0:00:00 > 0:00:00The main party in Northern Ireland, the DUP, said it would not support
0:00:00 > 0:00:03a deal which gave significant concessions to the Irish Republic.
0:00:03 > 0:00:23Now on BBC News it's time for a look back at the Day in Parliament.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Hello and welcome to Monday in Parliament. Our look at the best of
0:00:27 > 0:00:34the day in the Commons and Lords. Will Brexit meant taking back tales
0:00:34 > 0:00:39from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland?This bill tramples all over
0:00:39 > 0:00:44the default competencies of the Parliament in Edinburgh, Cardiff,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48and Belfast.We are grabbing the powers back from Belfast and bring
0:00:48 > 0:00:56them to London.-- Brussels. Labour peers described an unusual meeting
0:00:56 > 0:01:00in the street.Robert Plant, a multibillionaire rock star of led
0:01:00 > 0:01:09Zeppelin wanted to know, I have been sent £300 by the government, why?
0:01:09 > 0:01:15And has everything stopped for Brexit? The social mobility
0:01:15 > 0:01:20programme continues, despite resignations of the Social Mobility
0:01:20 > 0:01:26Commission.While Brexit is an important part of this government,
0:01:26 > 0:01:31we are absolutely committed to ensuring that we continue this
0:01:31 > 0:01:36process.But first, Theresa May and the European Commission president,
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Jean-Claude Juncker, have held talks in Brussels, but fail to reach a
0:01:40 > 0:01:44deal to allow the Brexit negotiations to continue to trade
0:01:44 > 0:01:48issues. Initially, it had appeared that a deal was imminent, when
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Northern Ireland was offered a close relationship with the single market
0:01:52 > 0:01:57and customs union. But the leader of the DUP, Arlene Foster, said her
0:01:57 > 0:02:00party could not accept any proposal that would be to Northern Ireland
0:02:00 > 0:02:05being treated separately to the rest of the UK. In the Commons, a labour
0:02:05 > 0:02:10MP reacted to the news of the failure to reach a deal.After
0:02:10 > 0:02:15incessant briefing in the last two days that Theresa May and the Prime
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Minister and Governor Douglas to deal, it has just emerged in the
0:02:19 > 0:02:22last few seconds that she is going to come home empty-handed, with no
0:02:22 > 0:02:28deal. This is a shambles that into perspective the constitutional
0:02:28 > 0:02:33settlement for our country here. Can we expect it to make a statement
0:02:33 > 0:02:37tomorrow.I'm about to say it was my expectation that they would be a
0:02:37 > 0:02:41statement to this house this week, and although I cannot predict with
0:02:41 > 0:02:47certainty, I thought there was reason to believe it would be likely
0:02:47 > 0:02:51to be tomorrow.Between courses at large, this afternoon, keep a
0:02:51 > 0:02:56minister has gone from negotiating an agreement to a set of texts to
0:02:56 > 0:03:03throwing it in the bin alongside any leftovers. It is clear that the
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Democratic Unionist Party, ten Members of Parliament, ten Members
0:03:06 > 0:03:10of Parliament from Northern Ireland, are holding this government to
0:03:10 > 0:03:13account, art holding this government by the neck, because it is much more
0:03:13 > 0:03:17important for the Prime Minister to hold onto power than it is to do
0:03:17 > 0:03:22what is in the best interests of all the nation.Decay reports that a
0:03:22 > 0:03:26planned statement by Theresa May had been cancelled.The speaker made it
0:03:26 > 0:03:31clear, when asked, that the Prime Minister was intending to make any
0:03:31 > 0:03:35statement to this house that the negotiations a discussion she had
0:03:35 > 0:03:41been having with the DUP on Europe, I gather that Downing Street is
0:03:41 > 0:03:44notify the press, not this house, that there will be no such statement
0:03:44 > 0:03:48tomorrow, and the Prime Minister is not intending to make a statement. I
0:03:48 > 0:03:54wonder if there is any means of making sure that Downing Street is
0:03:54 > 0:03:58fully aware that this house would expect, if we are taking back
0:03:58 > 0:04:04control, that this house should be kept informed of the negotiations
0:04:04 > 0:04:10fully and appropriately at every stage.I will certainly pass on your
0:04:10 > 0:04:14remarks to the speaker, but I think, in the meantime, you have made your
0:04:14 > 0:04:19point to the house.Now, how Brexit will affect the devolved
0:04:19 > 0:04:23administrations of the UK has dominated the letters air debate on
0:04:23 > 0:04:28the EU withdrawal. Enda Brady legislation is designed to avoid
0:04:28 > 0:04:32leaving Britain in a legal limbo when it leaves the EU. During the
0:04:32 > 0:04:37fourth day of consideration of the bill, MPs of Scotland and Wales in
0:04:37 > 0:04:40particular claim the Brexit process was going to result in a Westminster
0:04:40 > 0:04:46power grab and the UK government was in line to take functions back from
0:04:46 > 0:04:51the devolved bodies in Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast. The shadow
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Brexit minister want the government not to use Britain as an excuse to
0:04:55 > 0:05:00take powers back.I sense that the government's decision to withhold
0:05:00 > 0:05:06retained EU powers in Whitehall is not an anti- de- pollution stands,
0:05:06 > 0:05:13but is instead one of the clearest indications yet that the government
0:05:13 > 0:05:16is not coping with the task of Brexit. -- anti-devolution. The
0:05:16 > 0:05:22government said we has not had the ministerial had space or bandwidth
0:05:22 > 0:05:26to engage with the consequences of Brexit for the established, get
0:05:26 > 0:05:32still young, devolution settlement is now in place.But does she accept
0:05:32 > 0:05:36that those powers are not being ripped away because they are not
0:05:36 > 0:05:38there for the devolved administration. Whether you think
0:05:38 > 0:05:42that is right or not, just as a matter of law, those powers are
0:05:42 > 0:05:47vested in the EU, and therefore, if they come back to the devolved
0:05:47 > 0:05:50administrations, that is an additional power, not one that has
0:05:50 > 0:05:56been taken away.The reality is that this will be called a power grab. I
0:05:56 > 0:06:02did not hear the phrase today, but it will be. And I is a very good. It
0:06:02 > 0:06:06is a power grab. Of course it is. A wonderful power grabbers. We are
0:06:06 > 0:06:10grabbing those powers back from Brussels and bringing them to
0:06:10 > 0:06:23London. Not only that, the next few years, Juno at - the SNP can chat or
0:06:23 > 0:06:31they want, I am waiting to want to interrupt.I believe 100% in the
0:06:31 > 0:06:35ancient idea that the people are sovereign. If he tells me that
0:06:35 > 0:06:41ultimate sovereignty over Scotland and is right.That is a matter for
0:06:41 > 0:06:46the Scots to decide. And they did decide. And they decided that for
0:06:46 > 0:06:50the time being that ultimate sovereignty rests within the United
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Kingdom Parliament in which the Scots are very heavily and well
0:06:54 > 0:06:57represented, or they may say so. What is happening here is that
0:06:57 > 0:07:03without agreement, Westminster is taking back control over matters
0:07:03 > 0:07:06that have a vault without showing to respect and negotiating
0:07:06 > 0:07:13appropriately with the devolved administrations. We are willing to
0:07:13 > 0:07:16compromise and reach agreement, but we are some distance from that
0:07:16 > 0:07:22point. The UK government has failed to see a sense of urgency in
0:07:22 > 0:07:27concluding anything with the devolved administrations. That means
0:07:27 > 0:07:34Scotland losing powers. I can hear- coming from the other side. I
0:07:34 > 0:07:42wouldn't let any member of the government benches rise now and then
0:07:42 > 0:07:47won power. One power that is coming back to Scotland as a consequence.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50And the two governments will bring forward their proposals in due
0:07:50 > 0:07:57course. This power grab talk, this naming one power, it is pantomime.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02What this government is involved in is the reality of negotiating a way
0:08:02 > 0:08:11forward on this matter.Brexit must be delivered in a way that respects
0:08:11 > 0:08:20and is ceased to devolution, ensuring that the UK can pull apart
0:08:20 > 0:08:27the three centuries old market.We see the Mr Ismay is making of the
0:08:27 > 0:08:35negotiations. We have seen as. She has held - being held to account by
0:08:35 > 0:08:39a small minority party, the DUP. We have seen at this afternoon in the
0:08:39 > 0:08:45negotiations. How Brexit or no deal with challenge devolution, as well
0:08:45 > 0:08:50as risking the union. As a devolutionist who wants the UK to
0:08:50 > 0:08:54stay together, these issues are likely to cause the UK to begin to
0:08:54 > 0:09:06unravel.Some members have been in here will roll. The Secretary of
0:09:06 > 0:09:10State for Wales is completely absent. For about 20 minutes of the
0:09:10 > 0:09:14start of the bill. I don't think that shows the level of respect for
0:09:14 > 0:09:18the people of Wales, the members of the assembly, that have been putting
0:09:18 > 0:09:22these concerns were. I sincerely hope that the government ministers
0:09:22 > 0:09:26to listen. But they do, with pieces to these problems. Because otherwise
0:09:26 > 0:09:31I can tell you that they will have a very rocky ride but it comes to the
0:09:31 > 0:09:37report stage on this bill.As part of the EU withdrawal process,
0:09:37 > 0:09:42Scotland's to government are currently discussing where where the
0:09:42 > 0:09:49power is taken back should be vested. Just as those powers
0:09:49 > 0:09:51relating to Scotland, as we have heard about, are being discussed,
0:09:51 > 0:09:56the Welsh government has a list of £64 it feels could be vulnerable
0:09:56 > 0:10:01this agreement.Devolution demands that all countries within the UK
0:10:01 > 0:10:05have a say in the future, not this one. Numbers will have the
0:10:05 > 0:10:13opportunity to date to assess this power grab. In the interests of the
0:10:13 > 0:10:18devolved countries, we can have these discussions about sovereignty
0:10:18 > 0:10:22and put all four countries in the UK on an equal footing.In the deeper
0:10:22 > 0:10:27consideration of the bill continues. The bridge economy is stagnating,
0:10:27 > 0:10:33and Brexit will only damage and further, the view of Alistair
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Darling. It has been contributing to a general debate in the House of
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Lords that followed the Chancellor's budget statement at the end of last
0:10:40 > 0:10:45month. The Darling said the latest economic forecast showed that almost
0:10:45 > 0:10:50one together from the great financial crash of 2008, the UK
0:10:50 > 0:10:54economy had still not returned to its growth levels experienced in the
0:10:54 > 0:10:58preceding years.The economic prospects that we thought by now
0:10:58 > 0:11:05would have been given a lot better at it to be stagnating at best, if
0:11:05 > 0:11:08not deteriorating, and, of course, that has indications for all of us.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14But I think there is a real problem in that our economy seems to be
0:11:14 > 0:11:19stagnating. I think it is fantasy to believe that if only we were free of
0:11:19 > 0:11:22the European Union at the earliest opportunity that somehow things
0:11:22 > 0:11:26would get better. And indeed, I would argue that at a very time when
0:11:26 > 0:11:31the economy has been dipping a long, the last possible thing we need is a
0:11:31 > 0:11:35disruption to our economic prospects since the Second World War.Of
0:11:35 > 0:11:42course our productivity is too low. I welcome the steps to be Chancellor
0:11:42 > 0:11:45is taking to improve matters. But ethically concerned with the way in
0:11:45 > 0:11:51which we make comparisons of our productivity without mentioning the
0:11:51 > 0:11:59level of employment in this country altogether with the lower
0:11:59 > 0:12:04unemployment, which, in a different ways, are at record levels, and, I
0:12:04 > 0:12:07believe, cannot be totally dissociated from the levels of
0:12:07 > 0:12:15productivity. Those are things which in any civil society we should be
0:12:15 > 0:12:20proud of.George Osborne used to be proud of squeezing the UK can be
0:12:20 > 0:12:25tighter than any in the advanced world, all in the name of ending the
0:12:25 > 0:12:30budget deficit. But squeezing out of the economy has left the Tories
0:12:30 > 0:12:35short of a palace budget while doubling national debt. Having
0:12:35 > 0:12:41failed to end the deficit by 2015, their original target, they say they
0:12:41 > 0:12:47will only harboured by 2022, and by that stage, the corpus will have
0:12:47 > 0:12:51moved yet again to maintain the illusion that their plan is still on
0:12:51 > 0:12:58track and to justify still more austerity. There has been much
0:12:58 > 0:13:00handwringing in political circles about the so-called austerity of the
0:13:00 > 0:13:13last decade.But in truth, it has been to lack. Australian island,
0:13:13 > 0:13:18where tough things were adopted. -- austerity in Ireland. In the UK,
0:13:18 > 0:13:27concessions to this, in this or that budget, the Chancellor feels obliged
0:13:27 > 0:13:31to take a rabbit out of the hat, and the political pressures which lead
0:13:31 > 0:13:36to this should be seen against a sombre background.When it comes to
0:13:36 > 0:13:40research and development and innovation, cover the good news is
0:13:40 > 0:13:46the garments as the UK will invest more in this area, but what is
0:13:46 > 0:13:53more,? And what is required? Germany and America spend 2.7 2.8%. £2
0:13:53 > 0:13:58billion a year is a good move. But it is £20 billion a year that we
0:13:58 > 0:14:03need the year just to catch up with them level on the backlog.Big
0:14:03 > 0:14:07government, the media, and most industry have all expressed
0:14:07 > 0:14:11confidence that in the end they will be a soft Brexit. But suppose they
0:14:11 > 0:14:20are wrong and we end up with no deal, or the hardest of hard
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Brexits, if the financial market should start to believe that this is
0:14:23 > 0:14:29where we are heading, it is very possible that there will be a panic,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33the pound will sink, business and consumer confidence will evaporate,
0:14:33 > 0:14:39and investment will dry up. And then we would be a very severe crisis.
0:14:39 > 0:14:46And what prize then, the so-called pessimism of present forecasts?
0:14:46 > 0:14:50I was stopped in the street by Robert Plant, a multibillion rock
0:14:50 > 0:14:57star of Led Zeppelin, who wanted to know, I've been sent £300 by the
0:14:57 > 0:15:06government. Why? Why indeed. The heating allowance for all the people
0:15:06 > 0:15:13should be means tested. -- older people. When I first received it I
0:15:13 > 0:15:16tried to send it back, but I received a message that it couldn't
0:15:16 > 0:15:22be received. There was no facility for taking it back. And I, like many
0:15:22 > 0:15:27like me, and perhaps like you, give that heating allowance to charity.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30The budget take sensible actions in light of revised forecast is to
0:15:30 > 0:15:34address some of the key challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38And in doing so lay foundations tried prosperous future. It invests
0:15:38 > 0:15:41sustainable in our public services for supporting people in businesses,
0:15:41 > 0:15:45and continues to invest to secure a bright future for Britain. And I
0:15:45 > 0:15:50commend it to your logic's oust. Lord Bates. You are watching our
0:15:50 > 0:15:53round-up of the day in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Still to come, the Speaker tells a cabinet minister he is using
0:15:57 > 0:16:04unparliamentary language. Four members of the social mobility
0:16:04 > 0:16:08commission were stood down at the weekend. The commission's job is to
0:16:08 > 0:16:11check on the government's progress in bringing children out of poverty
0:16:11 > 0:16:16and providing opportunities for all communities. At the chairman, the
0:16:16 > 0:16:20former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn, resigned, saying he had
0:16:20 > 0:16:23little hope that the current government could make progress on
0:16:23 > 0:16:28social mobility because it was too focused on Brexit. It gave Lib Dem
0:16:28 > 0:16:32leader Sir Vince Cable the opportunity to ask ministers about
0:16:32 > 0:16:36the resignations in the Commons.I don't think Conservatives have ever
0:16:36 > 0:16:40claimed to be a party of equality, but they have always claimed to be a
0:16:40 > 0:16:44party of equality of opportunity, in other words, social mobility. And
0:16:44 > 0:16:48when the Prime Minister took office, her first speech set out very
0:16:48 > 0:16:51clearly the objectives to do everything to help anybody, whatever
0:16:51 > 0:16:56their background, to go as far as their talents would take them. So
0:16:56 > 0:17:00what does the resignation of the commission tell us about the
0:17:00 > 0:17:03government's success in achieving that objective? The chairman of the
0:17:03 > 0:17:10commission was very pointed. He said the worst possible position in
0:17:10 > 0:17:15politics is to set out a proposition that you want to heal social
0:17:15 > 0:17:19division, and then do nothing about it. In conclusion, can I just ask
0:17:19 > 0:17:23the minister whether he would agree with the commission and shout's
0:17:23 > 0:17:29point that Brexit is now sucking the life out of government? --
0:17:29 > 0:17:33commission shout's. And of the biggest casualties of Brexit,
0:17:33 > 0:17:37especially the extreme Brexit of withdrawing from the single market
0:17:37 > 0:17:42and the customs union, the biggest casualties will be the 60 of the 65
0:17:42 > 0:17:50social mobility seats that voted for Brexit.Thank you, Mr Speaker. I
0:17:50 > 0:17:53would not recognise the characterisation that the right
0:17:53 > 0:17:56honourable gentleman made, that we have done nothing, in his words, to
0:17:56 > 0:18:03address social mobility. If you look at a number of our policies, look at
0:18:03 > 0:18:08university entrance, where 43% of disadvantaged children, they are 43%
0:18:08 > 0:18:20more likely to go to university in 2009. -- then in 2009. We have 1.9
0:18:20 > 0:18:24million more good or outstanding skills compared to 2010. We have
0:18:24 > 0:18:27more teachers in schools than ever before. I wouldn't recognise that
0:18:27 > 0:18:31characterisation. Could I also make clear that while Brexit is very
0:18:31 > 0:18:37important, this government can walk and chew gum at the same time. We
0:18:37 > 0:18:41are absolutely committed to ensuring that we continue this process of
0:18:41 > 0:18:47improving social mobility for everybody in our country.Many
0:18:47 > 0:18:51people were inspired by what prime ministers and on the steps of
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Downing Street when she took office. Would my honourable friend look at
0:18:54 > 0:18:58the idea of using this opportunity, would be social mobility commission,
0:18:58 > 0:19:02reforming to create a social justice commissioner of the out of Downing
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Street, and using it to assess the impact of every bit of domestic
0:19:05 > 0:19:12legislation on social justice?Well, can I put on record our commitment
0:19:12 > 0:19:16to maintain the social mobility commission. It has done great work
0:19:16 > 0:19:20over the last five years and I would once again pay tribute to Alan
0:19:20 > 0:19:25Milburn for his work as chair. We intend to refresh the commission, we
0:19:25 > 0:19:29need to bring in some new people, some people that will hold us to
0:19:29 > 0:19:33account, who will hold our feet to the fire, to ensure that we get a
0:19:33 > 0:19:36good spread of representation on that particular commission.Is the
0:19:36 > 0:19:39government, if the government really committed to the commission as an
0:19:39 > 0:19:43independent body? And although the government have just said they put
0:19:43 > 0:19:49that on record, their commitment, what do they see as its role? And
0:19:49 > 0:19:52what will its remit be now? And how much funding will be commission
0:19:52 > 0:19:58have? Can he confirmed that in the US and is the commission's pretty 16
0:19:58 > 0:20:02report, the government has not adopted a single one of its
0:20:02 > 0:20:09recommendations? -- in the years since the commission's 2016 report.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13The report said that the UK had a deep social mobility problem, and on
0:20:13 > 0:20:17fairer education system, a two tier labour market, and imbalanced
0:20:17 > 0:20:21economy, and an unaffordable housing market. So what are the government
0:20:21 > 0:20:26doing about it? And was this a factor in those resignations?She
0:20:26 > 0:20:30asked, is the government really committed to this commission? The
0:20:30 > 0:20:33answer is yes, absolutely. She asked about the role of the commission.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37That will not change. I pay tribute to the commission for the work it
0:20:37 > 0:20:41has done, and I pay tribute to Alan for the working has done over that
0:20:41 > 0:20:45time.The debate of the social mobility. Campaigners say government
0:20:45 > 0:20:48plans for changes to the welfare system could mean that victims of
0:20:48 > 0:20:52domestic violence are made homeless. Currently, women can use housing
0:20:52 > 0:20:56benefit to pay for their stay at a refuge. Ministers believe their
0:20:56 > 0:21:00changes to the system will mean vulnerable people will not have
0:21:00 > 0:21:05defined their rent at a difficult time. In Commons questions, Labour's
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Housing spokesperson wanted to know if funds for homeless shelters or
0:21:08 > 0:21:14women's refuges would be cut between now and the next general election.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Mr Speaker, the Secretary of State tries to tell us the government has
0:21:17 > 0:21:22a good record on homelessness. Since 2010, ministers have made 452
0:21:22 > 0:21:28announcements of homelessness. But 47,000 more children are now
0:21:28 > 0:21:34homeless. That is 100 more homeless children for every Conservative
0:21:34 > 0:21:40press release. What is needed now is action to deal with the root causes
0:21:40 > 0:21:44of the rising homelessness. Not more warm words. A straight question to
0:21:44 > 0:21:48the Secretary of State. Will there be any further cuts in funding in
0:21:48 > 0:21:52this Parliament for homeless hostels and women's refuges under his plans
0:21:52 > 0:22:01for short-term housing?We have no plans to cut the funding for women's
0:22:01 > 0:22:04refuges or other support networks providing for homelessness. Indeed,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07what we saw in the budget from my right honourable friend, the
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Chancellor, just a couple of weeks ago, was an increase in spending and
0:22:11 > 0:22:14resources to fight homelessness.The tragedy is that we know what works
0:22:14 > 0:22:18because we have done it before, Labour was in government. So if he
0:22:18 > 0:22:21wants to act cross-party, will he backed Labour was Mac plan to end
0:22:21 > 0:22:27rough sleeping homelessness within Parliament, provide 4000 extra homes
0:22:27 > 0:22:30for rough sleepers, review the Social Security system and build a
0:22:30 > 0:22:35new low-cost housing that is needed? Secretary of State.With respect, I
0:22:35 > 0:22:39say to the right honourable gentleman, he is being a bit
0:22:39 > 0:22:42disingenuous with his use of those figures and those so-called facts.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47He will know that when it comes to women's refuges...Disingenuous
0:22:47 > 0:22:57means dishonest. And that cannot be said. That cannot be said without a
0:22:57 > 0:23:02response. The Secretary of State is a most versatile fellow, very
0:23:02 > 0:23:06dextrous in his use of language, and I'm sure he will withdraw and use
0:23:06 > 0:23:09some other word. I cannot hear what the honourable gentleman is seen
0:23:09 > 0:23:13from this entry position but we can have a cup of tea later.Mr Speaker,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16I withdraw the word disingenuous. That we say, my right honourable
0:23:16 > 0:23:21friend is not being as clear as he could yet he wanted to be. When it
0:23:21 > 0:23:26comes to women's refuges, we have dedicated £20 million, which will
0:23:26 > 0:23:29provide some 2200 additional bed spaces. And in future years, it is
0:23:29 > 0:23:34right to see what either there is, and made sure we make appropriate
0:23:34 > 0:23:39resources available.Sajid Javid. Should packets of sugary breakfast
0:23:39 > 0:23:43cereals contain a free toothbrush? That was the suggestion of a bid and
0:23:43 > 0:23:46member of the House of Lords, when peers turned their attention to
0:23:46 > 0:23:50dental decay. It is show that the number of children having to have
0:23:50 > 0:23:54their teeth extracted because of decay has risen for four years in a
0:23:54 > 0:23:58row. Within a 12 month period, 33,000 children in England had to
0:23:58 > 0:24:03have at least one tooth removed. An independent PSO part of the problem
0:24:03 > 0:24:08was getting parents to recognise the importance of visits to the dentist.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13-- independent review said.My Lords, in order to get children to
0:24:13 > 0:24:16be seen by a dentist, their parents have got to take them to the
0:24:16 > 0:24:20dentist. Many parents are not very happy themselves about going to the
0:24:20 > 0:24:29dentist. How can this be overcome?I was probably not giving out lollies
0:24:29 > 0:24:33to say well done for coming. The noble lady makes an important point.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38I should point out that 7 million under-18s were seen by a dentist in
0:24:38 > 0:24:41the last year for which data is available, an increase on previous
0:24:41 > 0:24:44years, citing things are improving. It is not the case that research
0:24:44 > 0:24:50evidence shows that milk helps to protect the teeth of young children
0:24:50 > 0:24:56as well as combating obesity?I am sure milk does have those benefits.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01I should also point out that one of the best things that you can do for
0:25:01 > 0:25:04all bone health is to have vitamin D and calcium supplements, which are
0:25:04 > 0:25:08recommended for young children. Asking manufacturers of sugary
0:25:08 > 0:25:14cereals to include in the packets a free toothbrush, which would cost
0:25:14 > 0:25:24them very little?That is one idea I will certainly take away. I think
0:25:24 > 0:25:29some of the impact we are having is on reformulation, which is I inked
0:25:29 > 0:25:32preventative, even more so than putting toothbrushes in cereals.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37There is a plan to reduce by 20%, sugar in key foods, by 2020,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39specifically for the benefit of children.Lord O'Shaughnessy. That
0:25:39 > 0:25:44is it for this programme. This you McCarthy will be here for the rest
0:25:44 > 0:25:47of the week, for now, from me, Keith McDougall, goodbye. -- Alicia
0:25:47 > 0:25:49McCarthy.