0:00:15 > 0:00:18Hello and welcome to The Week In Parliament -
0:00:18 > 0:00:20a week that brought bloodshed to the streets of Westminster
0:00:20 > 0:00:24and a defiant response from MPs.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Let this be the message from this House and this nation today -
0:00:27 > 0:00:32our values will prevail.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36This democracy is strong, and this parliament is a robust.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39This was a horrific crime, and as an act
0:00:39 > 0:00:42of terror it has failed.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44MPs hold a minute's silence to remember those killed
0:00:44 > 0:00:46and injured, and members of the Scottish Parliament
0:00:46 > 0:00:49sent a message of solidarity to Westminster.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Whatever our disagreements in this chamber or any other,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54we stand united in our core values of democracy, human rights
0:00:54 > 0:01:00and the rule of law.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03It had started as the Wednesday much like any other.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Too many, the first sign that something was very badly wrong came
0:01:06 > 0:01:10while MPs were taking part in a vote, and the Deputy Speaker,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Lindsay Hoyle, stood up and made this announcement.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Order, order!
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I am now going to suspend the sitting of The House.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24This House is now suspended, but please wait here.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Outside the chamber, it was slowly becoming
0:01:26 > 0:01:27clear what had happened.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30At around 2:40, pedestrians and police had been mown
0:01:30 > 0:01:33down as a car was driven across Westminster Bridge at high
0:01:33 > 0:01:36speed and crashed into railings.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39The driver then ran round to Parliament,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41stabbing and killing a police officer who was protecting
0:01:41 > 0:01:44one of the entrances, before he himself was shot down
0:01:44 > 0:01:47by an armed protection officer.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49MPs were told to stay in the Commons chamber,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52where the Leader of the Commons updated them on what had happened,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55and MPs agreed to suspend their sitting for the day.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58In view of what I sense to be the mood of the House
0:01:58 > 0:02:01and the situation in which we find ourselves, I beg to move
0:02:01 > 0:02:04that the House do now adjourn.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06The question is the House do now adjourn.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07As many of you say, "Aye".
0:02:07 > 0:02:09HOUSE: Aye.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12The ayes have it, the ayes have it.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16But that was not the end of what turned into a very long day.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19MPs were held in the Commons chamber for hours before being evacuated
0:02:19 > 0:02:21to Westminster Abbey, along with peers and staff.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25They were eventually allowed to leave later in the evening.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29That night, the Prime Minister made a statement outside Downing Street
0:02:29 > 0:02:33condemning what she called the sick, depraved and appalling attack.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35And Theresa May vowed that Parliament would meet
0:02:35 > 0:02:37as normal the next day.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41And so the Commons gathered on Thursday morning at 9:33,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and held a minute's silence.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Order.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Colleagues, and respectful memory of those who lost their lives
0:02:48 > 0:02:51in yesterday's attack, and of all of the casualties of that
0:02:51 > 0:03:01attack, we shall now observe a minute's silence.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13A little later, the Prime Minister spoke to MPs.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Mr Speaker, yesterday an act of terrorism tried
0:03:15 > 0:03:18to silence our democracy.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23But today we meet as normal.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27As generations have done before us and as future generations
0:03:27 > 0:03:31will continue to do, to deliver a simple message -
0:03:31 > 0:03:33we are not afraid.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38She paid tribute to PC Keith Palmer, who died protecting Parliament.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43PC Palmer had devoted his life to the service of his country.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46He had been a member of the Parliamentary and diplomatic
0:03:46 > 0:03:49protection command for 15 years.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52And a soldier in the Royal Artillery before that.
0:03:52 > 0:03:58He was a husband and a father, killed during a job he loved.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04He was every inch a hero, and his actions will never be forgotten.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06HOUSE: Hear, hear.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10She turned to the 52-year-old British-born attacker.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Some years ago he was once investigated by MI5 in a relation
0:04:13 > 0:04:16to concerns about violent extremism.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18He was a peripheral figure.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21The case is historic.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25He was not part of the current intelligence picture.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29There was no prior intelligence of his intent, or of the plot.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Intensive investigations continue.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Theresa May said the threat from Islamist terrorism was real,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39but the public should not be cowed by the threat.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42And she paid tribute to the Bournemouth East MP,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Tobias Ellwood, who tried to save PC Palmer.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Mr Speaker, yesterday we saw the worst of humanity.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51But we will remember the best.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55We will remember the extraordinary efforts to save the life of PC
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Keith Palmer, including those by my right honourable friend
0:04:58 > 0:05:00the member for Bournemouth East.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02HOUSE: Hear, hear.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06And we will remember the exceptional bravery of our police,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09security and emergency services.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12And she said the greatest response lay not in the words of politicians,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14but in the everyday actions of ordinary people.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16The streets are as busy as ever.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19The offices full, the coffee shops and cafes bustling.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24Tourists taking planes and trains to travel to London and to see
0:05:24 > 0:05:26for themselves the greatest city on earth.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31It is in these actions, millions of acts of normality,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35that we find the best response to terrorism.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40A response that denies our enemies of victory,
0:05:40 > 0:05:44but refuses to let them win, that shows we will never give in.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49A response driven by that same spirit that drove a husband
0:05:49 > 0:05:53and father to put himself between us and our attacker.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57And to pay the ultimate price.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01A response that says to the men and women
0:06:01 > 0:06:06who propagate this hate and evil, "You will not defeat us".
0:06:06 > 0:06:13Mr Speaker, let this be the message from this house
0:06:13 > 0:06:17and this nation today - our values will prevail,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19and I commend this statement to the House.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21HOUSE: Hear, hear.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Mr Speaker, I express my condolences to the family and friends of police
0:06:25 > 0:06:26officer Keith Palmer.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Who gave his life yesterday in defence of the public,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32and our democracy.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35The police and security staff lost a colleague yesterday.
0:06:35 > 0:06:42And continue to fulfil their duties, despite their shock and their grief
0:06:42 > 0:06:45for their fallen colleague, which many expressed to me late last
0:06:45 > 0:06:50night when I was talking to them.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52We see the police and security every day.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54They're our colleagues, they're fellow workers,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57they're friends, they're neighbours.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00And as the Prime Minister said, when dangerous and violent
0:07:00 > 0:07:02instances take place, we all instinctively run away
0:07:02 > 0:07:06from them for our own safety.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11The police and emergency services run towards them.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14We are grateful for the public service, yesterday, today and every
0:07:14 > 0:07:17day that they pull on their uniforms to protect us all.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23No terrorist outrage is representative of any faith
0:07:23 > 0:07:26or any faith community, and we recommit ourselves
0:07:26 > 0:07:29to strengthening the bonds of tolerance and understanding.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34And finally is it not best to follow the advice of Brendan Cox,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37the husband of our murdered MP colleague Jo Cox, who has said,
0:07:37 > 0:07:41"In the days to come I hope we will remember the love
0:07:41 > 0:07:46and bravery of the victim, not just the hatred
0:07:46 > 0:07:49and cowardliness of the attacked".
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Those who attacked us hate our freedom, our peaceful democracy,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54our love of country, our tolerance, our
0:07:54 > 0:07:58openness and our unity.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03As we work to unravel how this unspeakable attack happened,
0:08:03 > 0:08:08will she agree with me that we must not, either in our laws or by our
0:08:08 > 0:08:11actions, curtaile these values?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Indeed, we should have more of them.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17As an act of terror, it has failed.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20It has failed because we are here and we are going to go
0:08:20 > 0:08:22about our business.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26It's failed because despite the trauma that they witnessed
0:08:26 > 0:08:29out by their windows, our staff are here and they are
0:08:29 > 0:08:31getting on with their work.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34It failed because as the Prime Minister so rightly said,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38we are not going to allow this to be used as a pretext for division,
0:08:38 > 0:08:43hatred and Islamophobia.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48This democracy is strong, and this parliament is robust.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51This was a horrific crime, but as an act
0:08:51 > 0:08:54of terror it has failed.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57We have learnt in Northern Ireland that the way to overcome terrorism
0:08:57 > 0:09:00is by working together politically, and in every other way to ensure
0:09:00 > 0:09:03that our democratic values, the wall of law and human rights
0:09:03 > 0:09:08are all upheld in every way that we can.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12We must rededicate ourselves to that in the future.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18This attacker, and people like him, a lot of my religion.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Nor are they of our community, and we should condemn all of them
0:09:22 > 0:09:24who pretend to be of a particular religion, because they're
0:09:24 > 0:09:31not of a religion.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33If they were of a religion, they wouldn't be carrying
0:09:33 > 0:09:34out acts like this.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37We have too stay united and show them that they can't
0:09:37 > 0:09:39win on these grounds, and we are here to stay.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41A Conservative remembered his friend, PC Palmer.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I'd like to turn to just a moment for PC Keith Palmer,
0:09:44 > 0:09:47who I first met 25 years ago as Gunner Keith Palmer
0:09:47 > 0:09:49at the headquarter of the battery 100 Regiment, Royal Artillery.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52He was a strong, professional public servant.
0:09:52 > 0:10:01And it was a delight to meet him here again only a few months
0:10:01 > 0:10:05after being elected.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Would my right honourable friend the Prime Minister,
0:10:07 > 0:10:13in recognition of the work that he did and the other police
0:10:13 > 0:10:15officers and public servants here in the House do,
0:10:15 > 0:10:21consider recognising his gallantry and sacrifice formally
0:10:21 > 0:10:25with a posthumous recognition?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Thanks.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Theresa May said it was something that would be
0:10:31 > 0:10:33considered in due course.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37While the Prime Minister was still speaking in the Commons,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40the Leader of the Lords led tributes to those who died in the attack.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Her voice cracking with emotion, Lady Evans said, would be felt not
0:10:43 > 0:10:47just in this country, but across the globe.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Yesterday was a shocking day for everyone who works
0:10:52 > 0:10:54within the Palace of Westminster.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59But what shone through has been the support and care that members
0:11:00 > 0:11:04and staff showed for each other.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08And I would like to thank all noble Lords for their patience
0:11:08 > 0:11:14and cooperation as events unfolded.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16HOUSE: Hear, hear.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Last night as we returned home, we were very grateful.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Not just because of the shocking, tragic events of the day,
0:11:22 > 0:11:29but simply because we could return home, and others would never do so.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33As the noble lady has said, those injured and killed
0:11:33 > 0:11:38on Westminster Bridge where both visitors and locals
0:11:38 > 0:11:41of our great, global city.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43They were just going about their everyday business,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47enjoying their day.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51For many, those survivors, life will never be the same.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Our thoughts from these benches, and prayers, also with the families
0:11:54 > 0:11:58of those who lost their lives yesterday, and our profound
0:11:58 > 0:12:00sympathies are also with those innocent victims that members
0:12:00 > 0:12:07of the public who were on Westminster Bridge,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and who were also subject to this senseless attack.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15My Lords, I would also, of course, like to pay
0:12:15 > 0:12:19tribute to PC Keith Palmer who lost his life yesterday.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21An extremely brave man.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24And to all the police and security staff who do so much everyday
0:12:24 > 0:12:29to protect all who come to Parliament, to
0:12:29 > 0:12:31work or to visit it.
0:12:31 > 0:12:39We aren't these benches during the everyone else in this
0:12:39 > 0:12:42house in expressing our deepest sympathy to the family of PC
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Keith Palmer, so tragically taken from us as he sought
0:12:45 > 0:12:46to deter the attacker.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50We remember, too, the families and friends of the members
0:12:50 > 0:12:55of the public who were killed, and all those who were injured,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57including students from France, whose visit to our city
0:12:57 > 0:13:03was so devastated by what happened.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05The Archbishop of Canterbury highlighted how the attacker had
0:13:05 > 0:13:11received treatment from the very people he had been seeking to kill.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Where we do what is right, where we behave properly,
0:13:14 > 0:13:21where that generosity and extraordinary sense of duty that
0:13:21 > 0:13:26leads people to treat a terrorist is shown,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30where that bravery of someone like PC Keith Palmer
0:13:30 > 0:13:33is demonstrated, there is a victory for what is right and good over
0:13:33 > 0:13:38what is evil, despairing and bad.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42That was shown yesterday, that is shown not only
0:13:42 > 0:13:45in our expression of values but in our practices,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48which define those values, and that is the mood which we must
0:13:48 > 0:13:55sure in the future.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56-- show in the future.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The Most Reverend Justin Welby.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00The attack sent shock waves around the political world.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03In Holyrood the news came as members of the Scottish Parliament
0:14:03 > 0:14:06were in the middle of a crucial debate on whether the First
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, should begin talks with Westminster
0:14:08 > 0:14:10over transferring powers to Holyrood for a second
0:14:10 > 0:14:12independence referendum, as our Scotland political editor,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Brian Taylor explains.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21On Wednesday there was a democratic debate here in Holyrood.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24More than that, it was a debate about democracy, a debate
0:14:24 > 0:14:28about competing interpretations of a democratic mandate, a debate,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30in short, about whether power should be transferred from Westminster
0:14:30 > 0:14:33to Holyrood in order to enable a second independence
0:14:33 > 0:14:38referendum to take place.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41It was the second day of that debate that was passionate on all sides,
0:14:41 > 0:14:46it was democratic discourse.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49But as that got underway, as it continued, as it was sustained,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51the news began to seep through from Westminster
0:14:51 > 0:14:57of terrible events.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00As that news was confirmed that there was a tragedy unfolding
0:15:00 > 0:15:02on Westminster Bridge and around the Palace of Westminster,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04the decision was taken eventually after consultation to suspend
0:15:04 > 0:15:07proceedings here at Holyrood.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10The chamber fell silent for the day.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14But democracy is only postponed, not thwarted entirely.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19There will be a continuation of that debate here in Holyrood on Tuesday.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22There will then be a vote among the parties as to whether those
0:15:22 > 0:15:25powers should be transferred with the expectation
0:15:25 > 0:15:28that the vote here will be in favour of that transfer,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30with the expectation that the Prime Minister will say no
0:15:30 > 0:15:34in response to that demand for a transfer.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37But it is important to bear in mind that just as the Prime Minister
0:15:37 > 0:15:46is determined to go ahead in the face of tragedy
0:15:46 > 0:15:48with triggering Article 50 next week, beginning
0:15:48 > 0:15:49the process of Britain
0:15:49 > 0:15:52being removed from the EU, so here at Holyrood the parties,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55the governing party, the opposition, are determined to go
0:15:55 > 0:15:57ahead with that democratic debate, with that debate about democracy.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Brian Taylor.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01And as Brian was saying, that debate on independence
0:16:01 > 0:16:02will resume on Tuesday.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Meanwhile MSPs used the weekly session of First Minister's
0:16:05 > 0:16:11Questions to send a message of solidarity to Westminster.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15We know that at times like these it can be all too easy to look
0:16:15 > 0:16:17for someone to blame.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20It is important, therefore, that we are very clear about this.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Acts of terrorism are not the responsibility of any one faith
0:16:23 > 0:16:27or section of our society.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30The only people to blame for acts of terrorism are the individuals
0:16:30 > 0:16:32who plan and perpetrate them.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Whatever our disagreements in this chamber or any other,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38we stand united in our core values of democracy, human rights
0:16:38 > 0:16:45and the rule of law.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Yesterday, a coward killed three innocent people and injured many
0:16:47 > 0:16:50more in an attempt to attack the symbol of our
0:16:50 > 0:16:53country's democracy.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57His attack on our values failed as he died, by the paramedics
0:16:57 > 0:17:01who demonstrated what a civilised society is by trying to save him.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04And his attack on our freedom will fail again today
0:17:04 > 0:17:07as we show our resolve by returning to work and getting
0:17:07 > 0:17:08on with our lives.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11London is a microcosm of the world.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14We know from the Prime Minister's statement just an hour ago
0:17:14 > 0:17:16that those injured yesterday were British, French, Romanian,
0:17:16 > 0:17:21South Korean, Greek, German, Polish and Irish.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26London is an open and multicultural city, home to people of all faith
0:17:26 > 0:17:29and from many different and diverse nations.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33A city that last year elected Europe's first Muslim mayor.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36So no matter the religion, nationality or identity
0:17:36 > 0:17:39of the attacker, or those arrested earlier this morning,
0:17:39 > 0:17:46this cannot and must not turn into a war on any one community.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The lasting injury that some people wish to inflict on us
0:17:49 > 0:17:54all is to destroy the empathy and solidarity which our society
0:17:54 > 0:17:57depends upon so we must all be united in expressing and building
0:17:57 > 0:17:59that empathy and solidarity, in particular challenging those
0:17:59 > 0:18:04who would seek to blame, stigmatise and alienate people
0:18:04 > 0:18:09on the basis of their religion.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11For four years I would walk up Kennington Road and over
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Westminster Bridge.
0:18:13 > 0:18:23I would look up to Big Ben and then down the Thames.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Dodging past the tourists taking pictures of this iconic scene
0:18:26 > 0:18:29recognised right across the globe.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I would descend the steps and into the Palace of Westminster,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35nodding at the police officer who would nod in return.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36"Morning, Mr Rennie."
0:18:36 > 0:18:37It was the personal touch.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41I don't think I'll be able to walk that route again without thinking
0:18:41 > 0:18:44of the people run over, the woman in the river,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47the police and the people injured.
0:18:47 > 0:18:54The three people who died, perhaps some were tourists taking pictures.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56The officer who stood to defend democracy but losing his
0:18:56 > 0:19:00life in the process.
0:19:00 > 0:19:08But I do want to be free to walk that route again.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Getting the balance right between security
0:19:10 > 0:19:12and freedom is a difficult one.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Does the First Minister agree with me that we must
0:19:16 > 0:19:17act based on security, expertise, evidence
0:19:17 > 0:19:22and intelligence and not fear?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Nicola Sturgeon replied that she agreed very strongly
0:19:25 > 0:19:29with what Willie Rennie had said.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Other news now.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36On Thursday thousands of people, including former US
0:19:36 > 0:19:38President Bill Clinton, attended the funeral in Londonderry
0:19:38 > 0:19:40of Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander who went
0:19:40 > 0:19:46on to become Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Political friends and foes had recalled his life at a special
0:19:49 > 0:19:52meeting at Stormont the day before.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Martin McGuinness was an integral part of this institution
0:19:55 > 0:20:04since its inception in 1998.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Many members have sat in this chamber in that period but few have
0:20:07 > 0:20:10demonstrated the same level of commitment to this assembly.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Indeed, without Martin McGuinness, it is questionable whether there
0:20:12 > 0:20:17would be an assembly.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22Martin McGuinness was a political visionary.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26He played a key and enormous part in delivering fundamental change
0:20:26 > 0:20:28in this society and in transforming the relationships on this island
0:20:28 > 0:20:30and between these islands.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35He was a gifted political strategist, an orator,
0:20:35 > 0:20:39a thinker and an occasional angler, when he got the chance.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44He never sought to airbrush the past and neither did I.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47And of course it is precisely because of his past,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50because of his involvement with the IRA in the 70s and 80s
0:20:50 > 0:20:54because of his influence within those circles
0:20:54 > 0:20:58that he was able to play the role he played in bringing the republican
0:20:58 > 0:21:03movement towards using peaceful and democratic means.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07And because of all of that, I doubt we will ever see his like again.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12As an IRA terrorist and commander, his hands drip
0:21:12 > 0:21:20with the blood of innocent.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25He goes to his grave having shown no remorse, no regret,
0:21:25 > 0:21:33no apology for the terror he brought to our streets.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Jim Allister, speaking following the death
0:21:35 > 0:21:38of Northern Ireland's former Deputy First Minister,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Martin McGuinness.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has strongly criticised
0:21:45 > 0:21:47the Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss, for failing to defend
0:21:47 > 0:21:52the independence of the judiciary.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Last year, Lord Thomas and two High Court judges were described
0:21:54 > 0:21:58as "enemies of the people" by the Daily Mail following a ruling
0:21:58 > 0:22:00that Parliament had the right to vote on triggering Article 50,
0:22:00 > 0:22:05formally beginning the UK's exit from the EU.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Earlier this month Liz Truss told the Lords Constitution Committee
0:22:08 > 0:22:11that she was a "huge believer" in the independence of
0:22:11 > 0:22:17the judiciary, but drew the line at saying what the press should print.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20A view put to Lord Thomas.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21I think criticism is very healthy.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24If you've got something wrong, fine.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27But there is a difference between criticism and abuse and I don't
0:22:27 > 0:22:30think that is understood.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34I don't think it is understood either how absolutely essential
0:22:34 > 0:22:38it is that we are protected because we have to act
0:22:38 > 0:22:42as our oath requires us, without fear or favour,
0:22:42 > 0:22:46affection or ill will.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50And it is the only time in the whole of my judicial career that I had
0:22:50 > 0:22:53to ask for the police to give us a measure of advice and protection
0:22:53 > 0:23:00in relation to the emotions that were being stirred up.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03And I think it is very wrong that judges should feel it.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06The circuit judges were very concerned.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09They wrote to the Lord Chancellor because litigants in person
0:23:09 > 0:23:16were coming and saying, "You are an enemy of the people."
0:23:16 > 0:23:18And I regret to have to criticise her as severely
0:23:18 > 0:23:20as I have but to my mind
0:23:20 > 0:23:25she is completely and absolutely wrong, as I have said about this,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28and I am very disappointed but I can understand what the pressures
0:23:28 > 0:23:31were in November but she has taken a position that is
0:23:31 > 0:23:33constitutionally absolutely wrong.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35The Transport Department announced a ban on airline passengers carrying
0:23:35 > 0:23:40laptops and other devices in their cabin baggage.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42It affects flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon,
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47The Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, told the Commons
0:23:47 > 0:23:50he wanted aviation to continue as normal, these were extra security
0:23:51 > 0:23:55measures to make sure it was safe.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Jeremy Corbyn used Prime Minister's Questions to accuse
0:23:57 > 0:24:03the Government of cutting funding for schools in England.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07In the Budget, the Government found no more money for the schools budget
0:24:07 > 0:24:11but it did find ?320 million for her own special schools,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14grammar schools vanity project.
0:24:14 > 0:24:20What kind of priority is that?
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Yes, we want diversity, we want different sorts of schools.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27We have put money into new school places but I say to the right
0:24:27 > 0:24:29honourable gentleman, his Shadow Home Secretary
0:24:29 > 0:24:32sent her child to a private school, his shadow Attorney General
0:24:32 > 0:24:34sent her child to a private school.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37He sent his child to a grammar school.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40He went to a grammar school himself.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46Typical Labour - take the advantage and pull up the ladder behind you.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Theresa May is to formally trigger the UK's exit
0:24:48 > 0:24:49from the EU on Wednesday.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53The President of the European Union has been told the UK is to activate
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, beginning the two-year
0:24:56 > 0:25:00withdrawal period.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Downing Street said that it hoped negotiations on the terms of Brexit
0:25:03 > 0:25:06and future relations could then begin as quickly as possible.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Theresa May is expected to make a statement to MPs on Wednesday once
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Article 50 has been triggered.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Confirmation of the date came just before EU leaders,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19minus Theresa May, were due to meet to mark the 60th anniversary
0:25:19 > 0:25:23of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, the agreement creating
0:25:23 > 0:25:27the European Economic Community, the forerunner of the EU.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29And that's it from me for now.
0:25:29 > 0:25:39But do join Joanna Shinn on Monday night at 11 for another round up
0:25:42 > 0:25:46But for now, from me, goodbye.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Questions to the Prime Minister.