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0:00:17 > 0:00:19Hello and welcome to the programme.

0:00:19 > 0:00:20Coming up.

0:00:20 > 0:00:26The government loses a third court case over air pollution.

0:00:26 > 0:00:35This is a national health emergency. Many people dying by

0:00:37 > 0:00:382020.

0:00:39 > 0:00:42More grilling for Carillion, this time it's those responsible

0:00:42 > 0:00:44for pensions and auditing.

0:00:44 > 0:00:50Nobody understands, both staggering out onto the streets. What he comes

0:00:50 > 0:00:52out as a surprise. They're all paid to go after this.

0:00:52 > 0:00:56And one MP tells of her cancer tragedy.

0:00:56 > 0:01:00Maybe they can join together across the house and make this vision a

0:01:00 > 0:01:05reality. And by 2050, no one need die of breast cancer.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07But first, ministers have been accused of overseeing

0:01:07 > 0:01:09a public health emergency after the High Court

0:01:09 > 0:01:14ruled its current plan to tackle air pollution was unlawful.

0:01:14 > 0:01:18On Wednesday campaigners won a third victory over the Government.

0:01:18 > 0:01:21The judge in the case said the current approach in 45 local

0:01:21 > 0:01:24authority areas wasn't sufficient.

0:01:24 > 0:01:27He said steps must be taken to comply with the law

0:01:27 > 0:01:28as soon as possible.

0:01:28 > 0:01:35The environment minister was asked an urgent question on the matter.

0:01:35 > 0:01:43While I welcome that the government can be held, and in Parliament, the

0:01:43 > 0:01:46judgement may be too focused on compliance when what we need is a

0:01:46 > 0:01:51much more detailed, wide-ranging, and practical air-quality plan.

0:01:51 > 0:01:58Clean air should be a right, not a privilege. And we need to hear much

0:01:58 > 0:02:02more from government now, and to speed up the whole operation of

0:02:02 > 0:02:13cleaning our air.We are investing billions of pounds, the uptake of

0:02:13 > 0:02:21vehicles and specifically in regards to the quality plan, we set aside

0:02:21 > 0:02:27Some on the Labour benches demanded urgent action.

0:02:27 > 0:02:32this is a national health emergency, millions of people could probably

0:02:32 > 0:02:37die by recent estimates, by 2040, this is not good enough. She must

0:02:37 > 0:02:46act now.Here we find ourselves once again, sending them to the dispatch

0:02:46 > 0:02:56box, to we know that air pollution is responsible for many deaths, each

0:02:56 > 0:03:01year with cardiovascular diseases within Richard deaths.

0:03:05 > 0:03:10Premature. Air pollution in the UK, resulting in over 20 million and

0:03:10 > 0:03:18economic costs of a year. The UK exceeding legal limits of tuition,

0:03:18 > 0:03:22the ambient air quality directive. It poses a serious question, is

0:03:22 > 0:03:25whether this conservative government can be trusted with our environment

0:03:25 > 0:03:30and dealing with illegal air pollution after the UK he leaves the

0:03:30 > 0:03:36EU, if that is what we are witnessing here.Frankly, we are a

0:03:36 > 0:03:39direct result of what has happened with the EU spelled an additional

0:03:39 > 0:03:44testing regime. The actions of certain irresponsible car back to

0:03:47 > 0:03:52-- irresponsible car manufacturers, they're also breaching the

0:03:52 > 0:03:59air-quality limits. And let us not forget, as I tried to take, I am fed

0:03:59 > 0:04:03up with the opposition simply not accepting their part of the

0:04:03 > 0:04:08responsibility. Lastly, become it to incentivize business, between 2000

0:04:08 > 0:04:142010, 15% of the vehicle sold. I am not saying that the previous

0:04:14 > 0:04:18ministers do not do things in good faith, but as you found out, labour

0:04:18 > 0:04:27and ignored advice at diesel fumes were toxic.Clean-air is an

0:04:27 > 0:04:36advantage, we do not want to fall behind, let's make sure that England

0:04:36 > 0:04:39is in the forefront, socially just, and globally competitive on this

0:04:39 > 0:04:47issue.If they lose their role in monitoring and forcing decent air

0:04:47 > 0:04:50pollution standards, back in November, the Secretary told the

0:04:50 > 0:04:57committee that he would consult a new body. Very early in the new

0:04:57 > 0:05:01year. When we see that consultation, will nobody be in place before

0:05:01 > 0:05:10Brexit date? And will it have higher environmental standards? Or full

0:05:10 > 0:05:16regulatory alignment with the EU, which is what the Prime Minister has

0:05:16 > 0:05:29promised her colleagues?Levi put in place, the targets for 2020, for key

0:05:29 > 0:05:32pollutants. Parliament, this government is already enacted

0:05:32 > 0:05:36legislation, and I am pleased that the endorsement approach. I'm saying

0:05:36 > 0:05:39to the consultation will be forthcoming soon. I am conscious

0:05:39 > 0:05:46that people are, in the meantime, we are not relying on the EU to help

0:05:46 > 0:05:46with our air quality.

0:05:46 > 0:05:47Therese Coffey.

0:05:47 > 0:05:50A few weeks ago it was the executives of the collapsed

0:05:50 > 0:05:52construction firm Carillion who faced a joint committee of MPs

0:05:52 > 0:05:53to explain themselves.

0:05:53 > 0:05:58On Thursday it was the turn of the pensions regulator and the auditors.

0:05:58 > 0:06:00CARILLION PIX Carillion provided services for schools,

0:06:00 > 0:06:02hospitals and prisons.

0:06:02 > 0:06:04It went into liquidation at the beginning of the year,

0:06:04 > 0:06:08leaving suppliers unpaid.

0:06:08 > 0:06:10And a hole in the company's pension scheme amounts

0:06:10 > 0:06:12to nearly a billion pounds.

0:06:12 > 0:06:14More than a thousand people lost their jobs.

0:06:14 > 0:06:19And there was widespread disruption among sub-contractors and suppliers.

0:06:19 > 0:06:21The Committee began by asking the pensions regulator

0:06:21 > 0:06:26what lessons had been learnt.

0:06:26 > 0:06:31I am looking backwards with the benefit of hindsight, to see what

0:06:31 > 0:06:37happened what lessons we can learn from it. We'll have to do it on the

0:06:37 > 0:06:42situation as well. The fact is why I'm saying to you, we clearly have

0:06:42 > 0:06:45to be clearer, quicker, and tougher.

0:06:45 > 0:06:46The regulators insisted

0:06:46 > 0:06:47that their work with Carillion had

0:06:47 > 0:06:49resulted in a 16 year recovery plan

0:06:49 > 0:06:51being put together, and more money being put

0:06:51 > 0:06:54into the pension fund.

0:06:54 > 0:06:58Negotiating a recovery plan that balances the interests of the

0:06:58 > 0:07:04members and also the ability of the organisation to address its other

0:07:04 > 0:07:11obligations, and to deal with its priorities is a key part of this.

0:07:11 > 0:07:17And it does result and difficult positions, sometimes,.If you cannot

0:07:17 > 0:07:22answer the questions, how many are in this position? How many other

0:07:22 > 0:07:27schemes were coming before you, we need all this extra years, for

0:07:27 > 0:07:33paying dividends? How many in a position?I cannot answer that

0:07:33 > 0:07:38question. This is complicated, numbers over a period of times that

0:07:38 > 0:07:42change constantly. I'll be happy to send the committee of note, but how

0:07:42 > 0:07:46many schemes are present in that situation.Every week, you should

0:07:46 > 0:07:52meet your and say, here is what is still being paid huge dividends,

0:07:52 > 0:08:01what action have you taken?Been identified there but are very

0:08:01 > 0:08:12committed staff.I do not doubt that the staff is committed. We expect

0:08:12 > 0:08:17you to be freshly informed.I can only apologise if you feel that I

0:08:17 > 0:08:21have not gotten the information available. But a lot of it is

0:08:21 > 0:08:23complex. And I cannot hold it all in my head.

0:08:23 > 0:08:24The committee later heard

0:08:24 > 0:08:28from the big firms who'd audited Carillion's accounts.

0:08:28 > 0:08:35There are a lot of people watching this. It will be baffled to, two

0:08:35 > 0:08:44major auditors, and the situation arise as it is. And the company

0:08:44 > 0:08:49collapses,we are not the financial accountants, that is not my role as

0:08:49 > 0:08:53an auditor. We are not financial accountants, we're not pulling the

0:08:53 > 0:08:53together.

0:08:53 > 0:08:57He explained their job was to look across the business.

0:08:57 > 0:09:03Reports he would look at would be as broad as a driver, writing in

0:09:03 > 0:09:04Alberta. It is

0:09:07 > 0:09:13a guitar with a house the people. We would look at a very broad range of

0:09:13 > 0:09:19issues that Carillion based, and I appreciate the conversations around

0:09:19 > 0:09:27the complex, they're very important, but that is just one aspect.We

0:09:27 > 0:09:35would not look at those, nobody understands why this company went it

0:09:35 > 0:09:44did. Was a surprise, there were all paid to look after this! And none of

0:09:44 > 0:09:51you... What single act did you do that you think helps or might have

0:09:51 > 0:09:55saved the company?If I'm ideal to come back to this...What single

0:09:55 > 0:10:12action? Did you take? You think I'm proud of that?More of that had been

0:10:12 > 0:10:17followed I am not proud of what the company has ended up.I am very

0:10:17 > 0:10:21sorry for what has happened to the families of those employees who have

0:10:21 > 0:10:29lost their jobs. Of course, and you can probably tell from my accent, I

0:10:29 > 0:10:34see it on the news everyday, and I know some of those employees. I am

0:10:34 > 0:10:41not in this state of management, and depended decisions on behalf of the

0:10:41 > 0:10:46company.I think it is quite simple, and to me it comes down to this. I

0:10:46 > 0:10:52would not hire you, because when I read it, I would not know what is

0:10:52 > 0:10:55actually in my fridge or not. And that is the point of auditing, isn't

0:10:55 > 0:11:08it? To tell us what is here and what is not.72.9%, if I want to do an

0:11:08 > 0:11:11audit of my fridge, I'm going to tell you my receipts in the

0:11:11 > 0:11:15supermarket. And that is not, yet to open and see what is in the fridge.

0:11:15 > 0:11:17But Peter Meehan insisted that was what they had done.

0:11:17 > 0:11:26You're watching Thursday in Parliament with me, Mandy Baker.

0:11:26 > 0:11:29As 11 senior cabinet ministers were arriving

0:11:29 > 0:11:32at the Prime Minister's country residence, Chequers,

0:11:32 > 0:11:34to thrash out the Government's approach to the UK's future

0:11:34 > 0:11:37relationship with the EU, the Brexit minister was in the less

0:11:37 > 0:11:39convivial surroundings of Committee Room eight

0:11:39 > 0:11:41for a grilling by the European Scrutiny Committee.

0:11:41 > 0:11:44The Government has already promised to pay a divorce bill of up

0:11:44 > 0:11:47to 39 billion pounds.

0:11:47 > 0:11:51On Wednesday, ministers published proposals concerning a transition

0:11:51 > 0:11:54period after the UK leaves the EU, but they failed to say exactly how

0:11:54 > 0:12:04long that period would be.

0:12:06 > 0:12:09If the transition lasts beyond 2020, this could require payments to be

0:12:09 > 0:12:17made beyond then. Therefore, from January 2021, they would then be

0:12:17 > 0:12:27paid into the EU's new long-term a budget. The net result of this is

0:12:27 > 0:12:33that the additional costs could run into billions of pounds and the

0:12:33 > 0:12:38estimate is between four billion and 5 billion.Clearly, we are in a

0:12:38 > 0:12:42negotiation. You set out in the UK Government views in a period around

0:12:42 > 0:12:45it to back years is the right period to make sure the right arrangements

0:12:45 > 0:12:51could be put into place. As you know, commission currently is a

0:12:51 > 0:12:58period of 21 months leading up to December 2020.There was no sense on

0:12:58 > 0:13:05either side of any unlimited duration for this implementation

0:13:05 > 0:13:10period. Indeed, the EU's on documents, I think in the Council

0:13:10 > 0:13:15conclusions of the European town so and the negotiating directors very

0:13:15 > 0:13:19clear that these be specific, time limited duration.That's exactly

0:13:19 > 0:13:25what we understood, but it does begin to luck, according to some of

0:13:25 > 0:13:29the noises off, that there is a suggestion that this could be as

0:13:29 > 0:13:33long as a piece of string and that we go on. You say, strictly...

0:13:33 > 0:13:37You're shaking your head. I'm glad to see you are seeking your head,

0:13:37 > 0:13:41but what I'm concerned about is that we get mixed messages.I don't think

0:13:41 > 0:13:44the public think there's much momentum. There seems to be an awful

0:13:44 > 0:13:49lot of dragging feet and implementation periods being

0:13:49 > 0:13:52discussed in great detail before he actually got anything to implement

0:13:52 > 0:13:56and I share my colleague's question about why we are not actually

0:13:56 > 0:14:00getting out there and think what we want in which we are going to do and

0:14:00 > 0:14:03let the EU make a decision whether or not they want to work with us.I

0:14:03 > 0:14:06think we are getting out there. We had a number of speeches in recent

0:14:06 > 0:14:09weeks and there will be more to come. I recognise, obviously, we

0:14:09 > 0:14:12want to get on with the prophesies. -- with the process.

0:14:12 > 0:14:14Concerns have been raised by some Brexiteers

0:14:14 > 0:14:17that the government's document on the transition period cast doubt

0:14:17 > 0:14:20on whether the UK would be able to trade independently of the EU

0:14:20 > 0:14:24during that time.

0:14:24 > 0:14:32What we want to ensure is as per the Texas today is that Teddy Mike

0:14:32 > 0:14:36during the text yesterday... Brought into force during the end of the

0:14:36 > 0:14:40documentation period. With the maximum benefit in the meantime, but

0:14:40 > 0:14:43we have the maximum benefit from having in independent trade policy.

0:14:43 > 0:14:45The Committee also took issue with the idea that the UK

0:14:45 > 0:14:48would have to stick to EU laws during the transition period

0:14:48 > 0:14:49without having a say on them,

0:14:49 > 0:14:51especially if new laws were brought in.

0:14:51 > 0:14:53The Minister claimed that the UK would've already

0:14:53 > 0:14:56considered most new laws.

0:14:56 > 0:15:02The ambassador said Britain wouldn't lose its voice.

0:15:02 > 0:15:08We will continue to express our views. Impact upon colleagues

0:15:08 > 0:15:12thinking without being a formal member of the EU. They bought want

0:15:12 > 0:15:16to hear our views as we are big and important. They and important

0:15:16 > 0:15:26security player. -- big and important security player. Our views

0:15:26 > 0:15:29don't matter any more and that her voice fall silent is what we don't

0:15:29 > 0:15:29want.

0:15:29 > 0:15:31The UK's ambassador to the EU, Sir Tim Barrow.

0:15:31 > 0:15:34One of the 11 members of the cabinet's Brexit

0:15:34 > 0:15:35sub-committee is Liam Fox.

0:15:35 > 0:15:38But his departure for Chequers was delayed

0:15:38 > 0:15:40by International Trade Questions which took place first

0:15:40 > 0:15:42thing in the Commons.

0:15:42 > 0:15:45He told MPs the government intended to keep the benefits of EU free

0:15:45 > 0:15:46trade deals after Brexit.

0:15:46 > 0:15:52But Labour wanted more details.

0:15:52 > 0:15:57The Secretary of State has told us he plans to replicate all of the

0:15:57 > 0:16:01provisions of the trade agreement the UK has as a member of the EU

0:16:01 > 0:16:05with Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. These provisions include free

0:16:05 > 0:16:08movement of people in the cases of Norway and Switzerland, and a

0:16:08 > 0:16:13customs union with Turkey. Can he confirm, is it the Government's

0:16:13 > 0:16:21policy to replicate all of these provisions?In a deep transition

0:16:21 > 0:16:23arrangements we had, we made it clear that the key element

0:16:23 > 0:16:28discontinuity. Until we create bespoke arrangements with these

0:16:28 > 0:16:32countries, then we will continue the provisions that existed today.The

0:16:32 > 0:16:36Norwegians have a saying that, nothing is in as much of a hurry as

0:16:36 > 0:16:48a dead fish on the back of a lorry. Like Norway,... Take a minute. Like

0:16:48 > 0:16:52Norway, Scotland exports most of the fish it catches to the European

0:16:52 > 0:16:55Union. And that is why Norway has chosen to be a member of the single

0:16:55 > 0:17:00market. In particular, to avoid nontariff barriers to beat fish can

0:17:00 > 0:17:04cross borders quickly. What assessment has he made of the impact

0:17:04 > 0:17:09of leaving the single market on the Scottish fishing industry?First

0:17:09 > 0:17:13thing to point out is of course, the majority of Scotland's exports go to

0:17:13 > 0:17:22the rest of the UK. Not to the EU. Before the honourable Lady talks

0:17:22 > 0:17:26about the value of a single market, it is just worth pointing out that

0:17:26 > 0:17:30despite our membership of the single market, we have had a growing trade

0:17:30 > 0:17:36deficit with the European Union. We headed growing traits of a

0:17:36 > 0:17:39submersible. We want to establish conditions for all of the experts

0:17:39 > 0:17:45from all parts of the United Kingdom can access the rest of the world.

0:17:45 > 0:17:4890% of global growth in the next few years will be outside of Europe.

0:17:48 > 0:17:49Liam Fox.

0:17:49 > 0:17:52The Foreign Office minister has called on the Assad regime in Syria

0:17:52 > 0:17:56to end what he called the "hell on earth" of Eastern Goota in Syria.

0:17:56 > 0:17:59In recent days, renewed government airstrikes have killed

0:17:59 > 0:18:01and injured hundreds of people in the rebel enclave.

0:18:01 > 0:18:05The Syrian military says it is trying to liberate

0:18:05 > 0:18:08the area from terrorists, but it has also been accused

0:18:08 > 0:18:13of targeting civilians.

0:18:13 > 0:18:15Lord Ahmad said the Government was appalled at the siege

0:18:15 > 0:18:18and bombardment.

0:18:18 > 0:18:22People are dying from starvation or lack of medical treatment. The

0:18:22 > 0:18:25United Kingdom government has continued to press the regime and

0:18:25 > 0:18:29its enablers to all international forums to and this unbreakable

0:18:29 > 0:18:34situation and we call on Russia to agree a UN security council

0:18:34 > 0:18:39resolution for humanitarian access later today.We are witnessing a

0:18:39 > 0:18:44crisis unfold in front of us with more than 300 people already killed

0:18:44 > 0:18:48in the last few hours. A much larger numbers of innocent civilians who

0:18:48 > 0:18:55have been injured and the mentor. Hospitals taken deliberately bide

0:18:55 > 0:19:01targets. If the cease-fire is agreed and implemented, what plans does the

0:19:01 > 0:19:06Government have to help with the evacuation of those who have been

0:19:06 > 0:19:10injured in the provision of humanitarian aid? If this cease fire

0:19:10 > 0:19:14is not agreed or implemented, what plans does the Government have to

0:19:14 > 0:19:18put further pressure on the Assad regime to stop this terrible

0:19:18 > 0:19:19suffering that has been going on?

0:19:19 > 0:19:20Lord Ahmad said UN agencies

0:19:20 > 0:19:23were ready to evacuate people

0:19:23 > 0:19:29if a ceasefire were to be agreed, but if it were not.

0:19:29 > 0:19:33Let me assure all noble lords we will continue to press and not just

0:19:33 > 0:19:40the Syrian regime, abolishes. Russia has a role in this. Their backers of

0:19:40 > 0:19:45the Assad regime. We will continue to press Russia for an early

0:19:45 > 0:19:50resolution.There is no doubt that some of the opposition are not

0:19:50 > 0:19:54Democratic opposition parties. They're far from it. Some of them

0:19:54 > 0:19:58worse than Daesh. They are really bad, some of them. Does that

0:19:58 > 0:20:02Minister not agree you have to be very careful in making judgements?

0:20:02 > 0:20:06There are no good guys and us. There are victims, but there are no good

0:20:06 > 0:20:10guys. Both sides are horrible and we need to be very careful about making

0:20:10 > 0:20:13judgements. We've got to try and get a balanced answer to help the

0:20:13 > 0:20:13victims.

0:20:13 > 0:20:14A former Liberal Democrat leader

0:20:14 > 0:20:21said Syrian civilians were being subjected to war crimes.

0:20:21 > 0:20:24Isn't it right now to remember that based on the Nuremberg principle

0:20:24 > 0:20:30that those who preside over the commission of war crimes or are

0:20:30 > 0:20:33complicit in their being used are as guilty as those who actually commit

0:20:33 > 0:20:41them?I think the noble lord is right to raise the issue. History

0:20:41 > 0:20:45resets us many lessons. Anyone who has responsibility in bringing about

0:20:45 > 0:20:49the end or cessation of the violence in Syria or the Civil War should

0:20:49 > 0:20:54make every effort to do so. I totally agree. There are good guys,

0:20:54 > 0:20:58it is the civilians of Syria and we must bring peace for their sake.

0:20:58 > 0:21:00Lord Ahmad.

0:21:00 > 0:21:05Last year, a new legal requirement was agreed to make companies

0:21:05 > 0:21:07with more than 250 employees publish data showing any

0:21:07 > 0:21:10gender pay gap they have.

0:21:10 > 0:21:12Employers were given 12 months to get their ducks in a row,

0:21:12 > 0:21:16but with only a matter of weeks to go, it seems many firms

0:21:16 > 0:21:17are dragging their heels.

0:21:17 > 0:21:19The Minister for Women and Equalities updated the Commons

0:21:19 > 0:21:21on the progress that had been made.

0:21:21 > 0:21:24So far, more than seven and half thousand employers have registered

0:21:24 > 0:21:37their intention... Others have published their data. There are

0:21:37 > 0:21:41still over a month until the public and private sector deadlines and we

0:21:41 > 0:21:43expect reporting activity to increase significantly in the run-up

0:21:43 > 0:21:56to the states.I'll leave some have -- only some companies have

0:21:56 > 0:22:03published the data. How are we going to make sure the Government...As

0:22:03 > 0:22:07been introduced by conservative government. We will be contacting

0:22:07 > 0:22:09private sector companies and public sector organisations to make sure

0:22:09 > 0:22:12they do report. This is an important first step. Only a thousand so far,

0:22:12 > 0:22:16more to go to be deadly. I would urge the honourable gentleman not to

0:22:16 > 0:22:22make the perfect again amending of the good. -- not to make the perfect

0:22:22 > 0:22:28the enemy of the good.There have been some in breast to give

0:22:28 > 0:22:32journalism that some businesses have filed incorrect data. If this is

0:22:32 > 0:22:40done deliberately, what will my right honourable friend you? -- what

0:22:40 > 0:22:41will my right honourable friend do?

0:22:41 > 0:22:42Her right honourable friend said

0:22:42 > 0:22:45she would be talking to the Equality and Human Rights Commission,

0:22:45 > 0:22:47which has the power to enforce rules around the reporting.

0:22:47 > 0:22:49But other MPs were concerned about submissions.

0:22:49 > 0:22:52One challenge that we face is employers and sometimes deliberately

0:22:52 > 0:22:56conflating fair pay with equal pay to avoid scrutiny of their conduct.

0:22:56 > 0:23:02A prime offender is the BBC. 70 MPs over to the Secretary of State for

0:23:02 > 0:23:05culture to ask him to use his power to ensure in equal opportunity for

0:23:05 > 0:23:09both men and women at the corporation to be heard on this

0:23:09 > 0:23:13subject. Given he has refused, we'll see exercise her freedom of speech

0:23:13 > 0:23:18and have a word?When the Minister has a word with the BBC, will it be

0:23:18 > 0:23:21her contention that it is the men that are overpaid or though women

0:23:21 > 0:23:24that are underpaid?With reference to the BBC and the gender pay gap, I

0:23:24 > 0:23:28have also been looking at the diversity and backgrounds the senior

0:23:28 > 0:23:34management at the Corporation and fortunately, they won't tell you and

0:23:34 > 0:23:37unfortunately, they won't play ball ingredient first -- the information.

0:23:37 > 0:23:43Will the Secretary of State have a word?It looks like I'm going to

0:23:43 > 0:23:46have a few things to take forward with them. I look forward to coming

0:23:46 > 0:23:49back and setting out to what those conversations have revealed.

0:23:49 > 0:23:52Amber Rudd in her role as Minister for Women and Equalities.

0:23:52 > 0:23:55And finally, there were moving scenes in the Commons as MPs

0:23:55 > 0:23:58discussed cancer strategy.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01As in all walks of life, many politicians have

0:24:01 > 0:24:02been affected by cancer.

0:24:02 > 0:24:06And one of them was Labour's Karen Lee.

0:24:06 > 0:24:13By Lindsay was diagnosed with triple negative breast Cancer in April 20

0:24:13 > 0:24:20ten. She died 13 months later. She was very bright. She had a degree in

0:24:20 > 0:24:21politics. She worked with underprivileged children. She had a

0:24:21 > 0:24:27husband and three small children. They were two, four and seven. She

0:24:27 > 0:24:32was treated at Nottingham City Hospital. Should chemotherapy,

0:24:32 > 0:24:35radiotherapy and a vasectomy. Her treatment was amazing. They couldn't

0:24:35 > 0:24:42have been better. -- and a mastectomy. The unqualified team

0:24:42 > 0:24:47that came in to support me and mock her husband were amazing. I can

0:24:47 > 0:24:50never thank him enough. My daughter used to say to me because I used to

0:24:50 > 0:24:54say to her, I had so much of my life, more than you. I wish it could

0:24:54 > 0:25:00be me. She used to say, mum, I wish it could be no one. I think his

0:25:00 > 0:25:03parliamentarians we have the power to influence this and change it and

0:25:03 > 0:25:10maybe we can join together across this House and make breast cancer...

0:25:10 > 0:25:17By 2050, nobody need a diet breast cancer.-- Anita Addae of

0:25:18 > 0:25:21And as the next speaker rose, MPs rushed over to comfort Karen Lee,

0:25:21 > 0:25:24sitting on the second row of the Labour benches

0:25:24 > 0:25:25on the right of the picture.

0:25:25 > 0:25:26Something the health minister noted.

0:25:26 > 0:25:29There's always one person that leaves not a dry eye in the House

0:25:29 > 0:25:31and that today was the honourable leader from Lincoln. I knows she's

0:25:31 > 0:25:35not in her place now and I don't blame her, but I think the whole

0:25:35 > 0:25:39House wanted to run over and give her a hug and maybe -- many of the

0:25:39 > 0:25:42Labour member State. Listen for doing that. It's house in its own

0:25:42 > 0:25:45individual way to give her collective hug.

0:25:45 > 0:25:48And that touching note brings us to the ned of the programme.

0:25:48 > 0:25:49So from me, Mandy Baker, goodbye.