:01:36. > :01:46.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. We find out why a disabled Yorkshire
:01:46. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :38:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 2217 seconds
:38:44. > :38:50.men is trying to persuade MPs to Politics East Yorkshire and
:38:50. > :38:55.Lincolnshire. Coming up, we find out why a disabled Yorkshireman is
:38:55. > :38:59.trying to persuade Parliament to legalise the sex industry.
:38:59. > :39:04.And why our MPs are getting on their bikes to urge Yorkshire to make the
:39:04. > :39:10.most of its hosting of the opening stage of the Tour de France. Let us
:39:10. > :39:13.say hello to our guests. Edward McMillan-Scott is the Liberal
:39:13. > :39:20.Democrat MP for Yorkshire and Humber.
:39:20. > :39:29.Diane Johnson is the shadow minister for crime and security.
:39:29. > :39:38.How damaging is this row over union funding been for Ed Miliband?
:39:38. > :39:44.think he has performed very well. Ed has opened up the issue of how we
:39:44. > :39:48.find our political parties. Whether MPs should have second jobs. I think
:39:48. > :39:53.we are now setting the agenda in terms of what we expect from members
:39:53. > :40:02.of Parliament. Edward McMillan-Scott, you have always
:40:02. > :40:07.supported human rights but this week we finally got rid of Abu Qatada and
:40:07. > :40:17.snow judges are telling us from Europe that we cannot send some
:40:17. > :40:20.
:40:20. > :40:26.people to jail for life. You are a supporter of the court. I am a
:40:26. > :40:30.supporter of the court but that had nothing to do with this case. These
:40:30. > :40:37.judgements are clearly very controversial and I think rightly
:40:37. > :40:43.Abu Qatada has gone back to Jordan. On the issue of life sentences, I
:40:43. > :40:50.think that man is perfectible and we should not always assumed that life
:40:50. > :40:56.has to mean life. There is less than one years ago until Yorkshire hosts
:40:56. > :41:00.the opening stage the Tour de France. This time last year we were
:41:00. > :41:10.preparing for the London Olympics so what lessons can we learn about
:41:10. > :41:17.
:41:17. > :41:25.One year since the Olympics and one year and tell the Tour de France.
:41:25. > :41:35.Everybody is talking about the L Word, legacy. When the yellow jersey
:41:35. > :41:38.fades, what will be the lasting benefit for Yorkshire? MPs are
:41:38. > :41:48.working together to try to make sure that Yorkshire gets the most from
:41:48. > :41:49.
:41:49. > :41:55.the tour. There was cross-party support for this. All three of us
:41:55. > :42:02.are excited just as people all over Yorkshire are. It is an exciting
:42:02. > :42:10.prospect. I would like to see as a legacy more dedicated cycle lanes in
:42:10. > :42:16.our city. I hope people will feel very influenced and uplifted by
:42:16. > :42:21.seeing the Tour de France come to Yorkshire. Of course, legacy as a
:42:21. > :42:28.sore subject in Yorkshire. Don Valley Stadium is 23 years old and
:42:28. > :42:38.the council cannot afford to run it anymore and in a matter of weeks it
:42:38. > :42:41.
:42:41. > :42:46.will be rubble. We want the stadium to be saved. This athletics track
:42:46. > :42:50.was only closed two years ago and now it is being refurbished. The
:42:50. > :42:55.council say it is an adequate replacement for the stadium but
:42:55. > :43:01.others aren't so sure. It needs an amazing amount of work just to get
:43:01. > :43:07.it up to a basic standing. This is a world-class International Stadium
:43:07. > :43:13.and there is no comparison. The tour will no doubt show the best that
:43:13. > :43:23.Yorkshire has got to offer but if there is to be a legacy, there is a
:43:23. > :43:24.
:43:24. > :43:31.lot of legwork be done. Following that reports, we did test
:43:31. > :43:37.James for performance enhancing drugs. He came away clean. You look
:43:37. > :43:43.at Athens where they held the Olympics in 2004. Most of the events
:43:43. > :43:49.sites are dishevelled. How can we avoid that happening here? It won't
:43:49. > :43:55.happen because there is proper investment. The revenue to Yorkshire
:43:55. > :44:00.and the follow-on is only about �100 million. The government has put in
:44:00. > :44:10.10 million so far. It is a great fillip for Yorkshire and I'm
:44:10. > :44:11.
:44:11. > :44:21.delighted. I'm delighted to report was getting involved. You really
:44:21. > :44:23.
:44:23. > :44:31.want to see him in Lycra? Only one year away from the Olympics and we
:44:31. > :44:37.are already closing some sporting venues down. Does that bother you?
:44:37. > :44:47.Can I first say that I am disappointed that the race is not
:44:47. > :44:49.
:44:49. > :44:54.coming to East Yorkshire and to Hall. If we are really serious about
:44:54. > :45:04.getting young people into sport and having a legacy, we need to think
:45:04. > :45:08.
:45:08. > :45:12.about the cuts that are being made to local authority budgets. When you
:45:12. > :45:22.look at other regions of Europe which upheld the Grand Depart, has
:45:22. > :45:22.
:45:22. > :45:30.there been a lasting legacy? I think so. Whenever it has been there is a
:45:30. > :45:33.lasting legacy. We are not seen as a particularly cycling nation but
:45:33. > :45:43.there is a very great tradition in Yorkshire so it is right it should
:45:43. > :45:43.
:45:43. > :45:49.come here and it will be a great benefit to the region. When you look
:45:49. > :45:53.at the London Olympics, has there been a big legacy of it or was it
:45:54. > :45:57.just a fantastic summer of sport. We enjoyed it while it was the butt we
:45:57. > :46:02.shouldn't be looking to the long-term? We should be looking at
:46:02. > :46:06.the investments in schools and local clubs to encourage children and it
:46:06. > :46:11.is worrying because those figures are not as high as they should be.
:46:11. > :46:17.This does come down to very short-term thinking as to how to
:46:17. > :46:25.make young people take up sport and have a healthy young lifestyle
:46:25. > :46:35.because it has an impact on the NHS. People are interested enough to get
:46:35. > :46:42.involved and it doesn't necessarily need public money. I am keen to get
:46:42. > :46:52.our children interested in swimming. We are missing our trek -- missing a
:46:52. > :47:02.trick. That is because of the local authority funding cuts that you're a
:47:02. > :47:07.
:47:07. > :47:17.coalition government is giving us. It is about choices. So why is Hull
:47:17. > :47:22.
:47:22. > :47:29.so badly affected? It is a very on their you are correcting it. We are
:47:29. > :47:36.getting funding and growth into the economy. Let us wait-and-see because
:47:36. > :47:41.the economy has been flat-lining for three years. It has long been known
:47:41. > :47:48.as the world 's oldest profession but is it time to liberalise our
:47:48. > :47:56.laws on hostages in? A Yorkshireman's experience in a
:47:56. > :48:06.Spanish brothel has informed the debate. Asta Philpot has made a film
:48:06. > :48:15.
:48:15. > :48:22.Come as you are, a film based on Asta Philpot's alive. He has become
:48:22. > :48:28.an ardent campaigner for people with disabilities and intimacy is at the
:48:28. > :48:33.heart of it. He has made a film about legalising prostitution. He
:48:33. > :48:38.says it will help clean up the industry. When I had my first sexual
:48:38. > :48:48.experience, it gave me the confidence to have a relationship.
:48:48. > :48:48.
:48:48. > :48:53.So why doesn't that happened for everyone else? This man has become a
:48:54. > :48:59.patron of the foundation that Asta Philpot runs but he has hit a brick
:48:59. > :49:02.wall when it comes to speaking to MPs about legalising prostitution.
:49:02. > :49:09.Many have said they would like to get involved but their hands are
:49:10. > :49:17.tied. Let us get real, let us strip away all the criminal activity
:49:17. > :49:20.around it and start to think how we can do it properly. But the idea of
:49:20. > :49:26.any legalised prostitution is highly controversial. One campaigner
:49:26. > :49:34.against it is herself a former prostitute from Bradford. She spoke
:49:34. > :49:40.to us anonymously. Prostitution is soul destroying. Every time you are
:49:40. > :49:48.bought, a little bit of you dies. I survived it but many women don't. If
:49:48. > :49:54.they are not physically scarred for life, they are mentally. For Asta
:49:54. > :50:04.Philpot it should be legalised, but many MPs don't want to touch the
:50:04. > :50:06.
:50:06. > :50:16.issue. Asta Philpot joins in the studio.
:50:16. > :50:16.
:50:16. > :50:26.How do your experiences differ in other countries? It is so different
:50:26. > :50:31.
:50:31. > :50:36.in England because it is made to seem CD. You have told us that MPs
:50:36. > :50:44.have supported it privately but will not go on the record. Yes, that's
:50:44. > :50:50.right they say they will support us but cannot go public. As it is time
:50:51. > :50:57.to look at the issue of prostitution again? Asta Philpot raises a good
:50:57. > :51:03.point and I think people with disabilities should have
:51:04. > :51:08.opportunities the same as the rest of us. With prostitution, there are
:51:08. > :51:18.women who are trafficked into it, women with drug and alcohol problems
:51:18. > :51:26.
:51:26. > :51:33.who are caught first into it -- call wurst into it so I do not feel
:51:33. > :51:43.comfortable with legalising it. prostitutes start as children and
:51:43. > :51:44.
:51:44. > :51:54.there are issues with trafficking and drugs. But Asta Philpot's film
:51:54. > :51:57.
:51:57. > :52:03.does raise some important issues. The convention of human rights does
:52:03. > :52:07.define the rights to a human life and it says that things ordinary
:52:07. > :52:13.people expect should be extended to those who have no possibility of
:52:13. > :52:17.achieving them. The other issue is that the way in which there is the
:52:18. > :52:27.potential for vulnerable people, and I include Asta Philpot in this
:52:28. > :52:28.
:52:28. > :52:38.context, who could be exploited by other people. It is a very brought
:52:38. > :52:39.
:52:39. > :52:44.-- thought-provoking idea. This film is storming across the continent.
:52:45. > :52:51.doesn't sound you're going to get support from lawmakers in
:52:51. > :52:57.Westminster or Brussels. I don't agree with trafficking are the drugs
:52:57. > :53:04.but you have to ask why that is happening. I have loads of friends
:53:04. > :53:08.that our escorts and they are all very happy. They come and go as they
:53:08. > :53:14.please and they are in legal circumstances. So why the hell are
:53:14. > :53:21.we sweeping something under the rug every time this comes up because it
:53:21. > :53:31.is just going to carry on? With the greatest of respect, I really
:53:31. > :53:33.
:53:33. > :53:43.question that the woman I come across who are living dreadful lives
:53:43. > :53:53.are making a decision they want to. This subject is slandered in every
:53:53. > :53:55.
:53:55. > :54:00.corner of the UK. I think we have to have a debate but I'm not sure
:54:00. > :54:06.prostitution is the way forward. Low Mac one of the things in the
:54:06. > :54:15.documentary was that the brothel in Spain was adapted for the disabled.
:54:15. > :54:23.They are not seeing you are not wanted here, they are seeing that
:54:23. > :54:30.they are more tolerant. They are adapted to a certain reality which
:54:30. > :54:35.we cannot ignore. We are all on this pedestal where we talk about
:54:35. > :54:40.problems with finances and the war and so on but you should see how
:54:41. > :54:46.many e-mails I get from people with disabilities who really wants to
:54:46. > :54:56.have this experience. Things have to change if we want to be a real
:54:56. > :54:58.
:54:58. > :55:05.society. Where next for your campaign? I want to move on to the
:55:05. > :55:15.general idea of human contact. I do not get human contact every day. I
:55:15. > :55:19.
:55:20. > :55:27.do not get much human contact. you ever thought of being an MP?
:55:27. > :55:35.Absolutely, that is why am starting out on this road. Let us get a
:55:35. > :55:40.round-up in 60 seconds of the rest of the weeks news.
:55:40. > :55:50.A message from Nick Clegg when he appeared on a ABC radio Sheffield
:55:50. > :55:51.
:55:51. > :55:59.born in this week. Voters want the choice between blue and red. You are
:55:59. > :56:02.not going to get results when there isn't an outright majority. Should
:56:02. > :56:11.MPs get an increase in the pay packet? Don't make the same mistake
:56:11. > :56:17.Michael Brown made. Never was a pay rise acceptable when I got into
:56:17. > :56:25.Parliament. Eight months after his resignation, Denis MacShane her she
:56:26. > :56:29.will face a criminal charge of false accounting. Sheffield MP Paul
:56:29. > :56:35.Blomfield told the government that plans to ship regeneration money
:56:35. > :56:42.away from Yorkshire are daylight robbery. It will have a hugely
:56:42. > :56:44.negative impact on jobs and growth. What he make of your coalition
:56:44. > :56:48.government's decision to move regeneration money away from
:56:48. > :56:56.Yorkshire? I won't say it is the perfect
:56:56. > :57:06.answer. Yorkshire is getting more than Scotland's on the beer figures
:57:06. > :57:11.
:57:12. > :57:20.but you must bear in mind the timeframe of this process and the
:57:20. > :57:28.money that will come from Brussels. Leeds will get 300 million euros.
:57:28. > :57:38.Hull will get 200 million. It is not quite right but it is not as bad as
:57:38. > :57:41.it might seem. You satisfied with that? I'm surprised by that.
:57:41. > :57:51.Sheffield is getting 34% more than South Yorkshire in terms of European
:57:51. > :57:56.
:57:56. > :58:04.funding. That doesn't seem to me to be right. It is on a per capita
:58:04. > :58:07.basis and that tapering is what has caused some of the problems. Some of
:58:07. > :58:13.the Highlands and Islands of Scotland are still very much
:58:13. > :58:21.developing areas. This isn't the best answer and we really have tried
:58:21. > :58:28.to get it right. What do you make of Nick Clegg's declaration that
:58:29. > :58:38.coalitions are here to stay? absolutely hope he is wrong. I hope
:58:39. > :58:39.
:58:39. > :58:47.in the next parliament we have a strong government. It is not a good
:58:47. > :58:54.way of running this country. Normal service will be resumed in 2015.
:58:54. > :59:01.best way to do it is vote in the Liberal Democrats because then you
:59:01. > :59:11.will more likely get a quality. You're getting a more consensual
:59:11. > :59:14.
:59:14. > :59:22.form of politics. You are getting backroom deals. I think we pushed
:59:22. > :59:27.the voting reform referendum to early. Your government lefty
:59:27. > :59:33.terrible legacy to this government and that is why the public voted
:59:33. > :59:43.this way. I don't think people voted for the coalition agreement that she
:59:43. > :59:44.
:59:44. > :59:54.cobbled together in a back room. Many were actually Liberal Democrats
:59:54. > :00:02.
:00:02. > :00:10.requirements. Many have fallen them. Should MPs be paid more?The
:00:10. > :00:15.committee are independent of MPs but people will want to engage in it
:00:15. > :00:20.cause people feel strongly about it. This is nothing to do with MPs
:00:20. > :00:30.anymore. It is the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's
:00:30. > :00:30.
:00:30. > :00:35.recommendation. But is it right? Would you accept a pay rise? It is
:00:35. > :00:45.not for me to say at this time because it has nothing to do with
:00:45. > :00:47.
:00:47. > :00:55.me. How does MPs pay compared with Europe bastion Mark the European
:00:55. > :01:05.Parliament has voted for an overall payroll freeze. I won't say it is a
:01:05. > :01:16.
:01:17. > :01:26.perfect solution. How much do you get paid? �82,000.We get paid
:01:27. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:30.�66,000. There is quite a bizarre mixture in Parliament. Lots of