0:00:17 > 0:00:20Hello and welcome to The Week in Parliament,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23as the bill triggering the UK's exit from the European Union clears
0:00:23 > 0:00:28Parliament after peers back down in their battle with the Commons.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32There is no reason whatsoever to think that if this House
0:00:32 > 0:00:36were to stand its ground, that the House of Commons
0:00:36 > 0:00:40would change its view.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42But Nicola Sturgeon springs a surprise by announcing she intends
0:00:42 > 0:00:46to call a second independence referendum in Scotland.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49A demand attacked by Theresa May.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Constitutional gameplay must not be allowed to break the deep bonds
0:00:54 > 0:00:59of our shared history and our future together.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01People in Scotland will have a referendum
0:01:01 > 0:01:05and we will have our say!
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Also on this programme, the Chancellor backs down
0:01:07 > 0:01:09from a planned hike in National Insurance
0:01:09 > 0:01:12for the self-employed.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I have decided not to proceed with the class four NICs measures
0:01:15 > 0:01:17set out in the Budget.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19But first...
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Anyone expecting full-scale Parliamentary fisticuffs
0:01:21 > 0:01:24at the start of the week would have been sorely disappointed.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27The bill giving Theresa May the authority to begin the UK's formal
0:01:27 > 0:01:31exit from the European Union passed through Parliament on Monday night
0:01:31 > 0:01:35with relatively little fuss, after the House of Lords backed down
0:01:35 > 0:01:38in its row with the Commons.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40The Lords had inserted two amendments into what became known
0:01:40 > 0:01:43as the Article 50 Bill.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46The Brexit Secretary came to the Commons Chamber to make clear
0:01:46 > 0:01:48the Government was not going to give in to those demands
0:01:48 > 0:01:52for a "meaningful vote" on the final Brexit deal,
0:01:52 > 0:01:58or on guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01The European Union has been clear that we cannot open these
0:02:01 > 0:02:05discussions until the Prime Minister has given formal notification
0:02:05 > 0:02:08that the UK wishes to withdraw from the European Union.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12That, Mr Speaker, is why we must pass this straightforward bill
0:02:12 > 0:02:15without further delay, so the Prime Minister can get
0:02:15 > 0:02:18to work on the negotiations and we can secure a quick deal that
0:02:18 > 0:02:22secures the status of both European Union citizens in the UK
0:02:22 > 0:02:27and also UK nationals living in the EU.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30But the former Deputy Prime Minister said his family situation,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33with a Dutch mother and a Spanish wife, was echoed by
0:02:33 > 0:02:35many other households.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38My mother has lived here for more than 50 years.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40She has raised her children, she has worked as a teacher,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42she has paid her taxes.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44My wife loves this - most of the time -
0:02:44 > 0:02:46loves this country.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Not the weather, but loves this country.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50She is raising children here, pays taxes, works as a lawyer here.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55It simply beggars belief, it beggars belief that people
0:02:55 > 0:02:59like them and millions like them have had a question mark
0:02:59 > 0:03:03placed over their status, their peace of mind,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07their well-being in our great country because of the action,
0:03:07 > 0:03:11or rather the shameful inaction of this Government.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Even if we thought the international trade secretary was right to say
0:03:14 > 0:03:17they were an important card that we must play,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20even if that were acceptable language, it is not a card,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22it is like a nuclear deterrent.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26If you are not going to press the button, it is not a deterrent.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29And if you're not prepared to follow through on deportation order
0:03:29 > 0:03:32to use people in that way, then it cannot be a bargaining
0:03:32 > 0:03:35chip or a card to play.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39I have a sister who has lived and worked in Italy all her life,
0:03:39 > 0:03:44pretty much, and she remains there and has retired there.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47And I do not think it is beholden on this place to dismiss
0:03:47 > 0:03:50their concerns and worries quite so lightly as were dismissed
0:03:50 > 0:03:53in the other place, and have been dismissed here today.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Many of my constituents in their 40s who have never, ever voted before
0:03:56 > 0:03:58because they thought that until then, their voices
0:03:58 > 0:04:02and their votes did not count, they did so for the first time.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06And contrary to what commentators on both the left and the right
0:04:06 > 0:04:09may say, these people are not simpletons.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11They are not children.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15They are adults with as much right to vote as you and I.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18MPs then voted to overturn both those House of Lords amendments
0:04:18 > 0:04:21on the rights of EU nationals and on that call for a so-called
0:04:21 > 0:04:24"meaningful vote", sending the bill back to the Lords again,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28where peers were urged not to press their amendments.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31That decision to leave the European Union has been made,
0:04:31 > 0:04:37and this bill, this very simple bill, delivers on that decision.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40It appears to me that very little attempt has been made, if any,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43to meet the points that were made in this chamber.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46It seems that the Government has relied totally on its power to get
0:04:46 > 0:04:50a whipped vote through, and to steamroller this through.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53He asked, what if other countries did not agree the status
0:04:53 > 0:04:55of UK citizens first?
0:04:55 > 0:05:00What if they don't?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Do we then kick out European citizens that are here?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Is that the logic of the argument?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06And if it is, is that acceptable to this House?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09But one peer argued it was time to let the Commons have its way.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Earlier this evening, the Government had a majority
0:05:11 > 0:05:15of 45 in the Commons.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20There is no reason whatsoever to think that if this House
0:05:20 > 0:05:24were to stand its ground, that the House of Commons would
0:05:24 > 0:05:29change its view later this evening.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33For the Liberal Democrats, I have to say to the noble lady,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35for the Liberal Democrats to press this matter
0:05:35 > 0:05:38is in Parliamentary terms, I say nothing about any other
0:05:38 > 0:05:42consideration, but in Parliamentary terms, it is a completely
0:05:42 > 0:05:51pointless gesture.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53And I, for my part, I cannot support it.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55They have voted, contents, 118.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Not contents, 274.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03So, the not contents have it.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Lord Fowler.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06And that vote meant the bill cleared Parliament,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09receiving Royal assent later in the week.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12But if you thought that meant sighs of relief
0:06:12 > 0:06:14all round in Downing Street, another cloud had popped up,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18somewhat unexpectedly, on Theresa May's horizon.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21While Westminster was busy watching its own political
0:06:21 > 0:06:23manoeuvrings on Monday, Scotland's First Minister,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Nicola Sturgeon, announced that with the Brexit button about to be
0:06:26 > 0:06:30pushed, she would be seeking a second independence referendum
0:06:30 > 0:06:35between the autumn of 2018 and spring 2019.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37But has there been a shift in opinion since
0:06:37 > 0:06:40the last referendum in 2014?
0:06:40 > 0:06:43A question we put to polling expert Professor John Curtice
0:06:43 > 0:06:46from the University of Strathclyde.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50The honest answer to that question is no, in that for much
0:06:50 > 0:06:54of the period since September 2014, including most of the period
0:06:54 > 0:06:57up to June 2016, of last year, on average,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00the polls said Yes 47, No 53.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05So, a bit narrower than the outcome in 2014, but not extremely so.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09That, in truth, is still the average in the opinion polls, but that said,
0:07:09 > 0:07:14what we do need to bear in mind is that the 45% that the Yes side
0:07:14 > 0:07:19got in 2014 is much higher than we would have anticipated
0:07:19 > 0:07:21just two years in advance.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24It is now perfectly clear, and this has emerged in a Scottish
0:07:24 > 0:07:28social attitudes report this week, that the long-term legacy of that
0:07:28 > 0:07:32first independence referendum was to result in a marked increase
0:07:32 > 0:07:34in support for independence.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Back in 2012, on the long-term measure that we have on that survey,
0:07:38 > 0:07:40only 23% of people could be classified
0:07:40 > 0:07:43as supporting independence.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46It is now 46, so any second referendum is going to be
0:07:46 > 0:07:50fought against a very, very different political backdrop
0:07:50 > 0:07:54than the one that was fought just a couple of years ago.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Professor John Curtice.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00So, is another referendum inevitable, and how far can
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Theresa May control the timing of any vote?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07A question I put to Akash Paun from the Institute for Government.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10I'm not sure it is yet absolutely inevitable.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I mean, Nicola Sturgeon, in her speech this week,
0:08:13 > 0:08:17has gone a lot further, clearly, than she has
0:08:17 > 0:08:20over the past few months.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Ever since last June, she has been talking up
0:08:22 > 0:08:25the likelihood that we may in the end have to have
0:08:25 > 0:08:26another referendum.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29This week, she has said yes, this is now the plan,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31she is going to go to the Scottish Parliament
0:08:31 > 0:08:37and ask for their backing to start the process.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39But at the same time, there are still, there is
0:08:39 > 0:08:43still a chance that the UK Government might seek some kind
0:08:43 > 0:08:48of compromise deal with Scotland, that good in the end persuade
0:08:48 > 0:08:51of compromise deal with Scotland, that could in the end persuade
0:08:51 > 0:08:53the Scottish Government not to go ahead.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56And yes, the question of timing is still to be resolved as well.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Because this would be absolutely crucial for Theresa May,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01when the referendum is held would make a big
0:09:01 > 0:09:02difference, presumably?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Yes, I think the timing question is enormous.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Nicola Sturgeon said that what she saw as the sensible window
0:09:09 > 0:09:15for the referendum would be between autumn 2018 and spring
0:09:15 > 0:09:21of 2019, so during the latter period of the Brexit negotiations.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25And I think the British Government will be extremely reluctant
0:09:25 > 0:09:30to authorise a referendum in Scotland while they are still
0:09:30 > 0:09:35finalising terms of the Brexit deal with the rest of the EU.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39I mean, it would be enormously distracting and disruptive,
0:09:39 > 0:09:45so I do think it is likely that Theresa May will seek to push back
0:09:45 > 0:09:48the timing beyond the end of the Brexit negotiation period,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52and in the end, the Scottish Parliament does not
0:09:52 > 0:09:57have the legal power to go ahead and told another referendum.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00How far do you think this is a problem of Theresa May's making?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Is there anything more that she could have done to woo
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Scotland, and indeed the other nations, to get them
0:10:05 > 0:10:07a little bit more on side?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I do think the Prime Minister has made some mistakes
0:10:10 > 0:10:14since she came to power last July.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17First of all, it is important to see that Nicola Sturgeon is a committed,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21passionate believer in Scottish independence and she was always
0:10:21 > 0:10:25going to seize an opportunity if one came along to go for Indy Ref 2,
0:10:25 > 0:10:29as she has now done.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32But I think if you look back at last July, in the first few
0:10:32 > 0:10:34days of her premiership, Theresa May went up to Edinburgh,
0:10:34 > 0:10:39she said publicly and to Nicola Sturgeon that her plan
0:10:39 > 0:10:45was to seek and achieve a UK wide agreement on Brexit
0:10:45 > 0:10:52for triggering Article 50.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55That clearly did not happen, and when it was announced
0:10:55 > 0:10:56at the Conservative Party conference that Brexit...
0:10:56 > 0:10:59that Article 50 was going to be triggered by the end of March,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02that had not been agreed with any of the devolved governments,
0:11:02 > 0:11:06and nor had the terms of the UK Government's White Paper,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09in Theresa May's speech earlier this year.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12So I think the UK Government has sort of inflated expectations
0:11:12 > 0:11:16that they would collaborate and seek consensus with the devolved
0:11:16 > 0:11:19governments, and have not lived up to that,
0:11:19 > 0:11:22and that has played into the SNP narrative somewhat.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25All right, let's just come back to Westminster for a minute.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28It seems like an awfully long time ago that on Monday,
0:11:28 > 0:11:33the Government got the bill allowing Theresa May to trigger our exit
0:11:33 > 0:11:35from the EU through Parliament.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Now, although that did go backwards and forwards
0:11:37 > 0:11:41between the Lord in the Commons, it was not quite as brutal a battle
0:11:41 > 0:11:46as some people thought perhaps it might be.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Can Theresa May find any grounds for optimism
0:11:48 > 0:11:49from that going forward, do you think?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51That perhaps, getting things through Parliament at Westminster
0:11:51 > 0:11:55might not be quite as difficult as she thought.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Yes, I do think it was surprising, actually, in the end,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02how smooth that process was.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07I mean, if you look back at several decades of Conservative Party
0:12:07 > 0:12:11history, the party has been bitterly divided over Europe,
0:12:11 > 0:12:18and it is surprising how united they now are behind what is,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21you know, a pretty hard Brexit strategy as set out
0:12:21 > 0:12:25by the Prime Minister.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28So, in the end, there were just two rebels in the House of Commons
0:12:28 > 0:12:38against the Government whip on the House of Lords amendments,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42so that has obviously meant she has got the majority
0:12:42 > 0:12:44in the House of Commons, and then in the House of Lords,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47it was the decision by Labour to back down after the Commons
0:12:47 > 0:12:50overturned the amendments, and not to engage in ping-pong
0:12:50 > 0:12:52or seek to delay the bill any further.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56That has meant that the Government has got its way.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Akash Paun from the Institute for Government, thank you very
0:12:59 > 0:13:01much indeed for coming in to the programme.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Thank you.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Akash Paun from the Institute for Government.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Back in the Commons, at Prime Minister's Questions,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10the SNP's Westminster leader, Angus Robertson, reminded
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Theresa May she had promised to get UK wide agreement before triggering
0:13:13 > 0:13:18the exit from the EU.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22We have been one country for over 300 years.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26We have fought together, we have worked together,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29we have achieved together.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34And constitutional gameplaying must not be allowed to break the deep
0:13:34 > 0:13:38bonds of our shared history and our future together.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41THE SPEAKER: Angus Robertson.
0:13:41 > 0:13:51Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister can wag her finger as much as she like.
0:13:53 > 0:14:00If she is not prepared to negotiate on behalf
0:14:00 > 0:14:03of the Scottish Government, and secure membership of the single
0:14:03 > 0:14:07European market, people in Scotland will have a referendum
0:14:07 > 0:14:14and we will have our say.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Scotland will be leaving the European Union.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20It will leave the European Union either as a member
0:14:20 > 0:14:22of the United Kingdom, or were it independent,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26it is very clear that it would not be a member of the European Union.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31What we need now is to unite, to come together as a country,
0:14:31 > 0:14:36and to ensure that we can get the best deal for the whole
0:14:36 > 0:14:38of the United Kingdom.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41At Holyrood the next day, the First Minister gave an equally
0:14:41 > 0:14:47robust defence of her position.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49A referendum cannot happen when the people of Scotland have not
0:14:49 > 0:14:52been given the opportunity to see how our new relationship
0:14:52 > 0:14:53with the European Union is working.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56And it should not take place when there is no clear political
0:14:56 > 0:14:58or public consent for it to happen.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Our country does not want to go back to the divisions and uncertainty
0:15:01 > 0:15:02of the last few years.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Another referendum campaign will not solve the challenges
0:15:06 > 0:15:08that this country will face.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13We don't want it, we don't need it, why when she listen?
0:15:13 > 0:15:20Ruth Davidson said she wants to put this Parliament first.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Well, let me issue this direct challenge to Ruth Davidson
0:15:23 > 0:15:25and to the Conservative Party.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31If on Wednesday next week this Parliament votes for an independent
0:15:31 > 0:15:35referendum to give the people of Scotland a choice
0:15:35 > 0:15:38over their own future, will the Conservatives respect
0:15:38 > 0:15:39the will of this Parliament?
0:15:39 > 0:15:45Or are the Conservatives running scared?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48The First Minister said this week she didn't want a fact free debate.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52So, let's start with one fact she cannot deny.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Isn't it the case that according to her own government statistics,
0:15:55 > 0:16:01leaving the UK would mean ?15 billion worth of extra cuts?
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Well, the band is well and truly back together, isn't it?
0:16:05 > 0:16:10Tory and Labour combining again to talk this country down.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Here is the reality.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Scotland has a deficit created on Westminster's watch,
0:16:18 > 0:16:23and we have to do deal with that deficit whether we are
0:16:23 > 0:16:27independent or not.
0:16:27 > 0:16:34Isn't it much better to have the tools and the powers
0:16:34 > 0:16:36of independence to deal with that deficit concert with our own values
0:16:37 > 0:16:38and not Tory values?
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Nicola Sturgeon.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42And so, by the end of the week, the two sides were squaring up,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45with Theresa May saying now was "not the time" for a second referendum,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47and Scotland's First Minister insisting voters there
0:16:47 > 0:16:49should have their say.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Back at Westminster, the Chancellor, Philip Hammond,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53made an announcement that in other times would have dominated
0:16:53 > 0:16:57the headlines for days.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59He confirmed he was reversing the most controversial change
0:16:59 > 0:17:01announced in his Budget, a proposed rise
0:17:01 > 0:17:03in National Insurance for the self-employed.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Some of his own MPs had accused him of breaking a Conservative
0:17:06 > 0:17:08manifesto promise not to put up National Insurance,
0:17:08 > 0:17:09income tax or VAT.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Theresa May announced the climb-down at Prime Minister's Questions
0:17:11 > 0:17:13and a short time later, Mr Hammond came to the Commons
0:17:13 > 0:17:15himself to make a statement to MPs.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Mr Speaker, it is very important both to me and to my right
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Mr Speaker, it is very important both to me and to my right
0:17:27 > 0:17:30honourable friend the Prime Minister that we can ply not just
0:17:30 > 0:17:35with the letter but also the spirit of the amendment.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Therefore, as I set out in my letter this morning to the chairman
0:17:39 > 0:17:42of the select committee, my right honourable friend
0:17:42 > 0:17:45the member for Chichester, I have decided not to proceed
0:17:45 > 0:17:49with those measures set out in the Budget.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52There will be no increases in National Insurance contributions
0:17:52 > 0:17:55rate in this Parliament.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59This is chaos.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03It is shocking.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07It is shocking and humiliating that the Chancellor has been forced
0:18:07 > 0:18:11to come here to reverse the key budget decision announced
0:18:11 > 0:18:16less than a week ago.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19If the Chancellor has spent less time writing stale
0:18:19 > 0:18:22jokes for his speech, and the Prime Minister less time
0:18:22 > 0:18:25guffawing like like a feeding seal on those benches,
0:18:25 > 0:18:30we would not have been landed in this mess.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Might the Chancellor considered to make up the loss in revenue
0:18:32 > 0:18:35to their down on those employers who force their employees
0:18:35 > 0:18:38into self-employment against their wish,
0:18:38 > 0:18:43destabilise their lives and thereby get out of paying
0:18:43 > 0:18:46National Insurance contributions, as all good employers do.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49The change of heart was welcomed by a leading Tory
0:18:49 > 0:18:50critic of the policy.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I know that the Conservative government really wants a tax
0:18:52 > 0:18:55system that will support risk-takers and creators.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58So, will the Chancellor committed to work with colleagues
0:18:58 > 0:19:01over the coming months?
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Who believe it is time to take a simple and holistic view
0:19:04 > 0:19:06on personal taxation for the self-employed,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08which will support wholeheartedly those who build new businesses
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and take risks.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14The government will always be on the side of those who genuinely
0:19:14 > 0:19:17strive to take risks, to innovate, to grow businesses,
0:19:17 > 0:19:21and to contribute in that way to the economy.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Philip Hammond.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Time now for some news in brief.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Five-year-old April Jones was murdered by
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Mark Bridger in Powys in 2012.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Bridger, who kept images of child sex abuse on his laptop,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35was sentenced to life imprisonment.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38April's family has been campaigning for all those guilty of sex offences
0:19:38 > 0:19:42to have their names on the sex offenders register for life.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45They also want to see the internet better policed and for
0:19:45 > 0:19:48harsher sentences to be imposed on people caught with
0:19:48 > 0:19:51indecent images of children.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54A petition calling for those changes, started by the family,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57gained so much support that it prompted a debate
0:19:57 > 0:19:59in Westminster Hall.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03April's parents, Paul and Coral, and her sister, Jazmin,
0:20:03 > 0:20:04were there to watch.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06The Minister paid tribute to them.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10How you have managed to take such grief and the worst imaginable
0:20:10 > 0:20:15situation and to use those feelings so constructively to campaign
0:20:15 > 0:20:22for changes to make sure that no other family has to experience
0:20:22 > 0:20:27what you have experienced and no other community has to suffer
0:20:27 > 0:20:30what you have experienced.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33The social media giants Google, Facebook, and
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Twitter faced criticism
0:20:34 > 0:20:37from MPs for not doing enough to remove hateful
0:20:37 > 0:20:39and exploitative content.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44..which has acted as a moneymaking machine for the peddlers of hate,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46extremism, the support of Isis, full support of these
0:20:46 > 0:20:49neo-Nazi groups.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51We have no interest in making money from that.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52But you have.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56We work very hard to make sure that doesn't happen.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00We work with advertisers to give them more transparency
0:21:00 > 0:21:04so that they don't appear next the product.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08But it is worth pointing out that some of the videos you are referring
0:21:08 > 0:21:12to were not videos that would break our guidelines.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17If a terror organisation or an illegal organisation attempts
0:21:17 > 0:21:21to have the YouTube channel or attempts to make money from that,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23that would be shut down.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25The new MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central made his maiden speech
0:21:26 > 0:21:27in the Commons.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Gareth Snell held the seat for Labour after Tristram Hunt
0:21:31 > 0:21:33stood down to become the director of London's
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Victoria and Albert Museum.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Garrett Snell turned to the Potteries' most famous export...
0:21:39 > 0:21:42We were the beating heart of a ceramic empire that stretched
0:21:42 > 0:21:44to the four corners of the world.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47And, today, proud members of the turnover club can be seen
0:21:47 > 0:21:50inspecting their tableware for that all-important backstamp,
0:21:50 > 0:21:54hoping to find neatly inscribed on the back of their plate or cup
0:21:54 > 0:21:56the five greatest words in the English language -
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Made in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Hear, hear!
0:22:00 > 0:22:03It is the ceremony, Mr Speaker, to which my own daughter Hannah has
0:22:03 > 0:22:06taken up with vigour.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Indeed, so enthusiastically does she wish to discover the origins
0:22:08 > 0:22:11of a dinner plate that she has on occasion forgotten
0:22:11 > 0:22:13to finish its contents before turning it over
0:22:13 > 0:22:16and depositing her lunch in her lap.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19A Conservative MP came up with a plan to put some fizz
0:22:19 > 0:22:22into English sparkling wine.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Nusrat Ghani says sales topped ?100 million in 2015.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29She brought in a bill to have English wines served
0:22:29 > 0:22:32at all the UK's overseas embassies.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36What could be a more recruit setting to promote English wine than
0:22:36 > 0:22:40the famed ambassador's reception.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44However, the lack of consistency in the policies in toasting
0:22:44 > 0:22:54and serving British products means that we are missing opportunities
0:22:54 > 0:23:03to share it off to a new market that should be fertile territory
0:23:09 > 0:23:12to share it off to a new market that should be fertile territory
0:23:12 > 0:23:14for export - China, Japan, Singapore, and even India,
0:23:14 > 0:23:16where wine consumption amongst the professional classes
0:23:16 > 0:23:17is growing exponentially.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Fancy taking a stroll around Parliament from
0:23:18 > 0:23:20the comfort of your home?
0:23:20 > 0:23:21A virtual tour, with 360-degree views, launched
0:23:21 > 0:23:23on the parliament.co.uk website and Google Maps.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25And visitors to Parliament can also try it out.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27It is accessible via a computer or mobile device.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Everyone knows that owners are supposed to clean up
0:23:30 > 0:23:32when their furry friend makes a doggy deposit,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35but increasingly it seems many don't know what to do with the plastic
0:23:35 > 0:23:37poop bag and have taken to hanging them from trees or bushes.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Anne Main suggested in "no bin areas", there was an alternative...
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Anne Main suggested in "no bin areas", there was an alternative.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45They ought to use the stick and flick approach.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48This is on the Forestry Commission's website, it is an approach
0:23:48 > 0:23:49that they advocate.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52And having been on the Jeremy Vine show, trying to flick and stick
0:23:52 > 0:23:55a pseudo poo which happened to be a chocolate eclair and it
0:23:55 > 0:23:57didn't flick at all well, I can say it is actually quite
0:23:57 > 0:24:00an effective, in reality, way of doing it.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Anne Main.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Election news now from the House of Lords.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05A by-election campaign is under way and only hereditary peers
0:24:05 > 0:24:09can contest the seat.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Here's Simon Vaughan to explain all.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Welcome to our virtual interior of the House of Lords.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Campaigning is taking place for a hereditary by-election.
0:24:19 > 0:24:25Now, there are places for 92 hereditary peers.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Less well-known, there are also 15 hereditaries
0:24:28 > 0:24:29elected as Deputy Speaker.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32And, remember, they are the only members of the House
0:24:32 > 0:24:38of Lords to be elected.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Now, this vacancy was caused in January by the death
0:24:41 > 0:24:42of Scottish peer Lord Lyell.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44The whole House gets to vote on this by-election
0:24:44 > 0:24:46and there are more than 800 voters.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49That is because Lord Lyell was one of the peers prepared to serve
0:24:49 > 0:24:51in a senior role as a Deputy Speaker.
0:24:51 > 0:24:57Now, there are 27 candidates, including some famous names.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00A few peers are hoping to return to the House of Lords.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Now, they had to leave along with most of the hereditaries under
0:25:03 > 0:25:04the Blair government reforms of the 1999.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Let's take a closer look.
0:25:06 > 0:25:0816 candidates for the Tories, three are Lib Dems,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10seven across benches, and there is one candidate
0:25:10 > 0:25:12who has declared a party or group affiliation.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14So, those other contenders for a coveted place
0:25:14 > 0:25:16on these red benches.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I must stress that only members of the House of Lords can vote.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Voting takes place on Tuesday March 21st with the winner
0:25:21 > 0:25:22announced the following day.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Alicia.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27And that's it from me for now, but do join Keith Macdougall
0:25:27 > 0:25:30on Monday night at 11 for another roundup of the best of the day
0:25:30 > 0:25:31here at Westminster.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36But for now, from me, Alicia McCarthy, goodbye.