:00:23. > :00:24.Hello, and welcome to The Week In Parliament.
:00:25. > :00:27.A dream come true for many people, but a day others hoped
:00:28. > :00:30.The UK has told the European Union that it is
:00:31. > :00:34.This is an historic moment from which there can be no
:00:35. > :00:40.We are going to make our own decisions and our own laws.
:00:41. > :00:42.The terms of the UK's divorce deal will
:00:43. > :00:47.The Labour Party set out its red lines.
:00:48. > :00:50.Labour will not give this Government a free hand to use Brexit
:00:51. > :00:56.to attack rights, protections and cut services, or create
:00:57. > :01:01.And the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a
:01:02. > :01:07.The SNP urges the Prime Minister to show some respect.
:01:08. > :01:10.If she remains intransigent, and if she denies
:01:11. > :01:13.Scotland a choice in our future, she will make Scottish
:01:14. > :01:20.The journey towards triggering Article 50 began nine
:01:21. > :01:25.52% of voters in the EU referendum put a cross next to the
:01:26. > :01:28.box that said Leave the European Union.
:01:29. > :01:33.Those 7.4 million people unleashed a huge political upheaval.
:01:34. > :01:36.David Cameron resigned the next day, prompting a lively fight to
:01:37. > :01:42.One by one the candidates fell by the wayside,
:01:43. > :01:46.allowing Theresa May to be installed at Number Ten in July.
:01:47. > :01:49.Theresa May had taken on one of the toughest jobs in British
:01:50. > :01:54.To start with, her aim to invoke article 50 without
:01:55. > :01:57.approval from Parliament was subject to a legal battle.
:01:58. > :02:00.Gina Miller's successful High Court challenge,
:02:01. > :02:04.backed later by the Supreme Court, led to a ruling that Parliament must
:02:05. > :02:08.give permission before the Government can trigger Article 50.
:02:09. > :02:10.Legislation was produced, giving Parliament the
:02:11. > :02:14.right to authorise the start of the Brexit process.
:02:15. > :02:17.The EU Notification Of Withdrawal Bill had a bumpy ride
:02:18. > :02:21.in the Lords, but earlier this month became law, allowing Theresa May
:02:22. > :02:27.to meet her deadline for triggering Article 50 on Wednesday March 29th.
:02:28. > :02:31.On Wednesday, all eyes were on Brussels at 12:30pm as the UK's
:02:32. > :02:34.ambassador to the EU handed Theresa May's letter
:02:35. > :02:37.to the EU Council President, Donald Tusk.
:02:38. > :02:39.Mr Tusk said at a press conference later in the
:02:40. > :02:43.Meanwhile the Prime Minister made a statement
:02:44. > :02:47.in the Commons, calling on the country to pull together.
:02:48. > :02:49.In accordance with the wishes of the British people,
:02:50. > :02:55.the United Kingdom is leaving the EU.
:02:56. > :02:58.This is an historic moment, from which there can
:02:59. > :03:07.We're going to make our own decisions and our own laws.
:03:08. > :03:10.We understand that there will be consequences for the UK of leaving
:03:11. > :03:20.the EU, we know that we will lose influence over the rules that affect
:03:21. > :03:26.We know that UK companies that trade with the EU will have to align with
:03:27. > :03:28.rules agreed by institutions of which we are no longer
:03:29. > :03:34.a part, just as we do in other overseas markets.
:03:35. > :03:38.She said that for some people it was a day of
:03:39. > :03:41.celebration, for others it was a day of disappointment.
:03:42. > :03:44.Let us come together and work together, let us
:03:45. > :03:49.together choose to believe in Britain with optimism and hope.
:03:50. > :03:52.For if we do, we can make the most of
:03:53. > :03:55.the opportunities ahead, we can together make a success of
:03:56. > :04:00.And we can together build a stronger, fairer, better Britain,
:04:01. > :04:03.a Britain our children and grandchildren are proud to
:04:04. > :04:16.The direction the Prime Minister is threatening to take this
:04:17. > :04:22.country in is both reckless and damaging.
:04:23. > :04:25.And labour will not give this Government a free hand to use
:04:26. > :04:29.Brexit to attack rights, protections and cut services,
:04:30. > :04:38.So let me be clear, Mr Speaker, the Prime
:04:39. > :04:45.Minister says that no deal is better than a bad deal.
:04:46. > :04:50.But the reality is no deal is a bad deal.
:04:51. > :04:52.The SNP leader at Westminster said the Prime
:04:53. > :04:54.Minister had broken a promise to reach an agreement
:04:55. > :04:58.on Brexit in Scotland before triggering Article 50.
:04:59. > :05:00.The Prime Minister says that she thinks that
:05:01. > :05:03.Brexit will bring unity to the United Kingdom.
:05:04. > :05:09.On this issue, it is not a United Kingdom and the Prime
:05:10. > :05:13.Minister needs to respect the differences across
:05:14. > :05:19.If she remains intransigent, and if she denies
:05:20. > :05:23.Scotland a choice in our future, she will make Scottish independence
:05:24. > :05:34.The question and answer session went on for three hours or so.
:05:35. > :05:37.There weren't many signs of the country pulling together.
:05:38. > :05:40.It was indeed, as Theresa May had remarked,
:05:41. > :05:43.a day of celebration for some, including the veteran Conservative
:05:44. > :05:47.MP Sir Bill Cash, who has been campaigning to leave the EU for
:05:48. > :05:52.Sir Bill was one of the rebels who tried to stop the
:05:53. > :05:55.Maastricht Treaty being approved by the Commons in 1992.
:05:56. > :05:58.And now he is witnessing the fruits of his labour.
:05:59. > :06:05.Can my right honourable friend reaffirm
:06:06. > :06:09.that at the very heart of this letter lies a democratic decision
:06:10. > :06:14.in the referendum of the UK voters, given to them by a sovereign act of
:06:15. > :06:19.Parliament by 6-1 in this House, enabling the British people to
:06:20. > :06:22.regain their birthright to govern themselves,
:06:23. > :06:27.for which people fought and died over generations?
:06:28. > :06:28.But the Liberal Democrat leader was not
:06:29. > :06:32.Today the Prime Minister is not enacting the
:06:33. > :06:36.will of the people, she is at best interpreting that will,
:06:37. > :06:38.choosing a hard Brexit outside the single
:06:39. > :06:41.market that was never on the ballot paper,
:06:42. > :06:45.so on this day of all days the Liberal Democrats will not roll
:06:46. > :06:49.over as the official opposition has done.
:06:50. > :06:55.Our children and our grandchildren will judge all of us
:06:56. > :07:01.I am determined that I will look my children in the eye
:07:02. > :07:03.and be able to say that I did everything to
:07:04. > :07:09.Theresa May's statement was read out in the
:07:10. > :07:14.Lords, where Lady Smith compared it to a celebrity divorce.
:07:15. > :07:16.There will be some who rejoice and look
:07:17. > :07:20.forward to the opportunities, others though will despair for the shared
:07:21. > :07:26.A few well fondly recall the marriage, divorces
:07:27. > :07:31.and remarriage of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor with some hope.
:07:32. > :07:33.But through it all, my lords, the only
:07:34. > :07:37.people to get rich were those trying to unravel those 40-plus
:07:38. > :07:40.years of relative harmony, the lawyers.
:07:41. > :07:43.Meanwhile, the former diplomat said that it wasn't a day to carp
:07:44. > :07:47.The Prime Minister and the Government are
:07:48. > :07:51.setting off on a road which could best be described as a magical
:07:52. > :07:57.For its destination, they have no clue any more than the
:07:58. > :08:02.Time now for a quick tour of the year 1972.
:08:03. > :08:04.It was the year David Bowie released his
:08:05. > :08:06.Ziggy Stardust album, and that the Swedish
:08:07. > :08:11.There was a miners' strike and an emergency three-day week.
:08:12. > :08:13.The conservative Edward Heath was the
:08:14. > :08:17.One of his jobs that year was to get the
:08:18. > :08:20.European Communities Act 1972 approved.
:08:21. > :08:23.The Act paved the way for the UK to join the European Economic
:08:24. > :08:32.And it gave EU law supremacy over UK national law.
:08:33. > :08:35.BBC Panorama made a programme about the UK's entry into
:08:36. > :08:40.Well, at 45 years later, the UK Government is go to repeal
:08:41. > :08:44.the 1972 Act through a new Great Repeal Bill.
:08:45. > :08:47.The day after Article 50 was triggered, the Brexit
:08:48. > :08:50.Secretary David Davis explained the task ahead.
:08:51. > :08:53.Repealing the ECA on the day we leave the EU enables a return
:08:54. > :08:58.to this parliament of the sovereignty we ceded in 1972.
:08:59. > :09:01.It ends the supremacy of EU law in this country.
:09:02. > :09:06.The Great Repeal Bill will also convert all EU law into UK law.
:09:07. > :09:09.This means, for example, that workers' rights and environmental
:09:10. > :09:13.and consumer rights that are insured under EU law In the UK will
:09:14. > :09:18.continue to be available in the UK law after we have left the EU.
:09:19. > :09:20.Can I thank my right honourable friend for
:09:21. > :09:22.making it clear that two years from today,
:09:23. > :09:24.our sovereign parliament will
:09:25. > :09:28.indeed have the power to amend, repeal or improve all this ghastly
:09:29. > :09:49.I will pass on the assessment of the legislation, but I
:09:50. > :09:53.will of course reinforce the point Ive already made.
:09:54. > :09:56.The aim of this Bill is to bring the decisions back
:09:57. > :10:02.If he panders too much to the secret and not so secret
:10:03. > :10:07.agenda of the barmy army Eurosceptics, prominent behind him,
:10:08. > :10:10.we will not get the level of collaboration we otherwise would,
:10:11. > :10:17.Wednesday the 29th of March, as well as being Article 50 day,
:10:18. > :10:20.marked one week since the terror attack at Westminster.
:10:21. > :10:23.Khaled Masood drove at pedestrians on Westminster Bridge,
:10:24. > :10:26.killing three people and injuring dozens.
:10:27. > :10:29.He went on to kill PC Keith Palmer in a knife attack inside the
:10:30. > :10:33.The Palace of Westminster and surrounding area
:10:34. > :10:37.On Wednesday, a commemoration was held at
:10:38. > :10:41.Hundreds of people gathered on the bridge, which
:10:42. > :10:45.Commons Speaker, John Bercow, announced two
:10:46. > :10:47.reviews of security at the Palace of Westminster,
:10:48. > :10:56.2:40pm today marks a week on from the shocking events of
:10:57. > :11:01.Our thoughts will be in particular with the Metropolitan
:11:02. > :11:09.Police, as they mourn their colleague, PC Keith Palmer.
:11:10. > :11:12.The Foreign Office minister, Tobias Ellwood, has received
:11:13. > :11:16.widespread tributes for coming to the aid of PC Keith Palmer.
:11:17. > :11:18.Mr Ellwood has said he is heartbroken that the
:11:19. > :11:22.Foreign Office Question Time was the first occasion
:11:23. > :11:25.since the attack on which Tobias Ellwood has appeared on the
:11:26. > :11:30.Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary took the opportunity to
:11:31. > :11:34.May I start by paying tribute to the member for
:11:35. > :11:36.Bournemouth East, for his extraordinary courage last
:11:37. > :11:40.As PC Keith Palmer's family said this weekend to the
:11:41. > :11:43.minister and to others who rushed to help, there was nothing more
:11:44. > :11:48.You did your best and we are just grateful that he was
:11:49. > :11:50.I'm very grateful for her kind remarks.
:11:51. > :11:54.I will make it clear that I was one of many that stepped
:11:55. > :11:57.forward on that dark day, and our thoughts and prayers remain
:11:58. > :12:00.with those families and friends of the
:12:01. > :12:04.victims, including our own PC Keith Palmer.
:12:05. > :12:08.The activation of Article 50 came on the
:12:09. > :12:10.day after the Scottish Parliament voted in favour of holding another
:12:11. > :12:14.referendum on independence for Scotland.
:12:15. > :12:16.The vote had been scheduled for last Wednesday, but
:12:17. > :12:20.proceedings were suspended as news reached Holyrood of the Westminster
:12:21. > :12:24.Resuming the debate, the Scottish First Minister, Nicola
:12:25. > :12:27.Sturgeon, said withdrawal from the EU would bring profound
:12:28. > :12:32.It is change that will impact on our economy, not just in
:12:33. > :12:35.the here and now, but for the long-term.
:12:36. > :12:37.Indeed it was the UK Treasury ahead of the referendum last
:12:38. > :12:42.year that said Brexit would make the UK permanently poorer.
:12:43. > :12:45.There will be an impact on trade, investment and
:12:46. > :12:47.on living standards, and an impact on the very nature
:12:48. > :12:54.Much that we have come to take for granted over, certainly
:12:55. > :12:58.most of my lifetime, the freedom, just as one example, to travel
:12:59. > :13:02.easily across Europe, is now up for negotiation,
:13:03. > :13:06.with outcomes that are, at this point, deeply uncertain.
:13:07. > :13:09.The First Minister says that she wants the UK to get a good
:13:10. > :13:14.But no matter how good it is, she still wants to push for
:13:15. > :13:18.Whereas our view, and the UK Government's view
:13:19. > :13:22.At a time of enormous uncertainty, where it is only three
:13:23. > :13:25.years since the last vote, when we were told it would be
:13:26. > :13:27.once in a generation, that the decision
:13:28. > :13:30.of the Scottish people would be respected by both sides,
:13:31. > :13:32.where there would be no rerun without an overwhelming
:13:33. > :13:35.change in public opinion, and that the people in Scotland have
:13:36. > :13:38.the right to see the Brexit process play out, they need
:13:39. > :13:41.to see it operating, to see it working in practice.
:13:42. > :13:44.And that, at this moment, we should be pulling together, not
:13:45. > :13:47.The Labour leader blamed the Conservative Party for
:13:48. > :13:51.They set Scotland against England in the general
:13:52. > :13:55.election, and whose reckless Brexit gamble brought us to this point -
:13:56. > :13:58.where leaving the EU has just provided the SNP with the latest
:13:59. > :14:03.excuse it was looking for to push for another referendum.
:14:04. > :14:06.So some humility from the Tories, and a genuine desire to
:14:07. > :14:10.properly engage with this place wouldn't go amiss.
:14:11. > :14:12.The Scottish parliament backed another referendum
:14:13. > :14:17.It means the Scottish Government is now authorised to seek permission
:14:18. > :14:20.from the UK Government for a referendum.
:14:21. > :14:24.Theresa May has however said that now is not the time.
:14:25. > :14:27.But now it's time for a round-up of some
:14:28. > :14:30.The energy secretary Greg Clark promised lessons would be learned
:14:31. > :14:33.as he gave details of how a multibillion pound contract to
:14:34. > :14:40.decommission Magnox nuclear-power sites had to be scrapped.
:14:41. > :14:42.This was a defective procurement with significant
:14:43. > :14:46.I am determined that the lessons to be learnt should be
:14:47. > :14:52.That those responsible should be properly be held
:14:53. > :14:55.to account and that it should never happen again.
:14:56. > :15:06.The joint committee on National Security strategy held
:15:07. > :15:08.a session with cyber security retreat experts.
:15:09. > :15:11.What is the worst-case scenario for a cyber attack on this country
:15:12. > :15:14.You could see a very likely scenario where our ability
:15:15. > :15:17.for our financial markets to operate, our ability for much
:15:18. > :15:20.of our health systems, our electricity, our critical
:15:21. > :15:23.national infrastructure to function could be disabled.
:15:24. > :15:26.And a Labour peer was lost for words when the government agreed
:15:27. > :15:30.to the proposal to change the law on money held by letting agents.
:15:31. > :15:33.I'm pleased to announce that the government intends to make
:15:34. > :15:35.client money protection mandatory in line with the recommendation
:15:36. > :15:46.of the review shared by the noble Baroness and the noble Lord Palmer
:15:47. > :15:50.This will ensure that every agent is offered the same level
:15:51. > :15:52.of protection giving tenants and landlords the financial
:15:53. > :15:56.The government, my Lords, will protect on how mandatory client
:15:57. > :16:00.money protection should be implemented and enforced.
:16:01. > :16:06.Well, that has taken the wind out of my sails.
:16:07. > :16:12.Will the noble Lord, the Minister accept my thanks?
:16:13. > :16:15.What with triggering Article 50, PMQs was not, for once,
:16:16. > :16:21.Jeremy Corbyn raised a critical issue with funding in schools.
:16:22. > :16:25.Last week, she told me four times we have protected
:16:26. > :16:30.Does she still stand by that statement?
:16:31. > :16:35.We have protected schools budget and we're putting record
:16:36. > :16:42.Today Mr Speaker, the Public Accounts Committee says
:16:43. > :16:45.of the Department for Education that it does not seem
:16:46. > :16:51.to understand the pressures that schools are already under.
:16:52. > :16:55.And they went on to say that funding per-pupil is reducing in real
:16:56. > :16:59.terms and goes on to say, schools budgets will
:17:00. > :17:03.be cut by 3 billion, the equivalent of 8% by 2020.
:17:04. > :17:11.Is the Public Accounts Committee wrong on this?
:17:12. > :17:16.What we see over the course of this Parliament is ?230 billion
:17:17. > :17:20.going into our schools but what matters is
:17:21. > :17:23.the quality of education that we see in our schools.
:17:24. > :17:26.1.8 million more children in good or outstanding schools,
:17:27. > :17:30.and a policy from this government to ensure that every child gets
:17:31. > :17:38.Then, the parents are wrong, teachers are wrong, the IFS
:17:39. > :17:41.is wrong, the National Audit Office is wrong, the Education Policy
:17:42. > :17:45.Institute is wrong, and now the Public Accounts Committee,
:17:46. > :17:49.which includes eight Conservative members in it is also wrong.
:17:50. > :17:53.So, which organisation does act Prime Minister's view on education
:17:54. > :18:00.We said we would protect school funding and we have.
:18:01. > :18:03.Real terms protection for the schools budget.
:18:04. > :18:05.We said we would protect the money following children
:18:06. > :18:09.The school budget reaches 40 million as pupil numbers rise in 2020.
:18:10. > :18:14.Barely a PMQs goes by where he doesn't call
:18:15. > :18:20.When it comes to spending money that they haven't got, Labour simply
:18:21. > :18:26.It is the same old Labour, spent today and give somebody
:18:27. > :18:31.Well, we won't do that to the next generation.
:18:32. > :18:37.Now, some distressing stories about animal cruelty have been
:18:38. > :18:40.shared in the Commons as MPs look for an increase in penalties
:18:41. > :18:44.They want the maximum sentence for offenders to be
:18:45. > :18:52.The fox had a habit of going to a large supermarket every
:18:53. > :19:01.The fox was got hold of by a gang of boys from my own constituency.
:19:02. > :19:07.They got it by the tail, pulled it round and round and round,
:19:08. > :19:12.smashed head against a wall several times, and then stamped on its head.
:19:13. > :19:17.And the punishment for that, well, it was hardly punishment at all,
:19:18. > :19:21.so I think it is absolutely necessary to increase the penalties
:19:22. > :19:26.for people who put that kind of cruelty on animals.
:19:27. > :19:31.The small dog named Scamp was found buried alive on the 19th of October
:19:32. > :19:36.On the 22nd of February, 59-year-old Michael Heathcock
:19:37. > :19:38.and 60-year-old Richard Finch, both from Redcar, pleaded
:19:39. > :19:41.guilty to offences under the Animal Welfare Act.
:19:42. > :19:44.They were sentenced to just four months, meaning they probably served
:19:45. > :19:49.Not enough time for reflection, punishment, or rehabilitation.
:19:50. > :19:52.The people of my constituency have been horrified by these cases,
:19:53. > :19:55.and it is important for me to pay tribute to their response.
:19:56. > :19:59.After hearing of these incidents, they held vigils for the animals
:20:00. > :20:02.with hundreds of people coming to lay flowers and send
:20:03. > :20:08.There are also plans for a dog park to be built in their memory.
:20:09. > :20:10.The perpetrators do not represent our community.
:20:11. > :20:12.People in Redcar are decent and kind.
:20:13. > :20:15.I know many passionate animal lovers and I meet wonderful dog owners
:20:16. > :20:18.as I walk my own dog on the beach or in the hills.
:20:19. > :20:21.But, Mr Deputy Speaker, my constituents are angry.
:20:22. > :20:24.They feel the criminal justice system is letting them down
:20:25. > :20:26.and that is why I am standing here today.
:20:27. > :20:29.And I know from working in psychology that there
:20:30. > :20:34.is certainly a link between cruelty to animals and psychopathy,
:20:35. > :20:38.So, this is something that must be taken seriously,
:20:39. > :20:41.both in terms of animal welfare standards, but also in terms
:20:42. > :20:47.of thinking of the impact of this on other victims of cruelty
:20:48. > :20:51.because these individuals are practising cruelty basically
:20:52. > :20:54.on animals which they will then transfer onto humans.
:20:55. > :20:58.The government does not have any plans to increase sentences.
:20:59. > :21:02.The environment minister said magistrates could already impose
:21:03. > :21:06.unlimited fines and ban people from owning or even being
:21:07. > :21:15.Election fever has swept through the House of Lords as 27
:21:16. > :21:26.hereditary peers vied for a seat in the upper House.
:21:27. > :21:28.Tony Blair expelled hereditary peers from the Lords in 1999,
:21:29. > :21:31.although 92 were allowed to stay on, and an additional 15
:21:32. > :21:34.A seat became available following the death of Lord Lyell.
:21:35. > :21:37.A total of 346 peers took part, a turnout of 43%.
:21:38. > :21:41.After 16 rounds, using the alternative vote system,
:21:42. > :21:43.the candidates were whittled down to two.
:21:44. > :21:48.The results of the by-election came in on Monday.
:21:49. > :21:50.The Conservative Lord Colgrane emerged victorious with a votes
:21:51. > :22:02.Lord Colgrain is an executive headhunter and former
:22:03. > :22:06.He is the great-grandson of the Scottish banker Lord Campbell.
:22:07. > :22:11.To mark the occasion, we have dusted off our ermine-o-meter
:22:12. > :22:14.and the election of Lord Colgrain brings the total number of peers
:22:15. > :22:19.Elections to the Northern Ireland assembly were held at
:22:20. > :22:27.The idea was for the Democratic union party and Sinn Fein to form at
:22:28. > :22:31.aquatic coalition. The secretary said that it
:22:32. > :22:36.was a source of deep The situation is not sustainable,
:22:37. > :22:43.and beyond a short period of time, will have an impact
:22:44. > :22:45.on public services. What we are talking about here
:22:46. > :22:47.is the health service, schools, voluntary groups,
:22:48. > :22:49.and services for the most This isn't what people voted
:22:50. > :22:53.for on the 2nd of March. He said he was hopeful for
:22:54. > :22:56.a positive outcome from the talks. If these talks are successful,
:22:57. > :22:59.it would be my intention, weekly, to bring forward legislation
:23:00. > :23:04.after the Easter recess to allow It would avoid a second late
:23:05. > :23:20.assembly election for which I detect Brexit negotiations in Northern
:23:21. > :23:27.Ireland are the most sensitive in all parts of the United Kingdom. The
:23:28. > :23:31.European Commissioner lead negotiator has identified an
:23:32. > :23:36.occasion for the peace process one of three main priorities for him to
:23:37. > :23:43.enter these negotiations and we don't have proper people attending
:23:44. > :23:46.the talks under the GMC. In the background to all this is the worry
:23:47. > :23:49.that any vacuum could be filled by those for whom the bullet is
:23:50. > :23:52.preferred to the ballot box. We end with some of the more
:23:53. > :23:55.offbeat moments in the week that Theresa May
:23:56. > :23:57.triggered Article 50. A baby was born on Article 50 day
:23:58. > :24:00.to MPs Andrea Jenkins The Conservative Jason McCartney
:24:01. > :24:13.announced the news. This is indeed a momentous day. On
:24:14. > :24:18.the half of the whole House, may I pass on our congratulations on the
:24:19. > :24:28.birth of their baby boy this morning, Clifford George. Excellent
:24:29. > :24:38.news. I think it is right to congratulate the father. A total of
:24:39. > :24:42.113 MPs answered questions over three hours and one of the speakers
:24:43. > :24:54.started to get confused as he called Angus MacNeil. He is jovial, let's
:24:55. > :25:00.put him out of his misery. We've already heard from him. I'd
:25:01. > :25:07.forgotten. I do apologise. No! Once is enough! Enough! Let's give the
:25:08. > :25:11.last word to perform at the mad who wrote Article 50. As this
:25:12. > :25:16.negotiation precedes, the Countrywide forget what it was told
:25:17. > :25:22.and ministers will be judged by their own words. Why is words from
:25:23. > :25:26.the author of Article 50. The House of Commons is now on its eastern
:25:27. > :25:30.rate, the House of Lords will be sitting as usual next week, we will
:25:31. > :25:35.be back on Tuesday the 18th of April. In the meantime, look out for
:25:36. > :25:45.a review of the year so far with my colleague Keith Macdougall, but for
:25:46. > :25:48.now, from me, Christina Cooper, at by. -- goodbye.