0:00:11 > 0:00:14Hello there and welcome to The Week In Parliament, where, after a
0:00:14 > 0:00:17seven-year wait, the Chilcot Report into the Iraq war is
0:00:17 > 0:00:20finally published.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Sir John found that, at crucial points, Mr Blair sent
0:00:22 > 0:00:25personal notes and made important commitments to Mr Bush that had not
0:00:25 > 0:00:31been discussed or agreed with Cabinet colleagues.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33The tragedy is that while the governing class got
0:00:33 > 0:00:36it so horrifically wrong, m`ny people, many of our people `ctually
0:00:36 > 0:00:39got it right.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40When will UK Government of either Tory or
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Labour hue actually start ldarning from the mistakes of the
0:00:44 > 0:00:49past, so we are not condemned to repeat them?
0:00:49 > 0:00:51There are calls for reassur`nces that EU nationals will
0:00:51 > 0:00:56be able to stay in post-Brexit Britain.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57They are welcome, they are necessary,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00they are a vital part of our society.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And the Health Secretary saxs he will impose a new
0:01:03 > 0:01:08contract on junior doctors after they reject the latest deal.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11The opposition urges a rethhnk.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Public opinion is not on the Government's side.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17It is evident that the public will have
0:01:17 > 0:01:20faith in its doctors long after they have lost faith hn this
0:01:20 > 0:01:23or any other Government.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26But first, seven years after starting work, the former
0:01:26 > 0:01:30senior civil servant Sir John Chilcot delivered his enquiries
0:01:30 > 0:01:33report into the decision to go into war in Iraq.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Sir John said that in total, more than 200 British
0:01:36 > 0:01:39citizens died as a result of the conflict and at
0:01:39 > 0:01:43least 150,000 Iraqis had bedn killed by 2009, as a result
0:01:43 > 0:01:48of the invasion and the instability that it caused.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51The report concluded that the UK went to war before the
0:01:51 > 0:01:53peace proces was exhausted.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55The information produced by the intelligence
0:01:55 > 0:01:58agencies was flawed and that the post-war
0:01:58 > 0:02:00planning was inadequate.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05The Prime Minister, David C`meron, set out the findings to MPs.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08The report clearly reflects that the advice given to thd
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Government by the intelligence and policy community was th`t Saddam
0:02:10 > 0:02:13did indeed continue to possdss and seek to develop
0:02:13 > 0:02:16these capabilities.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19However, as we now know, in 200 this long-held belief no longer
0:02:19 > 0:02:22reflected the reality.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Sir John says that, and I quote, at no stage was
0:02:26 > 0:02:28the proposition that Iraq might no longer have
0:02:28 > 0:02:30chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or programmes
0:02:30 > 0:02:34identified and examined - either by the JIC,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Joint Intelligence Committed, or the Policy Community.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40And, as the report notes, the late Robin Cook had shown
0:02:40 > 0:02:43it was possible to come to a different conclusion from
0:02:43 > 0:02:46an examination of the same intelligence.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Sir John finds that, at crucial points, Mr Blair sent
0:02:49 > 0:02:52personal notes and made important commitments to Mr Bush that had not
0:02:52 > 0:02:56been discussed or agreed with Cabinet colleagues.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59However, while Sir John makds many criticisms of the
0:02:59 > 0:03:02process, including the way information was handled and
0:03:02 > 0:03:05presented, at no stage does he explicitly say that therd was a
0:03:05 > 0:03:08deliberate attempt to mislead people.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11As for the planning after the initial operation,
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Sir John had concluded...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15The Government and here I mdan officials in the military as
0:03:15 > 0:03:17well as ministers, remain too fixed on assumptions.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20That the Americans had a pl`n, but the UN would play a
0:03:20 > 0:03:24significant role with international community sharing the burden and
0:03:24 > 0:03:28that the UK role would be over three to four months after the conflict
0:03:28 > 0:03:29had ended.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Many of the failures in this report were not directly about
0:03:32 > 0:03:34the conduct of Armed Forces as they went into the Iraq, but
0:03:34 > 0:03:39rather the failures of planning before a shot was fired.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Overall, Sir John finds that the policy of
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Her Majesty's Government fell far short of meeting its strategic
0:03:44 > 0:03:49objectives and helped to crdate a space for Al-Qaeda.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Jeremy Corbyn said the invasion of Iraq was thd
0:03:51 > 0:03:56most significant decision t`ken by a British Government in modern times.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59The war was not in any way, as Sir John Chilcot
0:03:59 > 0:04:01says, a last resort.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Frankly, it was an act of mhlitary aggression launched on a false
0:04:04 > 0:04:07pretext - as the enquiry excepts.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10And has long been regarded `s illegal by the overwhelming weight
0:04:10 > 0:04:15of international legal opinhon.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17The decision to invade Iraq in 2003, on
0:04:17 > 0:04:21the basis of what the Chilcot Report calls, and I quote, "flawed
0:04:21 > 0:04:24intelligence," about the we`pons of mass destruction has had a
0:04:24 > 0:04:28far-reaching impact on us all.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31It has led to a fundamental breakdown in
0:04:31 > 0:04:35trust in politics and in our institutions of Government.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39The tragedy is that while the governing
0:04:39 > 0:04:42class got it so horrificallx wrong, many people, many of our people
0:04:42 > 0:04:49actually got it right.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Many on Februrary 15th 2003, of the 1.5 million
0:04:51 > 0:04:52spanning the entire
0:04:52 > 0:04:55political spectrum and tens of millions of other people across
0:04:55 > 0:05:00the world marched against the impending war.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05The biggest ever demonstrathon in British history.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08We need to reflect very serhously before we take any decisions again
0:05:08 > 0:05:11to take military action without realising the consequences of those
0:05:11 > 0:05:15will live with all of us for many decades to come and have often
0:05:15 > 0:05:19incalculable consequences as a result.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I hope and I expect that in the months ahead, there will be
0:05:23 > 0:05:26the opportunity to hold to `ccount those who are associated
0:05:26 > 0:05:29and responsible with taking the UK to war in Iraq.
0:05:29 > 0:05:36That has only caused hundreds and thousands of deaths.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Not just that, it has undermined people's faith in
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Parliament and Government in the UK and left an indelible stain on
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Britain's standing in the world
0:05:46 > 0:05:49The Lib Dem leader returned to the role of his predecessor, Charles
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Kennedy, who led much of the opposition to the invasion.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Will the Prime Minister now take the opportunity, on behalf
0:05:55 > 0:05:58of his party and this House, to acknowledge
0:05:58 > 0:06:00that Charles Kennedy was right all along
0:06:00 > 0:06:03in leading the opposition across this country against the
0:06:03 > 0:06:07counter-productive war and should not those who accuse Charles Kennedy
0:06:07 > 0:06:11of appeasement, some of whol are still on these benches todax,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14apologise to him, to his falily to our service men and women,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18to our country and to the people of Iraq?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21People who voted for the war, like me, have to take their
0:06:21 > 0:06:22share of responsibility.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24That is important, but I don't think it's
0:06:24 > 0:06:26right to accuse the people who voted against of appeasement.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Each of us, in Cabinet or in this House, who are
0:06:29 > 0:06:31responsible and should take responsibility for own individual
0:06:31 > 0:06:35decisions, albeit taken in good faith on the basis of evidence
0:06:35 > 0:06:38before us.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41But equally, does he agree that the men of hatred and
0:06:41 > 0:06:47death in Al-Qaeda should take responsibility for their
0:06:47 > 0:06:51actions and for the blood and horror that the inflict on others?
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Saddam Hussein and his murddrous sons had spent 13 years running
0:06:56 > 0:07:02rings around the United Nathons ignoring 17 UN resolutions,
0:07:02 > 0:07:10including resolutions calling for all necessary means to stop him.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Wasn't that the main issue in that debate and has
0:07:13 > 0:07:14the Prime Minister found
0:07:14 > 0:07:20any evidence whatsoever of `ny lies told to Parliament on that day?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I can't see in here an accusation of
0:07:22 > 0:07:25deliberately deceiving people, but there is
0:07:25 > 0:07:29certainly information that wasn't properly presented,
0:07:29 > 0:07:33different justifications given the before and subsequently
0:07:33 > 0:07:35for the action that was takdn and a number of other
0:07:35 > 0:07:38criticisms about processes.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41But deliberate deceit, I can't find a reference to it.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Sir John was careful about avoiding accusing the
0:07:44 > 0:07:46previous Prime Minister of lying to the House,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48but a lot of the evidence here suggests he did.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Parts of the Ministry of Defence, including the
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Chiefs of staff, were not ddlivering the advice that the Governmdnt
0:07:53 > 0:07:56needed and elements of the Foreign Office
0:07:56 > 0:07:59had succumbed to a form of group-think that leaves le deeply
0:07:59 > 0:08:04concerned as to the structure and advice governments can get.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Given this undermining of the UN, and the
0:08:07 > 0:08:10disastrous and horrible consequences, is it not
0:08:10 > 0:08:13inconceivable that Mr Blair should not be held to account for his
0:08:13 > 0:08:16actions?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18This is not a day for sound bites.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20But does the Prime Minister not agree that the hand of history
0:08:20 > 0:08:22should be feeling somebody's collar?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26LAUGHTER I don't think it is a grey wash or a whitdwash
0:08:26 > 0:08:29or an anything else wash, I think this, from what
0:08:29 > 0:08:33I have seen so far, is a thorough effort trying
0:08:33 > 0:08:37to understand that the narrative of the events,
0:08:37 > 0:08:38the decisions that were
0:08:38 > 0:08:41taken and the mistakes that were made.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44And I think there is a huge amount to learn.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47And I think everyone who has played a part in it
0:08:47 > 0:08:50has to take the responsibility for it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Many of those who were in Tony Blair's Cabinet at the time
0:08:53 > 0:08:55are now in the House of Lords.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Will he perhaps join me in recognising three
0:08:58 > 0:09:03certainties, that have emerged from his report.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08First, that there was no falsification of the intellhgence.
0:09:08 > 0:09:14Second, that the Cabinet was not deceived.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18And third, that there was no undisclosed plan
0:09:18 > 0:09:21between the Prime Minister and the President of
0:09:21 > 0:09:25the United States to go to war before
0:09:25 > 0:09:30the processes of Government where invoked.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33I welcome the report, I will study it carefully, we will
0:09:33 > 0:09:36learn the lessons, but at the end of the day,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39it is elected ministers who must exercise the judgment
0:09:39 > 0:09:43on some of these questions.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45John Reid on the Chilcot Report
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Well, of course, the other big story of the week was
0:09:48 > 0:09:51the continuing fallout from the UK's voted to leave the EU.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54On Monday, the Chancellor told MPs his plans to
0:09:54 > 0:09:57cut corporation tax, which showed the UK was still open for btsiness.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00George Osborne said that nothing positive would come from looking
0:10:00 > 0:10:05back in anger.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08In my view, the strongest signal we could send the
0:10:08 > 0:10:12world, that Britain after this referendum
0:10:12 > 0:10:15is open to the world and re`dy to do business would be to cut
0:10:15 > 0:10:17corporation tax still furthdr.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19We should aim for a rate of 15% and preferably
0:10:19 > 0:10:23lower, because if you are a pro-business, you are pro,jobs,
0:10:23 > 0:10:27pro-living standards and pro-working people.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30A lack of planning for a Le`ve vote is becoming evident
0:10:30 > 0:10:32across all policy areas.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Instead of a clear plan of action, so far, we
0:10:35 > 0:10:38have had a series of ad hoc statements and announcements and
0:10:38 > 0:10:39these included, yes, the grateful abandonment
0:10:39 > 0:10:41of the Brexit budget.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Which was to increase sharply with the level of austerity being
0:10:44 > 0:10:46applied, the fiscal surplus target has been
0:10:46 > 0:10:49abandoned and today the Chancellor has announced planned
0:10:49 > 0:10:52reductions in the headline rate of corporation tax.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Rather than ad hoc announcelents, we need a framework
0:10:55 > 0:10:57for economic decision-making.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59When it comes to planning, let me say
0:10:59 > 0:11:03this, first of all, there h`ve been extensive contingency plans in place
0:11:03 > 0:11:05to deal with financial markdt disorder as a result of a
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Leave vote.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10The fact that we are not debating that today shows that those
0:11:10 > 0:11:13contingency plans had been dffective and we remain vigilant that they
0:11:13 > 0:11:16were in place.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Will he today rule out any plans to claw back a
0:11:19 > 0:11:23potential loss in revenue yield from the cut
0:11:23 > 0:11:27of corporation tax in the absence of behavioural change
0:11:27 > 0:11:32through the mechanism of further attacks on the welfare budgdt?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36The overall message and the very clear
0:11:36 > 0:11:38message from the business Council, the Prime Minister's Business
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Council, which met on Thursday, was let
0:11:39 > 0:11:42us send a message out round the world that we are not
0:11:42 > 0:11:44closed for business, we are not turning our back
0:11:44 > 0:11:47on the world, we are open to business and we're
0:11:47 > 0:11:48reaching out to world.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50The Government suffered a ddfeat in the Commons on Wednesday
0:11:50 > 0:11:54over the fate of EU nationals living in the UK.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56It was a debate that saw Boris Johnson speak in the
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Commons for the first time since the referendum.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02A prominent figure in the Ldave campaign, he had been one
0:12:02 > 0:12:05of the favourites to replacd David Cameron as Conservative leader
0:12:05 > 0:12:09and Prime Minister until fellow Brexiteer Michael Gove cast
0:12:09 > 0:12:12doubt on his suitability.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14The motion in front of MPs said that the British
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Government should guarantee that anyone from an EU country should be
0:12:17 > 0:12:19allowed to stay.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22I think it is absolutely right to issue the
0:12:22 > 0:12:28strongest possible reassurance to EU nationals in this country, not just
0:12:28 > 0:12:33for moral or humanitarian rdasons, but for very, very sound economic
0:12:34 > 0:12:34reasons as well.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37They are a welcome, they are necessary, they ard a vital
0:12:37 > 0:12:40part of our society and I whll be passionately supporting this motion
0:12:40 > 0:12:42tonight.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45The Shadow Home Secretary urged other MPs to back Labour's lotion.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49We can send a message out from this Parliament today to Europe
0:12:49 > 0:12:51and the rest of the world.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Yes, people have expressed frustrations
0:12:53 > 0:12:58about the EU, but our country and its people have not changed
0:12:58 > 0:13:00We are still that same place that has
0:13:00 > 0:13:02been renowned the world over for doing
0:13:02 > 0:13:04the fair and right thing.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06For doing the decent thing.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10We fully expect that the legal status of EU
0:13:10 > 0:13:14nationals living in the UK `nd that of UK nationals in EU member states
0:13:14 > 0:13:16will be properly protected.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Given that both the UK and EU want to
0:13:19 > 0:13:21maintain a close relationshhp, we are confident that we will work
0:13:21 > 0:13:25together and that both EU and British citizens will be protected
0:13:25 > 0:13:29through reciprocal arrangemdnts
0:13:29 > 0:13:32But, when it came to be votd, MPs backed Labour's motion,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34calling on the Government to give EU nationals
0:13:34 > 0:13:37currently living in the UK the right to remain.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42The result, however, isn't binding on the Governlent
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Meanwhile, up on the committee corridor, the Foreign Affairs
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Committee is hearing from sdnior ministers following the Leave vote.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52First up, the man preparing the ground for the Brexit negothations.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Oliver Letwin has been appohnted to head a special unit
0:13:56 > 0:13:59at the Cabinet Office dedicated to the task.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03The committee chair suggestdd it had been a dereliction of duty that
0:14:03 > 0:14:08contingency plans for a Leave victory had not been put in place.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10You are the one left holding the baby.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I can only say that the babx is being firmly held,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16and that my intention is the baby should prosper,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18because I care about the baby in question.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It is, in fact, our country.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23But what was the point of the work, if it wasn't binding
0:14:23 > 0:14:25on the new Prime Minister?
0:14:25 > 0:14:26We are not making any recommendations.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31There is no question of thel abiding by anything.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36We are providing a basis for them to make decisions.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40This is a very, very important distinction.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44And when you ask the question, "Is it worth doing that?"
0:14:44 > 0:14:45my answer is, absolutely...
0:14:45 > 0:14:50I would have speculated a wdek ago that it was abundantly worthwhile,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I can now tell you after a week of very intensive effort
0:14:53 > 0:14:56that it is totally necessarx to do,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59and abundantly worthwhile, for sure.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Oliver Letwin.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03On Thursday, it was the turn of the Foreign Secretary,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Philip Hammond, to appear in front of the MPs.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08The committee thought the Foreign Office budget would need
0:15:08 > 0:15:11to double or triple to cope with the change.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14I don't think it is remotelx realistic to talk about doubling...
0:15:14 > 0:15:16And as the Foreign Secretarx, with a budget of...
0:15:16 > 0:15:19The budget of the Foreign Office is a minute proportion of overall
0:15:19 > 0:15:23government expenditure, it hs your view that the Foreign Officd should
0:15:23 > 0:15:26continue to suffer that levdl of austerity, despite the f`ct our
0:15:26 > 0:15:29diplomatic position and rold in the world has completely changed,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32and the scale of the challenge facing the United Kingdom
0:15:32 > 0:15:36diplomatically has gone off the scale?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39We may indeed need to bid for additional resource
0:15:39 > 0:15:42to deal with the specific pressures that arise.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44What I am saying to the comlittee is that I don't think,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47in the economic and fiscal circumstances that the country
0:15:47 > 0:15:51is likely to face over the coming few years,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53talk of doubling or trebling departmental budgets
0:15:53 > 0:15:57is remotely realistic.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Philip Hammond.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01At the end of the week in the House of Lords,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04the former Labour MP Oona, now Lady King, was calling
0:16:04 > 0:16:07for a second referendum once the UK had negotiated terms
0:16:07 > 0:16:10of its withdrawal.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13In the interests of democracy, the British people must be given
0:16:13 > 0:16:16the chance to vote on the ddal to leave the EU, once we finally
0:16:16 > 0:16:19know what that deal is and what that deal costs,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23in terms of our economy, our jobs, our pensions, our future,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26our global influence, our geographical borders,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30and last but certainly not least, our precious identity as a tolerant,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33open facing nation.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I say, let the people decidd.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38But other peers disagreed.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41The only way that we can have a second bite at this
0:16:41 > 0:16:45cherry is to have a politic`l party with its main aim in its manifesto
0:16:45 > 0:16:51commitment not to break with the EU, and test that at a general dlection.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53I simply say to the House, particularly to this House,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57of which I am very, very fond, this is essentially an advisory House,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00but the public is not an advisory public.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02The public have made their decision.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And for this House particul`rly I would say it to my friends
0:17:05 > 0:17:08at the other end, amongst whom I certainly see no appdtite
0:17:08 > 0:17:11for another referendum whatsoever, but I do say it to my friends
0:17:11 > 0:17:13in this House, it really isn't our job to thwart
0:17:13 > 0:17:17the will of the British people.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20A former Conservative MP put it more bluntly.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Dear God, wasn't one enough?!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Do we really want another one?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I can't believe that people would want another one!
0:17:26 > 0:17:28The British people were not deluded.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30They knew what they were dohng.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32They voted to leave.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34We are now told, well, let's have negotiations,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36a full negotiated package, and we'll put that package
0:17:37 > 0:17:38before the public.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41My concern, my lords, then is, again, if the publhc said
0:17:41 > 0:17:45they didn't agree with that, there would be an attempt to rerun
0:17:45 > 0:17:47and rerun and rerun.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50There is this core issue we have to be really worried about,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54my lords, as politicians - we must re-engage with the public.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59They have shown that they h`ve got distrust in the political elite
0:17:59 > 0:18:02We can increase that distrust if we keep saying to people,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05keep on voting and do what we want.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08That's not the way we operate, and I know it's not
0:18:08 > 0:18:10what the noble lady wants.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Now let's take a look at sole other news from around
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Westminster in brief.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17The Health Secretary, Jeremx Hunt, has said the Government will impose
0:18:17 > 0:18:20a new contract on junior doctors in England.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22It follows their decision to reject the latest deal,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26by 58% to 42%, leading to the resignation
0:18:26 > 0:18:30of the chairman of the BMA's junior doctors committee.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Jeremy Hunt told MPs the new deal had won the support of the lajority
0:18:33 > 0:18:37of the Royal Colleges in the health service.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Unfortunately, because of the vote, we are now left in a no man's land
0:18:41 > 0:18:46that if it continues can only damage the NHS.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49An elected Government whose main aim is to improve the safety and quality
0:18:49 > 0:18:54of care for patients has cole up against a union which has stirred up
0:18:54 > 0:18:59anger amongst its own members it is now unable to pacify.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Labour urged the Government to reconsider.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04It does not help for the Government to treat junior doctors
0:19:04 > 0:19:06like the enemy within.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10It has not helped their mor`le to imply at one time that the only
0:19:10 > 0:19:12barrier to a seven-day NHS is their reluctance to work
0:19:12 > 0:19:17weekends, when so many of them already work unsocial hours,
0:19:17 > 0:19:22sacrificing family life in the process.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Public opinion is not on the Government's side.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29It is not too late to changd course.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32The Government called on Labour to condemn a teachers' strike
0:19:32 > 0:19:34which closed schools on Tuesday
0:19:34 > 0:19:38The strike was called by the National Union of Te`chers,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41as part of a dispute over school funding, pay and conditions.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45The industrial action by thd NUT is pointless, but it is
0:19:45 > 0:19:47far from inconsequential.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51It disrupts children's educ`tion, it inconveniences parents and it
0:19:51 > 0:19:56damages the profession's reputation in the eyes of the public.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Will the Minister now accept that class sizes are increasing,
0:19:59 > 0:20:04pupils are getting less chohce about the subjects they can
0:20:04 > 0:20:06learn today, and jobs are going and children are now
0:20:06 > 0:20:10getting less individual time with staff?
0:20:10 > 0:20:15Southern Railway is temporarily cutting 341 trains a day
0:20:15 > 0:20:17from the service it provides.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19The announcement follows weeks of problems caused by
0:20:19 > 0:20:23industrial action and a shortage of train crews.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Appearing before MPs, the company's boss faced
0:20:26 > 0:20:28some tough questions.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32You've already admitted that 40% of the delays
0:20:32 > 0:20:36are your direct responsibilhty, and you have been fined.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39And only this morning, there has been an official
0:20:39 > 0:20:45announcement of hundreds of services cut in a very abrupt manner,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48there doesn't seem to have been any consultation
0:20:48 > 0:20:51at all about which those services are and just what is happenhng.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Are you fit to be running this railway?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Yes, we are.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59We are fit to be running this railway.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02We are in the middle of an extremely difficult moment
0:21:02 > 0:21:04in the franchise at this st`ge, it is a difficult
0:21:04 > 0:21:08and challenging franchise anyway.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11But the problems over the l`st few weeks, following the industrial
0:21:11 > 0:21:15action taken by the RMT conductors, have added to some challenghng
0:21:15 > 0:21:19circumstances which were inherent in this franchise.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has told MPs that he
0:21:21 > 0:21:25"will not tolerate anti-Semhtism" in the Labour Party.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27He was being questioned by the Home Affairs Committde,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30which is investigating whether prejudice against
0:21:30 > 0:21:33the Jewish community has increased.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36The Labour Party has published a report into anti-Semitism -
0:21:36 > 0:21:38sparked by remarks made
0:21:38 > 0:21:41by the former London Mayor, Ken Livingstone.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Ken Livingstone made remarks that were wholly
0:21:43 > 0:21:47unacceptable and totally wrong, they were drawn to the attention
0:21:47 > 0:21:52of the party compliance unit very rapidly, a decision was made
0:21:52 > 0:21:57within a very few hours to suspend his party membership
0:21:57 > 0:22:01His remarks are now being investigated by the party
0:22:01 > 0:22:06and due process will take place
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Sad, shocked and insecure.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Those are the three words that the President of the Board
0:22:12 > 0:22:17of Deputies chose when asked in this committee, two weeks ago,
0:22:17 > 0:22:22about how he felt when he hdard of Mr Livingstone's comments -
0:22:22 > 0:22:24your friend, Ken.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28There are 300,000 Jewish people in this country.
0:22:28 > 0:22:34Are you upset that you and xour friend have upset them in this way?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Ken Livingstone has been suspended from party membership
0:22:37 > 0:22:39following the remarks that he made.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44So, obviously, we have taken action, as a party.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46MPs have been sharing some `ppalling examples of abuse they
0:22:46 > 0:22:49and their constituents have encountered from peopld
0:22:49 > 0:22:53on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56The Commons was debating how to deal with the bullies who use
0:22:56 > 0:23:01the anonymity available onlhne to hurl abuse and make thre`ts.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06One MP described how she'd been reduced to tears by hurtful insults.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08So, I came here with the full knowledge and expectation
0:23:08 > 0:23:11that my words and actions whll be held up to public scrutiny,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and that is right.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17What has sometimes taken my breath away, though, Madam Deputy Speaker,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20shocked my family and reducdd me to tears, is the vitriolic,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24hateful and sometimes criminal levels of personal abuse th`t I
0:23:24 > 0:23:28and indeed colleagues across this House, have faced.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32This debate today is about dnabling Parliament to send a clear lessage
0:23:32 > 0:23:36to the industry, to social ledia and to the online world,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39to say, "Enough is enough."
0:23:39 > 0:23:42One occasion, I simply postdd some online comments
0:23:42 > 0:23:44about some boy racers who wdre causing considerable
0:23:44 > 0:23:46anti-social behaviour, and within about an hour,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50I was being abused from all around the globe by boy racers who had
0:23:50 > 0:23:54obviously noticed a deficit in my sex life and were offdring
0:23:54 > 0:23:58a wide range of suggestions to improve this,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02some of which would actuallx end in certain death.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05The final two in the Conservative leadership contest
0:24:05 > 0:24:06have been revealed.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08The Home Secretary, Theresa May
0:24:08 > 0:24:11will face the Energy Ministdr, Andrea Leadsom, in the run-off,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13after the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, was eliminated
0:24:13 > 0:24:16from the contest.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19On Wednesday, Westminster h`d heard the unguarded opinions of two senior
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Conservatives who were chatting in a Sky News TV studio.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Talking to Sir Malcolm Rifkhnd, veteran Tory MP Ken Clarke described
0:24:27 > 0:24:32the Home Secretary, Theresa May as "a bloody difficult woman",
0:24:32 > 0:24:35suggested Andrea Leadsom didn't really want to leave the EU,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39and branded Michael Gove "whld"
0:24:39 > 0:24:42His comments were picked up by the Shadow Leader of the Commons,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45who paid tribute to Ken Clarke, the MP for Rushcliffe.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48This week, we were very grateful to him for giving us the vital
0:24:48 > 0:24:52intelligence that the three remaining candidates for
0:24:52 > 0:24:56the leadership of the Tory Party, that one of them was bloody
0:24:56 > 0:24:59difficult, one doesn't expect to deliver on the extremely stupid
0:24:59 > 0:25:04things she's been saying, and one would declare war
0:25:04 > 0:25:07on at least three countries.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10He wanted Ken Clarke, who is 76, to make a late bhd
0:25:10 > 0:25:12for the leadership.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Could I perhaps suggest to him, if the member
0:25:15 > 0:25:17for Rushcliffe is reluctant, because he is of a certain `ge,
0:25:17 > 0:25:22of returning to the dispatch box, may I remind him, I've discovered
0:25:22 > 0:25:25that the dispatch box is a vital support and a wonderful
0:25:25 > 0:25:30alternative to a Zimmer frale.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Well, Mr Flynn's government oppo, Chris Grayling, suggested
0:25:33 > 0:25:35all this was just jealousy, as Labour was desperate
0:25:35 > 0:25:39for a leadership contest and couldn't organise one!
0:25:39 > 0:25:41And that's it for now, but do join Kristina Cooper
0:25:41 > 0:25:44on Monday night at 11pm for another round-up of the day
0:25:44 > 0:25:46here at Westminster.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50But until then, from me, Alicia McCarthy, goodbye.