0:00:19 > 0:00:22Hello and welcome to the Week In Parliament.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24The House of Lords weighs into the arguments over Brexit.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27A Labour peer says colleagues must stand up
0:00:27 > 0:00:29for the interests of the young.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33This House should be urging a rethink on this whole project.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38This House should be saying, not in our name.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41But a Conservative offers peers this reassurance on Brexit -
0:00:41 > 0:00:45even if there's no deal.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48There is no greater nonsense than the claim that in the absence
0:00:48 > 0:00:51of a trade deal with the EU we shall be falling off a cliff edge.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53There is no cliff edge for the simple reason
0:00:53 > 0:00:57that there is no cliff.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Also on the programme:
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Some powerful speeches and surprising revelations
0:01:00 > 0:01:04during a debate about Donald Trump.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Which one of us has not made some ridiculous sexual comment
0:01:08 > 0:01:10sometime in our past?
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Well, in private, you know, let...
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17All right?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20But first, the bill authorising the Government to start the formal
0:01:20 > 0:01:23process for leaving the EU has been approved by the Commons.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Now it's the turn of the House of Lords to chew over the legislation.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32In a marathon debate over two days, there were 184 speakers.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35To add to the sense of occasion, there was a surprise
0:01:35 > 0:01:38visitor in the Lords.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40In a very unusual move, the Prime Minister Theresa May went
0:01:40 > 0:01:43to the Upper Chamber to listen to the start of the debate.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47It was the second reading of the EU Notification of Withdrawal Bill.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Technically that means a general discussion
0:01:49 > 0:01:57on the principles of the Bill.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00But as the Bill is short and narrow in scope,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02the debate ranged over wider territory - the pros and cons
0:02:02 > 0:02:05of Brexit, possible amendments to the Bill and the role
0:02:05 > 0:02:06of the House of Lords.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08The Government is determined to trigger Article 50 by the 31st
0:02:08 > 0:02:11of March in order to deliver on the decision of the British
0:02:11 > 0:02:14people, the bill before us is a procedural part
0:02:14 > 0:02:17of that withdrawal process.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I welcome the constructive tone we have heard from the opposition
0:02:20 > 0:02:23that they will not seek to frustrate this process while of course
0:02:23 > 0:02:25undertaking the scrutiny role we are here to perform.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27We will not be threatened into not fulfilling our normal
0:02:27 > 0:02:30constitutional role.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35And neither will we be goaded into acting irresponsibly.
0:02:35 > 0:02:45We have to have a serious and responsible debate.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49In doing so, if we ask the House of Commons to look again
0:02:49 > 0:02:52at an issue, it is not a constitutional outrage
0:02:52 > 0:02:53but a constitutional responsibility.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55There is a world of difference between blocking the bill
0:02:55 > 0:03:02and seeking to amend it.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04So, my Lords, if we clearly have the power were to amend
0:03:04 > 0:03:07the bill, should we positively seek to do so?
0:03:07 > 0:03:15My Lords, I believe that we should.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17There is a respectable argument, which other noble and learned Lords
0:03:17 > 0:03:20may say something about later in this debate, that only
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Parliament by legislation has the constitutional authority
0:03:23 > 0:03:27to authorise the concluding of an agreement with the EU
0:03:27 > 0:03:29or the act of withdrawal if that is what the Government
0:03:29 > 0:03:33decides that it has to do.
0:03:33 > 0:03:39As is well known, I was a Remainer, not because of my pension rights
0:03:39 > 0:03:41but because I am a patriot.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43A patriot rather than a nationalist.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48There is no greater nonsense than the claim that in the absence
0:03:48 > 0:03:51of a trade agreement with the EU we shall be falling
0:03:51 > 0:03:53off a cliff edge.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55There is no cliff edge for the simple reason
0:03:55 > 0:03:59that there is no cliff.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Absent of trade agreement with the EU, we shall continue
0:04:01 > 0:04:11to trade with our former partners but on WTO terms.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Some Lords may be unaware that the UK already does far more
0:04:15 > 0:04:17trade with the rest of the world than it does with
0:04:17 > 0:04:19the rest of the EU.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21And the gap is widening with every year that passes.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23And the overwhelming bulk of our trade with the rest
0:04:23 > 0:04:28of the world is on the WTO terms.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31That was day one of the Lords debate on the Brexit Bill.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33To accommodate everyone who wanted to speak,
0:04:33 > 0:04:38the Lords had an early start the following day.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I made my maiden speech in the House of Commons in 1972
0:04:41 > 0:04:43in favour of our membership of the European Union
0:04:43 > 0:04:51on the European Communities Third Reading Act.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I little dreamt that 45 years later I would be standing up and actually
0:04:54 > 0:04:56advocating the reverse procedure, namely that we should withdraw
0:04:56 > 0:05:01from the organisation I advocated joining.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08But it's not me who changed but, I think, Europe
0:05:08 > 0:05:11But it's not me who changed but, I think, Europe,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13as was symbolised in its change of name from the European
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Economic Community, to the European Community,
0:05:15 > 0:05:16finally to the European Union.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18It was only in 1965 that President Johnson gave
0:05:18 > 0:05:25the African Americans the vote in America.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29In 50-100 years' time, when people come to look at this
0:05:29 > 0:05:34debate here they will be equally shocked and surprised that
0:05:34 > 0:05:38until 2016 this country, Britain, was still contracting out its laws
0:05:38 > 0:05:41to be made by people we did not elect, we did not
0:05:41 > 0:05:47know and could not sack.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50My lords, the time for pay and obey is done.
0:05:50 > 0:05:57Not before time.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01History will record what each of us does and our children
0:06:01 > 0:06:03and grandchildren will ask, what did you do when
0:06:03 > 0:06:04this was decided?
0:06:04 > 0:06:07What did you do at this crucial, crucial junction?
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Were you shackled by convention, fearful
0:06:08 > 0:06:10you were going to be abolished?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Did you dance to the tune of the Daily Mail?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Or did you stand up for principal and posterity and the values
0:06:16 > 0:06:20of tolerance and inclusion and for the interests
0:06:20 > 0:06:22of our young and, in fact, for the neglected communities
0:06:22 > 0:06:25in our midst?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28I will support vital amendments and if they're not accepted I'm
0:06:28 > 0:06:31going to vote against this bill.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34This House should be urging a rethink on this whole project.
0:06:34 > 0:06:42This House should be saying, not in our name.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Lord Pannick is the lawyer who led the Brexit case
0:06:44 > 0:06:48against the Government in the Supreme Court.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51It's for us to scrutinise a bill enormous importance
0:06:51 > 0:06:57to the future of this country.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02And I think that this bill requires amendment and it requires amendment
0:07:02 > 0:07:03in particular to ensure parliamentary sovereignty
0:07:03 > 0:07:13as the process of withdrawal occurs over the next two years.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16One has to ask why those who base their arguments for Brexit
0:07:16 > 0:07:23on the will of the people are now opposed to consulting the people
0:07:23 > 0:07:26on the outcome of the negotiations.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29One has to suspect that they fear that they will get
0:07:29 > 0:07:33a different answer.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36If so, we ought to know.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39The Lords will now start debating amendments to the Bill.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41They include proposals to give EU citizens in the UK
0:07:41 > 0:07:46the right to remain, a legal commitment to
0:07:46 > 0:07:48a parliamentary vote to approve any deal reached with the EU
0:07:48 > 0:07:53and a referendum on any final deal.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56I discussed these amendments - as well as the wider
0:07:56 > 0:07:58challenges facing the Lords - with two former Members
0:07:58 > 0:07:59of the European Parliament.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00The Liberal Democrat Baroness Ludford and
0:08:00 > 0:08:01the Conservative Lord Callanan.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I asked Lord Callanan if he could support an amendment
0:08:04 > 0:08:08on rights for EU citizens.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10No, I wouldn't support an amendment on that.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13And the reason is that the Government have already tried
0:08:13 > 0:08:15to get this agreed by the European Council.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Of course we want to be concerned about EU nationals here but we also
0:08:18 > 0:08:20want to be concerned about the 2 million British
0:08:20 > 0:08:22nationals that are living in other EU member states.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26And there is a reciprocity here.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28The Government already proposed this in the council,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30saying, look, you know, can we get this agreed?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33And a couple of member states, France and Germany, said, no,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36we have to leave it for the start of the negotiations.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39So a unilateral move from the UK side to say, well, actually,
0:08:39 > 0:08:40we'll just grant this, without any converse
0:08:40 > 0:08:42agreement for UK citizens, risks the whole thing
0:08:42 > 0:08:44being forgotten about and shoved away and uncertainty
0:08:44 > 0:08:46continuing for UK citizens.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Whereas if we say nothing about it, if we leave it for the start
0:08:49 > 0:08:52of the negotiations, then I very much suspect it will be
0:08:52 > 0:08:55the first thing agreed and everybody will be happy but a pre-emptive move
0:08:55 > 0:08:58on this could disadvantage those of our own UK citizens
0:08:58 > 0:09:01who are in other European countries.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03That's not what the groups representing Brits in other
0:09:03 > 0:09:04EU countries believe.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06They believe it's important to kick-start the process,
0:09:06 > 0:09:11to have a catalyst by the UK Government taking the first move.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14It's perfectly reasonable for the other EU countries to say
0:09:14 > 0:09:20that everything has to be actually negotiated under the same umbrella.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Of course it's unrealistic.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25The Government is searching for a figleaf about why it
0:09:25 > 0:09:27won't offer this unilateral guarantee and it does not
0:09:27 > 0:09:29undermine Brits abroad.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Partly because the really politically difficult
0:09:31 > 0:09:37argument is in this country.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43You don't hear the same sort of noises against Brits exercising
0:09:43 > 0:09:44their free movement rights in other countries.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Well, I don't think we have consensus on that front.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Could we get consensus on whether there should be
0:09:49 > 0:09:50a parliamentary vote on any final deal?
0:09:50 > 0:09:54People like Lord Butler, Lord Pannick have suggested that
0:09:54 > 0:09:57might in fact be the legal route to go down, that that would protect
0:09:57 > 0:09:59the Government from any legal challenge in future.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Lord Callanan, could you support such an amendment
0:10:01 > 0:10:02on a parliamentary vote?
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Well, the Government have already said that there will be
0:10:07 > 0:10:10and indeed has to be a parliamentary vote on the final deal.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13The argument is about when that will take place, which will depend
0:10:13 > 0:10:16on the structure of negotiations and when everything is agreed.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18The commitment that the Government have given is that they intend
0:10:18 > 0:10:21that there will be a final vote before the European Parliament votes
0:10:21 > 0:10:24on it, once everything is agreed, and I think that should be good
0:10:24 > 0:10:25enough for other members.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I've got a nasty suspicion that this is all part
0:10:28 > 0:10:30of the Liberal Democrats' attempt to refight the referendum,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32to delay the whole process, to stop it happening
0:10:32 > 0:10:35because they didn't agree with the result.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Well, this is true, isn't it?
0:10:36 > 0:10:37You didn't agree.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43I'm sure the crossbenchers who are among the Leavers.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Lord Pannick is no Liberal Democrat, as you know.
0:10:45 > 0:10:52Lord Pannick is a crossbencher.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54So are some of his other colleagues who are leading,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Lord Hope for instance, I mean, there are distinguished
0:10:56 > 0:10:57lawyers on this.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01What the Government is offering is a sort of take it or leave it
0:11:01 > 0:11:03between this deal and no deal.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08What I think people are looking for is a much more meaningful vote,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10something that is more dynamic which would assess any deal
0:11:10 > 0:11:16that the Government came back with and if it wasn't adequate
0:11:16 > 0:11:20would send them back to have another go.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Is this a risky time for the Lords?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Is this the way you handle this bill going to be
0:11:25 > 0:11:26crucial to your future, your reputation,
0:11:26 > 0:11:31to your existence even?
0:11:31 > 0:11:32There was a threat of abolition.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33I hope not.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35There have been a few noises off.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37The Prime Minister demonstrated how seriously she takes the house
0:11:37 > 0:11:41by coming for the opening speeches on Monday and nobody officially
0:11:41 > 0:11:43has said there is any threat to the Lords.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45The Lords has a proper constitutional role to look, review,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48revise Government legislation, to ask the House of Commons
0:11:48 > 0:11:57to think again if necessary.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00I hope we won't do that in this case, given the importance
0:12:00 > 0:12:02of the bill and the background of the referendum.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05I suppose that's possible that one or two amendments might be passed,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08ask the House of Commons to think again, if they do and we come back
0:12:08 > 0:12:11again, I think we'd be really pushing our luck to pursue
0:12:11 > 0:12:12it any further.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14You could agree with some of that, didn't you?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Absolutely.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Yes, he's made the case, really.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19There's been a lot of huffing and puffing, just as there
0:12:19 > 0:12:21was over the tax credits, which eventually
0:12:21 > 0:12:22absolutely collapsed.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24The Government just...
0:12:24 > 0:12:27The Lords knows its constitutional limits, it also knows
0:12:27 > 0:12:31its constitutional duty and powers, which are to scrutinise, to call
0:12:31 > 0:12:35the Government to account and, if amendments are passed,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37to ask the Commons, hopefully with a rather persuasive voice,
0:12:37 > 0:12:41to look again, to think again.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Are you saying that if the Commons reject any Lords amendments then
0:12:45 > 0:12:47you will give in at that stage?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50I can't predict what is going to happen in the process.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54OK.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56We are talking about reputation.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Next week, there will be a documentary, Meet The Lords,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01in which Baroness D'Souza is making fairly serious claims about
0:13:01 > 0:13:02allowances and how they claimed.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04I wonder if we can have a look at a clip.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32There is a core of peers who work incredibly hard who do that work,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34and there are, sad to say, many, many, many peers
0:13:34 > 0:13:38There is a core of peers who work incredibly hard who do that work,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40and there are, sad to say, many, many, many peers
0:13:40 > 0:13:43who do absolutely nothing but who claim the full allowance.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I can remember one occasion when I was leaving the House quite
0:13:45 > 0:13:48late, and there was a peer, who shall be utterly nameless,
0:13:48 > 0:13:50who jumped out of taxi just outside the peers entrance,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52and left the engine running.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54And he ran in, presumably, to show that he had attended,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57and then ran out again while the taxi was still running.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58OK, you both are hard-working peers.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Are you aware of other peers turning up briefly just to claim ?300
0:14:02 > 0:14:05in allowance and then going home?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07No is the answer to your question.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I think if that is the case, then Baroness D'Souza should name
0:14:10 > 0:14:11the person responsible.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13It's all very well to make allegations, but she said that
0:14:13 > 0:14:15person should be utterly nameless, it should be named,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19let's find out who it is, and find out if this is going on,
0:14:19 > 0:14:20because I think it is unacceptable.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23How do you feel, seeing that clip and hearing that allegation?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Well, obviously, I don't like anything that apparently brings
0:14:25 > 0:14:27the Lords into disrepute, and I'm a little bit surprised
0:14:27 > 0:14:29because Baroness D'Souza was Lord Speaker, and on quite
0:14:29 > 0:14:32the prized if she felt that these things were happening
0:14:32 > 0:14:34that they weren't followed up with the right
0:14:34 > 0:14:35authorities or whatever.
0:14:35 > 0:14:35Lord Callanan and Baroness Ludford, thank you for your time.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38The ongoing debate on Brexit.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Also high on the agenda this week - the prospective State Visit
0:14:41 > 0:14:43to the UK by the American President Donald Trump.
0:14:43 > 0:14:461.8 million people signed a petition objecting to the visit -
0:14:46 > 0:14:47enough to trigger a debate in Parliament.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50As MPs launched into a feisty exchange of views, there
0:14:50 > 0:14:52was a protest outside in Parliament Square.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Protestors urged politicians to withdraw the invitation
0:14:53 > 0:14:54to Donald Trump.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57At times, their chants could be heard inside Westminster Hall.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59The anti-Trump petition wasn't the only one on the table.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00A counter petition supporting the visit
0:15:00 > 0:15:02mustered 300,000 signatures.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05And for three hours MPs argued the issue.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Only two residents of the United States have been granted
0:15:08 > 0:15:09a state visit since 1952.
0:15:09 > 0:15:15It is extraordinary that that is the situation
0:15:15 > 0:15:19but here we have a position where seven days into his
0:15:19 > 0:15:22presidency, he is invited to have the full pageantry
0:15:22 > 0:15:24of a state visit.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Extraordinary.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Completely unprecedented.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29The fact is that there was 61 million people
0:15:29 > 0:15:33who voted for Donald Trump, and where do we stand up in this
0:15:33 > 0:15:37country and condemn him for being racist, and I have seen no
0:15:37 > 0:15:46evidence of that,...
0:15:46 > 0:15:55I have seen no evidence of him being racist,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58or that they attack him in an unseemly way.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59They are actually attacking the American people.
0:15:59 > 0:16:05The 61 million people who voted for Donald Trump.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I want to remind the chamber that there are many African-Americans
0:16:07 > 0:16:09in America sitting at home in fear.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12They are concerned about a president that has had the support
0:16:12 > 0:16:14of the Ku Klux Klan.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16They are concerned about a president that has
0:16:16 > 0:16:20welcomed white supremacists.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23It is a term that we hoped would almost fall into history.
0:16:23 > 0:16:33Mr Trump is not my sort of conservative.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35I really have nothing in common with him.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38But I will say that let us look at one of his comments.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40The charge of misogyny.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I mean, of course what he said, what he was reported to have said
0:16:43 > 0:16:45in a private conversation was absolutely horrible
0:16:45 > 0:16:46and ridiculous.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48But which one of us has not made some ridiculous sexual comment,
0:16:48 > 0:16:49sometime in our past.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Well, in private, you know...
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54All right?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Listen carefully and you will hear the thousands of people outside
0:16:57 > 0:17:01right now, outside this House, saying they do not want on Trump
0:17:01 > 0:17:05to becoming in to this country on the royal state visit.
0:17:05 > 0:17:11We have a duty to listen to these people, to give them a voice,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14and if people from the Trump administration are listening,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17this is not fake news.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21These people that are protesting outside, these are not alternative
0:17:21 > 0:17:25facts, these are real protests from British people who do not
0:17:25 > 0:17:27want to give him a royal visit.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29The Commons Speaker John Bercow raised a few eyebrows
0:17:29 > 0:17:32when he announced that he would oppose any attempt to allow Donald
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Trump to address Mps in Parliament.
0:17:34 > 0:17:40That intervention sparked a mini-campaign to oust the Speaker.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43A Conservative, James Duddridge, has tabled a no confidence motion.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45So far, five MPs have put their names to it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Undaunted Mr Duddridge raised it with the Speaker.
0:17:48 > 0:17:54Point of order, Mr James Duddridge.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Thank you, Mr Speaker, for seeing me, and granting a point of order.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59And notwithstanding, Mr Speaker, the underwhelming support
0:17:59 > 0:18:04for my vote of no-confidence in you, has the government or indeed
0:18:04 > 0:18:08the Backbench Business Committee contacted you in any way to allocate
0:18:08 > 0:18:12time for this unresolved matter to be debated and indeed voted on?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15The short answer is no, and there is absolutely no reason
0:18:15 > 0:18:18why they should have done, a point which I can say
0:18:18 > 0:18:21from my own head and heart, fortified in the knowledge
0:18:21 > 0:18:26that it is also the sound advice of the experienced clerk
0:18:26 > 0:18:29of the House who has been working in the service of the
0:18:29 > 0:18:31House for 40 years.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Now, for a quick round-up of a few other stories in Westminster.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37The Home Affairs Committee is investigating the Government's
0:18:37 > 0:18:40decision to close a scheme giving sanctuary to lone child
0:18:40 > 0:18:42refugees from Europe.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44We are very disappointed that the Dubbs scheme has closed.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47We would like the Dubbs scheme to remain open and to remain safe
0:18:47 > 0:18:51and legal route for unaccompanied child refugees who are in Europe
0:18:51 > 0:18:54to seek sanctuary in the UK.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I think the impact we have seen of the closure and some
0:18:57 > 0:19:01of the confusion around what has been going on is quite severe.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04The Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid said he understood how it felt
0:19:04 > 0:19:07to face higher business rate bills.
0:19:07 > 0:19:43He promised more support for businesses in next month's Budget.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Now, growing up above the family shop, I saw myself the impact
0:19:44 > 0:19:44He promised more support for businesses in next month's Budget.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Now, growing up above the family shop, I saw myself the impact
0:19:45 > 0:19:46He promised more support for businesses in next month's Budget.
0:19:46 > 0:19:55Now, growing up above the family shop, I saw myself the impact
0:20:00 > 0:20:03And, calls to limit investigations into claims against British veterans
0:20:03 > 0:20:04who served in Northern Ireland.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07MPs say cases should only proceed if new evidence is uncovered.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09It is wrong that our veterans are sitting at home,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11wondering if perhaps a third or fourth investigation is now
0:20:11 > 0:20:14going to take place into their case simply because some hot,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16fast-thinking, make-a-quick-buck human rights lawyer in Belfast
0:20:16 > 0:20:18thinks it is a good idea to reopen this case.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21A fortnight ago, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn sprang a surprise
0:20:21 > 0:20:22on Theresa May at Prime Minister's Questions.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25He read out leaked text messages which - he said -
0:20:25 > 0:20:28indicated the Government had offered Surrey County Council a special deal
0:20:28 > 0:20:29to fund social care.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31His remarks were widely reported and the Department
0:20:31 > 0:20:33for Local Government spent that day rejecting the assertions.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35At the latest session of PMQs, Mr Corbyn returned
0:20:35 > 0:20:36to the same territory.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Two weeks ago, we found out about the sweetheart
0:20:38 > 0:20:39deal with Tory Surrey.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42When will the other 151 social services departments in England get
0:20:42 > 0:20:48the same as the Surrey deal?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52SPEAKER: Prime Minister.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55The right honourable gentleman refers to the questions he asked me
0:20:55 > 0:20:57about Surrey County Council two weeks ago.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Those claims were utterly destroyed the same afternoon.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03So, rather than asking the same question, he should
0:21:03 > 0:21:08stand up and apologise.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Her government has put the NHS and social care
0:21:11 > 0:21:13in a state of emergency.
0:21:13 > 0:21:21Nine out of ten NHS Trusts are unsafe.
0:21:21 > 0:21:2618,000 patients a week are waiting.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Mr Speaker, I repeat the figure.
0:21:29 > 0:21:3418,000 patients a week are waiting on trolleys
0:21:34 > 0:21:35in our hospital corridors.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38We need a government that puts the NHS first
0:21:38 > 0:21:44and will invest in our NHS.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49First of all, I have to say to the right honourable gentleman
0:21:49 > 0:21:53that he should consider correcting the record because 54% of hospital
0:21:53 > 0:21:57trusts are considered good or outstanding.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Quite different from the figure he has shown.
0:22:01 > 0:22:07Secondly, I will take no lessons on the NHS from the party...
0:22:07 > 0:22:10From the party...
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Oh, the deputy leader of the Labour Party says we should
0:22:14 > 0:22:17take lessons for the NHS.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21I won't take any lessons from the party that presided over
0:22:21 > 0:22:27Mid Staffs hospital.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Jamal al-Harith - a British citizen -
0:22:29 > 0:22:32was held as a terror suspect in Guantanano Bay in 2002
0:22:32 > 0:22:36after the US forces seized him in Pakistan.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42He was released in 2004.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45The Daily Mail has claimed that the British Government gave him
0:22:45 > 0:22:46?1 million in compensation.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47His family has denied the claim.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Jamal al-Harith subsequently joined the so-called Islamic State group
0:22:50 > 0:22:52and last week he carried out a suicide attack at
0:22:52 > 0:22:54an army base in Iraq.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57The Home Office was called to the Commons to make a statement.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00But the Minister couldn't say very much about the case.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Everyone understands that there will be information
0:23:01 > 0:23:03that cannot be revealed because of intelligence reasons.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06However, he has provided far too little information
0:23:06 > 0:23:09about such a serious case.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Can he confirm whether Mr al-Harith was made any payment?
0:23:13 > 0:23:17And also notwithstanding subsequent welcome legislation which had
0:23:17 > 0:23:21cross-party support to tighten the law, would he agree that people
0:23:21 > 0:23:25across the country will feel sickened at the idea of large
0:23:25 > 0:23:29payments being made to someone who may have been involved
0:23:29 > 0:23:32in serious terrorist activity?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Like her and my constituents, we will be outraged and disappointed
0:23:34 > 0:23:37by the sums of money that have been paid.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40But the sums of money that have been paid and been
0:23:40 > 0:23:44reported to have been paid, I can't comment on the individual
0:23:44 > 0:23:47cases, and unlike former Home Secretarys, the government
0:23:47 > 0:23:51is bound by its legal obligation that it has made, and we cannot
0:23:51 > 0:23:54break those legal commitments.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58But I can say that some of the vulnerability that led us
0:23:58 > 0:24:02to have to pay those damages occurred when she was a member
0:24:02 > 0:24:07of the Labour government, and when those individuals brought
0:24:07 > 0:24:09claims against us.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Let's take a look at what's been happening in the wider world
0:24:12 > 0:24:13of politics this week.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16With our countdown, here's Julia Butler.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson appeared to perform a dab at PMQs
0:24:24 > 0:24:28this week to congratulate Jeremy Corbyn after his exchanges
0:24:29 > 0:24:31with the Prime Minister.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34The dance craze originates on the US hip-hop scene.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Former Employment Secretary Lord Tebbit was given a taste
0:24:39 > 0:24:42of his own medicine as he lambasted cycle lanes in London.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Labour peer Lord Hunt gave the former Cabinet minister
0:24:44 > 0:24:50a piece of his mind.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53You can't even watch the BRIT Awards to escape from politics.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55US singer Katy Perry's performance featured dancing white houses
0:24:55 > 0:24:59and two puppets trust to look like Donald Trump and Theresa May.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson confessed it was the victim
0:25:02 > 0:25:03of mistaken identity during a recent visit to Newcastle.
0:25:03 > 0:25:11I was mistaken for Mr Trump in, I think, Newcastle.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15A very humbling experience it was, as you can imagine.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18And, next week, will have two new MPs in a double
0:25:18 > 0:25:20by-election bill as Labour hold Stoke-on-Trent Central
0:25:20 > 0:25:22while the Tories snatched Copeland.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Julia Butler reporting.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33And that's it from me for now, but do join Alicia McCarthy
0:25:34 > 0:25:36on Monday night at 11pm for a roundup of the day
0:25:36 > 0:25:37here at Westminster.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40But from me, Kristiina Cooper, goodbye.