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Hello and welcome to
the Week In Parliament, | 0:00:19 | 0:00:27 | |
coming up, Theresa May tells MPs
Russian diplomats will be expelled | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
after Moscow fails to give
an explanation for the nerve agent | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
attack in Salisbury. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
They've treated the use of military
grade nerve agent with... | 0:00:34 | 0:00:43 | |
The Labour leader condemns
the attack, but he doesn't put | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
the blame on the Russian
government. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
Our response must be decisive and
proportionate and based on clear | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
evidence. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:51 | |
And YouTube gets a dressing down. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
This isn't about perfection, this is
about you being the wrong person | 0:00:54 | 0:01:00 | |
before this committee and not having
a clue what you're talking about. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
But first... | 0:01:04 | 0:01:05 | |
It was the first time a nerve agent
had been used offensively in Europe | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
since the Second World War and it
happened on British soil. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
The attack on the former Russian spy
and his daughter in Salisbury | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
dominated the week in Parliament. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
On Monday afternoon,
the Prime Minister came | 0:01:18 | 0:01:19 | |
to the Commons to update MPs. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
It is now clear that Mr Scrip can --
Skripan and his daughter... Russia's | 0:01:21 | 0:01:38 | |
record of conducting state-sponsored
assassinations and our assessment | 0:01:38 | 0:01:43 | |
that Russia views some defectors as
legitimate targets for | 0:01:43 | 0:01:47 | |
assassinations, the Government has
concluded that it is highly likely | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
that Russia was responsible for the
act against them. She said there | 0:01:51 | 0:01:58 | |
were two possibilities. Either this
was a direct act by the Russian | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
state against our country, or the
Russian government lost control of | 0:02:00 | 0:02:06 | |
its potentially catastrophically
damaging nerve agent and allowed it | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
to get into the hands of others.
Angie demanded an escalation from | 0:02:08 | 0:02:14 | |
Moscow. Should there be no credible
response, we will assume that | 0:02:14 | 0:02:20 | |
this... Jeremy Corbyn condemned the
attack. The investigation into the | 0:02:20 | 0:02:30 | |
events must reach its conclusions,
we need to see both the evidence and | 0:02:30 | 0:02:36 | |
a full account from the Russian
authorities in light of emerging | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
evidence that the Prime Minister has
just referred to. The Labour leader | 0:02:39 | 0:02:45 | |
turned to party funding, claiming
there had been large donations from | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
Russian oligarchs... We are all
familiar with the way huge fortunes | 0:02:49 | 0:02:56 | |
often acquired in the most dubious
circumstances in Russia sometimes | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
connected with criminal elements
have ended up sheltering in London | 0:03:00 | 0:03:05 | |
and trying to buy political
influence in British party politics. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:11 | |
Meddling in elections as the Prime
Minister put it, there has been over | 0:03:11 | 0:03:19 | |
£800,000 worth of donations to the
Conservative Party from Russian | 0:03:19 | 0:03:25 | |
oligarchs and their associates. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
Well, that febrile mood persisted
when the Prime Minister returned | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
to the despatch box on Wednesday. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
The deadline she'd set
the Kremlin of midnight had | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
passed without a response. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
Theresa May set out
the Government's position. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
They have treated the use of a
military grade nerve agent in Europe | 0:03:41 | 0:03:46 | |
with sarcasm, contempt and defiance.
So Mr Speaker, there is alternative | 0:03:46 | 0:03:51 | |
conclusion. Other than that the
Russian state was culpable for the | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
attempted murder of Mr and his
daughter. Under the Vienna | 0:03:55 | 0:04:05 | |
convention, we will expel 23 Russian
diplomats who have been... They have | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
just one week to leave. This will be
the single biggest expulsion for | 0:04:10 | 0:04:16 | |
over 30 years, and it reflects the
fact that this is not the first time | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
that the Russian state has acted
against our country. The attack and | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
Salisbury was an appalling act of
violence. Nerve agents are | 0:04:24 | 0:04:29 | |
abominable if used in any war, it is
utterly reckless to use them in a | 0:04:29 | 0:04:35 | |
civilian environment. Our response
has to be both decisive and | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
proportionate. And based on clear
evidence. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
When it became clear that Jeremy
Corbyn was not going to blame the | 0:04:45 | 0:04:52 | |
gremlin... I couldn't understand a
word... His behaviour demeans his | 0:04:52 | 0:05:05 | |
office. There was a terse response
by the Prime Minister. It was clear | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
from the remarks that were made by
backbenchers across the whole of | 0:05:08 | 0:05:13 | |
this House on Monday that there is a
consensus across the back benches of | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
this House. I'm only sorry that the
consensus does not go as far as the | 0:05:16 | 0:05:23 | |
right honourable gentleman. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:33 | |
Who could have taken the opportunity
as the UK Government has done the | 0:05:39 | 0:05:45 | |
contempt the culpability of the
Russian state. -- to condemn. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:54 | |
Many on the Labour backbenches
spoke out in support | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
of Theresa May's action,
including one MP who explicitly | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
condemned his own leader's response. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
Responding with strength and resolve
your country is under threat is an | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
essential component of political
leadership. There is a Labour | 0:06:04 | 0:06:12 | |
tradition that understands that. And
it has been understood by prime | 0:06:12 | 0:06:16 | |
Ministers of all parties who have
stood at the despatch box. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
Spokesmen from other parties
expressed solidarity | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
with the Government. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:22 | |
There has to be a robust response of
the use of terror on our streets. We | 0:06:22 | 0:06:30 | |
must act in a measured way to show
that we will simply not tolerate | 0:06:30 | 0:06:35 | |
this behaviour. We welcome the
decisive action that's been taken by | 0:06:35 | 0:06:41 | |
the Prime Minister today it sits in
contrast with the policy of | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
appeasement that we've heard from
the front backbench of the Labour | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
Party. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
But it was a senior Conservative
who emphasised the seriousness | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
of the whole situation. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
It's just a question of expressing
anger about Salisbury. This is | 0:06:54 | 0:07:00 | |
actually a serious threat to the
safety of the Western world, a | 0:07:00 | 0:07:08 | |
lesson to do something together... | 0:07:08 | 0:07:14 | |
In a newspaper article on Friday,
Jeremy Corbyn warned against rushing | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
into a new Cold War with Russia
before there was conclusive evidence | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
that Moscow was behind
the nerve agent attack. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:25 | |
He said police needed to confirm
that the Russian mafia | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
wasn't responsible. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:31 | |
Now, most of our legislation
is made by the Government. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
But it is possible for individual
MPs to change the law. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
And one way is through
a Private Member's Bill. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
It was this humble type of bill
that was responsible for some major | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
social change in Great Britain
in the 60s, the legalisation | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
of abortion and the abolition
of the death penalty for murder. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:54 | |
More recently, a law to reduce
homelessness and a ban on under-18s | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
using sunbeds were the result
of private members' bills. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
The best chance for MPs to bring
in this kind of Bill is to finish | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
high up in the ballot held
at the start of every session. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:10 | |
The ballot drop for private members
bills in the present session is | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
about to take place. 461 members
enter the ballot this year. We now | 0:08:14 | 0:08:20 | |
come to the members who get the
first pick of the... | 0:08:20 | 0:08:26 | |
20 names are chosen but generally
only the top seven or so will get | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
a day's debate on an allocated
Friday. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
Debating time is limited. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
And without government backing,
there's little chance | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
of a Bill becoming law. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
Now, if you had a magnifying glass
handy then, you may have spotted | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
the name Angus MacNeil at the very
top of that list. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
He's introducing a measure to allow
the families of refugees to join | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
them in this country. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:49 | |
And earlier, I spoke to him. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
I began by asking why he'd
chosen that subject. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
It's a subject that makes a
difference in people's lives. In | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
politics one of the things we should
be doing is helping people. I think | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
if all the people -- of all the
peoples in the world who need help, | 0:09:04 | 0:09:10 | |
refugees are those people. This
bill... Very few backbenchers's Bill | 0:09:10 | 0:09:19 | |
get through. They are held on a
Friday, there's a lot of pressure on | 0:09:19 | 0:09:24 | |
MPs to be away. Saying that, if they
do get the MPs to be there, it | 0:09:24 | 0:09:32 | |
should progress to the next edge. I
am quite nervous about that because | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
you can't take everything for
granted. Having them on Friday is | 0:09:35 | 0:09:40 | |
bad. It should be Wednesday or
Thursday, given proper time. But | 0:09:40 | 0:09:46 | |
there can be a variety of other
reasons the Government decides their | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
big hefty utility against private
members bills. That could be a | 0:09:50 | 0:09:56 | |
difficulty. Often, governments look
for excuses not to do it, sometimes | 0:09:56 | 0:10:02 | |
they wish they had thought of it
themselves. Sometimes they wish it | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
wasn't there. I hope the Government
eventually wishes they thought of | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
this themselves, I would be quite
happy if the Government adapted this | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
and didn't need to be done this way.
Sometimes these bills fall because | 0:10:12 | 0:10:20 | |
other MPs talk about, they just go
on and on and so the Bill doesn't | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
have enough time to get through.
That's not a dignified way of | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
getting rid of a bill that.
Absolutely. The best way for that to | 0:10:27 | 0:10:32 | |
be decided is on a boat. Some people
don't like these bills. They are | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
badly drafted and this is the reason
why other MPs oppose them. You have | 0:10:36 | 0:10:43 | |
to be careful there's no unintended
consequences from these measures. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:49 | |
Absolutely, and also when people
have something against the Bill, | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
they will look in the detail and
spin... Indeed, Thomas can make -- | 0:10:51 | 0:11:07 | |
commas can be quite important. Would
like to see more backbench bills | 0:11:07 | 0:11:17 | |
getting through? I think so. I think
they have to be good in the first | 0:11:17 | 0:11:21 | |
place, they have to commend support
but they have to be given the time | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
for that support. That is the
difficulty of having private members | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
bills on Friday. There are other
days of the week when the Government | 0:11:26 | 0:11:30 | |
and the business managers and
Parliament are scraping around | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
looking for a debate just filled the
time. You could see with the | 0:11:32 | 0:11:37 | |
publicity that this bill has
generated, there is greater... Some | 0:11:37 | 0:11:44 | |
of the things that have been debated
on Wednesday or Thursday... Thank | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
you. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
And Angus MacNeil was on his feet
first thing on Friday to put | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
the case for his bill
in the Commons. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
And after three and a half hours,
the Bill cleared its first | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
hurdle in the Commons. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
But it'll face a trickier test
when it comes under more | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
detailed scrutiny by MPs. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
It used to be that cometh
the spring, cometh the Budget. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
The full holding up the briefcase
outside Number 11, how much a pint | 0:12:11 | 0:12:15 | |
was going to be and a rabbit
out of the fiscal hat. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
But that was in the old
days, well, last year. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
It all changed when the Chancellor
announced budgets were now | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
to be autumnal affairs,
with just a limited | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
statement in the spring. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
So it was that Philip Hammond rose
in the Commons on Wednesday | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
with what he said would be
a short statement. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:33 | |
He began by characterising his mood. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:41 | |
If their are any in the chambers,
there, they're over there. I, | 0:12:41 | 0:12:52 | |
meanwhile, and at my positively most
figure like today as I contemplate a | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
country which bases the future with
unique strengths. This Autumn | 0:12:56 | 0:13:02 | |
Statement, 2016, I have committed to
£60 billion of new spending, shared | 0:13:02 | 0:13:07 | |
between long-term investment in
Britain's future and support for our | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
public services. With almost £9
billion extra for our NHS and our | 0:13:10 | 0:13:16 | |
social care system am a £4 billion
going into the NHS in the 18 height | 0:13:16 | 0:13:23 | |
in 19 alone. -- Wendy 18-20 19. This
complacency today is astounding. We | 0:13:23 | 0:13:35 | |
face in every public service a
crisis on a scale we've never seen | 0:13:35 | 0:13:40 | |
before. Hasn't he listened to the
doctors, the nurses, teachers, the | 0:13:40 | 0:13:45 | |
police officers, the carers and even
his own counsellors? They are | 0:13:45 | 0:13:52 | |
telling him they can't wait for the
next budget. They're telling him to | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
act now. The real tragedy is that we
are ten years on from the financial | 0:13:55 | 0:14:03 | |
crisis but austerity is still with
us and there was a lack of hope | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
given to the people of the United
Kingdom from their statement today. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:15 | |
The Chancellor has been very upbeat
today but why is he so upbeat when | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
the growth figures showed that we
have gone from near the top of the | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
G7 and the G20 growth lists, to the
bottom of both? The future is | 0:14:22 | 0:14:29 | |
uncertain and the likelihood of
unexpected political developments | 0:14:29 | 0:14:34 | |
leaves to significant downside risks
to public forecast. Can I ask the | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
Chancellor whether he sees any of
those political downside risks | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
sitting directly in front of him? | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
Funnily enough Philip
Hammond did see risks | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
on the Labour front bench,
and what's more, he said, | 0:14:44 | 0:14:48 | |
business had told him they shared
those risks, too. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
The Chancellor is always looking
for new ways to increase revenue. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
The longest-serving MP,
the Father of the House, | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
is Kenneth Clarke, a former
Conservative Chancellor | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
himself of course. | 0:14:57 | 0:14:58 | |
He had a idea. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
Can I suggest that he looks at some
of the extraordinary tax anomalies | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
he has inherited in the tax
treatment of older, prosperous | 0:15:06 | 0:15:12 | |
people in full-time work in this
country? | 0:15:12 | 0:15:22 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:15:22 | 0:15:30 | |
i think i am perfectly well placed
to make my point. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
One Conservative later made
the point that perhaps imposing | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
a new tax targeted at a core element
of the party's support may not be | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
a good idea after all. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:41 | |
And now let's have a look at some
other news from Parliament in brief. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
The peer who was Britain's first
female Muslim Cabinet minister said | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
she won't be intimidated by letters
inciting violence against Muslims. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:53 | |
Her comments came after four suspect
packages were sent to MPs | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
from a Muslim background. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
The previous day, MPs had condemned
the letters encouraging people | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
to take part in a
"Punish a Muslim" day. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:06 | |
I received a message, my lord, from
a friend. She said, please do not go | 0:16:06 | 0:16:16 | |
out on the 3rd of April, it is
punished a Muslim day. I will, along | 0:16:16 | 0:16:21 | |
with many others, be going out on
the 3rd of April because we will not | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
be intimidated in this way. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:25 | |
The Government reported
a new and worrying development | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
in the investigation into the fire
at Grenfell Tower. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
It's nine months since
the blaze claimed 71 lives. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:35 | |
The cladding and insulation
on the outside of the building have | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
already failed all preliminary tests
by the police. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
Investigators have found now that
a flat door from the building | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
could only hold back a fire for half
the time it was supposed to. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:53 | |
The door is believed to have been
designed to resist fire for up to 30 | 0:16:53 | 0:16:57 | |
minutes, but when tested by the
Metropolitan Police, failed after | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
approximately 15 minutes. The
Metropolitan Police considered that | 0:17:02 | 0:17:06 | |
this test result might have wider
implications for public safety and | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
alerted my department. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
Professor Stephen Hawking, who died
on Wednesday at the age of 76, | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
was remembered at Prime
Minister's Questions. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
Theresa May paid tribute
to his courage and persistence, | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
and his brilliance and humour,
which inspired people | 0:17:20 | 0:17:22 | |
across the world. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:23 | |
Jeremy Corbyn said, as well as being
an acclaimed scientist, | 0:17:23 | 0:17:27 | |
Professor Hawking was also
passionate about the NHS | 0:17:27 | 0:17:29 | |
and universal health care. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:39 | |
The International Trade Secretary
criticised President Trump's | 0:17:40 | 0:17:41 | |
decision to impose tariffs
on imports of steel and aluminium | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
into the United States. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:45 | |
Liam Fox told MPs he'd be working
with the European Union to win | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
an exemption from the tariffs. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:49 | |
Dr Fox said the 25% duties
could harm US industries | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
as well as those in other countries. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
We do disagree with the US decision
to implement tariffs on steel and | 0:17:54 | 0:18:00 | |
aluminium imports based on national
security considerations. These | 0:18:00 | 0:18:05 | |
unilateral trade measures have weak
foundations in international law and | 0:18:05 | 0:18:07 | |
they are not consistent with the
Department of defence's own | 0:18:07 | 0:18:12 | |
judgement in an investigation that
was conducted on the basis of | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
national security. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:19 | |
Mistrust, anxiety and prejudice
are characterising too many | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
parts of the country,
the Communities Secretary has said. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
Sajid Javid told MPs
there was a "lack of meaningful | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
mixing" between people
from different backgrounds, | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
as he set out a government
consultation paper on how | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
to improve integration. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
But the plans earned a stinging
rebuke from the SNP. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:38 | |
This government has pandered, let's
be honest, to tabloids and Stoked | 0:18:38 | 0:18:44 | |
anti-immigration rhetoric for years.
He should apologise for their part | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
in this. This is, after all, a
government of go home vans, of a | 0:18:46 | 0:18:52 | |
possible -- hostile environment, a
preventing asylum-seekers from | 0:18:52 | 0:18:57 | |
working which we know what eight
immigration. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
The Scottish and Welsh First
Ministers met Theresa May | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
in Downing Street to discuss what'll
happen to devolved powers, | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
such as regulation of
fisheries and farming, | 0:19:04 | 0:19:05 | |
once they come back
from Brussels after Brexit. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:10 | |
The issues that remain between us
are not insignificant but neither | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
are they insurmountable. And I think
with understanding and good will on | 0:19:13 | 0:19:21 | |
both sides, then I think a deal can
be reached. That is not to say that | 0:19:21 | 0:19:25 | |
there is certainty at this stage
that it will be reduced. -- that it | 0:19:25 | 0:19:29 | |
will be reached. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
Owners of dogs with behavioural
problems can buy collars which give | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
the animal an electric shock. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
The idea is help train them,
but campaigners argue | 0:19:36 | 0:19:38 | |
the devices are cruel. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:39 | |
MPs called for their use
to be banned in England. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
A Conservative described
what happened when one woman used | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
an electric collar on her dogs. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:45 | |
The first time he got -- the dogs
got the shock was by mistake, so | 0:19:45 | 0:19:50 | |
after a small dog that they were
walking past made her jump, from | 0:19:50 | 0:19:55 | |
then on her pet associated the
shocks with small dogs and there for | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
became afraid of them, so when she
described the day in July when her | 0:19:59 | 0:20:06 | |
dogs turned on and should suit, she
had tears in her eyes and she | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
stated, they connected the pain of
the electric shock with little dogs | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
because of the first time I used to
call her, the day that machine came | 0:20:12 | 0:20:18 | |
in this House, I regret. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:24 | |
Now then, a senior official
at YouTube has apologised to MPs | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
for the company's slowness
in removing extremist | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
and offensive videos,
in particular those produced | 0:20:29 | 0:20:30 | |
by neo-Nazi groups such
as National Action. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
William McCants faced an
uncomfortable round of questioning | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
from the Home Affairs committee. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:42 | |
In fact, you might want to hide
behind the sofa at this point. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:46 | |
We apologise for those videos
being on our platform. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
They should not have been there. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:49 | |
You should not have had to come
back to us repeatedly. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
These four videos,
because they are from a proscribed | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
terrorist organisation, should not
have remained up on our platform. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
Do you have any reviewers based
in the United Kingdom? | 0:20:57 | 0:21:02 | |
I believe we have a large team
of reviewers based in Ireland. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
Which is not in the United Kingdom. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:11 | |
Right. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:12 | |
I'm not sure, of course, we have
full-time employees which work | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
on this, but if you're asking me
about contractors that we use, | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
I'm not sure if they're based
in the UK or not. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
So you put some of these
decisions out to contract? | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
Certainly, and that is part
of the trouble here is that these | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
videos were going to people
who were not able to identify them. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:32 | |
That is why they're going to be
routed to specialists and why | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
the general reviewers
are going to be given training | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
in order to identify these videos. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
How many of the people
who make these decisions are | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
actually not YouTube employees? | 0:21:41 | 0:21:42 | |
Generally, I don't know a number. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:51 | |
You don't even know where your
review teams are based, | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
who they are, whether they are done
through contract to other | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
companies or organisations
or whether it is done by YouTube. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
Now, all of the statements
that you gave us at the | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
beginning of this evidence session
about how much it mattered to you, | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
personally, these things are
actually being implemented by staff | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
on your behalf or by
people on your behalf. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
It is frankly shocking that you seem
to know so little about who | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
they are, where they are,
what training they've had or even | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
whether they are employed
by your organisation. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
You have no response to that. I have
been brought on to deal with | 0:22:20 | 0:22:27 | |
counterterrorism policy. I work at a
very high level. Our trust and | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
safety teams are making sure that
the reviewers get the training that | 0:22:30 | 0:22:35 | |
they need. When we had evidence from
YouTube in the past you were very | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
clear that when it was copyrighted
materials such as songs or albums, | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
the minute they appear you remove
them within minutes. Within minutes, | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
and yet you have nothing, you have
not invested anything to match that | 0:22:47 | 0:22:51 | |
find of copyrighted material, and
yet, this stuff is dangerous. It | 0:22:51 | 0:22:58 | |
leads to people losing their lives.
It is illegal. We are putting in | 0:22:58 | 0:23:04 | |
place fixes every day, spending
millions of dollars to address this | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
problem. Our technology is getting
faster and we are expanding the | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
number of personnel who work on this
issue. We continue to make | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
improvements. Are we perfect? No.
Will we be perfect? No. Oh we will | 0:23:15 | 0:23:20 | |
get better. This is not about
perfection, is about you being wrong | 0:23:20 | 0:23:25 | |
person before this committee and not
knowing what you're talking about. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:32 | |
Telling it like it is. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:34 | |
Now, with a whirlwind
tour of the wider world | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
of politics this week, here's
Julia Butler and our countdown. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
At five, turning on a penny after an
outcry of treasury proposals to | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
review small change. Downing Street
says there are no plans to scrap | 0:23:43 | 0:23:48 | |
small coins. Perhaps we should all
move to Finland since the Nordic | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
nation has been declared the world's
happiest country. The UK rolled in a | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
19th. It seems like he would have
more fun with a thin. He prime Mr | 0:23:54 | 0:23:58 | |
adopted a more relaxed approach this
week when she visited the scene of a | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
narrative agent attack in Salisbury.
Angela Merkel is finally sworn in as | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
Chancellor of Germany. But the corks
will be staying in the campaign. It | 0:24:07 | 0:24:18 | |
took many days per to be approved
after political deadlock. And now, | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
and the Bob Neill who gave his... I
will do my best to be naturally | 0:24:22 | 0:24:30 | |
short. Laughter at Bob Neill there.
How could anyone stoop so low? | 0:24:30 | 0:24:42 | |
Julia Butler. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:46 | |
Finally, MPs are always anxious
to put in a good word | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
about their constituency
and the ideal time to do this | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
is Prime Minister's Questions. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
So in the very dying minutes,
one Conservative seized his chance. | 0:24:54 | 0:25:04 | |
The inspirational Music Man project
in South End that works | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
with people who have learning
difficulties has now set a world | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
record for tinkling the most
number of triangles ever, | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
so does my right honourable friend
agree with me that that is yet | 0:25:15 | 0:25:20 | |
another reason why South End
should be made a city? | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
The Prime Minister seemed unwilling
to commit to Southend becoming | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
a city just on the strength
of that, but... | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
I am very happy to congratulate
the music man project in Southend | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
for the record that they have
achieved in tinkling triangles. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
Now there's a phrase you don't hear
a prime minister say every day. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
Well, that's all for now. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:39 | |
Don't forget there's a round up
of the day in Parliament every night | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
at 11pm on BBC Parliament. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
But for now, from me,
Mandy Baker, goodbye. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:55 |