:00:18. > :00:23.Hello and welcome to Monday in Parliament, our look at the best
:00:24. > :00:25.of the day in the Commons and the Lords.
:00:26. > :00:34.Theresa May pledges to stick to her timetable for Brexit.
:00:35. > :00:38.When we trigger Article 50, we want to make sure the process is as
:00:39. > :00:40.smooth and orderly as possible. Opposition politicians at Stormont
:00:41. > :00:42.try unsuccessfully to remove the First Minister of Northern
:00:43. > :00:49.Ireland. I would call again on the First
:00:50. > :00:51.Minister, that the people of Northern Ireland first. This
:00:52. > :00:54.happened on your watch, First Minister. You need to go.
:00:55. > :00:57.Labour calls for action following the prison
:00:58. > :01:03.Shorter sentence prisoners are leaving prison with drug addictions
:01:04. > :01:05.they did not have when they went in. But first, the Prime Minister
:01:06. > :01:07.has repeated her pledge that the triggering of Article 50 -
:01:08. > :01:10.the legal means by which Britain starts to leave the EU -
:01:11. > :01:16.will be done by the end of March. Theresa May told MPs the deadline
:01:17. > :01:19.would remain in place even if the UK Supreme Court were to rule that
:01:20. > :01:22.Parliamentary approval was needed. The Prime Minister was reporting
:01:23. > :01:26.back to the Commons after last week's meeting
:01:27. > :01:30.of the European Council in Brussels. I am clear that the Government
:01:31. > :01:33.will respect the verdict But I am equally clear that
:01:34. > :01:38.whichever way the judgment goes, we will meet the timetable
:01:39. > :01:42.I have set out. At the Council, I also
:01:43. > :01:44.reaffirmed my commitment And in this spirit, I made it clear
:01:45. > :01:51.to the other EU leaders that it remains my objective
:01:52. > :01:54.that we give reassurance early on in the negotiations to EU
:01:55. > :01:57.citizens living in the UK and That their right to stay
:01:58. > :02:01.where they have made their homes Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
:02:02. > :02:06.accused the Prime Minister of a contradictory approach
:02:07. > :02:09.to the Brexit negotiations. The mixed messages from her front
:02:10. > :02:13.bench only add to the confusion. This Government fails to speak
:02:14. > :02:18.for the whole country. Instead, we hear a babble of voices
:02:19. > :02:21.speaking for themselves For instance, Mr Speaker, last week,
:02:22. > :02:28.we were told by Britain's permanent representative to the EU that
:02:29. > :02:37.a Brexit deal might take ten years. That contradicted what the Secretary
:02:38. > :02:40.of State for Brexit told a select committee that day when he said that
:02:41. > :02:42.a deal could be There is a bit of
:02:43. > :02:45.a difference there. It is clear that on the
:02:46. > :02:47.international stage, the Prime Minister and Britain
:02:48. > :02:50.are becoming increasingly isolated. And if we are to build a successful
:02:51. > :02:53.Britain after Brexit, it is more vital than ever
:02:54. > :02:59.that our relationship with our with our European partners remains
:03:00. > :03:05.strong, cordial and respectful. He should look at his own front
:03:06. > :03:08.bench when he considers this matter. Let's take one very simple
:03:09. > :03:11.issue of immigration. The Shadow Home Secretary
:03:12. > :03:13.suggests freedom of movement The Shadow Chancellor said,
:03:14. > :03:18.we should have a fair deal The Shadow Brexit Secretary says
:03:19. > :03:24.we should have immigration controls. They cannot even agree on one aspect
:03:25. > :03:27.of the European Union, And what I know is that
:03:28. > :03:31.with the right honourable gentleman's negotiation techniques,
:03:32. > :03:35.if he was in office, we would sure as goodness be getting
:03:36. > :03:38.the worst possible deal we could get The Prime Minister's statement
:03:39. > :03:48.welcomed commitments on capability, Without going into details,
:03:49. > :03:51.for very obvious reasons, is the Prime Minister confident that
:03:52. > :03:55.enough safeguards are in place regarding democratic
:03:56. > :03:57.institutions in the UK, Did she discuss with fellow leaders
:03:58. > :04:05.interference by Russia in the political processes
:04:06. > :04:08.of Western democracies, including our own, using
:04:09. > :04:11.propaganda and cyber? What action is she taking
:04:12. > :04:14.to investigate what might have already happened in this country
:04:15. > :04:17.and what is she going to do to stop I say to the right honourable
:04:18. > :04:25.gentleman that I think everyone is aware of the way in which Russia
:04:26. > :04:28.is currently operating and the more aggressive stance Russia is taking
:04:29. > :04:43.across a whole range of aspects. Viewed from Moscow, Europe must look
:04:44. > :04:48.so much more disunited The fact of the matter is,
:04:49. > :04:56.we have 100,000 men and women What if tanks did roll
:04:57. > :05:01.across borders in this unstable Well, I have to say
:05:02. > :05:06.to the honourable gentleman, first of all, the Secretary of State
:05:07. > :05:09.for Defence has told me the actual figure was 200,000, not 100,000,
:05:10. > :05:15.that he is talking about. But let's look very seriously
:05:16. > :05:17.at the issues he's talked about. One of the things I said
:05:18. > :05:20.in my statement was the importance of Nato as the bedrock
:05:21. > :05:23.of our security and the And, of course, that is
:05:24. > :05:26.an organisation which is important What is this Government doing
:05:27. > :05:29.in relation to defence? Committing over ?170 billion over
:05:30. > :05:36.a number of years for investment The head of British Cycling's
:05:37. > :05:45.Team Sky, Sir Dave Brailsford, has told a committee of MPs that
:05:46. > :05:48.a package at the centre of an anti-doping investigation
:05:49. > :05:50.contained a legal decongestant. The parcel was delivered
:05:51. > :05:55.to the team's then lead rider, Sir Bradley Wiggins,
:05:56. > :05:57.an asthmatic, in the build-up The Culture, Media and Sport
:05:58. > :06:05.Committee had been authorised by the UK anti-doping authority,
:06:06. > :06:11.Ukad, to ask questions about the mystery jiffy bag,
:06:12. > :06:13.but the officials giving evidence In respect of the package,
:06:14. > :06:23.I am somewhat taken aback by the comments from Ukad,
:06:24. > :06:25.because we're working in We have been advised by them not
:06:26. > :06:31.to make any comments on that because it is their investigation,
:06:32. > :06:34.so, you know, we are caught out a little bit by that but we can come
:06:35. > :06:38.back to you with further But, for now, we are working under
:06:39. > :06:41.instructions with Ukad not All I can say is that
:06:42. > :06:45.that is in writing. You will see that it is
:06:46. > :06:51.from the chair, copying They could not be clearer
:06:52. > :06:54.that they welcome the opportunity that this evidence session brings
:06:55. > :06:57.for us to put questions to you and to Team Sky about this
:06:58. > :07:00.matter that is obviously part I appreciate that, but the point
:07:01. > :07:05.I would like to make is that we have not been part of the process,
:07:06. > :07:08.so we would need to read up on that to find out what the latest
:07:09. > :07:11.situation is around that. We're not prepared for that,
:07:12. > :07:13.as of this moment. Well, I mean, do you know
:07:14. > :07:17.what was in the package? I just find it extraordinary that no
:07:18. > :07:22.British senior cycling management figure knows
:07:23. > :07:24.what is in that package. But you have made that very
:07:25. > :07:33.clear, that you don't. But I was interested in the line
:07:34. > :07:37.that you gave Dr Gilbert about how And this pedal line seems
:07:38. > :07:41.to be going round a bit, because Simon Cope,
:07:42. > :07:42.who is the senior... Simon Cope, the senior official
:07:43. > :07:50.who flew out the jiffy bag, he also said that it might
:07:51. > :07:52.have been pedals. Pedals delivered to a doctor?
:07:53. > :07:55.I just find that odd. Would a senior official
:07:56. > :07:57.take out a jiffy bag But you're both saying pedals,
:07:58. > :08:09.so it is clearly a line that It is not a line.
:08:10. > :08:17.It is just an example. As we said before, the issue
:08:18. > :08:24.here is that we have not been able to ask any of those questions around
:08:25. > :08:27.what is in that package. Mr Cope says that he did not ask
:08:28. > :08:35.what was in the bag. Now, to pick up on a previous point,
:08:36. > :08:38.I think often these things come Now, I don't know anybody
:08:39. > :08:43.who would take a jiffy bag, fly it across international
:08:44. > :08:45.boundaries and not Unless he is a travel ingenue
:08:46. > :08:57.who has no experience of travel. Because if someone gives me a bag,
:08:58. > :09:01.I know when I check in the first thing I am going to be asked is,
:09:02. > :09:04.what is in the bag? I agree entirely with your
:09:05. > :09:08.reasoning, but that is something Has Dr Freeman told
:09:09. > :09:14.to what was in the package? Yes, he told me what was
:09:15. > :09:16.in the package, yes. Are you able to tell us
:09:17. > :09:19.what was in the package? Well, if this letter allows me to do
:09:20. > :09:23.so, then I would be more than happy This letter does, in which case,
:09:24. > :09:27.we would love to know. Well, Dr Freeman told me
:09:28. > :09:29.that it was Fluimucil It is a product which is for
:09:30. > :09:33.a nebuliser, and that was It seems extraordinary that
:09:34. > :09:39.for a drug that is not banned and there are no restrictions
:09:40. > :09:50.on its use, that the easiest way to get hold of that drug was to get
:09:51. > :09:54.someone at British Cycling to fly it from Manchester to Geneva and then
:09:55. > :09:56.hire a car and drive it If that was the sole purpose
:09:57. > :10:02.of someone flying out, then, yes, it would seem to be a little bit
:10:03. > :10:05.of an extreme step. The fact of the matter is that
:10:06. > :10:08.someone was flying out anyway. And what we have, on a very regular
:10:09. > :10:11.basis, as I am sure some of my colleagues might have
:10:12. > :10:13.explained this morning, is that, as a team, you know,
:10:14. > :10:16.I have just come back from York after two weeks of training,
:10:17. > :10:19.and people have been coming With people moving,
:10:20. > :10:22.if you need anything, you phone them up and say,
:10:23. > :10:25.actually, can you make sure that X has got whatever product it might be
:10:26. > :10:29.and can you bring that with you? So I think it might be
:10:30. > :10:31.where this whole situation has been slightly misled,
:10:32. > :10:34.that the sole purpose of the visit was not expressly to bring
:10:35. > :10:36.and deliver a package. Labour say the riot that took
:10:37. > :10:43.place at the Winson Green is evidence the Government has
:10:44. > :10:46.lost its grip on jails The privately-run jail
:10:47. > :10:51.in the Midlands was on lockdown all day on Friday with 240 inmates
:10:52. > :10:54.apparently running riot, It was described as the worst prison
:10:55. > :11:02.disturbance since the siege at the Strangeways jail
:11:03. > :11:05.in Manchester 26 years ago. In the Commons, the Shadow Justice
:11:06. > :11:11.Secretary called for urgent action from Government
:11:12. > :11:12.following the series of recent First, the Justice
:11:13. > :11:17.Secretary updated MPs. I have ordered a full investigation
:11:18. > :11:27.and appointed Sarah Payne, adviser to the independent chief
:11:28. > :11:29.inspector of probation, a former director of
:11:30. > :11:31.the Welsh Prison Service, Levels of violence are too
:11:32. > :11:39.high in our prisons. We also have very concerning levels
:11:40. > :11:47.of self-harm and ethics in custody. That is why we are reforming
:11:48. > :11:50.our prisons to be safe and purposeful places,
:11:51. > :11:52.and taking swift action to deal It is important to remember
:11:53. > :11:58.that these problems have developed over a number of years and it
:11:59. > :12:01.will take time and concerted effort We are increasing staffing
:12:02. > :12:09.levels by 2,500 officers and we are taking steps to train
:12:10. > :12:15.and retain our valued staff. This includes a new apprenticeship
:12:16. > :12:20.programme, a graduate entry scheme, fast-track promotions
:12:21. > :12:22.and retention payments. And we are putting an extra
:12:23. > :12:25.?100 million into this. We are modernising our estate
:12:26. > :12:28.with a ?1.3 billion And we are empowering governors
:12:29. > :12:34.to manage their regimes locally, to get people off drugs,
:12:35. > :12:37.get them the skills that they need This is a failure to protect
:12:38. > :12:46.society. Privatisation of the Probation
:12:47. > :12:48.Service, savage cuts to prison staffing, overcrowding
:12:49. > :12:50.in our business, cuts to through the gates services
:12:51. > :12:53.all stop prison working. And put the public at avoidable
:12:54. > :12:56.and increased risk. The Secretary of State should admit
:12:57. > :13:02.that in her overcrowded, understaffed prisons,
:13:03. > :13:08.shorter sentence prisoners are leaving prison with drug
:13:09. > :13:16.addictions that they did not have when they went in and are leaving
:13:17. > :13:19.more likely to commit than the crimes they were put away
:13:20. > :13:22.for in first place. This is not protecting society,
:13:23. > :13:25.it is endangering society. You're watching our round-up of the
:13:26. > :13:28.day in the Commons and the Lords. The First Minister of
:13:29. > :13:30.Northern Ireland survives "Just when you thought the foreign
:13:31. > :13:39.aid farce couldn't get any worse." That was the headline above another
:13:40. > :13:43.tabloid press report on how aid money from the UK
:13:44. > :13:45.is allegedly being spent. The report claimed an all-female pop
:13:46. > :13:48.group dubbed "Ethiopia's Spice Girls" had received ?5.2 million
:13:49. > :13:57.in British foreign aid. When the International Development
:13:58. > :13:59.Secretary came to the committee that monitors her department,
:14:00. > :14:01.the issue was taken up by a Conservative
:14:02. > :14:14.member of the committee. says you wish to build a diverse,
:14:15. > :14:18.resilient and effective civil society in the developing world.
:14:19. > :14:30.What aspect of the Ethiopian girl band does that fit into? What I want
:14:31. > :14:34.to start on is, I think it is fair to say, obviously, when it comes to
:14:35. > :14:40.a country like Ethiopian. Ethiopia is a hugely con challenge country
:14:41. > :14:43.and I've no doubt many mothers have been to Ethiopia and seen some of
:14:44. > :14:53.the enormous challenges around civil society, governance and the ability
:14:54. > :14:58.to develop. Alongside that, there are many issues relating to
:14:59. > :15:04.violence, women, rights of individuals that need support, need
:15:05. > :15:08.addressing and clearly the programme which you are referring to is one
:15:09. > :15:14.component of that. It's just one component of a wider matrix of not
:15:15. > :15:21.just our investment but international investment in
:15:22. > :15:28.Ethiopia, in that rights space. They appreciate what you've just said and
:15:29. > :15:32.I have been to Addis Ababa. I've seen women carrying eucalyptus
:15:33. > :15:35.punches don't very steep hills in order to sell them for firewood.
:15:36. > :15:41.There is a lot of poverty there. Do you not believe the money going from
:15:42. > :15:44.our department could be better spent. Secretary of State, I've
:15:45. > :15:48.known you for many years, your blood must have been boiling when you read
:15:49. > :15:51.that story. Don't you believe the Department's money could be more
:15:52. > :15:57.effectively spent on women in Ethiopia that in a way that is being
:15:58. > :16:03.currently being spent? UK aid in Ethiopia is frankly combating forced
:16:04. > :16:08.child marriage, violence, teen pregnancies. All those big issues.
:16:09. > :16:12.We are doing a range of work there. That is just one programme, one
:16:13. > :16:18.project. You looking at the programme now? It is fair to say all
:16:19. > :16:23.programmes are under review. This programme is now under review? I
:16:24. > :16:28.spoke to the team on Friday myself so the in country team and the
:16:29. > :16:32.Africa team, to make sure the programme is doing what it should be
:16:33. > :16:34.doing and it is actually doing substantial work when it comes to
:16:35. > :16:37.combating the issues I've highlighted.
:16:38. > :16:40.Now to Belfast, because the Northern Ireland First Minister,
:16:41. > :16:42.Arlene Foster, has survived an attempt to no confidence her
:16:43. > :16:47.The motion had been put forward by opposition parties
:16:48. > :16:51.following a row over a flawed heating scheme known as RHI.
:16:52. > :16:56.It's believed problems with how the scheme was run could lead
:16:57. > :17:01.to Northern Ireland taxpayers having to find ?400 million.
:17:02. > :17:04.The Northern Ireland Auditor General said the heating scheme had "serious
:17:05. > :17:11.Facing the no confidence motion inside the Northern Ireland Assembly
:17:12. > :17:18.chamber, the First Minister defended her role.
:17:19. > :17:24.At no point was any recommendation made to need to introduce cost
:17:25. > :17:28.control measures. Far from it. I was being told we needed to increase,
:17:29. > :17:32.not decrease the take-up of the scheme. Although the opposition did
:17:33. > :17:36.not want to hear it and didn't want to hear it or they would have been
:17:37. > :17:40.in the chamber Ilia, the simple fact remains that at no time during my
:17:41. > :17:44.tenure was I warned there could be an overspend. I of course accept
:17:45. > :17:49.responsibility for the work of the department put the charge that I did
:17:50. > :17:54.not observe the highest standards of probity and regularity is completely
:17:55. > :17:59.and totally baseless. The public expect a shoe on this issue. They
:18:00. > :18:05.want an apology. Action to mitigate liability to the public purse. And
:18:06. > :18:08.to see those who that were responsible to be accountable. This
:18:09. > :18:15.happened on your watch, under your leadership. You need to go. Until
:18:16. > :18:18.the scandal has been investigated, I support the motion. We committed
:18:19. > :18:21.that we would be a constructive opposition, that we would support
:18:22. > :18:26.government where we believed it was acting in the best interests of the
:18:27. > :18:29.people. Today, it is not acting in the best interests of the people of
:18:30. > :18:36.Northern Ireland. It is failing them massively. I would call again on the
:18:37. > :18:39.First Minister, but the people of Northern Ireland first, as you have
:18:40. > :18:43.said you will do, even at this late stage. Voluntarily stepped down from
:18:44. > :18:50.your role. Allow your colleague to step in. This motion is a
:18:51. > :18:56.disgraceful attempt, nothing short, a disgraceful attempt by failed
:18:57. > :19:03.party to create the impression that the First Minister has failed to
:19:04. > :19:08.observe the highest standards of propriety and regularity in relation
:19:09. > :19:11.to the stewardship of public funds. But you know, they haven't produced
:19:12. > :19:19.a scintilla of evidence or facts, not one. Let's get back to the crux
:19:20. > :19:24.of this issue, credibility, integrity. Arlene Foster needs to
:19:25. > :19:28.step aside. We've made it clear. Apparently because it was London
:19:29. > :19:33.money it was OK to squander is really breath taking. Whether it
:19:34. > :19:38.comes from London Brussels Washington or Belfast, somebody and
:19:39. > :19:41.that money and paid it in. All taxpayers are entitled to know that
:19:42. > :19:53.their money is being fairly spelt. What we have today is the actions of
:19:54. > :20:01.a lynch mob because here we have the First Minister who has come before
:20:02. > :20:06.this house and there is not any evidence whatsoever against terror
:20:07. > :20:07.at this point but we have a demand that she moves away, that she cannot
:20:08. > :20:09.do her job. Well, under the power-sharing
:20:10. > :20:11.rules in the Assembly, the DUP was able to exercise a veto
:20:12. > :20:15.to block the no confidence motion. And so Arlene Foster continues
:20:16. > :20:19.as Northern Ireland First Minister. The Lib Dem winner of the recent
:20:20. > :20:22.by-election in Richmond in West London has made her maiden
:20:23. > :20:25.speech in the Commons. Sarah Olney was contributing
:20:26. > :20:28.to a general Commons debate on how She said collaboration
:20:29. > :20:46.with Britain's European neighbours Evidence and instinct both suggest
:20:47. > :20:51.that collaboration with our nearest neighbours benefit our trade, our
:20:52. > :20:55.education, our environment, our security and our individual
:20:56. > :20:59.well-being. Such benefits should not be carelessly thrown aside without a
:21:00. > :21:03.careful, sober and detailed examination of what the consequences
:21:04. > :21:08.will be. The impact of Brexit will be wide-ranging and not just
:21:09. > :21:13.financial. In my constituency, how hospital relies on the hard work and
:21:14. > :21:16.dedication of migrants from Europe. Many of my constituents work in
:21:17. > :21:21.financial services which rely on our privileged position inside Europe.
:21:22. > :21:25.Many of our businesses import from under export to the European Union
:21:26. > :21:26.and rely on the tariff free access and the harmonised standards of the
:21:27. > :21:29.single market for their success. Meanwhile, a Labour member
:21:30. > :21:32.of the House of Lords has suggested that money being spent
:21:33. > :21:34.on the process of exiting the EU should be used instead on solving
:21:35. > :21:37.the problems in funding the care Lord Foulkes was one of a series
:21:38. > :21:42.of Labour peers to challenge a Trade Minister at Lords Question
:21:43. > :21:45.Time. First, a Lib Dem peer noted that six
:21:46. > :21:50.months have now elapsed since the people's decision on 23rd
:21:51. > :22:02.June to leave the EU. Exactly six months this week since
:22:03. > :22:05.the referendum and we still are awaiting a clear position from the
:22:06. > :22:09.government on its stance on a customs union and also was the Lords
:22:10. > :22:14.committee report this past week specifically asked for which was
:22:15. > :22:19.urgent clarification on the legal position of one the UK could start
:22:20. > :22:24.negotiating legal commitments, whether it could be while we are
:22:25. > :22:27.discussed terms or after it. When will the government provide that
:22:28. > :22:42.legal clarification which doesn't have too great. We are very clear on
:22:43. > :22:47.the position. We are clear that why we are members of the EU, we cannot
:22:48. > :22:51.negotiate no sign free-trade agreements but we can have an
:22:52. > :22:57.exploratory discussions which we are doing at the moment. I've listened
:22:58. > :23:03.carefully. I'm still not clear what the government's position is. Mr
:23:04. > :23:07.Fox's briefing that WTO arrangements would be satisfactory. Mr Hammond
:23:08. > :23:14.recently said the WTO option would not be the most favoured outcome.
:23:15. > :23:18.Which is it? Can he say precisely? The government is still working
:23:19. > :23:25.towards its position for Article 50. It takes in views from all sides. We
:23:26. > :23:30.have 20 different select committee reports coming to the government in
:23:31. > :23:35.January alone. I visited 29 countries over the course of the
:23:36. > :23:37.last four months. I've spoken to 200 businesses, over 2000
:23:38. > :23:44.businesspeople. What I would say is that we are open to listening to all
:23:45. > :23:52.parts of the debate. Are any precedents for being part in and
:23:53. > :23:56.part of the customs union? I am aware that Turkey has arrangements
:23:57. > :23:58.whereby agricultural goods and food products are excluded from the goods
:23:59. > :24:07.position but it doesn't include services. Isn't it becoming
:24:08. > :24:15.increasingly clear, day by day, week by week, that Nigel Farage, Michael
:24:16. > :24:18.Gove and to be fair, Jesus Jewett, have got us into an unholy mess? We
:24:19. > :24:25.don't know where we are on trade, on movement of labour, indeed on
:24:26. > :24:30.anything. Wouldn't the money, the billions of pounds that we are
:24:31. > :24:39.spending trying to organise this Brexit be better spent sorting the
:24:40. > :24:45.crisis in social care? The people of the UK were very clear when they
:24:46. > :24:49.voted on the 23rd of June. Harping back does none of us any good. It
:24:50. > :24:53.doesn't do the United Kingdom any good. We need to move forward, we
:24:54. > :25:01.need to move forward united Lee and we need to get the best deal for the
:25:02. > :25:04.United Kingdom. Can we move forward if Cabinet ministers are putting
:25:05. > :25:07.forward different points of view? I was brought up to understand that
:25:08. > :25:11.government speaks with one voice. Surely these arguments should be
:25:12. > :25:17.kept within the Cabinet instead of being vented publicly? I come from
:25:18. > :25:22.the world of business and what we believe in is having boards which
:25:23. > :25:26.have different experiences and can express different views. , noble
:25:27. > :25:30.friend say... And that's it for this programme,
:25:31. > :25:33.but do join us for our For now, from me,
:25:34. > :25:35.Kristiina Cooper, goodbye.