:00:50. > :00:56.The MP who says a badger cull could lead to human fatalities. This is
:00:56. > :01:06.going to take place during night- time so it will be dark. How do you
:01:06. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :30:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 1776 seconds
:30:42. > :30:46.keep people off the land if you Hello, and welcome to the Politics
:30:46. > :30:51.Show in the South West. This week, a house of Lords
:30:51. > :30:56.committee warned that patient 50 is being put at risk by doctors and
:30:56. > :30:59.nurses who cannot speak good English. It is against European
:30:59. > :31:04.rules to test the language skills of health professionals from other
:31:04. > :31:09.European states. There were new powers announced last month but
:31:09. > :31:13.negotiations about changing the law are ongoing. The Devon MP and GP
:31:13. > :31:23.says there should be a Europe-wide register of doctors to protect
:31:23. > :31:26.
:31:26. > :31:30.patients. Around 3,000 doctors who trained in
:31:30. > :31:40.the EU registered to work in the UK last year. Foreign doctors play a
:31:40. > :31:58.
:31:58. > :32:02.crucial role in the NHS. I was very sick but I do not think the doctor
:32:02. > :32:06.realised I had swine flu. I said I had stolen pains but he did not
:32:06. > :32:10.really understand what I meant. -- stomach pains. He did not
:32:10. > :32:16.understand the area of my body. you have passed exams to be
:32:16. > :32:24.embedded in the EU you have the right to work in the UK. -- eight
:32:24. > :32:32.medic. The upper Tees cannot Testa English. -- authorities. Some
:32:32. > :32:36.people think this amounts to double Sarin -- standards. It seems
:32:36. > :32:40.nonsensical that it does not apply because of where they come from.
:32:40. > :32:44.Particularly because there have historically been more affiliations
:32:44. > :32:49.between English medical skills and those in the colonies such as
:32:49. > :32:54.Australia and New Zealand, and those in the EU. Daniel lost his
:32:54. > :32:59.life because of a German doctor's mistake. He was killed by a massive
:32:59. > :33:04.dose of a common painkiller. It was the doctor's first shift in the UK.
:33:04. > :33:11.He had got on to a list of practising GPs. One of the issues
:33:11. > :33:15.in this case was his poor grasp of English. We need foreign doctors in
:33:15. > :33:20.the NHS. We couldn't function without foreign doctors. The vast
:33:20. > :33:28.majority of them are perfectly competent and can communicate in
:33:28. > :33:33.English language but there are loopholes that allow EU doctors,
:33:33. > :33:38.who are incompetent and can communicate, into this country.
:33:38. > :33:43.a bunny had European qualifications so it would have been illegal for
:33:43. > :33:49.his clinical or language skills to be checked before he worked in the
:33:49. > :33:52.UK. It is all to do with freedom of movement for EU workers. It has
:33:52. > :33:58.always been the responsibility of the employer to ensure staff are
:33:58. > :34:03.competent. Although he got on a list run by NHS Cornwall he never
:34:03. > :34:07.worked for them. The trusts is it that asks for a lead and which test
:34:07. > :34:13.certificate for all non UK qualified doctors. -- a language
:34:13. > :34:23.test. A house of Lords report this week calls for a stronger checks on
:34:23. > :34:31.
:34:31. > :34:35.doctors and nurses walking across Earlier this month, the government
:34:35. > :34:41.introduced stronger safeguards. All NHS employers have to make sure
:34:41. > :34:44.they are happy doctors are Plymouth in English. A named person in each
:34:44. > :34:47.organisation has to take responsibility for this. The
:34:47. > :34:51.General Medical Council has been given stronger powers to
:34:51. > :34:54.investigate if concerns are raised after someone starts working in the
:34:54. > :35:01.UK. Some people feel that these government changes do not go far
:35:01. > :35:08.enough. My father died just because of this system that is in place at
:35:08. > :35:12.the moment. I understand that it is going to be tightened up by making
:35:13. > :35:17.irresponsible of us are accountable for testing in -- English language
:35:17. > :35:21.and clinical Competency and make that mandatory. It is tightening up
:35:21. > :35:27.the rules but you have still got a two-tier system and the gold
:35:27. > :35:31.standard must be to test the doctors at point of registration.
:35:31. > :35:41.Former GP and Thomas Empey Sarah Wollaston thinks there register
:35:41. > :35:45.
:35:45. > :35:48.would be the best way forward. -- They will be tested before they can
:35:48. > :35:53.start to practise. We want to see them going further and over the
:35:53. > :35:58.next few years of making sure that organisations like the GMC and the
:35:58. > :36:08.nursing council have access to a single point of contact when they
:36:08. > :36:09.
:36:09. > :36:12.can check that there are concerns about doctors in their own country.
:36:12. > :36:15.Proposals are expected by the end of the year. They could recommend a
:36:15. > :36:21.tightening of the rules but it will take at least another year for the
:36:21. > :36:24.changes to come in. Just days after coming to power the
:36:24. > :36:30.government committed itself to a badger cull as part of a package of
:36:30. > :36:33.measures to tackle the mounting problem of bovine tuberculosis. 18
:36:33. > :36:37.months on it is unclear whether it will happen. Ministers are
:36:37. > :36:42.finalising their response to the second consultation on the proposal.
:36:42. > :36:50.Meanwhile, as MPs debated the issue again on Tuesday, it was clear
:36:50. > :36:54.passions on both sides remain as strong as ever.
:36:54. > :36:58.We should now be close to finding out whether the coalition
:36:58. > :37:03.government will authorise a badger cull. If it does so, in the first
:37:03. > :37:08.instance that will only mean to pilot culls but even that will
:37:08. > :37:13.provoke furious opposition and eight legal challenge. This week
:37:13. > :37:17.that plans ran into criticism in the Commons. One Labour MP has
:37:17. > :37:22.suggested that if the government authorises a badger cull, human
:37:22. > :37:29.lives could be put at risk. I caught up with Mairead London, the
:37:29. > :37:34.MP for North Tyneside, and pressure on the issue. -- I caught up with
:37:34. > :37:42.the MP for North Tyneside. You are suggesting lives could be at risk.
:37:42. > :37:47.Is that not alarmist? If there is a colt there has been no money
:37:47. > :37:51.committed for safety to actually police and keep the protesters and
:37:51. > :37:57.anyone else, perhaps even those carrying out the cull, saved. It
:37:57. > :38:02.would cost �200,000 a year in policing alone. That has not been
:38:02. > :38:09.costed into the cull. The home secretary has actually said that
:38:09. > :38:14.the money is not coming from there and DEFRA is making cuts, so who is
:38:14. > :38:19.going to pay for it? You are suggesting that protesters might
:38:19. > :38:24.end up getting shot by accident? Yes, that could easily happen. This
:38:24. > :38:31.is going to take place during night-time. It will be dark. How do
:38:31. > :38:35.you keep people off the land if you haven't got it properly marshalled?
:38:35. > :38:39.As the farmers are going to be responsible, who will advise them
:38:39. > :38:45.about that if there are no police around? When you say about it that
:38:45. > :38:50.is a massive issue in itself. is not your only objection. You say
:38:50. > :38:56.this is one of the subject she get a lot of correspondence on. I
:38:56. > :39:02.expect most of those letters are anti cull. I also expect to have
:39:02. > :39:06.not many farmers in your constituency? We only have four
:39:06. > :39:14.forums. My constituency is only -- a largely urban. We have a
:39:14. > :39:19.countryside park. Other than that people are generally concerned. I
:39:19. > :39:26.have had a lot of people contact me because they are concerned about
:39:26. > :39:36.the fact that it isn't signed tepidly proven that it is going to
:39:36. > :39:37.
:39:37. > :39:44.be the best way to control bovine TB. -- scientifically proven.
:39:44. > :39:48.Ministers are agreed that a cull would mean a 16% drop in bovine TB
:39:48. > :39:53.levels. A few are going to do this in a way that you are going to
:39:53. > :40:02.change what is happening, then the 16%, what will happen to the
:40:02. > :40:08.others? About 75%... Would it not make inroads? Fathers feel they
:40:08. > :40:13.have been fobbed off for years by the government saying there will be
:40:13. > :40:19.a vaccine at some point. It always seems to be at a distant point in
:40:19. > :40:23.the future where the problem gets worse and worse. They have got to
:40:23. > :40:31.concentrate on getting the vaccine right. It cannot be never and never.
:40:31. > :40:35.Farmers feel like it has been like that. I hop farmers do not think I
:40:35. > :40:41.am unsympathetic. This is their livelihood. We depend on them to
:40:41. > :40:45.feed us and the fact that they have had to have 25,000 animals
:40:45. > :40:52.destroyed last year at a cost of nearly �90 million to the taxpayer
:40:52. > :40:57.as well, a cull, which is only going to solve 16% of the problem
:40:57. > :41:05.and not emphasise how we can eradicate TB, it is not moving
:41:05. > :41:09.forward. It is kind of a step back. The previous government were doing
:41:09. > :41:16.six Faxing Tests and five of them had been cancelled, which is a
:41:16. > :41:24.concern. -- the vaccine tests. Anything moving forward to develop
:41:24. > :41:29.a vaccine for her cattle -- for cattle and continue to vaccinate
:41:29. > :41:37.the badgers and how we can eradicate it is fine. There is
:41:37. > :41:41.another problem of getting European blog changed so if we have animals
:41:42. > :41:51.vaccinated... Another reason the government say we should be pushing
:41:52. > :41:56.
:41:56. > :42:01.Colin? There are falling back on Colling. -- on the cull.
:42:01. > :42:06.Investigating the science would be a better stab.
:42:06. > :42:09.On Tuesday at Westminster one of Cornwall's MPs raised concerns
:42:09. > :42:18.about the proposal to give protection to an area of the seabed
:42:18. > :42:23.off Falmouth. Conservationists say it will put -- protect a unique
:42:23. > :42:28.habitat but others say it will prevent dredging and cost the local
:42:28. > :42:37.economy millions. Falmouth is one of Europe's biggest
:42:37. > :42:42.harbours. Its port supports 1,400 jobs. Some say these jobs will be
:42:42. > :42:46.lost if plans for eight Marine Conservation Society goes ahead.
:42:46. > :42:50.The plan to give a special environmental protections to an
:42:50. > :42:55.area of the seabed out there has pleased conservationists but it has
:42:55. > :43:00.caused some anxiety in Falmouth amongst businesses, who say it
:43:00. > :43:04.could get in a way of plans to dredge the harbour which in turn,
:43:04. > :43:12.could cost the town's economy thousands of pounds and hundreds of
:43:12. > :43:15.jobs. One of the key proposals is the dredging of a new approach
:43:15. > :43:19.channel in the docks which the council says would be of economic
:43:19. > :43:22.benefit as larger ships would be able to access the port. The
:43:22. > :43:29.dredging plan is already on hold because of environmental concerns
:43:29. > :43:33.and now, its backers are facing another potential obstacle. We are
:43:33. > :43:38.very concerned about it. We are working hard on the mark -- port
:43:38. > :43:43.masterplan and looking for a future for the port. That involves a
:43:43. > :43:47.dreading -- dredging scheme which is difficult in an area of
:43:47. > :43:51.conservation. We feel if the reference site goes forward, then
:43:51. > :43:58.the dredging aspects of this proposal become even more difficult,
:43:58. > :44:03.if not impossible. This bank is home to a rare species of sea weed
:44:03. > :44:07.which forms a habitat similar to a coral reef. It is protected by
:44:07. > :44:12.European law but last month, the government was presented with a
:44:12. > :44:17.proposal to give his side a highest possible level of protection.
:44:17. > :44:24.idea of reference areas is to provide protection for the very
:44:24. > :44:28.best examples of different habitats. That provides a comparison that we
:44:28. > :44:36.can make with other areas that support Merle. There are bits of it
:44:36. > :44:39.in other areas around the coast. By protecting this and keeping it in
:44:39. > :44:43.the high-quality state that it is, we can have a comparison to make
:44:43. > :44:49.with these other areas so we can understand how they are impacted
:44:49. > :44:53.generally by other activities. Cornwall Council is predicting a
:44:53. > :44:57.bleak council -- future for Falmouth docks if the reference
:44:57. > :45:06.site is given approval. It would prevent us for carrying out
:45:06. > :45:12.bridging which is important for a future prosperity in the docks.
:45:12. > :45:16.They would go into decline. I am aware that some of the business is
:45:16. > :45:20.currently based in the docks might use that as an opportunity to
:45:20. > :45:24.locate elsewhere, which means we would not just lose jobs slowly
:45:24. > :45:32.over a period of time but we could lose dozens if not hundreds of jobs
:45:32. > :45:37.in short order. Falmouth's MP is also concerned. She raised the
:45:37. > :45:41.issue at Westminster this week. really think we have got plenty of
:45:41. > :45:44.Environment a protection at the moment. I grew up in the area and I
:45:44. > :45:48.am pleased to see the quality of the water has improved and the
:45:48. > :45:55.protection for the environment is there. I do not think we need any
:45:55. > :45:58.more. She says she was assured by the response from the minister who
:45:58. > :46:03.says everyone in their community will be properly consulted.
:46:03. > :46:07.The Channel Island of Jersey went to the polls this week for what was
:46:07. > :46:10.almost its first general election. The island does not have political
:46:10. > :46:17.parties and until March the different seats in the house have
:46:17. > :46:20.been pulled at different times but at this time, almost all of the
:46:20. > :46:26.seats were being contested. Jersey is well known for a number
:46:26. > :46:34.of things. Its cars, it potatoes, its tax status and this man, who
:46:34. > :46:38.did wonders for the island's tourism in the 1980s. It is easy
:46:38. > :46:42.for people from the UK to forget that jersey has its own government
:46:42. > :46:46.and that it is like a country in its own right. This week the
:46:46. > :46:51.islanders went to the polls for what was almost but not quite the
:46:51. > :46:56.first general election. The States of Jersey now has 51 members. 10
:46:56. > :47:03.are senators elected by the whole of the island. 29 are deputies who
:47:03. > :47:07.represent local districts. 12 are constables, elected by their
:47:07. > :47:12.parishes, local figureheads. Between them they elect a chief
:47:12. > :47:16.minister and a Cabinet. It was almost a general election because
:47:16. > :47:23.six senators seats were not up for re-election. In 2014 there will be
:47:23. > :47:33.a full general election but it is still being phased in. The big
:47:33. > :47:38.winner was formerly the island's be live. If 80% -- with 80% of
:47:38. > :47:43.islanders selecting him he is a prime candidate for a minister.
:47:43. > :47:46.made it clear that my primary objective was to see reform in the
:47:46. > :47:50.constitution of the States and a change in the way the States
:47:50. > :47:57.operates so that the parliament of the island becomes more efficient
:47:57. > :48:02.and more effective. I have to think what is the best way to achieve
:48:02. > :48:08.that objective. There are a number of options that are open to me.
:48:08. > :48:14.Will he stand and if so, who will he face? This has given him a
:48:15. > :48:20.potential Monday possibly to stand as chief minister. There is going
:48:20. > :48:24.to be speculation about this over the next few weeks until the new
:48:24. > :48:34.states convenes in December and proceeds to elect a new chief
:48:34. > :48:34.
:48:34. > :48:39.minister and cancel minister that Council of Ministers. -- and
:48:39. > :48:43.Council of Ministers. Some states were pledging to make changes.
:48:44. > :48:49.of the key changes his people fed up with the bickering that has
:48:49. > :48:53.characterised the last assembly. If I were to stand I would bring
:48:53. > :48:59.forward a Council of Ministers that harnessed talents across the
:48:59. > :49:05.political spectrum. With former constables taking the role
:49:05. > :49:15.unopposed it was the first time it was the first time it was contested
:49:15. > :49:20.
:49:20. > :49:30.in over 100 years. Patrick, 1143. It was fantastic to have the
:49:30. > :49:30.
:49:30. > :49:37.support of the parishioners. I did not expect that amount. If you want
:49:37. > :49:45.to make you're difference get on the electoral roll! The estate have
:49:45. > :49:53.been rolled the help of a fictitious former on the internet
:49:53. > :49:57.to get more people to vote. Turnout was up. Jersey has got a long way
:49:57. > :50:07.to go. Just a few weeks ago there was a general election on the Isle
:50:07. > :50:14.of Man and the turnout was 61.9%. The turnout in Guernsey in 2008 in
:50:14. > :50:18.their elections was 55%. Jersey has some way to go all this -- although
:50:19. > :50:23.this level of turnout represents improvement. The new members will