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One MP makes a moving plea
for the Government here to do more | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
for the Syrian people. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:33 | |
This should not be strewn in the
rubble. Those bodies should be piled | 0:00:33 | 0:00:40 | |
up in this chamber. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:40 | |
The bodies should be
piled up in this chamber. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
Lords | 0:00:43 | 0:00:43 | |
hear about the worsening obesity | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
crisis among children. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
And one MP describes hate
crime against Sikhs. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:54 | |
Someone consumed with so much hatred
try to remove the turban to one of | 0:00:54 | 0:01:04 | |
my Sikh just shouting Muslims go
home! | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
The Russian President has ordered
a daily five-hour pause | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
in the Syrian government's assault
on the rebel-held area | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
of Eastern Ghouta. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
At the weekend, a UN
Security Council resolution | 0:01:13 | 0:01:14 | |
was passed demanding that
"all parties cease hostilities | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
without delay for at least 30
consecutive days" to allow | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
humanitarian aid deliveries
and medical evacuations | 0:01:19 | 0:01:20 | |
of critically ill people. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:21 | |
In an urgent question
to the Foreign Secretary, | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
a Labour MP did his best
to concentrate minds. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:33 | |
The men and women of that place who
like him pieces deliberately | 0:01:33 | 0:01:42 | |
targeted. The dead children whose
faces are altered by the chlorine | 0:01:42 | 0:01:50 | |
gas that killed them. Mr Speaker,
this should not be strewn in the | 0:01:50 | 0:01:56 | |
rubble of Syria. Those bodies should
be piled up in this chamber and laid | 0:01:56 | 0:02:03 | |
at the feet of government of every
single nation which continues to | 0:02:03 | 0:02:08 | |
shred in the face of this horror. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
John Woodcock wondered how effective
the UN's call for a ceasefire | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
could be because Russia was one
of its members and Russia backed | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
the regime of President Assad. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:23 | |
The security council is broken when
one of its permanent members | 0:02:23 | 0:02:28 | |
Florence... The service of order it
was... To uphold. Tobique into | 0:02:28 | 0:02:38 | |
inaction by this graduated body, is
greater violation than seeking to | 0:02:38 | 0:02:44 | |
act even without its agent. There
was no military solution that we can | 0:02:44 | 0:02:52 | |
impose. I think it is now essential
that the Russians recognise that | 0:02:52 | 0:03:01 | |
just because the president of Syria
is in possession of half the | 0:03:01 | 0:03:09 | |
territory of Syria,, that does not
mean he has come. He has come | 0:03:09 | 0:03:18 | |
nowhere near a complete military
victory. I don't thing is within his | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
grasp. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:32 | |
When Assad continues. Are we just
got a lots of our say enough. I | 0:03:35 | 0:03:43 | |
always believe such questions are
posed in this House, there is very | 0:03:43 | 0:03:47 | |
often a Marshall, most of the sent
from benches on both sides. -- I | 0:03:47 | 0:03:58 | |
share that sentiment, I would like
to see us in a position to do | 0:03:58 | 0:04:03 | |
something. Not allowed the use of
chemical weapons to grunt, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:08 | |
unpunished. I just remind the House
of what happened in 2013 would it | 0:04:08 | 0:04:14 | |
have that choice, we have that
option and we fail to take it. Let | 0:04:14 | 0:04:21 | |
us not have the people of Syria.
Again. What I shared that it is the | 0:04:21 | 0:04:29 | |
key of some members of this House
that this can only be solved an | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
invention of the rest. I think it
would only deepen the well. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:38 | |
Ultimately we can only and this
dreadful conflict and suffering of | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
the Syrian people through genuine
peace talks. The Russian defence | 0:04:42 | 0:04:54 | |
Minister that starting tomorrow
there will be it daily humanitarian | 0:04:54 | 0:04:59 | |
pause. Does the foreign secretary
agree with me and that limiting the | 0:04:59 | 0:05:04 | |
bombing to 19 hours a day as opposed
to 24 is going to be as comfort to | 0:05:04 | 0:05:16 | |
resident of hell on earth as was
described. ... To make sure that | 0:05:16 | 0:05:26 | |
Russia abides by the terms. Because,
isn't the reason we are having this | 0:05:26 | 0:05:38 | |
discussion today, because in the
past the word of the West fail to | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
have any impact? It is absurd for
the Russians to say the Otonabee | 0:05:41 | 0:05:48 | |
does this thing for a number of
hours a day. There needs to be a | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
complete cease-fire. There has to be
an end to the carnage. Russia has to | 0:05:51 | 0:05:59 | |
be held to account. The Russians
responsible for this will eventually | 0:05:59 | 0:06:04 | |
be held to account. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
Boris Johnson. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:07 | |
The Foreign Secretary
said he also regretted | 0:06:07 | 0:06:13 | |
The boss of the company running
trains between London and Edinburgh | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
has blamed "political uncertainty"
for the premature | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
end of its contract. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:18 | |
The head of Stagecoach told
the Public Accounts Committee | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
that the loss of the East Coast
franchise would cost his | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
company £200 million. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:24 | |
Stagecoach will lose
its franchise within months. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
The Government says it
got its numbers wrong. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:27 | |
MPs wanted to know why. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:33 | |
In the last few years, UK growth
economy has collapsed. It is into | 0:06:33 | 0:06:41 | |
the will to do list -- like
political stability, attacks such as | 0:06:41 | 0:06:49 | |
the fundamentalist that we are all
aware of. Hottest political | 0:06:49 | 0:06:55 | |
uncertainties stop someone from
going on -- like getting on a train | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
and going somewhere? Will Wood but
for this franchise and a buddy 's | 0:06:59 | 0:07:06 | |
first saw two referendums, when in
Scotland, the Brexit referendum, | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
another general election. The we are
in a very different place. It is a | 0:07:09 | 0:07:23 | |
baffling excuse, think of the
subject referendums stop people from | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
travelling it is part of the
experience. How exactly is a fairly | 0:07:27 | 0:07:39 | |
irrelevant to what we are
discussing. When did you know that | 0:07:39 | 0:07:49 | |
this was a problem. Hydrogen monitor
this contact, had this content was | 0:07:49 | 0:07:54 | |
going in that unit and get a result
you wanted hydrogen monitor -- I | 0:07:54 | 0:08:03 | |
knew about this a few weeks after we
got them. After you got the | 0:08:03 | 0:08:11 | |
contactless Mac I knew we had a
problem. How about you internal I | 0:08:11 | 0:08:25 | |
think I've been an incredible job | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
Delays in track improvement works
have been blamed for problems. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
blamed for problems. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:30 | |
Virgin said its franchise bid
was based on promised | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
track improvements. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
what has happened since. The
enhancements have been delayed. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:45 | |
Working with Networld -- Mr haven't
long have Eurotunnel rail industry? | 0:08:45 | 0:08:56 | |
Have you ever done of the project
delivered on time? Actually take | 0:08:56 | 0:09:02 | |
some of the work that network have
been doing on some of it has been | 0:09:02 | 0:09:11 | |
delivered on time and some that
haven't. But you must acknowledge | 0:09:11 | 0:09:16 | |
that there is a high percentage that
is not delivered on time. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
Then it got personal. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:25 | |
Did you get a bonus payment is your?
I do not decide my bonus. I would've | 0:09:25 | 0:09:37 | |
expected to take a bonus this year.
So if you are offered a bonus, would | 0:09:37 | 0:09:44 | |
you refuse you would refuse a? Would
you give it back if you offered a | 0:09:44 | 0:09:56 | |
bonus? I would in this case. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
Meg Hillier said that was
a small heartening point | 0:09:58 | 0:10:00 | |
in what was not a good example
of railway management. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
You're watching Monday in Parliament
with me, Mandy Baker. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:09 | |
MPs have called on the Government
to increase defence spending | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
amid warnings of a growing
threat from Russia. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:15 | |
The demands come as Ministers
are conducting a defence review due | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
to be completed in July. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
There was concern on both
sides of the Commons | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
about the current level of spending. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
The head of the Army has warned that
Britain's ability to respond | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
to military threats from Russia
would be "eroded" without | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
further investment. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:37 | |
We are falling short. The Government
simply has to commit to spending | 0:10:37 | 0:10:42 | |
more if we are going to have the
Armed Forces this country requires. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
In order to maintain our
independence, not just our | 0:10:46 | 0:10:51 | |
sovereignty but our freedom of
action in our ability to make our | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
own decisions. Rather than be taken
by circumstances, we need to be | 0:10:55 | 0:10:59 | |
highly trained, fully mapped and
well-equipped armed forces. For | 0:10:59 | 0:11:03 | |
trading island nation, at a cost for
Brexit, and turning her face to the | 0:11:03 | 0:11:09 | |
well, Great Britain must turn...
None of us want our army to be | 0:11:09 | 0:11:17 | |
damaged. We all know our personnel
when fully trained and well | 0:11:17 | 0:11:24 | |
committed can be some of the best in
the world. Something we shared with | 0:11:24 | 0:11:30 | |
our Nato alliance. We are getting
weaker and that is unacceptable. If | 0:11:30 | 0:11:36 | |
during the Cold War, if we spent 5%
of GDP. If we had to do it again, we | 0:11:36 | 0:11:44 | |
are certainly not able to do so. Our
allies also need to make greater | 0:11:44 | 0:11:52 | |
contribution as well. If we to
maintain an independent nuclear | 0:11:52 | 0:11:57 | |
deterrent. And build-up are where
reserves, we are obviously going to | 0:11:57 | 0:12:04 | |
have to spend something closer to 3%
of defence rather than two. There is | 0:12:04 | 0:12:14 | |
no disguising the fact that this
country is not spending enough on | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
defence and security of the realm.
That's the final two as finality of | 0:12:18 | 0:12:25 | |
it. That's the truth. My advice to
the defence Minister is to actually | 0:12:25 | 0:12:34 | |
use, I'll say it again, at the
defence secretary to use the power | 0:12:34 | 0:12:42 | |
and because of this Parliament to go
to the Prime Minister and tell the | 0:12:42 | 0:12:47 | |
prime Minister that we the L --
elected representatives do not think | 0:12:47 | 0:12:53 | |
that by and large we are spending
enough on the security of the | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
country. What I like best on what I
look to in this debate is the magic | 0:12:55 | 0:13:07 | |
formula, of Dutch bank -- when we
are spending a fraction of what we | 0:13:07 | 0:13:17 | |
used to spend in terms of percentage
of GDP when confronted with threats | 0:13:17 | 0:13:22 | |
such as represented today, and
saying that everything is fine and | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
we are on course. We are not on
course, we need to change course and | 0:13:25 | 0:13:29 | |
the direction we have to go is for a
significant uplift to 3% of GDP to | 0:13:29 | 0:13:37 | |
be spent on the defence of the
United Kingdom. We should be careful | 0:13:37 | 0:13:44 | |
not to rest on our laurels. We
should look at the Sun is an | 0:13:44 | 0:13:52 | |
absolute minimum. It is a start, not
an end point. The world is | 0:13:52 | 0:13:59 | |
constantly changing both politically
and technologically. It is crucial | 0:13:59 | 0:14:04 | |
that we are -- our army is funded
sufficiently. To protect this | 0:14:04 | 0:14:12 | |
country it also possesses. There is
a fundamental problem in the way | 0:14:12 | 0:14:18 | |
this Parliament, this government,
has decided to go on defence. Even | 0:14:18 | 0:14:24 | |
if the solution we are thinking of
is not a perfect solution, something | 0:14:24 | 0:14:28 | |
has to give. Because this is simply
not sustainable. As I had said | 0:14:28 | 0:14:35 | |
before that will disappear from
across the House of this resulted in | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
proper investment in our Armed
Forces. But it will be deep disquiet | 0:14:39 | 0:14:45 | |
if the review results in yet of the
kind that have been widely believed | 0:14:45 | 0:14:51 | |
in the press in recent months. The
message has to be highly clear. If | 0:14:51 | 0:14:57 | |
you want to continue playing a
crucial role on the international | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
stage, ever want to provide critical
security that Perspex that will to | 0:15:01 | 0:15:08 | |
remain want to remain a leading
contributor in the against | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
extremism, we cannot continue to
invest on a budget of 2%, 2% is just | 0:15:12 | 0:15:19 | |
not enough. So this is a question.
Madam Deputy Speaker. Not just this | 0:15:19 | 0:15:26 | |
government, not just of
parliamentarians, before Britain. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
What status, what will we aspire to
play as we seek to trade more | 0:15:28 | 0:15:37 | |
widely, in a world that is becoming
more dangerous? | 0:15:37 | 0:15:43 | |
A Labour MP has complained that
plans to confront hate crime | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
don't adequately consider
offences against Sikhs. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:46 | |
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi described
a racist incident that took place | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
outside Parliament last week. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:57 | |
I was disgusted on Wednesday night
when someone consumed with so much | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
hatred tried to pull off the turbine
of one of my seat guests as he | 0:16:00 | 0:16:05 | |
queued up just outside our apartment
buildings and shouted, Muslim, go | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
back home. Mr Speaker, it has been
brought to the Government attention | 0:16:08 | 0:16:14 | |
that previous occasions that the
hate crime action plan to properly | 0:16:14 | 0:16:18 | |
record and monitor hate crimes
completely ignores the Sikhs. The | 0:16:18 | 0:16:22 | |
Sikhs regard the turbine as a crown
on their heads. When you yourself | 0:16:22 | 0:16:27 | |
presided over the launch of the
national Sikh war Memorial campaign | 0:16:27 | 0:16:31 | |
for which I am extremely grateful,
you would have ascertained the | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
strength of feeling in the community
to have a statute of turbaned Sikh | 0:16:34 | 0:16:40 | |
soldiers and our capital because
more than 80,000 turbaned | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
individuals die for the freedom of
this country, our country. Given | 0:16:44 | 0:16:51 | |
this considerable context, when
given your advice, perhaps you would | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
be kind enough to impress upon the
House authorities and the police to | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
take this matter very seriously. And
to bring the assailant to justice. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
The Speaker said the incident
was truly appalling and the police | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
were investigating. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:05 | |
He said he would write
to the victim to express | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
the regret of the whole House. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
UK millennials are on track to be
the most overweight generation | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
since records began,
health experts say. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
Based on population trends,
more than seven in every ten people | 0:17:17 | 0:17:21 | |
born between the early 1980s
and mid-90s will be too fat | 0:17:21 | 0:17:25 | |
by the time they reach middle age. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
In comparison, about half
of the "baby boomer" | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
generation, born just
after the Second World War, | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
were fat at that age. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:39 | |
Five-year-olds are now eating their
own in sugar every year. Obesity is | 0:17:39 | 0:17:43 | |
the second largest cause of cancer
and it reduces life expectancy of | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
210 years. So what is needed is not
voluntary action that will come back | 0:17:48 | 0:17:54 | |
-- that will combat the epidemic the
country is facing, but what is | 0:17:54 | 0:18:00 | |
needed is a mandatory referral
religion targets for the reduction | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
of added sugar, fat, and carries
across all products as well as | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
common-sense policies directed at
early years which includes or raw | 0:18:07 | 0:18:12 | |
health initiatives. So can the
Minister confirm that there will be | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
a more robust, mandatory element in
future stages of the national | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
obesity strategy? The noble lady is
quite right to highlight this issue. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:26 | |
We sell more research and not just
the prevalence of obesity among | 0:18:26 | 0:18:31 | |
younger people but the catastrophic
young -- health risks that come from | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
that. When you look at the actions
that were in the open sea plan, the | 0:18:34 | 0:18:39 | |
production of sugar by tuque -- by
20% by 2020 with 5% interim target | 0:18:39 | 0:18:44 | |
and the sugar, that led to serious
action. The 2% of the tricks that | 0:18:44 | 0:18:49 | |
otherwise had been captured have
never deuced the formulation. But we | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
will see in the spring is evidence
of whether has had the divine -- a | 0:18:53 | 0:18:58 | |
side effect. We're leaving all
options open if it requires Cybele | 0:18:58 | 0:19:02 | |
Summit agreed that it would be good
to reintroduce the massive size and | 0:19:02 | 0:19:06 | |
all schools so that people can have
a better mechanism for action | 0:19:06 | 0:19:13 | |
preparing higher-quality foods than
fast foods. Then the assured that | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
the noble lord does did the SGA in
clued elements around nutrition and | 0:19:17 | 0:19:22 | |
healthy eating. And many schools do
offer the classes he talks about. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
The Health Minister. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:29 | |
Labour has demanded extra funding
and resources for the Fire Service. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:31 | |
The call came as MPs paid tribute
to the members of the emergency | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
services dealing with the aftermath
of an explosion in | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
a shop in Leicester. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
The cause of the blast isn't known
but it's not thought | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
to be terrorist-related. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:44 | |
The Home Secretary updated the
Commons on the latest information. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:51 | |
Five people are now confirmed to
have died in an explosion at a shop | 0:19:51 | 0:19:56 | |
last night on Hinckley Road. Five
others the Germain in hospital, one | 0:19:56 | 0:20:01 | |
with serious injuries. And my thanks
to the fire crews for continuing to | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
search for survivors and the
hospital staff who are working | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
tirelessly to save lives. I know I
speak for all of us when our | 0:20:08 | 0:20:13 | |
thoughts are with the family of the
friends as well as those of an | 0:20:13 | 0:20:16 | |
injured. The number of fire versus
cut by 11,000 since 2010, their | 0:20:16 | 0:20:21 | |
wages has seen real terms pay cut.
The current level of un-earmarked | 0:20:21 | 0:20:26 | |
reserves equates to just three weeks
operating costs at the same time as | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
deaths and fires have increased. I
would like to ask the Minister to | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
reconsider the levels of funding and
resourcing for our Fire Service. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
Whilst there has been praised today
for our firefighters, when will the | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
Government paid in a fair wage for
the courageous work at the | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
courageous work they undertake,
when? Firefighters go into burning | 0:20:45 | 0:20:50 | |
buildings to save lives, their
professional, compassionate heroes | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
their lives at risks to save our
families. In the Minister really | 0:20:53 | 0:20:58 | |
look every single one of them in the
eye tell them it's acceptable that | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
they have in real terms received a
pay cut? The Government is | 0:21:02 | 0:21:09 | |
determined to make sure that
firefighters who do difficult | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
commentators work as we have seen
today in Leicester get their fair | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
pay for their work. It is also very
sure that over recent years they | 0:21:15 | 0:21:20 | |
have been asked to make sacrifices
as part of the contribution to | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
getting on top of the deficit we
inherited from the party opposite. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:28 | |
There is no disagreement over the
graves were to do, beside a grateful | 0:21:28 | 0:21:34 | |
and in Leicester as well. There are
active negotiations going on between | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
those are responsible which his
employer and employee. Central | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
government does not have a role in
that process unless we are called | 0:21:42 | 0:21:47 | |
then for additional support. She
talks about reserves and Labour | 0:21:47 | 0:21:53 | |
Party are in denial on this. The
fact is that the fire system that | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
claims to be short of cast -- -- as
increases in reserves by two and £88 | 0:21:56 | 0:22:03 | |
million is 2011. You can only
increase by not using the money that | 0:22:03 | 0:22:08 | |
should have been given. Our request
to the Fire Services tell us what | 0:22:08 | 0:22:12 | |
you would do with the public's
money. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:13 | |
Nick Hurd. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
Ore than 90,000 people have signed
an online petition calling | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
for Britain to ban the export
of live farm animals. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
The Government is understood to be
considering ending the practise. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
It will launch a consultation
in the spring. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
Currently, live animal exports
from Britain and Europe | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
are controlled by an EU regulation. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
A Labour MP said Brexit provided
the perfect opportunity | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
for a new law to make
the trade illegal. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:42 | |
Countless animals continue to endure
grueling journeys every year. In | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
2012, 40 sheep had to be euthanized
after being cramped into a truck. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
Just last August it was reported
that 500 sheet sent for days without | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
any access to food or water while
being transported to Turkey. Many of | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
you will have seen today's story in
the times that more than 5000 deal | 0:22:57 | 0:23:05 | |
cause this year are discarded by the
dairy industry wanted 35 hour | 0:23:05 | 0:23:10 | |
journeys from Scotland to Spain. But
as Mr Wilson make this one of the | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
first great steps as Britain takes
back control from the European | 0:23:14 | 0:23:19 | |
Union. Because as Gandhi once said,
the greatness of a nation and its | 0:23:19 | 0:23:26 | |
moral progress can be judged by the
way its animals are treated. We | 0:23:26 | 0:23:32 | |
should not be banding live exports
because if we do that, we will lose | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
control through the Irish border and
potentially the animals that we are | 0:23:36 | 0:23:42 | |
seeking to improve the welfare of,
well end up travelling from so | 0:23:42 | 0:23:47 | |
island to Spain or France, and
journeys considerably longer than | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
they need to be. What we need to do
is to improve the standards of | 0:23:50 | 0:23:55 | |
transport within the United Kingdom.
And then when they arrive in cant | 0:23:55 | 0:24:00 | |
ready to cross the channel, they
must be properly veterinary | 0:24:00 | 0:24:07 | |
inspectors. It would be great if
this is all happening with an | 0:24:07 | 0:24:12 | |
improvement in the quality of
inspection and the quality of | 0:24:12 | 0:24:17 | |
prosecution where necessary. But
sadly, there have been major cuts in | 0:24:17 | 0:24:22 | |
this area. The Government would
prefer to see animals for slaughter | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
to the point of production. As a
trade in meat on the hook as alba | 0:24:25 | 0:24:31 | |
member pointed out, is preferable to
trade based on the transports of | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
live animals. But the Government is
committed to improving the welfare | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
of all animals and shares both
British farmers and the British | 0:24:38 | 0:24:44 | |
public's high regard for animal
welfare. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
If you're an England rugby fan,
you'll be all too aware that things | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
didn't go quite according to plan
in Saturday's Calcutta Cup. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
One Scottish MP felt compelled
to bring the matter to the attention | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
of his English counterparts,
especially as his constituency | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
includes the Murrayfield Stadium. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
But how to do it? | 0:25:01 | 0:25:08 | |
A point of order, Mr Iain Murray
Cybele thinking this is bigger. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
There's a convention in the House
when a member permit visits on us is | 0:25:11 | 0:25:15 | |
consistent. Many merits a from
England | 0:25:15 | 0:25:22 | |
may has stayed | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
misstate and dying. I wonder if
there is a mechanism to find out who | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
they were so I could read to them?
To remind them... To remind them... | 0:25:30 | 0:25:36 | |
To remind them not only to offer
convention, but maybe gloat about | 0:25:36 | 0:25:43 | |
the Calcutta success of Scotland? | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
The final score was
Scotland 25, England 13. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
I have Welsh origins,
so I'm not saying anything. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
And that's all we've got time for. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
So from me, Mandy Baker,
for now, goodbye. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 |