0:00:21 > 0:00:24Hello and Welcome to the Week In Parliament, our look
0:00:24 > 0:00:27back at the big events of the last few days here at Westminster.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30On this programme: Theresa May is urged to set out more details
0:00:30 > 0:00:34of her Brexit strategy.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39We will bring back control of our laws, our borders and our money.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44But Labour says the government's in chaos.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Wayne Ishii going to put the countries interests
0:00:48 > 0:00:51the oversized egos...
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Also on this programme: We talk to Welsh Mps as Scotland and Wales
0:00:54 > 0:00:57turn up the pressure on ministers to make sure they get control
0:00:57 > 0:01:00of some of the powers coming back to the UK after Brexit.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04There's a call for a ban on live animal exports
0:01:04 > 0:01:06And: is facial recognition technology a security boost
0:01:06 > 0:01:12or a big brother threat?
0:01:12 > 0:01:20The Chinese site has introduced a system with RU. You can smile to
0:01:20 > 0:01:20pay.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23But first....
0:01:23 > 0:01:26The acceptance that the UK cannot have its cake and eat it,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29was just one of the messages from Theresa May as she set out
0:01:29 > 0:01:31details of what the UK wants from Brexit.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33In a speech on Friday she laid down
0:01:33 > 0:01:36five tests for a future agreement with the European Union,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39including whether any deal respects the result of the 2016 referendum,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41protects jobs and security, and strengthen the ties
0:01:41 > 0:01:49between the four nations of the UK.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51The Prime Minister will update the Commons on her ideas
0:01:51 > 0:01:53in a statement on Monday afternoon.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56It will be another chance for Mps to question her over just
0:01:56 > 0:01:57where she sees Brexit going.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, the Labour leader
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Jeremy Corbyn had taunted Theresa May over a recent
0:02:01 > 0:02:04ministerial get together at her country retreat,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06which aimed to thrash out the government's strategy and come
0:02:06 > 0:02:14up with a united way forward.
0:02:14 > 0:02:21Mr Speaker the Prime Minister a merged to promise a Brexit of
0:02:21 > 0:02:22ambitious diversions.
0:02:26 > 0:02:32What on earth ambitious divergence will mean and practise? We will
0:02:32 > 0:02:41bring back controlour borders and our money. That is in direct
0:02:41 > 0:02:45contrast with the Labour Party is positioned, want to be in a, and do
0:02:45 > 0:02:52whatever it takes that would mean giving away control of our laws, our
0:02:52 > 0:02:55borders, and our money. And that would be a betrayal of the British
0:02:55 > 0:03:02people!The government to so divided that the Prime Minister is incapable
0:03:02 > 0:03:08of delivering a coherent and decisive plan for Brexit! So when is
0:03:08 > 0:03:13she going to put the countries interests before the outsized egos
0:03:13 > 0:03:15of her own Cabinet?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Jeremy Corbyn, Well one problem that's proving particularly tricky
0:03:18 > 0:03:21in the Brexit talks is how to take the UK out of the EU's customs union
0:03:21 > 0:03:25while still avoiding checks on the Irish border.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29In the week the EU put forward a plan for a common regulatory area
0:03:29 > 0:03:37for the whole island of Ireland, which would avoid what's known
0:03:37 > 0:03:40as a hard border with checkpoints between the north and south.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45But at Prime Minister's Questions, Theresa May made it clear that
0:03:45 > 0:03:50proposal wasn't acceptable to her.
0:03:50 > 0:04:01What if implemented undermined, the integrity of UK, down the, and no UK
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Prime Minister could ever...
0:04:03 > 0:04:06The SNP's Westminster leader picked up on the Irish border issue,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08and a leaked letter from the Foreign Secretary Boris
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Johnson to Theresa May.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14In it he said the Government should prevent the border from becoming
0:04:14 > 0:04:17"significantly" harder, a comment that came hot on the heels
0:04:17 > 0:04:19of a BBC Interview where he'd compared the issue to crossing
0:04:19 > 0:04:28between London boroughs and the use of the congestion charge!
0:04:28 > 0:04:35The foreign secretaries letter, says he cannot get to grips with the most
0:04:35 > 0:04:40fundamental issues of Brexit. The Foreign Secretary, compared crossing
0:04:40 > 0:04:47the Irish border to going between Camden and Westminster! Frankly, you
0:04:47 > 0:04:52could not make this stuff up! Is a UK Government, that the Buddha
0:04:52 > 0:04:57jeopardy a good five-year agreement! Does the Prime Minister agree with
0:04:57 > 0:05:02the Foreign Secretary who is making the United Kingdom a laughing stock?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Theresa May didn't mention Boris Johnson specifically
0:05:04 > 0:05:06in her reply but insisted the Government was committed
0:05:06 > 0:05:07to the Good Friday Agreement.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11But Mps wanted the Foreign Secretary to explain himself directly to them.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14So, straight after PMQs, Labour put down what's known
0:05:14 > 0:05:18as an urgent question asking him to come to the despatch box.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22But as you might be able to see Mr Johnson left the chamber,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Provoking much shouting from the opposition side.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29The DUP's Westminster leader used the opportunity to speak up and back
0:05:29 > 0:05:38Theresa May in rejecting the deal proposed by the EU.
0:05:38 > 0:05:44It is ironic is it not, that those who complain hardest about a hard
0:05:44 > 0:05:48border between the Irish Republican Army Island, have today welcomed
0:05:48 > 0:05:54proposals from the EU which would create a hard border between them.
0:05:54 > 0:06:02These the Belfast agreement or most specifically, to thwart exit in
0:06:02 > 0:06:11shape it in the way, it is outrageous and disgraceful!We are
0:06:11 > 0:06:16not going to rip our nation further apart. We not only to have a
0:06:16 > 0:06:21pragmatic approach, but in honest approach. And the only solution to a
0:06:21 > 0:06:28hard border is, membership of the custom union, Mr Speaker they will
0:06:28 > 0:06:29get there in the end.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Anna Soubry.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Of course the Irish border isn't the only big unresolved issue.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35The governments in Wales and Scotland have real concerns too.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38For example, what might Brexit mean for regulating Welsh farming
0:06:38 > 0:06:39or the Scottish fishing industry?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Control over agriculture and fisheries is technically devolved.
0:06:41 > 0:06:49But these powers are currently exercised from Brussels.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Once the UK leaves the EU these powers will be heading to the UK.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55But where will they go?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58The Welsh and Scottish governments claim that Westminster
0:06:58 > 0:07:01might try to grab them.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03The Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington tried
0:07:03 > 0:07:09to reassure the doubters.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15The vast majority of power is returning, will start off in
0:07:15 > 0:07:22Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, and led there be no doubt this will be a
0:07:22 > 0:07:29very big change to the EU withdrawal bill that is before Parliament and a
0:07:29 > 0:07:31significant step forward in these negotiations.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33But both the Welsh and Scottish governments think that's not good
0:07:33 > 0:07:35enough and responded by introducing Continuity Bills,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37in effect making sure those responsibilities
0:07:37 > 0:07:39go directly to them,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42not Westminster.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Bad weather cancelled the St David's Day debate in the Commons.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48But we thought we'd stage our own.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50First I asked Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Liz Saville Roberts, why she thought Westminster
0:07:52 > 0:08:00would hold on to the powers and not pass them on.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Why would the government does not allow these powers to go straight to
0:08:05 > 0:08:10Cardiff for Edinburgh? If we are equals, with the nations of the UK,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14we should be owed to discuss that within the Parliament so we can come
0:08:14 > 0:08:24into an agreement together. According to our needs.
0:08:24 > 0:08:31Before they than get passed on to us.I am joined by Steven Doughty
0:08:31 > 0:08:37and joined by a WebCam by David Davis. Let me start with you. These
0:08:37 > 0:08:40powers are going to affect people for years to come. Shouldn't they
0:08:40 > 0:08:45have a say on them from day one? They will have a say from day one
0:08:45 > 0:08:50and they will have. Those powers are currently in Brussels and they are
0:08:50 > 0:08:55going to come back to London where they will be decided upon by a
0:08:55 > 0:08:58British Government made up of MPs from England but also Wales,
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Scotland and Northern Ireland so those powers are already coming back
0:09:02 > 0:09:08to the United Kingdom. It will already have a much greater say to
0:09:08 > 0:09:12how these laws are made. And in the short term, maybe not immediately
0:09:12 > 0:09:17but in the period of the next two years, many of the powers will be
0:09:17 > 0:09:21divulged straight down towards Cardiff Bay or Scotland and Northern
0:09:21 > 0:09:26Ireland. Everyone is going to Mark Powers as a result.But that's the
0:09:26 > 0:09:29majors ticking point, eventually those powers will go to Scotland and
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Wales, why can't they go straightaway?There is not one
0:09:32 > 0:09:36single thing that they can do at the moment that it won't be going to do
0:09:36 > 0:09:42after brexit. We are not taking any powers away from Belfast, Scotland,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45nowhere else. No powers have been taken away and more powers will be
0:09:45 > 0:09:51going to them. We need to ensure that we don't have, if you like,
0:09:51 > 0:09:53four different nations all doing their own thing and that would
0:09:53 > 0:09:57undermine the single market in the UK and it is such an irony that all
0:09:57 > 0:10:03of these people, I respect Steven Doughty and other MPs who say we
0:10:03 > 0:10:08need to be a part of this equal market. If we as a -- if we have a
0:10:08 > 0:10:11situation where they have different agricultural policies we will lose
0:10:11 > 0:10:19the single market in the UK.It sounds unreasonable.The UK
0:10:19 > 0:10:23government had plenty of time during this process to resolve the issues
0:10:23 > 0:10:27with the Welsh and Scottish governments. And the discussions
0:10:27 > 0:10:31have come to a stalemate at this time. The Welsh Government has had
0:10:31 > 0:10:35to set out a continuity bill to try to keep things going because they
0:10:35 > 0:10:38haven't come to this agreement and that is not the situation we want to
0:10:38 > 0:10:42be in. We don't want to end up back in the Supreme Court arguing about
0:10:42 > 0:10:46these powers. The powers that have been given to Scotland and Wales
0:10:46 > 0:10:50have been in place since 1999 and it is established they have powers in
0:10:50 > 0:10:55those areas and that they would get stuck in Westminster and grab back
0:10:55 > 0:11:00by some Ministers is not an acceptable situation.You talked
0:11:00 > 0:11:04there about these continuity bills, wouldn't everyone be better off
0:11:04 > 0:11:07trying to sort out and negotiate with the Government at Westminster
0:11:07 > 0:11:11rather than going for this nuclear option of having a continuity bill
0:11:11 > 0:11:15and making more confusion and as you say, more potential to turn up in
0:11:15 > 0:11:19the courts?We have raised this problem since day one and I work
0:11:19 > 0:11:24closely with my colleagues and National Assembly and from SNP and
0:11:24 > 0:11:29elsewhere. We agree that this is about respecting devolution and the
0:11:29 > 0:11:33different powers that the Government and United Kingdom have in keeping
0:11:33 > 0:11:38the constitutional stability here in the UK in the UK government has not
0:11:38 > 0:11:42responded adequately to that. Using conservative Scottish MPs agreeing
0:11:42 > 0:11:45that this is not an adequate situation. And they have not come
0:11:45 > 0:11:53forward. The chaos seeing or whether they are grabbing back the powers
0:11:53 > 0:11:56and hold them in Westminster, neither of those are acceptable.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Isn't there a problem for the Government that it is going to look
0:11:59 > 0:12:05like it is walking roughshod over devolution, if it hangs onto the
0:12:05 > 0:12:09powers it is in trouble. At the continuity bill goes through it is
0:12:09 > 0:12:13also in trouble.Whatever the Government does, and no matter how
0:12:13 > 0:12:16far is it traced to support the Welsh Assembly and Scottish
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Parliament, leaders of those institutions are not going to
0:12:18 > 0:12:23support brexit, we are not taking any powers away, we are taking
0:12:23 > 0:12:27powers from Brussels. But that is a wonderful thing, we're taking this
0:12:27 > 0:12:33powers from Brussels and back to the UK Parliament were Welsh MPs will
0:12:33 > 0:12:40have a say over it in the Welsh MPs will bring it down to Cardiff. That
0:12:40 > 0:12:46is respecting the result of the brexit referendum in Wales.Last ten
0:12:46 > 0:12:52seconds, would you make of that?He is incorrect. We voted for the Wales
0:12:52 > 0:12:55act and this is an intent to claw back the powers and Ukip in the
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Welsh Assembly are backing the Welsh government on this and it is this
0:12:59 > 0:13:03silly route that we don't need to have. It is not about walking brexit
0:13:03 > 0:13:10and it is expected -- respecting the powers of the governments in the UK
0:13:10 > 0:13:11government should do that.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12David TC Davies and Stephen Doughty there.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Now, I hear you ask, what's been happening in the wider
0:13:15 > 0:13:16world of politics this week?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Here's Duncan Smith with our countdown.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24# Five, four, three, two, one.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Five.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28A wintry week at Westminster and the heating failed at a
0:13:28 > 0:13:30late-night sitting in the House of Lords, prompting peers to wrap up
0:13:31 > 0:13:34warm.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Four.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Welsh Nationalist MPs are backing Manchester city boss
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Pep Guardiola for wearing a pro-Catalan ribbon at the
0:13:41 > 0:13:44cup final.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48He was charged by the FA for promoting a political message.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52MPs tabled an early motion praising his stance.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Three.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Back in the Lords, a the quick thinking
0:13:56 > 0:13:58doorkeeper saved the day on Wednesday.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Business can't end if
0:13:59 > 0:14:01the mace is in place.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Two.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08Most fashionable subject for a speech this
0:14:08 > 0:14:09week, Brexit as seen on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Thursday, and Friday.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13One.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15We return to the weather for our top story.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18And the snow at Westminster inspired these images on social media.
0:14:18 > 0:14:26# Five, four, three, two, one.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Duncan Smith with our countdown.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Now let's take a look at some Westminster news in brief:
0:14:32 > 0:14:35The International Development Secretary, is considering stopping
0:14:35 > 0:14:37UK aid for a number of charities after they failed to
0:14:37 > 0:14:42provide assurances over safeguarding to her department.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Penny Mordaunt had set a deadline for the information,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47following the scandal surrounding sexual misconduct by
0:14:47 > 0:14:54aid agency workers.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57A number of organisations unbelievably Mr Speaker have not
0:14:57 > 0:15:02replied. We are following up. But without compelling justification
0:15:02 > 0:15:05they would have lost our confidence and we will consider whether it is
0:15:05 > 0:15:07right to continue their funding.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08The government's announced its abandoning the next stage
0:15:08 > 0:15:12of the Leveson inquiry into press intrusion, set up in the wake
0:15:12 > 0:15:13of the phone hacking scandal.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15The Culture Secretary, argued the industry had changed
0:15:15 > 0:15:24and he reminded MPs that phase one had cost £48 million.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28I have an wormed Sir Brian that we are formally closing the inquiry.
0:15:28 > 0:15:35But we will take action to safeguard the lifeblood of our democratic
0:15:35 > 0:15:38discourse and tackle the challenges of our media face today, not a
0:15:38 > 0:15:44decade ago.This announcement conveniently timed to be buried
0:15:44 > 0:15:50under a flurry of snow is a disappointment. A breach of trust
0:15:50 > 0:15:56and a bitter blow to the victims of press intrusion. But it is not in
0:15:56 > 0:15:58any way a surprise.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00UK millennials are on track to be the most overweight generation
0:16:00 > 0:16:02since records began, health experts say.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Based on population trends, more than seven in every ten people
0:16:04 > 0:16:09born between the early 1980s and the mid-90s will be too fat
0:16:10 > 0:16:18by the time they reach middle age.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Five-year-olds are now eating their own body weight in sugar every year,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26obesity is the second largest cause of cancer and it reduces life
0:16:26 > 0:16:32expectancy up to ten years. What is needed are mandatory reformulation
0:16:32 > 0:16:36targets for reduction in added sugar, fat, and calories across all
0:16:36 > 0:16:40products as well as common-sense policies directed at early years.We
0:16:40 > 0:16:44have seen action in what we will see in the spring is evidence of whether
0:16:44 > 0:16:49or not it has had the desired affect and if it hasn't we have left all
0:16:49 > 0:16:51options open to take more if required.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53The electricals retailer Maplin collapsed in the week,
0:16:53 > 0:17:00putting two and half thousand jobs at risk
0:17:00 > 0:17:03And on the same day a further three thousand jobs were under threat
0:17:03 > 0:17:06when the UK's biggest toys retailer Toys-R-us went into administration.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08In the Lords, there was a dire warning that trading in Britain's
0:17:08 > 0:17:11shops could decline by nearly a quarter in the next year.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15There is a crisis on the high street. Can the Minister tell us
0:17:15 > 0:17:24what the Government is doing to recognise the pressure the Internet
0:17:24 > 0:17:31is putting on physical shops?We found 2.3 billion and cutting
0:17:31 > 0:17:35business rates and found a degree of fairness to the system. There are
0:17:35 > 0:17:40limits to how far one can go and one has to accept that a lot of what is
0:17:40 > 0:17:42happening is a result of what the consumers want.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45MPs debated a call to ban live farm animal exports
0:17:45 > 0:17:47after more than 90,000 people signed an online petition.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Ministers are said to be considering the change.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Currently, live animal exports from Britain
0:17:50 > 0:17:55are controlled by EU regulation.
0:17:55 > 0:18:02In 2012, 40 she'd had to be euthanized after being crammed into
0:18:02 > 0:18:12a shrub. Other sheep spent four days without having access to food or
0:18:12 > 0:18:17water are being transported to Turkey.Let this be one of the great
0:18:17 > 0:18:21steps as Britain takes back control from the European Union because as
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Gandhi once said, the greatness of the nation and its moral progress
0:18:25 > 0:18:31can be judged by the way its animals are treated.We should not be
0:18:31 > 0:18:37banning live exports because if we do that, we will lose control
0:18:37 > 0:18:40through the Irish border and potentially the animals that we are
0:18:40 > 0:18:44seeking to improve the welfare of Will end up travelling from Southern
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Ireland to Spain or France, journeys that are considerably longer than
0:18:47 > 0:18:49they need to be.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50MPs have been increasingly concerned about the plight
0:18:50 > 0:18:52of the Rohingya people fleeing Myanmar formerly
0:18:52 > 0:18:53known as Burma.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Now the chairman of the International Development Committee
0:18:55 > 0:18:59says its been blocked from making a fact-finding trip
0:18:59 > 0:19:06to the country after publishing a report on the crisis.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Yesterday our passports were returned to us without visas and
0:19:09 > 0:19:13clearly the failure of the Burmese government to grant these visas
0:19:13 > 0:19:18simply prevents us from doing our job as a select committee which is
0:19:18 > 0:19:25to oversee how overseas development assistance is spent in country. I
0:19:25 > 0:19:32understand Mr Speaker, it was the leader herself who blocked the
0:19:32 > 0:19:38approval of our visas.They indicated three reasons for that
0:19:38 > 0:19:41refusal, first that there is an extended public holiday in Burma and
0:19:41 > 0:19:47secondly that access to the state remains restricted for security
0:19:47 > 0:19:50reasons and finally and I think this was something that was brought up in
0:19:50 > 0:19:56the rest release yesterday evening. They were unhappy that individual
0:19:56 > 0:20:00members had signed a letter calling for the senior general of the
0:20:00 > 0:20:08Burmese army to be held to account for the military behaviour.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11In the Lords, there was a call for better regulation of facial
0:20:11 > 0:20:13recognition technology by the security services and police.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Biometric software can identify someone by comparing a photo
0:20:15 > 0:20:16or video to a stored face-print.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19It's used for security but also increasingly by private companies.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23One peer, who said she'd been arrested but not charged
0:20:23 > 0:20:31while attending peaceful protests, raised concerns.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36This technology is being used for a database full of illegal images of
0:20:36 > 0:20:40innocent people and I include myself in that number. It seems that facial
0:20:40 > 0:20:43recognition technology is using police national database which
0:20:43 > 0:20:47contains tens of thousands of people who are never charged, nor convicted
0:20:47 > 0:20:53of an offence. It is six years since the High Court ruled that the policy
0:20:53 > 0:20:58of retaining the mugshots of innocent people was unlawful. But
0:20:58 > 0:21:02the police still do it and they still upload them onto the police
0:21:02 > 0:21:06national database. The Government's solution in 2017 was to allow
0:21:06 > 0:21:12individuals to write to the police asking to be deleted. That just
0:21:12 > 0:21:17isn't good enough.Although it is still at a very early stage of
0:21:17 > 0:21:20development as far as its use in the criminal justice system is
0:21:20 > 0:21:23concerned, I have no doubt that it will eventually be accepted by the
0:21:23 > 0:21:29police and the courts as a quick and reliable method of eliminating the
0:21:29 > 0:21:34innocent from suspicion as much as for identifying and convicting the
0:21:34 > 0:21:36guilty.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38But he added there were no national
0:21:38 > 0:21:43or international standards for how implement its use.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46These techniques are extremely powerful but they are out of the
0:21:46 > 0:21:52bag. The train has left the station or whichever metaphor you want to
0:21:52 > 0:21:58use on this concern. The Chinese Ali Baba site has introduced a system
0:21:58 > 0:22:05whereby you can smile to pay. As far as I know, it is China and it is
0:22:05 > 0:22:10different of course, but any others similar system being adopted in the
0:22:10 > 0:22:14UK or in other Western countries, but the point is that the technique
0:22:14 > 0:22:19is there and it is actually only a matter of time before non-state
0:22:19 > 0:22:22actors start to use these techniques far more widely than is currently
0:22:22 > 0:22:28the case.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31One peer and former MI5 chief stressed the benefits in counter
0:22:31 > 0:22:33terrorism and was impressed with a system he'd experienced.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36I was going into the building the other day and they had a facial
0:22:36 > 0:22:39recognition system at the door and it immediately and accurately
0:22:39 > 0:22:45identified me as myself and was able to do it on the basis of a
0:22:45 > 0:22:4912-year-old photograph taken from the Internet. So this is not just
0:22:49 > 0:22:52about police custody records, you can do it without any of that stuff
0:22:52 > 0:22:57and a lot of people are doing so in the private sector.So for example
0:22:57 > 0:23:06the German police force is using image camera to make a troublemaker
0:23:06 > 0:23:10database which is against the principles of data protection and
0:23:10 > 0:23:15against the spirit of not using this type of technology for and
0:23:15 > 0:23:23intelligence gathering tools. There are is no illegal status -- legal
0:23:23 > 0:23:25status and no oversight, they are getting away with it.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26The Home Office Minister said
0:23:26 > 0:23:31biometric data was critically important in law enforcement.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Maintaining public trust and public confidence is key, achieving this
0:23:36 > 0:23:41needs a more open approach to deployment and development of new
0:23:41 > 0:23:48technologies. Re-remained committed to our use of biometrics including
0:23:48 > 0:23:54provided to block enforcement is legal, transparent and robust.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55She also said the Government
0:23:55 > 0:23:57was committed to creating a framework so that organisations
0:23:57 > 0:24:00could innovate with biometric data in an ethical and transparent way.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Finally, March the first is the meteorological start of spring,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05which might have been a little hard to believe over the last few days,
0:24:05 > 0:24:09but it's also St David's Day, and a chance for a few non-Welsh
0:24:09 > 0:24:16speakers to have a go at the traditional greeting.
0:24:16 > 0:24:29Can I wish all members... I am told happy Saint David's Day for all the
0:24:29 > 0:24:44nonwovens speakers among us.And here is the Scottish accent.SPEAKS
0:24:44 > 0:24:55WELSH.And here is how it should be done.SPEAKS WELSH
0:24:55 > 0:24:57But there was some bad
0:24:57 > 0:24:58news for those wanting more
0:24:58 > 0:25:00talk of St David's day.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04when the bees from the East takes into his dorm Emma, one of the
0:25:04 > 0:25:11victims of the victims of the House will be the Welsh members the debate
0:25:11 > 0:25:15on Saint David's Day has been cancelled so they can travel home
0:25:15 > 0:25:21they please.-- can travel home safely.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23The weather intruding on Commons
0:25:23 > 0:25:25business once more something Pete Wishart was keen
0:25:25 > 0:25:26explore, sort of.
0:25:26 > 0:25:32There are two items of business, the beast from the East, and the home
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Secretary, what is a white out that causes damage wherever it goes in
0:25:36 > 0:25:40the other is the beast from the East.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Pete Wishart.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42And that's it from me for now.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45But do join Lucy Grey on BBC Parliament, on Monday night at 11pm
0:25:45 > 0:25:48for a full round up of the day at Westminster.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51But for now from me, Alicia McCarthy, good bye.