:00:30. > :00:37.Welcome to Westminster. I will try to guide you through events in
:00:38. > :00:41.Parliament this afternoon we will bring you coverage of the ceremony
:00:42. > :00:46.of approbation and then we will see some of the first MPs being sworn
:00:47. > :00:52.in. In the House of Lords, Pier started swearing in yesterday and
:00:53. > :00:59.will continue doing so later today. I am joined by Simon Vaughan. The
:01:00. > :01:03.man with all the information at his fingertips. I very much more sombre
:01:04. > :01:11.mood in Westminster today and in Parliament because of the terrible
:01:12. > :01:14.fire in west London. That fire was a reminder that the Kensington
:01:15. > :01:19.constituency whilst it is certainly home to some very rich people, some
:01:20. > :01:25.well known people such as David Cameron, it also contains some of
:01:26. > :01:29.the poorest wards in London. A very mixed constituency. This afternoon,
:01:30. > :01:36.we will see the Royal commission acting on behalf of the Queen. They
:01:37. > :01:42.will take their seats in the Lords, dispatch Black Rod to the Commons.
:01:43. > :01:46.We will cure the Queen's approval of the choice of speaker as John
:01:47. > :01:52.Bercow. In-turn, the Speaker will ask for the traditional rights and
:01:53. > :01:56.privileges of the Commons to be confirmed. The MPs will be returned
:01:57. > :02:01.to the Commons. He left the Commons to go up to the Lords as Speaker
:02:02. > :02:06.elect and will return as Speaker. He will start to swear MPs in, starting
:02:07. > :02:16.with himself and then the father of the House, Ken Clarke. There are 643
:02:17. > :02:24.MPs to swear in. The Sinn Fein MPs will not be taking their seats. What
:02:25. > :02:29.is very obvious at Westminster is the power play going on between the
:02:30. > :02:34.Conservatives and the DUP. As they look to put that Coalition together,
:02:35. > :02:45.not a formal Coalition, really just an agreement. Arlene Foster is not a
:02:46. > :02:50.Westminster MP, but Nigel Dodds and Gregory Campbell are. At Westminster
:02:51. > :02:56.yesterday, not going into the Commons, Sinn Fein MPs they are.
:02:57. > :03:06.Some new ones. Alicia McCallion on the left, the new MP for Foyle. And
:03:07. > :03:14.Michelle Golden who won back Fermanagh South Tyrone from the
:03:15. > :03:22.Ulster Unionists. I am joined by a representative of the Institute for
:03:23. > :03:27.Parliament. And Mark Darcy. Starting with you, Mark, the Coalition in
:03:28. > :03:31.2010 was put together at midnight on the fifth day after the general
:03:32. > :03:39.election. We are past that and we can't reach an agreement with the
:03:40. > :03:48.DUP. What is going on? It seems they believe the agreement is now 98.5%
:03:49. > :03:53.complete. They are also I think positing almost out of respect for
:03:54. > :03:58.the awful events which have happened with the fire still ongoing in
:03:59. > :04:01.London. They don't want to try and have an announcement of a new
:04:02. > :04:07.government against such a terrible background. So there is also I think
:04:08. > :04:11.a respectful pause taking place in the public part of the political
:04:12. > :04:16.process. Nobody really believes this agreement is not going to happen.
:04:17. > :04:22.It's such a win-win for the Democratic Unionist Party that I
:04:23. > :04:26.think they would have to do the sums huge and undetected obstacle for
:04:27. > :04:30.that not to go ahead and for the State Opening of Parliament to
:04:31. > :04:35.proceed in due course. That is the key phrase. I will come back to some
:04:36. > :04:45.of the things that may be happening as a result of that agreement. We
:04:46. > :04:49.remember the minority government of 1974 - 1979. Give us an idea of what
:04:50. > :04:55.that Parliament was like in terms of hours and faults? The House of Lords
:04:56. > :05:01.played their part in that Parliament. What was it like?
:05:02. > :05:08.Parliament of considerable attrition and extreme whipping on both sides.
:05:09. > :05:14.On one side, Labour's deputy Chief Whip Walter Harrison. On the other
:05:15. > :05:16.side, Jack Bernard Wetherall orchestrating parliamentary tactic
:05:17. > :05:30.and counter tactics. Each vote could be a problem for the government.
:05:31. > :05:35.People were being desperately ill. There was quite an attrition rate. A
:05:36. > :05:51.lot of MPs died during that Parliament.
:05:52. > :06:09.Mr John Bercow, to be there once again, the amendment will be a Royal
:06:10. > :06:16.commission. Lord Fowler having briefly sat on rule sack as Lord
:06:17. > :06:22.Speaker will now be one of the Royal Commissioners. Without going into
:06:23. > :06:26.all the details of the vote of confidence in 1979, which we also
:06:27. > :06:35.discovered this morning we both listened to on the radio was years
:06:36. > :06:46.ago, what was the immediate result? Labour lost by a single vote. As a
:06:47. > :06:53.result, James Callaghan resigned and there was a general election. Does
:06:54. > :06:57.that happen today? If there is a vote of confidence and the
:06:58. > :07:03.government lose by one vote, does the government resign straightaway?
:07:04. > :07:10.The thing which has changed since 1979 was the introduction of the
:07:11. > :07:16.fixed term Parliament act in 2011. And what that does is regulates the
:07:17. > :07:20.conditions on which you can have an early general election. So the next
:07:21. > :07:25.election is now scheduled for May 2022. If at any point before that
:07:26. > :07:31.the government were to lose a vote of no-confidence using the specific
:07:32. > :07:36.wording set out in the act, you then have a 14 day period following that
:07:37. > :07:41.vote in which attempts can be made to form a new government which then
:07:42. > :07:45.has to demonstrate it can win the confidence of the House. And that
:07:46. > :07:52.government could be led by the Leader of the Opposition or it could
:07:53. > :08:04.be another Conservative Minister. So that is one method. It is 14 days
:08:05. > :08:09.cooling off period, is that right? You don't immediately have the
:08:10. > :08:14.defeated Prime Minister heading to the palace, as happened in 1979, to
:08:15. > :08:19.secure an election. There is a chance to form a new government
:08:20. > :08:24.without that. Let's remind ourselves of the events of yesterday when John
:08:25. > :08:49.Bercow was re-elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
:08:50. > :09:11.Just going through the lobby from the Speaker's offers. Before I take
:09:12. > :09:16.the chair as Speaker elect, I wish first to thank the House for the
:09:17. > :09:25.honour that is again the stored upon me. I am aware that it is the
:09:26. > :09:29.greatest honour it can give to any of its members. I pray I shall
:09:30. > :09:36.justify its continuing confidence and I propose to do all within my
:09:37. > :09:45.power to preserve and to cherish its best traditions. Back in the Lords,
:09:46. > :09:49.we await the arrival of the Royal commissioners. There is a second way
:09:50. > :09:55.of creating an election and that was the one we saw in April. We vote for
:09:56. > :10:00.an election in the House of Commons? Exactly. That is the second route
:10:01. > :10:06.laid out under the fixed term Parliament act, but you need a two
:10:07. > :10:10.thirds majority. Taking the first one, there is a vote of confidence,
:10:11. > :10:17.the government loses and there is a 14 day cooling off period, can
:10:18. > :10:22.Labour form a government in this parliament? There are two routes to
:10:23. > :10:27.try to do that. One is to go it alone and dear everyone else to vote
:10:28. > :10:33.down their programme for government. And the other is to build up
:10:34. > :10:36.alliances for key votes such as our budget and the Queen's Speech. If
:10:37. > :10:43.they can get one of those things, they could attempt to be a minority
:10:44. > :10:49.government for a while. The Royal commissioners take their seats. The
:10:50. > :10:50.same members of the commissioners yesterday. Party leaders from House
:10:51. > :11:11.of Lords. Like yesterday, Black Rod comes to
:11:12. > :11:21.the Commons commission. The Lords Commissioners desire immediate
:11:22. > :11:28.attention in the House. Like yesterday, Black Rod heads off to
:11:29. > :11:33.the Commons. One of 14 Black Rods in the world. Australia, Canada, New
:11:34. > :11:38.Zealand. Slightly surprising in New Zealand because there is no upper
:11:39. > :11:41.house and Senate. Coming back to you on the formation. It is just
:11:42. > :11:47.possible to form a Labour Government? It is conceivable. The
:11:48. > :11:50.issue would be, could they survive and govern? Code to get the
:11:51. > :11:58.legislation they needed to get through? At the moment, it is hard
:11:59. > :12:03.to see the DUP prepared to support a government headed by Jeremy Corbyn.
:12:04. > :12:08.In the past, he has worked with Sinn Fein. He famously invited Gerry
:12:09. > :12:12.Adams to the Commons in the 1980s. That makes the arrangement very
:12:13. > :12:17.difficult to sustain. I don't see they would necessarily do so. But
:12:18. > :12:21.other things could happen. Do you think the fixed term Parliament act
:12:22. > :12:31.makes it easier for a minority government to power are less easy
:12:32. > :12:33.than the old system? It means the Prime Minister can no longer
:12:34. > :12:39.effectively see, back me on a particular vote or I shall resign
:12:40. > :12:46.and trigger an early election. Awaiting the arrival of Black Rod.
:12:47. > :12:53.The House is much emptier than yesterday. All the spirit of the new
:12:54. > :12:59.term. People happy and gossiping. No SNP members. And I think no Liberal
:13:00. > :13:17.members. This is very much a lesser ceremony of the two days. Black Rod.
:13:18. > :13:30.Black Rod has been announced. The Speaker elect is sitting in his
:13:31. > :13:34.chair. He will be back next week. Mr Speaker elect and members of the
:13:35. > :13:42.House of Commons, the Lords who are authorised by virtue of Her
:13:43. > :13:46.Majesty's commission to give royal approval to the election of a
:13:47. > :13:57.speaker desire the presence of this honourable house. In the House of
:13:58. > :14:10.Peers. Well, you can be word perfect every time. They are going to carry
:14:11. > :14:15.the mace in a very different way to normal. It is called a Kimble,
:14:16. > :14:20.rather like a baby. His predecessor did carry on like a baby. Because
:14:21. > :14:24.the Speaker is not fully the Speaker, use only the Speaker elect
:14:25. > :14:29.at the moment, the House is not fully constituted and so the mace is
:14:30. > :14:36.carried in a different manner. This occasion is the only time you will
:14:37. > :14:47.see that. And MPs are back to the House of lords. I interrupted you.
:14:48. > :14:52.Please continue. As I was saying, in the past, the Prime Minister always
:14:53. > :14:57.kind of had the ability to threaten an election if they didn't win votes
:14:58. > :15:01.on one particular issue, which could be quite ineffective way of keeping
:15:02. > :15:13.backbenchers and other parties in line. The principal bar doorkeeper
:15:14. > :15:19.of the Commons is heading the procession. Still a goodly number of
:15:20. > :15:22.MPs going through. As discussed, the other thing the fixed term
:15:23. > :15:27.Parliament potentially enables is a change of government in midterm
:15:28. > :15:30.without need for an election. We have spoken of the formal
:15:31. > :15:35.no-confidence motion that triggers an election, but a government could
:15:36. > :15:40.be defeated on other things that are still by Convention treated as
:15:41. > :15:43.confidence matters, including indeed their the Queen's Speech and
:15:44. > :15:49.possibly budgets and votes of supply as well.
:15:50. > :15:54.That minority Government was defeated quite a few times. I was
:15:55. > :15:58.just looking at the figures and I think it was around 60 times that
:15:59. > :16:00.the Labour governments of Wilson and Callaghan were defeated in the
:16:01. > :16:06.comment including votes on budgets. They lost total income tax rates,
:16:07. > :16:13.VAT and so on but those were not treated as resignation matters. The
:16:14. > :16:14.Royal commission welcomes the Commons. The Commons spell in
:16:15. > :16:29.return. -- bow in return. Prime Minister and Leader of the
:16:30. > :16:49.Opposition are present. My Lords, I have to squeeze your
:16:50. > :16:55.Lordships that in obedience to the Royal command, Her Majesty's
:16:56. > :16:59.faithful Commons have, in the exercise of their undoubted rights
:17:00. > :17:07.and privileges, proceeded to the election of a speaker and that's
:17:08. > :17:13.their choice has fallen on myself. I therefore presented myself at your
:17:14. > :17:20.lordship's bar and submit myself with all humility for Her Majesty's
:17:21. > :17:26.gracious approbation. Mr Akash, we are commanded to assure you that Her
:17:27. > :17:30.Majesty is awfully certain of your zeal in the public service and of
:17:31. > :17:34.your efficiency to execute the arduous duties which have faith for
:17:35. > :17:38.Collins have selected you to discharge that Her Majesty does most
:17:39. > :17:46.readily approve and confirm you as their speaker. My Lords, I submit
:17:47. > :17:53.myself with all humility and gratitude to Her Majesty's gracious
:17:54. > :18:00.commands. It is now my duty in the name of and on behalf of of the
:18:01. > :18:06.Commons of the United Kingdom to lay claim by humble position to Her
:18:07. > :18:12.Majesty to all their ancient and undoubted rights and privileges,
:18:13. > :18:19.especially to freedom of speech in debate, to freedom from arrest and
:18:20. > :18:26.two free access to Her Majesty when ever occasion shall arise. And that
:18:27. > :18:32.the most favourable construction shall be put upon all their
:18:33. > :18:40.proceedings. With regard to myself, I pray that if in the discharge of
:18:41. > :18:46.my duties I shall inadvertently fall into any error, it may be imputed to
:18:47. > :18:54.myself alone and not to Her Majesty's most faithful Commons. Mr
:18:55. > :18:58.Speaker, we have at further in command to inform you that Her
:18:59. > :19:02.Majesty does most readily confirm all the rights and privileges which
:19:03. > :19:06.have ever been granted to or conferred upon the Commons by Her
:19:07. > :19:12.Majesty or any of her royal predecessors. With respect to
:19:13. > :19:16.yourself, sir, though Her Majesty is sensible that you standing no need
:19:17. > :19:19.of such assurance, Her Majesty will ever replace the most favourable
:19:20. > :20:04.construction up on your words and actions.
:20:05. > :20:09.Black Rod very keen that his charges in the Commons to their bowing at
:20:10. > :20:14.the right time. You could probably cure his commands there and it has
:20:15. > :20:24.to be said the Royal Commissioner, Royal Commissioners, after three
:20:25. > :20:28.goals, have managed to synchronise the doffing. They probably won't
:20:29. > :20:33.have to do much more for a little while unless, of course, this
:20:34. > :20:36.parliament were to end very suddenly. Mark, the thing that
:20:37. > :20:41.occurs to me is that people think, what on earth is going on while
:20:42. > :20:45.there is a terrible fire in London? We have had the Manchester atrocity,
:20:46. > :20:50.the London Bridge attack, parliament has not been sitting to comment on
:20:51. > :20:53.these things. The Labour leader has in fact been calling for there to be
:20:54. > :20:58.a kind of informal opportunity for MPs to question ministers, to go and
:20:59. > :21:02.sit in a committee room and question them there in a kind of informal way
:21:03. > :21:07.because until Parliament properly gets going, the first thing it has
:21:08. > :21:13.to do is listen to debate, vote on the Queen's speech, it can't really
:21:14. > :21:18.do anything else. They can't speak until they have taken the oath, of
:21:19. > :21:23.course. Yes, so this would have to be company informal, not proper
:21:24. > :21:27.parliamentary proceedings. MPs waving at people in the central body
:21:28. > :21:32.rather cheerily including the Prime Minister and the Leader of the
:21:33. > :21:35.Opposition. Theresa Villiers going through there, former Northern
:21:36. > :21:40.Ireland Secretary. She only held onto her seat by 356. Lots of
:21:41. > :21:44.children gathered in the Central lobby today. I would not be
:21:45. > :21:48.surprised if the Speaker were to use the opportunity now to say
:21:49. > :21:53.something. He is perhaps the one person who can. The Sergeant is now
:21:54. > :21:59.carrying the mace in the approved way. It will take its place on the
:22:00. > :22:04.table. The hind Jeremy Corbyn, Emily Thornbury, the Shadow Foreign
:22:05. > :22:09.Secretary. And Damian Green, who appears to be Theresa May's shadow
:22:10. > :22:13.now in Government to make sure she does all the right steps. Verse
:22:14. > :22:20.Secretary of State, indeed. Yes, some might think she is held captive
:22:21. > :22:24.by the Cabinet at the moment. You might think that, I could not
:22:25. > :22:28.possibly comment. Certainly, this is not a moment when the Cabinet can
:22:29. > :22:35.easily be disposed of by a Prime Minister. Yes. Now, we talked about
:22:36. > :22:39.the DUP agreement etc. There seems to be top of a lot of stuff from the
:22:40. > :22:45.Conservative manifesto being thrown out. Have you heard any thing, what
:22:46. > :22:50.is going to happen on social care, fuel allowance for the elderly, fox
:22:51. > :22:56.hunting, the immigration pledge, grammar schools, maybe others? All
:22:57. > :23:00.sorts of things are subject to negotiation. Until we see the final
:23:01. > :23:05.agreement, we cannot be sure what is in what is out. But there are
:23:06. > :23:08.clearly a number of things. The social care proposals, the so-called
:23:09. > :23:13.dementia tax, and the idea of cutting the ridicule allowance with
:23:14. > :23:17.some pensioners were particularly unpopular and MPs found there were
:23:18. > :23:22.very bad reaction to those so a lot of Theresa May's all MPs would not
:23:23. > :23:45.mind. The Speaker will now take the chair. As speaker, wearing his gown.
:23:46. > :23:54.Only the clerk of the Commons wearing his wig. The other two
:23:55. > :23:58.clerks remain witless. Order. I have to report that this House has been
:23:59. > :24:02.in the House of Lords where the Her Majesty by her Royal Commissioners
:24:03. > :24:15.has been pleased to approve the choice made of myself for the office
:24:16. > :24:21.of Speaker. Here here! Thank you (!) I have, in your name and on your
:24:22. > :24:25.behalf, maize claim by humble petition to Her Majesty to all your
:24:26. > :24:38.ancient and undoubted rights and privileges. Particularly to freedom
:24:39. > :24:45.of speech in debate, freedom from arrest, and freedom of access. To
:24:46. > :24:51.Her Majesty whenever occasion shall require. And that's the most
:24:52. > :24:58.favourable construction shall be put upon all proceedings. All these, Her
:24:59. > :25:05.Majesty by her Commissioners, has been pleased to confirm in as ample
:25:06. > :25:10.manner as they have ever been granted or confirmed by herself or
:25:11. > :25:17.by any of her royal predecessors. My first duty to the House is to report
:25:18. > :25:23.my respectful acknowledgement and grateful thanks for the great honour
:25:24. > :25:31.you have conferred upon me in placing me in the chair. I must now
:25:32. > :25:37.call on the members of the House at causing it to the usual custom to
:25:38. > :25:41.take the oath of allegiance or to a firm at the House first doing so
:25:42. > :25:54.myself. I do solemnly, sincerely,
:25:55. > :25:56.and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear
:25:57. > :25:59.true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs
:26:00. > :26:22.and successors, according to law. MPs can take the oath on the new
:26:23. > :26:27.Testament, the old Testament, the two combined, the Koran, the grout,
:26:28. > :26:31.big eater, the Welsh Bible, the Gaelic Bible, King James Bible,
:26:32. > :26:38.Jerusalem Bible, Mormon bible, Jerusalem Bible, the Torah and the
:26:39. > :26:51.Hindu holy book. A full range. Some of those books must not be touched
:26:52. > :26:55.and they are in slipcovers. I should remind honourable members that until
:26:56. > :27:02.they take the author or affirm, they must not sit during any vote in any
:27:03. > :27:08.division of the House and will not receive any salary. The arrangements
:27:09. > :27:14.for swearing in our set out on the information sheet and a guidance
:27:15. > :27:19.note is also available from the table and vote officers. I propose
:27:20. > :27:24.to call first the father of the House, then members of the Cabinet,
:27:25. > :27:27.then members of the Shadow Cabinet, then all Privy Council is not
:27:28. > :27:32.included in those two groups wherever they may be sitting and
:27:33. > :27:36.then other ministers. Thereafter, I shall call other honourable members
:27:37. > :27:42.according to the Parliament of their first entry or, for those with
:27:43. > :27:48.broken servers, that of most recent entry. The first batch will be those
:27:49. > :27:55.who have been members since before the 2010... In the House of Lords,
:27:56. > :27:58.very briefly, the group of bishops, I don't know what the common name
:27:59. > :28:03.for a group of bishops is, but 27 bishops are signing into the House
:28:04. > :28:07.of Lords. They are also taking the oath of allegiance. One presumes
:28:08. > :28:18.they are taking the oath of allegiance on the Bible. And they
:28:19. > :28:22.also are continuing... And will continue to do so and other members
:28:23. > :28:25.of the House of Lords will take the oath and, of course, they are taking
:28:26. > :28:28.it on the Bible and many other members of the House of Lords will
:28:29. > :28:34.take it on the Bible and some members will affirm. Back in the
:28:35. > :28:39.Commons, the Speaker is telling us... Oh, no, in the Lords, there is
:28:40. > :28:50.the only woman bishop in the House of Lords so far, the
:28:51. > :29:05.However, if required, we will sit for swearing in at 2pm on the day of
:29:06. > :29:11.the Queen's speech. I am not in a position to die of old any further
:29:12. > :29:16.information on that matter. -- to die of old shed any further
:29:17. > :29:21.information. I hope members will come forward in an orderly manner. I
:29:22. > :29:27.remind members that swearing in as a proceeding of the House is recorded
:29:28. > :29:32.by the television cameras and that anything said or done by members may
:29:33. > :29:39.appear on television or be picked up by microphones. It will assist the
:29:40. > :29:44.broadcasters if new members state their name and constituency when
:29:45. > :29:49.they come to the dispatch box. Progress will depend, of course, and
:29:50. > :29:56.the number of members wishing to swear in at any particular time. I
:29:57. > :30:01.advise members to watch the annunciator is to establish progress
:30:02. > :30:06.and to speak to their whips. In a moment, we will begin this process
:30:07. > :30:14.and do so, as I indicated, a few moments ago, with the father of the
:30:15. > :30:15.House. Just before that, I want to make a very, very, very short
:30:16. > :30:30.statement. All of us will be aware of and
:30:31. > :30:36.horrified by the tragic fire which engulfed the vast majority of an
:30:37. > :30:43.enormous block of flats in London in the early hours of this morning.
:30:44. > :30:49.Colleagues, it is not possible to treat of that matter in the way that
:30:50. > :30:54.we otherwise I'm sure would wish to do in the chamber today. The
:30:55. > :30:59.government is very sensitive to the concern that exists on this subject
:31:00. > :31:06.and my very clear understanding is that arrangements are in hand for a
:31:07. > :31:12.meeting with the relevant minister to take place within the precincts
:31:13. > :31:16.of the Palace of Westminster. That meeting can be attended by
:31:17. > :31:23.colleagues gravely concerned about this matter and no doubt questions
:31:24. > :31:28.can be put to the Minister, and answers such as here she is able to
:31:29. > :31:32.give will be provided. It will not be a proceeding Parliament. That
:31:33. > :31:39.would not be possible under our standing orders. Nor is it possible
:31:40. > :31:45.after I have spoken for anybody else to say anything. I am sure this is
:31:46. > :31:51.on behalf of each and every one of you in this chamber, I want to offer
:31:52. > :32:00.our condolences to the families and friends of the victims of this
:32:01. > :32:07.unimaginable and horrific disaster. I won't also, I am sure with your
:32:08. > :32:13.concurrence, to offer the warmest and most effusive thanks to our
:32:14. > :32:19.magnificent emergency services for coping as best they can in this
:32:20. > :32:23.horrendous situation. I hope colleagues will understand if we
:32:24. > :32:34.have to leave it there for now. Thank you. Let us now begin and we
:32:35. > :32:39.do so appropriately with the father of the House. The Right honourable
:32:40. > :32:42.and learn a gentleman, the Member for Rushworth. We wondered if the
:32:43. > :32:46.Speaker might be able to find a way to talk about the terrible events
:32:47. > :32:52.today and indeed he has done so. I swear by Almighty God
:32:53. > :32:57.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
:32:58. > :33:00.to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
:33:01. > :33:18.according to law. Ken Clarke, the father of the House,
:33:19. > :33:22.47 years service in the House of Commons. He took the chair yesterday
:33:23. > :33:25.for the election of the Speaker. And today he takes the oath immediately
:33:26. > :33:28.after the Speaker. I swear by Almighty God
:33:29. > :33:31.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
:33:32. > :33:33.to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
:33:34. > :33:48.according to law. The Prime Minister, Theresa May. And
:33:49. > :33:52.we will see the members of the Cabinet swearing in first. Then
:33:53. > :33:59.other senior members of the Commons and so it goes on and will be a long
:34:00. > :34:05.queue to swear in. And it will take place over the next few days. They
:34:06. > :34:09.will probably try to finish swearing and all members by Friday.
:34:10. > :34:11.I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful
:34:12. > :34:13.and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,
:34:14. > :34:15.her heirs and successors, according to law.
:34:16. > :34:34.I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful
:34:35. > :34:36.and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,
:34:37. > :34:37.her heirs and successors, according to law.
:34:38. > :34:58.I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful
:34:59. > :35:00.and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,
:35:01. > :35:02.her heirs and successors, according to law.
:35:03. > :35:19.That was Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary. Very narrow majority in
:35:20. > :35:22.Hastings. I swear by Almighty God
:35:23. > :35:24.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
:35:25. > :35:26.to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
:35:27. > :35:40.according to law. Justine Greening, MP for Putney,
:35:41. > :35:41.Education Secretary. Her majority was very considerably reduced in
:35:42. > :35:44.Putney. I swear by Almighty God
:35:45. > :35:46.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
:35:47. > :35:49.to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
:35:50. > :35:50.according to law. Jeremy Hunt, and number of those who
:35:51. > :36:05.have retained their post. I swear by Almighty God
:36:06. > :36:07.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
:36:08. > :36:10.to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
:36:11. > :36:11.according to law. I swear by Almighty God
:36:12. > :36:28.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
:36:29. > :36:30.to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
:36:31. > :36:51.according to law. Andrea Leadsom. If you would rather
:36:52. > :37:05.see this without commentary, please logon to BBC Parliament online. On
:37:06. > :37:08.the television, we will continue with commentary. Log on online
:37:09. > :37:12.annual have all the swearing in which will continue until the end of
:37:13. > :37:22.the week in both houses without commentary. Mark, some of these
:37:23. > :37:27.people might not have expected to be back in the Cabinet had things gone
:37:28. > :37:31.differently in the election? There was certainly a lot of chatter
:37:32. > :37:34.during the election that Philip Hammond wasn't going to continue in
:37:35. > :37:42.number 11 Downing St and may have been ousted from the Treasury,
:37:43. > :37:45.bolstered by the fact that he wasn't put up for a lot of economic
:37:46. > :37:48.announcements during the campaign. Of the Prime Minister is now in such
:37:49. > :37:50.a weakened position that she can't really afford to drop people from
:37:51. > :37:55.the Cabinet unless they want to go. I swear by Almighty God
:37:56. > :37:58.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
:37:59. > :38:00.to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
:38:01. > :38:11.according to law. Chris Grayling remains Transport
:38:12. > :38:12.Secretary. That is the Chief Whip, Gavin Williamson, shaking hands with
:38:13. > :38:24.the Speaker. I swear by Almighty God
:38:25. > :38:27.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
:38:28. > :38:29.to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
:38:30. > :38:40.according to law. Patrick McLoughlin, chair of the
:38:41. > :38:47.Conservative Party, and before him was the Business Secretary Greg
:38:48. > :38:53.Clark. Let's return a little bit to the rigours of minority government.
:38:54. > :38:59.That Labour Government from 1974 until 1979, it lost a lot of votes
:39:00. > :39:04.in the Commons? Yes, as we were discussing earlier, a total of
:39:05. > :39:08.around 60 in that five-year period. Including on some quite significant
:39:09. > :39:13.things. Faults on tax rates and devolution legislation among them.
:39:14. > :39:15.I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful
:39:16. > :39:17.and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,
:39:18. > :39:19.her heirs and successors, according to law.
:39:20. > :39:34.I government without a majority, that is the risk of a run. And of
:39:35. > :39:37.course the period where the minority government of James Callaghan didn't
:39:38. > :39:43.lose many votes was for the 18 months or so of the Liberal and
:39:44. > :39:48.labour pact, a sort of precursor of the confidence and supply agreement
:39:49. > :39:51.we expect to see between the Conservatives and DUP. Some votes
:39:52. > :39:57.you can lose and it is annoying for the government, but you continue in
:39:58. > :40:01.office? Yes, what is a resignation matter has always been to some
:40:02. > :40:07.extent more of a matter of interpretation than a fixed
:40:08. > :40:12.convention. There are some things that everyone would accept our
:40:13. > :40:16.resignation matters, so anything with the word confidence
:40:17. > :40:19.no-confidence in the motion. The government who loses that can't
:40:20. > :40:23.really survive. And the general interpretation is that a government
:40:24. > :40:29.that loses the vote that comes after the Queen's Speech essentially gives
:40:30. > :40:33.approval of eyes for the content of that Queen's speech. That has
:40:34. > :40:40.historically been treated as a confidence matter as well. Michael
:40:41. > :40:43.Gove, returned to the Cabinet as Environment Secretary. After him,
:40:44. > :40:46.David Davis, the Brexit secretary. I swear by Almighty God
:40:47. > :40:49.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
:40:50. > :40:51.to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
:40:52. > :41:02.according to law. So is there a and opposition
:41:03. > :41:07.suddenly disposed to putting down confidence motions? I think you need
:41:08. > :41:11.to be careful. Margaret Thatcher put down several before she finally won
:41:12. > :41:17.one. If you are doing it every five minutes, it kind of loses its effect
:41:18. > :41:23.a little. Wait for a moment and try to engineer the kind of crisis that
:41:24. > :41:30.might peel off some individual Conservative MPs considerably or the
:41:31. > :41:34.DUP. David Mundell, the Scottish Secretary, no longer the only
:41:35. > :41:41.Conservative MP in Scotland. He has all clutch of colleagues. Ruth
:41:42. > :41:45.Davidson has made it very plain that she doesn't agree with the Prime
:41:46. > :41:49.Minister on everything. She is looking for a soft Brexit and is
:41:50. > :41:56.very interested to see how the deal with the DUP might go, isn't she?
:41:57. > :42:02.Yes, indeed. With Davidson has been using the language of open Brexit. I
:42:03. > :42:06.don't think she is clarified the particular differences she has with
:42:07. > :42:10.the Prime Minister. Clearly that group of Scottish Conservatives, if
:42:11. > :42:17.the act has a block, and that is not a given, we would have some
:42:18. > :42:23.leveraged over the government since the majority, even with the DUP,
:42:24. > :42:26.will be so narrow. You are just back from Edinburgh. What has been so
:42:27. > :42:32.peculiar about this election, maybe it has been going on for some time,
:42:33. > :42:41.is that really there was an English general election, a Scottish
:42:42. > :42:47.election and one in Northern Ireland. And also in Wales. The
:42:48. > :42:51.Scottish election was to some extent dominated by different issues,
:42:52. > :42:56.namely the question of Scottish independence. It was quite
:42:57. > :43:00.interesting and odd in some ways. The SNP was trying to downplay the
:43:01. > :43:08.extent to which that was the key question at this election. Nicola
:43:09. > :43:11.Sturgeon cold earlier this year for there to be an independence
:43:12. > :43:16.referendum before the end of the Brexit negotiations. Of the SNP seen
:43:17. > :43:22.too soft on its position on that. And went into this campaign and
:43:23. > :43:27.wanting to talk about other things like opposition to austerity. The
:43:28. > :43:30.Conservatives really made independence central question and
:43:31. > :43:35.campaign very hard as the party of the union. While they lost seats in
:43:36. > :43:38.England, the Conservatives made some pretty substantial gains on the
:43:39. > :43:42.basis of that in Scotland. I do solemnly, sincerely,
:43:43. > :43:44.and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear
:43:45. > :43:47.true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs
:43:48. > :43:56.and successors, according to law. Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the
:43:57. > :43:59.Opposition, affirming. And no other members of the Shadow Cabinet.
:44:00. > :44:01.I do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm,
:44:02. > :44:04.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen
:44:05. > :44:12.Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law.
:44:13. > :44:21.Nick Brown, the Chief Whip, followed by Emily Thornberry, the Shadow Home
:44:22. > :44:25.Secretary. Tony Banks, the former Labour MP famously crossed his
:44:26. > :44:31.fingers whilst taking the oath of allegiance to the crime, he was of
:44:32. > :44:38.course a Republican. You may have heard the Speaker warning members
:44:39. > :44:43.earlier they are now on national television and that is one of the
:44:44. > :44:53.reasons why. He finished his life rather briefly as Lord Stratford.
:44:54. > :44:57.That gave him a wonderful experience in America brew they thought he was
:44:58. > :44:59.a distant relation to William Shakespeare. The McDonnell, the
:45:00. > :45:13.Shadow Chancellor. I do solemnly, sincerely,
:45:14. > :45:15.and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear
:45:16. > :45:18.true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs
:45:19. > :45:31.and successors, according to law. And Diane Abbott. Recently she
:45:32. > :45:35.announced that she was suffering from type two diabetes.
:45:36. > :45:37.I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful
:45:38. > :45:39.and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,
:45:40. > :45:43.her heirs and successors, according to law.
:45:44. > :45:57.Now, hauling interview by the DUP members, the Democratic Unionists I
:45:58. > :46:04.can see in the shot we were looking at a few moments ago. We sought many
:46:05. > :46:08.DUP members. Confidence and supply, Akash, what does that actually mean?
:46:09. > :46:14.What are we talking about? It is not a phrase we have heard too much of
:46:15. > :46:18.at Westminster although interestingly in 2010, but the
:46:19. > :46:23.Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had drafted a confident and supply
:46:24. > :46:27.agreement as a back-up in case the coalition talks failed and what it
:46:28. > :46:36.basically means is it is a looser kind of cooperation agreement. We
:46:37. > :46:41.can't hear it but the Speaker and Jeremy Corbyn are having a chat
:46:42. > :46:44.there. So sorry. Confidence and supply agreements, which we have
:46:45. > :46:49.seen in a few other countries such as New Zealand, Ireland and
:46:50. > :46:54.elsewhere, the essence of it is that the smaller party promises to back
:46:55. > :46:58.the Government on crucial votes in which its survival depends, is as we
:46:59. > :47:04.have discussed Bedi, confidence vote and supply meaning votes on
:47:05. > :47:08.Government finance when the Government is authorised to spend
:47:09. > :47:13.money on public services and so on and in return the smaller party can
:47:14. > :47:19.negotiate various kinds of concession over policy issues, more
:47:20. > :47:23.spending on its priorities, so we expect to see commitments to extra
:47:24. > :47:28.budget potentially for Northern Ireland, or protection of certain
:47:29. > :47:32.benefits that the DUP in its manifesto working to protect
:47:33. > :47:37.including winter fuel allowance and triple lock pensions. I know I am
:47:38. > :47:41.going back to 74-79 and the parliaments then, but is that what
:47:42. > :47:47.the Liberals did under David steel? They did not form a coalition, did
:47:48. > :47:52.they? No, the Liberals, a lot of people would say actually
:47:53. > :47:55.underplayed their hands. They saved Callaghan at a very difficult moment
:47:56. > :47:57.when it looks like the Government might fall, but they didn't really
:47:58. > :48:10.secure much in return. Barry Gardner, one of the great
:48:11. > :48:36.stars of the election. Richard Bergen, Angela Rayner,
:48:37. > :48:41.queueing there. You can see, just about the centre of the screen...
:48:42. > :48:44.What all those DUP members? They seem to have got jolly close but
:48:45. > :48:49.they seem to be in exact same position as they were. I think the
:48:50. > :48:52.the key is actually snaking all the way out to the bar of the House of
:48:53. > :48:54.Commons at one end and then coming back down the other side. That is
:48:55. > :48:59.why we have not seen them. I do solemnly, sincerely,
:49:00. > :49:02.and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear
:49:03. > :49:05.true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs
:49:06. > :49:19.and successors, according to law. Richard Bergen there are, shall we
:49:20. > :49:23.say, not taking the oath. To sweeten the monarch. Tender word Dover Diane
:49:24. > :49:28.I do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm,
:49:29. > :49:32.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen
:49:33. > :49:34.Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law.
:49:35. > :49:38.Angela Rayner found herself suddenly in the Shadow Cabinet as Education
:49:39. > :50:24.Secretary. We have a logjam, really, haven't
:50:25. > :50:30.we? One final goal on 74-79. What is amazing, Mark, is that those two
:50:31. > :50:34.parliaments lasted four and a half years out of five. I was listening
:50:35. > :50:38.back to an interview I recorded with the late Michael foot who was Leader
:50:39. > :50:41.of the House, business manager for a long part of that time, and he said
:50:42. > :50:46.nobody believed they could possibly last as long as they did. They had
:50:47. > :50:50.one of the most brilliant whipping operations and did all sorts of
:50:51. > :50:53.tricks, you know? They would be a crucial vote and a Conservative MP
:50:54. > :50:58.who was particularly keen on defence issues would be of the Atlantic
:50:59. > :51:00.observing Nato exercises and that would have been carefully arranged
:51:01. > :51:04.in advance for just that purpose. That was the kind of length they
:51:05. > :51:08.went to to ensure they won as many votes as they possibly could. For
:51:09. > :51:14.young whippersnappers, there was a very good play, for which I hasten
:51:15. > :51:18.to say you provided advice for, which gives you a very good
:51:19. > :51:24.background the that period. Yes, James Grahamwonderful play This
:51:25. > :51:27.House. I think it has just finished its second production. But it is an
:51:28. > :51:30.extraordinary telling of this whipping jewel between Walter
:51:31. > :51:37.Harrison who was deputy Chief Whip under Callaghan and his Conservative
:51:38. > :51:40.opposite number. They were the rival for managers mustering every vote,
:51:41. > :51:44.checking the one was passed out in the loos before a vital vote, making
:51:45. > :51:48.sure no one was on a train or making desperate arrangements to get them
:51:49. > :51:52.in if they were. All those things every day on every vote because any
:51:53. > :51:55.vote could be the moment of the ambush that triggered a confidence
:51:56. > :52:01.motion brought the Government down. And to be honest, we saw ambulances
:52:02. > :52:06.bringing MPs into new Palace Yard and there were MPs who died from the
:52:07. > :52:10.strain of the whole thing over that period. Absolutely. There were
:52:11. > :52:14.people put in a makeshift hospital rooms in ministerial offices in
:52:15. > :52:20.promote other corridors of the comments and basically put up there.
:52:21. > :52:23.I know that Jack Wetherall had one particular MP's house under
:52:24. > :52:26.surveillance as he was known to be very ill and someone from the local
:52:27. > :52:30.Conservative Association would take a look to see if an ambulance were
:52:31. > :52:35.taken down. They were that thorough that the calculation they were
:52:36. > :52:40.making. And then there was the awful case of self or draw to and who on
:52:41. > :52:46.the final vote of all terribly, terribly ill, was not able to make
:52:47. > :52:50.it. Yes, and I know from Lord McNally who was Jim Callaghan's
:52:51. > :52:55.special adviser from the time that Callaghan spent a lot of time on the
:52:56. > :53:02.phone to him just trying to make it clear that it wasn't his fault that
:53:03. > :53:05.the Government had fallen. Could we see then Brexit ministers
:53:06. > :53:09.negotiating in Brussels or wherever suddenly having to rush back to the
:53:10. > :53:12.House of Commons to vote? It is entirely possible that that could be
:53:13. > :53:17.the case. There is a pairing deal in place. One of the reasons that
:53:18. > :53:20.Parliament back in the 1970s wassail strenuous was that the
:53:21. > :53:26.Conservatives. They have caught Labour gaming the rules and they
:53:27. > :53:31.broke off the normal arrangement where if one MP is away, and
:53:32. > :53:34.opposite MP would step away. That is the lifeblood of Parliament that
:53:35. > :53:38.allows people not to be there at every possible vote. When that
:53:39. > :53:42.breaks down, everybody has to be there all the time and it only
:53:43. > :53:46.takes... It needn't be anything dramatic like a political gesture,
:53:47. > :53:51.it could be a broken down train that suddenly changes the balance of
:53:52. > :53:56.Parliament. May be another strike on Southern rail. That might be enough
:53:57. > :54:01.to finish off a Government. Rather worrying thought! If you are not
:54:02. > :54:06.there for the confidence vote itself, the vote is lost. No one is
:54:07. > :54:13.paired on confidence votes. Akash, is the vote on the Queen's speech a
:54:14. > :54:16.vote of confidence? That is historically traditionally exactly
:54:17. > :54:20.what it is viewed as, so we will have the Queen's speech... We think
:54:21. > :54:25.next Monday, although there is some question as to whether they will be
:54:26. > :54:30.ready yet. Considerable question, I think. Whenever it takes place,
:54:31. > :54:35.there will then be a few days of debate followed by a vote on a
:54:36. > :54:39.humble address to Her Majesty using some quite arcane wording that I
:54:40. > :54:41.cannot recall, but the effect of which is whether the House of
:54:42. > :54:48.Commons gives its backing to the contents of the Queen's speech. If
:54:49. > :54:53.it votes no, it does not, by convention the Government is
:54:54. > :54:56.expected, or at least the Prime Minister is expected to resign.
:54:57. > :55:01.Precisely what happens next is a little unclear. That has not happens
:55:02. > :55:07.is leading 24. Are, you remember the case of Stanley Baldwin presenting
:55:08. > :55:12.the King's speech in 1924, January. He lost the vote on the King's
:55:13. > :55:21.speech and Ramsay MacDonald formed a minority Labour .my guess, the first
:55:22. > :55:24.Labour minority Government. Yes, just before we met through to the
:55:25. > :55:28.House of Lords to see how they are doing... Oh, we are in the House of
:55:29. > :55:33.lords and there is Lord Tebbit. I should let you know that Ian
:55:34. > :55:39.Blackford of the SNP has been elected the parliamentary leader of
:55:40. > :55:44.the SNP group. He is replacing Angus Robertson who lost his seat in the
:55:45. > :55:49.election last week. He is one of their new intake. There could be as
:55:50. > :55:54.bit of generational change about. Is this generation 2015 taking over
:55:55. > :55:57.from the previous group, the small group of SNP MPs who have been there
:55:58. > :56:02.for a long time before that. Ian Blackford and his new Deputy Kirsty
:56:03. > :56:08.Blackman are now in charge of the third largest group of the House of
:56:09. > :56:16.Commons. He defeated Charles Kennedy in the 2015 general election. And we
:56:17. > :56:23.are back in the Commons. We saw Ken Baker, Lord Baker, of education act
:56:24. > :56:38.I think we could call him. Swearing in in the Lords.
:56:39. > :56:45.We are going to have a Welsh language affirmation. Now, you have
:56:46. > :56:47.to say it in English first and then you can see it in well.
:56:48. > :56:49.I do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm,
:56:50. > :56:52.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen
:56:53. > :56:58.Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law.
:56:59. > :57:02.Yr wyf yn addo, trwy gymorth y Goruchaf, y byddaf yn ffyddlon ac yn
:57:03. > :57:06.wir deyrngar i'w Mawrhydi, y Frenhines Elizabeth,
:57:07. > :57:16.ei hetifeddion a'i holynwyr, yn ol y Ddeddf, yn wyneb Duw.
:57:17. > :57:23.behind how, circular Starmer, Shadow Brexit secondary. -- secretary.
:57:24. > :57:25.I do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm,
:57:26. > :57:28.that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen
:57:29. > :57:35.Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law.
:57:36. > :57:42.So, I think just as we reach the close, I think I need to ask you to
:57:43. > :57:46.things, Mark. First of all, it is the Queen's birthday Honours coming
:57:47. > :57:51.up at the weekend. Pity you think Theresa May will be honouring? Some
:57:52. > :57:54.of those MPs who managed to lose their seats? I think that might be a
:57:55. > :58:00.nice gesture for some of them. There will certainly not be any promotions
:58:01. > :58:07.to the House of Lords to be MPs have just been re-elected, that could be
:58:08. > :58:11.a risk too far. After 30 years representing Canterbury, a letter
:58:12. > :58:15.might be a bit lasting. And some MPs is to stay down, such as Andrew
:58:16. > :58:19.Tyree who was chairman of the Treasury committee for some years,
:58:20. > :58:24.he may feel he could possibly go to be House of Lords as well. Mark, put
:58:25. > :58:31.your cards on the line. How long will this Parliament last? I think
:58:32. > :58:36.it will last for at least 18 months, possibly a bit longer than that. It
:58:37. > :58:38.really depends. There is no percentage in the Conservatives
:58:39. > :58:41.calling an election if they do not think they will win it. If they see
:58:42. > :58:45.a window of opportunity, doubtless they will seek to take it. But they
:58:46. > :58:49.might feel also that they wanted to have a new reader as well. We will
:58:50. > :58:53.have to see how things develop with Theresa May continuing after the
:58:54. > :58:56.selection but if she is replaced, a new leader and a new atmosphere
:58:57. > :59:01.might decide that it was the moment to call another election for better
:59:02. > :59:07.luck. Maybe a more popular manifesto. Akash, what is your time
:59:08. > :59:11.limit for this Parliament? I do not know if I would put a number on it,
:59:12. > :59:14.but any Conservative leader, even if they had a huge number in the polls,
:59:15. > :59:17.they will be very cautious after what happened to Theresa May this
:59:18. > :59:21.time. I would have thought it is the last thing they will be planning
:59:22. > :59:25.for. There is an early election, it is far more likely to be because
:59:26. > :59:31.there are splits or they lose the DUP. How long will it last? I would
:59:32. > :59:40.certainly give it a good couple of years or more. There we are. Signing
:59:41. > :59:44.the role there. She proposed John Bercow for the speakership yesterday
:59:45. > :59:51.and queueing up behind her, Sir Alan Duncan. You can see many, many more
:59:52. > :59:55.people waiting to take the oath in the Commons and also along the
:59:56. > :00:00.corridor in the House of Lords. The streaming through into both houses.
:00:01. > :00:03.But I think that is where we will have to leave our live coverage and
:00:04. > :00:07.bring it to a close. Let me remind you once again that today, for the
:00:08. > :00:12.rest of today and for the rest of this week, you can continue to watch
:00:13. > :00:24.MPs and peers swearing in by logging onto BBC Parliament online. Don't
:00:25. > :00:28.forget there is an as on the end. I would like to tell you when you can
:00:29. > :00:31.watch the State Opening of Parliament when the Queen will set
:00:32. > :00:34.out the Government's programme for the coming year from the throne in
:00:35. > :00:39.House of Lords, but as you probably know, we do not have a date for that
:00:40. > :00:43.yet and it certainly looks at present to be delayed beyond Monday.
:00:44. > :00:48.The reason certainly isn't because of problems of ink drying and fell
:00:49. > :00:53.because I can assure you, having talked to the deputy clerk of the
:00:54. > :00:57.Crown, the Queen actually read the speech on stiff paper. It is only
:00:58. > :01:04.later transcribed to develop. So, stay tuned to BBC News on BBC
:01:05. > :01:09.television, radio and online for updates of when that might be. In a
:01:10. > :01:15.moment, we will go live to Holyrood break Government debate on the
:01:16. > :01:21.economy but from me and our guests in the studio, thank you so much for
:01:22. > :01:26.joining us here on probation day from Westminster. A very good after
:01:27. > :01:37.them. -- afternoon.