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0:00:08 > 0:00:12it's Monday in Parliament.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Hello and welcome to Monday in Parliament, our look
0:00:14 > 0:00:16at the day at Westminster.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17The headlines:
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The new Brexit Secretary says the British people
0:00:19 > 0:00:20are behind him
0:00:20 > 0:00:22are willing him on.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25The referendum of June the 23rd delivered a bigger vote for Brexit
0:00:25 > 0:00:29then that one by any UK Government in history.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Junior doctors strikes planned in England next week may be off -
0:00:33 > 0:00:36but further action could start next month.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Labour says the proposed contract changed should be withdrawn.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42What the current situation shows is that there has
0:00:42 > 0:00:45been a complete breakdown in trust between junior doctors and the
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Government.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And the new aviation minister insists a decision on airport
0:00:50 > 0:00:54expansion in the South East of England will not be kicked
0:00:54 > 0:00:57into the long grass.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I can assure you there is no long grass and to continue
0:01:00 > 0:01:03with that metaphor, I have got the lawn mower at the ready
0:01:03 > 0:01:05if there was such long grass.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09But first - the new Brexit Secretary has told the Commons the mandate
0:01:09 > 0:01:13for leaving the EU is the largest ever given to any government.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16David Davis said that controlling immigration was a "clear,
0:01:16 > 0:01:20large" part of any deal struck as Britain goes it alone.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24But Labour say the government is short on detail - and "making it
0:01:24 > 0:01:26up as it goes along".
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Our instructions from the British people are clear.
0:01:30 > 0:01:36Britain is leaving the European Union.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38The mandate for that course is overwhelming.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42The referendum of June the 23rd delivered a bigger
0:01:42 > 0:01:47vote for Brexit is than that won by any UK Government in history.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49It's a national mandate and the Government,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53this Government, is determined to deliver it in the national interest.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56We are confident of negotiating a position that will mean this
0:01:56 > 0:01:58country flourishing outside the EU.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Keeping its members as friends, our allies
0:02:01 > 0:02:03and our trading partners.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06We will leave the European Union that we
0:02:06 > 0:02:09will not turn our back on Europe.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12We will embrace the opportunities of freedoms that will open up for
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Britain.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17We will deliver on the national mandate for Brexit and we
0:02:17 > 0:02:20will deliver it in the national interest.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24The spin before today's statement was so much promise we
0:02:24 > 0:02:27heard that we were going to hear what the Government's strategy for
0:02:27 > 0:02:33Brexit was.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35But what we have heard hasn't been a strategy,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37it hasn't been thought out plan, it has
0:02:37 > 0:02:40just been more empty platitudes.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44From a Government that continues to make it up as it goes along.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46So last night we had the Prime Minister
0:02:46 > 0:02:49seemingly on a plane, on a plane, it is seemingly, well,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52telling us that leads what she wasn't going to be
0:02:52 > 0:02:55doing so it seems that we are not going to have a points-based
0:02:55 > 0:02:59immigration system and we are not going to have any extra money for
0:02:59 > 0:03:03the NHS and we are not going to have any reduction in VAT on fuel.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05But what we haven't been told is what
0:03:05 > 0:03:07they are going to do.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09When are they going to tell us how they are going
0:03:09 > 0:03:12to deliver, for example, free trade for British
0:03:12 > 0:03:13businesses whilst also imposing immigration control?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16In the media today, we have had a certain
0:03:16 > 0:03:21amount of speculation about what the details
0:03:21 > 0:03:23are of actually what that means in terms of controlling our
0:03:23 > 0:03:24borders.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Can I ask him, when he gets to the dispatch box, to confirm to
0:03:28 > 0:03:30us that in leaving the European Union,
0:03:30 > 0:03:31the number one thing that is
0:03:31 > 0:03:35absolutely not negotiable is that this United Kingdom will take
0:03:35 > 0:03:39control of its control of its borders and the laws that are
0:03:39 > 0:03:42relevant to that and that is not negotiable for any other deal?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45A clear large part of it was the question of immigration.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48And the Prime Minister has made it very
0:03:48 > 0:03:50plain that the current state of immigration cannot go
0:03:50 > 0:03:54on and we will bring it to an end as a part of this
0:03:54 > 0:03:54process.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55I...
0:03:55 > 0:03:57LAUGHTER
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Congratulate him on not rushing
0:04:00 > 0:04:04anything and I encourage him to take as long with his colleagues as he
0:04:04 > 0:04:08possibly can in working out a policy and I look forward to hearing from
0:04:08 > 0:04:11him again when the Government have found something they can agree on
0:04:11 > 0:04:16which indicates what Brexit actually means.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19No one expects him to have worked out all of the answers yet
0:04:19 > 0:04:22but we do expect him to be able to set out
0:04:22 > 0:04:24the outline of some kind of
0:04:24 > 0:04:31plan and today we have heard nothing of that.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33So let me ask him just even
0:04:33 > 0:04:35one specific question, have they even looked, for example,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39at what the home affairs issues will be in the negotiations
0:04:39 > 0:04:43and have they decided, has he decided whether or
0:04:43 > 0:04:46not Britain will be staying in Europol,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48a decision that will have to be made this year,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50not in many years to come?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53The aim is to preserve the relationship with the European Union
0:04:53 > 0:04:56on security matters as best we can.
0:04:56 > 0:05:05She will remember that last year, there was a decision that was made
0:05:05 > 0:05:10which laid aside about 100 measures that we didn't want to be a part of
0:05:10 > 0:05:12but kept some, including the European arrest warrant
0:05:12 > 0:05:13and one or two others,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15controversially, she will remember that.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18So, yes, of course we are across that and, of course,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20we are aiming to maintain that and that's the answer.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21What?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25The French and German governments have indicated
0:05:25 > 0:05:28not at all that they wish to impose any tariffs on their very
0:05:28 > 0:05:30profitable trade with us because they don't
0:05:30 > 0:05:37believe in self harm.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40That last point goes really to the heart of the question
0:05:40 > 0:05:42because free trade is not something which is a
0:05:42 > 0:05:46gift from one country to another, it is something that is mutually
0:05:46 > 0:05:48beneficial and I fully expect that when we come
0:05:48 > 0:05:51to do our negotiation with the European Union, we will see
0:05:51 > 0:05:54them recognising France, Germany, all of them, every single one,
0:05:54 > 0:05:55has a manufacturing surplus
0:05:55 > 0:05:58delivered to us, we have a service surplus the other way typically,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02and I expect that we will both gain from the free trade agreement
0:06:02 > 0:06:03that comes out of that negotiation.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05David Davis.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10The Government has given a qualified welcome to a decision by junior
0:06:10 > 0:06:13doctors to cancel five days of strike action next week.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16The British Medical Association agreed to the move after warnings
0:06:16 > 0:06:19by the NHS in England that more time was needed
0:06:19 > 0:06:22to prepare contingency plans.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25But walk-outs in October, November and December are still due
0:06:25 > 0:06:28to go ahead as part of a dispute over the introduction
0:06:28 > 0:06:30of a new contract.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33In a statement to MPs, the Health Secretary said
0:06:33 > 0:06:35the disruption would be "unprecedented" and he ignored
0:06:35 > 0:06:38opposition calls to halt the imposition of the new
0:06:38 > 0:06:40contract next month.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42This afternoon's news delaying the first strike
0:06:42 > 0:06:50is of course welcome.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54But we mustn't let it obscure the fact that the remaining planned
0:06:54 > 0:06:56industrial action is unprecedented and in length and severity and
0:06:56 > 0:06:59will be damaging for patients, some of whom will
0:06:59 > 0:07:00already had operations cancelled.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03It is deeply perplexing for patients, NHS leaders and indeed
0:07:03 > 0:07:07the Government that the reaction of the BMA leadership who previously
0:07:07 > 0:07:11supported this contract is now to initiate the most extreme strike
0:07:11 > 0:07:17action in NHS history, inflicting unprecedented misery
0:07:17 > 0:07:20on millions of patients up and down the country.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Will
0:07:22 > 0:07:25We currently anticipate up to 100,000 elective
0:07:25 > 0:07:28operations will be cancelled and up to 1 million hospital appointments
0:07:28 > 0:07:30will be postponed.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33The Secretary of State said in his statement, talked
0:07:33 > 0:07:36about confrontation.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39What could be more confrontational than seeking to
0:07:39 > 0:07:42impose a contract?
0:07:42 > 0:07:49And so even at this late stage, I would like to ask
0:07:49 > 0:07:56the Secretary of the state if he will listen to the junior
0:07:56 > 0:07:58doctors' leader Dr McCord
0:07:58 > 0:08:00when she says we have a simple
0:08:00 > 0:08:02ask of the Government, stop the imposition,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04if the Government agrees to do this,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06the junior doctors can call off industrial action.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08The public is looking for the Secretary of State
0:08:08 > 0:08:11to try and meet the junior doctors, stop vilifying, stop pretending they
0:08:11 > 0:08:15are an enemy within and meet their reasonable demands.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It is almost conceivable...
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Inconceivable that in any time in the past, such extreme
0:08:21 > 0:08:29and militant action which threatens patients
0:08:29 > 0:08:31would have been supported by
0:08:31 > 0:08:32the BMA or the Labour Party.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34He calls for a turn away from strikes
0:08:34 > 0:08:38and to get round the table and cooperate and discussed so when is
0:08:38 > 0:08:41the Secretary of State meeting with junior doctors to try
0:08:41 > 0:08:42and avert these strikes?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Can I return to the critical issue of how we ensure
0:08:45 > 0:08:49safe cover during the week if we are expecting doctors to work
0:08:49 > 0:08:51more hours at weekends?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Now, the Secretary of State, has repeated again today
0:08:53 > 0:08:55that he will employ more junior doctors but critically,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57what is the timescale?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00How many net increase in doctors will there be this year and
0:09:00 > 0:09:03next year and then in the rest of the parliament?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06It's clear from their statement that thousands of
0:09:06 > 0:09:09doctors have been in touch to say that they wanted to keep their
0:09:09 > 0:09:12patients safe and they will know that you can't keep your patients
0:09:12 > 0:09:16safe with five days rolling full walk-outs.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Would then the Secretary of State join me in asking the BMA
0:09:20 > 0:09:24to ballot their members to hear their views
0:09:24 > 0:09:26before they proceed with
0:09:26 > 0:09:28their proposed further damaging five-day walk-outs?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31The Health Secretary will know that over the
0:09:31 > 0:09:34summer, a worrying number of A and maternity departments have
0:09:34 > 0:09:38either been closed or downgraded because
0:09:38 > 0:09:41they simply can't get the junior doctors that they need.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46Chorley, Ealing, Stafford, I could go on.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49If it is the case that we are training
0:09:49 > 0:09:53more junior doctors, why do we still have this problem?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56The imposition of this contract is not putting patient
0:09:56 > 0:10:07safety first.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08the
0:10:08 > 0:10:11You can train all the extra doctors you wish but
0:10:11 > 0:10:11the
0:10:11 > 0:10:13current present junior doctors are leaving.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16The risk of having the contract imposed on them are causing
0:10:16 > 0:10:18them to leave and move to Australia and further afield.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21I maintain, as I always have done, but you cannot
0:10:21 > 0:10:24create a safe seven-day NHS on a five-day overstretched team.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27I did listen as she has asked me to today,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I did sit down and negotiate a deal and that was supported by the
0:10:30 > 0:10:34leaders of the BMA and that is why it is incomprehensible that those
0:10:34 > 0:10:37same leaders, the people who represented her and her profession,
0:10:37 > 0:10:39have now called the most extreme strike in NHS history.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43The new Home Secretary Amber Rudd has faced her first question time
0:10:43 > 0:10:46in the Commons and one of the main topics was the plight
0:10:46 > 0:10:49of unaccompanied children living in a refugee camp in Calais.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Labour's Yvette Cooper related the story of a Syrian
0:10:51 > 0:10:54teenager who was waiting there to join his family in Britain.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56He's now been given a transfer date of later
0:10:56 > 0:11:00this week but only because three MPs and two national newspapers
0:11:00 > 0:11:03intervened in his case.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06There are hundreds more children and teenagers
0:11:06 > 0:11:08in Calais in awful conditions.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11What she urgently intervene and speed up
0:11:11 > 0:11:15the bureaucracy and sort these cases out?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19I recognised the excellent work that the Right Honourable Lady does
0:11:19 > 0:11:22in this area in drawing attention to the needs of the people in the
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Calais camp.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28I would point out to her, I know she may already be aware
0:11:28 > 0:11:31of this but perhaps to the general public, that this is French
0:11:31 > 0:11:34territory, it is French law that we have to engage with in order
0:11:34 > 0:11:39to help these people, we areidentifying the children
0:11:39 > 0:11:42who we can help and we are now able to speed up that process
0:11:42 > 0:11:46and will continue to watch it carefully.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48We have accepted the responsibilities, the finite
0:11:48 > 0:11:54that they are taking at risk of attack as we saw from young people,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56the risk of exploitation and trafficking.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Surely the line has been crossed.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00We have a responsibility to ensure they get
0:12:00 > 0:12:03back to their family here and that they avoid being
0:12:03 > 0:12:05in positions where they are not saved and let's make
0:12:05 > 0:12:08them safe rather than a risk of this exploitation trafficking that
0:12:08 > 0:12:10they are facing at the moment.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13The Home Secretary will be aware of significant concern on this issue
0:12:13 > 0:12:14from humanitarian organisations.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Now with the onset of winter just a couple of
0:12:17 > 0:12:20months away, given the time it is taking, will she commit
0:12:20 > 0:12:22to these additional resources and will she
0:12:22 > 0:12:26commit within the next month to come back and tell us how many children
0:12:26 > 0:12:27she is going to be taking?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Mr Speaker, I am always keen to update
0:12:29 > 0:12:32the House on the latest results from what my
0:12:32 > 0:12:33department is doing.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35We are aware of the humanitarian need and
0:12:35 > 0:12:38that is why the Government is so committed to making sure that we do
0:12:38 > 0:12:41work in the best interest of the children.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I would say to the honourable gentlemen, we are always
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I was in Calais this weekend, the second time I went
0:12:46 > 0:12:47over the summer.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Both times, I have met some of those 800 young,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52unaccompanied children who are in that camp.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Children who told me they
0:12:53 > 0:12:57have not spoken in the many months they have been there to a single
0:12:57 > 0:12:57Government official.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00A pregnant woman who said she had tried to
0:13:00 > 0:13:03claim asylum in France that the system is so broken
0:13:03 > 0:13:05she was told it could be months before they would
0:13:05 > 0:13:07even begin to process her application.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10These people are living in hell because of a lack of
0:13:10 > 0:13:10bureaucracy.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12My colleague is absolutely right.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14And they need our safeguarding because they are
0:13:14 > 0:13:16sleeping in tents with men, strange men.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Will she meet with me and other MPs are affected by this and
0:13:19 > 0:13:22concerned about it to discuss how we can change that?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I would point out to the honourable lady that the
0:13:25 > 0:13:27French have already dispersed 5000 people from the camp.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29The interior minister has already said
0:13:29 > 0:13:32that he has plans by the end of the year
0:13:32 > 0:13:33to make sure that the camp is
0:13:33 > 0:13:36phased out so that everybody can be rehoused.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38It is important for the
0:13:38 > 0:13:42children to note as the adults do know that they are not forced to
0:13:42 > 0:13:45come to the UK to find a bed, they can claim
0:13:45 > 0:13:46asylum in France and the
0:13:46 > 0:13:49French Government is willing to do that.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52The honourable lady should have a care not to encourage,
0:13:52 > 0:13:57unwittingly, the traffickers to bring more children to the camps.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister Theresa May,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02ruled out a points-based immigration system -
0:14:02 > 0:14:13one of the key promises made by the Leave campaign
0:14:13 > 0:14:15before the EU referendum.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17In China, the Prime Minister has unilaterally announced that Britain
0:14:17 > 0:14:20will not be adopting the points-based system that the Leave
0:14:20 > 0:14:23campaign that so much emphasis on during the referendum but will be
0:14:23 > 0:14:24doing something more effective.
0:14:24 > 0:14:36Can you tell us what it is?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38When the Labour Party introduced a points-based system,
0:14:39 > 0:14:40the numbers went straight up.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42In Australia, they do have a points-based system
0:14:42 > 0:14:45and they have higher immigration per capita than in Britain.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48A points-based system would give foreign nationals the right to come
0:14:48 > 0:14:50to Britain if they make certain criteria.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52An immigration system that works for Britain would ensure
0:14:52 > 0:14:56that the right to decide who comes to the country resides with this
0:14:56 > 0:14:56Government.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57You're watching Monday In Parliament.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Our top story...
0:14:58 > 0:15:02The government is accused of "making it up as it goes along" on Brexit,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05but the new Brexit Secretary says there is an overwhelming mandate
0:15:05 > 0:15:08from the British people.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13Have UK-supplied weapons being used in strikes on civilians in Yemen
0:15:13 > 0:15:15in breach of international humanitarian law?
0:15:15 > 0:15:20A Foreign Office minister admitted confusion was caused when the UK
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Government retracted some previous statement to Parliament
0:15:22 > 0:15:24on the issue.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28It had said it had assessed the law has not been broken by Saudi Arabia.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32That was later downgraded to a judgment.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35The Labour MP Hilary Benn asked an urgent question on the issue,
0:15:35 > 0:15:40answered by the Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Neither the Ministry of Defence nor the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
0:15:43 > 0:15:45reaches a conclusion as to whether or not
0:15:45 > 0:15:48an international humanitarian law violation has taken place
0:15:48 > 0:15:54in relation to each and every incident of potential concern that
0:15:54 > 0:15:58comes to its attention.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02This would simply not be possible in conflicts to which the UK is not
0:16:02 > 0:16:08party, as is the case in Yemen.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11We are responding to two written ministerial questions that
0:16:11 > 0:16:13were in error on trawling through other ministerial questions
0:16:13 > 0:16:16of which there are over 90, for more would indeed seem
0:16:16 > 0:16:20to be in error.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24I came to the House today in order to clarify that but as soon
0:16:24 > 0:16:26as I became aware of this I made a statement.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I also wrote to the right honourable gentleman,
0:16:28 > 0:16:32I wrote to the right honourable gentleman the chair of the committee
0:16:32 > 0:16:35and indeed for arms exports as well as the Foreign Affairs
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Select Committee as well.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Will the minister now tell us what detailed assessment preceded
0:16:39 > 0:16:41this conclusion reported to the House today,
0:16:41 > 0:16:46what information did it draw, will you publish both and finally,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Mr Speaker, will the government now suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia
0:16:49 > 0:16:54until it is able to assure the House that it has done a proper assessment
0:16:54 > 0:16:59and can explain why it believes that international humanitarian law has
0:16:59 > 0:17:02not been breached in Yemen when the United Nations
0:17:02 > 0:17:07clearly says that it has?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Given the UK's clear role in the conflict we are still no
0:17:10 > 0:17:13closer to learning why this government has failed to carry
0:17:13 > 0:17:16out their own independent investigation as to whether
0:17:16 > 0:17:19international humanitarian law has been breached.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Hospitals have been bombed and civilians have been killed.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25We must end arms sales to Saudi Arabia now and conduct
0:17:25 > 0:17:28our own investigation.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Ministers must, must remove their heads from the sand
0:17:32 > 0:17:35and apologise to this house for attempting to brush the issue
0:17:35 > 0:17:39under the carpet.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42I haven't been brushing any issues under the carpet,
0:17:42 > 0:17:43quite the contrary.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47I've been as open as I can about these matters and I make it
0:17:47 > 0:17:50very clear to the House as I said in my letter to the chairman
0:17:50 > 0:17:53of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, if we are not satisfied
0:17:53 > 0:17:55with the Saudi Arabian investigation itself,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58we are not opposed to an independent investigation to be conducted.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01But first of all we must honour international standards and allow
0:18:01 > 0:18:03the Saudi Arabians to conduct their own investigations
0:18:03 > 0:18:06as we would be doing in similar circumstances.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Tobias Ellwood.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Peers have welcomed a new Lord Speaker to the Woolsack.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13The former Conservative Cabinet minister, Lord Fowler,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16is the first man to hold the post, which is elected
0:18:16 > 0:18:19for a five-year term.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23I must admit to certain trepidation breaking the ten year female
0:18:23 > 0:18:30monopoly on the Woolsack.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I also know perfectly well that when I make my first major mistake
0:18:33 > 0:18:36you will find the Leader of the House and the Leader
0:18:36 > 0:18:39of the Opposition shaking their heads and saying in perfect
0:18:39 > 0:18:45unity, what do you expect if you hand it over to a man.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49And for me the truth is that everyone will remember the example
0:18:49 > 0:18:53of Baroness D'Souza and the very high standards that she set.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58A high standard in this house and a high standard outside,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00such as her work with schools.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04But more than that she spoke at numerous meetings up and down
0:19:04 > 0:19:08the country explaining the work of this house.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12His predecessor, Lady D'Souza was widely praised for the work
0:19:12 > 0:19:16she had done inside the chamber and beyond.
0:19:16 > 0:19:30She was also continually bullying us to make sure that the presence
0:19:30 > 0:19:34-- prodding us.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36...Of women on these benches became both a possibility
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and through the women's Bishops Bill which she supported in coming
0:19:39 > 0:19:41through the House making it a reality.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44She's been a regular attender at events, parliamentary events
0:19:44 > 0:19:46at Lambeth and we are very grateful for that.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50One of the things that she seems to have brought to the role
0:19:50 > 0:19:53for which we have much to learn on these benches is not so much
0:19:53 > 0:19:56the exercise of direct power as about the effective use
0:19:56 > 0:19:59of influence and her capacity to be a unifying figurehead.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04Perhaps I could learn something from that.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08The outgoing Chariman of Committees, Lord Laming, was also praised.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11If it's not telling tales, before the summer recess last year
0:20:11 > 0:20:15he shared with me that as his office as convener of the cross benches
0:20:15 > 0:20:18was coming to an end, he was looking forward to having
0:20:18 > 0:20:21more time for other activities in your lordship's house and indeed
0:20:21 > 0:20:25as we've heard his work on review for the Prison Reform Trust in care
0:20:25 > 0:20:26and out of trouble.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29But instead, he was not to have that.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32He took on, willingly, a demanding role and that is all times
0:20:32 > 0:20:34with his customary courtesy, his impeccable manners
0:20:34 > 0:20:39and his thoughtfulness to his work.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43The shadow Leader of the House of Lords, Lady Smith.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45In Westminster Hall, MPs debated a petition calling
0:20:45 > 0:20:48for a second referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53More than 4 million people back in motion, which stated that
0:20:53 > 0:20:57if the Remain or Leave vote was less than 60% based on a turnout less
0:20:57 > 0:21:03than 75%, there should be another referendum.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06The SNP's Ian Blackford opened the debate, reminding MPs that
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Scotland had voted to stay in the EU.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Scotland voted to remain, we remain citizens of Europe
0:21:12 > 0:21:14and this must be respected.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Those who have signed this position and pushed for a second referendum
0:21:17 > 0:21:21I would hope would recognise that as a Scottish MP seeking to hold
0:21:21 > 0:21:24the government in London to account and standing up for the people
0:21:24 > 0:21:27of Scotland that voted to remain, that my primary responsibility
0:21:27 > 0:21:30is to the people of Scotland.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I think when were talking about a second referendum
0:21:33 > 0:21:37it is important to be clear about whether or not we are simply
0:21:37 > 0:21:39rerunning the old referendum, I'm not sure that anyone
0:21:39 > 0:21:41is suggesting that, that would be absolutely undermining democracy,
0:21:41 > 0:21:45but whether or not share should be a referendum on the terms
0:21:45 > 0:21:48of a new deal, I think it's absolutely crucial and in that
0:21:48 > 0:21:51context, would he agree with me that we should take into account
0:21:51 > 0:21:56the conclusions of the electoral reform Society, which has done
0:21:56 > 0:21:59a report into the myths, this information is and downright
0:21:59 > 0:22:02lies of the last referendum and say we have got to do things
0:22:02 > 0:22:03better next time.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06What form Brexit will take, or when it might happen,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09we don't know whether our future lies within the single market
0:22:09 > 0:22:10or outside of it.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13When we talk about access to the single market after Brexit,
0:22:13 > 0:22:14what do we mean by that?
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Of course we will have access, North Korea has access,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20that's not what we're talking about.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24The question is on what terms will the UK obtain that access,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26and at what cost will it obtain?
0:22:26 > 0:22:32We should remember if you ask a question the answer might not
0:22:32 > 0:22:37always be the one you expected or hoped for.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Now more than two months on from the referendum,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43that clamouring has not ceased, as this motion to rerun
0:22:43 > 0:22:47the referendum typifies as did this weekend's anti-Brexit rally
0:22:47 > 0:22:50in which the pinnacle point of interest seemed to be that
0:22:50 > 0:22:52somebody had their beret stolen.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56It typifies the rather unsettling desire to fraught or overturn
0:22:56 > 0:23:00the properly exercised democratic will of the country.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03The Conservative MP, William Wragg.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06The new aviation minister has hinted that the long wait for a decision
0:23:06 > 0:23:09on airport expansion in the South East of England
0:23:09 > 0:23:11could be coming to an end.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Plans to build a second runway at Gatwick or expand Heathrow have
0:23:15 > 0:23:17been repeatedly delayed.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20But at Lord's Question Time, Lord Ahmad said that what he called
0:23:20 > 0:23:24a final view was on its way.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Is not this whole issue now getting a bit out of date and should we not
0:23:28 > 0:23:32consider not asking the question as to whether or not Heathrow
0:23:32 > 0:23:36is going to have a runway or whether Gatwick is going
0:23:36 > 0:23:39to but ask the question of whether Gatwick and Heathrow can
0:23:39 > 0:23:41have another runway?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Can the Minister use his enhanced position, which is well deserved
0:23:45 > 0:23:48and he's been a good supporter on the expansion issue,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51to make sure his Cabinet colleague and the Prime Minister,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53who is chairing the relevant committee, understand
0:23:53 > 0:23:56that it is critically important that Heathrow can deliver the services
0:23:56 > 0:24:01that the rest of the world is going to expect if we are going to be part
0:24:01 > 0:24:03of that market.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Let me assure the noble Lord and indeed all noble Lords
0:24:06 > 0:24:09the priority the government is giving the importance of this
0:24:09 > 0:24:12decision is very much a high priority and Paramount
0:24:12 > 0:24:17in their minds and the other element to bear in mind is that it will be
0:24:17 > 0:24:21in line with the Davis commission to ensure that we do have that extra
0:24:21 > 0:24:24capacity operational by 2030.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26My noble friend Lord Spicer asked when the government's decision
0:24:26 > 0:24:30will be announced.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35I wonder if my noble friend could answer that question?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38The best answer I can give is that the government will be
0:24:38 > 0:24:40looking to make that decision very shortly.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42LAUGHTER.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45My Lords, does that not imply that the consistency in terms
0:24:45 > 0:24:48of the government's position that the noble lord the Minister
0:24:48 > 0:24:51has just referred to, is that this is an issue to be
0:24:51 > 0:24:56kept in the long grass for as long as possible?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00I can assure you that there is no long grass and to continue that
0:25:00 > 0:25:03metaphor, I've got the lawn mower at the ready if there
0:25:03 > 0:25:05was such long grass.
0:25:05 > 0:25:11Does the decision of the government to widen the M4 to an eight-lane
0:25:11 > 0:25:18motorway indicate that the decision has already been made
0:25:18 > 0:25:24for a new runway at Heathrow in spite of the enormous opposition
0:25:24 > 0:25:28there is to such a project?
0:25:28 > 0:25:34Let me assure the noble lord no decision has yet been made.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Will it be sooner or later?
0:25:37 > 0:25:41That's a very open-ended question but I will be inclined to say
0:25:41 > 0:25:45to my noble friend, sooner.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47And that's all from me for now.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Keith McDougall's here for the rest of the week but from me,
0:25:50 > 0:26:04Joanna Shinn, goodbye.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Good morning.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08This week has the potential to bring us some pretty high temperatures.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Potential that has not been unlocked yet.