:00:14. > :00:14.Hello and welcome to Thursd`y in Parliament, our look at the best
:00:15. > :00:18.of the day in the Commons and the Lords.
:00:19. > :00:22.A cabinet minister lays his Eurosceptic cards on the table,
:00:23. > :00:33.It is the most mealy-mouthed, myth-peddling, facing both ways
:00:34. > :00:35.piece of journalism that has ever come from
:00:36. > :00:39.Peers voice their latest concerns for the future
:00:40. > :00:48.The future of our NHS is in peril by this change of attitude.
:00:49. > :00:53.MPs explore the final fronther and weigh up the prospects
:00:54. > :01:01.Please be imaginative and enable this industry across the entire UK,
:01:02. > :01:03.so that it can live long and prosperous.
:01:04. > :01:07.With the referendum on Brit`in's continued EU membership edghng ever
:01:08. > :01:11.closer, the Leader of the Commons Chris Grayling has
:01:12. > :01:15.effectively become the first cabinet minister to indicate he will be
:01:16. > :01:25.Mr Grayling wrote in the Daily Telegraph that it would be
:01:26. > :01:28."disastrous" for the UK to stay in the EU under the current
:01:29. > :01:31.The article appeared on the day of Mr Grayling's regular appearance
:01:32. > :01:37.in the Commons, to talk abott future parliamentary business.
:01:38. > :01:39.His opposite number Chris Bryant noted Mr Grayling's contribttion
:01:40. > :01:43.He said he believed Ministers should always fight for what
:01:44. > :01:51.And last week I suggested it was time the Leader of the House
:01:52. > :01:57.There is a vacancy, they want a leader.
:01:58. > :01:58.Surely the time has come, cometh of the hour, cometh the man,
:01:59. > :02:01.come on down, the new Leader of the House.
:02:02. > :02:12.He turned to Mr Grayling's newspaper article.
:02:13. > :02:22.I was hoping for a fool argtment from the Leader of the Housd.
:02:23. > :02:24.It's the most mealy-mouthed, myth-
:02:25. > :02:29.journalism that has ever come from his pen.
:02:30. > :02:34.Because thou art lukewarm, neither cold or hot,
:02:35. > :02:37.He's pretending he supports the Prime Minister's
:02:38. > :02:39.renegotiation strategy when he is really desperate to burst
:02:40. > :02:44.the barricades under the banner of English nationalism.
:02:45. > :02:48.Apparently the Buisness Secretary is going to pretend he is in favour
:02:49. > :02:51.of leaving the EU, so as to bolster the prospect of his favourite
:02:52. > :02:53.candidate for leader, the Chancellor.
:02:54. > :03:02.It is not about the leadership prospects of Tory ministers.
:03:03. > :03:05.It is about our standing as a nation and the most
:03:06. > :03:10.important decision the country will make in this generation.
:03:11. > :03:12.He says it will be disastrous for us to stay
:03:13. > :03:21.in, I say it will be disastrous for us to leave.
:03:22. > :03:22.Mr Grayling declined to talk about Europe.
:03:23. > :03:25.Today we have heard another seven minute rhetorical
:03:26. > :03:27.flourish from the Honourabld member with his usual wit.
:03:28. > :03:38.But, Mr Speaker, what on earth does he think he is doing?
:03:39. > :03:43.He represents Her Majesty's loyal opposition.
:03:44. > :03:55.Last week, on the day that North Korea said they had a hydrogen
:03:56. > :03:59.bomb, he was joined at thes Shadow Cabinet table by a Shadow
:04:00. > :04:00.Defence Secretary who believes we should unilaterally
:04:01. > :04:04.So it is all very well him coming here on a Thursday morning
:04:05. > :04:10.Given the disgraceful turn of events in the
:04:11. > :04:16.Labour Party, what on earth is he still doing here?
:04:17. > :04:20.There are many reports in the media today that a mini beast has spoken
:04:21. > :04:26.Has the leader considered m`king time available for his owne mini
:04:27. > :04:31.personal statement in which she could update
:04:32. > :04:35.of his constituents who work in the EU,
:04:36. > :04:38.whose children aspire to sttdy in the EU, have homes in thd EU
:04:39. > :04:42.or want to retire in the EU countries or are EU citizens,
:04:43. > :04:49.on the effects of brexit on their ambitions or opportunities?
:04:50. > :04:56.The only many thing I am aw`re of all the Liberal Democrats who have
:04:57. > :05:01.been reduced from 50s to eight in the last few months. Followhng my
:05:02. > :05:06.contribution to the debate, can we right honourable friend's
:05:07. > :05:11.contribution to the debate, can we have a more widespread debate in
:05:12. > :05:17.this house on the merits of leaving and remaining in the Europe`n Union.
:05:18. > :05:20.In that debate we will see the only real arguments are scaremongering
:05:21. > :05:25.arguments. In that debate wd will also see that those who are most
:05:26. > :05:30.enthusiastic for our membership by these same people who are the most
:05:31. > :05:33.enthusiastic for this country joining the euro, including the
:05:34. > :05:38.to be very reticent about hhs past shadow Leader of the House. He
:05:39. > :05:46.to be very reticent about hhs past enthusiasm for joining the duro
:05:47. > :05:51.That is certainly true. What I would say to my honourable friend, he
:05:52. > :05:57.makes his point with his articulate and strong views. He is right about
:05:58. > :06:02.the debate that lies ahead. There will be extensive discussions in
:06:03. > :06:08.this house and around the country. We as politicians and the ptblic as
:06:09. > :06:14.a whole will decide the futtre of the country. You wait decadds for a
:06:15. > :06:21.nasty, brutal, interparty Chvil War come along and to come at once.
:06:22. > :06:23.Listen to his mild manner Honourable friend Lum bass touring the
:06:24. > :06:36.Minister. We may be pooled out Europe against
:06:37. > :06:44.us. We need a statement on this issue. It is popcorn time for us as
:06:45. > :06:49.we watch both the UK parties knock lumps out of each other
:06:50. > :06:53.lumps out of themselves. lumps out of themselves.
:06:54. > :06:56.The future of the National Health Service is in peril
:06:57. > :06:58.because of changes of attittdes to the service by Government,
:06:59. > :07:00.the view of the fertility expert and Labour peer Robert Winston.
:07:01. > :07:03.During the latest debate in the Lords on the state
:07:04. > :07:06.of the NHS, Lord Winston sahd there was now an inflexible
:07:07. > :07:08.culture in the health service with young doctors prevented
:07:09. > :07:12.from gaining broad experience and from having extra trainhng.
:07:13. > :07:16.I congratulate the current Secretary of State.
:07:17. > :07:19.He has certainly united somd of the most diligent,
:07:20. > :07:23.the most altruistic, most committed workforce,
:07:24. > :07:25.and the most intelligent and well trained workforce in the cotntry.
:07:26. > :07:27.They have gone on strike allost unanimously, and the fact
:07:28. > :07:35.of the matter is, these atthtudes, which are being pushed
:07:36. > :07:37.onto the doctors, are ultim`tely extraordinarily destructive,
:07:38. > :07:42.and the Government has a major responsibility for that,
:07:43. > :07:45.because the future of our NHS is imperilled by this
:07:46. > :07:51.The great advance will be if we can keep the NHS together for another
:07:52. > :07:54.couple of years, and the noble Lord, Lord Winston, is quite right,
:07:55. > :07:58.it is being preserved at thd present time by an extraordinary amount
:07:59. > :08:01.of dedication and commitment by its own staff, badly paid,
:08:02. > :08:08.inadequately recognised, and we owe them a very great deal
:08:09. > :08:14.But we simply cannot continte as if we don't have to addrdss this
:08:15. > :08:16.central issue of steady, consistent inadequate funding,
:08:17. > :08:24.The Treasury have now chosen public health as the one area in the whole
:08:25. > :08:27.of the health field where spending is being reduced, and that H think
:08:28. > :08:31.My Lords, there is a vast amount to do.
:08:32. > :08:39.What we do now has implicathons for years to come.
:08:40. > :08:42.I believe the Royal commisshon has the potential to provide a proper
:08:43. > :08:48.basis for facing the financhal challenges and also the potdntial
:08:49. > :08:56.Maybe a Royal commission is the way forward.
:08:57. > :09:04.Maybe something smaller, independent of public consultation,
:09:05. > :09:07.could lead the way, and I c`n think of no place better
:09:08. > :09:11.lordship's House, which is full of expertise and common sense
:09:12. > :09:15.and vision to lead the way hn order to make it possible to engage
:09:16. > :09:25.To look at the possibility on both sides of the House.
:09:26. > :09:28.My lords, before this decadd, successive governments provhded
:09:29. > :09:31.the NHS with a real terms annual increase averaging 3-4%.
:09:32. > :09:34.It is virtually impossible, I suggest, to retain a good
:09:35. > :09:36.quality Labour force, meet rising demand, improve quality
:09:37. > :09:41.and redesign service delivery on a 1% annual real terms
:09:42. > :09:45.increase by whole decade, ending up with 7% of GDP, roughly,
:09:46. > :09:59.By 2020, the combined health and care system now faces a funding
:10:00. > :10:02.gap, I would suggest, of some ?35 billion a year,
:10:03. > :10:04.with the 2015 spending revidw closing that gap on the most
:10:05. > :10:11.favourable interpretations by about ?10 billion.
:10:12. > :10:16.I have in many previous deb`tes suggested that every user of the NHS
:10:17. > :10:25.be given an annual return on what they used it for and how
:10:26. > :10:32.People have to be made award that if they miss an appointment,
:10:33. > :10:35.it actually costs money, and whatever they have,
:10:36. > :10:36.actually, somebody is grateful.
:10:37. > :10:41.But they ought to be made aware that there is a cost to each thing
:10:42. > :10:51.My Lords, what is the point of growing our economy if wd don't
:10:52. > :10:53.spend the money on the things most of the population
:10:54. > :11:02.Given what we know about rising demand, it makes no sense at all.
:11:03. > :11:03.The consequences of the Govdrnment's failure to address this verx serious
:11:04. > :11:05.and completely contrary to what it says it wants according
:11:06. > :11:15.New technologies will be unaffordable.
:11:16. > :11:21.Services will not be able to address our health inequ`lities,
:11:22. > :11:26.The silly thing is that nobody really believes in the abilhty
:11:27. > :11:29.of the system to fill the g`p through efficiency savings
:11:30. > :11:32.and new models of working, desirable though they may bd.
:11:33. > :11:37.Can we make the existing system more efficient?
:11:38. > :11:46.We have some of the best hospitals, some of the best wards,
:11:47. > :11:48.the best clinics, the best laboratories and the best
:11:49. > :11:52.Our problem is that there is so much variation across the system.
:11:53. > :11:54.There is clinical variation, staffing variation, propertx
:11:55. > :11:57.utilisation variation, procurement variation,
:11:58. > :11:59.pharmacy and medicines usagd variation, back-office
:12:00. > :12:06.The latest debate on the state of the NHS.
:12:07. > :12:11.Now a report from a group of MPs has said transgender people facd
:12:12. > :12:14.discrimination on a daily b`sis and have "a long way to go"
:12:15. > :12:25.In the Commons, the equalithes minister was pressed over
:12:26. > :12:31.Will she recognise the huge amount of online bullying being directed
:12:32. > :12:33.towards the trans community, leading to high levels of mdntal
:12:34. > :12:36.health issues in that community and high levels of suicides as well,
:12:37. > :12:39.and ensure this is tackled when she is reviewing
:12:40. > :12:49.of the select committee, and I do warmly welcome the very
:12:50. > :12:51.important, and I think landmark report, that is
:12:52. > :12:55.It has highlighted lots of action is needed to be
:12:56. > :12:59.He is absolutely right to mdntion, I have already mentioned issues
:13:00. > :13:01.about social media, on onlinebullying, the effect that
:13:02. > :13:03.has on mental health, and the ability for members
:13:04. > :13:11.of the trans community to take part in life,
:13:12. > :13:14.What I think we need to do now is look at all the action t`ken
:13:15. > :13:17.on online abuse, and work ott how we can make sure it is also
:13:18. > :13:23.accessible to members of the trans community.
:13:24. > :13:27.Questioning then turn to online abuse in general and revengd porn in
:13:28. > :13:28.particular. that what is illegal
:13:29. > :13:32.off-line is illegal online. We have criminalised this abhorrent
:13:33. > :13:38.Act and the revenge porn helpline It is there to support anyone
:13:39. > :13:40.affected regardless of genddr, No-one should have to suffer
:13:41. > :13:46.from this repulsive crime, and we will make sure
:13:47. > :13:48.that we continue to Will the helpline and other measures
:13:49. > :13:52.help more victims come forw`rd, and help to take down the vholent
:13:53. > :13:54.and abusive content, and indeed prosecute and take down
:13:55. > :13:57.the violent and abusive offdnders? My Honourable Friend
:13:58. > :13:58.is absolutely right, it is obviously important that those
:13:59. > :14:04.who are victims get the right through education and awareness
:14:05. > :14:07.that this is a crime and it The Internet can be a huge force
:14:08. > :14:11.for good, but it can also bd a platform for abuse
:14:12. > :14:13.and intimidation, so staff not only monitor their helpline and provide
:14:14. > :14:16.help and support, but they have also been very successful in havhng
:14:17. > :14:21.content quickly were moved removed from the Internet and worked
:14:22. > :14:23.directly with social media Does the Minister recognise the need
:14:24. > :14:27.to raise awareness about people s rights and the new offence tnder
:14:28. > :14:30.the criminal Justice Act 2005 rights and the new offence tnder
:14:31. > :14:32.the Criminal Justice Act 2005 which aims to tackle
:14:33. > :14:35.the increasing amount of revenge Well, I entirely agree
:14:36. > :14:45.with the Honourable Gentlem`n that this is an offence that
:14:46. > :14:48.people are more aware of, but sadly that means
:14:49. > :14:51.there are more cases of it, and that's why we have crimhnalised
:14:52. > :14:53.it, why we have put in placd the helpline to offer support,
:14:54. > :14:56.but of course we have to go further and make it clear that this is not
:14:57. > :15:00.an acceptable way for peopld to behave, and also to give guidance
:15:01. > :15:02.to those who might potentially become victims, to think very
:15:03. > :15:04.carefully about images that they share and how
:15:05. > :15:07.they could then be abused. What conversations has she had
:15:08. > :15:09.with social media providers with regard to misogynistic
:15:10. > :15:11.online abuse, and will Well, I and other ministers,
:15:12. > :15:19.including the Member for Wantage, the DCMS Minister, speak to social
:15:20. > :15:22.media providers all the timd about these sorts of issues,
:15:23. > :15:25.and I welcome the statement from a Twitter director recdntly,
:15:26. > :15:28.saying that they thought they were doing better
:15:29. > :15:29.about dealing with trolls, I think they recognised
:15:30. > :15:32.they needed to do more. Mr Speaker, can I ask
:15:33. > :15:34.the Secretary of State, what evidence is there of ilproved
:15:35. > :15:37.data collection so that we know And what evidence is there that
:15:38. > :15:41.police officers up and down the country are receiving
:15:42. > :15:43.appropriate training so thex know how to identify and deal
:15:44. > :15:55.with the perpetrators of thhs abuse? Well, I would have to come back
:15:56. > :15:57.to the Honourable Gentleman, which I'm very happy
:15:58. > :15:59.to do, about the issues I suspect that some organis`tions
:16:00. > :16:06.are better than others, and I mentioned the revenge porn
:16:07. > :16:08.helpline, which clearly is monitoring and keeping d`ta,
:16:09. > :16:14.to evaluate one year But I have also already said that
:16:15. > :16:33.what is illegal offline is hllegal clear to police forces up and down
:16:34. > :16:37.the country, and we continud Does my Right Honourable Frhend
:16:38. > :16:41.agree that the increasing dhgital world we live then makes it
:16:42. > :16:44.absolutely vital to help chhldren, parents and carers be able to tackle
:16:45. > :16:47.and deal with this vile onlhne abuse I thank my Honourable Friend very
:16:48. > :16:51.much indeed, she is absolutdly right, of course it is much better
:16:52. > :16:54.to educate young people agahnst any of this in the first place to make
:16:55. > :16:57.sure they are robust and resilient if they do come across unwanted
:16:58. > :17:00.images or cyber bullying, and of course she is right
:17:01. > :17:02.to mention parents and of course she is right to
:17:03. > :17:07.mention parents and carers `s well. There are a range of websitds
:17:08. > :17:09.and organisations that help parents know how to discuss these
:17:10. > :17:11.issues with children, and we have also invested,
:17:12. > :17:14.the Government and qualities office and the Home Office,
:17:15. > :17:16.?3.5 million in a new phase of our This Is Abuse campaign,
:17:17. > :17:19.which tackles abuse within teenage relationships and will be
:17:20. > :17:21.launched later this year. You're watching our round-up
:17:22. > :17:23.of the day in the Commons MPs talk up the prospects
:17:24. > :17:34.for a booming UK space industry In his budget in July,
:17:35. > :17:36.the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced plans to replace
:17:37. > :17:38.maintenance grants for the poorer The change has now been approved
:17:39. > :17:42.by a decision taken But several Labour MPs complained
:17:43. > :17:53.that there should have been a vote First, the shadow leader
:17:54. > :17:56.of the Commons said Let me be absolutely clear, this
:17:57. > :18:02.should not be secondary leghslation. This is a major change
:18:03. > :18:04.and will deprive around half a million of England's poorest
:18:05. > :18:10.students of maintenance grants, The deputy leader is talking
:18:11. > :18:18.a whole load of guff. If she doesn't know the rulds
:18:19. > :18:20.of this House, she should Forcing them to graduate
:18:21. > :18:23.with debts of up to ?53,000 for a three-year cotrse
:18:24. > :18:29.rather than ?40,500 at presdnt. Given that the abolition of student
:18:30. > :18:32.grants will hit half a millhon university students from thd poorest
:18:33. > :18:34.backgrounds, can the leader of the House explain why
:18:35. > :18:36.this isn't being debated Because the people
:18:37. > :18:39.in my constituency certainly did not vote
:18:40. > :18:41.for the people on the opposhte benches, and their democracx
:18:42. > :18:46.is being assaulted. Well, Mr Speaker, this
:18:47. > :18:55.is via the normal route, it will not pass without a vote
:18:56. > :18:59.of the whole House, it will be debated again in this House,
:19:00. > :19:04.which is more than just this room,Mr Mr Speaker, and of course,
:19:05. > :19:07.the Labour Party, as I have just announced, has a number
:19:08. > :19:09.of opposition days come up. If this is a significant
:19:10. > :19:11.in issue, then I would suggest to her that she encourages
:19:12. > :19:14.her front bench colleagues to bring it to the floor of this House
:19:15. > :19:22.if they choose to do so. Opposition also came from a former
:19:23. > :19:24.president of the National Union Of Students.
:19:25. > :19:26.What message does the leader of the House believe
:19:27. > :19:28.he is sending to young people watching our proceedings today,
:19:29. > :19:30.when a Government elected with a majority
:19:31. > :19:34.of just 12 on a minority sh`re of the vote and with no manhfesto
:19:35. > :19:36.commitment can abolish studdnt grants that hit the poorest
:19:37. > :19:37.studentsthe hardest, and in a committee that
:19:38. > :19:39.most of our constituents will never have heard of?
:19:40. > :19:42.Well, Mr Speaker, I simply say that this is a matter
:19:43. > :19:46.that will be voted on by thhs House, and if it is for the House to vote
:19:47. > :19:48.against it, that is what will happen.
:19:49. > :19:51.It will sit on the floor of this House, it will be divisible
:19:52. > :19:54.on the floor of this House, and if members want to vote
:19:55. > :19:58.MPs have boldly gone where they ve very rarely gone before,
:19:59. > :20:04.A timely debate as it came ` matter of hours before Major Tim Pdake
:20:05. > :20:15.becomes the first-ever Brithsh astronaut to do a spacewalk.
:20:16. > :20:21.a month ago and is due to c`rry out on the international space station
:20:22. > :20:26.His stint in space comes as the competition continues to find
:20:27. > :20:30.a location to be a UK Space Port to help develop a British
:20:31. > :20:38.In the Commons, the debate on space started with a surprise message
:20:39. > :20:41.beamed to the House from Captain Kirk
:20:42. > :20:48.And I therefore have a mess`ge to the House of Commons frol William
:20:49. > :20:51."Space is one of the last-known frontiers.
:20:52. > :20:53."Mostly untouched by mankind in his politics.
:20:54. > :20:57."In opening a debate on this subject, it is my hope is that
:20:58. > :20:59."you take the tenets of Star Trek's prime directive to universally
:21:00. > :21:01."and peacefully share in the exploration of it.
:21:02. > :21:11.To us in this country, we think space is for other people,
:21:12. > :21:13.it's for the big boys, North America, Russia,
:21:14. > :21:22.And that's something we have to change,
:21:23. > :21:25.we need to believe what we can do, and I think Major Tim Peake's
:21:26. > :21:30.We see the interest of schoolchildren -
:21:31. > :21:32.the Science Museum was packdd on the day of the launch,
:21:33. > :21:37.with members in this place watching it live on a screen.
:21:38. > :21:39.And we hope that that's going to lead to an
:21:40. > :21:42.interest in these subjects and an absolute belief in the space
:21:43. > :21:55.She said Prestwick in her constituency had many advantages to
:21:56. > :21:58.become Britain's new spaceport. I would just like to say in closing,
:21:59. > :22:00.Prestwick was Scotland's first-ever passenger airport,
:22:01. > :22:02.and it was actually founded by Group Captain David McIntyre
:22:03. > :22:05.the first man to fly This is the kind of imagination
:22:06. > :22:08.and drive that we need, so I call on the Minister
:22:09. > :22:13.to please be imaginative, enable this industry
:22:14. > :22:28.across the entire UK so that it can The other main contender to be a
:22:29. > :22:33.spaceport is Newquay in the south-west of England.
:22:34. > :22:36.I just want to put on record and make members aware that Cornwall
:22:37. > :22:41.Newquay has a runway that c`n takethe very fastest and thd largest
:22:42. > :22:45.Formerly the home of an RAF base, it Newquay is an ideal location
:22:46. > :23:11.A Labour MP said a British space industry would bring many bdnefits.
:23:12. > :23:14.The value created by this bx this industry grows the economy,
:23:15. > :23:17.and increases tax revenues, thereby helping to fund public
:23:18. > :23:19.services, and research carrhed out in the space industry has positive
:23:20. > :23:22.applications back here on e`rth whether it's things like satellite
:23:23. > :23:24.technology, addressing food crops, whether it's experimenting
:23:25. > :23:30.with materials and how they can react, and major Tim Peake himself,
:23:31. > :23:32.whilst on the International Space Station, is carrying out experiments
:23:33. > :23:34.to measure pressure in the brain, which could have important future
:23:35. > :23:38.The value of the space industry in the UK has
:23:39. > :23:41.gone from 6.5 billion pounds in 2007 up to ?11.8 billion
:23:42. > :23:44.The potential to double again is there.
:23:45. > :23:46.With Tim Peake's recent mission sure to rekindle interest
:23:47. > :23:52.in the space industry, this is a trend sure to continue.
:23:53. > :23:54.Tim's iconic voyage into space, living and
:23:55. > :23:57.working on the International Space Station, is beamed into our lives,
:23:58. > :24:00.and this is fascinating - tweet by tweet, he has paid tribute
:24:01. > :24:03.to David Bowie's Starman, and he sent us his extraordhnary
:24:04. > :24:11.aerial views of the planet alongside space-suit selfies.
:24:12. > :24:12.It really gives a feeling of life there on the space station,
:24:13. > :24:16.as well as these iconic views and iconic visions.
:24:17. > :24:17.And he raises our aspirations to the
:24:18. > :24:22.Let's make the most of this chance to spark young people's
:24:23. > :24:28.interest in the career of the future.
:24:29. > :24:32.The Minister recalled the words of President Kennedy more than 50 years
:24:33. > :24:34.ago. America was embarked
:24:35. > :24:41.upon a mission of internationalism, and two ydars
:24:42. > :24:43.later, in his Apollo speech, asother members have referenced
:24:44. > :24:45.andannounced that America chooses to go to the moon not
:24:46. > :24:47.because it was easy but because it was hard,
:24:48. > :24:50.and did so in a spirit of internationalism and a spirit
:24:51. > :24:52.of appeal to the best It is a beautiful thing,
:24:53. > :24:59.I think, that every minute, every hour, every d`y
:25:00. > :25:02.in space, is left on the moon and inscription that
:25:03. > :25:04.says, "Mankind came to the moon in a spirit
:25:05. > :25:09.of freedom and peace." about our society and all
:25:10. > :25:10.we want to achieve, and it is for those reasons,
:25:11. > :25:13.I think, that the Prime Minhster asked that we harness
:25:14. > :25:15.the inspirational power of major Tim Peake's lission
:25:16. > :25:17.to inspire the next generathon of scientists and engineers
:25:18. > :25:20.and to bring the country together. But the minister wouldn't bd drawn
:25:21. > :25:23.on where the UK's space port might eventually be sited -
:25:24. > :25:26.he said the various bids from MPs from across the country had been
:25:27. > :25:30.heard loud and clear. Do join me for The Week
:25:31. > :25:35.in Parliament, when we not only look back at the last few days
:25:36. > :25:37.at Westminster, but also discuss the changes being put forward
:25:38. > :25:42.regarding how the House of Lords deals with laws sent to thel
:25:43. > :25:45.by the House of Commons. Until then, from me,
:25:46. > :25:50.Keith Macdougall, goodbye.