:00:12. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Thursday in Parliament,
:00:14. > :00:16.our look at the best of the day in the Commons and the Lords.
:00:17. > :00:21."Shocking and disturbing" - MPs react to news that an NHS Trust
:00:22. > :00:26.failed to investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 pdople.
:00:27. > :00:29.Just because some individuals have less ability
:00:30. > :00:33.to communicate concerns about their care, it must ndver mean
:00:34. > :00:40.that less attention is paid to their treatment or their death.
:00:41. > :00:42.Common sense, or a recipe for disaster?
:00:43. > :00:46.for the privatisation of Channel Four.
:00:47. > :00:48.The privatisation of Channel 4 would mean a major reduction
:00:49. > :00:55.in this distinctive and impressive news service.
:00:56. > :00:57.And the former justice secrdtary, Chris Grayling,
:00:58. > :01:00.comes in for some mockery from the Shadow Leader of the Colmons.
:01:01. > :01:03.The prisoners' book ban, the Saudi execution centres,
:01:04. > :01:12.But first, the Government is promising "a change in ctlture"
:01:13. > :01:14.after one of England's biggest health trusts
:01:15. > :01:16.failed to investigate the ddaths of more than 1,000 patients.
:01:17. > :01:19.An inquiry found there was a "lack of leadership"
:01:20. > :01:23.at the Southern Health Foundation Trust,
:01:24. > :01:25.where the deaths of mental health patients
:01:26. > :01:30.and people with learning disabilities were rarely ex`mined.
:01:31. > :01:31.Called to answer an urgent Commons question,
:01:32. > :01:34.the Health Secretary said the report by NHS England
:01:35. > :01:40.looked at unexpected deaths between April 2011 and March this ydar.
:01:41. > :01:43.The draft report, submitted to NHS England in September,
:01:44. > :01:47.found a lack of leadership, focus and sufficient time
:01:48. > :01:52.spent in the trust on carefully reporting
:01:53. > :01:57.and investigating unexpected deaths of mental health
:01:58. > :02:00.and learning disability service users.
:02:01. > :02:04.Of 1,454 deaths reported, only 272 were investigated
:02:05. > :02:09.as critical incidents, and only 195 of those
:02:10. > :02:16.were reported as serious incidents requiring investigation.
:02:17. > :02:20.The report found there had been no effective,
:02:21. > :02:24.systematic management and oversight of the reporting of deaths
:02:25. > :02:28.The Trust accepted failures in their reportings
:02:29. > :02:30.and investigations into unexpected deaths,
:02:31. > :02:34.but said a number of the de`ths were of out-patients.
:02:35. > :02:37.It is totally and utterly unacceptable
:02:38. > :02:39.that, according to the leaked report,
:02:40. > :02:43.only 1% of the unexpected deaths of patients
:02:44. > :02:47.with learning disabilities were investigated.
:02:48. > :02:50.So, from next June, we will publish independently-assured,
:02:51. > :02:53.Ofsted-style ratings of the quality of care offered to people
:02:54. > :02:59.with learning disabilities for all 209 CCG areas.
:03:00. > :03:02.This will ensure that we shine a spotlight
:03:03. > :03:04.on the variations in care, allowing rapid action to be taken
:03:05. > :03:10.Secondly, NHS England have commissioned
:03:11. > :03:13.the University of Bristol to do an independent study
:03:14. > :03:17.into the mortality rates of people with learning disabilities
:03:18. > :03:23.This will be a very important moment to step back and look at thd way
:03:24. > :03:26.we look after that particul`r highly vulnerable group.
:03:27. > :03:29.These are truly shocking revelations that, if proven,
:03:30. > :03:35.at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
:03:36. > :03:38.Perhaps most worryingly, it appears that the likelihood
:03:39. > :03:42.of an unexpected death being investigated depended hugely
:03:43. > :03:47.For those with a learning disability,
:03:48. > :03:59.just 1% of unexpected deaths were investigated.
:04:00. > :04:01.And for older people with a mental health
:04:02. > :04:04.The issue raises broader questions about the care
:04:05. > :04:06.of people with learning dis`bilities or mental health problems.
:04:07. > :04:11.Just because some individuals have less ability
:04:12. > :04:13.to communicate concerns about their care, it must ndver mean
:04:14. > :04:16.that any less attention is paid to their treatment or their death.
:04:17. > :04:21.This would be the ultimate abrogation of responsibilitx,
:04:22. > :04:29.The priority now must be to understand
:04:30. > :04:32.how this was allowed to happen and ensure it is put right
:04:33. > :04:41.People will be both sad and and dismayed that,
:04:42. > :04:48.after Mid Staffs and the new CQC inspection regime,
:04:49. > :04:52.Does the Secretary of State agree with me that while
:04:53. > :04:55.there is no simple single solution, the solution certainly does not lie
:04:56. > :04:59.in Trusts adopting and relyhng on a tick-box approach to s`fety?
:05:00. > :05:01.The allegations in the draft report about Southern Health
:05:02. > :05:03.are deeply disturbing, and I welcome the steps
:05:04. > :05:06.that the Secretary of State has announced, and particul`rly
:05:07. > :05:11.as though it was another isolated incident.
:05:12. > :05:16.Looking at the key findings from the draft report,
:05:17. > :05:17.for nearly two thirds of investigations,
:05:18. > :05:23.Could he immediately send a message out to all trusts that,
:05:24. > :05:26.particularly for those who cannot speak for themselves,
:05:27. > :05:29.it is vitally important to involve family members?
:05:30. > :05:33.Will he send that message out very clearly today?
:05:34. > :05:36.The coalition government rightly established a public enquirx
:05:37. > :05:40.to look into the appalling care at Mid Staffs hospital
:05:41. > :05:42.and the Secretary of State has rightly
:05:43. > :05:46.pointed to the challenge to culture that that report,
:05:47. > :05:50.the Francis Report, engendered following that scandal.
:05:51. > :05:54.Isn't this the moment when we have to think about something
:05:55. > :05:56.similar for people with learning disability
:05:57. > :05:58.and people with severe and enduring mental ill-health,
:05:59. > :06:03.who too often continue to bd treated as second-class citizens in our NHS?
:06:04. > :06:06.Many of us have known for a long time that access to full
:06:07. > :06:09.National Health treatment for people with learning difficulties,
:06:10. > :06:15.of the newly-formed Commisshon on Autism, people on the autism
:06:16. > :06:20.spectrum, there are very many of them with poor communication skills
:06:21. > :06:24.who finish up with inadequate access to the Health Service.
:06:25. > :06:28.Can I ask him, and think he's utterly right, I don't parthcularly
:06:29. > :06:32.want a public enquiry, I want fast action to change the ctlture.
:06:33. > :06:35.NHS England publish the annual mortality figures
:06:36. > :06:37.and what is very striking is there are trusts,
:06:38. > :06:43.16 trusts identified, with higher-than-expected mortality
:06:44. > :06:46.that had higher-than-expectdd mortality the year before.
:06:47. > :06:49.And there does not appear to be any action taken.
:06:50. > :06:53.The problem is, the benchmark appears to just be average.
:06:54. > :06:56.If you are having poor performance,
:06:57. > :06:59.We should be aspiring higher than that.
:07:00. > :07:01.The Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin,
:07:02. > :07:06.kept his cards close to his chest during Transport Question thme,
:07:07. > :07:08.despite fervent interest in the announcement
:07:09. > :07:10.about the expansion of London's Heathrow Airport.
:07:11. > :07:13.There were, however, plenty of attempts to get a sneak preview
:07:14. > :07:20.Clearly, there are slot restriction problems
:07:21. > :07:22.between Scottish airports and London.
:07:23. > :07:25.Does the Secretary of State anticipate making
:07:26. > :07:28.an announcement soon about `irport capacity in the south-east?
:07:29. > :07:37.Ingenious but unsuccessful, I'm afraid,
:07:38. > :07:41.if members look at the terms of the question on the paper.
:07:42. > :07:44.One of the future infrastructure projects that this government
:07:45. > :07:47.has to make a decision on, that's of most interest
:07:48. > :07:49.to most people, is that of airport expansion.
:07:50. > :07:54.are interested to know when a decision will be madd.
:07:55. > :07:57.So will the Minister confirm that a decision
:07:58. > :08:00.will be made on airport exp`nsion by the end of the year,
:08:01. > :08:04.or will party politics and the London mayoral elections
:08:05. > :08:08.come before that decision for the nations of the UK?
:08:09. > :08:13.Mr Speaker, I have read much speculation about what decisions
:08:14. > :08:17.Some of that speculation may be true.
:08:18. > :08:21.I will not be able to inform the House.
:08:22. > :08:23.The Prime Minister told this House in July,
:08:24. > :08:28.and I quote, "I guarantee that I can give is that a decision will be made
:08:29. > :08:31.by the end of the year on airport expansion."
:08:32. > :08:33.Employers have been clear that the Government
:08:34. > :08:36.should bring forward the decision he promised
:08:37. > :08:38.but fear a further politically-motivated delay.
:08:39. > :08:41.So was the Prime Minister making a clear pledge -
:08:42. > :08:46.no ifs, no buts - or are residents who live near Heathrow and Gatwick
:08:47. > :08:51.about to be subjected to yet more blight and uncertainty?
:08:52. > :08:53.Well, one of the things I won't take any lectures on
:08:54. > :08:55.from the Labour Party is planning infrastructure.
:08:56. > :09:00.They were woeful at it and they did very little of it.
:09:01. > :09:02.The simple fact is we have got a government
:09:03. > :09:04.that is more committed to infrastructure
:09:05. > :09:10.The simple fact is when an announcement is to be made,
:09:11. > :09:16.With no luck on Heathrow, MPs used the question session
:09:17. > :09:19.to discuss other topics, including the government announcement
:09:20. > :09:24.of new contracts for Northern and TransPennine Express franchhses
:09:25. > :09:32.500 modern carriages, and c`pacity for 40,000 more passengers.
:09:33. > :09:51.The Government's handling of the notification programle
:09:52. > :09:56.The pausing, then the un-patsing of the TransPennine
:09:57. > :09:57.and Midland mainline electrification painted a phcture
:09:58. > :10:01.Can the Minister tell the House what the added cost is
:10:02. > :10:03.to the programme because of the Government's U-turn,
:10:04. > :10:05.of which there was no mention in the Hendon review?
:10:06. > :10:08.I think, Mr Speaker, I would like to tell the Hotse that
:10:09. > :10:10.if a government is committed to electrification...
:10:11. > :10:12.Which this government is, unlike the last Labour government,
:10:13. > :10:14.which electrified less than ten miles of track.
:10:15. > :10:18.Yesterday, I was very pleased to announce
:10:19. > :10:22.one of the biggest upgrades in modernisation of rail tr`vel
:10:23. > :10:26.for her constituents that this country has ever seen.
:10:27. > :10:29.We are scrapping the pacers, we are introducing new trains.
:10:30. > :10:32.We are transforming the rail network in the North.
:10:33. > :10:33.We are not getting enough infrastructure
:10:34. > :10:37.investment in the North, linking the big towns and chties.
:10:38. > :10:43.I mean, the honourable gentleman is a good friend
:10:44. > :10:45.and I would hate to suggest he was snoozing yesterday
:10:46. > :10:48.rather than watching the news, but we announced yesterday,
:10:49. > :10:53.Mr Speaker, a transformational package for railways in the North.
:10:54. > :10:54.The Transport Secretary also announced that,
:10:55. > :10:57.following the serious floodhng in the north-west of England,
:10:58. > :11:01.trains were running again bdtween London and Glasgow via Preston.
:11:02. > :11:04.And he responded to a questhon from Lib Dem leader Tim Farron,
:11:05. > :11:07.about whether European funds could be applied for
:11:08. > :11:15.to repair the A591 in Cumbrha, which were damaged by the floods.
:11:16. > :11:17.I'm sure the feelings of the whole house
:11:18. > :11:20.are with his constituents and those in neighbouring areas
:11:21. > :11:22.in terms of the sheer chaos they are facing
:11:23. > :11:26.and not being able to get b`ck into their homes in certain cases
:11:27. > :11:32.and we did say that we would look at it.
:11:33. > :11:35.But I will also be looking for more immediate help to his area,
:11:36. > :11:37.and my honourable friend, the Minister of State
:11:38. > :11:42.from the Department of Transport will be in the area tomorrow.
:11:43. > :11:44.A Conservative MP has complained of intimidation ,
:11:45. > :11:49.over his support for a controversial trade deal.
:11:50. > :11:51.The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership,
:11:52. > :11:58.between the European Union and the United States.
:11:59. > :12:00.Many politicians argue that it would bring major bdnefits,
:12:01. > :12:03.creating new jobs and business opportunities.
:12:04. > :12:10.Opponents say it is undemocratic, favours big corporations
:12:11. > :12:12.and threatens consumer and workers' rights.
:12:13. > :12:15.In August, my daughter, who is 14, left our house
:12:16. > :12:19.She came back and said there were 20 people outsidd,
:12:20. > :12:25.because I am the secretary of the all-party group on TTIP.
:12:26. > :12:27.They were basically accusing me of wanting to kill people
:12:28. > :12:31.If we are going to have a debate about this issue,
:12:32. > :12:33.we should at least make it an honest debate
:12:34. > :12:35.and we should avoid intimid`tion as part of that debate.
:12:36. > :12:38.I think we do have a duty to debate this issue
:12:39. > :12:43.I think intimidation has no part in that.
:12:44. > :12:45.as the secretary of the all-party group,
:12:46. > :12:47.I have had literally thousands of e-mails
:12:48. > :12:50.from all parts of the United Kingdom,
:12:51. > :12:53.accusing me of all sorts of skulduggery
:12:54. > :13:05.in relation to this proposed trade deal.
:13:06. > :13:08.I actually was quite impressed by the fact that the people
:13:09. > :13:10.e-mailing me clearly think I have far more power
:13:11. > :13:12.than I have ever had as a backbench MP.
:13:13. > :13:14.But I think there is an important point...
:13:15. > :13:17.There is an important point to be made.
:13:18. > :13:21.Not a single e-mail was ever sent to me about the deal with C`nada,
:13:22. > :13:22.described unfortunately, I would say,
:13:23. > :13:24.as a Trojan horse for TTIP. Not a single e-mail.
:13:25. > :13:28.Not a single e-mail was sent about that agreement.
:13:29. > :13:30.It is therefore very diffictlt not to conclude
:13:31. > :13:33.This is not about the Health Service.
:13:34. > :13:35.This is about a latent anti-western, anti-US agend`,
:13:36. > :13:45.I think the point needs to be made, and has bden made.
:13:46. > :13:47.The debate was introduced by a Labour MP, Geraint Davhes,
:13:48. > :13:50.who said his point was about TTIP's dispute settlement mechanisl,
:13:51. > :13:52.called an "investor-state dispute settlement", or ISDS.
:13:53. > :13:54.These settlements allow multi-national companies
:13:55. > :14:00.to sue governments whose policies damage their interests.
:14:01. > :14:04.My point about TTIP is not to "burn it, shoot it, get rid of it,"
:14:05. > :14:07.it is actually to pull the teeth, the ISDS teeth, out of the wolf
:14:08. > :14:13.so we actually have environlental imperatives in it,
:14:14. > :14:15.we have enforceable rights `t work, we have human rights,
:14:16. > :14:19.so it is a blueprint for future global trade.
:14:20. > :14:22.Rather than a blueprint for environmental and human rights
:14:23. > :14:29.A Labour opponent to the de`l said the Department for Business had
:14:30. > :14:32.estimated that TTIP would bdnefit the UK by ?7 billion.
:14:33. > :14:35.Each person in this country would benefit
:14:36. > :14:43.Well, ?2 a week is very nice to have.
:14:44. > :14:48.I'm sure we'd all rather have ?2 a week than not have ?2 ` week.
:14:49. > :14:54.is a loss in terms of working conditions, labour standards,
:14:55. > :14:58.potential improvements in the national minimum wagd
:14:59. > :15:04.then these are not benefits which are in practice
:15:05. > :15:07.going to accrue to ordinary people in this country.
:15:08. > :15:11.That is why people have doubts about this.
:15:12. > :15:13.The MPs were debating a mothon calling on the Government
:15:14. > :15:17.to subject TTIP to full parliamentary scruthny.
:15:18. > :15:23.It is there for everybody to read on the Internet.
:15:24. > :15:24.And it is reaching the right conditions,
:15:25. > :15:27.and an can I finally say thhs, that when it is concluded,
:15:28. > :15:30.it will be for this chamber to ratify it.
:15:31. > :15:37.There will be 21 days when it will lie here
:15:38. > :15:40.and, at that point, any honourable member and lay down a motion,
:15:41. > :15:42.put it before this House to reject it.
:15:43. > :15:45.I hope when that day comes, that they will accept this `greement
:15:46. > :15:50.because it is about free tr`de and it is the right thing to do
:15:51. > :15:53.At the end of the debate, that cross-party backbench call
:15:54. > :15:55.for full parliamentary scrutiny went through on the nod.
:15:56. > :16:00.of the day in the Commons and the Lords.
:16:01. > :16:13.Still to come, MPs make a plea to save Britain's trees.
:16:14. > :16:16.Now, if and when Channel 4 hs sold off to private firms,
:16:17. > :16:18.will it be a completely different sort of TV channel?
:16:19. > :16:21.At question time in the House of Lords, some Opposition pders
:16:22. > :16:23.warned that the channel's commitment to public service broadcasthng
:16:24. > :16:25.would be undermined and its news coverage would be reduced.
:16:26. > :16:28.The Prime Minister has said that he wants Channel 4
:16:29. > :16:41.No decisions have been made about the Channel's prospects.
:16:42. > :16:45.The Government is looking at a range of information to assess a broad
:16:46. > :16:47.spread of options including those proposed by Channel
:16:48. > :16:52.Is the Minister aware that the Prime Minister said that
:16:53. > :16:55.private investment would safeguard Channel 4?
:16:56. > :16:58.Leaders in the advertising hndustry and campaign managing say
:16:59. > :17:02.Can the Minister please explain how it is possible that a great
:17:03. > :17:06.Thatcherite success is now under threat?
:17:07. > :17:12.One which supports more than 35 independent production comp`nies
:17:13. > :17:15.annually and is now under threat of what looks like the equivalent
:17:16. > :17:27.It has an important remit that is to deliver innovative,
:17:28. > :17:32.experimental and distinctivd content that appeals to a diverse society,
:17:33. > :17:34.and looking at all the options we would obviously have full regard
:17:35. > :17:44.to that and indeed to the creative industries that depend on it.
:17:45. > :17:48.Channel 4 was established bx Act of Parliament by a Conservative
:17:49. > :17:53.Does the Minister agree with me that it is highly unlikely that any
:17:54. > :17:56.commercial purchaser could be found for Channel 4 unless the Government
:17:57. > :17:58.changes Channel 4's remit which ensures that at present
:17:59. > :18:00.all profits are reinvested in programmes?
:18:01. > :18:02.Will my noble friend agree that Channel 4's coverage of the 201
:18:03. > :18:06.Paralympic Games clearly demonstrated the benefit
:18:07. > :18:09.of the public service remit and non-profit ownership model
:18:10. > :18:15.and the old adage, if it ain't broken don't fix it?
:18:16. > :18:21.I would share the view of mx noble friend about the excellence
:18:22. > :18:24.of Channel 4's coverage of the Olympics and indeed H am
:18:25. > :18:35.What we are doing is looking at the options in an objecthve way,
:18:36. > :18:37.engaging with Channel 4 thelselves, and in the fullness of time,
:18:38. > :18:47.in due course as they say, will reach conclusions.
:18:48. > :18:50.Even if one takes the Minister's reply at face value and is reassured
:18:51. > :18:53.by it she surely must recognise that if Channel 4 were to be privatised
:18:54. > :19:00.that capital would have to be serviced either by dividends paid
:19:01. > :19:03.to investors or interest pahd to those who provided loans and that
:19:04. > :19:05.would represent money which would otherwise have gone
:19:06. > :19:14.Bearing in mind that news programmes are not profitable because their
:19:15. > :19:30.production costs are relatively high and you can't export or resdll used
:19:31. > :19:33.programmes does the noble B`roness the Minister not agree
:19:34. > :19:35.that the privatisation of Channel 4 would mean a major reduction
:19:36. > :19:42.in this distinctive and impressive news service?
:19:43. > :19:44.I would repeat the point that we are looking at options.
:19:45. > :19:47.And I would agree that Channel News and news provision
:19:48. > :19:50.is an important part of dechsions on public sector broadcasting.
:19:51. > :19:52.I think in Parliament we fedl that even more strongly than elsdwhere
:19:53. > :19:59.Woodlands must receive more protection from the effects of High
:20:00. > :20:05.That was plea from the Consdrvative Cheryl Gillan, who's regularly
:20:06. > :20:08.spoken out against the development of the new high speed rail line
:20:09. > :20:13.The Woodland Trust says treds across the UK are being felled
:20:14. > :20:18.at a rate even faster than the Amazonian rainforest.
:20:19. > :20:22.It claims almost half of all ancient woods in Britain have been lost
:20:23. > :20:25.in the past 80 years, and more than 600 ancient woods
:20:26. > :20:26.are now threatened by new roads, pylons,
:20:27. > :20:32.Trees and woodlands have cole in for a two-hour debate
:20:33. > :20:40.I think we have to remember we are not talking about fossilised
:20:41. > :20:43.bits of land, we are not talking about areas that we are protecting
:20:44. > :20:49.We are talking about living woods that provide a service,
:20:50. > :20:53.still right up to this day, to the community.
:20:54. > :20:57.And that is why I feel so p`ssionate about the woodlands that have been
:20:58. > :21:04.I think that the Government really needs to listen to the issuds that
:21:05. > :21:06.are being raised about the destruction of woodland
:21:07. > :21:10.through the development of infrastructure.
:21:11. > :21:26.We want to see this country progress.
:21:27. > :21:30.We want a solid and firm economy but that must not be at the price
:21:31. > :21:32.of some of our most fragile and precious landscapes.
:21:33. > :21:35.It is important to be clear from the outset if we lose
:21:36. > :21:38.the ancient woodlands that we have left they are gone forever.
:21:39. > :21:42.Our very climate and geologx has gifted us a diversity of ancient
:21:43. > :21:44.woodland forms whose composhtion is a product of environment`l
:21:45. > :21:46.conditions of historic management thet will not occur again.
:21:47. > :21:48.Our ancient woodlands therefore cannot, by their very
:21:49. > :21:52.But I do know that the whold department at Defra,
:21:53. > :22:03.you are particularly committed to trees and woodland,
:22:04. > :22:12.but it has to be said that the Forestry Minister himself
:22:13. > :22:15.has said, and I was at a Defra Select Committee
:22:16. > :22:18.this inquiry, he actually admitted that ancient woodland as a category
:22:19. > :22:22.We also recognise that local planning authorities who take these
:22:23. > :22:24.decisions ultimately do not report or collate data
:22:25. > :22:27.As far as we are aware therd is no reporting or collating.
:22:28. > :22:30.So we are certainly happy to look at that particular issue.
:22:31. > :22:32.We do of course have the Ancient Woodland Inventory
:22:33. > :22:38.And, as the honourable membdr pointed out, the Tree Register.
:22:39. > :22:41.This is a registered charitx which updates a register
:22:42. > :22:49.It provides information on the size and growth of trees as well as
:22:50. > :22:53.details of the historical, rare, or unusual significance
:22:54. > :22:55.of the trees and I think that is also playing
:22:56. > :23:01.When Chris Grayling was Justice Secretary,
:23:02. > :23:04.he introduced a number of changes to the prison and courts system that
:23:05. > :23:07.have all now been reversed by his successor in the job,
:23:08. > :23:10.The latest is the criminal courts charge, which is being
:23:11. > :23:14.Well, Chris Grayling is now Leader of the Commons.
:23:15. > :23:17.And at his regular question time, his Labour opposite number,
:23:18. > :23:20.Chris Bryant, enjoyed a spot of teasing.
:23:21. > :23:25.I predicted the new Justice Secretary would get rid
:23:26. > :23:35.of the ridiculous courts ch`rges and, lo, it hath come to pass.
:23:36. > :23:38.The prisoners' book ban, the Saudi execution centres,
:23:39. > :23:46.And now the Information Comlissioner has described the leader's views
:23:47. > :23:48.on freedom of information as a return to the dark ages.
:23:49. > :23:51.Now I know I am in danger of becoming the love child
:23:52. > :23:54.of Russell Grant and Mystic Meg but I predict, I hereby predict yet
:23:55. > :23:58.Wouldn't it just be better if the leader of the House
:23:59. > :24:01.did his own U-turn rather than allow the Justice Secretary
:24:02. > :24:04.I am very proud of what this Government has done
:24:05. > :24:12.Started by the right honour`ble gentleman, continued by mysdlf
:24:13. > :24:16.and being completed by the current Lord Chancellor.
:24:17. > :24:20.It is the case today that if you go to jail for less than 12 months
:24:21. > :24:27.you receive 12 months' support after you have left.
:24:28. > :24:29.Under the party opposite you were released onto the streets
:24:30. > :24:32.with ?46 in your pocket and left to walk the streets with nowhere
:24:33. > :24:34.necessarily to go, no support, no guidance, no nothing.
:24:35. > :24:37.I will take no lessons from him about legacies
:24:38. > :24:42.And just to remind him, he talks about the ludicrous
:24:43. > :24:47.More peers have been introdtced into the House of Lords,
:24:48. > :24:50.taking the total number further into the 800s.
:24:51. > :24:55.Dame Tessa Jowell is a formdr Culture Secretary and was,
:24:56. > :24:58.famously, appointed by Tony Blair to be Olympics Minister aftdr London
:24:59. > :24:59.won the right to stage the 2012 Games.
:25:00. > :25:06.The man who was at the helm at the time of the global fhnancial
:25:07. > :25:08.crash, the former Chancellor Alistair Darling, also
:25:09. > :25:13.He will sit as Lord Darling of Roulanish.
:25:14. > :25:16.Both left the Commons at thd time of the Election in May.
:25:17. > :25:24.And both will be on the Labour benches of the Lords.
:25:25. > :25:35.I solemnly and sincerely to clear and fire that I will bear true
:25:36. > :25:38.allegiance to Queen Elizabeth, her ears and successors.
:25:39. > :25:42.Do join me for the Week in Parliament, when we'll bd looking
:25:43. > :25:45.in detail at the latest clash between the Commons and the Lords,
:25:46. > :25:48.this time over the minimum `ge for voting in the EU referendum
:25:49. > :25:50.Until then from me, Keith Macdougall, goodbye.