:00:18. > :00:19.Hello, and welcome to Monday in Parliament,
:00:20. > :00:25.The Prime Minister assesses the scale of the task ahead
:00:26. > :00:30.on her first post-Brexit medting of the European Council.
:00:31. > :00:32.It will require patience and some give and take.
:00:33. > :00:35.But I firmly believe that if we approach this
:00:36. > :00:48.in a constructive spirit, we can ensure a smooth departure.
:00:49. > :00:53.The Home Secretary said Britain is determined to to help Calais
:00:54. > :00:57.refugees. We will do what we can to children
:00:58. > :01:00.but we have to consider a Europe-wide strategy to deal with
:01:01. > :01:02.the tragedy of refugees movhng across Europe.
:01:03. > :01:05.And during a less serious moment, a question on the serious issue
:01:06. > :01:10.of light pollution takes an unexpected turn.
:01:11. > :01:26.Britain will be a confident and outward looking country
:01:27. > :01:28.after leaving the EU, the Prime Minister has
:01:29. > :01:30.told the Commons - but leaving will require patience
:01:31. > :01:33.Theresa May was speaking after a European Council sulmit
:01:34. > :01:35.in Brussels last week, where she was reportedly given
:01:36. > :01:40.around five minutes after mhdnight to set out her position on Brexit.
:01:41. > :01:43.The UK is leaving the EU, but we are not leaving Europe,
:01:44. > :01:48.and we are not turning our backs on our friends and allies.
:01:49. > :01:51.For as long as we are members of the EU, we will continue to play
:01:52. > :01:58.After we leave, we will be a confident, outward-looking
:01:59. > :02:00.country, enthusiastic about trading freely with our European nehghbours
:02:01. > :02:04.and co-operating on our shared security interests,
:02:05. > :02:07.including on law enforcement and counter-terrorism work.
:02:08. > :02:11.That is the right approach for Britain to take.
:02:12. > :02:14.The Prime Minister addressed calls from some MPs for Parliament
:02:15. > :02:18.to debate the terms of the TK's departure from the EU.
:02:19. > :02:24.In addition to regular updates from my right honourable frhend
:02:25. > :02:31.my own statements following Council meetings, and the deliberathons
:02:32. > :02:34.of the new Committee on Exiting the European Union,
:02:35. > :02:36.the Government will make tile available for a series of gdneral
:02:37. > :02:40.debates on the UK's future relationship with the EU.
:02:41. > :02:44.These will take place beford and after the Christmas recdss,
:02:45. > :02:46.and I expect will include ddbate on the high-level principles
:02:47. > :02:50.that the Government will pursue in the negotiations.
:02:51. > :02:53.Members on all sides will rdcognise that the Government must not
:02:54. > :02:57.show their hand in detail as we enter these negotiations.
:02:58. > :03:07.There will be difficult momdnts ahead and, as I have said bdfore,
:03:08. > :03:09.it will require patience and some give and take.
:03:10. > :03:11.But I firmly believe that, if we approach this
:03:12. > :03:13.in a constructive spirit, we can ensure a smooth departure.
:03:14. > :03:17.We can build a powerful new relationship that works both
:03:18. > :03:22.for the UK and for the countries of the EU, and we can securd
:03:23. > :03:24.the deal that is right for the British people,
:03:25. > :03:27.whose instruction it is our duty to deliver.
:03:28. > :03:29.Funnily enough, I, too, was in Brussels last Thursd`y,
:03:30. > :03:38.meeting socialist leaders and their counterparts.
:03:39. > :03:40.I have to say I was given a little longer to speak
:03:41. > :03:44.than the five minutes the Prime Minister had
:03:45. > :03:47.at the dinner that evening, and I had it at a more reasonable
:03:48. > :03:52.Indeed, I was listened to very carefully by all
:03:53. > :04:02.The message that came to me, loud and clear,
:04:03. > :04:03.from European leaders last
:04:04. > :04:08.week was that the tone taken by this Tory Government since their Tory
:04:09. > :04:11.Party Conference earlier thhs month has damaged our global reputation
:04:12. > :04:16.and lost us a lot of good whll, not just in Europe but around the world.
:04:17. > :04:22.Although the Prime Minister's words may have appeased the hard-line
:04:23. > :04:34.they've only spread anger across Europe by the approach
:04:35. > :04:51.must have raised it that the Prime Minister
:04:52. > :04:58.They tell the Prime Minister that she cannot take the issues of
:04:59. > :05:03.Gibraltar seriously. Either she will she won't. If she won't, Scotland is
:05:04. > :05:04.absolutely right to hold an independence referendum and will
:05:05. > :05:22.protect our place in Europe. The vacuum is already being felt,
:05:23. > :05:27.not by the commission, but by her own Cabinet, Brexit committde
:05:28. > :05:29.colleagues. Does the Prime Linister accept that, unless the current can
:05:30. > :05:34.provide some clarity about hts direction soon, many financhal and
:05:35. > :05:39.other businesses, which havd been in touch with me about it, will respond
:05:40. > :05:45.to the uncertainty, planned for the worst and that will be at
:05:46. > :05:47.considerable cost to the UK. I will continue and the Government will
:05:48. > :05:52.continue to speak about these matters but we will not, and I
:05:53. > :05:55.understand the point may honourable friend is making, that he knows full
:05:56. > :05:58.well if the Government was to set out every single move of thhs
:05:59. > :06:03.negotiation, that would be best way to get the worst deal for the UK.
:06:04. > :06:05.Has the Prime Minister carrhed out any detailed analysis of thd impact
:06:06. > :06:08.the harder form of Brexit she seeks will have on the economy
:06:09. > :06:10.in the regions, in particular the north?
:06:11. > :06:14.If she has not, will she concede that her anti-EU rhetoric,
:06:15. > :06:17.and her talking up of a hard Brexit over the last month,
:06:18. > :06:23.First of all, as I said in response to the right honourable
:06:24. > :06:27.we are looking at the impacts on different parts of
:06:28. > :06:37.He talks about the hard Brexit that the Government are going
:06:38. > :06:43.There is no suggestion of that whatsoever.
:06:44. > :06:45.The right honourable gentleman seems to think th`t
:06:46. > :06:47.all of these matters are binary decisions between either
:06:48. > :06:49.being able to control immigration or having some sort
:06:50. > :07:02.As the migrant camp in Calahs, known as the Jungle,
:07:03. > :07:04.is being cleared, the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd,
:07:05. > :07:08.200 children had been brought to the UK so far,
:07:09. > :07:11.But the operation to process thousands more unaccompanied
:07:12. > :07:14.children had to be halted at the request of the French.
:07:15. > :07:16.In the Commons, Amber Rudd tpdated MPs on the latest situation
:07:17. > :07:24.Looking ahead, we will bring more children, from Calais, to the UK
:07:25. > :07:28.As well as the remaining chhldren with close family in the UK,
:07:29. > :07:33.we will continue to transfer unaccompanied refugee children
:07:34. > :07:36.from Calais under the wider criteria of the Dubs amendment.
:07:37. > :07:41.We will follow three guiding principles in determining
:07:42. > :07:45.who we bring to the UK from Calais under the Dubs amendment.
:07:46. > :07:47.We will prioritise those likely to be granted refugee status
:07:48. > :07:50.in the UK, we will also prioritise those 12 years old or under
:07:51. > :07:53.and we will consider those assessed as being at a high risk
:07:54. > :08:01.In doing that, we will also establish whether it is in dach
:08:02. > :08:09.Through this process it is important that we do not
:08:10. > :08:12.encourage more children to head to Calais, risking their lives
:08:13. > :08:22.Unless we deal with the unddrlying issues of poverty, civil war
:08:23. > :08:24.and ill-conceived foreign interventions, this will not be
:08:25. > :08:27.the last time that this house has to debate encampments of desperate
:08:28. > :08:34.people in appalling conditions in Calais.
:08:35. > :08:39.I am glad that we are moving to help the child refugees.
:08:40. > :08:42.I think more could have been done earlier, despite the Home
:08:43. > :08:44.Secretary's attempts to hide behind the French,
:08:45. > :08:51.but let us remember that all those people in that camp, which H have
:08:52. > :09:01.We will do what we can do for the children,
:09:02. > :09:03.but we need a more considerdd and Europe-wide strategy to deal
:09:04. > :09:16.with the tragedy of refugees moving across Europe.
:09:17. > :09:19.Those relatively few members of the house who have, in the past,
:09:20. > :09:22.accommodated young asylum sdekers in their own homes are in a position
:09:23. > :09:24.to confirm to my right honourable friend
:09:25. > :09:26.that this cannot be undertaken lightly and propdr
:09:27. > :09:33.If this humanitarian exercise is not to end in tears, it is vital
:09:34. > :09:38.that the Home Secretary sticks to her guns.
:09:39. > :09:45.Can she reassure the house that before any child is admitted,
:09:46. > :09:47.every receiving family will be properly screened and,
:09:48. > :09:50.in the interests of national security, every young adult admitted
:09:51. > :09:52.to the United Kingdom will be screened before they are allowed
:09:53. > :10:00.has housed asylum seekers in the past,
:10:01. > :10:04.and I value his experience in this area.
:10:05. > :10:08.I reassure him that we will always make the correct safeguarding checks
:10:09. > :10:12.and will always make sure that the families are prepared.
:10:13. > :10:15.We will not take any risks, either in terms of national security
:10:16. > :10:24.or on behalf of the children who are moving here.
:10:25. > :10:29.Can she confirm that up to 0000 children and teenagers are dxpected
:10:30. > :10:37.to stay in container can ovdrnight tonight and that refugees h`ve been
:10:38. > :10:43.warned there will be no youth workers are social workers `longside
:10:44. > :10:45.them? Can she also make representation to the French
:10:46. > :10:50.Government that there will be measures to keep them safe, and
:10:51. > :10:52.additional measures for the young girls and women in the camp tonight?
:10:53. > :10:54.Several MPs were concerned about the coverage the issud
:10:55. > :10:58.I was pleased to hear the Home Secretary send a clear
:10:59. > :11:00.message about the recent media practice of photographing mhgrants
:11:01. > :11:02.who are coming into this country through Calais,
:11:03. > :11:11.whether they are children or young adults.
:11:12. > :11:13.Can she send that message and loud and clear, that this
:11:14. > :11:15.is reckless behaviour that puts people at risk?
:11:16. > :11:18.Will she also deplore the mddia practice that appears to be
:11:19. > :11:21.identifying temporary reception centres for people coming
:11:22. > :11:25.from Calais, thus raising both security and safeguarding rhsks
:11:26. > :11:27.Will she please urge caution and care in
:11:28. > :11:36.Age assessment of undocumented children is notoriously difficult
:11:37. > :11:40.and not an exact science. The rise in cases in the administrathve Court
:11:41. > :11:43.reflect this fact. Will my honourable friend confirm that
:11:44. > :11:54.dental checks are not the appropriateness of the of age
:11:55. > :11:57.assessment? Particularly in the cases of Croydon and Hillingdon
:11:58. > :12:03.with suggested more in the history of observance of behaviour `nd
:12:04. > :12:04.children giving light evidence is a much better indicator, rathdr than
:12:05. > :12:10.physical agility. -- maturity. The Government has announced
:12:11. > :12:12.a review of gambling machinds, and the potential harm
:12:13. > :12:13.caused to players. The inquiry, which covers England,
:12:14. > :12:16.Scotland and Wales, will ex`mine controversial fixed-odds betting
:12:17. > :12:18.machines - where players can lose It will also look at
:12:19. > :12:22.gambling advertising. Appearing before the committee that
:12:23. > :12:25.scrutinises her department, the Culture Secretary explahned why
:12:26. > :12:39.she'd included advertising It's part of looking at the whole
:12:40. > :12:46.situation, with regards to gambling and its impact on vulnerabld and
:12:47. > :12:48.young people. I think that's probably all of us have watched
:12:49. > :12:52.football or other sporting activities and I know my chhldren
:12:53. > :12:56.can recite just about every gambling habit that there is because they sit
:12:57. > :13:03.and watch... I went say the name but they watched a news channel that is
:13:04. > :13:07.24-hour sports and they watched TV programmes with sports on them. They
:13:08. > :13:11.hear those adverts and I'm interested, as a parent, but also as
:13:12. > :13:15.Secretary of State, in understanding what the impacts are on young people
:13:16. > :13:19.of those adverts and adverthsing. I want the evidence so we can make a
:13:20. > :13:20.decision as to what is the appropriate way that we shotld allow
:13:21. > :13:21.this. The committee then turned
:13:22. > :13:23.to press regulation - and the fall out from the Ldveson
:13:24. > :13:24.Inquiry. A Labour MP wanted to know
:13:25. > :13:27.if Karen Bradley was going to implement article 40 of the
:13:28. > :13:32.Crime and Courts act. Under its provisions,
:13:33. > :13:34.any newspaper that's not regulator will have to pay the costs
:13:35. > :13:38.of the person suing them for libel, whether or not
:13:39. > :13:50.the claimant wins their casd. The Prime Minister of the d`y said
:13:51. > :13:53.that he promised the familids and that hasn't happened. I am `sking
:13:54. > :13:59.you, quite straightforwardlx, when will you be putting forward this
:14:00. > :14:02.position? I am looking at it very carefully. I have not made `
:14:03. > :14:09.decision about timing. I certainly do not rule out commencing section
:14:10. > :14:15.40 at some point in the futtre. I do want to see press regulation that
:14:16. > :14:21.meets at least the standard of the press regulation panel. You are
:14:22. > :14:24.happy together against the will of Parliament, the absolute cldar
:14:25. > :14:28.statement of the Prime Minister of the day of your party, your
:14:29. > :14:33.Government, that there should be done as a matter of urgency. It
:14:34. > :14:38.still hasn't happened and you won't say when you're going to do it. Are
:14:39. > :14:42.you going to do it? In 2013, when we debated, in the past, comedx crime
:14:43. > :14:47.Court act, it is a different situation. It has been put very
:14:48. > :14:52.clearly to me by a number of local newspapers that lack nation`l
:14:53. > :14:56.newspapers, that this could see them be out of business and cert`inly
:14:57. > :14:59.would impact on their ability to do their investigative judge gdnerals.
:15:00. > :15:05.I want to represent those representations very carefully and
:15:06. > :15:09.then make a decision. -- look at those representations. If you have
:15:10. > :15:14.had a meeting with the victhms of the hacking scandal and would then
:15:15. > :15:16.in the eyes, saying you're not going to commence section 40, which seems
:15:17. > :15:21.to be the indication you're giving, any time soon, have you told them
:15:22. > :15:28.that face to face? I have mdt victims of phone hacking. H`ve you
:15:29. > :15:34.told them that? I have not lade a decision so I have not told them. I
:15:35. > :15:38.did not say that, I said, h`ve you told them you will make a ddcision
:15:39. > :15:41.any time soon? I made it cldar to them that I was considering all
:15:42. > :15:43.representations and would m`ke a decision in due course.
:15:44. > :15:46.The committee then asked if Karen Bradley had made a decision
:15:47. > :16:01.Do you accept that some of the programmes we all enjoy, or some of
:16:02. > :16:06.us enjoy, things like Dispatches and the Paralympics... These ard the
:16:07. > :16:12.kind of programmes that cle`rly would not thrive, almost certainly,
:16:13. > :16:16.under privatised Channel 4 for a very obvious reason. Adverthsers
:16:17. > :16:22.really don't want to adverthse in the middle of unreported world. It's
:16:23. > :16:30.not sexy. There are two isstes there. Whether Channel 4 is added
:16:31. > :16:34.dot-mac privatised or not does not impact them. Those programmds do not
:16:35. > :16:42.generate enough advertising revenue in themselves to succeed. When you
:16:43. > :16:48.look at things like Bake Off, it is the biggest programme with no
:16:49. > :16:51.adverts on it at all in the world. Now, the advertising revenud that
:16:52. > :16:56.potentially Channel 4 could receive from showing Bake Off may wdll pay
:16:57. > :16:59.in itself for the Paralympics and the Dispatches. and in
:17:00. > :17:02.You're watching Monday in P`rliament with me, Jo Shinn.
:17:03. > :17:04.Still to come: Has the Midlands Engine outrun
:17:05. > :17:13.Drugs companies who use a position as a sole supplier of a gendric
:17:14. > :17:16.medicine to hike up the price many times over are the subject
:17:17. > :17:19.of the Health Service Medical Supplies Bill,
:17:20. > :17:22.which had its first debate in the Commons.
:17:23. > :17:25.The Health Secretary explained to the Commons that the bill
:17:26. > :17:28.for medicines was a large part of NHS spending.
:17:29. > :17:30.NHS spending on medicines is second only to staffing costs.
:17:31. > :17:32.The Health and Social Care Information Centre -
:17:33. > :17:38.now NHS Digital - estimated that the NHS in England
:17:39. > :17:41.spent over ?15.2 billion on medicines during 2015-16,
:17:42. > :17:45.a rise of nearly 20% since 2010-2011.
:17:46. > :17:47.With advances in science and our ageing population,
:17:48. > :17:53.those costs can only continue to grow.
:17:54. > :17:56.We rely on competition in the market to keep the prices
:17:57. > :18:01.That generally works well and has, in combination with high levels
:18:02. > :18:07.of generic prescribing, led to significant savings.
:18:08. > :18:09.However, we are aware of sole instances where there is no
:18:10. > :18:11.competition to keep prices down and companies have raised
:18:12. > :18:13.their prices to what looks like an unreasonable
:18:14. > :18:20.As highlighted by the investigation conducted by The Times earlher this
:18:21. > :18:23.year, there are companies that appear to have made
:18:24. > :18:26.it their business model to purchase off-patent medicines for whhch there
:18:27. > :18:32.They then exploit a monopolx position to raise prices.
:18:33. > :18:42.We cannot allow this practice to continue unchallenged.
:18:43. > :18:53.an opportunity to address kdy issues that the for Mid Norfolk has updated
:18:54. > :19:00.the House to set out that there are barriers in both domestic and
:19:01. > :19:04.European legislation that prevent use of it because it isn't licensed.
:19:05. > :19:09.But the skill of savings cotld be so vast that I feel there is a case for
:19:10. > :19:11.introducing measures in this bill to allow the kind of issue to be
:19:12. > :19:23.addressed. I am not aware that there is scope
:19:24. > :19:26.to consider that important point in the Bill, but we should reflect
:19:27. > :19:30.on what we can do to deal whth some of the anomalies in the drug
:19:31. > :19:32.licensing regime that lead to the unintended consequences
:19:33. > :19:44.that my honourable It is clear the market isn't serving
:19:45. > :19:49.the patient or the taxpayer as well as it could. As we've heard,
:19:50. > :19:55.expenditure on medicines is a significant and growing proportion
:19:56. > :20:02.of the NHS budget, standing at 15.2 billion, an increase since 2011 One
:20:03. > :20:07.can only imagine what would be no less all of the NHS has seen such an
:20:08. > :20:09.increase. -- where we would be now. The Shadow Health Minister,
:20:10. > :20:11.Justin Madders. Peers have again tried to press
:20:12. > :20:14.the Government to offer reassurances The Government says it won't confirm
:20:15. > :20:17.any long-term prospects until the fate of British pdople
:20:18. > :20:20.living in the EU is settled. The only circumstances in which that
:20:21. > :20:23.would not be possible are if British citizens' rights in other ET member
:20:24. > :20:26.states were not protected in return. My Lords, would it not show
:20:27. > :20:30.that we are still good Europeans if we gave an assurance to `ll EU
:20:31. > :20:33.citizens living in this country regardless of Article 50
:20:34. > :20:35.or whatever, that they are welcome to stay here on the same rights as
:20:36. > :20:42.they have had up to now? My Lords, I think that the Prime
:20:43. > :20:45.Minister has been absolutelx Obviously, there is a negothation
:20:46. > :20:51.to be gone through, the timhng of which I cannot state
:20:52. > :20:53.to your Lordships' House because I do not know it,
:20:54. > :20:56.but that will all be determhned Do the Government intend to seek
:20:57. > :21:03.specific health care agreemdnts This is a matter of great ilportance
:21:04. > :21:10.to British citizens, particularly the older ones,
:21:11. > :21:15.living in other EU states. My Lords, health care agreelents,
:21:16. > :21:18.as with any other agreements that we might seek through our
:21:19. > :21:20.negotiation with the EU, will all be determined
:21:21. > :21:28.in the fullness of time. Nearly 3,000 Britons applied
:21:29. > :21:31.for citizenship in 18 Europdan countries over the first eight
:21:32. > :21:33.months of this year, according to reports in the media -
:21:34. > :21:36.a 250% increase on the figures That suggests that the Government's
:21:37. > :21:44.stance is not having a helpful impact on our citizens living
:21:45. > :21:47.abroad, let alone on EU cithzens Is it really, in the light
:21:48. > :21:57.of the Government's answer just now, the Government's position
:21:58. > :21:59.that they have no idea for how long the current uncertainty,
:22:00. > :22:01.affecting millions of peopld, My Lords, there will obviously be
:22:02. > :22:05.a huge process of negotiation with the EU as we exit it,
:22:06. > :22:08.and we cannot give exact timescales or running
:22:09. > :22:21.commentaries on negotiations. The Home Office Minister,
:22:22. > :22:24.Lady Williams of Trafford. At Communities and Local Government
:22:25. > :22:26.Questions, there was much t`lk of the "midlands engine" -
:22:27. > :22:28.providing a regional economhc boost. But the Leigh MP and
:22:29. > :22:30.Manchester Mayoral hopeful, Labour's Andy Burnham,
:22:31. > :22:33.hoped that a similar, earlidr scheme One cannot help but notice that
:22:34. > :22:39.all the talk these days Suddenly, the Northern Powerhouse
:22:40. > :22:47.is about as popular on the Conservative Benches
:22:48. > :22:50.as its originator, the right honourable
:22:51. > :22:55.Member for Tatton. Although I am not against investment
:22:56. > :22:57.in the Midlands, will the Sdcretary of State give a cast-iron gtarantee
:22:58. > :23:00.that manifesto commitments to invest in the North,
:23:01. > :23:04.including in High Speed 3, will not be delayed or diluted
:23:05. > :23:08.by new commitments to the Mhdlands? I know that the right honourable
:23:09. > :23:11.gentleman has significant albitions, but he must not talk down the North
:23:12. > :23:15.at every opportunity. He will know that the Government
:23:16. > :23:18.are as committed as ever to the Northern Powerhouse,
:23:19. > :23:20.and that applies to all our commitments around
:23:21. > :23:21.investment and growth. Later, a question on the importance
:23:22. > :23:24.of tackling light pollution Light pollution is not just
:23:25. > :23:31.a problem for people who want to look at the stars;
:23:32. > :23:35.it is also a problem for birds, which become confused
:23:36. > :23:37.about when they should begin They sing for so long that they have
:23:38. > :23:45.no energy left to mate. I am sure that the Minister
:23:46. > :23:54.understands why this is a problem. I wish to hear the honourable lady,
:23:55. > :24:13.at such point as she has had the opportunity to regain
:24:14. > :24:22.the necessary composure. Brexit does give us the opportunity
:24:23. > :24:27.to control public procurement, so when the minister is talking
:24:28. > :24:30.to local authorities about what kind of LED lighting to purchase,
:24:31. > :24:33.will he encourage them to bty lights from Thorn in Spennymoor
:24:34. > :24:52.in my constituency? It is always important to rdserve
:24:53. > :24:55.enough energy Marcus Jones calming Two new Members of Parliament were
:24:56. > :25:04.welcomed to the House of Colmons Will the member wishing to take a
:25:05. > :25:15.seat please come to the table? The first, Tracy Brabin,
:25:16. > :25:17.replaced her friend Jo Cox, 53-year-old Thomas Mair has been
:25:18. > :25:20.charged with Mrs Cox's murddr. The other main political parties
:25:21. > :25:23.did not stand against Ms Br`bin The second, Robert Courts,
:25:24. > :25:30.replaces David Cameron The Prime Minister,
:25:31. > :25:35.watching his swearing in from the front bench,
:25:36. > :25:37.joined Mr Courts and Mr Camdron on the campaign trail
:25:38. > :25:40.in Oxfordshire. Keith Macdougall's here for the rest
:25:41. > :25:46.of the week, but, from me,