:00:13. > :00:14.Hello and welcome to The Week In Parliament.
:00:15. > :00:18.David Cameron names the day - it's June 23rd
:00:19. > :00:23.Four months for the pro and anti camps to fight it out.
:00:24. > :00:29.The choice is between being an even greater Britain inside a reformed EU
:00:30. > :00:33.Is the government's policy basically,
:00:34. > :00:39.always keep a hold of nurse for fear of finding something worse?
:00:40. > :00:41.Peace in our time, after months and months of talks,
:00:42. > :00:44.the Westminster and Holyrood governments finally agree a package
:00:45. > :00:51.But just why has it been so hard to get a deal?
:00:52. > :00:53.When you start altering it, the whole sort of way
:00:54. > :00:56.that the fiscal framework works throughout the United Kingdom,
:00:57. > :00:59.you realise that if you pull a thread, sometimes more
:01:00. > :01:04.And there's more criticism of Government plans to cut the money
:01:05. > :01:08.paid to opposition parties in Parliament.
:01:09. > :01:11.How can it be right, in the modern age, for politicians
:01:12. > :01:14.to expect to be bunged a load of hard-earned taxpayers' cash
:01:15. > :01:17.without at least explaining how it gets spent?
:01:18. > :01:19.This is the shoddiest consultation - so-called consultation -
:01:20. > :01:25.But first, at the start of the week, after lengthy and complex
:01:26. > :01:28.negotiations, David Cameron unveiled his deal to change the UK's
:01:29. > :01:34.Setting out the changes to MPs, the Prime Minister warned that
:01:35. > :01:37.opting to leave the European Union in June's referendum would be
:01:38. > :01:43.Mr Cameron insisted that the new special status he'd
:01:44. > :01:49.negotiated would mean the best of both worlds for the UK.
:01:50. > :01:52.We will be in the parts of Europe that work for us,
:01:53. > :01:55.influencing the decisions that affect us, in the driving seat
:01:56. > :01:58.of the world's biggest single market.
:01:59. > :02:01.And with the ability to take action to keep our people safe.
:02:02. > :02:05.But we will be out of the parts of Europe that do not work for us.
:02:06. > :02:08.Out of the euro, out of the Eurozone bailout,
:02:09. > :02:13.out of a passport-free no-borders area, and permanently and legally
:02:14. > :02:16.protected from ever being part of an ever-closer union.
:02:17. > :02:21.This is a vital decision for the future of our country
:02:22. > :02:26.and I believe we should also be clear that it is a final decision.
:02:27. > :02:29.Sadly, Mr Speaker, I have known a number of couples who began
:02:30. > :02:32.divorce proceedings, but I do not know of any who have
:02:33. > :02:38.begun divorce proceedings in order to renew their marriage vows.
:02:39. > :02:42.Mr Speaker, let me end by saying this.
:02:43. > :02:50.I have no other agenda than what is best for our country.
:02:51. > :02:54.I am standing here telling you what I think.
:02:55. > :02:57.My responsibility as Prime Minister is to speak plainly
:02:58. > :03:00.about what I believe is right for our country,
:03:01. > :03:04.and that is what I will do every day for the next four months.
:03:05. > :03:06.I commend this statement to the House.
:03:07. > :03:08.The changes the Prime Minister has secured do nothing to address
:03:09. > :03:12.the real challenges of low pay in Britain, undercutting of local
:03:13. > :03:16.wage rates and industry-wide pay agreements.
:03:17. > :03:19.They won't put a penny in the pockets of workers
:03:20. > :03:23.in Britain, nor will they stop the grotesque exploitation of many
:03:24. > :03:28.migrant workers, or reduce inward migration to Britain.
:03:29. > :03:32.Scotland is a European nation and the SNP is a pro-European party.
:03:33. > :03:37.We will campaign positively to remain within the EU.
:03:38. > :03:39.Hopefully the Prime Minister can confirm today that he will reject
:03:40. > :03:42.the tactics of Project Fear and make a positive case for remaining part
:03:43. > :03:49.Despite assurances, it is worth remembering that this referendum
:03:50. > :03:55.is about the future of our country, not the future of a divided
:03:56. > :04:02.Would the Prime Minister agree that it is also not just
:04:03. > :04:06.about Britain's place in the European Union,
:04:07. > :04:09.but also Britain's place in the world?
:04:10. > :04:12.The Prime Minister said in his statement that we are to make
:04:13. > :04:16.the one sentence of his statement I fundamentally agree with -
:04:17. > :04:20.a final decision to be made in June as to whether we stay
:04:21. > :04:25.a failed body, or whether we leave and make our own path.
:04:26. > :04:27.Is the government's policy basically, always keep
:04:28. > :04:30.a hold of nurse for fear of finding something worse?
:04:31. > :04:33.May I ask my right honourable friend...
:04:34. > :04:39...the Prime Minister, to explain to the house
:04:40. > :04:42.and to the country exactly what way this deal returns sovereignty over
:04:43. > :04:49.any field of lawmaking to these Houses of Parliament?
:04:50. > :04:53.This deal brings back some welfare powers,
:04:54. > :05:04.But more than that, because it keeps as for ever out of an ever-closer
:05:05. > :05:07.union, it means that the ratchet of the European Court taking power
:05:08. > :05:10.away from this country cannot happen in future.
:05:11. > :05:15.A deal has finally been reached between the Westminster
:05:16. > :05:18.and Holyrood governments over future Scottish spending.
:05:19. > :05:21.After months of haggling, ministers have settled the financial
:05:22. > :05:24.deal which will accompany new tax powers due to come
:05:25. > :05:28.The First Minister made the announcement to MSPs
:05:29. > :05:34.I have been clear throughout that I would not sign up to a systematic
:05:35. > :05:37.cut to Scotland's budget, whether that cut is being applied
:05:38. > :05:44.today or by a prejudged review in five or six years' time.
:05:45. > :05:46.During the course of this afternoon negotiations have continued on that
:05:47. > :05:50.basis and I have spoken to the Chancellor.
:05:51. > :05:54.As a result of these conversations I can report to Parliament
:05:55. > :05:57.that there is now an agreement, in principle, that I believe we can
:05:58. > :06:03.The next day, at Prime Minister's Questions, the SNP's Westminster
:06:04. > :06:06.leader raised the deal with David Cameron.
:06:07. > :06:09.The position initially endangered ?7 billion of public
:06:10. > :06:14.At the beginning of this week that was reduced to ?3 billion.
:06:15. > :06:16.Yesterday morning it was ?2.5 billion.
:06:17. > :06:19.What changed the mind of the Treasury and helped them
:06:20. > :06:23.agree to a deal that will make Scotland no worse off?
:06:24. > :06:25.David Cameron said it was an excellent deal for Scotland
:06:26. > :06:27.and for the rest of the United Kingdom.
:06:28. > :06:30.We want to keep the United Kingdom together.
:06:31. > :06:34.What we've just demonstrated is that you can have full on devolution
:06:35. > :06:37.with a powerhouse Parliament, with a fair fiscal settlement
:06:38. > :06:42.I think that is something to be celebrated.
:06:43. > :06:45.Now we are going to move to a situation where
:06:46. > :06:47.the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament
:06:48. > :06:50.will have to start talking about policies and decisions,
:06:51. > :06:56.So what exactly has been agreed and, come to that,
:06:57. > :07:02.I asked BBC Scotland's man at Westminster, David Porter.
:07:03. > :07:05.Well, the fiscal framework is vitally important but in practice
:07:06. > :07:08.it is really quite complicated because it is dealing
:07:09. > :07:12.with the nitty-gritty of the fiscal effects and the financial effects
:07:13. > :07:17.Think for a moment in future that Scotland is going to get
:07:18. > :07:22.It will be able to vary income tax, put it up or take it down.
:07:23. > :07:26.That means there will be perhaps a reduction in the amount of money
:07:27. > :07:32.that Scotland gets from Westminster behind the so-called block grant.
:07:33. > :07:35.Once you start changing one part of it, you end up
:07:36. > :07:39.It was not so much a problem for the first year.
:07:40. > :07:42.The problems were arising when you look down the road
:07:43. > :07:45.at what might happen in years to come, if the population
:07:46. > :07:48.in England grew faster than in Scotland.
:07:49. > :07:53.And the knock-on effects that could have with the amount of money
:07:54. > :07:56.that comes from Westminster and still goes up to Holyrood.
:07:57. > :07:59.David Cameron is pleased this deal has been done because he says it
:08:00. > :08:02.allows everybody to go into the elections at Holyrood
:08:03. > :08:12.It was like a super poker game, talking about finances.
:08:13. > :08:15.This will be something at the end of the day where both sides,
:08:16. > :08:17.the Scottish Government and the UK Government, had to compromise
:08:18. > :08:21.From the point of view of the Scottish Government,
:08:22. > :08:25.they are delighted that they will have these tax varying powers,
:08:26. > :08:30.they will get more powers over income tax, over VAT revenues
:08:31. > :08:34.They can go ahead and say, this shows the parliament
:08:35. > :08:37.From the UK Government's point of view, they can say,
:08:38. > :08:42.we have delivered on the Smith Commission,
:08:43. > :08:47.They say it will make Holyrood one of the most powerful parliaments
:08:48. > :08:53.throughout the world because it now has these financial powers as well.
:08:54. > :08:56.And also as well, you get the impression, listening
:08:57. > :08:59.to David Cameron and his ministers, they say it is now time to stop
:09:00. > :09:04.arguing about the process and get onto the policies.
:09:05. > :09:08.We are only a couple of months away from the next Holyrood elections,
:09:09. > :09:11.where we will elect a new parliament in Edinburgh.
:09:12. > :09:15.And I think you are going to find that taxation is going to loom large
:09:16. > :09:24.Everyone is not totally happy because they had to compromise.
:09:25. > :09:27.But the important thing is that the people who really
:09:28. > :09:31.matter, like Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister, David Cameron,
:09:32. > :09:33.Prime Minister, Chancellor George Osborne, and John Swinney,
:09:34. > :09:36.Financial Secretary in Scotland, are on board.
:09:37. > :09:42.I think perhaps in months and years ahead where you might see some
:09:43. > :09:47.discontent and some people not being happy is from English Tory
:09:48. > :09:49.MPs, particularly if they feel that Scotland has got a better
:09:50. > :09:54.deal than other parts of the United Kingdom.
:09:55. > :09:58.When you start altering the whole way the fiscal framework works
:09:59. > :10:02.throughout the United Kingdom, you realise that if you pull
:10:03. > :10:05.a thread, sometimes more comes off than you think.
:10:06. > :10:09.BBC Scotland's Westminster correspondent, David Porter.
:10:10. > :10:12.Back now to the Commons, where PMQs rolled around just a few
:10:13. > :10:16.hours after England's junior doctors announced further 48-hour strikes
:10:17. > :10:19.in their dispute over a new contract.
:10:20. > :10:22.The doctors' union, the British Medical Association has
:10:23. > :10:25.scheduled the action for three dates in March and April.
:10:26. > :10:28.It's in response to the decision by the Health Secretary,
:10:29. > :10:30.Jeremy Hunt, to unilaterally impose the new contracts
:10:31. > :10:34.without the consent of junior doctors.
:10:35. > :10:37.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, attacked the Government's handling
:10:38. > :10:40.of the health service and the dispute.
:10:41. > :10:44.We all want a strong and successful NHS.
:10:45. > :10:49.You don't achieve that by provoking industrial action,
:10:50. > :10:53.misrepresenting research, or failing to get a grip on the cost
:10:54. > :10:58.of agency staff in the NHS, which now amounts to ?4 billion.
:10:59. > :11:02.Indeed, in the Prime Minister's own local NHS Trust,
:11:03. > :11:05.it is overspent on staffing costs by ?11 million this year,
:11:06. > :11:11.yet has managed to spend ?30 million on agency staff.
:11:12. > :11:14.Will the chair of the Oxford anti-austerity campaign be writing
:11:15. > :11:21.another letter to himself asking on behalf of his constituents
:11:22. > :11:23.for the Health Secretary to intervene and support
:11:24. > :11:29.David Cameron stood up to answer, saying he was proud of Oxfordshire's
:11:30. > :11:34.Someone shouted, "Ask your mum", a reference to the fact that
:11:35. > :11:37.Mr Cameron's mother signed a petition objecting
:11:38. > :11:41.But the Prime Minister wasn't taking that lying down.
:11:42. > :11:48.She'd look across the dispatch box and say, put on a proper suit,
:11:49. > :11:52.do up your tie, and sing the national anthem.
:11:53. > :11:54.The cheering and jeering continued for some time,
:11:55. > :12:00.before Jeremy Corbyn could make himself heard.
:12:01. > :12:02.If we are talking motherly advice....
:12:03. > :12:05.My late mother would have said stand up for the principle of a health
:12:06. > :12:07.service free at the point of use for everybody.
:12:08. > :12:13.Because that's what she dedicated her life to, as did
:12:14. > :12:19.And the mother theme continued, as David Cameron set out what this
:12:20. > :12:24.And when you look at the NHS today, and my mother is equally
:12:25. > :12:31.And I know she would be pleased to know 1.9 million more people
:12:32. > :12:37.going to A, 1.6 million more operations, 10,700 more doctors,
:12:38. > :12:43.And I have to say, I think if Nye Bevan was here today,
:12:44. > :12:46.he would want a seven-day NHS, because he knew the NHS
:12:47. > :12:50.was for patients up and down our country.
:12:51. > :12:55.Jeremy Corbyn went on to quote one doctor he'd heard from.
:12:56. > :12:58.Nye Bevan would be turning in his grave if he could hear
:12:59. > :13:00.the Prime Minister's attitude towards the NHS.
:13:01. > :13:05.He was a man with vision who wanted a health service
:13:06. > :13:15.If a seven-day NHS is wanted, we need more nurses,
:13:16. > :13:19.more admin staff, more porters, radiographers, physios,
:13:20. > :13:26.Will the Prime Minister now today commit to publishing the Department
:13:27. > :13:32.of Health's analysis of the real cost of introducing a seven-day NHS,
:13:33. > :13:36.and will he be prepared to pay for it, rather than picking a fight
:13:37. > :13:42.with the junior doctors who want to deliver it?
:13:43. > :13:45.What I think is not clear is whether or not Labour support
:13:46. > :13:51.We do support a seven-day NHS, and that is why we are putting
:13:52. > :13:57.That is why we are putting in 10,000 more doctors, 11,000 more nurses.
:13:58. > :14:01.Crucially, yes, that is why we are looking at the contracts
:14:02. > :14:07.in the NHS, to make sure it can work on a more seven-day basis.
:14:08. > :14:12.Time now for our look at some of the other stories
:14:13. > :14:32.House of Commons library figures show that Tori Royston Smith is the
:14:33. > :14:37.least active new MP of the 2015 intake, in terms of parliamentary
:14:38. > :14:42.speeches and questions. But he did ask a question in the chamber on
:14:43. > :14:46.Monday. Those in Wales could benefit from a
:14:47. > :14:54.cat welfare manifesto launched at the Welsh Assembly this week ahead
:14:55. > :15:00.of the May elections. No points for the band made up of
:15:01. > :15:03.current and former MPs, not short listed for the British entry into
:15:04. > :15:09.Eurovision. Membership of the House of Lords
:15:10. > :15:12.currently stands at 816, but a debate on the Scotland Bill was
:15:13. > :15:16.halted on Wednesday night because not enough peers voted.
:15:17. > :15:19.Anxious times for some MPs. The boundary commission has launched its
:15:20. > :15:21.review of Westminster constituencies. It is aiming to cut
:15:22. > :15:30.the number of seats to 600. There was renewed anger
:15:31. > :15:33.in the Commons over Government plans The annual payment is made
:15:34. > :15:38.to opposition parties to help with the costs of carrying
:15:39. > :15:40.out their Parliamentary functions. It takes its name from former
:15:41. > :15:43.Labour MP Ted Short, who helped bring it
:15:44. > :15:47.in, in the 1970s. In November, the Chancellor proposed
:15:48. > :15:50.reducing the payments by 19%, in line with the average savings
:15:51. > :15:55.in unprotected Whitehall departments, then freezing the sum
:15:56. > :15:58.in cash terms for the rest Answering an urgent question,
:15:59. > :16:03.a Cabinet Office minister At a time when everybody else
:16:04. > :16:08.outside Westminster has had to tighten their belts,
:16:09. > :16:10.why should politicians expect to be treated differently,
:16:11. > :16:12.feathering their own nests How can it be right for politicians
:16:13. > :16:20.to expect to be bunged a load of hard earned taxpayers' cash,
:16:21. > :16:27.more than ?35 million in total since 2010 for the Labour Party,
:16:28. > :16:32.for example, without at least But the opposition was furious
:16:33. > :16:38.with the proposals. This is the shoddiest so-called
:16:39. > :16:41.consultation I have It deliberately forgets to mention
:16:42. > :16:45.that short money is linked to how many seats and how many votes
:16:46. > :16:48.all the opposition parties got So the main reason that short money
:16:49. > :16:54.has increased in 2015 is because this Government has
:16:55. > :16:58.a much smaller majority than the Labour government
:16:59. > :17:02.or the coalition government, and the opposition parties got more
:17:03. > :17:05.seats and more votes There is nothing wrong in principle
:17:06. > :17:11.with reducing the cost of politics. So can we get some assurances
:17:12. > :17:14.on reducing the number and cost of special advisers
:17:15. > :17:18.and the House of Lords? This decision needs to be
:17:19. > :17:20.reconsidered for such It does seem to be unacceptable
:17:21. > :17:25.that it is being introduced Can the minister tell the House
:17:26. > :17:33.what effect he supposes the cut in short money would have
:17:34. > :17:35.on scrutiny and the comfort or discomfort the executor feels
:17:36. > :17:38.as he goes about his business? But there was one opposition party
:17:39. > :17:40.that gave the proposed Can I urge ministers
:17:41. > :17:45.to stick to your guns? The sight of special pleading
:17:46. > :17:48.from political parties wanting to get their hands on taxpayers'
:17:49. > :17:54.cash is disgraceful. So is the Government
:17:55. > :17:57.justified in making this cut? Ministers insist short money has
:17:58. > :18:00.gone up by 50% since 2010 and now I asked Dr Hannah White
:18:01. > :18:08.from the Institute for Government There are two reasons
:18:09. > :18:15.for it, and they are built The first is the amount
:18:16. > :18:20.of short money paid increases according
:18:21. > :18:22.to inflation every year. The second, more major reason,
:18:23. > :18:26.is that, with the 2015 election, the configuration of opposition has
:18:27. > :18:29.changed in Parliament. There are 35 more opposition MPs
:18:30. > :18:33.than there were under the coalition and there were more
:18:34. > :18:36.votes cast for opposition MPs So those two elements,
:18:37. > :18:43.votes and seats, are what are used to calculate short money,
:18:44. > :18:46.and that made a big impact Ukip's only MP, Douglas Carswell,
:18:47. > :18:50.has stood out on this. He's not taken all the short
:18:51. > :18:53.money he's entitled to, and he says that's because you can
:18:54. > :18:56.do politics and the Parliamentary I think the answer to
:18:57. > :19:05.that is, it is difficult to say, because there are very few
:19:06. > :19:08.records of how opposition parties They don't have to provide
:19:09. > :19:15.records of what they do with that money,
:19:16. > :19:17.so it's difficult to say whether they could do
:19:18. > :19:20.it more cheaply. So the first thing you would
:19:21. > :19:22.like to see is more At the moment all they have to do
:19:23. > :19:30.is provide a certificate of audit to say they have had
:19:31. > :19:31.their accounts audited. There is no detail about how
:19:32. > :19:34.they spent their money, how many staff they
:19:35. > :19:36.employed, what travel So I think a very clear
:19:37. > :19:39.easy step would be to compel them to provide the Commons
:19:40. > :19:42.authorities with detail about how they have spent short money,
:19:43. > :19:45.and for that to be made public The public will not
:19:46. > :19:52.like the idea that they give political parties
:19:53. > :19:54.millions to carry out But realistically,
:19:55. > :19:58.is there an alternative? Can we do away with
:19:59. > :20:02.short money altogether? I do not think that
:20:03. > :20:04.would be a good idea. There are two things
:20:05. > :20:07.short money facilitates. The first is having effective
:20:08. > :20:09.opposition, opposition parties with the resources
:20:10. > :20:13.to develop alternative policies and effectively
:20:14. > :20:16.challenge government, which the Institute for Government
:20:17. > :20:19.believes is important to make There needs to be
:20:20. > :20:22.an effective challenge The other thing is opposition
:20:23. > :20:26.parties have the prospect at some point of being
:20:27. > :20:28.in government themselves. If they have resources
:20:29. > :20:30.while in opposition to develop policies and thinking,
:20:31. > :20:32.they will be a better government So there is a rationale
:20:33. > :20:36.for taxpayers providing some The government proposal seems quite
:20:37. > :20:43.radical on the face of it, Do we have any idea
:20:44. > :20:48.what the impact will be? Again, it is difficult
:20:49. > :20:50.to say because we don't know how parties currently
:20:51. > :20:53.spend the money they get. The consultation the government have
:20:54. > :20:56.engaged in draws a comparison between a 19% cut to short money
:20:57. > :21:00.and the cuts that unprotected departments are being asked
:21:01. > :21:04.to find in the spending But in fact, those departments
:21:05. > :21:08.are finding those cuts over the course of a parliament,
:21:09. > :21:11.not in a single year, so it is quite a different thing
:21:12. > :21:16.the government is proposing. The government says
:21:17. > :21:18.it is having a consultation. If you were making recommendations,
:21:19. > :21:21.what would you say it should do? The opposition parties need
:21:22. > :21:28.to say, this sensible judgment cannot be made about how
:21:29. > :21:32.much short money is needed unless we are more
:21:33. > :21:34.open about how we are So opposition parties
:21:35. > :21:37.need to offer that So that a proper review can be done
:21:38. > :21:43.to find out what is needed in order for opposition parties
:21:44. > :21:45.to go about their And the government
:21:46. > :21:48.need to accept that deciding upfront that a 19% cut
:21:49. > :21:51.is the right thing might not have been the best approach,
:21:52. > :21:54.and it would be sensible to wait until some sort
:21:55. > :21:57.of review has been done before deciding what the level
:21:58. > :22:00.of cuts should be. Do you get any sense there might be
:22:01. > :22:03.a compromise reached? The fact that there has been
:22:04. > :22:07.a formal consultation issued is a positive
:22:08. > :22:10.step and it is clear that there is opposition
:22:11. > :22:13.in the House to what the Government In the end, there will have to be
:22:14. > :22:18.a vote in the House to decide So it will come down
:22:19. > :22:23.to whether the Government thinks Thank you for coming
:22:24. > :22:27.into the programme. Dr Hannah White on the big
:22:28. > :22:30.issue of short money. Now let's take a look at some
:22:31. > :22:33.of the other stories from around The Government overturned two
:22:34. > :22:39.changes that peers had made The Lords voted to keep targets
:22:40. > :22:46.aimed at reducing child poverty. Peers also threw out plans to cut
:22:47. > :22:50.?30 a week from the benefits of sick and disabled people who have been
:22:51. > :22:55.found unfit to work. But when the bill returned to
:22:56. > :22:57.the Commons, the Employment Minister argued cuts to the Employment
:22:58. > :22:59.Support Allowance, A broken system that is
:23:00. > :23:07.failing those it should be helping and ensure that a good
:23:08. > :23:10.proportion of the savings are recycled into practical support,
:23:11. > :23:13.and long-term tactical support that will have a transformation
:23:14. > :23:16.effect on people's lives. The issue is that they are not fit
:23:17. > :23:23.for work, so suggesting that removing financial incentives
:23:24. > :23:25.will somehow make them fit for work Peers expressed concern that freedom
:23:26. > :23:32.of speech is under threat One independent peer
:23:33. > :23:37.gave some examples. The silencing of a female Muslim
:23:38. > :23:41.reformer at Goldsmith's. Smashed glass, fire
:23:42. > :23:45.alarm set off and the police called at King's College
:23:46. > :23:47.London to stop an Israeli peace Will the Minister speak to the vice
:23:48. > :23:58.chancellors at Universities UK to ensure that the law on freedom
:23:59. > :24:06.of speech is upheld? to university is the ability
:24:07. > :24:10.to debate, have your views and to challenge others,
:24:11. > :24:13.and we must continue to support all universities in making
:24:14. > :24:15.sure that all students continue to have that
:24:16. > :24:20.opportunity at university. Without black and ethnic
:24:21. > :24:22.minority workers the NHS The comment came from a health
:24:23. > :24:27.minister who said it was "outrageous" that so few senior jobs
:24:28. > :24:30.in the health service were filled The performance across the NHS is,
:24:31. > :24:37.as the noble lady mentioned, MPs are in line for
:24:38. > :24:42.a pay rise from April. They're to get an increase of 1.3%,
:24:43. > :24:46.a figure slightly higher than the 1% pay cap in the rest
:24:47. > :24:51.of the public sector. It means Members of Parliament
:24:52. > :24:53.will get a ?962 increase, just nine months after they received
:24:54. > :24:58.a boost to their pay which put their annual
:24:59. > :25:03.salary up to ?74,000. The rise has been decided
:25:04. > :25:05.by the Independent Parliamentary A new railway line to run under
:25:06. > :25:12.London is to be named Crossrail will be known
:25:13. > :25:16.as the Elizabeth Line once it opens The announcement was made
:25:17. > :25:22.as the Queen visited Bond Street station and unveiled
:25:23. > :25:24.the purple Elizabeth Line logo which will feature
:25:25. > :25:28.across the network. Making the announcement to MPs
:25:29. > :25:30.the Transport Minister, Claire Perry, paid tribute
:25:31. > :25:33.to Her Majesty and said she hoped the Queen would accept an invitation
:25:34. > :25:36.to travel on the first passenger Which regal invitation brings us
:25:37. > :25:43.to the end of this edition But do remember to join Joanna Shin
:25:44. > :25:47.on Monday night at 11pm for another round up of the best of the day
:25:48. > :25:52.here at Westminster.