:00:11. > :00:17.After David Cameron unveils his proposed EU deal,
:00:18. > :00:20.MPs become poetic about Parliamentary sovereignty...
:00:21. > :00:26.Methinks I see in my mind, a noble and puissant nation.
:00:27. > :00:28.Rousing herself like a strong man after
:00:29. > :00:35.There's derision and anger over attempts by an American anth
:00:36. > :00:42.And as the anti EU groups jockey for position, Labour's Chris Bryant
:00:43. > :00:44.wonders if one cabinet minister will be taking tips
:00:45. > :00:48.Will he just sign up to the People's Front of Judaea
:00:49. > :00:52.and the Popular Front of Judea at the same
:00:53. > :00:57.Find out exactly what Chris Bryant is talking about at the end
:00:58. > :01:02.But first: Conservative Eurosceptics have used a Commons debate
:01:03. > :01:08.to denounce the scope of thd Prime Minister's European Union ddal.
:01:09. > :01:10.David Cameron spent part of the day with the President
:01:11. > :01:15.of the European Union, Donald Tusk, to discuss the draft deal ftrther.
:01:16. > :01:18.The proposals cover parliamdntary sovereignty, migration,
:01:19. > :01:24.If the plans are approved by all the 27 other member states
:01:25. > :01:28.they'll be put to British voters in a referendum.
:01:29. > :01:31.In the Commons, a Conservathve, opened a debate on the sovereignty
:01:32. > :01:43.There can be no greater isste for this Parliament to debate
:01:44. > :01:44.and defend than the country's sovereignty.
:01:45. > :01:51.It goes to the heart of everything we do.
:01:52. > :01:56.Without it we cannot truly have final say on a host of issuds,
:01:57. > :01:58.including the primacy of our laws, the integrity of our borders
:01:59. > :02:04.And yet as the EU negotiations proceed, it appears that little
:02:05. > :02:06.effort is being made to truly restore Parliamentary
:02:07. > :02:11.We appear to have a system which has more holes in it
:02:12. > :02:18.So much so, it is more like something that has been
:02:19. > :02:26.The idea is we club together and form a majority with other
:02:27. > :02:30.national parliaments to stop unwanted EU taxes and laws,
:02:31. > :02:33.but this would not enable otr Parliament by itself to rejdct
:02:34. > :02:38.If we cannot get rid of the people that are in an institution
:02:39. > :02:45.I want to come to the so-called shared social
:02:46. > :02:50.Europe which I believe is a complete sham.
:02:51. > :02:53.It is used as a lever to persuade Social Democratic and socialist
:02:54. > :03:01.parties to say yes to the European union.
:03:02. > :03:11.When it comes to the crunch, they find always...
:03:12. > :03:14.Free movement is not about being benign,
:03:15. > :03:17.it is about keeping wages down, making sure they are kept down
:03:18. > :03:20.When you cut through all the appearances,
:03:21. > :03:32.He is right to raise this above mere technicalities.
:03:33. > :03:43.He will remember that he was told that
:03:44. > :03:46.the blood of the martyrs is the seed of his church,
:03:47. > :03:52.is not the blood of all those parliamentarians who died in defence
:03:53. > :03:56.This is not just a point of no return.
:03:57. > :04:01.That is the position, I do not need to say any more.
:04:02. > :04:08.This is about the liberties of this country.
:04:09. > :04:11.It is about the liberties of men, from GK Chesterton and John Gower,
:04:12. > :04:14.smile at us, pay us and pass us but do not quite forget us
:04:15. > :04:20.because we are the people of England that have never spoken yet.
:04:21. > :04:25.We are the sovereign people of Scotland and sovereignitx
:04:26. > :04:37.over our nation is and always will be vested.
:04:38. > :04:39.For Scotland sovereignty is not resided in this place.
:04:40. > :04:42.It does not reside in those of us who serve in here but residds
:04:43. > :04:45.in those who have sent us to serve in this place.
:04:46. > :04:47.For those who want to hold to the idea,
:04:48. > :04:49.I genuinely am interested in the concept that the institution
:04:50. > :04:52.of Parliament is sovereign, even over the people.
:04:53. > :04:54.Perhaps someone could explahn who decided that Parliament
:04:55. > :04:56.was sovereign and who gave them the right
:04:57. > :05:02.to decide that Parliament was sovereign?
:05:03. > :05:04.I suspect that the people agreed this and therefore the people
:05:05. > :05:09.retain the right to change that decision.
:05:10. > :05:13.Not attempting to address now the technicalities of this hssue,
:05:14. > :05:16.the economic rights and wrongs, let me conclude on a note of freedom
:05:17. > :05:22.with the words of John Milton himself.
:05:23. > :05:28.Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation,
:05:29. > :05:33.rousing herself like a strong man after sleep and shaking
:05:34. > :05:43.Methinks I see her as an eagle, mewling her mighty
:05:44. > :05:46.youth and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday
:05:47. > :05:53.When he spoke those words, he spoke in defence of freedom and truth
:05:54. > :06:04.Let us believe in the genius of our country.
:06:05. > :06:08.Geoffrey Cox, with a stirring speech on parliamentary sovereigntx.
:06:09. > :06:11.Now, ever heard of the group which calls itself
:06:12. > :06:12.the Return of Kings?
:06:13. > :06:15.They claim to be standing up for men against feminism.
:06:16. > :06:17.The group's founder is the @merican, Daryush Valizadeh -
:06:18. > :06:22.He likes to voice deliberatdly provocative views about rapd
:06:23. > :06:26.and the superiority of men over women.
:06:27. > :06:29.It was reported that Return of Kings was going to hold nine meethngs
:06:30. > :06:32.around the UK - just for men of course.
:06:33. > :06:35.It now claims to have cancelled the get-togethers.
:06:36. > :06:39.But in the Commons, MPs urgdd the Home Office to ban Roosh V
:06:40. > :07:00.Player in the plans of May lac to travel to this country? Has she
:07:01. > :07:04.considered classifying the return of kings as a prescribed group?
:07:05. > :07:07.This individual and the proposals by this group are repulsive
:07:08. > :07:08.and everyone in this hounds will join
:07:09. > :07:12.her and me in condemning what they have said and this has no
:07:13. > :07:21.We should ridicule, we should show contempt and show these
:07:22. > :07:42.The SNP spokesman said thesd views were repugnant.
:07:43. > :07:45.for this gentleman, I use the word loosely,
:07:46. > :07:48.kingdom, will she liaise with the Scottish government
:07:49. > :07:50.and other devolved governments for any plans
:07:51. > :07:56.Can I start by assuring her I will copy it into the later.
:07:57. > :07:59.We do want to take all steps that we possibly can.
:08:00. > :08:01.I will set out in depth the steps that we can take.
:08:02. > :08:04.On the side of the House, everyone would welcome a proactive
:08:05. > :08:06.engagement from the Home Secretary and her
:08:07. > :08:15.department to not only excltde this man who is an embarrassment
:08:16. > :08:17.to all men and to proscribe his organisation as well.
:08:18. > :08:20.His planned meetings may well have been at
:08:21. > :08:28.publicity stunt by an attention seeker, so insecure in his own
:08:29. > :08:31.masculinity that he goes to this lengths to augment the size
:08:32. > :08:40.But I have been contacted by many constituents,
:08:41. > :08:42.men and women, outraged, revulsed but also afraid
:08:43. > :08:48.Can she reassure them that `nyone meeting in Newcastle or anywhere
:08:49. > :08:54.or coming to this country to plan and
:08:55. > :08:57.condone rape would be treatdd in the same way as someone planning
:08:58. > :09:06.I can assure her that is a criminal offence and they would be to to do
:09:07. > :09:16.Can I enjoin her for her re`sons as to why this individual is doing
:09:17. > :09:18.what he is doing, ensuring he is getting
:09:19. > :09:21.publicity and the way he nedds to do so for other reasons.
:09:22. > :09:25.Any event which plans to co`ch men how to coerce women
:09:26. > :09:31.It is an issue of public safety and order.
:09:32. > :09:34.Would she also join me in condemning the sick minded halfwits
:09:35. > :09:38.who support these events and were planning to attend
:09:39. > :09:40.and welcome that they will now be sitting in their
:09:41. > :09:46.underpants eating cold ravioli from a tin this week.
:09:47. > :09:49.The Minister replied that hd had conjured up "quite an image there".
:09:50. > :09:51.You're watching Thursday in Parliament, here on BBC
:09:52. > :10:01.Parliament, with me, Alicia McCarthy.
:10:02. > :10:04.The United Nations has set ` target of halving food waste by 2030.
:10:05. > :10:06.The Government says progress is being made -
:10:07. > :10:11.since 2009, household food waste has been cut by 17% -
:10:12. > :10:17.but it seems there's still a long way to go.
:10:18. > :10:20.The average household in the United Kingdom wastes more
:10:21. > :10:30.We must ensure that food is not wasted in the first place on its way
:10:31. > :10:35.from the farm gate to the House and if food cannot be consuled
:10:36. > :10:38.by humans, we must ensure that it is consumed by anim`ls,
:10:39. > :10:44.and that it goes to anaerobhc digesters only as a last resort
:10:45. > :10:47.The Soil Association estimates that between 20% to 40% of UK frtit
:10:48. > :10:52.and veg is rejected before ht even reaches the shop.
:10:53. > :10:55.It is deemed as being a kind of wonky veg because it fails
:10:56. > :10:58.to meet the supermarket's strict cosmetic requirements.
:10:59. > :11:01.Will the minister ensure th`t supermarkets and manufacturdrs
:11:02. > :11:04.transparently publish their supply chain waste?
:11:05. > :11:08.I think Tesco is doing that with food waste hotspots?
:11:09. > :11:12.That is vital if we are to `chieve a meaningful reduction in w`ste
:11:13. > :11:16.I absolutely agree that that is vital, and we recently held
:11:17. > :11:19.a round-table with retailers on that issue.
:11:20. > :11:22.One solution, although not ` total solution, is being pioneered
:11:23. > :11:24.by Tesco and Co-operative supermarkets, which are looking
:11:25. > :11:27.at individual varieties, for example, of potatoes,
:11:28. > :11:30.that result in much less food waste on the way
:11:31. > :11:37.My constituents in Kettering, especially those from the w`rtime
:11:38. > :11:38.generation, are horrified about the amount
:11:39. > :11:47.How can we get back to the principle that we do not put more food
:11:48. > :11:50.on our plate than we can eat, and that we consume
:11:51. > :12:00.My honourable friend has dr`wn attention to one of the central
:12:01. > :12:01.points of this issue, which is human
:12:02. > :12:08.Certain things can be done by the Government and others
:12:09. > :12:11.by retailers, but in the end a lot of responsibility rests on ts
:12:12. > :12:14.all regarding how much food we buy, how we use it,
:12:15. > :12:18.MPs moved on to the promotion of British food,
:12:19. > :12:22.We launched the Great British Food Unit in January.
:12:23. > :12:24.It brings together expertisd from UK Trade and Investment
:12:25. > :12:27.and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to create
:12:28. > :12:29.a team of 40 people in London and teams around the world,
:12:30. > :12:32.including five people in Chhna, to promote Great British food.
:12:33. > :12:35.I am pleased to say that food and drink manufacturers havd already
:12:36. > :12:42.agreed to expand their exports by a third by 2020.
:12:43. > :12:44.The Great British Food Unit, and the enthusiastic Secret`ry
:12:45. > :12:47.of State will know that somd of the greatest food on earth comes
:12:48. > :12:51.from the Gloucester Old Spot pig and from Gloucester cattle,
:12:52. > :12:54.including the single Gloucester cheese, which is famously used
:12:55. > :13:01.There is no better place to see these and 130 other great Gloucester
:13:02. > :13:06.producers than the Gloucestdr services on the M5, describdd
:13:07. > :13:11.by the Telegraph as probablx the best service station in the UK.
:13:12. > :13:18.Were she to find herself ne`r the M5 in the near future, my honotrable
:13:19. > :13:21.friend the Member for Stroud and I would give her a warm welcome
:13:22. > :13:39.I thank my honourable friend for his extremely kind invitation.
:13:40. > :13:42.It is one of the best offers I have had all year.
:13:43. > :13:45.Next time I am driving along the M5, which I frequently am,
:13:46. > :13:51.I will be very happy to meet him at this amazing service station
:13:52. > :13:54.The Secretary of State has lade the honourable gentleman's day,
:13:55. > :13:58.possibly his month and conceivably his year.
:13:59. > :14:03.The government may not get back any of the money it gave
:14:04. > :14:07.to the collapsed charity Kids Company.
:14:08. > :14:11.Ministers handed over ?3 million just a day before
:14:12. > :14:19.its charismatic founder clahmed on its website that it ran four
:14:20. > :14:23.centres, a therapy house and worked in more than 40 schools in London,
:14:24. > :14:26.as well as working with children in Bristol and Liverpool.
:14:27. > :14:29.In the Commons, the chair of the Commons Public Adminhstration
:14:30. > :14:32.Committee set out the findings of its report
:14:33. > :14:39.We found that an extraordin`ry catalogue of failures of governance
:14:40. > :14:42.and control had taken place in Kids Company.
:14:43. > :14:44.Bernard Jenkin said the report called for more powers
:14:45. > :14:47.for the charity commission, and he said there were lessons to be
:14:48. > :14:52.learned for other charities and for the Government.
:14:53. > :14:54.Kids Company received more than ?42 million in grants
:14:55. > :14:58.from central Government across several administrations,
:14:59. > :15:02.and it has not had to compete for a grant since 2013.
:15:03. > :15:05.Other charities have voiced bitter discontent
:15:06. > :15:11.Government will need to work hard to restore faith in the grant-giving
:15:12. > :15:22.The only conclusion that anxone can reach is that either they dhd not
:15:23. > :15:25.know or understand the implhcations of what was going on in the charity,
:15:26. > :15:31.The Charity Commission's guhdance requires trustees to make ddcisions
:15:32. > :15:36.They should not allow themsdlves to be swayed by personal prdjudices
:15:37. > :15:46.I am quoting direct from thdir guidance.
:15:47. > :15:49.That seems to be exactly what happened in Kids Company,
:15:50. > :15:52.however, and it must be in danger of happening in every large charity
:15:53. > :15:56.that has been built up by a powerful and influential founder.
:15:57. > :15:59.The lesson is a universal one for all trustees.
:16:00. > :16:03.The last tranche of Governmdnt money, ?3 million, was given
:16:04. > :16:09.to facilitate restructuring, but I was surprised to see
:16:10. > :16:13.in the television programme aired on BBC One last night the ilpression
:16:14. > :16:18.given that the management and the chief executive had other
:16:19. > :16:22.ideas about how that money was going to be spent.
:16:23. > :16:29.Do we know whether the ?2 mhllion balance of the unspent ?3 mhllion
:16:30. > :16:32.that was given has been recovered by the Government?
:16:33. > :16:37.Will there be any further investigations into that money
:16:38. > :16:42.passing to Kids Company virtually 24 hours before it shut down,
:16:43. > :16:49.or is this report the end of the matter?
:16:50. > :16:52.That last question is very interesting.
:16:53. > :16:58.There is an ongoing investigation by the official receiver,
:16:59. > :17:02.which should be able to tell us what happened to that money
:17:03. > :17:05.and if any money is due to be returned to the Government.
:17:06. > :17:09.I am not a legal expert, but I think that once the Government
:17:10. > :17:12.handed over the money, it belonged to the charity.
:17:13. > :17:15.It no longer belonged to the Government and,
:17:16. > :17:17.although the Government might be a creditor,
:17:18. > :17:19.they will probably have to pueue up behind other creditors.
:17:20. > :17:26.I very much hope that the Government might accept that the emploxees
:17:27. > :17:34.who lost their employment vdry abruptly are entitled to sole
:17:35. > :17:37.measure of recompense, perhaps out of those funds.
:17:38. > :17:41.The Government has been challenged in the Lords to make a decision
:17:42. > :17:43.sooner rather than later on the expansion
:17:44. > :17:48.An independent report by the Davies Commission has
:17:49. > :17:52.recommended building a new runway at Heathrow rather than providing
:17:53. > :17:58.But ministers have delayed `cting on the report until further analysis
:17:59. > :18:02.of the potential environmental impact has been carried out -
:18:03. > :18:05.a move that led to accusations of dithering.
:18:06. > :18:09.The ball has now been kicked firmly into the long grass and every
:18:10. > :18:11.so often the Transport Secrdtary kicks it further away
:18:12. > :18:17.If the Government really believe that the decision to increase
:18:18. > :18:20.airport capacity is urgent and important, how much longer
:18:21. > :18:23.will they dither over this hssue because they do not want to make
:18:24. > :18:28.The Government have been quite clear.
:18:29. > :18:34.The reasons for further consideration included environmental
:18:35. > :18:37.issues such as air pollution - a subject close to
:18:38. > :18:44.This is not about keeping things up in the air.
:18:45. > :18:47.On the contrary, it is about getting those things in the air down
:18:48. > :18:51.There is some confusion in ly mind, and perhaps in that
:18:52. > :18:54.of the Government as well, as to whether this airport dxpansion
:18:55. > :18:56.is primarily to provide extra capacity for the crowded sotth-east
:18:57. > :18:59.or whether it is to establish an up-to-date hub airport
:19:00. > :19:05.If it is to establish a first-class, international hub airport,
:19:06. > :19:09.surely it is better located outside the south-east.
:19:10. > :19:13.Will the Government not consider Birmingham,
:19:14. > :19:19.That option presents far fewer problems than those facing
:19:20. > :19:26.It is much closer to Britain's centre of gravity and is halfway
:19:27. > :19:30.to the aspirational northern powerhouse.
:19:31. > :19:35.As far as the expansion of south-east capacity is concerned,
:19:36. > :19:38.the Government are committed to the findings
:19:39. > :19:43.That is in no sense to take away from the importance
:19:44. > :19:47.Indeed, all regional airports, including Birmingham,
:19:48. > :19:50.mentioned by the noble Lord, are already benefiting
:19:51. > :19:55.from increased investment and are an important part of UK
:19:56. > :20:03.plc's competitive global offering across the world.
:20:04. > :20:09.Airlines cannot be compelled to fly into airports they
:20:10. > :20:15.Should we not all agree now that the alternatives
:20:16. > :20:21.to Heathrow are not Birmingham or Stansted, but Schiphol,
:20:22. > :20:27.Either we can have the business in this country, in London,
:20:28. > :20:34.My noble friend raises an important point.
:20:35. > :20:37.On the first element, the commercial decisions on air
:20:38. > :20:41.slots are very much for the airlines to make.
:20:42. > :20:45.As for the competitiveness of London vis-a-vis competitors in Europe
:20:46. > :20:48.that is one reason why the Government are committed
:20:49. > :20:54.to further expansion of air capacity in the south-east.
:20:55. > :20:56.Could the minister promise ts faithfully that we will havd
:20:57. > :20:59.a decision on expansion at Heathrow Airport
:21:00. > :21:03.after the elections for London Mayor?
:21:04. > :21:07.I can assure the noble Baroness I speak for all my noble frhends
:21:08. > :21:11.on the front bench and beyond, that we always seek to give answers
:21:12. > :21:18.Will the minister confirm that airports policy is now
:21:19. > :21:30.being co-ordinated by Sir John Chilcot?
:21:31. > :21:41.Back in the Commons, a Conservative MP has apologised
:21:42. > :21:50.more than ?400,000 of outside income on time.
:21:51. > :21:52.The Standards Committee found that Geoffrey Cox,
:21:53. > :21:54.who's a QC, had committed a "serious" breach of rules,
:21:55. > :21:57.although it accepted he had not "intended to hide" the paymdnts
:21:58. > :22:05.The MP was a member of the Standards Committee,
:22:06. > :22:12.in October after it emerged he had repeatedly missed the 28-dax
:22:13. > :22:15.In 2009, the House resolved that honourable
:22:16. > :22:17.members should register all outside earnings within 28 days
:22:18. > :22:19.of their receipt, whether connected with their parliamentary
:22:20. > :22:24.For a prolonged period last year, I very much regret that I f`iled
:22:25. > :22:28.to comply with that rule in respect of my professional
:22:29. > :22:35.The House has a right to expect of its Members, particularlx those
:22:36. > :22:39.on the Standards Committee, as I was, that they will uphold
:22:40. > :22:46.For that reason, I have stepped down from the Standards Committed,
:22:47. > :22:49.and I hope that the House will accept my sincere
:22:50. > :22:52.and full-hearted apology for my failure to observe
:22:53. > :23:00.Finally to business questions, a chance for MPs to ask the Leader
:23:01. > :23:03.of the House for a debate on a subject of their choicd,
:23:04. > :23:06.but more often than not a chance for the Shadow Leader to poke
:23:07. > :23:11.This week, Chris Bryant took aim at the rival groups which h`ve been
:23:12. > :23:15.set up to campaign for the TK to leave the EU.
:23:16. > :23:18.The Leader of the House, Chris Grayling, has signalldd he'll
:23:19. > :23:25.But which group would he join?
:23:26. > :23:27.So Leave.EU believes that Vote Leave does not really
:23:28. > :23:33.Vote Leave believes, however, that Leave.EU is a bunch
:23:34. > :23:39.Leave.EU thinks that Vote Ldave are a bunch of hippy-dippy,
:23:40. > :23:42.let-it-all-hang-out libertarian lunatics.
:23:43. > :23:49.Will the Leader of the Housd tell us which group he is going to join
:23:50. > :23:53.Will it be Grassroots Out, Vote Leave or Leave.EU,
:23:54. > :23:57.or will he just sign up to the People's Front of Judea,
:23:58. > :24:00.the Judean Popular People's Front and the Popular Front of Judea
:24:01. > :24:03.A reference there to Monty Python's Life of Brian.
:24:04. > :24:06.But Chris Grayling fired back, attacking Labour over comments
:24:07. > :24:10.from its Shadow Chancellor on the future of Europe.
:24:11. > :24:15.Once again, we heard nothing of this week's events in the Labour Party
:24:16. > :24:26.As if using nuclear submarines as troop carriers was not enough,
:24:27. > :24:35.the Shadow Chancellor now w`nts to get rid of borders.
:24:36. > :24:39.We would have terrorists crossing borders, organised crime
:24:40. > :24:41.spreading its nets and more and more migration against the wishes
:24:42. > :24:47.The Labour Party has been sdized by a madcap ideology,
:24:48. > :24:49.and the Shadow Leader of thd House is still sitting there
:24:50. > :24:54.The SNP's Pete Wishart had a different take on
:24:55. > :24:58.The former keyboard player for the rock group Runrig is now
:24:59. > :25:02.a member of a band made up of current and ex-MPs called MP ,
:25:03. > :25:09.Lastly, Mr Speaker, I come to an issue on which we might
:25:10. > :25:12.all be able to agree - MP4 for Eurovision!
:25:13. > :25:18.I know you are a fan, Mr Spdaker, as is the Leader of the House.
:25:19. > :25:21.This is a political contest, as we know, and we have had
:25:22. > :25:24.all these young starlet acts trying to achieve a win,
:25:25. > :25:27.but now is the time for grizzled old politicians to get
:25:28. > :25:29.in there and do their bit for the United Kingdom.
:25:30. > :25:32.I am sure I will secure the support of the whole Hotse
:25:33. > :25:38.Chris Grayling said he thought that was a great idea!
:25:39. > :25:41.Which Euro unity brings us to the end of this edition
:25:42. > :25:44.of the programme, but do john me on Friday night at 11pm
:25:45. > :25:46.for a full round-up of the week here at Westminster,
:25:47. > :25:53.but until then, from me, Alicia McCarthy, goodbye.