01/02/2017

:00:36. > :00:39.Hello, and welcome to the Daily Politics.

:00:40. > :00:40.Donald Trump's whirlwind of activity continues,

:00:41. > :00:43.as he announces his candidate for the Supreme Court.

:00:44. > :00:46.Meanwhile, here in London, the Home Secretary ramps up

:00:47. > :00:50.the criticism of his ban on immigrants.

:00:51. > :00:53.So is the policy really that extreme?

:00:54. > :00:55.The Commons will vote tonight on whether to allow Theresa May

:00:56. > :00:57.to trigger our departure from the EU.

:00:58. > :01:00.But with a majority of Labour MPs set to back the Government,

:01:01. > :01:08.Will Mrs May be put on the spot over Brexit, or Donald Trump's

:01:09. > :01:13.We'll bring you all the action from Prime Minister's

:01:14. > :01:20.And why is Truro joining the race to be crowned

:01:21. > :01:22.the European Capital of Culture in 2023, long after Britain

:01:23. > :01:39.What's the answer to that question? You'll find out later in the show! I

:01:40. > :01:41.shall stay tuned. All that in the next hour

:01:42. > :01:45.and a half, a tour of world events And we're joined for all of it by

:01:46. > :01:52.the Conservative MP, Andrew Percy. We're told he's the Communities

:01:53. > :01:54.Minister, responsible for parks, seaside towns, high streets and pubs

:01:55. > :01:57.- it sounds like he might Let's begin today, as we often do

:01:58. > :02:05.by talking about Donald Trump. The US President been busy

:02:06. > :02:08.as we slept in the UK, revealing his nomination for the US

:02:09. > :02:10.Supreme Court. If the man he's chosen,

:02:11. > :02:12.a Federal Appeals Court judge called Neil Gorsuch,

:02:13. > :02:16.is confirmed by the Senate, it will restore the Supreme Court's

:02:17. > :02:20.conservative majority. This matters a lot in America,

:02:21. > :02:22.because the court has the final legal word on many of the most

:02:23. > :02:25.sensitive US issues, Meanwhile, the worldwide controversy

:02:26. > :02:31.over Mr Trump's executive order banning mainly Muslim

:02:32. > :02:37.immigrants, goes on. Theresa May can expect to be

:02:38. > :02:40.questioned today over when she knew about the travel restrictions,

:02:41. > :02:46.and the wisdom of inviting the President to the UK

:02:47. > :02:49.for an early state visit. You can bet this one

:02:50. > :02:52.is going to run and run. Mr Trump is still only

:02:53. > :02:55.10 days into the job, but he's been busy with his fountain

:02:56. > :02:57.pen, issuing a flurry Donald Trump has shown he's a big

:02:58. > :03:06.fan of executive orders - instructions to the government

:03:07. > :03:09.which don't need a new law - and he marked his first day

:03:10. > :03:12.in office by signing one to restrict President Obama's

:03:13. > :03:16.healthcare reforms. Other orders have fast-tracked

:03:17. > :03:20.approval for two controversial oil pipelines and restricted

:03:21. > :03:22.environmental reviews of big President Trump also instructed

:03:23. > :03:28.the government to draw up plans for the construction of a wall along

:03:29. > :03:32.the US-Mexico border - And with his choice of nominee

:03:33. > :03:38.for the US Supreme Court, Mr Trump hopes to restore

:03:39. > :03:43.the court's conservative majority. After Theresa May became

:03:44. > :03:45.the first foreign leader to visit the new president,

:03:46. > :03:49.he talked of rebuilding the special relationship,

:03:50. > :03:50.and reaffirmed the US commitment But within hours of her departure,

:03:51. > :03:55.he signed his most controversial order yet -

:03:56. > :03:59.announcing "extreme vetting" for immigrants from seven

:04:00. > :04:02.Muslim-majority countries He also suspended the US

:04:03. > :04:09.refugee programme. Protests in cities around the world

:04:10. > :04:13.followed, including here in the UK, where a petition opposing Mr Trump's

:04:14. > :04:17.state visit has attracted more than 1.7 million

:04:18. > :04:19.signatures, and will now be Yesterday, Home Secretary Amber Rudd

:04:20. > :04:25.was asked what she thought of the changes to US immigration

:04:26. > :04:28.policy. Isil and Daesh will use any

:04:29. > :04:34.opportunity they can to make difficulties,

:04:35. > :04:37.to create the environment that they want to radicalise people,

:04:38. > :04:41.to bring them over to their side. So it is a propaganda opportunity

:04:42. > :04:44.for them, potentially. The difficulties to the UK over

:04:45. > :04:47.terrorism are not caused by people largely coming from the sort

:04:48. > :04:51.of countries that the US has named, but from people

:04:52. > :04:56.becoming radicalised here. So I would urge our efforts

:04:57. > :05:14.to continue to be on addressing That was the Home Secretary. Andrew

:05:15. > :05:17.Percy, why is a temporary travel ban on people coming from countries that

:05:18. > :05:23.Ore haven of terrorist activity, why is that a propaganda opportunity for

:05:24. > :05:27.Islamic State? I think you have seen from the reaction to the executive

:05:28. > :05:31.order, it has served as a good propaganda tool. You are right to

:05:32. > :05:35.point out, it is a temporary ban, and after three months, the

:05:36. > :05:39.president said on Facebook they will start issuing visas again. I don't

:05:40. > :05:44.think that has come across in some of the coverage. So why is it a

:05:45. > :05:49.propaganda opportunity? Downing Street said it is clear that Islamic

:05:50. > :05:58.State will twist any policy from any government to their own propaganda

:05:59. > :06:01.purposes. I think that's absolutely true. The concern around this is it

:06:02. > :06:03.is seen as pitching the West against Muslim communities and countries.

:06:04. > :06:06.That is probably where that fear comes from. Since the Government has

:06:07. > :06:10.said, almost any policy that any Western government comes out with,

:06:11. > :06:14.and by the way many governments in the Middle East as well, Islamic

:06:15. > :06:19.State will twist that to their purposes. Why pick on that from

:06:20. > :06:25.policy? That's true, there are many policies for which that can be said.

:06:26. > :06:28.From the reaction to it, it is seen as pitching Western democracies

:06:29. > :06:33.against Muslim countries. I think that's what the fear is. That may be

:06:34. > :06:38.because certain people are reporting it in ways that are inaccurate. It

:06:39. > :06:42.can hardly be a ban on Muslim countries when the five most

:06:43. > :06:47.populous Muslim countries in the world are not covered by any of the

:06:48. > :06:51.bands, temporary or permanent? That's absolutely true. Some of the

:06:52. > :07:00.reporting of it and the suggestion that it is a ban on Muslims is

:07:01. > :07:03.clearly not true. Banning certain countries for a three-month period.

:07:04. > :07:05.What I find annoying about this whole thing is the hypocrisy of it.

:07:06. > :07:08.We have people on the streets against a ban for three months, but

:07:09. > :07:11.last night the Mayor of London hosted 11th dignitaries from

:07:12. > :07:16.countries that have permanent travel bans by countries such as Israel. Is

:07:17. > :07:21.it not clear that number ten's statement saying that Islamic State

:07:22. > :07:26.will twist any government policy of any statement to their own purposes,

:07:27. > :07:31.is number ten distancing itself from the Home Secretary? I think that is

:07:32. > :07:34.probably a statement of fact. I haven't actually seen the statement

:07:35. > :07:39.in full, there is no doubt that a whole range of different policies

:07:40. > :07:50.have been twisted by IS, Daesh. This could be another example of that. It

:07:51. > :07:53.is exactly that, because this is seen, and the reason it is seen as a

:07:54. > :07:55.policy that is targeting Muslims is that in those seven countries, there

:07:56. > :07:57.is also talk of a special dispensation for those who may be

:07:58. > :08:02.religious minorities in those countries. When one of our closest

:08:03. > :08:06.allies targets Muslims in this way, bans refugees, and you have the

:08:07. > :08:09.Foreign Secretary saying, look, it wouldn't be our policy. We have a

:08:10. > :08:15.Prime Minister failing to back the Home Secretary when she is stating

:08:16. > :08:21.the bleeding obvious. This is weak. You know, I have a general point

:08:22. > :08:23.here, I think the reaction has been characterised as weak and

:08:24. > :08:28.mealy-mouthed. That's your view, but let's look at the substance. The

:08:29. > :08:33.seven countries on the temporary visas suspension list, they are all

:08:34. > :08:37.either terrorist havens or state sponsors of terrorism in themselves.

:08:38. > :08:41.They are on a list dating from President Obama in 2015, which he

:08:42. > :08:49.identified as the countries that America were at most risk from

:08:50. > :08:54.terrorist attack. What is wrong with issuing temporary bans on the use

:08:55. > :08:59.countries until you have tested if your freezer system is robust

:09:00. > :09:05.enough? I don't think the rationale stacks up. Obama did tighten up the

:09:06. > :09:10.Wiese scheme. But simply to ban all refugees in a blanket ban, when

:09:11. > :09:16.refugees. Might that's a different band. I'll come onto the refugee ban

:09:17. > :09:19.in a minute. You started answering a different question, I'm going to

:09:20. > :09:25.bring you back to the one that I asked, the ban on the seven

:09:26. > :09:29.essentially failed states, these seven countries. What is wrong,

:09:30. > :09:37.until you are sure that your entry system is robust enough, having a 90

:09:38. > :09:42.day ban? It's not for me to try and explain or defend Trump's policy,

:09:43. > :09:50.which I detest. But why the rationale is flawed is that the

:09:51. > :09:55.terrorist attacks, and the title of this executive order was protection

:09:56. > :10:00.against terrorist attacks in the US. The people who have committed the

:10:01. > :10:03.terrorist attacks in the US have overwhelmingly been US citizens or

:10:04. > :10:08.naturalised citizens. They haven't been from the seven countries. The

:10:09. > :10:14.most objectionable part of this. Might I'm afraid that's not quite

:10:15. > :10:18.true. There has been a terrorist... Ohio State have a terrorist attack

:10:19. > :10:21.from Somalia. The attack in San Bernardino involves people who had

:10:22. > :10:28.come in from outside the country. Now, what is the difference between

:10:29. > :10:32.what Mr Trump has done, and what Mr Obama did, when the FBI discovered

:10:33. > :10:36.that using the refugee process, a number of Iraqis had got in who were

:10:37. > :10:41.terrorist threats of the country? He then tightened up that, but he took

:10:42. > :10:44.six months to do it, and the number of Iraqi refugees coming did was

:10:45. > :10:49.reduced to a trickle during that time. What's the difference? First

:10:50. > :10:53.of all, the majority of those people perpetrating attacks in the US have

:10:54. > :10:56.not been from those countries. Secondly, he tightened up the

:10:57. > :11:03.process, he didn't impose a blanket ban. What is most objectionable

:11:04. > :11:07.about this is the blanket ban for 120 days on all refugees. Now, why

:11:08. > :11:13.this is internationally causing such trouble is that it breaks not just

:11:14. > :11:17.fundamental values that we try and uphold alongside the US, but the

:11:18. > :11:22.very conventions that have been in place to take refugees for more than

:11:23. > :11:25.60 years. But hold on, if you are not sure that your vetting

:11:26. > :11:30.procedures are robust enough, and if, as the case with Mr Obama had,

:11:31. > :11:33.that Iraq is had been using the refugee process to in full trade

:11:34. > :11:39.terrorists, and there were two arrested in Kentuckian -- in full

:11:40. > :11:45.trade terrorists. If you found that it is not robust enough, why would

:11:46. > :11:49.you not have a temporary ban? I agree that a lifetime ban is

:11:50. > :11:53.different, but why not a temporary ban until a man that was elected

:11:54. > :11:56.saying that he would introduce extreme vetting has a chance to

:11:57. > :12:02.check the system? What's wrong with that? What's wrong is that it

:12:03. > :12:06.breaches fundamental established decades-old conventions about how in

:12:07. > :12:09.this world we treat refugees and we don't discriminate against those who

:12:10. > :12:16.are some of the most vetted, validated, checked. Might it's

:12:17. > :12:21.temporary. He was elected on a platform of improving the vetting

:12:22. > :12:26.procedure. Why can he not take 120 days to do that? He could do it in a

:12:27. > :12:31.different way, he could do it like Obama. I fundamentally object to it.

:12:32. > :12:46.The reaction people have had, my real criticism is with team-mate...

:12:47. > :12:53.-- Theresa May. He shares platforms with... I'm looking at the substance

:12:54. > :12:58.of the ban. Hold on, hold on. I want to ask you this. What should Britain

:12:59. > :13:03.be doing? What should our British Prime Minister by doing? I'm sorry,

:13:04. > :13:06.Mr Healy, it is on the basis of the substance of the Trump policy that

:13:07. > :13:10.you want the visit to be banned and not to take place. I want to ask you

:13:11. > :13:18.this on the refugees. At the height of the barrel bombing of women and

:13:19. > :13:22.children in Syria, and of chemical weapons being used against them in

:13:23. > :13:29.Syria, how many Syrian refugees did President Obama allow in? Andrew, I

:13:30. > :13:37.have no idea. Well, I'll tell you. In 2012, 30 one. In 2013, 30 six. At

:13:38. > :13:41.the height of the obscenity... Non-Foss have a record to be proud

:13:42. > :13:46.of an Syria over the last few years. -- none of us. This is a question

:13:47. > :13:50.about what Britain and our Prime Minister should do. At least Jeremy

:13:51. > :13:54.Corbyn had the guts to stand up, like more than 1 million people

:13:55. > :13:58.signing this position, to say this is not acceptable. Let's come back

:13:59. > :14:02.to what Britain should do. I understand it is on the basis of

:14:03. > :14:06.what Mr Trump's policy is that you don't want the state visit to

:14:07. > :14:11.proceed. What is the difference between a state visit from a Chinese

:14:12. > :14:15.president, a totalitarian leader, and a state visit from the president

:14:16. > :14:20.of the United States? The talk is about postponing, not banning. In a

:14:21. > :14:24.media endorsement of an encouragement of the state visit for

:14:25. > :14:29.President Trump, it is in effect an endorsement of this worldwide ban on

:14:30. > :14:36.refugees, and a very selective ban on Muslim majority country migrants.

:14:37. > :14:41.So it should be postponed. So it's just a matter of time? Even the

:14:42. > :14:45.recent Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Office has said, look, if

:14:46. > :14:49.the state visit goes ahead on the circumstances, it's going to

:14:50. > :14:54.embarrass the Queen. Of course we should be standing up to President

:14:55. > :15:02.Trump on this. The question is, as Bowman and pressure, the proper way.

:15:03. > :15:06.-- postponement. There is barely not a dictator the Queen has not had to

:15:07. > :15:09.entertain at the bequest of the British Government. But she

:15:10. > :15:16.shouldn't have two entertain the president of our most important

:15:17. > :15:17.ally, a man who, unlike the Chinese president, was actually elected.

:15:18. > :15:27.That's your position? The reality of being a country in

:15:28. > :15:33.the modern world means we have to have good relationships. Our special

:15:34. > :15:38.relationship with the United States brings a special responsibility to

:15:39. > :15:41.be willing to speak out, which the Prime Minister hasn't done. On the

:15:42. > :15:46.state visit, the question is wholehearted endorsement at this

:15:47. > :15:51.stage is a wholehearted endorsement of what he has just announced. So

:15:52. > :15:56.the debate is about postponement. The action needs to be pressure on

:15:57. > :16:05.the president to rethink what he has just signed into law. Why the rush?

:16:06. > :16:12.Mr Obama's first state visit wasn't until after two years? The same was

:16:13. > :16:15.true of Mr Bush and Mr Reagan. Why not postponement? I find this

:16:16. > :16:19.argument a bit bizarre. Are we saying that every time we don't like

:16:20. > :16:23.the domestic policy of a particular president, we shouldn't invite them

:16:24. > :16:26.to the United Kingdom? When you invite the head of state of the

:16:27. > :16:31.United States, it is an honour to the entire country. It is about the

:16:32. > :16:35.relationship between the UK and the US, our most important relationship.

:16:36. > :16:39.Really important at the moment when we think about what the president

:16:40. > :16:44.has said on trade. I think we get into dangerous territory if we start

:16:45. > :16:47.saying because we don't like a particular domestic policy of a

:16:48. > :16:50.democratically elected leader somewhere in the world, we want

:16:51. > :16:56.invite in September but maybe he can come in November. It is ridiculous.

:16:57. > :16:58.We have run out of time. No doubt this will come up at Prime

:16:59. > :16:59.Minister's Questions. Later today, MPs will vote

:17:00. > :17:01.on legislation to allow the Prime Minister to fire

:17:02. > :17:03.the Brexit starting gun It's widely expected

:17:04. > :17:08.that the Article 50 bill will survive this first

:17:09. > :17:10.parliamentary test, with bigger challenges likely to occur later

:17:11. > :17:13.on in the Brexit process. The debate on the bill began

:17:14. > :17:16.yesterday, and it was notable that - for now at least -

:17:17. > :17:19.splits in the Conservative Party on the issue have mostly melted

:17:20. > :17:21.away, while Labour continues Here's Shadow Brexit

:17:22. > :17:36.Secretary Kier Starmer. A decision was made on the 23rd of

:17:37. > :17:41.June last year to leave the EU. Two thirds of Labour MPs represent

:17:42. > :17:45.constituencies that voted to leave. One third represent constituencies

:17:46. > :17:49.that voted to remain. This is obviously a difficult decision. I

:17:50. > :17:55.wish the result had gone the other way. I campaigned passionately for

:17:56. > :17:56.that. But as Democrats, our party has to accept the result.

:17:57. > :17:59.That was Kier Starmer talking about the number of Labour seats

:18:00. > :18:03.While the nationwide result in the referendum was fairly close,

:18:04. > :18:07.with 48% Remain and 52% Leave, Remain voters tended to be clustered

:18:08. > :18:11.in big cities and in Scotland and Northern Ireland -

:18:12. > :18:14.Leave voters were more evenly spread.

:18:15. > :18:17.This means that while a small majority of the country voted Leave,

:18:18. > :18:22.a large majority of the country's 650 parliamentary constituencies did

:18:23. > :18:24.so - that's according to work by Chris Hanratty

:18:25. > :18:28.Well, before we talk about today's Commons vote,

:18:29. > :18:31.we thought we'd test our guests knowledge of which

:18:32. > :18:38.constituencies voted to leave and which were remain.

:18:39. > :18:45.I know you have been looking forward to this. Have you got your paddles

:18:46. > :18:54.at the ready? Yes! No expense spared. Leave on one side, Remain on

:18:55. > :19:08.the other. It is like Strictly Come Dancing. Without the dancing. Or the

:19:09. > :19:16.budget! Monmouth, Leave or remain? Right, you are split. Andrew, you

:19:17. > :19:32.are right. It was 52% remain. Liverpool Walton. A Labour seat.

:19:33. > :19:38.Both wrong. The MP, Steve Rotheram, supported Remain. Liverpool

:19:39. > :19:46.Riverside was the charity Remain. Hastings and Rye. Very good. 56%

:19:47. > :19:52.Leave. Newcastle upon Tyne East. You make it sound like you had distinct

:19:53. > :20:00.knowledge. It actually is Remain. Andrew, you got that wrong. Banff

:20:01. > :20:14.and Buchan. No. It was actually Leave. 54% Leave. You all look

:20:15. > :20:20.surprised. We have picked seats that would test the knowledge. Carshalton

:20:21. > :20:28.and Wallington, Leave or Remain? No. You are wrong again. Apart from

:20:29. > :20:32.doing very badly, it was actually 56% Leave. It highlights the dilemma

:20:33. > :20:37.between MPs who are voting one way and constituencies that voted

:20:38. > :20:42.another. And particularly for your party, John Healey. It seems that

:20:43. > :20:46.Labour is in a no-win situation. The vast majority of MPs voted Remain,

:20:47. > :20:52.including yourself. The vast majority of Labour voters, two

:20:53. > :20:56.thirds, voted Remain. Now MPs are being instructed to vote to trigger

:20:57. > :20:59.Article 50 against many of their consciences. Do you have sympathy

:21:00. > :21:05.for your colleagues who are not going to vote to trigger Article 50?

:21:06. > :21:10.I do have sympathy, especially for those who are in strongly Remain

:21:11. > :21:17.seats, particularly those who have a fight on their hands as they did at

:21:18. > :21:21.the last election, to hold those seeds and sense it is their duty to

:21:22. > :21:27.speak for the constituents who elected them. But in the end, Kier

:21:28. > :21:31.Starmer said it, this is a democratic question. A national

:21:32. > :21:33.referendum. And respecting and recognising the result of the

:21:34. > :21:41.referendum and the will of the people in the referendum requires a

:21:42. > :21:45.national party to back triggering of Article 50, which is what we are

:21:46. > :21:53.doing. Even if you don't really believe it, which was clear from

:21:54. > :21:57.Kier Starmer's tone? He was speaking in sorrow, really. Of course, but

:21:58. > :22:00.this was about the result of the referendum. It is right to respect

:22:01. > :22:07.the national vote. It is to start the process. Why are so many of your

:22:08. > :22:10.colleagues not following the party line and then? If you add the

:22:11. > :22:15.leadership have put out a clear instruction to vote to trigger

:22:16. > :22:21.Article 50, why are so many of your labour colleagues voting against?

:22:22. > :22:24.Most Labour MPs this evening will vote for the short piece of

:22:25. > :22:31.legislation that triggers or allows the Prime Minister to trigger the

:22:32. > :22:36.negotiation process, Article 50. Some will votes according to their

:22:37. > :22:42.constituency voices. And some national parties will try and go

:22:43. > :22:47.against the national result, the Lib Dems and the SNP. The real question

:22:48. > :22:53.is, what happens beyond this short Bill? It is only the start of the

:22:54. > :22:59.process. That is where the amendments that Labour will be

:23:00. > :23:03.tabling, that is where the important process starts. What Britain we want

:23:04. > :23:09.before Brett -- beyond Brexit. That is where a number of key Tory

:23:10. > :23:15.Remainers will join possibly Labour in voting for a vote that Parliament

:23:16. > :23:18.could have before the very end of the negotiating process. What is

:23:19. > :23:25.wrong with that? The people who have absolutely no right to set the terms

:23:26. > :23:29.of our exit our Remainers have not accepted the result. People like

:23:30. > :23:34.Anna Soubry have respected the result. I think she's very

:23:35. > :23:40.principle. She has long held beliefs on this issue. But there are others

:23:41. > :23:43.who will try to thwart this bill or future legislation. But my question

:23:44. > :23:48.was about having an amendment where people have said they accepted it,

:23:49. > :23:52.even though they remove -- they voted Remain, who said they would

:23:53. > :23:56.like a vote that was meaningful for Parliament. If Parliament is to have

:23:57. > :23:58.a proper say, surely they need to scrutinise the deal put before them

:23:59. > :24:05.at a point at which they could send it back to the government to say,

:24:06. > :24:12.you need to improve it? We have debated Brexit every single day in

:24:13. > :24:14.some form since the referendum. The Prime Minister has made it clear the

:24:15. > :24:22.final proposal will go before Parliament. It is a take it or leave

:24:23. > :24:26.it. So it should be. The decision taken by the people was to leave the

:24:27. > :24:30.European Union. It wasn't to leave bits of it and stay in some of it,

:24:31. > :24:34.and it wasn't to give Parliament the final say. At no point was ever

:24:35. > :24:39.anywhere in the question that Parliament would decide the final

:24:40. > :24:43.deal. To be fair, there wasn't anything other than exiting the EU.

:24:44. > :24:49.What we get to a situation where Parliament rejects a deal? Are we

:24:50. > :24:53.then going into second referendum territory? Labour are divided. Over

:24:54. > :24:58.the next couple of years that division will be constantly reminded

:24:59. > :25:03.to Labour MPs who don't have a collective voice on this. It want,

:25:04. > :25:09.actually. This is a short Bill. We won't frustrate the process. But you

:25:10. > :25:14.can't describe proper public and parliamentary challenge to a Prime

:25:15. > :25:18.Minister's aims for negotiation, her achievements, or a sense of how we

:25:19. > :25:24.want the country to be, as somehow trying to thought the process. To

:25:25. > :25:30.answer your question, this is where the clearer division will come

:25:31. > :25:34.between the Conservatives and Labour. This is where you will find

:25:35. > :25:38.Labour MPs and labour voters pulling together to try to do our proper job

:25:39. > :25:40.as the official opposition. We have to leave it there. Audience after

:25:41. > :25:43.Prime Minister's Questions. Now, it looks like Number 10

:25:44. > :25:45.and Buckingham Palace will have more than a few things to worry about,

:25:46. > :25:49.as they plan Donald Trump's state There will probably be protests

:25:50. > :25:53.on the streets on a major scale. Prince Charles might buttonhole

:25:54. > :25:55.Mr Trump about climate change. The 45th president might

:25:56. > :25:57.hold Her Majesty's hand if he encounters any steps

:25:58. > :25:59.at Windsor Castle. And, possibly most damagingly

:26:00. > :26:02.of all, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has said he won't attend

:26:03. > :26:12.if he is invited. They speak of nothing else in

:26:13. > :26:14.Washington, DC this morning as they wake up to that shock news!

:26:15. > :26:16.But if anyone from Buck House is watching, don't worry -

:26:17. > :26:19.we have the perfect way to impress Mr Trump at the big banquet.

:26:20. > :26:23.Yes, you just need to put the royal Asti Spumante

:26:24. > :26:40.Is that how you usually drink sparkling wine, in a mug?!

:26:41. > :26:42.I'm interested that you think I would drink sparkling wine!

:26:43. > :26:45.Any awkward moments will soon be forgotten, as you raise the toast

:26:46. > :26:51.with this desirable alternative to boring old crystal glassware.

:26:52. > :27:01.Other sparkling wines are available. Mr Trump will not drink any of them

:27:02. > :27:05.because he doesn't drink. Never mind the banned, he doesn't drink! Are

:27:06. > :27:05.you saying there is something wrong with that?

:27:06. > :27:09.Yes, the only problem is you'll have to win lots of them -

:27:10. > :27:10.so you'd better start entering our guess

:27:11. > :27:14.All you need to do is tell us when all of this happened.

:27:15. > :27:19.And we should warn you, there are some flashing in the film.

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:27:41. > :27:42.I just became a victim of the political impact

:27:43. > :27:50.Can I ask you why you're not wearing a seat belt?

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:27:59. > :28:09.I don't intend, as I said in my statement, to make

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:28:41. > :28:45.To be in with a chance of winning a Daily Politics mug,

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:28:58. > :29:00.It's coming up to midday, and there's Big Ben -

:29:01. > :29:10.which means Prime Minister's Questions is on its way.

:29:11. > :29:16.Laura Kuenssberg, who managed to escape the United States, after

:29:17. > :29:19.doing her best to destroy the special relationship! Great

:29:20. > :29:28.question. I tweeted how proud I was of you. Thank you. I've learned from

:29:29. > :29:31.the master, of course. Trump, the refugee banned and related issues we

:29:32. > :29:37.have been discussing, the state visit. Mr Corbyn cannot avoid some

:29:38. > :29:42.kind of mixture of that? He could, of course. But I think today Jeremy

:29:43. > :29:50.Corbyn will go on this issue. Not the workers directive, your personal

:29:51. > :29:55.favourite. I am 99.99% sure Jeremy Corbyn will indeed go on the Trump

:29:56. > :30:00.travel banned. Theresa May's delayed response to that. And whether or not

:30:01. > :30:05.there should be a state visit with the full bells and whistles, the red

:30:06. > :30:11.carpet, the gold carriage, the shoulders -- soldiers in their

:30:12. > :30:14.shining breastplates. Not least because it is an issue Jeremy Corbyn

:30:15. > :30:17.feels strongly about, but also because many of his backbenchers

:30:18. > :30:22.sitting behind him feel strongly about it, and also plenty of people

:30:23. > :30:27.on the opposite benches have some sense of disquiet about it. Not

:30:28. > :30:33.necessarily that there are serious calls the man should be led into the

:30:34. > :30:37.country, but there is disquiet about whether or not Theresa May has been

:30:38. > :30:43.seen to be cosying up to him too fast. What is Jeremy Corbyn's

:30:44. > :30:48.official position? John Healey said earlier it was a matter of timing.

:30:49. > :30:55.Is it a matter of timing, or are they against a visit outright? Or is

:30:56. > :31:00.it, all right he can come but he doesn't get the joint session in

:31:01. > :31:04.Parliament? There are a variety of different initiatives going on.

:31:05. > :31:09.People have been organising about this. There is a motion put down by

:31:10. > :31:13.MPs to say that he shouldn't be allowed to do the joint address in

:31:14. > :31:18.the Palace of Westminster. That is one specific issue. There is then,

:31:19. > :31:21.as I understand it, the official position that until something

:31:22. > :31:24.changes about the travel banned, the full state visit should not be

:31:25. > :31:29.extended to the president until there is some kind of move. One of

:31:30. > :31:33.the really interesting things about the last couple of days is that MPs,

:31:34. > :32:05.lots of different MPs, have put forward ways about protesting.

:32:06. > :32:09.He was an outstanding parliamentarian, I'm sure that our

:32:10. > :32:13.thoughts are with his friends and family. I had meetings with

:32:14. > :32:19.ministerial colleagues and others, and I shall have further such

:32:20. > :32:23.meetings later today. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I associate myself with the

:32:24. > :32:30.tribute paid to the victims in Canada and to the family of Tam

:32:31. > :32:33.Dalyell. Mr Speaker, North Devon is quite rightly concerned that the

:32:34. > :32:37.current review of health services across the county may result in the

:32:38. > :32:41.loss of some acute services at our hospital in Barnstable. For some

:32:42. > :32:45.residents, the nearest alternative could be three hours away. Will my

:32:46. > :32:49.honourable friend assure me that she will listen carefully to those

:32:50. > :32:50.concerns, because I want to be able to say to North Devon that we are

:32:51. > :33:09.the party of the LHS? -- the NHS. I thank my honourable friend for his

:33:10. > :33:11.question. I can reassure him that this Government is absolutely

:33:12. > :33:15.committed to ensuring the best possible health care for patients

:33:16. > :33:18.right across the country. I recognise that there are concerns

:33:19. > :33:23.that have been expressed locally about the North Devon District

:33:24. > :33:27.Hospital. I'd understand that there are no specific proposals at the

:33:28. > :33:30.moment, but I know that the input of local communities will remain

:33:31. > :33:34.crucial Robin Briars says. And I can assure him that of course it is this

:33:35. > :33:40.party in Government that is putting in the extra funding into the NHS

:33:41. > :33:45.and showing how we evaluate. Jeremy Corbyn. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I

:33:46. > :33:49.joined the Prime Minister in offering condolences to all those

:33:50. > :33:54.who died in the horrific attack, fuelled by hate, in Quebec. We

:33:55. > :33:58.should send our solidarity to everybody in Canada in this sad

:33:59. > :34:05.occasion. I also associate myself to the tribute for the former member

:34:06. > :34:09.for West Lothian, can DL. Former father of the House, he probably

:34:10. > :34:12.thought to expose official wrongdoing and cover-ups from the

:34:13. > :34:16.miners strike to a ruck. I'm sure that the Prime Minister would agree

:34:17. > :34:20.with me that his scrutiny and contributions made this House a

:34:21. > :34:33.better place. And can I recommend to all members his autobiography, The

:34:34. > :34:37.Importance Of Being Awkward. LAUGHTER

:34:38. > :34:42.And I'm quite happy, Mr Speaker, to offer my copy to the Secretary of

:34:43. > :34:48.State for Brexit to have a good read of it. I'm sure he's probably

:34:49. > :34:53.already read it. Mr Speaker, at last week's Prime Minister is questions,

:34:54. > :34:57.the Prime Minister told the House, I'm not afraid to speak frankly to

:34:58. > :35:04.the president of the United States. What happened? Well, first of all,

:35:05. > :35:10.can I say to the right honourable gentleman that I wasn't aware of the

:35:11. > :35:14.book that he referred to, but I suspect, given the number of

:35:15. > :35:25.resignations he's had from his front bench, that some of his colleagues

:35:26. > :35:28.have indeed read that book! I'm happy to say to the right honourable

:35:29. > :35:32.gentleman that when I visited the United States, I'm pleased to say

:35:33. > :35:39.that I was able to build on the relationship that we have with our

:35:40. > :35:44.most important ally. And to get some very significant commitments from

:35:45. > :35:51.President Trump. And crucial among those was a 100% commitment to Nato.

:35:52. > :35:58.Nato, which keeps us safe and Europe safe too. Mr Speaker, Downing Street

:35:59. > :36:01.has not denied that the Prime Minister was told by the White House

:36:02. > :36:06.that the executive order on travel to the US was imminent. So let's be

:36:07. > :36:11.clear, was the Prime Minister told about the ban during her visit, and

:36:12. > :36:19.did she tried to persuade President Trump otherwise? First of all, on

:36:20. > :36:24.the policy that President Trump has introduced, this Government is clear

:36:25. > :36:31.that that policy is wrong. We wouldn't do it. In six years as Home

:36:32. > :36:36.Secretary, I never introduced such a policy. We believe it is divisive

:36:37. > :36:41.and wrong. If he's asking me whether I had advanced notice of the ban on

:36:42. > :36:45.refugees, the answer is no. If he's asking me if I had advanced notice

:36:46. > :36:49.that the executive order could affect British citizens, the answer

:36:50. > :36:55.is no. If he's asking if I had advanced notice of the travel

:36:56. > :36:58.restrictions, the answer is, we all did, because President Trump said he

:36:59. > :37:10.was going to do this in his election campaign. The question, the question

:37:11. > :37:16.is how you respond. The job of Government, the job of Government is

:37:17. > :37:23.not to chase the headlines. The job of Government... The job of

:37:24. > :37:27.Government is not a trait to the streets in protest. The job of

:37:28. > :37:31.Government is to protect the interests of British citizens, and

:37:32. > :37:36.that's exactly what we did -- not to take to the streets. Mr Speaker, on

:37:37. > :37:40.the day after the executive order was made to ban refugees and

:37:41. > :37:44.visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries, why did she three

:37:45. > :37:51.times refused to condemn the ban then? I've made very clear, very

:37:52. > :37:56.clear, that we believe this policy is divisive and wrong. It's not a

:37:57. > :37:59.policy that we would introduce. I've also made very clear when asked

:38:00. > :38:04.about this that this Government has a very different approach to these

:38:05. > :38:07.issues. On refugees, this Government has a proud record of the support

:38:08. > :38:14.that we have given to refugees, and long may it continue. Mr Speaker,

:38:15. > :38:19.the Prime Minister said the United States is responsible for United

:38:20. > :38:24.States policy on refugees. But surely it is the responsibility of

:38:25. > :38:30.all of us to defend the 1951 refugee Convention, which commits this

:38:31. > :38:35.country, the United States, and 142 other states to accept refugees

:38:36. > :38:39.without regard to their race, religion or country of origin.

:38:40. > :38:44.President Trump has breached that convention. Why didn't she speak

:38:45. > :38:49.out? First of all, I've made absolutely clear what the

:38:50. > :38:52.Goverment's view on this policy is. Secondly, as I've just said, this

:38:53. > :38:59.Government has a proud record, and this country has a proud record, of

:39:00. > :39:03.how it welcomes refugees. We have over the last recent years, we've

:39:04. > :39:07.introduced the very particular scheme to ensure that particularly

:39:08. > :39:10.vulnerable refugees in Syria can be brought to this country, and

:39:11. > :39:14.something like 10,000 Syrian refugees have come to this country

:39:15. > :39:18.since the conflict began. We are also the second biggest bilateral

:39:19. > :39:23.donor, helping and supporting refugees in the region. That is what

:39:24. > :39:27.we are doing. I have said that the policy is wrong. We will take a

:39:28. > :39:37.different view on we will continue to welcome refugees of this country.

:39:38. > :39:39.Mr Speaker, I also wrote to the Prime Minister on this issue, and I

:39:40. > :39:43.received a reply this morning. I hold in my hand her piece of paper.

:39:44. > :39:48.She makes no mention of the refugee Convention, nor condemns the US

:39:49. > :39:53.actions in this respect. Mr Speaker, last week I also asked the Prime

:39:54. > :39:57.Minister to assure the House that any United States trade deal, she

:39:58. > :40:05.would not offer up our National Health Service as a bargaining chip.

:40:06. > :40:10.She gave no answer when asked in the US she also refused to rule it out,

:40:11. > :40:14.so let's might ask her a third time, will she will out opening up our

:40:15. > :40:21.National Health Service to Private US health care companies? Yes or no?

:40:22. > :40:27.Mr Speaker, I could give a detailed answer to the right honourable

:40:28. > :40:31.gentleman's question, but I think a simple and straightforward reply is

:40:32. > :40:47.what is required. The NHS is not for sale, and it never will be. I hope,

:40:48. > :40:51.Mr Speaker, that includes not having US health care companies coming in

:40:52. > :40:59.to run any part of our National Health Service. Mr Speaker,

:41:00. > :41:04.President Trump has torn up international agreements on

:41:05. > :41:08.refugees. He has threatened to dump international agreements on climate

:41:09. > :41:13.change. He has praised the use of torture. He has incited hatred

:41:14. > :41:18.against Muslims, he is directly attacked women's rights. Just what

:41:19. > :41:23.more does the President Trump have to do before the Prime Minister will

:41:24. > :41:25.listen to the 1.8 million people who have already called for his state

:41:26. > :41:36.visit invitation to be withdrawn the right honourable gentleman's

:41:37. > :41:43.foreign policy is to object to and insult the democratically elected

:41:44. > :41:47.head of state of our most important ally. Let's just see what he would

:41:48. > :41:51.have achieved in the last week. Would he have been able to protect

:41:52. > :41:56.richest citizens from the impact of the executive order? No. -- British

:41:57. > :42:01.citizens. Would he have been able to lay the foundations of a trade deal?

:42:02. > :42:05.No. Would he have got a 100% commitment to Nato? No. That's what

:42:06. > :42:10.Labour has two of this country. Less protection for British citizens,

:42:11. > :42:17.less prosperous, let's save -- what Labour has to offer. -- less safe.

:42:18. > :42:33.He can lead a protest, I'm leading a country.

:42:34. > :42:42.Order, order. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Today, it is inconceivable that

:42:43. > :42:47.somebody would be prosecuted because of who and what they are. Would my

:42:48. > :42:54.right honourable friend drawing me and welcoming the posthumous pardon

:42:55. > :42:59.of some 49,000 men thanks to the Goverment's Bill that was enacted

:43:00. > :43:02.yesterday, and encourage those who are still alive to come forward so

:43:03. > :43:06.that there are injustices can be overturned. I'm very happy to join

:43:07. > :43:10.my honourable friend in welcoming what I believe is an extremely

:43:11. > :43:14.important change to the law. We made a manifesto commitment to it and we

:43:15. > :43:18.have now delivered on it. Passing this law has been a long-standing

:43:19. > :43:21.commitment for the Government. It is momentous, it does take action to

:43:22. > :43:24.right the wrongs of the past, and like my right honourable friend, I

:43:25. > :43:30.would certainly encourage those still alive to applied the Home

:43:31. > :43:33.Office to have their references disregarded. We on these benches

:43:34. > :43:38.associate ourselves with all the comments thus far on the tragic

:43:39. > :43:42.deaths in Quebec and on the passing of time DL. The respect for him was

:43:43. > :43:47.held across the political parties. He served with great distinction for

:43:48. > :43:49.more than 40 years. The Prime Minister had a very successful

:43:50. > :43:58.international visit in this last week. To Ireland. And there she

:43:59. > :44:03.spoke publicly about her commitment, it's very important I think, the

:44:04. > :44:06.commitment not to have a hard border on these islands. That there should

:44:07. > :44:12.continue to be free movement of peoples on these islands, and trade

:44:13. > :44:17.should be protected and enhanced. Given that people will be watching

:44:18. > :44:20.this not just in Britain but also in Ireland, would she take the

:44:21. > :44:27.opportunity to explain how she will deliver these sensible and important

:44:28. > :44:31.outcomes? These are absolutely the outcomes that we want to see. I was

:44:32. > :44:35.very pleased to meet with the Taoiseach and discuss with him the

:44:36. > :44:39.joint intent that of his government and mine have two ensure that we

:44:40. > :44:43.don't see a return to the borders of the past in Northern Ireland. And to

:44:44. > :44:46.say that of course we focus on the land border that is between Northern

:44:47. > :44:50.Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, of course the issue of movements

:44:51. > :44:58.from Ireland does in effect other places as well, such as port in

:44:59. > :45:01.Wales. It is an important issue for us, and we have agreed the work we

:45:02. > :45:05.are going to do together to deliver what I believe will be as

:45:06. > :45:10.frictionless as possible a border, and also one of the objectives that

:45:11. > :45:11.I set out in my plan for our negotiating objectives is to retain

:45:12. > :45:21.the Common travel area. We welcome what the Prime Minister

:45:22. > :45:24.has had to say on these issues and we welcome the intensifying of

:45:25. > :45:26.negotiations between the UK government and the devolved

:45:27. > :45:31.administrations ahead of triggering Article 50. So the Prime Minister is

:45:32. > :45:37.very helpfully explained that it is perfectly possible for parts of

:45:38. > :45:41.these islands to be in the single market, without Borders, with free

:45:42. > :45:47.movement of people and at the same time protect and enhance trade with

:45:48. > :45:51.one another. This is very, very welcome, Mr Speaker. Will the Prime

:45:52. > :45:55.Minister give a commitment to work with the Irish government and a

:45:56. > :45:59.commitment to work with the Scottish government to deliver all of these

:46:00. > :46:07.things? Or will we just have to get on with it ourselves? First of all,

:46:08. > :46:11.the Right Honourable gentleman is right, that following the meeting of

:46:12. > :46:13.the plenary session on Monday morning we did agree to an

:46:14. > :46:20.intensification of discussion on issues related to the bringing back

:46:21. > :46:24.of powers from Brussels, and as to where those powers should lie within

:46:25. > :46:29.the United Kingdom, and to intensify that in the run-up to the triggering

:46:30. > :46:32.of Article 50 and beyond. On the other question, I'm afraid he really

:46:33. > :46:38.should listen to the answer that are given because he's trying to imply

:46:39. > :46:44.something that isn't there. Yes. We are very clear that we want to see a

:46:45. > :46:48.frictionless border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

:46:49. > :46:52.I'm also clear that one of the objectives of our negotiation is to

:46:53. > :46:56.see us frictionless a border as possible between the United Kingdom

:46:57. > :46:59.and the rest of the European Union. If he is so worried about having a

:47:00. > :47:05.frictionless border between Scotland and the European Union, he shouldn't

:47:06. > :47:13.want to see Scotland independent and take it out of the European Union.

:47:14. > :47:17.Order! We shouldn't have to allow for the reaction to every answer

:47:18. > :47:27.from the SMB benches before we proceed to the next question. Mrs

:47:28. > :47:30.Maria Miller. -- SNP. EU nationals provide a vital and expert service

:47:31. > :47:34.in my hospital in Basingstoke. Along with thousands of others they face

:47:35. > :47:38.an uncertain future. I know this is something the Prime Minister wants

:47:39. > :47:43.to give priority to in sorting out, will we be hearing more about it in

:47:44. > :47:47.the forthcoming White Paper? My right honourable friend makes an

:47:48. > :47:51.important point. I would like to confirm my intention and expectation

:47:52. > :47:58.that we will be able to offer that reassurance. I do also want to see

:47:59. > :48:02.reassurance offered to UK nationals in the EU. I will be working to

:48:03. > :48:06.ensure this is an issue we can deal with at an early stage in the

:48:07. > :48:10.negotiations. It was one of the objectives I set out in the plan. It

:48:11. > :48:14.will be referenced in the White Paper. I can inform my right

:48:15. > :48:21.honourable friend and the House that that White Paper will be published

:48:22. > :48:31.tomorrow. Prime Minister, your responses today

:48:32. > :48:38.have been deeply unsatisfactory. The president of the United States had

:48:39. > :48:43.-- has advocated torture, misogyny, racial discrimination, sexual

:48:44. > :48:46.assault, isolationism. The leaders of Canada and Germany responded

:48:47. > :48:52.robustly but your response was to jump on a plane as soon as possible

:48:53. > :48:55.to hold his hand. Mr Speaker, doesn't this country deserve our

:48:56. > :49:00.leader willing to stand up for British values?

:49:01. > :49:04.Order! I have issued no response and the honourable gentleman not only

:49:05. > :49:10.shouldn't breach Parliamentary protocol, but he shouldn't tempt me.

:49:11. > :49:16.The Prime Minister. I will tell you what standing up for British values

:49:17. > :49:20.is. I had this government introduced the first modern slavery act in this

:49:21. > :49:23.country. I have ensured that stop and search is reduced because I

:49:24. > :49:26.don't believe that anybody on the streets of this country should be

:49:27. > :49:30.stopped and searched because of the colour of their skin. And I ensured

:49:31. > :49:38.justice for the families of Hillsborough. Despite the fact most

:49:39. > :49:45.of the country -- countries covered by the Trump ban have total

:49:46. > :49:49.exclusion of Israeli visitors, shouldn't the protestors be calling

:49:50. > :49:53.for that banned to be lifted? I thank my right honourable friend for

:49:54. > :49:57.pointing this out. It is absolutely right that this House should be

:49:58. > :50:01.aware of the discrimination and the band that exists around the world,

:50:02. > :50:06.particularly for those who are is really sad isn't -- citizens. We

:50:07. > :50:10.don't agree with that approach. And it is not an approach we shall be

:50:11. > :50:17.taking. I wait for the day when the right honourable gentleman opposite

:50:18. > :50:20.stance up and condemns it, too. Mr Speaker, a constituent of mine

:50:21. > :50:24.suffered a bleed on the brain in 2012. She has struggled to work

:50:25. > :50:30.since but was due to disk -- to retire in December. Due to changes

:50:31. > :50:37.to state pension retirement age, she will not retire until 2022. This has

:50:38. > :50:40.short-changed 2.2 million women and brought shame to this government.

:50:41. > :50:43.Will the Prime Minister look again and support Diana and the millions

:50:44. > :50:53.of women who deserve fairness in retirement?

:50:54. > :51:00.The issue of those who are known... To refer the honourable gentleman to

:51:01. > :51:03.the fact we did commit over ?1 billion to lessen the impact on

:51:04. > :51:08.those affected, so no one will see their pension age changed by more

:51:09. > :51:11.than 18 months. But we do have to be realistic and looking at pension

:51:12. > :51:16.ages, but the fact that people are living longer. If we want a

:51:17. > :51:24.sustainable pension system, we need to equalise the state pension age

:51:25. > :51:28.faster and bring forward the rise. I welcome the ?450 million announced

:51:29. > :51:32.in the Autumn Statement to fund a trial for the pilot of the digital

:51:33. > :51:36.railway. Given the new fleet of trains on the border and the

:51:37. > :51:42.economic growth opportunity that exists for our region, does the

:51:43. > :51:45.Prime Minister agree that the main line represents the most compelling

:51:46. > :51:52.case for that pilot? My honourable friend is right about what he says

:51:53. > :51:57.about transport links. I understand digital signalling could increase

:51:58. > :52:04.capacity by up to 40%. Hence the investment he refers to. I know that

:52:05. > :52:07.the Department for Transport is looking currently at where those

:52:08. > :52:12.trials should take place. But we certainly recognise that the great

:52:13. > :52:18.Eastern and mainline is one of the areas that could benefit. A few

:52:19. > :52:23.moments ago the Prime Minister tried to claim credit for passing

:52:24. > :52:27.Stonewall's Alan Turing bill. She didn't. The bill pardons all gay men

:52:28. > :52:31.found guilty of crimes no longer on the statute book. So when will the

:52:32. > :52:41.Prime Minister follow the Scottish government and pardon automatically

:52:42. > :52:44.the living as well as the dead? When I was home Secretary the legislation

:52:45. > :52:47.was introduced that gives the opportunity for those who are alive

:52:48. > :52:50.to apply to the Home Office to have those events is no longer on the

:52:51. > :52:55.statute book expunged from their record. The honourable gentleman

:52:56. > :53:00.says they are not doing it. My honourable friend and I have both,

:53:01. > :53:04.in this chamber today, encouraged people to come forward and make that

:53:05. > :53:11.application. That is a message we should all give. At the White House

:53:12. > :53:15.my right honourable friend gain some assurances from President Trump

:53:16. > :53:18.about his commitment to Nato, an achievement welcomed by the

:53:19. > :53:23.governments the Czech Republic, Latvia and Lithuania. Does my right

:53:24. > :53:28.honourable friend agree with me that the way to engage with President

:53:29. > :53:34.Trump and win such agreements is by not insulting our close ally, but by

:53:35. > :53:38.bringing him close, and not doing as the leader of the is it and demands,

:53:39. > :53:44.that we reject our closest ally? Would this not leave Britain and our

:53:45. > :53:48.European partners less safe and less secure? My honourable friend is

:53:49. > :53:53.absolutely right in the points he makes. We should never forget that

:53:54. > :53:57.America is our most important ally. It is a long-standing relationship.

:53:58. > :54:03.American men and women served alongside and died alongside UK men

:54:04. > :54:06.and women in two world Wars to protect our security and the

:54:07. > :54:11.security of Europe. If we were not able to have that relationship and

:54:12. > :54:16.see that commitment to Nato particularly, we would see this

:54:17. > :54:20.country and Europe less safe. Many were surprised that immediately

:54:21. > :54:24.after those cosy images with Donald Trump, the Prime Minister chose to

:54:25. > :54:27.meet with the Turkish president, who has been running an increasingly

:54:28. > :54:34.repressive regime since last summer. Could the Prime Minister confirm

:54:35. > :54:38.whether she raised any human rights concerns with President Cardigan?

:54:39. > :54:45.Will it be the policy of post-Brexit Britain to put arms deals before

:54:46. > :54:47.human rights abuses? First of all, I think the honourable lady should

:54:48. > :54:52.recognise that Turkey is an important country in relation to

:54:53. > :54:59.both our security and the issue of migration into Turkey and

:55:00. > :55:04.potentially into Europe. Turkey has, and continues to host, 3 million

:55:05. > :55:07.refugees from Syria. I commended the Turkish government on the welcome

:55:08. > :55:12.they have given those refugees. And yes, I did raise and I suggest to

:55:13. > :55:15.the honourable lady she should just have looked at the press conference

:55:16. > :55:22.I gave after my discussions with President erred again, in which I

:55:23. > :55:28.made it clear that we had condemned the coup but we also expected the

:55:29. > :55:31.Turkish government to support its democratic institutions, to support

:55:32. > :55:38.international human rights and the rule of law. I wholeheartedly

:55:39. > :55:44.congratulate my right honourable friend in securing 100% for Nato

:55:45. > :55:47.from the US administration. Cucchietti climb what she is to

:55:48. > :55:56.persuade our other allies the importance of press -- their

:55:57. > :55:59.obligations? Can I thank my honourable friend for the work he

:56:00. > :56:03.does on the Nato Parliamentary assembly. I know he is fully engaged

:56:04. > :56:09.with that. There are commitments that have been made. At the Nato

:56:10. > :56:14.Summit in 2014 Oliver Nato allies committed to spending 2% on defence

:56:15. > :56:17.within a decade. We have seen progress but I agree with President

:56:18. > :56:21.Trump that many allies need to go further. I can assure my honourable

:56:22. > :56:30.friend that I and other ministers across government raise our -- the

:56:31. > :56:34.issue regularly. Last week's London air pollution was

:56:35. > :56:40.worse than that of Beijing. So will the Prime Minister assure me and my

:56:41. > :56:45.constituents in Osterley, Brentford and Chiswick, that the hugely

:56:46. > :56:56.expensive proposal to double the capacity of the M4 as it arrives in

:56:57. > :57:00.London will be shelled forthwith? -- shelved. The issue of air quality is

:57:01. > :57:06.one this government takes seriously. Quite a lot of work has been done

:57:07. > :57:11.since 2011. Over ?2 billion has been committed to enable, for example,

:57:12. > :57:18.bus operators to upgrade their fleets. But we do recognise that

:57:19. > :57:23.more needs to be done. We have seen a reduction in nitrous oxide fumes

:57:24. > :57:26.in recent years but we will be bringing forward proposals to ensure

:57:27. > :57:33.we can maintain the air quality that we all want to see. As a fellow

:57:34. > :57:39.Bartra member of Parliament, will my right honourable friend the show her

:57:40. > :57:44.support for brighter Bircher, the campaign that is part of the 2017

:57:45. > :57:48.Europe mental health, and give her continued -- commitments to ensure

:57:49. > :57:52.we have parity between mental health and physical health in this country?

:57:53. > :57:56.I am very happy to endorse the campaign that my friend has referred

:57:57. > :58:01.to. I think it is important that we continue to raise awareness of the

:58:02. > :58:04.issues around mental health. And the fact the government has committed to

:58:05. > :58:08.this parity of esteem between mental health and physical health is

:58:09. > :58:12.important. There is more to do a mental health. I have set out some

:58:13. > :58:16.steps we need to take. But I commend all those working to raise awareness

:58:17. > :58:22.of mental health and provide support to those with mental health

:58:23. > :58:30.problems. The Association of directors of adult social services

:58:31. > :58:36.have said that 4.6 billion has been cut from social care budgets since

:58:37. > :58:42.2010. Does the Prime Minister take any responsibility for the pain and

:58:43. > :58:48.the distress that the Tories have inflicted on poor vulnerable older

:58:49. > :58:55.people being denied their rightful care? Yes, horror no? This

:58:56. > :58:59.government has taken a number of steps to increase the funding from

:59:00. > :59:02.local authorities to provide for social care. I also believe it is

:59:03. > :59:06.important that we do ensure best practice is being developed and put

:59:07. > :59:11.into place across the country. There are some parts of the country where

:59:12. > :59:14.the record on social care, the interaction between hospitals, is

:59:15. > :59:19.better than others. There is a longer term issue to ensure that we

:59:20. > :59:23.have a sustainable system for delivering social care for people in

:59:24. > :59:32.this country. The Labour Party ducked that issue for 13 years.

:59:33. > :59:38.We're addressing it. Will my right honourable friend join me in

:59:39. > :59:41.congratulating the academy on the recently received world-class

:59:42. > :59:48.schools quality mark award, and indicate how awards such as this

:59:49. > :59:52.drive people excellence? I am happy to join my friend in congratulating

:59:53. > :59:58.the whole team at Morley Academy. I think it shows the work the trust is

:59:59. > :00:02.doing in driving up excellence and improving outcomes for pupils. We

:00:03. > :00:06.are determined to drive up standards in schools to ensure broad children

:00:07. > :00:10.have good school places, a good school place for every child, so

:00:11. > :00:16.they can all be at the level we see in the Morley Academy. How will the

:00:17. > :00:22.thousands of people who've lost their jobs at BHS feel that it may

:00:23. > :00:26.take years before the case of Philip Green, the disgraced and discredited

:00:27. > :00:32.businessperson, will have his knighthood possibly withdrawn, taken

:00:33. > :00:36.away or otherwise? Isn't it remarkable? People lose their jobs,

:00:37. > :00:42.they suffer all the consequences and this man keeps his billions and his

:00:43. > :00:45.knighthood. The honourable gentleman has raised

:00:46. > :00:48.an important issue. This has been raised by many members of this house

:00:49. > :00:55.in terms of their concern about what happened at BHS and the attitude and

:00:56. > :00:59.approach Philip Green talk. The issue of whether a knighthood should

:01:00. > :01:05.be taken away from somebody is a matter for the relevant committee.

:01:06. > :01:08.They will be looking at this. I understand they have said they are

:01:09. > :01:17.waiting for the investigations to complete, but this is an issue for

:01:18. > :01:21.an independent committee. Tonight there will be an historic vote in

:01:22. > :01:26.this place. A vote that I never thought I would see in my political

:01:27. > :01:32.lifetime. The British Parliament voted to withdraw from the European

:01:33. > :01:37.Union under the excellent leadership of the Prime Minister. Would the

:01:38. > :01:43.Prime Minister be surprised that people on the opposite bench or

:01:44. > :01:46.demand time to discuss this and debated, namely the Liberal

:01:47. > :01:55.Democrats, didn't even bother to turn up last night? These benches or

:01:56. > :01:59.pack, both benches were packed, the DV -- the DUP were here and there

:02:00. > :02:09.were some Labour members. Isn't that surprising?

:02:10. > :02:18.Throughout my political career I have fought -- nothing the Liberal

:02:19. > :02:23.Democrats do ever surprises me. But I will join my honourable friend in

:02:24. > :02:28.commending the bill that is before the House. This House has a simple

:02:29. > :02:32.decision. We gave the right of judgment to the British people. They

:02:33. > :02:36.made their choice, they want to leave the EU. The question every

:02:37. > :02:40.member must ask themselves as they go through the lobbies tonight is,

:02:41. > :02:43.do they trust the people? The right honourable gentleman is

:02:44. > :02:53.here now. Let's here the fellow. Tim Farron.

:02:54. > :02:59.-- let's hear the fellow. Who'd have guessed it, Mr Speaker?

:03:00. > :03:11.We are here now... LAUGHTER.

:03:12. > :03:15.Asking the questions about the future of our country on Brexit that

:03:16. > :03:26.a strong Leader of the Opposition should be asking.

:03:27. > :03:31.Order! Order, Mr Knight! I'm very worried about you. You recently

:03:32. > :03:37.suffered from a bad leg. With all that shedding you will be suffering

:03:38. > :03:43.from a bad head. Calm yourself, man! The Prime Minister will return...

:03:44. > :03:46.The Prime Minister will return at some point with a deal with Europe

:03:47. > :03:52.that our people will have to live with for decades to come. Especially

:03:53. > :04:00.our young people. 73% of whom voted to remain. Nobody knows what that

:04:01. > :04:06.deal will look like. But someone, someone will get to agree at. Should

:04:07. > :04:13.it be her government? Should it be this parliament? Or should it be, as

:04:14. > :04:20.I believe, the British people? I've already said they will be a

:04:21. > :04:25.vote on the deal in this Parliament. Calm yourself. You are in a state of

:04:26. > :04:35.excessive excitement, even by your standards. Nigel Adams. Quite

:04:36. > :04:43.difficult to follow that! Back in the real world...

:04:44. > :04:47.LAUGHTER. In December 2015, my constituency

:04:48. > :04:50.suffered some terrible flooding, particularly the town of Tadcaster.

:04:51. > :04:56.The damage was made worse when the bridge collapsed. Thankfully the

:04:57. > :05:06.Briton -- bridge will be reopened this week. Willie Prime Minister

:05:07. > :05:08.thank all those involved in the restoration of the bridge? Would you

:05:09. > :05:13.join me in thanking the residents of Tadcaster who have had a terrible

:05:14. > :05:17.year? 5-macro I am very happy to join my honourable friend both in

:05:18. > :05:21.commending and in thanking all those who have worked so hard to see the

:05:22. > :05:25.restoration of the bridge at Tadcaster, but also the people of

:05:26. > :05:28.Tadcaster who have had to put up with this disruption and

:05:29. > :05:33.inconvenience for such a long period of time. I'm sure they will all

:05:34. > :05:40.welcome the return of the bridge. We commend all those involved.

:05:41. > :05:51.The News revealed yesterday that Toshiba is reviewing its investment

:05:52. > :05:56.in the Moorside nuclear-power plant. Not only does it put a cloud over

:05:57. > :05:59.jobs in Cumbria, but also over the future of our energy and security.

:06:00. > :06:04.What does he do personally to make sure the deal stays on track? I can

:06:05. > :06:08.assure the honourable gentleman that in relation to a number of deals and

:06:09. > :06:11.potential deals around the nuclear industry, both I and the Business

:06:12. > :06:15.Secretary are involved in these and are very keen to ensure that these

:06:16. > :06:19.jobs are brought to the United Kingdom, and we do see these deals

:06:20. > :06:26.keeping on track. So I can assure him that the government's commitment

:06:27. > :06:35.is there. This week, the Danish drug firm

:06:36. > :06:38.invested 115 million in the UK, in order to further research into type

:06:39. > :06:43.two diabetes. With the Prime Minister join me in welcoming the

:06:44. > :06:46.investment, welcoming those academics and scientists, many from

:06:47. > :06:51.the EU and around the world, who will appreciate that the surety she

:06:52. > :06:57.spoke of earlier? But also work with me to ensure that new treatments get

:06:58. > :07:02.to patients as quickly as possible? This is an issue that I do recognise

:07:03. > :07:06.particularly, personally, although I am a type one diabetic rather than

:07:07. > :07:11.Type II. Any investment in research for diabetes is to be welcomed. We

:07:12. > :07:15.do need to ensure that where there are new solution is found, where

:07:16. > :07:19.there is support for diabetics found, that we see that getting to

:07:20. > :07:22.people as quickly as possible. There is a significant number of people

:07:23. > :07:27.who suffer from type two diabetes in this country, and the figures show

:07:28. > :07:30.there is a great risk that number will increase significantly in

:07:31. > :07:36.coming years. We need to do all we can to prevent people becoming Type

:07:37. > :07:40.II diabetics in the first place, but also to support those who are, so

:07:41. > :07:48.that we see that people suffer from fewer complications in future and

:07:49. > :07:52.are able to manage their lives. Today's is world hijab day. I wonder

:07:53. > :07:56.if the Prime Minister would join me in recognising the right of Muslim

:07:57. > :07:59.Women's Network the hijab without fear, if they wish? And the right of

:08:00. > :08:04.all women everywhere to wear what they want, when they want. Willie

:08:05. > :08:08.Prime Minister also commit to standing up for the right to refuge

:08:09. > :08:13.for men, women and children wherever they may be, regardless of their

:08:14. > :08:17.religion? First of all, on the second point of the honourable lady

:08:18. > :08:26.races, it is absolutely the case that this country welcomes refugees

:08:27. > :08:29.to the United Kingdom. And we do so regardless of their religion. There

:08:30. > :08:31.is no question of discriminating on the religion. On the issue that she

:08:32. > :08:34.raises about the wearing of the hijab, I am absolutely in line with

:08:35. > :08:39.her. What a woman wears is a woman's choice.

:08:40. > :08:44.The Russian armed forces regularly carry out large-scale exercises,

:08:45. > :08:48.including with nuclear capable equipments, on the borders of

:08:49. > :08:53.eastern Europe. Would my right honourable friend I agree with me

:08:54. > :08:59.that the American commitment to Nato is absolutely pivotal in protecting

:09:00. > :09:05.the countries of eastern Europe from going the same way as already has

:09:06. > :09:09.happened to eastern Ukraine? I absolutely agree with my honourable

:09:10. > :09:15.friend. I think the commitment that President Trump has given, 100%

:09:16. > :09:18.commitment to Nato, is crucial in ensuring we can provide for the

:09:19. > :09:21.security of this country and others in Europe, and particularly for

:09:22. > :09:26.those in eastern Europe on the borders with Russia. I know that my

:09:27. > :09:30.honourable friend earlier referred to the fact that the Czech republic,

:09:31. > :09:35.the Latvian government, the little winning government, had welcomed

:09:36. > :09:43.that 100% commitment. -- Lithuanian government. We have played our part.

:09:44. > :09:44.300 troops will be going to Lithuania and Estonia later this

:09:45. > :09:56.year. In 2015, my constituent was lured to

:09:57. > :10:00.her death to Pakistan where she was brutally raped and murdered. Willie

:10:01. > :10:04.Prime Minister join me in reiterating the commitment of this

:10:05. > :10:09.House and this country, that we will not tolerate violence against women,

:10:10. > :10:12.and to encourage the Pakistani government to continue in its

:10:13. > :10:18.efforts for justice for our British girl? Yes, can I say to the

:10:19. > :10:22.honourable lady that obviously she has raised a very tragic case that

:10:23. > :10:26.has taken place. Our deepest sympathies are with Samir's husband

:10:27. > :10:31.following her tragic death last year. We don't interfere in the

:10:32. > :10:36.legal processes of another country. But the Foreign Office, I understand

:10:37. > :10:40.from the Foreign Office the Pakistani police have charged two

:10:41. > :10:44.people with murder. The Foreign Office are provided assistance to

:10:45. > :10:47.Samir's husband and will continue to do so. I understand the Home

:10:48. > :10:48.Secretary will be meeting the honourable lady soon to discuss this

:10:49. > :10:59.issue. Prime Minister's Questions comes to

:11:00. > :11:04.an end. It has ended earlier this week. It is meant to finish at

:11:05. > :11:09.12:30pm but it normally finishes at 12:45pm, so there we are! As

:11:10. > :11:14.everybody thought, Mr Corbyn decided to go on the whole business of Mr

:11:15. > :11:19.Trump and the ban on certain Muslim majority countries and the refugee

:11:20. > :11:23.banned for 120 days and so on. And he asked the Prime Minister several

:11:24. > :11:29.questions. The Prime Minister did tell us some things that we hadn't

:11:30. > :11:34.known for sure yet. Clearly she thought the policy was wrong and

:11:35. > :11:38.divisive. But she said she had no advance notice. There had been

:11:39. > :11:42.stories doing the rounds that the president had tipped her off while

:11:43. > :11:46.in Washington, but she said she had no advance notice of the policy that

:11:47. > :11:50.he was going to come out with. He may have mentioned something in

:11:51. > :11:53.general terms, but she had no advance notice of Howard would

:11:54. > :12:05.affect the British, what it was going to be and so on. And she said

:12:06. > :12:07.that she was proud of this country's attitude to refugees, and under no

:12:08. > :12:09.circumstances would Britain adopt policies that Mr Trump has adopted

:12:10. > :12:14.for the united states. Then Jeremy Corbyn moved onto another issue, the

:12:15. > :12:16.possibility that we may do a bilateral trade deal. The

:12:17. > :12:22.transatlantic trade deal which involved the EU and the US is now

:12:23. > :12:26.dead in the water. But there is now a possibility that Britain could do

:12:27. > :12:30.a bilateral deal with the United States. Jeremy Corbyn wanted to know

:12:31. > :12:34.if the NHS could be at risk and become a bargaining chip, so that

:12:35. > :12:37.big American companies can become again and getting involved. The

:12:38. > :12:41.Prime Minister said there was no way the NHS would become such a

:12:42. > :12:47.bargaining chip in any sort of trade deal. Mr Corbyn finished by asking

:12:48. > :12:55.why she not called off the state visit of Mr Trump and cited the 1.7,

:12:56. > :13:00.I think it is 1.7 but perhaps it has risen since, by 1.7 million people

:13:01. > :13:04.who have signed the Parliamentary petition. There is another

:13:05. > :13:08.Parliamentary petition to say that he is welcome here, that is growing

:13:09. > :13:12.as well but it hasn't got 1.7 billion. We'll look at some of these

:13:13. > :13:16.things. What are our viewers saying? They are saying it was a strong

:13:17. > :13:22.performance by Theresa May, less so by Jeremy Corbyn. A viewer says,

:13:23. > :13:28.when will we stop trying to hit headlines rather than sensible

:13:29. > :13:31.debate? Helen Manning says that for the second week running Jeremy

:13:32. > :13:35.Corbyn hits the canvas and Theresa May looks like a towering figure.

:13:36. > :13:39.Ian White we said that Mrs May seemed to be ready by Jeremy

:13:40. > :13:46.Corbyn's questions, easy questions to respond to. Joseph Riley pledge

:13:47. > :13:55.inches x-rays, in my opinion the Prime Minister was right when people

:13:56. > :13:59.voted for him, don't keep labelling Donald Trump. Just like the UK voted

:14:00. > :14:04.for Brexit Comey you have got to go with the vote and you can't change

:14:05. > :14:06.it. We have a statement from Buckingham Palace to the Daily

:14:07. > :14:15.Politics. We know the Queen watches this programme! In fact, it has gone

:14:16. > :14:19.12:30pm, perhaps she has just bought herself a gym, probably to see

:14:20. > :14:25.herself through the second half of the programme! -- poured herself a

:14:26. > :14:29.Jin. So appalled with what she saw in the first bit! Buckingham Palace

:14:30. > :14:35.said only two US presidents have made state visits to the UK. Obama

:14:36. > :14:43.in 2011 and Bush, which would be Bush the second, in 2003. They say

:14:44. > :14:47.that at least since 1954, but they think ever. Probably because before

:14:48. > :14:52.then American presidents didn't come here. FDR never came to Britain. I

:14:53. > :14:58.think Woodrow Wilson might have done. Mr Reagan's visited the UK in

:14:59. > :15:01.1982 had many of the features of the state visit, like addressing

:15:02. > :15:09.Parliament and a banquet at Windsor Castle, but was a state visit. I

:15:10. > :15:12.think Buckingham Palace have a very narrow and particular view of what a

:15:13. > :15:18.state visit is. Obviously this is the Queen's view, we know that. That

:15:19. > :15:23.is what she thinks. She has only ever given... I'm pretty sure Mr

:15:24. > :15:27.Reagan thought it was a state visit. There is a debate about exactly what

:15:28. > :15:30.it is. I remember about the time of the Chinese premier coming here,

:15:31. > :15:33.there was a lot of chat behind-the-scenes. The thing he

:15:34. > :15:38.wanted above all else for the pictures of himself with Kate

:15:39. > :15:43.Middleton. That's what he wanted for the audience at home, said the chap

:15:44. > :15:48.behind-the-scenes. However, a debate about what exactly constitutes a

:15:49. > :15:52.state visit. I'm pretty sure that all of these presidents thought it

:15:53. > :15:57.was a state visit. I think they went back to the White House and said,

:15:58. > :16:02.wow, that was a great state visit! The Queen has slapped them down!

:16:03. > :16:06.Exactly, like Theresa May exactly slapped down... Who is the Queen,

:16:07. > :16:13.you could say? Didn't want that point of beer with David Cameron in

:16:14. > :16:17.the Cotswolds Pub! They wanted the images of him with Kate Middleton

:16:18. > :16:24.and at the doctor who sat with the Daleks -- the Doctor Who sat. When

:16:25. > :16:29.Mr Reagan came here with Nancy. I'm not a name-dropper, but Princess

:16:30. > :16:35.Diana told me that all Nancy wanted was pictures with the two boys.

:16:36. > :16:39.Those were her eggs act words as we lunched in Kensington Palace. He

:16:40. > :16:45.wanted the dance with Diana, presumably -- her exact words. She

:16:46. > :16:51.said, they wanted pictures with the two boys, but she said, it's not

:16:52. > :16:54.going to happen. What constitutes a state visit? What about addressing

:16:55. > :16:58.the joint session of Parliament? Would you like to see that? I think

:16:59. > :17:02.that's in the gift of Parliament. I'm not sure it is in the gift of

:17:03. > :17:06.the Government. It is something that Parliament has extended to other

:17:07. > :17:13.leaders. In my time here we have had the Pope and President Obama, the

:17:14. > :17:16.Canadian Prime Minister. I think we go the point again, this is the man

:17:17. > :17:19.who is the democratically elected leader of one of our closest

:17:20. > :17:24.friends. If Parliament has extended that the crust previously... It is a

:17:25. > :17:27.matter for Parliament. It is not automatic for a visiting president

:17:28. > :17:31.to do it -- extended that request. Many people think it should not be

:17:32. > :17:40.automatic. I think people felt Mr Obama, the first black president,

:17:41. > :17:43.hugely hissed significant historically -- hugely significant.

:17:44. > :17:46.At the time of Mr Reagan, there was a feeling that the special

:17:47. > :17:50.relationship was very special, so they did that. But it doesn't happen

:17:51. > :17:54.automatically. It shouldn't be automatic, should it? I don't think

:17:55. > :17:58.these things should be automatic, but it is a matter for Parliament. I

:17:59. > :18:02.support the state visit, that's all of our interests. If Parliament

:18:03. > :18:06.wishes to, I can't say I have a particularly strong view either way

:18:07. > :18:11.whether he comes and addresses Parliament or not. It is important

:18:12. > :18:15.that we recognise he is a democratically elected leader and he

:18:16. > :18:19.should be afforded the same visit as his predecessor had been. If he is

:18:20. > :18:23.coming here, is no doubt he will sometimes whether the state visit

:18:24. > :18:26.goes ahead or not, it may be in his interests that he doesn't address a

:18:27. > :18:35.joint session of Parliament. I think if he is here, he should do it. Both

:18:36. > :18:42.houses earlier this week, on also writes, act the special motion -- on

:18:43. > :18:45.all sides, backed the special motion calling his policies discriminatory,

:18:46. > :18:48.divisive and counter-productive. To be honest, the detail of the state

:18:49. > :18:52.visit is getting away from what is really important and really at

:18:53. > :18:55.stake, which is aspect of what he has announced, and the way that they

:18:56. > :19:03.contravene so many deeply held values. We had a robust discussion

:19:04. > :19:09.about that in the first half of this programme.

:19:10. > :19:15.Are we going to place those value judgments on every leader that comes

:19:16. > :19:20.here? There are plenty of leaders who have come here over the years

:19:21. > :19:28.whose domestic policies none of's support. We have to be very careful.

:19:29. > :19:37.Let's not get carried away with the detail. A lot of what Mr Corbyn

:19:38. > :19:40.Broad up, we already had quite a -- quite an extended discussion about.

:19:41. > :19:47.We didn't do much on the state visit. Mr Corbyn citing the 1.7

:19:48. > :19:55.million said they should cancel the state visit. Is that Labour policy

:19:56. > :19:57.to cancel the state visit? I'm not a totally sure either. Jeremy Corbyn

:19:58. > :20:04.has decided to take a strong line on this. As he brandished the F Theresa

:20:05. > :20:08.May that he received in reply from her, in a fairly clear attempt to

:20:09. > :20:13.make the comparison about Chamberlain waving a letter around,

:20:14. > :20:17.he has chosen to push our instead on the question of policy. Will she

:20:18. > :20:21.condemn what in his view is a violation of the Geneva Convention?

:20:22. > :20:28.I am not precisely clear what they are trying to achieve. It's

:20:29. > :20:32.interesting that John has just said he thinks Trump should...

:20:33. > :20:38.It wasn't clear in the interviews I've heard with Jeremy Corbyn. We

:20:39. > :20:45.are trying to clarify that with the party today. In the world of real

:20:46. > :20:49.politic, you could take the view that Mrs May rushed to quickly into

:20:50. > :20:53.a state visit. We know that state visit our limited, and I can't think

:20:54. > :20:58.of any time when it happened in the first year. You can take that view.

:20:59. > :21:03.But it is not -- is it not just in the world of real politic the die is

:21:04. > :21:11.cast, and we can't withdraw an invitation that has been given and

:21:12. > :21:14.accepted? Corbyn actually used the words, withdraw the invitation, in

:21:15. > :21:18.his question. These are all different ways of raising the same

:21:19. > :21:23.questions as a way of trying to highlight what is really important,

:21:24. > :21:26.which is as Laura Kuenssberg has said, the policy and the criticisms

:21:27. > :21:32.of what he is trying to sign into law through the executive order. For

:21:33. > :21:36.my money, that is the most important concern at stake. And that's where

:21:37. > :21:40.are really the Prime Minister has been slow. She has been weak. She

:21:41. > :21:48.has said it's divisive and wrong, finally. And both Houses have been

:21:49. > :21:51.stronger than the Prime Minister. Usain that the fact you didn't as an

:21:52. > :21:55.opposition complain about the Chinese President's visit, for

:21:56. > :22:02.example, are you saying you're comfortable with every Chinese

:22:03. > :22:06.policy then? No. Why wasn't there a petition, why weren't there marches

:22:07. > :22:11.in the streets and why wasn't Jeremy Corbyn demanding that his invitation

:22:12. > :22:16.be withdrawn? I don't understand why the one person who has a

:22:17. > :22:20.democratically elected mandate and shares our values, that we pull this

:22:21. > :22:24.particular instance output we were completely silent when it came to

:22:25. > :22:29.others whose domestic policies none bus would ever have any truck with.

:22:30. > :22:34.I find this whole thing bizarre and hypocritical.

:22:35. > :22:40.Just before you go, Woodrow Wilson was the first-ever US president to

:22:41. > :22:45.visit Europe, including the UK, in 1918. Andy was over for the Treaty

:22:46. > :22:49.of Versailles as well. The Senate in the end didn't sign. Buckingham

:22:50. > :22:55.Palace was not able to give us a formal definition of the state

:22:56. > :23:01.visit. I think we can make it up! Definitely there is a call for a

:23:02. > :23:05.Friday film on the daily politics. I have just checked Jeremy Corbyn's

:23:06. > :23:09.letter to Theresa May. It does say that he has written to Theresa May

:23:10. > :23:12.to the man she withdraw the invitation of a state visit. The

:23:13. > :23:19.Labour Party stands unequivocally with those demonstrating and calling

:23:20. > :23:22.for that. The policy is very clear. Sure we leave it there? We could

:23:23. > :23:25.talk for hours. Now, the European Capital of Culture

:23:26. > :23:29.is a title bestowed by the EU on one lucky city for a year,

:23:30. > :23:31.during which time it has to organise cultural events

:23:32. > :23:34.with a strong European dimension, and in return hopes for a boost

:23:35. > :23:41.in status and visitors. It's credited with making a big

:23:42. > :23:43.difference in Glasgow, The UK government has

:23:44. > :23:47.just asked cities to bid for the title in 2023 -

:23:48. > :23:49.which, the observant among you will notice,

:23:50. > :23:52.is after we will have left the EU. But undeterred, Truro is among those

:23:53. > :23:55.throwing its hat into the ring. Before we ask whether that's wise,

:23:56. > :23:58.what does Cornwall's Well, it's the UK's most

:23:59. > :24:02.southerly city, and in fact, It's home to a rather splendid

:24:03. > :24:05.gothic revival cathedral, one of only three in the country

:24:06. > :24:22.boasting three spires. There are some famous names related

:24:23. > :24:28.to Truro, including William Golding and Professor John Curtis. We are

:24:29. > :24:36.joined by Julian German, Cornwall county council's Cabinet member for

:24:37. > :24:41.culture. Assuming the UK leads the EU, what do you think the realistic

:24:42. > :24:48.possibility of true being made European city of culture in 2023?

:24:49. > :24:52.Good afternoon. I think there is a really good chance. The government

:24:53. > :24:56.have said they want to be continued -- continue to be outward looking

:24:57. > :24:59.that they want to work with EU partners and continue to play a role

:25:00. > :25:03.in some programmes. The CMS have opened bidding. That signals a level

:25:04. > :25:11.of confidence from government this will happen. Other places are

:25:12. > :25:19.looking at bidding. The government guidance says the UK is currently

:25:20. > :25:22.still a full member of the EU, therefore the application process

:25:23. > :25:26.will run as normal. There are a lot of good reasons we would want to be

:25:27. > :25:29.involved. I'm going to give you the advice the culture Department has

:25:30. > :25:34.given to bidding cities like true. We are committed for the UK to host

:25:35. > :25:45.the title in 2023, however bidding cities should be aware that the

:25:46. > :25:47.European capital... It goes on, the UK government bears no

:25:48. > :25:51.responsibility for the Finance and investment made by the cities and

:25:52. > :25:56.councils. In other words, it could be money down the drain. They have

:25:57. > :26:01.basically written a disclaimer. We recognise there is a risk but we

:26:02. > :26:07.recognise it is good value for money in any case. It brings a focus to

:26:08. > :26:14.Truro and count -- Cornwall. The wider region is involved, as with

:26:15. > :26:18.Marseille province last year. And what we want to do is get across

:26:19. > :26:23.what is happening in Cornwall and Truro, and the fact we are on the

:26:24. > :26:30.daily politics today talking about Truro and Cornwall shows that that

:26:31. > :26:34.is working. It may kill off your bid altogether! You are spending just

:26:35. > :26:38.more than ?500,000. I use sure people in Truro would agree it is a

:26:39. > :26:43.good way of spending that money? -- are you sure? We go through the

:26:44. > :26:49.process. The ?500,000 is for a full bid. What we have signed off is the

:26:50. > :26:52.full budget that will come back tuck Cornwall Council Cabinet before

:26:53. > :26:59.October, when the bid is put forward. That will take considerably

:27:00. > :27:04.less. That will take a son to the short list. We have spent investment

:27:05. > :27:12.in culture in Cornwall. The cultivator project, St Ives, Rob

:27:13. > :27:16.Ford creative business growth. That is extent -- expensively that is

:27:17. > :27:21.part of our strategy. It ties very much with that. And indeed with the

:27:22. > :27:26.government strategy around the culture White Paper and the

:27:27. > :27:30.industrial strategy. John Healey, can you imagine

:27:31. > :27:34.Jean-Claude Juncker commented cut the ribbon when it is announced it

:27:35. > :27:38.is going to be Truro as the European city of Culture once we have left,

:27:39. > :27:41.bearing in mind if you look at the website of the European commission

:27:42. > :27:49.it says eligible cities have to come from member states, candidate

:27:50. > :27:55.countries? We won't be any those. I can imagine it, actually. Istanbul

:27:56. > :28:00.has been City of Culture. They are a country that wants to join the EU. I

:28:01. > :28:07.think Jean-Claude Juncker will will be interested in those three spires.

:28:08. > :28:14.I say, go Truro. I think Theresa May hast to add a 13th point to plan for

:28:15. > :28:23.negotiating Brexit. Very timely as we have just announced more funding

:28:24. > :28:30.for Cornwall. I am from Hull, UK City of Culture. It has been a huge

:28:31. > :28:33.value. Thank you and goodbye. In guess the year, the answer was 1983.

:28:34. > :28:36.If you can press that Red Button... Well done. That is a great

:28:37. > :28:47.name. The One O'Clock News is starting

:28:48. > :28:50.over on BBC One now. Jo and I will be here at noon

:28:51. > :28:53.tomorrow, with all the big To be in the Lords,

:28:54. > :29:04.you have to be punctual... Sometimes you really do literally

:29:05. > :29:07.have to slam the door What right do they have to tell

:29:08. > :29:12.me about my fashion sense? Can you now control

:29:13. > :29:17.your bad language? Yes, I will. Otherwise you'll be,

:29:18. > :29:21.you know, drummed out.