:00:24. > :00:25.Hello and welcome to Thursday in Parliament.
:00:26. > :00:27.Coming up: The Brexit Secretary David Davis says a bill
:00:28. > :00:32.to transfer EU laws into UK legislation is vital.
:00:33. > :00:37.Let me be clear, this bill does only what is necessary for a smooth exit.
:00:38. > :00:39.And, to provide stability. But Labour reckons it's a government
:00:40. > :00:50.power grab and will vote against it. That we are leaving is settled, how
:00:51. > :00:53.we leave is not. This bill invites us to surrender all power and
:00:54. > :00:58.influence over that question to the government and to ministers.
:00:59. > :01:04.Also on this programme - ministers pledge support for British
:01:05. > :01:06.territories hit by Hurricane Irma, and:
:01:07. > :01:09.A former Cabinet minister launches a stinging attack on disgraced PR
:01:10. > :01:14.Running a pernicious and poisonously racist smear campaign in South
:01:15. > :01:28.Africa. But first: Mps spent the afternoon
:01:29. > :01:31.on their first day of debate Which originally had the rather more
:01:32. > :01:34.catchy informal title It repeals the European Communities
:01:35. > :01:38.Act of 1972 which took us into the European Community and sets
:01:39. > :01:41.up the process to transfer current EU laws into UK law,
:01:42. > :01:43.so that the legal system doesn't MPs will conclude their debate
:01:44. > :01:47.and vote late on Monday night. The legislation - and more
:01:48. > :01:49.specifically the power it gives to ministers to make changes
:01:50. > :01:52.to legislation - is controversial. Opening the debate,
:01:53. > :02:00.the Brexit Secretary Put simply, this bill is an
:02:01. > :02:05.essential step, whilst it does not take us out of the EU, that is a
:02:06. > :02:09.matter for the Article 50 process, it does ensure that on the day that
:02:10. > :02:15.we leave, businesses know where they stand. Workers' rights are upheld
:02:16. > :02:21.and the consumers remain protected. This bill is vital -- is vital to
:02:22. > :02:23.ensure that as we leave, we do so an ordinarily -- orderly manner.
:02:24. > :02:26.He set out what the bill would do and defended the powers
:02:27. > :02:35.This bill does only what is necessary for a smooth exit and to
:02:36. > :02:39.supply stability but I welcome and encourage contributions from those
:02:40. > :02:43.who approach the task in good faith and in the spirit of collaboration.
:02:44. > :02:47.We cannot await the completion of negotiations before it is legal
:02:48. > :02:51.certainty at the point of exit and to do so, or to delay or oppose the
:02:52. > :02:59.bill would be reckless in the extreme. Mr Speaker, I have, in the
:03:00. > :03:05.past, witnessed the Labour Party on European business take the most
:03:06. > :03:10.cynical approach to legislation that I have ever seen. They are now
:03:11. > :03:13.attempting to do the same today and, the British people are not going to
:03:14. > :03:20.forgive them if at the end of their process, they delay or destroy the
:03:21. > :03:25.process by which we leave the EU. Labour voted for the Article 50 act.
:03:26. > :03:29.That is because we accept the referendum result. As a result, the
:03:30. > :03:36.UK is leaving the EU. That we are leaving is settled. How we leave is
:03:37. > :03:40.not. The bill invites us to surrender all power and influence
:03:41. > :03:45.over that question to the government and to ministers. That would betray
:03:46. > :03:48.everything we were sent here to do. Unless the government make
:03:49. > :03:52.significant concessions before we vote on Monday, Labour will table,
:03:53. > :03:57.and has done, tabled a reasonable amendment to vote against the bill.
:03:58. > :04:01.Keen to portray this bill as a technical exercise converting EU law
:04:02. > :04:05.into our law without raising any serious constitutional issues about
:04:06. > :04:11.the role of Parliament. Nothing could be further from the truth.
:04:12. > :04:15.Mind as I am at the moment to contemplate voting for a second
:04:16. > :04:23.reading, I am going to need some assurances before we get there. In
:04:24. > :04:30.particular, there is going to be sufficient movement to some of the
:04:31. > :04:35.unanswerable points that are being made about Parliamentary democracy
:04:36. > :04:40.and a smooth transition to whatever the alternative is. For the bill to
:04:41. > :04:44.be anything other than a wrecking piece of legislation, if it proceeds
:04:45. > :04:49.forward. It is interesting, if you look at the amendments put forward,
:04:50. > :04:52.is huge number of power for reasons different MPs from different parties
:04:53. > :04:57.have come up with this for rejecting the bill at this stage. It tells us
:04:58. > :05:00.a huge number of serious and sometimes fundamental flaws are in
:05:01. > :05:06.the bill which means it cannot be allowed to go forward at its present
:05:07. > :05:14.format. To fit in with the government timetable? Tough. What is
:05:15. > :05:18.in this bill is incompatible with the idea of Parliamentary
:05:19. > :05:22.sovereignty. It is not taking back control of parliament, or
:05:23. > :05:29.Parliamentary sovereignty, for this to exist, the bill threatens to
:05:30. > :05:33.destroy it once and for all. I believe it's necessary legislation.
:05:34. > :05:38.We start with the principle of how necessary it is. We have to get all
:05:39. > :05:43.of that European law and regulation transposed into UK law, get it
:05:44. > :05:47.applicable and actionable in UK law properly so that it is properly just
:05:48. > :05:51.as a ball at the end of the day which requires a huge amount of
:05:52. > :05:55.action. There are many pages of laws, I was looking at it the other
:05:56. > :05:59.day and I thought, if we vote on everything through that, you have to
:06:00. > :06:03.have something in the order of 20,000 different boats and there is
:06:04. > :06:08.no way on earth that could possibly happen. The fact is, we do not need
:06:09. > :06:15.to legislate in this fashion to carry out the technical task of
:06:16. > :06:18.leaving the EU and I remain utterly bemused as to why the legislation
:06:19. > :06:20.has been drafted in this form. Dominic Grieve, and we'll have more
:06:21. > :06:28.from that debate later in the programme. Earlier in the day the
:06:29. > :06:30.SNP's Constitutional affairs spokesman, Pete Wishart rebuked
:06:31. > :06:33.ministers over the amount of time they were proposing to give the
:06:34. > :06:38.Commons to debate the detail of the EU withdrawal bill at it's later
:06:39. > :06:42.stages. There are only eight days according to them for the committee
:06:43. > :06:47.of the whole house, eight days to negotiate the setting up of a new
:06:48. > :06:50.legal framework for the UK to disentangle themselves from an
:06:51. > :06:54.institution, they have been a member for a decade, for all of the
:06:55. > :07:01.treaties, put it in context. There were 41 days for the Masters Treaty,
:07:02. > :07:05.and 25 days for the Lisbon Treaty, 39 days to enter the European Union
:07:06. > :07:11.but it was just a Common Market. Eight days for leaving the EU. It's
:07:12. > :07:17.almost beyond a joke. It is eight days with eight hours protected
:07:18. > :07:21.every day. Really importantly, I think honourable members need to
:07:22. > :07:29.appreciate that this withdrawal bill is to provide a base for the UK's
:07:30. > :07:34.departure from the EU. There will be a large number of subsequent bills
:07:35. > :07:41.relating to new policies, new systems and new process-- processes,
:07:42. > :07:45.there will be many opportunities for all colleagues across the house to
:07:46. > :07:50.have their views taken into account and as we said time and again, it is
:07:51. > :07:52.clear that we want to be a consulting government and want to
:07:53. > :08:02.take into account the views right across the house. The Shadow Leader
:08:03. > :08:05.of the Commons raised another concern about the bill - the use of
:08:06. > :08:07.what are known as Henry the eighth Powers which allow ministers to make
:08:08. > :08:09.changes to legislation without the detailed scrutiny of Parliament. And
:08:10. > :08:14.with the withdrawal bill, section seven, eight and nine, it says the
:08:15. > :08:17.Minister of the Crown may by regulations as the Minister
:08:18. > :08:22.considers appropriate. Never before have ministers been given unfettered
:08:23. > :08:25.powers like this. Anyone, on all sides of the house, who believes in
:08:26. > :08:28.Parliamentary democracy, the sovereignty of Parliament and
:08:29. > :08:31.separation of powers should be against this bill. But Andrea
:08:32. > :08:37.Leadsom argued the use of such powers were nothing new. May I give
:08:38. > :08:41.an example to the house of the psychoactive substances bill of 2016
:08:42. > :08:46.where we can all understand, I think, that Henry VIII powers there
:08:47. > :08:51.are something we can quickly update, as any new legal high is created, we
:08:52. > :08:56.can update legislation to ensure it is then banned to keep people safe.
:08:57. > :09:01.That is the kind of use of Henry VIII powers, to finally define the
:09:02. > :09:04.terms that are necessary. Around half of all legislation in the last
:09:05. > :09:10.parliament contained Henry VIII powers. There is nothing new or
:09:11. > :09:15.unusual about the use of those powers. And very specifically, they
:09:16. > :09:21.are always subject to either the committee of the whole house or by
:09:22. > :09:28.committees as a part of this house. They are absolutely subject to
:09:29. > :09:30.scrutiny. Andrea Leadsom. One of the most powerful storms on record -
:09:31. > :09:33.Hurricane Irma - is continuing to devastate parts of the Caribbean.
:09:34. > :09:35.The islands of Barbuda and St Martin have suffered catastrophic damage
:09:36. > :09:37.and several people have been killed. Among the islands hit by sustained
:09:38. > :09:39.wind speeds of more than 180mph were British Overseas Territories and
:09:40. > :09:40.members of the Commonwealth - including Anguilla, Montserrat and
:09:41. > :09:53.the British Virgin Islands. In a statement in the Commons, the
:09:54. > :10:01.Government pledged urgent assistance. The Royal Naval ship, it
:10:02. > :10:06.is already in the Caribbean and should reach affected territories
:10:07. > :10:09.later today. This ship carries Royal Marines and army engineers, and her
:10:10. > :10:14.primary task is the protection of overseas territories. -- our
:10:15. > :10:18.overseas territories. She is loaded with a range of equipments, tents,
:10:19. > :10:24.stores, and hydraulic vehicles specifically designed to respond to
:10:25. > :10:37.disasters like this. It stands ready to charter flights to deliver
:10:38. > :10:39.additional supplies as appropriate. The Prime Minister, he said, had
:10:40. > :10:42.spoken to France's President Macron and they had agreed to cooperate
:10:43. > :10:44.closely over the relief effort. Our priority is to support the territory
:10:45. > :10:46.'s government in meeting their immediate humanitarian and security
:10:47. > :10:51.needs, including shelter, water and accommodation. We have four UK aid
:10:52. > :10:55.humanitarian experts in the region who are helping coordinate the
:10:56. > :10:58.response. What effort is the government making to work with
:10:59. > :11:05.authorities in these areas on their reconstruction plans? I would also
:11:06. > :11:10.like to ask what reassurances he can give that the UK stands ready to
:11:11. > :11:15.provide not only the immediate humanitarian and security relief
:11:16. > :11:18.needed so urgently, but also the sustained commitment to
:11:19. > :11:27.reconstruction, which will be so important in the longer term. Sir
:11:28. > :11:31.Sir Alan said ?12 million was immediately available for disaster
:11:32. > :11:37.relief. We are pulling out all the stops to do our utmost to bring
:11:38. > :11:42.urgent assistance, once we, with the professionalism that defeat has,
:11:43. > :11:46.they do the assessment to make sure that we know who is in greatest
:11:47. > :11:49.need, and then we can use our adeptness and flexibility urgently
:11:50. > :11:56.to address those who need our help the most. The devastation in the
:11:57. > :12:00.Caribbean is grave and a tragedy, our thoughts go to all of those
:12:01. > :12:06.waiting to find out whether or not they are in the path of hurricane.
:12:07. > :12:11.In the Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, in the Virgin Islands,
:12:12. > :12:18.Barbuda, and I quote to the islands almost destroyed, the Prime Minister
:12:19. > :12:22.of Barbuda says his island is almost totally demolished and inhabitable.
:12:23. > :12:28.We encourage the prime ministers to send as much aid as possible. The
:12:29. > :12:33.French have put a lot more in than we have, into Anguilla. Will the
:12:34. > :12:38.Minister layout what resources we can provide from a military point of
:12:39. > :12:43.view to deal with the immediate humanitarian catastrophe and support
:12:44. > :12:47.Anguilla's government would support for hospitals, schools, airports,
:12:48. > :12:51.prisons, and all the devastated infrastructure they will need to get
:12:52. > :12:55.on their feet. Helping those in danger has to be the immediate
:12:56. > :12:59.priority that I do ask the Minister to engage in the wider issue of what
:13:00. > :13:06.the government is doing to get global climate change action on
:13:07. > :13:12.track. This is vital, urgent, and we are currently failing. There is
:13:13. > :13:16.preparing us for severe weather instance to ensure that flooding can
:13:17. > :13:23.be reduced, buildings are solid, and infrastructure can hold up. I know
:13:24. > :13:26.the kind of advanced work to which the honourable lady implicitly
:13:27. > :13:31.refers is deeply entrenched in many of the programmes across the world
:13:32. > :13:35.on which they spend their money. Sir Alan Duncan. You are watching
:13:36. > :13:45.Thursday in Parliament with me, Eliseu are they -- the commerce
:13:46. > :13:51.committees may not attract as much attention as the main chamber but
:13:52. > :13:53.they carry out vital work. There are lots of different committees but the
:13:54. > :13:56.most important are those that scrutinise bills and the select
:13:57. > :14:02.committees that look at policy and the work of government departments.
:14:03. > :14:04.The select committees haven't been re-established since June's election
:14:05. > :14:07.- leading some MPs to become restive. The Leader of the Commons
:14:08. > :14:11.had news... Select committees provide vital scrutiny in this
:14:12. > :14:15.place. I've been working hard to ensure we establish them as soon as
:14:16. > :14:18.possible and I am grateful for the cooperation of colleagues across the
:14:19. > :14:22.house who have worked quickly to bring the names of elected members
:14:23. > :14:26.forward. I am now delighted to draw the attention of colleagues to the
:14:27. > :14:31.motion in my name that will ensure the select committees can begin
:14:32. > :14:36.their important work next week. But the SNP's Pete Wishart could not
:14:37. > :14:50.understand the delay in setting up the
:14:51. > :14:53.select committees. He raised the delay in setting up the other main
:14:54. > :14:55.group of committees, those which scrutinise the detail of
:14:56. > :14:57.legislation. There is continuing disagreement over their make up
:14:58. > :14:59.because the government wants to have a majority on those committees, even
:15:00. > :15:02.though it does not have a majority in the Commons. This government
:15:03. > :15:04.cannot expect to have a majority. They do not command a majority, this
:15:05. > :15:07.is a house of minoritys and the Parliamentary arithmetic needs to be
:15:08. > :15:14.deflected into the Parliamentary standing committees of the house. My
:15:15. > :15:16.last question, does the Leader of the House understand and appreciate
:15:17. > :15:18.she's in the minority in this house and recognise that minority?
:15:19. > :15:20.Andrea Leadsom didn't address that point but rejected the suggestion
:15:21. > :15:26.the government had dragged its feet on setting up select committees.
:15:27. > :15:29.We have made every effort to establish the Select Committees
:15:30. > :15:36.They have been established faster than in the previous
:15:37. > :15:42.It is extremely churlish; what he actually demonstrates
:15:43. > :15:49.He does not even have the decency to recognise that the House
:15:50. > :15:52.is responding to a genuine request from Select Committee Chairs right
:15:53. > :15:55.across the House to get a move on and do it,
:15:56. > :16:07.He does not have the grace to say thank you or to
:16:08. > :16:12.The public relations firm, Bell Pottinger, has been furiously
:16:13. > :16:14.attacked in the Lords by a former Labour Cabinet Minister.
:16:15. > :16:16.The company was expelled from the industry trade body
:16:17. > :16:19.for a campaign stirring racial divisions in South Africa.
:16:20. > :16:28.Lord Hain, who grew up in the country, didn't mince his words.
:16:29. > :16:34.Does the government agree that after running a poisonous smear campaign
:16:35. > :16:36.in South Africa where the wealthy group two brothers, from the
:16:37. > :16:42.President allowed to capture the state and bankroll his family and
:16:43. > :16:48.friends through corruption and cronyism, all Bell Pottinger's work
:16:49. > :16:51.for British public bodies must be called in and reviewed? And since
:16:52. > :16:59.the respected former Finance Minister has stated that they had
:17:00. > :17:04.benefited from 6.8 billion rand of money laundering, can the government
:17:05. > :17:08.investigate whether any British banks were involved and what action
:17:09. > :17:16.can be taken at a European level and will the Minister agree to meet me
:17:17. > :17:24.about this? I am grateful to the those questions. On the point of
:17:25. > :17:29.money-laundering, I have read the reports that I referred to in my
:17:30. > :17:33.original reply and there is no implication in those reports that
:17:34. > :17:37.there has been any money-laundering or criminal activity. The company
:17:38. > :17:41.behaved unprofessionally and unethically. If there is any
:17:42. > :17:46.evidence of money-laundering, that should be investigated. Isn't that
:17:47. > :17:52.the wider consideration arising from these matters and it is this...
:17:53. > :17:56.While Bell Pottinger might have suffered reputational and
:17:57. > :18:02.financially, the fact that this is a British company, albeit operating in
:18:03. > :18:07.a foreign country, we will have the effect on the extent to which in the
:18:08. > :18:13.febrile atmosphere of South African politics, diplomatic representations
:18:14. > :18:17.may be disregarded? I have been in touch with the High Commissioner in
:18:18. > :18:25.Pretoria this morning and he has made it clear that this has had a
:18:26. > :18:28.very damaging impact on our country's reputation in South Africa
:18:29. > :18:32.which is why I have gone out of my way to make it clear the government
:18:33. > :18:35.was not involved, nor were the staff of the High Commission in South
:18:36. > :18:40.Africa in any way with this particular contract. When the
:18:41. > :18:43.Lobbying Bill was going through the House, we warned the government that
:18:44. > :18:48.if it did not require a lobby firm to be a member of the professional
:18:49. > :18:55.body, and abide by its code, then its statutory register would be
:18:56. > :19:02.meaningless. We see that Bell Pottinger, although thrown out
:19:03. > :19:09.because broke the code, is still a member and still remains on the
:19:10. > :19:11.statutory register, able to lobby ministers and permanent secretaries.
:19:12. > :19:17.You can only be removed the register if you stop acting as a lobbyist,
:19:18. > :19:21.that is what the law says. There was an attempt last year with a private
:19:22. > :19:25.members bill which started in house and progressed through the size to
:19:26. > :19:28.take this a step further and have a statutory code of conduct Anna Lo
:19:29. > :19:31.had passed through this House there was no Parliamentary time to take
:19:32. > :19:34.this forward and I understand discussions are taking place at an
:19:35. > :19:40.official level between those who would like to see the sort of reform
:19:41. > :19:41.the noble Baroness has outlined but at this stage the government has no
:19:42. > :19:43.plans to legislate. Now let's go back to the first day
:19:44. > :19:48.of debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill. The chair of the Home Affairs
:19:49. > :19:51.Committee, Labour's Yvette Cooper, joined the attack on the powers
:19:52. > :19:54.given to ministers in the Bill. Parliament also has a job
:19:55. > :19:56.to do to hold Ministers to account and the Bill,
:19:57. > :20:01.as drafted, stops us doing that. It stops us standing up
:20:02. > :20:04.for democracy in this House, and it stops us making sure,
:20:05. > :20:06.frankly, that the Government do not screw up Brexit
:20:07. > :20:09.in the process they put it Parliamentary scrutiny is not
:20:10. > :20:15.an affront to democracy; The true saboteurs of Brexit
:20:16. > :20:22.are those who would sanction the exclusion of Parliament
:20:23. > :20:26.from this process. The debate on this Bill
:20:27. > :20:31.has only just started. Well said. They said this would be a
:20:32. > :20:44.great opportunity... of all the rules and regulations,
:20:45. > :20:48.the miles of red tape and all the things that
:20:49. > :20:50.were strangling British business and the economy, but we are going
:20:51. > :20:53.to take those very same things and place them lock,
:20:54. > :20:55.stock and barrel into They told you that you would get
:20:56. > :20:59.an extra ?350 million They told you that you would take
:21:00. > :21:04.back control, but if this Bill is not amended,
:21:05. > :21:05.you can forget that, because the people will not be
:21:06. > :21:08.taking back control in this place, That may not just be
:21:09. > :21:12.a Conservative Government; it could`God forbid`be
:21:13. > :21:18.a Labour Government . With the Minister be precise and
:21:19. > :21:27.could he quantify how many Welsh jobs he is willing to sacrifice...
:21:28. > :21:34.The truth is that the Bill was always going to be a sow s ear,
:21:35. > :21:36.because the Government started the negotiations without clear
:21:37. > :21:39.objectives or outcomes in mind so the Bill had to cater for any
:21:40. > :21:40.eventuality or scenario, deal or no deal.
:21:41. > :21:44.What started with democracy must not end with a stitch-up by Ministers.
:21:45. > :21:46.The Liberal Democrats believe that the people,
:21:47. > :21:48.as well as politicians, must have a meaningful
:21:49. > :21:54.If they do not accept the deal negotiated by the Prime Minister
:21:55. > :21:57.and her Cabinet, they should have the option to remain a member
:21:58. > :22:06.The Government claim it will restore sovereignty to Parliament and secure
:22:07. > :22:11.certainty post-Brexit, but that is not the case.
:22:12. > :22:14.It transfers huge powers to Ministers, not to Members
:22:15. > :22:21.of the House, over issues vital to people s lives, such as maternity
:22:22. > :22:23.and paternity leave, holidays, environmental standards and a range
:22:24. > :22:27.I fear that the Bill could increase uncertainty,
:22:28. > :22:29.including the likelihood of legal challenge and judicial review,
:22:30. > :22:34.because the powers in it are so broadly drawn.
:22:35. > :22:36.But a Conservative didn't believe the legislation was as "dramatic"
:22:37. > :22:50.We have got to make sure that on the day of exit, the statute book in
:22:51. > :22:54.this country works and the only way that we can achieve that in the
:22:55. > :22:59.timescale with which we are constrained and which are set out in
:23:00. > :23:09.Article 50 is to have a flexible, pragmatic system such as the system
:23:10. > :23:12.that is laid out in the draft bill. You cannot -- parliament and want
:23:13. > :23:22.to... to jealously guard its
:23:23. > :23:23.rights and privileges created by our predecessors
:23:24. > :23:25.but still show pragmatism in the national interest
:23:26. > :23:27.when the times demand it, That is life; that is the job
:23:28. > :23:31.we are sent here to do. That is poetry and prose,
:23:32. > :23:33.romance and reality; that is what we are sent
:23:34. > :23:38.here to achieve. Robert Jenrick and MPs will conclude
:23:39. > :23:40.that debate and have their first votes on the bill late on Monday
:23:41. > :23:43.night. During that debate Labour's Rosie Duffy - the new MP for
:23:44. > :23:47.Canterbury - made her maiden speech. She condemned the abuse she received
:23:48. > :23:52.online. This ranges from badly researched articles published as
:23:53. > :23:57.fact to unpleasant personal messages late at night and vile insults from
:23:58. > :24:01.a small, persistent handful of activists from other parties posted
:24:02. > :24:04.online. I would like to acknowledge the efforts being made by the
:24:05. > :24:08.inspirational women in Parliament who are working hard to raise this
:24:09. > :24:11.issue and fight against it, even though that usually results in much
:24:12. > :24:13.more abuse being thrown their way. She said it was possible to engage
:24:14. > :24:14.in passionate debate without resorting to name calling, death
:24:15. > :24:28.threats and abusive language. Finally, an unfortunate thing
:24:29. > :24:31.happened to the veteran Labour MP Ann Clwyd on Wednesday on her way to
:24:32. > :24:33.the Commons. She'd wanted to take part in votes on three Government
:24:34. > :24:38.finance measures but was prevented from doing so. I was locked, not in
:24:39. > :24:42.the lavatory but in the left and were it not one of the researchers
:24:43. > :24:48.of the party opposite, I suspect I would still be there! I think it is
:24:49. > :24:51.very unsatisfactory but in our first week back after the recess that
:24:52. > :24:57.there are problems with the left. Can I ask the House to ensure that
:24:58. > :25:04.there are maintenance men around and surely the left should be serviced!
:25:05. > :25:09.I am sure that Mr Speaker will be as concerned as I am to hear about that
:25:10. > :25:13.and I will look into this situation and assure the honourable lady that
:25:14. > :25:17.I will take that up later on today. The situation is extremely irregular
:25:18. > :25:21.and the honourable lady has my support this. I hope she will not
:25:22. > :25:25.take that out of good humour if I say aye am surprised that the left
:25:26. > :25:29.there! Ann Clwyd, taking the joke in good humour! And that's it from me
:25:30. > :25:33.for now, but do join me on BBC Parliament on Friday night at 11pm
:25:34. > :25:35.for a round up of the week here at Westminster when we'll be chatting
:25:36. > :25:38.to MPs and Peers about just how the government is going to get its EU
:25:39. > :25:44.Withdrawal Bill through Parliament. But for now from me, goodbye.