:00:09. > :00:11.An earthquake has been detected in North Korea near the site of a
:00:12. > :00:14.nuclear test centre. The tremor had a magnitude of five-point-one. It's
:00:15. > :00:18.not clear if the seismic activity was caused by a nuclear blast - but
:00:19. > :00:20.the US geological Survey said it suspects a man-made
:00:21. > :00:22.Now on BBC News, Tuesday in Parliament.
:00:23. > :00:30.There welcome to Tuesday in Parliament. Cabinet ministers will
:00:31. > :00:35.be allowed to argue with each other as to Britain's continued EU
:00:36. > :00:42.membership. It will be open to individual ministers to take a
:00:43. > :00:48.different personal position to that of the government. A strike by
:00:49. > :00:53.junior doctors. They feel badly let down a Health Secretary who seems to
:00:54. > :01:00.think contract negotiations are a game of Brickman ship. And, could be
:01:01. > :01:06.Christmas floods have been prevented? Why won't the banks held
:01:07. > :01:11.up when it has been pointed out four years? This is on the coastal road,
:01:12. > :01:16.they could have not been devastated on Boxing Day. The proudest has
:01:17. > :01:21.confirmed he will be letting his ministers campaign on either side of
:01:22. > :01:29.the debate as to whether Britain should be in the EU -- of the Prime
:01:30. > :01:34.Minister. The referendum is likely to be held this year. MPs were
:01:35. > :01:40.arriving back at Westminster after the break. David Cameron entering
:01:41. > :01:48.his 11th year as Conservative leader. He was reporting back to MPs
:01:49. > :01:54.on a recent summit meeting at the EU Council, particularly regarding the
:01:55. > :02:01.progress of his renegotiations of written's EU membership. He said
:02:02. > :02:07.there was strong support for Britain to stay in the EU. They began their
:02:08. > :02:12.remarks not by saying that Britain is better off in EU, but that the EU
:02:13. > :02:16.would be better off with Britain. We want to reach an agreement that
:02:17. > :02:22.would address the concerns we have raised. I believe there is a path to
:02:23. > :02:25.that. I will continue efforts to secure that agreement with further
:02:26. > :02:30.discussions are brought. I hope we can reach a full agreement when we
:02:31. > :02:35.meet again next month. What matters is getting the substance right, not
:02:36. > :02:41.the speed. My intention is that the conclusion of the renegotiation
:02:42. > :02:45.should include a clear recommendation from the government,
:02:46. > :02:48.and then a referendum will be held. It is the people, not the
:02:49. > :02:52.politicians who decide. As I indicated before, there will be a
:02:53. > :02:56.clear government position, but it will be open to individual ministers
:02:57. > :03:01.to take a different personal position while remaining part of the
:03:02. > :03:11.government. Ultimately, it will be for the British people to decide by
:03:12. > :03:16.voting in or out of a reformed EU in a referendum that we promised and
:03:17. > :03:26.that only a Conservative government was able to deliver. Does the Prime
:03:27. > :03:30.Minister now accept that his attempts to bludgeon leaders into
:03:31. > :03:35.accepting his reforms have failed? He has come back with very little.
:03:36. > :03:39.Can the Prime Minister really be surprised of his daily when he has
:03:40. > :03:43.not worked with negotiating partners in Europe, failing to turn up when
:03:44. > :03:53.asked for help in the EU refugee crisis, -- crisis. To deliver
:03:54. > :04:06.change, you need diplomacy and to make friends. Mr Speaker, we all
:04:07. > :04:10.value our friends. But the Prime Minister is not interested in that,
:04:11. > :04:18.he is more interested in his own party. David Cameron mocked Jeremy
:04:19. > :04:22.Corbyn's planned cabinet reshuffle. I apologise for interrupting the
:04:23. > :04:31.longest reshuffle in history. You could have watched the entire run of
:04:32. > :04:36.Star Wars movies. We still don't know who has been seduced to the
:04:37. > :04:44.dark side. There is no sign of a rebel alliance emerging. I would
:04:45. > :04:47.like that at the last election, it was Labour election -- Labour policy
:04:48. > :04:53.to live and work here for several years before getting that efforts.
:04:54. > :04:58.It has been abandoned now buy your leader. Never mind how many
:04:59. > :05:11.we end up with, you have an albatross at the end
:05:12. > :05:14.EU needs great Britain and Northern Ireland. Doesn't that
:05:15. > :05:29.strength of our negotiating position? They need our economic
:05:30. > :05:34.strength. As at the hasn't the time come for him to be strong on this
:05:35. > :05:37.issue? He clearly believes he can negotiate a good deal with the
:05:38. > :05:45.European partners, he does not want to be the Prime Minister who takes
:05:46. > :05:46.us out of the EU. But why, then, as he suspended collective
:05:47. > :05:52.responsibility? Why is it not possible for him to persuade his own
:05:53. > :05:57.ministers on an issue that is so vital to our national interests?
:05:58. > :06:03.Clearly there are people with long-standing issues about the
:06:04. > :06:06.European issue. It has never been my intention to manipulate people into
:06:07. > :06:10.voting for a position that they don't agree with. I think this is
:06:11. > :06:15.the right approach. The Prime Minister has rightly berated the
:06:16. > :06:20.Labour Party for giving up our rebates and getting nothing in
:06:21. > :06:26.return. If these negotiations are so meaningful, why didn't he ask for
:06:27. > :06:30.the rebates to be reinstated? Is because he doesn't think we should
:06:31. > :06:40.have it back? Or is it just because he asked for what he knew they would
:06:41. > :06:47.agree to? I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year,
:06:48. > :06:56.you seem a little bit churlish. I have encouraged a cut in budget for
:06:57. > :06:59.seven years in what is known as the EU financial perspective. The Prime
:07:00. > :07:06.Minister said that he would rule nothing out. If you lose this
:07:07. > :07:10.referendum, will you resign? This referendum is the government's
:07:11. > :07:18.policy, and the country will decide whether we stay in the EU or leave
:07:19. > :07:24.it. I salute my right honourable friend's decision to let ministers
:07:25. > :07:29.exercise their own personal choice. It is not a sign of weakness but one
:07:30. > :07:34.of strength. That we in this party can have a sensible debate about a
:07:35. > :07:39.fundamental issue of serious importance to the British people. He
:07:40. > :07:43.has just mentioned that negotiations may come to fruition next month. If
:07:44. > :07:49.they do, when would he envisaged this referendum taking place? I make
:07:50. > :07:54.it a policy not to answer questions beginning with if, even if they are
:07:55. > :07:59.put so charmingly. If we can achieve a result in February, I don't think
:08:00. > :08:05.we should delay the referendum. I think we should hold it. David
:08:06. > :08:11.Cameron. Before that session took place, Eurosceptic MPs had been
:08:12. > :08:18.voicing some forthright opinions inside the alternative chamber. A 90
:08:19. > :08:27.minute debate was also focusing on written's attempt to renegotiate its
:08:28. > :08:34.relationship with the EU -- Britain's. One MP decided he may
:08:35. > :08:43.well support a British exit from the EU. I go to Warsaw regularly and
:08:44. > :08:49.speak Polish. I try to reiterate the extraordinary support that Poland
:08:50. > :08:53.had from England for many years, whether it was World War Two,
:08:54. > :08:58.solidarity in the 1980s, Nato and the EU, getting rid of their
:08:59. > :09:09.communist Eire debts or guaranteeing their borders. I am extremely
:09:10. > :09:15.disappointed with the intransigence coming out of Warsaw, where now, for
:09:16. > :09:19.the first time, the UK is seeking support from them and other
:09:20. > :09:25.countries. With everything that we have done over such a long period of
:09:26. > :09:33.time. And yet, at the intransigence and the difficulties is persuading
:09:34. > :09:37.me to pull out of the EU. I have not decided yet, but it is very
:09:38. > :09:42.disappointing when one thinks of what the UK has done for these
:09:43. > :09:51.countries. They are so lucky now in their support for us -- lacking now.
:09:52. > :09:55.I support many constituents from Africa and other parts of the
:09:56. > :09:59.Commonwealth to have a long history of helping and supporting this
:10:00. > :10:04.country, not least within the armed services. Why should those people
:10:05. > :10:11.find it more difficult for their relatives, to visit them, to join
:10:12. > :10:17.them at in getting employment when they are skilled in particular
:10:18. > :10:23.areas? They find it very difficult indeed. Whereas people from, not to
:10:24. > :10:30.pick on Romania, but Romania, Croatia and other countries, we have
:10:31. > :10:34.a very shallow links with this country but they find the work much
:10:35. > :10:41.more easily. No country can deal with the challenges of Syria and the
:10:42. > :10:48.biggest refugee crisis since the war. We must work more closely with
:10:49. > :10:51.our EU partners on these issues. These are all areas where we think
:10:52. > :11:00.we could be working more closely together. They are also areas where
:11:01. > :11:06.the Scottish Government has a great deal more in common with many of our
:11:07. > :11:11.EU partners than we do with that in London. One fifth of all the cars
:11:12. > :11:16.produced in Germany are exported to the UK. Is anybody seriously
:11:17. > :11:23.suggesting that if we left the EU, Germany would cease trading with us?
:11:24. > :11:32.With a successful leave vote, we can negotiate a successful UK- EU deal.
:11:33. > :11:35.The availability of benefits in Britain acts to increase migration
:11:36. > :11:40.from countries in the EU, one argument. I how much does the
:11:41. > :11:46.government believed that immigration from other EU states will go down if
:11:47. > :11:54.the availability of work benefits is cut in the way that the government
:11:55. > :11:58.has set out? It has been said that the view is that this change would
:11:59. > :12:01.make little difference to immigration levels. Isn't it the
:12:02. > :12:06.case that the vast majority of people who come to the UK from other
:12:07. > :12:13.member states, to work hard, pay their taxes and make a positive
:12:14. > :12:18.contribution to this country in the same way as anyone else? The
:12:19. > :12:27.argument that our Prime Minister is putting forward is not being met
:12:28. > :12:32.with an unreserved welcome. The partners are clear that they wish
:12:33. > :12:38.for the UK to stay in the EU, and the EU itself is stronger for this
:12:39. > :12:46.country's membership. But, it was clear at the December European
:12:47. > :12:51.Council that there were a certain number of objections and
:12:52. > :12:54.difficulties raised by other heads of government in respect to the
:12:55. > :12:59.policies that were being discussed, not just with one of them. Certainly
:13:00. > :13:06.in the eyes of our partners, what the Prime Minister is pursuing is
:13:07. > :13:12.seen as a very ambitious and far reaching set of proposed reforms
:13:13. > :13:18.which challenged a number of ways in which the EU has been accustomed to
:13:19. > :13:25.doing its business and thinking about its Vocation. David
:13:26. > :13:29.Liddington. December 2015 was the wettest month ever experienced in
:13:30. > :13:36.the UK, according to the latest figures. The pictures of towns and
:13:37. > :13:39.cities in northern England and Scotland hit by flood water after
:13:40. > :13:45.torrential rain were a constant feature of news reports. Street
:13:46. > :13:50.after street was flooded in the city of York, people had to be rescued
:13:51. > :13:55.from their homes as the waters of the rivers rose dramatically.
:13:56. > :14:01.Several thousand were flooded, a key barrier was opened. Perhaps the most
:14:02. > :14:07.dramatic image was this one, wherein each and Bridge was destroyed by
:14:08. > :14:11.raging flood water. In the Commons, the Environment Secretary told MPs
:14:12. > :14:16.that investment in flood prevention measures had been increased.
:14:17. > :14:24.Our focus has been doing everything we can to help Lancashire and
:14:25. > :14:29.Yorkshire get up and running. ?40 million was announced to be spent on
:14:30. > :14:33.repairing flood defences, including ?10 million upgrading the Foss
:14:34. > :14:41.barrier with new Palms so we could cope with higher volumes of water --
:14:42. > :14:46.pumps. We are providing money for businesses, families and farmers. It
:14:47. > :14:53.has been provided in record time. Rather than a sticking plaster
:14:54. > :14:54.response with vague promises and fake numbers, we need
:14:55. > :14:57.response with vague promises and fake numbers, we need a long-term
:14:58. > :15:02.co-ordinated approach. Our priority must be insuring committees do not
:15:03. > :15:10.into another Christmas like this one. That needs leadership from her
:15:11. > :15:15.now. First of all, can I say we have learned lessons from previous
:15:16. > :15:19.flooding incidents. That is why it we were holding Cobra through
:15:20. > :15:24.Christmas and while we deployed the Army immediately to support people
:15:25. > :15:30.on the ground, that is why we made sure people's homes and lives were
:15:31. > :15:34.protected. With the Secretary of State join us in paying a huge
:15:35. > :15:37.tribute to not just the dozens of volunteers but hundreds of
:15:38. > :15:46.volunteers they came from all over the UK? If I may, this despicable,
:15:47. > :15:57.-- Mr Speaker, can I pay special tribute to the small armies of young
:15:58. > :16:06.Asian men and women, -- was done and Hindu who led a huge part in the
:16:07. > :16:14.recovery process? -- Muslim. The scheme that would have protected
:16:15. > :16:18.Kirkstall was said to be reinstated, but that is not my understanding.
:16:19. > :16:22.Can the Secretary of State device an indication of whether that scheme
:16:23. > :16:28.will be resurrected? If it was in place, places on the coast would not
:16:29. > :16:32.have been flooded on Boxing Day. We cannot let this tragedy happen
:16:33. > :16:37.again. We note the new insurance scheme is coming, but that does not
:16:38. > :16:40.mean it will help people now. Can she give assurance she will look at
:16:41. > :16:48.the levels of people not in short dream these floods, and that extra
:16:49. > :16:57.finance help will be given to them? -- insurer. There are a huge summer
:16:58. > :17:01.of volunteers, and they worked together very quickly in a difficult
:17:02. > :17:07.time for our city. Other utilities were slower to act, such as Kelly
:17:08. > :17:12.Communications down in York and Hindi communications right across
:17:13. > :17:17.the city. Can I ask the Secretary of State what she's doing to make sure
:17:18. > :17:21.all utilities act speedily? I would like to thank the public sector
:17:22. > :17:29.workers and volunteers for the support they gave business in York
:17:30. > :17:36.over Christmas. However, there is a risk of the Foss barrier not being
:17:37. > :17:40.able to manage the capacity of the water in the river Foss at times
:17:41. > :17:44.such as this. By where the barrier pumps not upgraded when this concern
:17:45. > :17:47.has been consistently highlighted for years, as it could have saved
:17:48. > :17:52.hundreds of homes and businesses from flooding? What we are facing in
:17:53. > :17:57.all of the rivers across Yorkshire and she are higher floods than ever
:17:58. > :18:02.before. -- Lancashire. We need to look at the fences. We have made a
:18:03. > :18:07.commitment to upgrade the pumps at the Foss area. We'll be looking more
:18:08. > :18:10.likely to make sure we are sufficiently resilient to deal with
:18:11. > :18:16.these new weather challenges. We have no mention of Scotland so far.
:18:17. > :18:21.It is a comprehensive response, and there seems to be less scepticism
:18:22. > :18:26.about the actions of the public agency in Scotland and we have seen
:18:27. > :18:32.in England. At the weekend, I received an e-mail from my cousin in
:18:33. > :18:36.Yorkshire. She told me her community felt angry and powerless at what it
:18:37. > :18:43.sees as a completely ineffective response. She said, the Tory
:18:44. > :18:50.government have completely failed us, and I believe they will continue
:18:51. > :18:53.to fail us. If it is not one of the Home Counties, they don't care. You
:18:54. > :18:59.are watching our round-up of the day. To raise a faces questions
:19:00. > :19:03.about the identity of an apparently British men appearing in the latest
:19:04. > :19:10.agenda video from the terror group Islamic State.
:19:11. > :19:14.Strikes by junior doctors in England look set to go ahead following the
:19:15. > :19:19.latest breakdown of talks with the government. A 24 hour walkout next
:19:20. > :19:23.Tuesday will be followed by a 48-hour strike on the 26th of
:19:24. > :19:29.January, and a third day in feathery. The dispute over new
:19:30. > :19:32.contracts has meant the government have asked a consolatory service to
:19:33. > :19:40.step in. You strike action is likely to leave 1000 nonemergency
:19:41. > :19:43.operations cancelled. When the Shadow Health Secretary Bruce to
:19:44. > :19:50.speak, there was little in the way of New Year fraternity. --
:19:51. > :19:53.spokesman. It is sad when a New Year starts with the prospect of
:19:54. > :20:00.industrial action in the NHS. Nobody wants strikes, not least the junior
:20:01. > :20:05.doctors. But they feel badly let down by a health secretary who seems
:20:06. > :20:11.to think contract negotiations are a game of bridge friendship. When will
:20:12. > :20:16.be Health Secretary admit that changing the definition of unsocial
:20:17. > :20:22.hours and associated rates of pay for junior doctors is a forerunner
:20:23. > :20:28.to changing a whole load of other NHS staff in contracts to save on
:20:29. > :20:36.the NHS pay bill. That is what all of this is really about, isn't it?
:20:37. > :20:41.No, it is not. I wish her every success in retaining her post in the
:20:42. > :20:45.shadow cabinet. It would be a shame to lose her having started to get to
:20:46. > :20:50.know her. This is a difficult issue to solve. But at least the country
:20:51. > :20:56.knows what the government is trying to do. On the other hand, she has
:20:57. > :20:59.spent six months avoiding telling the country what she will do about
:21:00. > :21:06.these forward contracts. Now is her chance. Would she not change the
:21:07. > :21:12.junior doctors' contract to improve seven-day services for patients?
:21:13. > :21:16.Junior doctors to not need the words from me stood at the opposition
:21:17. > :21:20.dispatch box. They need action from the Secretary of State to stop the
:21:21. > :21:25.strikes and give patients the care they deserve. The government has
:21:26. > :21:29.come under pressure to explain how a man suspected of appearing in the
:21:30. > :21:33.latest murder video produced by so-called Islamic state was able to
:21:34. > :21:38.leave Britain for Syria while on police bail. In the video, and
:21:39. > :21:43.executioner with an English accent calls David Cameron an imbecile
:21:44. > :21:46.before executing five men accused of spying against Islamic State. The
:21:47. > :21:55.man is thought to be Siddhartha Dhar, from London. Siddhartha Dhar
:21:56. > :21:58.fled Britain in 2014 while on bail. He had been arrested on suspicion of
:21:59. > :22:03.encouraging terrorism but later travelled to Syria. In the Commons,
:22:04. > :22:13.to reason may faced questions from MPs. -- Theresa May. The house will
:22:14. > :22:15.understand this is an ongoing police investigation and I cannot comment
:22:16. > :22:23.while the investigation continues. It could prejudice the case in
:22:24. > :22:27.future. I cannot comment on the identities of men or child in the
:22:28. > :22:31.video. While we appreciate this is an ongoing police investigation, the
:22:32. > :22:35.fact that this individual could abscond when facing major charges
:22:36. > :22:40.raises serious questions about counterterrorism policy. We need a
:22:41. > :22:43.commitment from her today there will be an enquiry into this episode that
:22:44. > :22:48.will be made available to this house. There has clearly been a
:22:49. > :22:54.major lapse in security, and the onus is now very firmly on the Home
:22:55. > :22:58.Secretary to demonstrate that she is taking all necessary action to
:22:59. > :23:03.strengthen our systems of monitoring people who pose a risk to our
:23:04. > :23:08.country. As the Shadow Home Secretary, I issue he knows the
:23:09. > :23:11.decision as to whether or not someone should be placed on police
:23:12. > :23:16.bail and the conditions relating to that is an operational matter which
:23:17. > :23:22.is undertaken by the police. I seem to recall that in the past when
:23:23. > :23:26.counterterrorism legislation was going to this house and proposals
:23:27. > :23:30.made by organisations outside this house, values should be made of
:23:31. > :23:39.place about the terrorist offenders. -- more years. The opposition
:23:40. > :23:43.supported that concept. The Home Secretary has form when it comes to
:23:44. > :23:50.absconding. Coogee update the house as to the whereabouts of a man who
:23:51. > :23:56.absconded in a black cab in January 2013. Could she update the house as
:23:57. > :24:06.to another man who absconded wearing a worker in November 2013, both who
:24:07. > :24:12.were on terrorism prevention orders -- burkha. Of course I seem to
:24:13. > :24:17.recall and to the Labour government's control orders, only
:24:18. > :24:24.one of previous people who absconded was ever found. There are plenty of
:24:25. > :24:29.historic jobs around the Palace of Westminster, but few positions are
:24:30. > :24:37.quite so old as that of this man. It dates back 601 years to 1415. The
:24:38. > :24:41.post holder is responsible for the security of the Commons, and a new
:24:42. > :24:47.person has just been appointed to do it. He will succeed Lawrence Ward.
:24:48. > :24:51.He was head of front of house and VIP relations for the Ministry of
:24:52. > :25:00.Justice. His appointment was confirmed by the Commons Speaker. I
:25:01. > :25:05.am pleased to be able to announce to the house that following fair and
:25:06. > :25:19.open competition, Her Majesty the Queen has treasured Lee accepted my
:25:20. > :25:22.recommendation that Mr al-Haji be appointed to the post of
:25:23. > :25:28.Serjeant-at-Arms with effect from the first of February. -- graciously
:25:29. > :25:35.accepted. In addition to being trained in the martial arts...
:25:36. > :25:42.LAUGHTER And a recipient of the British
:25:43. > :25:52.Empire medal, Mr al-Haji will be the first person of a BME background to
:25:53. > :25:58.hold the post of Serjeant-at-Arms. Just in case you don't know, BME
:25:59. > :26:04.stands for black and white minority ethnic. That is it for this
:26:05. > :26:07.programme. For the next round up. For now, goodbye.