement

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of drivers on the road? Will Quince has brought in a Bill

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under Parliament's 10-minute rule that would make four hours

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of First Aid training a compulsory part of the process to obtain

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a UK driving licence. Such an innovation, said Mr Quince,

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had the potential to save hundreds Through no fault of their own,

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many people do not feel confident first age in crash and

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accident situations. A survey for St John Ambulance found

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59% of people would not feel At the scene of an accident,

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24% would do nothing until an ambulance

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arrived or someone who Since 2016 in Germany

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there is a single first aid course for applicants of all

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categories of driving license. In the Czech Republic,

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learners must take obligatory This includes four 45

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minute first aid lessons. Other countries that require first

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aid lessons for a driving licence include Austria, Slovenia,

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Hungary and the Baltic states. Will Quince won the right

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to take his Bill forward. Without Government support, it's

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very unlikely to ever become law. Do join me for our next daily

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round-up. Until then, from me

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Keith Macdougall, goodbye.

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