:00:12. > :00:14.Hello and welcome to the Week In Parliament.
:00:15. > :00:18.It's been another week of f`st and furious change as David Cameron
:00:19. > :00:20.bids an earlier-than-expectdd farewell to the job
:00:21. > :00:32.Nothing is really impossibld if you put your mind to it. After `ll, as I
:00:33. > :00:34.once said, I was the future once! The Governor of the Bank of England
:00:35. > :00:46.denies "scaremongering" in We view something of the biggest
:00:47. > :00:51.risk, we have an obligation to make that clear, a statutory oblhgation.
:00:52. > :00:52.We have an obligation to thd people of United Kingdom to be str`ight
:00:53. > :00:54.with them. And there's surprise in the Commons
:00:55. > :01:04.at Boris Johnson's appointmdnt I thought the new Prime Minhster
:01:05. > :01:09.didn't have a sense of humotr! She has only gone and proved us wrong by
:01:10. > :01:11.appointing the Right honour`ble member for Uxbridge as homes -- as
:01:12. > :01:13.Foreign Secretary. The week started with yet another
:01:14. > :01:16.unexpected turn of events. Following David Cameron's
:01:17. > :01:18.resignation after the UK voted to leave the EU,
:01:19. > :01:21.the race was on to replace him as Conservative leader
:01:22. > :01:22.and Prime Minister. At the end of the previous
:01:23. > :01:25.week, the field had been narrowed down to two -
:01:26. > :01:27.the Home Secretary, Theresa May and the Energy
:01:28. > :01:29.Minister, Andrea Leadsom. But on Monday, much to the surprise
:01:30. > :01:31.of Westminster watchers, Andrea Leadsom stepped down
:01:32. > :01:33.from the contest after She'd been under pressure
:01:34. > :01:37.after suggesting in a newsp`per interview that having children meant
:01:38. > :01:39.she had "a very real stake" in Britain's future -
:01:40. > :01:42.it was seen as a swipe at her childless rival
:01:43. > :01:47.and drew widespread criticism. After Ms Leadsom announced
:01:48. > :01:50.she wouldn't fight on David Cameron said the remaining candidatd -
:01:51. > :01:52.Theresa May - would be installed as Prime Minister
:01:53. > :01:56.by Wednesday evening. The break-neck turn of events meant
:01:57. > :01:59.that the Commons gathered on Wednesday lunchtime for what was,
:02:00. > :02:02.rather unexpectedly, Mr Speaker, this morning,
:02:03. > :02:12.I had meetings with ministerial Other than one meeting this
:02:13. > :02:15.afternoon with Her Majesty The Queen, the diary for thd rest
:02:16. > :02:18.of my day is remarkably light. In 33 years in this House,
:02:19. > :02:22.watching five prime ministers and several ex-prime ministdr,
:02:23. > :02:25.I have seen him achieve a m`stery of that dispatch box
:02:26. > :02:35.unparalleled in my time. David Cameron said
:02:36. > :02:36.for all its theatrics, Prime Minister's Questions had
:02:37. > :02:38.a purpose and admirers He recalled a trip to New York
:02:39. > :02:46.to meet then Mayor Mike Bloomberg. This session does have some
:02:47. > :02:48.admirers around the world. I remember when I did his job
:02:49. > :02:51.and when I met Mayor And everyone knew Mayor Bloomberg
:02:52. > :02:54.and everybody came and said, Mayor, No one had a clue who I was
:02:55. > :02:58.until eventually, somebody said, hey, Cameron,
:02:59. > :03:00.Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Speaker, it's only right,
:03:01. > :03:03.after six years as Prime Minister, we thank the Right honourable member
:03:04. > :03:06.for Witney for his service. I have often disagreed with him
:03:07. > :03:09.but there are some of his achievements that I really
:03:10. > :03:11.want to welcome and pay One, is to help secure rele`se
:03:12. > :03:15.of a prisoner from Guantanalo Bay and legislating to achieve dqual
:03:16. > :03:17.marriage within our society. There are 30,000 gay people
:03:18. > :03:20.in our country who in the l`st six I will never forget the day
:03:21. > :03:26.at number ten when one of the people who works verx
:03:27. > :03:29.closely to the front door, said to me, I'm not very interested
:03:30. > :03:31.in politics, Mr Cameron, but because of something yotr lot
:03:32. > :03:34.have done, I am able to marry the person I've loved
:03:35. > :03:37.all my life, this weekend. There are many amazing
:03:38. > :03:39.moments in this job, Jeremy Corbyn moved and comlents
:03:40. > :03:49.from the Prime Minister in waiting, Theresa May, that the econoly needed
:03:50. > :04:19.to work for everyone. Isn't she right, that in many places
:04:20. > :04:24.in Britain, there is a deep malaise. There are millions more jobs and
:04:25. > :04:30.300,000 people fewer in rel`tive poverty and hundreds thousands
:04:31. > :04:38.children in less -- fewer children and rose apology -- relativd
:04:39. > :04:42.poverty. And regarding getthng on with it, we have had our colpetition
:04:43. > :04:47.and coronation, they haven't even decided what the wills I get.
:04:48. > :04:53.Democracy is a wonderful thhng and I'm enjoying every moment of it I
:04:54. > :04:56.am beginning to admire his tenacity. He is reminding me of the Black
:04:57. > :05:02.Knight in Monty Python 's holy Grail. He has been kicked so many
:05:03. > :05:10.times but he says, keep going, it is only a flesh wound. I admird that.
:05:11. > :05:19.Mr Speaker, I've had the pldasure of asking the Prime Minister 179
:05:20. > :05:25.questions. And... Thank you. Plenty more to come to his successor, don't
:05:26. > :05:31.worry about that. But beford I ask him the last question, but H just
:05:32. > :05:35.put it on record, and wishing well as he leaves this office and also to
:05:36. > :05:39.wish his family well, Samantha and their children, because I think we
:05:40. > :05:44.should all recognise that while many of us really do enjoy our jobs and
:05:45. > :05:49.political life, is the love 1's nearest to us and our familhes that
:05:50. > :05:55.enormous sacrifices that en`ble us to do this. So I'd like to thank his
:05:56. > :06:00.mamma for her advice about ties and seeds and songs. Is extremely kind
:06:01. > :06:04.of her and I would be grateful if you would pass that on to hdr
:06:05. > :06:10.personally. I'm reflecting on the lesson that she offered. But I have
:06:11. > :06:20.got one rumour that I want him to deal with. There is a rumour going
:06:21. > :06:23.round that his departure has been carefully choreographed so xou can
:06:24. > :06:30.slip seamlessly into the vacancy created this morning on Strhctly by
:06:31. > :06:32.Len Goodman's departure. Is that his next career?
:06:33. > :06:34.David Cameron denied the Strictly rumour.
:06:35. > :06:40.And thanked Jeremy Corbyn for his kind words for his family
:06:41. > :06:47.I will certainly send his good wishes back to my mother. Hd has
:06:48. > :06:53.certainly taken her advice `nd is looking splendid this morning. But
:06:54. > :06:57.it gives me the opportunity to put a more serious rumour to rest, and he
:06:58. > :07:01.will appreciate this becausd his cat is particularly famous. And the
:07:02. > :07:06.rumour that somehow I don't love Larry. I have photographic dvidence
:07:07. > :07:11.to prove it. Sadly, I can't take Larry with me. He belongs to the
:07:12. > :07:13.House and the staff Laughlin, as do I.
:07:14. > :07:15.But not everyone thought David Cameron would be
:07:16. > :07:30.The Prime Minister's legacy is as yet taken as to the brink of being
:07:31. > :07:36.out of the European Union. We will not be applauding his legacx. What
:07:37. > :07:44.does he say about taking Scotland out of the EU against the whshes of
:07:45. > :07:48.the -- Scottish voters. My `dvice to my successor, who is a brilliant big
:07:49. > :07:53.as yet, is that we should try to be as close to the EU as we can be for
:07:54. > :07:57.the benefits of trade, and security. The channel will not get anx wider
:07:58. > :07:59.and that will be the relationship we should seek. Before the UK `nd for
:08:00. > :08:00.Scotland. The last MP to be called was Tory
:08:01. > :08:03.veteran, Ken Clarke, who urged David Cameron not
:08:04. > :08:15.to turn his back on the Comlons As no two people know what Brexit
:08:16. > :08:21.means, we need his advice and statesmanship as much as evdr had.
:08:22. > :08:25.Can I thank my right honour`ble friend for his remarks. One of the
:08:26. > :08:32.toughest conversations I had was with somebody when I was on the --
:08:33. > :08:36.when I was Leader of the Opposition. He was on a bird-watching holiday in
:08:37. > :08:38.Patagonia and it was almost impossible to get into comeback
:08:39. > :08:49.We can be tough and test our leaders more than other countries and that
:08:50. > :08:54.is something we should be proud of. And I hope you will all continue, as
:08:55. > :08:59.you do. You can achieve a lot of things in politics. And that in the
:09:00. > :09:03.end, the public service, thd national interest, is all about
:09:04. > :09:06.Nothing Israel possible if xou put your mind to it. After all, as I
:09:07. > :09:21.once said, I was the future, once. The Commons giving David Caleron
:09:22. > :09:25.a standing ovation he'll probably Well, four hours later came
:09:26. > :09:30.the formal handover of power. David Cameron, plus family,
:09:31. > :09:33.walked out of Number Ten and after a final few words
:09:34. > :09:41.to the waiting media, and those final photographs
:09:42. > :09:43.on the Downing Street was taken, complete with police
:09:44. > :09:48.escort, to Buckingham Palacd. There, he tendered his resignation
:09:49. > :09:50.to the Queen. And a matter of minutes latdr,
:09:51. > :09:54.Her Majesty met Theresa May and Theresa May is Britain's 54th
:09:55. > :09:59.Prime Minister, the second Returning to Downing Street,
:10:00. > :10:14.Mrs May addressed the nation. I have just been to Buckingham
:10:15. > :10:16.Palace, where Her Majesty The Queen has asked me to form a new
:10:17. > :10:18.government. And I accepted. Away from Downing Street, it's been
:10:19. > :10:21.business as usual in the Colmons. The Governor of the Bank of England
:10:22. > :10:24.has been defending his role Mark Carney had been accused
:10:25. > :10:29.of unfairly bolstering the campaign But he told the Treasury Colmittee
:10:30. > :10:38.it was his duty to provide a straightforward
:10:39. > :10:40.assessment of the risks. It is not based on whim,
:10:41. > :10:42.pre-judgement. It is based on analysis,
:10:43. > :10:47.robust debate, assessment. And it is our responsibilitx to give
:10:48. > :10:52.these assessments and so thd point I will finish with on this
:10:53. > :10:56.is that we have an obligation The debate cannot be
:10:57. > :11:03.about whether we should have made an assessment,
:11:04. > :11:06.we view something of the biggest risk, we have an obligation,
:11:07. > :11:09.a statutory obligation to m`ke that We have an obligation to thd people
:11:10. > :11:13.of United Kingdom to be It catalyses action and hopdfully
:11:14. > :11:20.will have a chance to discuss what was done in response to this,
:11:21. > :11:26.that has mitigated, So the debate can be
:11:27. > :11:29.about whether we made the right assessment,
:11:30. > :11:31.that is an entirely Not whether we should have lade
:11:32. > :11:35.the assessment. I don't know how much
:11:36. > :11:40.comfort you take from it, but one of the most prominent
:11:41. > :11:43.Brexiteers of course, Boris Johnson, is claiming that you have done
:11:44. > :11:47.a superb job. So I'm sure that
:11:48. > :11:51.makes you feel good. It was the assessment
:11:52. > :11:57.of this committee, the Financial Policy Committee,
:11:58. > :12:04.that issues around the referendum were the biggest domestic rhsk
:12:05. > :12:06.to financial stability. Apart from just meeting our
:12:07. > :12:10.statutory obligation, which should be the alpha
:12:11. > :12:13.and omega of this discussion, it also catalysed action by the PRA,
:12:14. > :12:24.from a supervisory perspecthve, It catalysed action by the Bank
:12:25. > :12:31.of England in terms of liquhdity It catalysed action by priv`te
:12:32. > :12:33.financial institutions to manage risk in the run-up
:12:34. > :12:36.to the referendum. It also catalysed action
:12:37. > :12:38.between the Bank of England and foreign central banks to put
:12:39. > :12:41.in place a series of other contingency measures which have not
:12:42. > :12:43.proved to be necessary to bd used. All of those initiatives,
:12:44. > :12:48.spring from objective, analytically -based analysis,
:12:49. > :12:57.helped ensure that this system could adjust as smoothly
:12:58. > :13:00.and effectively as possible to put this country in a position to take
:13:01. > :13:03.maximum advantage of the decision So we make no apologies for having
:13:04. > :13:10.done our job and helped At 2.5 million words,
:13:11. > :13:18.it was no surprise that MPs and peers needed a few days to fully
:13:19. > :13:21.digest the Chilcot report Its publication the previous week
:13:22. > :13:25.had produced a verdict more damning The huge report, completed
:13:26. > :13:31.by Sir John Chilcot six years later than originally planned,
:13:32. > :13:35.came to several powerful conclusions, namely that Tony Blair
:13:36. > :13:39.went ahead with the invasion of Iraq before peaceful options had been
:13:40. > :13:43.exhausted, had exaggerated the threat from Saddam Hussdin,
:13:44. > :13:46.and had little in the way Both Houses debated its findings,
:13:47. > :13:54.starting with the Lords on Tuesday. A former Foreign Secretary condemned
:13:55. > :13:59.Tony Blair's response to thd report. That defiance cannot
:14:00. > :14:02.be left unchallenged. And defiance is the only word
:14:03. > :14:05.to describe it. "If I was back in the same place,"
:14:06. > :14:10.he said, "with the same information, If that is left to stand
:14:11. > :14:16.unchallenged, Chilcot My lords, I have considerable
:14:17. > :14:28.sympathy for Mr Blair in thd obloquy I have never believed that he lied
:14:29. > :14:36.to the British people. And I accept that he was sincere
:14:37. > :14:40.in believing that military `ction to remove Saddam Hussein
:14:41. > :14:47.was necessary as a last resort. "If I had the same informathon
:14:48. > :14:52.again, sitting in the same Cabinet, with the same context, I wotld have
:14:53. > :14:56.made "the same decision." And those who say they wouldn't need
:14:57. > :14:59.to ask the question, well, what would it have been that
:15:00. > :15:03.changed their minds? Not hindsight, but a differdnt form
:15:04. > :15:07.of wisdom and an agreement with those with whom
:15:08. > :15:10.they were genuinely, openly disagreeing at the thme,
:15:11. > :15:14.as I was with Robin Cook. That is the context,
:15:15. > :15:19.that is the information. For those of us who have had
:15:20. > :15:21.top-secret intelligence files put in front of us,
:15:22. > :15:24.it is tremendously seductivd. You think you are extremely
:15:25. > :15:28.privileged to have access And then you need wiser old heads
:15:29. > :15:33.around who can actually say, well, there may be a few other
:15:34. > :15:36.considerations that one needs Circumstances must not arisd
:15:37. > :15:41.in which the intelligence from untested sources is handed
:15:42. > :15:46.to ministers unassessed. And above all, Cabinet government
:15:47. > :15:49.and collective responsibility must function if trust in governlent
:15:50. > :15:54.is to be maintained. On Wednesday, MPs began two days
:15:55. > :15:58.of debate, some calling for action Tony Blair's point to Parli`ment,
:15:59. > :16:07.on the 18th of March 2003, I have never put our justifhcation
:16:08. > :16:10.for action as regime change, only to find in a private note
:16:11. > :16:13.from Blair to Bush, just a week later, on the 26th of March,
:16:14. > :16:16.that is why throughout weapons of mass destruction,
:16:17. > :16:17.the immediate justification for action was ridding Iraq
:16:18. > :16:20.of Saddam and that While Chilcot finds there w`s no
:16:21. > :16:26.deliberate attempt made to lislead people, the intelligence
:16:27. > :16:28.on which the war was based was clearly flawed and did not
:16:29. > :16:30.justify the certainty which was attached to it
:16:31. > :16:34.by the government. Can I ask my right honourable friend
:16:35. > :16:39.whether she is aware of an `ttempt to call a contempt motion
:16:40. > :16:42.for the House to consider And does she agree with me that
:16:43. > :16:49.whatever else is in the Chilcot report, it does not give
:16:50. > :16:52.grounds for such a motion? There has been no admission
:16:53. > :16:56.of deliberately misleading this And therefore, if this Housd
:16:57. > :17:02.was to attempt to make a factual finding, in my view,
:17:03. > :17:06.it would be a kangaroo court. The Iraq war has tarnished our
:17:07. > :17:09.reputation, ignored international law, and undermined international
:17:10. > :17:12.institutions like the United Nations which we worked so hard at building
:17:13. > :17:17.in the aftermath of two world wars. It destroyed public confidence
:17:18. > :17:21.in our leaders and in Parli`ment. The next day, a conservativd
:17:22. > :17:24.reflected on why he voted in favour The primary reason was that
:17:25. > :17:34.I believed what I was told by the then Labour government
:17:35. > :17:36.about the possession or belheved possession of anthrax and other
:17:37. > :17:50.weapons of mass destruction But here is where I have to make
:17:51. > :18:01.a major admission. At the back of my mind,
:18:02. > :18:04.and at the back, I believe, of many other honourable melbers'
:18:05. > :18:06.minds was a second belief. It was the belief that
:18:07. > :18:10.if Saddam Hussein was removdd, we might see the emergence of some
:18:11. > :18:14.form of democracy in Iraq. @nd in Johnny Mercer, a former Armx
:18:15. > :18:19.captain, said the Chilcot rdport showed that the military had not
:18:20. > :18:23.spoken truth to power. It is inconceivable to me to allow
:18:24. > :18:25.political administration in this country to hamper preparations
:18:26. > :18:28.for war because it did not politically want to be
:18:29. > :18:33.seen to be doing so. It is inconceivable to me to allow
:18:34. > :18:36.soldiers out of patrol bases into contact with the enemy
:18:37. > :18:38.without body armour, not as a tactical decision,
:18:39. > :18:41.or as a result of any reacthon against a supply route but simply
:18:42. > :18:46.because of bad planning. It is inconceivable to me
:18:47. > :18:49.to continually allow patrolling in Land Rovers when they were known
:18:50. > :18:52.to provide no protection wh`tsoever to our men and women
:18:53. > :18:54.against a well-known But yet these things
:18:55. > :19:03.happened and they directly Now, let's take a look at some
:19:04. > :19:10.other stories from around To start the process of leaving
:19:11. > :19:14.the EU, the UK has to formally invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon
:19:15. > :19:16.Treaty. But who should decide
:19:17. > :19:18.when Article 50 is triggered? Does the government have thd right,
:19:19. > :19:21.known as the Royal prerogathve, or should it be subject
:19:22. > :19:24.to parliamentary approval? If the Royal prerogative is used
:19:25. > :19:27.to trigger Article 50, wouldn't this be a clear brdach
:19:28. > :19:30.of the promises made to the public during the referendum
:19:31. > :19:32.campaign by the Brexiters that they would take
:19:33. > :19:34.back control and restore The question was not the legal
:19:35. > :19:43.power, which clearly is the Prime Minister has previously
:19:44. > :19:46.mentioned, is available. The question is what is polhtically
:19:47. > :19:49.and democratically right to reflect Hundreds of UK troops are to be sent
:19:50. > :19:59.to Eastern Europe and the B`ltic states as part of Nato's response
:20:00. > :20:01.to concerns over Russia. There will be a 500 strong
:20:02. > :20:04.battalion in Estonia and 150 This is our response, Mr Spdaker,
:20:05. > :20:11.to Russian aggression. Nato's approach is based
:20:12. > :20:15.on balancing strong MPs have been told that Western
:20:16. > :20:21.governments need to do more to encourage moderate followers
:20:22. > :20:24.of Islam to embrace them aqtatic principles to ensure
:20:25. > :20:27.that they triumph over extrdmists such as so-called Islamic
:20:28. > :20:30.State and Al-Qaeda. The Foreign Affairs Committde
:20:31. > :20:33.was taking evidence from needing academics
:20:34. > :20:37.on so-called political Islal. Challenging political Islam is not
:20:38. > :20:40.simply about going into the Koran and telling them, "The Koran
:20:41. > :20:44.doesn't say that." This is why someone
:20:45. > :20:49.like Imam Yusuf Qaradawi fundamentally believes that suicide
:20:50. > :20:52.bombing is OK. Cos it is not an issue
:20:53. > :20:56.about whether suicide is right It is about how do we defend
:20:57. > :21:02.ourselves against an aggressor? Can we use this new type
:21:03. > :21:04.of bombing? Mokhtar Awad, who is a rese`rch
:21:05. > :21:09.fellow in a programme on extremism at George
:21:10. > :21:12.Washington University. The country's newest member
:21:13. > :21:15.of Parliament made her maiddn speech Rosena Allin-Khan, a doctor,
:21:16. > :21:21.won the by-election in South Tooting last month following Sadiq Khan s
:21:22. > :21:24.collection as London mayor. The new MP spoke
:21:25. > :21:27.about her constituency. There has always been a rich
:21:28. > :21:32.tapestry of communities livhng harmoniously alongside one `nother
:21:33. > :21:36.and that unity should be celebrated, and I will defend it
:21:37. > :21:41.with every fibre of my being. That unity is woven into me,
:21:42. > :21:44.an essential part of who I `m. When people ask me where I `m from,
:21:45. > :21:51.I say, I'm half Polish, half Pakistani, raised in England,
:21:52. > :21:56.married a Welshman, Finally, let's go back
:21:57. > :22:02.to the changing faces Theresa May wasted no time
:22:03. > :22:06.in choosing her new Cabinet, sweeping away many of those who had
:22:07. > :22:09.served under David Cameron. As MPs gathered in the Commons early
:22:10. > :22:13.on Thursday morning, some of the big announcement
:22:14. > :22:16.had already been made, including the appointment
:22:17. > :22:20.of Philip Hammond as Chancellor replacing George Osborne,
:22:21. > :22:23.and Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary, to replace
:22:24. > :22:26.Philip Hammond. In other posts, Liz Truss
:22:27. > :22:29.was promoted to Justice Secretary and Justin Greening moved
:22:30. > :22:32.from International Mrs May's leadership rival,
:22:33. > :22:37.Andrea Leadsom was moved from the soon to be abolishdd
:22:38. > :22:40.Department of Energy and Climate Change and promoted
:22:41. > :22:43.to Environment Secretary. But in the Commons chamber,
:22:44. > :22:46.it was the appointment of Boris Johnson, the MP
:22:47. > :22:50.for Uxbridge and former London mayor, that was attracting
:22:51. > :22:53.most attention. Labour's Shadow Leader of
:22:54. > :22:56.the Commons questioned the decision. The MP for Uxbridge might h`ve made
:22:57. > :23:01.a perfectly adequate minister for the import
:23:02. > :23:06.of second-hand water cannon, Especially for his
:23:07. > :23:14.services to Euro phobia. The member has been sacked twice
:23:15. > :23:20.from previous jobs are not He has insulted the president
:23:21. > :23:25.of the United States. He has attacked people
:23:26. > :23:27.from all parts of the world, from Liverpool,
:23:28. > :23:31.from Papua New Guinea. Do these qualities mean
:23:32. > :23:36.that he is going to be suprdme in the area where the qualities
:23:37. > :23:42.of diplomacy and truthfulness But the Leader of the Commons
:23:43. > :23:46.didn't think Labour had anything to crow about,
:23:47. > :23:49.given its current disagreemdnts with the resignation of dozdns
:23:50. > :23:52.of Shadow ministers. What we have on those benchds,
:23:53. > :23:56.Mr Speaker, is a party that is not fit to be in opposition,
:23:57. > :23:58.let alone to be fit to be an alternative
:23:59. > :24:01.government for this country. We've heard over the months
:24:02. > :24:04.from people who now hold senior positions on those benches to use
:24:05. > :24:07.that in my view undermine otr Armed Forces, undermine our defences
:24:08. > :24:10.and are wholly unaligned with the national
:24:11. > :24:13.interests of this country. We thought the new Prime Minister
:24:14. > :24:17.didn't have a sense of humotr. She has only gone and proven that
:24:18. > :24:21.one totally wrong by appointing the right honourable member
:24:22. > :24:24.for Uxbridge as Foreign Secretary. You can almost have heard
:24:25. > :24:27.the guffaws of laughter from parliament's ambassadors last
:24:28. > :24:31.night as news got round that Boris was in charge of the UK's
:24:32. > :24:34.foreign policy, and indeed, When he was Mayor of London,
:24:35. > :24:40.Boris Johnson famously got stuck on a zip wire when it stoppdd
:24:41. > :24:43.working during an Olympic event The Lib Dem asked
:24:44. > :24:46.an inventive question. Has the leader had a request
:24:47. > :24:50.from this to provide governlent time to provide a debate on the fantastic
:24:51. > :24:54.contribution the UK leisure industry Such a debate would allow government
:24:55. > :25:00.ministers to set out how UK manufacturers will fulfil ddmand
:25:01. > :25:03.for major new infrastructurd. A transcontinental network
:25:04. > :25:08.of the zip wires to enable our new Foreign Secretary to tr`vel
:25:09. > :25:11.cheaply and with low environmental impact and in the style
:25:12. > :25:16.he is accustomed to round the world? Well, it is an interesting hdea
:25:17. > :25:21.Mr Speaker, but I think we will probably be investing
:25:22. > :25:24.in an infrastructure that is more Chris Grayling, the Leader
:25:25. > :25:29.of the Commons, who was latdr promoted to be in charge of cars,
:25:30. > :25:32.trains and buses, as he was moved But do join Christina Cooper
:25:33. > :25:38.on Monday for the start of the final week of Parliament before MPs
:25:39. > :25:43.and peers break But for now, from me,
:25:44. > :25:48.Alicia McCarthy, goodbye.