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:00:19. > :00:20.Hello and welcome to the Week In Parliament,

:00:21. > :00:22.as more pressure is piled on the Government over

:00:23. > :00:24.the welfare benefit, Universal Credit.

:00:25. > :00:28.Will the Prime Minister now pause Universal Credit and fix

:00:29. > :00:32.the problems before pressing ahead with the roll-out?

:00:33. > :00:34.Why have we introduced Universal Credit?

:00:35. > :00:37.It is a simpler system, it is a system which encourages

:00:38. > :00:47.We talk to two Parliamentary experts about the battles ahead

:00:48. > :00:53.In the Commons there's a call for an end to the use

:00:54. > :00:57.Women in their 30s, 40s, 50s are telling us that

:00:58. > :01:00.they're struggling to walk, they have lost their sex lives

:01:01. > :01:05.and suffer from horrendous pain day in, day out.

:01:06. > :01:08.And we hear from the MP who wants stiffer penalties for assaults

:01:09. > :01:14.I think that since they are there to protect us and save our lives,

:01:15. > :01:18.any attack on them is an attack on all of us.

:01:19. > :01:21.The Government ordered Conservative MPs not to take part

:01:22. > :01:25.in a vote on Thursday, on a Labour motion to pause

:01:26. > :01:28.the roll-out of the new welfare payment, Universal Credit.

:01:29. > :01:32.It's designed to simplify the system by putting different benefits,

:01:33. > :01:37.including housing and unemployment benefit, into a single payment.

:01:38. > :01:43.But that means new claimants often have to wait six weeks

:01:44. > :01:47.MPs, including some on the government's own side,

:01:48. > :01:52.and charities have said that's leading to debt and rent arrears.

:01:53. > :01:54.At Prime Minister's Questions the previous Wedensday,

:01:55. > :01:57.Jeremy Corbyn had urged the Government to think again

:01:58. > :02:01.and at least scrap the 55 pence a minute charge for calling

:02:02. > :02:06.And with the issue sure to come up again, the Work

:02:07. > :02:10.and Pensions Secretary, appearing before a committee of MPs,

:02:11. > :02:15.Contrary to the Sun reports, these are not premium lines,

:02:16. > :02:20.the DWP does not make a profit from these lines.

:02:21. > :02:23.Nonetheless, given the recent attention and concern this

:02:24. > :02:26.could place a burden on claimants, I have decided this will change

:02:27. > :02:32.to a freephone number over the next month.

:02:33. > :02:35.Well, a short time later Jeremy Corbyn raised the benefit

:02:36. > :02:39.Mr Speaker, last week I asked the Prime Minister

:02:40. > :02:45.to scrap the unfair charges on the Universal Credit helpline.

:02:46. > :02:51.Today she has finally bowed to that pressure.

:02:52. > :02:56.But the fundamental problems of Universal Credit remain.

:02:57. > :02:59.The six-week wait, rising indebtedness,

:03:00. > :03:06.Will the Prime Minister now pause Universal Credit and fix

:03:07. > :03:10.the problems before pressing ahead with the roll-out?

:03:11. > :03:15.I want people to know they can ring in, they can get their advice and do

:03:16. > :03:20.That is exactly what we are going to do.

:03:21. > :03:23.The right honourable gentleman talks about Universal Credit and talks

:03:24. > :03:28.Why have we introduced Universal Credit?

:03:29. > :03:31.It is a simpler system, a system that encourages people

:03:32. > :03:38.It is a system that is working because more people are getting

:03:39. > :03:43.into work, and pausing Universal Credit will not help those

:03:44. > :03:46.people who will be helped by going to Universal Credit,

:03:47. > :03:49.getting into the workplace and bringing home more

:03:50. > :03:54.Well, all of that came just before a debate,

:03:55. > :03:56.put forward by Labour, calling for the roll out

:03:57. > :04:01.Among the first backbenchers to speak, the former Conservative

:04:02. > :04:05.leader who was the original architect of the scheme.

:04:06. > :04:08.Universal Credit is the single biggest change to the welfare system

:04:09. > :04:11.and those who really care about this, as I said,

:04:12. > :04:27.as I read out from the jaws of Rowntree foundation,

:04:28. > :04:34.It is something my party should be proud of. I want to say to the

:04:35. > :04:39.benches opposite, none of us are lying about our experiences, we are

:04:40. > :04:42.not making things up. We are coming with genuine problem is that the

:04:43. > :04:46.government is failing to address. The DWP figures show one in four new

:04:47. > :04:54.claimants wait longer than six weeks to be paid. That is a 25% failure

:04:55. > :04:59.read. Food store needs to be put on the table and the heating still

:05:00. > :05:04.needs to be paid. I went to a school bottom of the league table, my

:05:05. > :05:11.father died at an early age, we had bailiffs on the door. We had no

:05:12. > :05:17.support and we understand about supporting those in poverty. I don't

:05:18. > :05:21.want Universal Credit pause because it offers a transformational

:05:22. > :05:24.opportunity for people. At the end of that debate, labour forced a

:05:25. > :05:29.division but the government didn't take part meaning the motion was

:05:30. > :05:34.carried by 299-0 although that result was not binding. Immediately

:05:35. > :05:38.after Labour objected to the government's tactics. The Prime

:05:39. > :05:42.Minister and Tories cannot command a majority in the House of Commons.

:05:43. > :05:54.The Prime Minister is in office but not in power.

:05:55. > :05:58.And next day a Conservative MP expressed unease,

:05:59. > :06:01.pointing out it wasn't the first time this government had abstained

:06:02. > :06:05.It may be in the future that there is a minority Labour government.

:06:06. > :06:08.They may produce policies which we think are deeply contrary

:06:09. > :06:10.We may muster a majority parliament against it.

:06:11. > :06:13.What happens then if a future Labour government says, "I'm sorry,

:06:14. > :06:23.Frankly, the road to tyranny is paved by executives

:06:24. > :06:27.But the Leader of the Commons denied a precedent had been set.

:06:28. > :06:29.This government is very clearly listening to Parliament and has very

:06:30. > :06:32.clearly taken action as a result of concerns raised in this House,

:06:33. > :06:37.and thirdly I have also given an assurance that DWP ministers

:06:38. > :06:41.will come back to this chamber to update members across the House

:06:42. > :06:50.on progress with rolling out Universal Credit.

:06:51. > :06:52.Now, there's a bit of legislation everyone was expecting around

:06:53. > :06:55.about now, but which has yet to pop up in the Commons.

:06:56. > :07:03.It's the crucial bit of legislation that takes EU law and moves it

:07:04. > :07:10.But there's been concern that the Government is going to make

:07:11. > :07:16.extensive use of what are called Henry the eighth powers

:07:17. > :07:18.to change acts of Parliament with little scrutiny.

:07:19. > :07:21.And that's before we get on to the actual content of the bill.

:07:22. > :07:23.So far 300 amendments have been put down!

:07:24. > :07:26.So, to find out what was going on I caught up with two

:07:27. > :07:30.parliamentary experts, Dr Hannah White from the Institute

:07:31. > :07:33.for Government and Lord Lisvane, who before moving to the Lords

:07:34. > :07:42.I began by asking Hannah White why the bill was so important.

:07:43. > :07:44.This is really the significant bill relating to Brexit

:07:45. > :07:48.and it is going to transfer all the existing EU legislation

:07:49. > :07:52.on to the UK statute book and what the Government is doing

:07:53. > :07:55.to enable that process to go smoothly is giving itself quite

:07:56. > :07:58.extensive powers to amend the legislation once

:07:59. > :08:05.Either to make it make sense or to make more substantive policy

:08:06. > :08:10.changes and that is why Parliament, lots of people in the Commons

:08:11. > :08:13.and the Lords, are concerned about the extent of the powers

:08:14. > :08:17.That all sounds perfectly reasonable.

:08:18. > :08:21.The Government has got to get EU law into British law to stop the train

:08:22. > :08:25.coming off the track after Brexit, so what particularly is the problem?

:08:26. > :08:28.It is the sheer scale and scope of the powers.

:08:29. > :08:32.The idea that under several clauses in the bill,

:08:33. > :08:36.ministers could amend or repeal any Act of Parliament which has ever

:08:37. > :08:40.been passed, including indeed the act which will result

:08:41. > :08:46.So there is concern about the scope of what the Government is giving

:08:47. > :08:49.itself the power to do, but what choice does it have,

:08:50. > :08:55.I don't think anybody would argue that ministers don't need some

:08:56. > :09:01.really quite extensive powers but when you have powers to make

:09:02. > :09:06.delegated legislation, particularly the Henry VIII powers

:09:07. > :09:09.which affect primary legislation, which has already been passed

:09:10. > :09:13.and subject to extensive parliamentary scrutiny,

:09:14. > :09:16.then several things have to happen in order to make that acceptable.

:09:17. > :09:19.First, the purpose for which those powers can be used has got

:09:20. > :09:29.Second the period over which those hours can be used

:09:30. > :09:34.We are told that the powers in this bill are sunsetted.

:09:35. > :09:36.In fact, when you look at the bill in detail,

:09:37. > :09:41.it is incredibly easy to get round the sunsetting limitations.

:09:42. > :09:47.The Government says one of the ways it is addressing this is to give MPs

:09:48. > :09:50.eight days in committee of the entire House so everybody can

:09:51. > :09:53.talk about this to try to iron out some of these concerns.

:09:54. > :10:00.It is not really a lot if you look at some of the previous EU

:10:01. > :10:07.There was a greater length of time spent on the bill to implement

:10:08. > :10:14.And we have already seen 300 amendments to date have been put

:10:15. > :10:17.down in the Commons and 57 new clauses proposed.

:10:18. > :10:21.There are really a lot of different issues that MPs want to explore

:10:22. > :10:24.and I'm sure when the bill moves to the House of Lords

:10:25. > :10:29.So it is just a question of making sure that all the concerns MPs

:10:30. > :10:35.Part of the problem really is that the Government is trying

:10:36. > :10:38.to come up with a bill that will give a solution when it hasn't

:10:39. > :10:40.got the final Brexit deal and doesn't know

:10:41. > :10:46.I think the reason some of the powers they are seeking

:10:47. > :10:49.to give themselves are very widely drawn is because they need

:10:50. > :10:54.potentially to use those powers at very short notice to implement

:10:55. > :11:02.And they don't know what that withdrawal agreement might look

:11:03. > :11:09.like and that is why some people are arguing it would be more

:11:10. > :11:11.appropriate to implement the withdrawal agreement

:11:12. > :11:13.using it is of primary legislation rather than relying on these

:11:14. > :11:16.secondary powers to do that, which is the Government's

:11:17. > :11:18.When the Government gets this through the Commons,

:11:19. > :11:21.it then has to get it through the Lords.

:11:22. > :11:24.I think the Government will have to work very hard.

:11:25. > :11:27.Of course it depends whether amendments are made

:11:28. > :11:31.in the Commons, whether the bill is slightly less worrying when it

:11:32. > :11:42.gets to the Lords and, as you know, the Delegated Powers Committee,

:11:43. > :11:48.which I am a member of, although I am speaking

:11:49. > :11:52.I started with an impossible question to you.

:11:53. > :11:54.I'll finish with an impossible question for you.

:11:55. > :11:56.The EU Withdrawal Bill is just the first of the bills

:11:57. > :11:59.the Government has to get through to get Brexit done.

:12:00. > :12:02.Is it even realistic to think that they are going to get all this

:12:03. > :12:05.How much coming together and compromise is going to be?

:12:06. > :12:09.We are already seeing a delay in the timetable

:12:10. > :12:11.for the withdrawal bill, had it been expected to come

:12:12. > :12:14.into the Commons sooner, now we are not sure if it

:12:15. > :12:17.will arrive next week or not, because behind the scenes

:12:18. > :12:19.the Government is negotiating over some of these amendments

:12:20. > :12:25.I think before we had an election last year,

:12:26. > :12:27.the Government was hoping the bill would probably be through both

:12:28. > :12:32.Now it is looking like it won't get to the House of Lords

:12:33. > :12:36.As you say, on top of that there are a number of different other

:12:37. > :12:39.bills which the Government is going to want to get through.

:12:40. > :12:41.Parliamentary time is limited and it is beginning

:12:42. > :12:54.Thank you both very much for coming onto the programme.

:12:55. > :12:56.Well, staying with Brexit, on Tuesday Boris Johnson told MPs

:12:57. > :12:59.the UK's "friends and partners in the EU" need to "get serious"

:13:00. > :13:03.His comments came after the Prime Minister travelled

:13:04. > :13:05.to Brussels on Monday to try to break the impasse

:13:06. > :13:10.Theresa May and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed

:13:11. > :13:26.But Labour reckoned the government's position was chaotic.

:13:27. > :13:27.Let me just quote again from the last session

:13:28. > :13:30.of Foreign Office questions, when the Foreign Secretary told

:13:31. > :13:32.the House, "There is no plan for no deal."

:13:33. > :13:35.Five days ago, he said that, "We must make the right preparations

:13:36. > :13:38.We know that the Cabinet cannot stop fighting

:13:39. > :13:41.about the Brexit that they want, but it would be a start

:13:42. > :13:42.if our flip-flopping Foreign Secretary could stop

:13:43. > :13:48.It is up to our friends and partners in the EU to look seriously

:13:49. > :13:51.at the offer we are making, particularly on citizens,

:13:52. > :13:57.Everybody wants to make progress, and everybody wants to give

:13:58. > :13:59.the 3.2 million EU citizens in this country the maximum possible

:14:00. > :14:04.That can only happen once our friends and partners

:14:05. > :14:09.decide to get serious in these negotiations.

:14:10. > :14:11.Well, a short time later the Brexit secretary, David Davis,

:14:12. > :14:17.He too was pressed over what the Government wanted.

:14:18. > :14:20.The Secretary of State assures us that he has never talked up no deal,

:14:21. > :14:23.but he has not talked it down, either.

:14:24. > :14:25.Other influential voices in his party talk up

:14:26. > :14:30.The Prime Minister still has not withdrawn her claim that no deal

:14:31. > :14:38.Rather than just not talking up no deal, will the Secretary of State

:14:39. > :14:41.absolutely rule out no deal today as the worst of all possible

:14:42. > :14:43.deals?? We are intending, setting out and straining every

:14:44. > :14:48.That will be the best outcome, but for two

:14:49. > :14:51.reasons we need to prepare for all the other alternatives.

:14:52. > :14:54.The first is that it is a negotiation with many people

:14:55. > :14:58.and it could go wrong, so we have to be ready for that.

:14:59. > :15:01.The second is that in a negotiation you always have to have the right

:15:02. > :15:06.to walk away: if you do not, you get a terrible deal.

:15:07. > :15:09.A little later, appearing before a committee of MPs,

:15:10. > :15:10.the Home Secretary said it was "unthinkable"

:15:11. > :15:14.that there would a "no deal Brexit", and said she remained optimistic.

:15:15. > :15:17.If there were no deal of any form do you believe Britain would continue

:15:18. > :15:20.to be as safe and secure as we are now?

:15:21. > :15:27.I think it is unthinkable that there would be no deal

:15:28. > :15:31.because it is so much in their interests as well as ours,

:15:32. > :15:35.and their communities' and families' and the interests of their tourists,

:15:36. > :15:39.We will make sure there is something between them and us

:15:40. > :15:44.At the end of the week Theresa May went to Brussels again

:15:45. > :15:48.Afterwards European Union leaders agreed to let officials prepare

:15:49. > :15:51.for the second phase of the Brexit negotiations, looking at a future

:15:52. > :15:59.But the summit concluded that there had not been enough

:16:00. > :16:03.progress in the first phase of talks to move on to trade yet.

:16:04. > :16:06.Let's take a look at some of the other stories making

:16:07. > :16:16.Here's Gary Connor with our countdown.

:16:17. > :16:19.The curtain has come down on a parliamentary career this week.

:16:20. > :16:22.Andrew Lloyd Webber is stepping down from the House of Lords

:16:23. > :16:29.after voting only 42 times since he joined in 1997.

:16:30. > :16:32.New peers might have their time in the chamber curtailed as well.

:16:33. > :16:35.Rather than having a seat for life, reports suggest a 15-year term limit

:16:36. > :16:46.In a bad-tempered debate on Universal Credit,

:16:47. > :16:48.a Labour MP compared the benefit to an Amazon review

:16:49. > :16:58.Frighteningly bad, rubbish, utter drivel, hilariously awful,

:16:59. > :17:00.and an outstanding compendium of bottom gravy.

:17:01. > :17:01.Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson is swapping

:17:02. > :17:05.She will be appearing on the charity special of Channel 4's

:17:06. > :17:08.Great British Bake Off later in the year.

:17:09. > :17:12.And the MP Tim Lawton has revealed he spends up to one hour in the bath

:17:13. > :17:15.each morning to compose his thoughts for the day ahead.

:17:16. > :17:29.Now to some other Westminster news in brief.

:17:30. > :17:31.Inflation is at its highest level for five years,

:17:32. > :17:39.But the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney told

:17:40. > :17:41.the Treasury Committee it would carry on rising,

:17:42. > :17:50.We expect that inflation will peak around October,

:17:51. > :18:02.November figures and so peaking potentially above 3% level.

:18:03. > :18:05.The Business Minister has said the news that 400 jobs are to be

:18:06. > :18:07.lost at the Vauxhall car plant in Ellesmere Port is

:18:08. > :18:10.Vauxhall is owned by a French company, PSA.

:18:11. > :18:12.The factory in Cheshire makes the Astra model.

:18:13. > :18:15.A spokesman for the company said the move was nothing to do

:18:16. > :18:18.with Brexit, but down to a fall in sales.

:18:19. > :18:25.On Tuesday MPs debated the plight on the Rohingya.

:18:26. > :18:28.Hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim ethnic group have fled

:18:29. > :18:29.from Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh after clashes

:18:30. > :18:33.Any news stories that have been put out in the newspapers

:18:34. > :18:36.that the Rohingya are doing this to themselves are lies,

:18:37. > :18:45.No woman wants to trek with eight small children,

:18:46. > :18:48.having had one of her sons stabbed through the chest, her breasts dried

:18:49. > :18:51.up because she can't feed her child, and only some semolina for days

:18:52. > :18:56.And the world, if the world sups up that nonsense,

:18:57. > :19:02.that lie, that fabrication, then we are complicit.

:19:03. > :19:06.Labour has accused the Government of breaking a series of promises

:19:07. > :19:14.made after the Grenfell Tower fire in London in June.

:19:15. > :19:16.The Shadow Housing Minister, John Healey, said Theresa May had

:19:17. > :19:19.promised people would have a new home by early August.

:19:20. > :19:20.But the Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid, defended

:19:21. > :19:23.the government's approach and said it was shame Labour was treating

:19:24. > :19:29.the issue as a political point scoring opportunity.

:19:30. > :19:31.A former Health Minister is calling for a Hillsborough-style panel

:19:32. > :19:34.or inquiry to be set up to investigate an epilepsy drug

:19:35. > :19:37.and the harm caused to unborn babies during pregnancy.

:19:38. > :19:42.Norman Lamb also called for compensation for those affected

:19:43. > :19:47.He said about 20,000 babies were estimated to have been

:19:48. > :19:53.In the general population there is a risk of foetal

:19:54. > :20:05.But if valproate is taken during pregnancy that goes up to 11%.

:20:06. > :20:08.There is a case for an inquiry or for a Hillsborough style panel

:20:09. > :20:12.to understand how on earth this outrageous scandal could ever have

:20:13. > :20:15.happened, how it has gone on for so many decades,

:20:16. > :20:21.letting down so many families across our country.

:20:22. > :20:25.The warnings now on the packaging include a very specific warning

:20:26. > :20:28.which I will read which says, "Warning for women and girls.

:20:29. > :20:34.This medicine can seriously harm an unborn baby.

:20:35. > :20:36.Always use effective contraception during treatment.

:20:37. > :20:39.If you're thinking about becoming pregnant or you have

:20:40. > :20:44.become pregnant, talk to your doctor straightaway."

:20:45. > :20:48.Staying with medical matters, the Government has rejected

:20:49. > :20:51.calls for the banning of surgical mesh implants.

:20:52. > :20:55.They're offered to patients to treat a number of conditions in women,

:20:56. > :20:59.and men, such as internal organ prolapse and incontinence.

:21:00. > :21:02.But high numbers of women have begun to come forward claiming

:21:03. > :21:05.the procedure has left them in debilitating pain.

:21:06. > :21:07.Women in their 30s, 40s, 50s are telling us

:21:08. > :21:10.that they are struggling to walk, they have lost their sex lives

:21:11. > :21:12.and suffer from horrendous pain day in day out.

:21:13. > :21:16.Some are even suffering from post traumatic stress disorder

:21:17. > :21:20.following the horrific impact the mesh has had

:21:21. > :21:26.One consultant who has written to explain the problems in mesh

:21:27. > :21:29.removal stated that once stuck, the mesh is never fully removed

:21:30. > :21:32.and failure of implanting means that the mesh will fuse,

:21:33. > :21:35.erode, stick and adhere to organs, nerves and blood vessels,

:21:36. > :21:42.The Conservative who chairs the Health Select

:21:43. > :21:47.I don't agree that we should ban mesh because for some women

:21:48. > :21:49.the symptoms of stress urinary incontinence or prolapse can

:21:50. > :21:53.themselves be life altering, so we should retain this

:21:54. > :21:56.as an option where in fact alternative procedures may give

:21:57. > :22:10.worse outcomes or potentially worse convocations, but there must be

:22:11. > :22:14.adequate consultation with women about the risks so they can weigh

:22:15. > :22:18.I think the most important aspect of this debate are the women

:22:19. > :22:21.And the most important thing we can do, and my priority,

:22:22. > :22:24.is to make sure we are ensuring they get the support and care

:22:25. > :22:27.and treatment they need to alleviate a debilitating condition.

:22:28. > :22:29.But there was unhappiness in the chamber when the minsiter

:22:30. > :22:31.told MPs the advice she'd been given.

:22:32. > :22:33.Mesh still is the best product for treating stress incontinence.

:22:34. > :22:36.But the evidence regarding prolapse is rather more mixed.

:22:37. > :22:39.But I can give that advice to members today but we will await

:22:40. > :22:43.the Nice guidelines before the end of the year.

:22:44. > :22:45.And she rejected calls for a public inquiry,

:22:46. > :22:47.provoking an angry response from Emma Hardy as she

:22:48. > :22:53.The reaction you have just given is simply not good enough at all.

:22:54. > :22:55.I am extremely disappointed because I completely disagree with you.

:22:56. > :23:01.It is not just about the procedure, it is also about the product,

:23:02. > :23:06.and I hope the weight of evidence from all the women that we can see

:23:07. > :23:09.there, all the women who have e-mailed, all the constituents,

:23:10. > :23:11.all the people that have contacted Sling The Mesh,

:23:12. > :23:14.will be enough evidence to show you that this is more than

:23:15. > :23:21.Finally for now to the Commons on Friday where Labour MP

:23:22. > :23:23.Chris Bryant put forward a bill to increase the penalties

:23:24. > :23:31.Mr Bryant topped the annual Commons ballot for the right

:23:32. > :23:35.He'd consulted his constituents on what the issue should be,

:23:36. > :23:37.and they'd overwhelmingly favoured this proposal.

:23:38. > :23:42.Just ahead of the debate he told us why he wanted change.

:23:43. > :23:45.I think that since they are there to protect us and save our lives,

:23:46. > :23:49.any attack on them is an attack on all of us and that is why I think

:23:50. > :23:51.the law should come down more heavily on them.

:23:52. > :23:56.Just as we have for racially and religiously aggravated assaults,

:23:57. > :24:00.a special category, an enhanced aggravated offence,

:24:01. > :24:03.for hate crimes as well, I think it is appropriate we do

:24:04. > :24:07.Most importantly, up until now, the maximum you can get for common

:24:08. > :24:13.assault is six months only triable in a Magistrates' Court.

:24:14. > :24:16.I think that should be extended, it could be either in a Magistrates'

:24:17. > :24:19.Court or a Crown Court, and should be up to 12 months,

:24:20. > :24:22.and I want to say to those magistrates who have all too often

:24:23. > :24:31.said to police officers or even ambulance crews,

:24:32. > :24:33."A degree of violence is part of your job," I am sorry,

:24:34. > :24:37.We should have a zero tolerance attitude towards violence

:24:38. > :24:40.Well, his bill had cross party support in the Commons,

:24:41. > :24:43.Every day, emergency workers across the country show quite

:24:44. > :24:48.remarkable courage simply in carrying out their duties.

:24:49. > :24:54.They save lives, protect communities and uphold the law.

:24:55. > :24:57.We owe each and every one of them a debt of gratitude and they deserve

:24:58. > :25:06.Tougher sentences for these despicable attacks on emergency

:25:07. > :25:09.workers sends the clearest possible message that this cowardly behaviour

:25:10. > :25:11.will not be tolerated and that is why the Government

:25:12. > :25:23.All of which means Chris Bryant's bill will now go forward for more

:25:24. > :25:24.detailed consideration and, unlike most Private Members'

:25:25. > :25:30.Bills, stands a good chance of becoming law.

:25:31. > :25:33.And that's it from us for now but do join Keith Macdougall on Monday

:25:34. > :25:37.night at 11 for a full round up of the day here at Westminster,

:25:38. > :25:40.when we're expecting a statement from Theresa May on the latest