:00:15. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to Thursday in Parliament.
:00:17. > :00:21.The Government sets out its Brexit policy paper.
:00:22. > :00:23.The Transport Secretary says expanding Heathrow
:00:24. > :00:26.will be good for Britain post-Brexit.
:00:27. > :00:30.a former minister talks about growing up
:00:31. > :00:36.I know what it's like to feel that cold nausea
:00:37. > :00:41.when you find the empty bottles hidden around the house.
:00:42. > :00:43.But first, the Government has published its 75-page
:00:44. > :00:47.Brexit policy document, laying out what its objectives
:00:48. > :00:50.are in the forthcoming negotiations on extracting the UK
:00:51. > :00:55.The principles were contained in the Prime Minister's
:00:56. > :00:59.keynote speech last month, so there were few surprises.
:01:00. > :01:02.The Secretary of State, David Davis, said it confirmed
:01:03. > :01:07.the Prime Minister's vision of an independent, truly global UK.
:01:08. > :01:11.The Government recognised the need for clarity and certainty.
:01:12. > :01:14.The white paper also sets out we will take control of our own laws
:01:15. > :01:18.so they are made in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast,
:01:19. > :01:21.and ensure that we will control the number of people coming
:01:22. > :01:27.And the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice
:01:28. > :01:32.It will be for Parliament and the devolved legislatures
:01:33. > :01:36.to determine significant changes to reflect our new position.
:01:37. > :01:39.I've said this at the dispatch box before, there will be
:01:40. > :01:42.any number of votes on substantive policy choices.
:01:43. > :01:47.To that end, the white paper makes clear that we expect to bring
:01:48. > :01:49.forward separate legislation in areas such as customs
:01:50. > :01:53.Delivering smooth, mutually beneficial exit, avoiding
:01:54. > :01:57.a destructive cliff edge will be the key.
:01:58. > :01:59.Whatever the outcome of our negotiations,
:02:00. > :02:03.we seek a more open, output looking, confident and fairer UK
:02:04. > :02:09.The white paper is available on the Government website,
:02:10. > :02:12.and I've arranged for copies to be available in the libraries
:02:13. > :02:18.Mr Speaker, I would normally thank the Secretary of State
:02:19. > :02:25.A week ago, at Prime Minister's Questions,
:02:26. > :02:27.the Prime Minister said there would be a white paper.
:02:28. > :02:30.Yesterday, she said there would be a white paper tomorrow.
:02:31. > :02:32.The Secretary of State now makes a statement,
:02:33. > :02:37.But the white paper has not been delivered until a few minutes ago
:02:38. > :02:41.so that we can meaningfully actually ask him questions about it.
:02:42. > :02:44.He repeated a demand for a vote in the commons on the final deal
:02:45. > :02:51.Otherwise, all honourable members will have to watch on their screens
:02:52. > :02:54.as the European Parliament debates our deal
:02:55. > :02:58.before we get to express any views on it.
:02:59. > :03:02.That is completely unacceptable, and it's demeaning of this House.
:03:03. > :03:05.There's no point in having a vote after he's already signed it off
:03:06. > :03:11.treating Parliament as some sort of afterthought.
:03:12. > :03:13.So can he rule out now the Government
:03:14. > :03:18.showing such contempt for Parliament?
:03:19. > :03:21.This is now my sixth statement in this House
:03:22. > :03:32.The House will have the opportunity to vote on any number of pieces
:03:33. > :03:37.of legislation before we get there, and it will have the vote at the end
:03:38. > :03:39.to decide whether or not it is acceptable.
:03:40. > :03:42.I can't see how you can make it more meaningful than that.
:03:43. > :03:44.Mr Speaker, the Secretary of State is more experienced
:03:45. > :03:51.It's very striking that we get a white paper after the second
:03:52. > :03:53.reading, and two sitting days before the committee stage.
:03:54. > :03:58.Now, we have just got this before he got on his feet.
:03:59. > :04:01.Is that respectful to Parliament, to be able to question him on it,
:04:02. > :04:04.when it only goes out just as he goes on?
:04:05. > :04:07.I find that an astonishing disrespect of Parliament.
:04:08. > :04:13.It's going to have an impact on each and every one of us,
:04:14. > :04:18.On page 49 of this white paper, the Government said, and I quote,
:04:19. > :04:21."we have an open mind on how we can implement new customs
:04:22. > :04:25.Just for the avoidance of doubt, because it I think it is important
:04:26. > :04:28.to be clear so that everyone knows where we stand,
:04:29. > :04:30.will the Secretary of State confirm today
:04:31. > :04:34.that we are not only leaving the EU and single market,
:04:35. > :04:36.we are definitely leaving the customs union?
:04:37. > :04:39.If he reads the rest of that chapter, he will see we exclude
:04:40. > :04:42.ourselves from the common commercial policy and the common external
:04:43. > :04:45.tariff, which amounts to exactly what he said.
:04:46. > :04:49.A former Defence Minister has welcomed the decision
:04:50. > :04:53.of a disciplinary tribunal which has struck off a human rights lawyer
:04:54. > :04:57.who brought claims of murder and torture against British soldiers
:04:58. > :05:00.It found that Phil Shiner had acted dishonestly
:05:01. > :05:05.and upheld 12 charges of misconduct against him.
:05:06. > :05:10.He'd admitted acting without integrity at an earlier hearing.
:05:11. > :05:14.Phil Shiner - who founded the firm, Public Interest Lawyers -
:05:15. > :05:16.was accused of drumming up false abuse claims,
:05:17. > :05:19.and paying thousands of pounds to a fixer to find Iraqi clients.
:05:20. > :05:22.Speaking in the Commons during a debate on the armed forces,
:05:23. > :05:24.the MP for Aldershot and a former defence minister,
:05:25. > :05:30.Sir Gerald Howarth, gave his reaction.
:05:31. > :05:34.I felt at the time that that man, Phil Shiner, was a disgrace.
:05:35. > :05:39.He was a dreadful man, engaged in a cowardly
:05:40. > :05:44.and unacceptable activity of trying to find people
:05:45. > :05:47.who would stand up and accuse his fellow countrymen
:05:48. > :05:53.who had gone to relieve the people of Iraq from their suffering,
:05:54. > :05:55.and he went to try and do down those people.
:05:56. > :05:58.I'm very pleased to hear today he has been struck off.
:05:59. > :06:00.Frankly, I don't think that's enough.
:06:01. > :06:05.But then I always was a supporter of capital punishment.
:06:06. > :06:13.We need to do more to protect those who have done the most for us.
:06:14. > :06:16.Because what the covenant should be about is to ensure
:06:17. > :06:18.that those who have served, who have risked all,
:06:19. > :06:23.safe in the knowledge that they are safe
:06:24. > :06:26.and they are not going to be pursued by charlatans
:06:27. > :06:30.and liars like Philip Shiner, who has been struck off today
:06:31. > :06:32.by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority for his deceit,
:06:33. > :06:38.dishonesty and absolute treason to this country,
:06:39. > :06:42.in the way he has pursued fine people.
:06:43. > :06:44.If people like that had been around
:06:45. > :06:47.in the aftermath of the Second World War,
:06:48. > :06:49.and if our troops in the Second World War
:06:50. > :06:52.had known that they would have to face the duplicity
:06:53. > :06:55.and the manoeuvrings and the outrages perpetrated
:06:56. > :07:00.on a subsequent generations of soldiers by people like that,
:07:01. > :07:02.then I do not think they could possibly have fought
:07:03. > :07:09.with the valour that they did, in the defeat of Nazism and fascism.
:07:10. > :07:12.A third runway for Heathrow Airport was approved by the Government
:07:13. > :07:16.in October, but we've still not had the very final decision.
:07:17. > :07:20.to actually build the runway is now underway.
:07:21. > :07:22.The Transport Secretary has launched a four-month consultation
:07:23. > :07:24.and set out planning and infrastructure proposals.
:07:25. > :07:31.a staunch supporter of leaving the EU -
:07:32. > :07:34.couldn't resist making a connection with Brexit.
:07:35. > :07:37.By backing the north-west runway at Heathrow airport,
:07:38. > :07:40.and publishing our proposals today, we are sending a clear signal
:07:41. > :07:42.that when we leave the EU, Britain is open for business.
:07:43. > :07:44.So, Mr Speaker, today I lay before Parliament
:07:45. > :07:46.a draft Airports National Policy Statement
:07:47. > :07:49.and begin a period of extensive public consultation
:07:50. > :08:00.There is an increasing concern regarding air-quality,
:08:01. > :08:03.which is linked to 40,000 early deaths a year.
:08:04. > :08:09.David Cameron's former aide, now Baroness Camilla Cavendish,
:08:10. > :08:10.claimed existing policy on air-quality underwhelms
:08:11. > :08:16.Given this inadequacy, what further and stringent measures
:08:17. > :08:20.will be imposed to mitigate expected expansion at Heathrow?
:08:21. > :08:23.Of course, some of the things we are consulting on today,
:08:24. > :08:27.Mr Speaker, for example, smarter use of airspace,
:08:28. > :08:33.one of the things we will be able to achieve through airspace reform
:08:34. > :08:35.and through the technology that's now available to us
:08:36. > :08:38.is to avoid - to anything like the degree we expect
:08:39. > :08:41.at the moment - planes stacking over the south-east of England,
:08:42. > :08:42.emitting additional emissions into the atmosphere,
:08:43. > :08:46.That's one of the benefits that comes from smarter use of airspace
:08:47. > :08:48.that will help contribute, as will cleaner, newer generation,
:08:49. > :08:51.more efficient aircraft that we will see, I think, extensively
:08:52. > :08:52.in this country over the coming years.
:08:53. > :08:56.The Secretary of State will be aware that on the 23rd of January,
:08:57. > :08:59.we had a black alert in air pollution in London,
:09:00. > :09:02.and 12 local authority areas signalled red alerts.
:09:03. > :09:07.That means toxic air, and it is at crisis point in London.
:09:08. > :09:09.So I think if you're going to reassure the people
:09:10. > :09:12.of London to continue to support this decision,
:09:13. > :09:16.we need a much more comprehensive air pollution strategy,
:09:17. > :09:20.not the Government's current plans that the courts have said
:09:21. > :09:25.Will he explain what he will do if the airport cannot be
:09:26. > :09:29.delivered with the legal air obligations limits?
:09:30. > :09:33.Proceed anyway, change the air-quality objectives,
:09:34. > :09:39.Well, Mr Speaker, it's very clear the airport will not be able
:09:40. > :09:41.to secure its development consent order if it cannot demonstrate
:09:42. > :09:46.It is binding, it will have to achieve those.
:09:47. > :09:49.In terms of our broader strategy, after we have
:09:50. > :09:52.left the European Union, the air-quality standards in place
:09:53. > :09:54.this country will be UK air-quality standards,
:09:55. > :09:57.but it is not the intention of the Government to reduce
:09:58. > :10:02.It is our intention to deliver a strategy that cleans up our air.
:10:03. > :10:08.How can you consult on airspace strategy when you don't
:10:09. > :10:10.have a credible policy of how to address
:10:11. > :10:16.How can you offer a consultation National Policy Statement
:10:17. > :10:21.when you have no credible or legal plan of how to reduce air pollution?
:10:22. > :10:25.How can you have consultations ending on the 25th of May
:10:26. > :10:30.with no credible or legal plans of addressing critical noise
:10:31. > :10:33.I know how strongly my honourable friend feels about this,
:10:34. > :10:36.I do know about the concerns in her constituency,
:10:37. > :10:39.and I very much respect her for what she's doing.
:10:40. > :10:42.This is one of the difficulties of a big strategic decision like this.
:10:43. > :10:44.It's impossible to take it without some impacts.
:10:45. > :10:47.I give her simply my assurance that we will take all steps we can
:10:48. > :10:52.inevitable though it is that there will be some.
:10:53. > :10:54.This is going to be an investment of something not far off
:10:55. > :10:58.?20 billion, which is a great boost to post-Brexit Britain,
:10:59. > :11:00.on top of the expansion at London City Airport.
:11:01. > :11:04.Can he give his best estimate as to when he believes
:11:05. > :11:09.the first plane will take off from the north-west runway?
:11:10. > :11:12.Well, Mr Speaker, both of us would share the aspirations to do
:11:13. > :11:15.But the working assumption is that the first plane
:11:16. > :11:23.will take off in the middle of the next decade.
:11:24. > :11:25.Of course, we perhaps should have come to this
:11:26. > :11:28.At the very least, we are doing it now.
:11:29. > :11:31.We will get on with it as soon as possible.
:11:32. > :11:35.We have to do it in the right way, we've got to do it in a sustainable
:11:36. > :11:37.way, and we've got to do it with great care with
:11:38. > :11:41.The National Health Service in England is still failing
:11:42. > :11:43.to learning from its mistakes, MPs have heard.
:11:44. > :11:45.The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
:11:46. > :11:48.has published a report on how the NHS deals with complaints.
:11:49. > :11:51.It calls on the NHS to move from a culture of blame
:11:52. > :11:54.The committee also urged the Department of Health to build up
:11:55. > :12:00.The purpose of complaints is not just the redress of grievances...
:12:01. > :12:03.Which I have to say in the NHS is extremely unsatisfactory anyway,
:12:04. > :12:09.Complaints are a tool by which public services
:12:10. > :12:15.When medical professionals are forced early to be concerned
:12:16. > :12:19.with avoiding liability and responsibility and are trapped
:12:20. > :12:23.in a culture of blame, there can be no learning.
:12:24. > :12:25.There is an acute need for Government to follow
:12:26. > :12:28.through on its commitment to promote a culture in which staff
:12:29. > :12:32.will be able to speak out and which the emphasis is placed
:12:33. > :12:41.The committee also recommended legislation to ensure
:12:42. > :12:57.the new complaints body is truly independent.
:12:58. > :13:02.Clearly from the candid completion this morning, there is a long way to
:13:03. > :13:03.go before we eradicate the culture of defensiveness that he has
:13:04. > :13:04.described. The Minister said the Healthcare
:13:05. > :13:06.Safety Investigation Branch - or HSIB - would be up
:13:07. > :13:17.and running in April. The committee has called for it to
:13:18. > :13:22.be statutorily independent. We agree that it should be as independent as
:13:23. > :13:26.possible if it is to discharge its functions fully and effectively. We
:13:27. > :13:31.would not rule out the option of legislation. His committee also
:13:32. > :13:37.raised in this week report various recommendations and its role. We
:13:38. > :13:43.will be responding to that in due course. We are committed to making
:13:44. > :13:45.sure that the NHS is committed to learning from its mistakes.
:13:46. > :13:47.You're watching Thursday in Parliament, with me,
:13:48. > :13:52.The Government's been told to rethink its alcohol strategy
:13:53. > :13:56.and bring in a minimum unit price for alcohol in England and Wales.
:13:57. > :13:58.The call came from across the chamber as MPs debated
:13:59. > :14:12.ways to tackle the harm caused by drinking.
:14:13. > :14:15.One MP focused on the damage done when pregnant women drank,
:14:16. > :14:17.revealing his own adopted children were both affected by
:14:18. > :14:19.a condition called foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
:14:20. > :14:21.The debate was opened by the chair of the all-party
:14:22. > :14:26.There are currently over 10 million people drinking at levels
:14:27. > :14:29.which increase their risk of health harm.
:14:30. > :14:33.Among those aged 15-49 in England, alcohol is now the leading risk
:14:34. > :14:44.factor for ill-health, early mortality and disability.
:14:45. > :14:48.In England, the average age of death of those dying
:14:49. > :14:55.More working years of life are lost in England as a result
:14:56. > :14:57.of alcohol-related deaths than from cancers of ?
:14:58. > :14:59.and there are many of these ? the lung, bronchus,
:15:00. > :15:01.trachea, colon, rectum, brain, pancreas, skin,
:15:02. > :15:06.ovary, kidney, stomach, bladder and prostate combined.
:15:07. > :15:08.But she argued the Government had done little since the last
:15:09. > :15:14.In the foreword to the 2012 strategy, the then Prime Minister
:15:15. > :15:20.We're going to set a minimum unit price.
:15:21. > :15:25.But five years on, this has still not been done.
:15:26. > :15:28.Two MPs turned to the impact of drinking during pregnancy -
:15:29. > :15:36.foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or FASD.
:15:37. > :15:43.FASD causes learning disabilities, Balliol problems.
:15:44. > :15:44.FASD also causes learning difficulties, behavioural problems,
:15:45. > :15:47.and a high proportion of people convicted of crimes in our prisons
:15:48. > :15:51.Research by the Medical Research Council has concluded that even
:15:52. > :15:53.moderate cringing in pregnancy has an impact on IQ and
:15:54. > :15:58.If we all knew that 35,000 children were born every year in this country
:15:59. > :16:00.with brain damage that could be prevented completely,
:16:01. > :16:09.we would of course do everything in our power to prevent it.
:16:10. > :16:13.And yet, worrying evidence is emerging that that may be
:16:14. > :16:15.what is happening in this country every year and the figures
:16:16. > :16:22.As an adoptive parent, I discovered just how common this
:16:23. > :16:32.Including amongst my own two children.
:16:33. > :16:40.I don't know if he can recall, when we were receiving evidence
:16:41. > :16:44.in our all-party group about the impact of foetal
:16:45. > :16:51.alcohol syndrome on adopted and fostered children,
:16:52. > :16:55.but one survey done indicated that of the cohort of adopted and foster
:16:56. > :17:00.children who were assessed, up to 70% of them were
:17:01. > :17:08.There is now a suggestion that many, many children put up for adoption
:17:09. > :17:16.And we heard a description from one adoptive parent that adoption is now
:17:17. > :17:18.a family finding service for children with foetal
:17:19. > :17:30.An SNP MP moved on to the scale of the problem in Scotland.
:17:31. > :17:33.I have a very personal stake in this debate.
:17:34. > :17:36.By all accounts, my own father, of whom I have no memory,
:17:37. > :17:41.But that was not readily talked about in 1960s working-class
:17:42. > :17:46.I did not witness his heavy drinking because he died
:17:47. > :17:52.Not least because of his heavy drinking.
:17:53. > :17:56.My own husband's father was an alcoholic as well, and that
:17:57. > :18:02.In Glasgow, where both my husband and I grew up, this was not unusual.
:18:03. > :18:13.And even today, it is still more common than you would think.
:18:14. > :18:16.The Scottish Government has lowered the drink-driving unit and is trying
:18:17. > :18:24.to bring in a minimum price. What else could kill 22 people
:18:25. > :18:26.in Scotland each week, cause 600 the hospital admissions
:18:27. > :18:29.each week, cost ?3.6 billion each A Labour MP and former minister had
:18:30. > :18:33.spoken previously about growing up For much of my life,
:18:34. > :18:40.I have grown up with that gnawing insecurity that is all too common
:18:41. > :18:43.for many children of alcoholics. That constant feeling of guilt,
:18:44. > :18:46.constantly asking yourself whether you're doing enough,
:18:47. > :18:49.why is it that you can't do more to stop your mum
:18:50. > :18:53.or dad from drinking? I know what it is like to feel that
:18:54. > :18:57.cold nausea when you find the empty I know what it is like to feel sick
:18:58. > :19:09.when you hear your parent being sick first thing in the morning
:19:10. > :19:14.because they have drunk too much. He said the children of alcoholics
:19:15. > :19:15.often fell through the gaps in provision.
:19:16. > :19:19.The Shadow Health Minister said his alcoholic father had moved
:19:20. > :19:25.to Thailand and not come home for his wedding.
:19:26. > :19:31.His friends that he had made over there told me
:19:32. > :19:33.he was drinking a bottle of whisky a day, over there.
:19:34. > :19:37.They told me he could not come to the wedding because he did not
:19:38. > :19:40.Because we were from a working class family in Salford.
:19:41. > :19:43.You know, I had gone to university, I had become a politician.
:19:44. > :19:45."Posh people" would be at the wedding.
:19:46. > :19:47.He felt he would embarrass me by being there.
:19:48. > :19:51.And that was... I will always regret that.
:19:52. > :19:54.So, look, I am the Shadow Health Secretary, I am going to do
:19:55. > :19:58.lots of criticising the Tories because that is my job.
:19:59. > :20:01.But can I say to the minister, I will work with Government to put
:20:02. > :20:03.in place a proper strategy for supporting children of
:20:04. > :20:13.Because, quite simply, 2 million children are suffering,
:20:14. > :20:16.let's send them a message that they should no
:20:17. > :20:24.The minister said there were grounds for optimism.
:20:25. > :20:30.People under 18 are drinking less. Attitudes are changing. There has
:20:31. > :20:32.been a steady reduction in alcohol-related road traffic
:20:33. > :20:36.accidents. We are seeing real progress in Government working in
:20:37. > :20:40.partnership with industry. Industry removed 1.3 billion units of alcohol
:20:41. > :20:43.from the market through improving consumer choice of law alcohol
:20:44. > :20:49.products, annually 80% of bottles and cans now his plate unit content
:20:50. > :20:54.and pregnancy warnings on labels. As to minimum pricing... We are
:20:55. > :20:59.considering minimal unit pricing in England and will. But we are waiting
:21:00. > :21:06.for the outcome of the court case in Scotland because until we are the
:21:07. > :21:09.result of the Supreme Court decision, which is still unknown,
:21:10. > :21:15.and we are supporting the process of that case, we cannot proceed with
:21:16. > :21:16.any policy decision in the UK. She had an emotional moment at the end
:21:17. > :21:23.of speech. I do take courage from today's
:21:24. > :21:25.debate, because great social change requires three things,
:21:26. > :21:27.I think. It requires long-term
:21:28. > :21:28.political will, it requires nonpartisan partnership,
:21:29. > :21:30.and it requires bravery. And I have heard all
:21:31. > :21:43.three of those today. And I hope that each member who has
:21:44. > :21:48.spoken here today will continue to work with me as we fight
:21:49. > :21:51.on to tackle this social injustice. The Health Minister, Nicola
:21:52. > :22:02.Blackwood. The Government's being urged to do
:22:03. > :22:04.more to secure the release of a British-Iranian woman
:22:05. > :22:06.being held in Iran. A court there has rejected an appeal
:22:07. > :22:12.against a five-year prison sentence given to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,
:22:13. > :22:14.who has dual British The charity worker has been accused
:22:15. > :22:19.of security offences and was detained while trying
:22:20. > :22:21.to leave the country with her baby daughter
:22:22. > :22:26.after visiting relatives in April. Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe,
:22:27. > :22:29.who is from London, said his wife's detention was a "stain" on Iran
:22:30. > :22:33.and her family denies Mr Ratcliffe was in the Lords
:22:34. > :22:38.gallery as the Foreign Office minister explained
:22:39. > :22:47.what the Government Officials are in regular contact
:22:48. > :22:55.with her family and we continue to do everything we can for the family.
:22:56. > :23:00.I thank the noble lady. Unlike Mr Trump, we seek improved relations
:23:01. > :23:03.with Iran. Here we have a mother, British Iranian citizen imprisoned
:23:04. > :23:07.after visiting her family there with her daughter. And her daughter is
:23:08. > :23:13.solely a British citizen. Surely the time has come for the UK to call for
:23:14. > :23:16.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release before she, her little daughter and
:23:17. > :23:25.her husband, yet today with his own mother, suffer any more. The
:23:26. > :23:31.suffering of the family can barely be imagined. And regardless of some
:23:32. > :23:35.of the extraordinary claims made on the internet, we should remember
:23:36. > :23:42.this is a loving father who simply wants his family to be reunited. I
:23:43. > :23:45.wholly respect that. That is why, my Lords, we are urgently seeking
:23:46. > :23:51.information on what further legal actions are available to Nazanin
:23:52. > :24:05.Zaghari-Ratcliffe. We will continue to offer support to the family both
:24:06. > :24:14.here in London and Iran. I am a Government trade envoy to Iran. Is
:24:15. > :24:16.she aware they have raised this issue with the Iranian government
:24:17. > :24:21.and they associate wholly with the question asked? Has the Minister
:24:22. > :24:29.noticed the statement by the president of Iran, the moderate
:24:30. > :24:32.president there who has said that if Iran is to attract more investment
:24:33. > :24:36.and commercial engagement with the wider world, it needs to make people
:24:37. > :24:40.who visit Iran both welcome and safe?
:24:41. > :24:46.Does the noble Baroness understand the disappointment felt by those who
:24:47. > :24:49.supported the nuclear agreement and have welcomed the improving
:24:50. > :24:54.relations between Iran and the United Kingdom? Would it not be
:24:55. > :25:01.unfortunate, to say the least, if the fact this matter is not resolved
:25:02. > :25:07.should sully or undermine that improving relationship. The child, I
:25:08. > :25:14.understand, is entirely British. What is the Government doing about a
:25:15. > :25:22.British subject being held in Iran? We have made it clear, here in this
:25:23. > :25:25.dispatch box and colleagues in other places, we are ready to facilitate
:25:26. > :25:28.the return of Gabriela to this country. She is solely a British
:25:29. > :25:33.citizen and we stand ready to assist in the family ask us to do so.
:25:34. > :25:37.And that's it from me for now, but do join me on Friday night at 11
:25:38. > :25:40.for a round-up of a busy week here at Westminster that's been
:25:41. > :25:42.dominated by Brexit and the UK's relationships with the US.
:25:43. > :25:50.But for now, from me, Alicia McCarthy, goodbye.