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Hello and welcome to the Week In Parliament,

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where this session comes to a close with a final battle over

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As the Education Secretary faces questions about the Government's

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This is now under scrutiny. Anna is enough.

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As the Education Secretary faces questions about the Government's

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latest U-turn, we hear from two Westminster watchers on what makes

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When you see announcing things as doing things you are in real

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trouble. And the Culture Secretary

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unveils his blueprint Commissioning editors should ask

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consistently if you are programming is this idea sufficiently innovative

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and high quality, rather than simply how will it do in the ratings?

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But first, at the end of every session of parliament there's a bit

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of political horse trading between the Commons and the Lords

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as the last few bits of government legislation are argued over.

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This time round, there was a gritty determination by some peers to force

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change to the Housing and Planning Bill.

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There'd been concessions on starter homes and on plans to increase rents

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for those in social housing on higher incomes.

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But there was one part of the Bill on which peers wouldn't budge,

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guarantees that one new affordable home would be built for each high

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I understand the reluctance that some in This House will have other

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pressing this issue again. I have thought long and hard about these

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issues and I would not put this forward unless I thought it was of

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such vital importance. Unless we get this replacement policy right now,

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funding and discretion, we will inevitably see fewer genuinely

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affordable homes available. The Lords backed Lord Kerslake's

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amendment on Tuesday night, sending the bill back

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to the Commons, where a Labour MP took up the cause

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at Prime Minister's Questions. Last April he launched his manifesto

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promising to replace its own council houses with affordable homes in the

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same area. Wipe them is he proposing amendments to the Bill this

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afternoon which effectively implement the manifesto commitment?

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I would put the question back, our housing Bill meant every high value

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property sold will mean to new affordable homes in London. Why is

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it that the Labour Party and the other place are opposing what will

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mean more houses, more affordable housing, more home ownership. That

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is the truth. They talk a good game but they are the enemies of

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aspiration. And when MPs came to discuss

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the bill later in the day, the Housing Minister made it clear

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it was time for the It would have scrutinised this Bill

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adequately but this is now under scrutiny and this is a wrecking

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amendment. Enough is enough. It is time to stop.

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Lord Kerslake did have support in the Commons from Labour

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Council housing assets should not fund the right to buy for housing

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association tenants and in the housing crisis we should not adopt

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this top-down policy of forcing the sell-off of assets.

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But in the end, when the Commons sent the bill back to the Lords

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again, Lord Kerslake reluctantly climbed down.

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In the end, any contest between This House and the other place will be an

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unequal one. That is as it should be. They are elected and we are not.

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However, that should not dissuade us from making our case clearly and

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forcibly on issues that really matter. In this case, the matters

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involved matter a great deal. The underlying concerns about this Bill

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have been about its fairness, its commitment to localism and its

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delivery ability. Most of all, they have been about whether it will

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deliver the additional houses of all types, all types and ten years that

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this country so desperately needs. And with that the Lords

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withdrew their opposition - clearing the way for the Housing

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and Planning Bill to While there was much wrangling over

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the Housing Bill and many concessions along the way,

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there was a straight forward U-turn On the day the election

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results were coming in, the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan

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announced that the Government was abandoning plans to force

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all schools in England The proposal had many critics -

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including some Conservatives. On Monday Ms Morgan appeared

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in the Commons for the first time since that change of heart

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and insisted that although there will be no blanket requirement

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to become an academy - the change will be

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forced on some schools. We always intended this to be a six

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year process in which good schools should take their own decisions

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about their future as academies. We understand the concerns raised about

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a hard deadline and legislating for a blanket powers to issue Academy

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orders. That is why I announced on Friday that we have decided it is

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not necessary to take back the powers to convert good skills in

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strong authorities to academies at this time. Despite her best effort,

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this U-turn is getting the error in it deserves. Watch announced on

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Friday was a significant and welcome climb-down. However she wants to

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dress it up, dropping her desire to force all schools to become

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academies quite arbitrary deadline of 2022 he is a key concession.

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School leaders should take it as a clear signal that the food is often

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the throat and they should not be the need to jump before being

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pushed. Those of us concerned with this issue have expressed concerns

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about compulsion, of course, but also about planning for school

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places, transport across changing catchment areas and what happens

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when there is a failing school with no suitable Academy to take it over.

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Can I just say aye think the House is grateful to the Secretary of

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State for having listened and we would urge to listen to these vinyl

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pieces in the academisation jigsaw. We appreciate the tone and

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constructive nature of statement afternoon. Will the Minister

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acknowledge that the teachers, the Labour Party, the students and

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parents were right and she was wrong? I think she let herself down

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like that patronising question. The truth is that if any government

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minister that any proposals forward then we add comment but that doesn't

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mean we should not put proposals forward. When I said I was not going

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to leave the job have done, I will not leave the job half done.

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Nicky Morgan, performing a U-turn on her academisation policy.

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In recent weeks we've had handbrake turns on tax credits,

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So, political pragmatism or political feebleness?

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Earlier I spoke to two Westminster watchers, journalist and author

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John Rentoul and deputy director of the Institute for Government

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and former deputy director of the Prime Minister's Strategy

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I began by asking Julian McCrae when pragmatism started

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I think it always matters what the consequences are of what you have

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done and how quickly you readjust. Some of the things we have seen,

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customisation of skins, it was clear fairly early on they did not have

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the support among their own backbenchers. Once you are in that

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situation, dropping that policy is important. Other things like tax

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credits, that mattered because there was a lot of money to achieve the

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mission of getting to a surplus by the end of the tournament and they

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are expecting conveys a lot of money from that. They hung on to that for

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four months and had to give it up and in that circumstance, the

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question became what else do you now need to do to make that gap. It is

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pragmatism, it is just being shifted of your agent and have to figure out

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what the next thing to do is. He mentioned the Academy programme. The

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government had an idea to force schools to be academies, it is you

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turned, but it is still the direction of travel. Most schools

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with the academies. The government is kind of getting what it wants. It

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probably will. We have changed the government of schools and a lot of

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times in the UK. We did it by providing financial incentives,

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people volunteer to follow those incentives. We do not have to do it

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by legislation that forces them to do it on the floor of the House.

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There was an interesting calculation that they wanted to legislate and we

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want to say it will be forced, that is no choice. For schools, it wasn't

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clear that would be something they needed to do to achieve their ends.

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The government would hate to admit this but are they missing the

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liberal Democrats? We had a lot of negotiations behind the scene and we

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didn't see where there were compromises. That is one of the big

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problems David Cameron and George Osborne have had in adjusting to

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single party government because they had assumed that once things were

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negotiated with the Liberal Democrats would happen because the

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coalition, together, had a huge majority where is now David Cameron

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only has a majority of 16. You only need to lose eight Conservative MPs

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from a policy and he cannot get it through the Commons. This is what

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majority for me to be pragmatic? It should force you to the more

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thoughtful before you put bright shiny policies in your budget like

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forced academies. Whether you can actually get the numbers in the

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House of Commons and beyond that in the House of Lords which will always

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be a problem until it is reformed. Is the biggest point that policies

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are not thought about properly? The big issue is that the government has

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a huge agenda. It wants a surplus by the end of the tournament, it want

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to contain and improve the quality of public services. The premise was

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focused on the things he needed to do early on, his devolution plans,

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some of the stuff about digital technology and how you can use it.

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That has disappeared and it is still not permitted. They have a make that

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work and yet we have a tendency to do a new announcement because we

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have a budget for a speech,. That tendency is dangerous to government.

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It is part of politics, it likes the new and shiny, but delivering as a

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government focusing is critical. All governments like to be seen to be

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doing things. Mr Ashworth Mrs Thatcher, Tony Blair, were they

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pragmatic? They had large majorities. David Cameron doesn't.

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He keeps forgetting that. When the issue of unaccompanied children

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refugees came up for example, he thought the sensible thing to do was

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to deal with the problem at source and if you took them from Calais

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that would create an incentive for people to send their children ahead

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of them. That is a sensible argument but it is not one you could persuade

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his own party in the House of Commons to abide by and he certainly

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could not persuade the House of Lords.

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Do you think the Government will carry on and will the be forced into

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this? It is a small majority. You have to pick your battles very

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carefully and you have to prepare for them. When you think about the

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prison reform that Michael Gove is talking about, can they build on

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that, can they consult their backbench and make sure they have

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the votes to get that through and be pragmatic that is central to the

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current agenda? They settle on those things that is great for government

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but when you see and mounting things as doing things, you're in real

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trouble. If they start announcing lots of new things and not focusing

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on delivering things they have already announced that will be

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problem. That seems a good note on which to leave it so thank you for

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coming into the programme. Now let's take a look at some

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other news from around On Tuesday, the Prime Minister

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was caught on camera telling the Queen that Nigeria

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and Afghanistan were "possibly the two most corrupt countries

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in the world." Both states were about to attend

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an anti-corruption summit in London. No surprise then that

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David Cameron's indiscretion was raised the next day

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at Prime Minister's Questions. Has the Prime Minister read the

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appeals from Nigerian campaigners who say our efforts are sadly

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undermined if countries such as your own are welcoming our corrupt to

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hide their ill gotten gains in your luxury homes, department stores, car

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dealerships, private schools and anywhere else that will accept the

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cash with no questions asked? The whole point of holding the summit in

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London is to save the action is necessary by developed country as

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well as developing countries. The Labour leader meanwhile

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wanted to know what the PM UK administered tax havens which

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received large sums of money from dodgy sources which should and must

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be closed down, as should any tax evasion in the City of London. This

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government has done more than any previous government to deal with

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this issue of making sure that our overseas territories and Crown

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dependencies are not tax havens but behave in a responsible way.

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A spelling, punctuation and grammar test taken by 600,000 primary school

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children in England on Tuesday was nearly jeopardised

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MPs were told that the Key Stage Two test had been "mistakenly uploaded"

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onto a secure website, and someone with access to the site

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It was the second time in three weeks a primary school exam

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This was clearly a mistake which should not have been possible. I

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have asked that all records are examined and all information

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interrogators that the cob but -- culprit who leaked this information

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can be identified. Researchers at Oxford University say

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findings backing the Government's push for a seven-day NHS in England

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are based on flawed data. The study disputed that there

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was a "weekend effect" when death If we expand, if we say we can have

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everything every day, if they're not the danger that in actual fact we

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will admit what people saw the ratio will look better but in actual fact

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exactly same number of people will have died? They won't have prevented

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any debts, we will have just made the mortality rate look better. --

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deaths. We can get into discussions about the different studies are they

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thinking is comprehensive study of the study that was published last

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September but was a huge international... More comprehensive?

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It is the same dataset only they included all of the eight Andy

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attendances and the guilt that into the paper. And it included in that

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paper there is a weekend effect, and that the standard of care we give at

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weekends is different because she had to be more ill to get a decision

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to admit you, that is a big reason why we believe we should have a

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seven-day NHS because we don't believe there should be a difference

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in the criteria for admission at the weekend is in the week.

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Two new MPs arrived in the Commons on Monday.

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Border. Order. Will members wishing to take their seats please come to

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the table? Gill Furniss is now the Labour MP

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for Sheffield Brightside She won the seat in a by-election

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caused by the death of her And Chris Elmore is the new Labour

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MP for Ogmore - he took over from Huw Irranca Davies,

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who stood down from Westminster to stand for election

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to the Welsh Assembly. And while we're on the subject,

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the election of Sadiq Khan as mayor of London means there's to be

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a by-election in the South West Mr Khan comfortably defeated

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the Conservative Zac Labour's chief whip moved the writ

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initiating the by-election The party says it expects

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the contest to take place The Culture Secretary has unveiled

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the Government's blueprint for the future of the BBC,

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saying the broadcaster needs to focus on distinctiveness

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and diversity. John Whittingdale dismissed earlier

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reports of plans to reduce the BBC's independence and funding

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as the "hysterical speculation of left-wing luvvies." Under

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the plans, the licence fee will continue at least

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for the next 11 years. People watching BBC programmes

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online will have to The BBC will be overseen

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by a new "unitary board" and regulated by the

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broadcasting watchdog Ofcom. Commissioning editors should ask

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consistently if new programming, is this idea sufficiently innovative

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and high quality rather than simply how will it two in the ratings? So

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we will place a requirement to provide distinctive content and

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services at the heart of the BBC's overall core mission of informing,

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educating and entertaining in the public interest. For the last few

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weeks Mr Speaker we have had to read and increasing avalanche of briefing

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to Conservative supporting newspapers. Especially those

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newspapers hostile to the BBC which appears to have been emanating from

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his department. The fact that most of his wilder proposals appear to

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have been watered down or dumped or delayed by the Government is a

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reflection of his diminishing influence and lack of clout. He has

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not got his way in most things and I welcome that.

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A Conservative welcomed the commitment to increasing diversity.

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The BBC has struggled with diversity on screen and off screen for far too

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long. I absolutely welcome the enjoyment of diversity into the new

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charter. It is the right and wise thing to do. Does the Secretary of

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State agree with me that attracting the brightest and most diverse

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talent will actually improve the content of the BBC's offering and

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also ultimately the ratings? Many of us are very concerned that

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this is the thin edge of the wedge that will prevent the BBC from

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competing in prime time with commercial broadcasters and is

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deliberately designed to do so. What assurance can the Minister give to

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this House that that is not the intention and that that will not be

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the case? I think I can assure him that that is not the intention. It

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is something the BBC has fully recognised and embraced. The BBC's

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director-general has been a driving force here. He has highlighted that

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he wants to see a system that firmly holds our feed to the fire on

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distinctiveness and that to my mind is what the white paper proposals

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will deliver. The register declares major interests I was going to say

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is a nightmare of an endangered species but now a condemned species,

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namely the BBC Trust. -- is a member of an endangered species. Knowing

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the great interest that is in this House, I welcome the Government

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commitment in the white paper to ring fencing of the BBC World

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Service. I think that is very important indeed. That presents a

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solid guarantee for the years ahead as well as a certainty provided by

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an 11 year charter. My concern is however are that the proposals to

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protect the BBC's independence do not cover enough. Will the Minister

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assure the House that the Government will provide sufficient guarantees

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that its future decisions about the BBC and in particular about funding

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appointments to the board are made clearly and transparently and

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without compromising the BBC's independence? That statement about

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the BBC came on the last day of this session of Parliament which ended

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with the traditional ceremony of prorogation.

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Here's Duncan Smith with five things you need to know.

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The Royal Commission - five peers - acts on behalf of the Queen,

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and instruct Black Rod to summons the Commons.

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Since it last banged on the door is on the House of Commons...

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During this session, Parliament has sat for 151 days in total,

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The Speaker, The Clerk and the Serjant at Arms officially

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greet The Royal Commission with a ceremonial doff

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of the hat on one side, and a bow in return on the other.

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The last monarch to do so in person was Queen Victoria in 1854.

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Royal Assent is formally announced to all legislation not already

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With the Norman French words La Reyne le vault -

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MPs return to the Commons and file out past the Speaker,

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Duncan Smith, with fun facts on prorogation marking the end

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of this session of the Westminster Parliament.

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MPs and peers will return on Wednesday for the state

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opening and Queen's Speech, setting out the bills

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the Government wants to introduce in the next 12 months.

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But while we're saying goodbye, it's hello from the new look

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First to Northern Ireland, where the Democratic Unionist Party

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remains the largest in Northern Ireland

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Its leader, Arlene Foster, will continue as First Minister.

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Of the 108 assembly seats, the DUP has 38 -

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while the second largest party, Sinn Fein, has 28.

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The result means the DUP holds the same number of seats

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Meanwhile, in Scotland, MSPs have been sworn

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in for the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament.

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All 129 members took either an oath or an affirmation in the well

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The leaders of Holyrood's five political parties

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were sworn in first - starting with SNP leader

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and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the new Leader Of

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The Opposition, the Conservative Ruth Davidson.

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The Parliament also elected a new presiding officer,

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The Labour MSP for West Scotland paid tribute to his predecessor

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Tricia Marwick and reminded fellow Parliamentarians of the "promise

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offered by devolution." But the big surprise of the week

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On Wednesday, newly elected Ukip, Conservative and Plaid Assembly

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Members flexed their collective muscles and blocked

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the re-election of Labour's leader Carwyn Jones as First Minister.

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Our Political Editor for Wales, Nick Servini, explains what's been

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There have been extraordinary developments here at the Senate.

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What happened after the election is that Labour emerged as by far the

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biggest party but they don't have an overall majority and they need the

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support of Plaid Cymru in particular. But we have had is a

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vote to nominate the next First Minister. We thought it would be

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something of a formality with the Labour leader Carwyn Jones becoming

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the next First Minister. What happened was that Plaid Cymru is

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Labour from wartime to discuss potential deals and they refused. As

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a result they nominated their own leader Leanne Wood and with the

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support of UKIP and the Tories they manage to get 29 votes, exactly the

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same as Labour did. So we have a dead heat. There would have to be

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another vote in the future. As a result all sorts of talks are taking

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place. The main focus of discussions to try and break the deadlock is

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between Labour and Plaid Cymru. Nick Servini, on dramatic times

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at the Welsh Assembly. And that's it from us for now,

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but do join me on Wednesday when MPs and peers return to Westminster

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for the pomp and ceremony

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