0:00:14 > 0:00:17Hello and Welcome to Tuesday in Parliament, our look at the best
0:00:17 > 0:00:19of the day in the Commons and the Lords.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21On this programme.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24The Brexit Secretary tells MPs no constitutional problems have been
0:00:24 > 0:00:29raised by the decision of the British people to vote
0:00:29 > 0:00:33for a UK departure from the EU.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39A proposal that could put parliament in opposition to the people
0:00:39 > 0:00:41over something as simple as this is extraordinary...
0:00:41 > 0:00:44The Culture Secretary speaks out about how to stop youngsters viewing
0:00:44 > 0:00:46pornographic images on the internet.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49The NSPCC report that children as young as seven are being treated
0:00:49 > 0:00:54for addiction to pornography.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57The links between Libya and weaponry used by the IRA.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Is it time to compensate victims?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04The victims have waited long enough for answers.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06They are sick and tired of the
0:01:06 > 0:01:11dilly-dallying and delays.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12But first.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union says Britain has
0:01:15 > 0:01:18'nothing to fear' in any of the outcomes to the negotiations
0:01:18 > 0:01:20on Britain's departure from the EU.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24David Davis faced two and a half hours of questioning on different
0:01:24 > 0:01:27aspects of Brexit from members of the Foreign Affairs committee.
0:01:27 > 0:01:34He said his 'Brexit' department contained 200 people,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37and he made clear that there would be no second referendum,
0:01:37 > 0:01:38following the decision of the British people
0:01:38 > 0:01:42in June this year.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Parliament will either be supporting the referendum or refusing the
0:01:45 > 0:01:47referendum.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49What you would get to is Parliament versus the people.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53That is the key point.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57We can have some noise about elections but I would
0:01:57 > 0:02:00not want you to go away and me not answer the constitutional question.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02But the Lords Constitutional committee has published
0:02:02 > 0:02:05a report today which
0:02:05 > 0:02:06contradicts what you just said.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09It disagrees with what I said and that
0:02:09 > 0:02:10is the point.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13That's why I thought you might ask about it.
0:02:13 > 0:02:22The simple truth is that a proposal that could put Parliament in
0:02:22 > 0:02:24opposition to the people over something as simple as this is an
0:02:24 > 0:02:27extraordinary one.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29But was it an advisory referendum rather than?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31If you look at the wording...
0:02:31 > 0:02:31No.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Where does it say advisory?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39The reason you haven't been asked about this - I rather
0:02:39 > 0:02:41thought you had made your position clear
0:02:41 > 0:02:43in a statement you gave to the
0:02:43 > 0:02:46House of Commons last week...
0:02:46 > 0:02:53He is entitled to challenge.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55I do not think the position of the government
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and your position is in any doubt.
0:02:58 > 0:03:08The point is, go back to the debate.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Go to Hansard.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11The Foreign Secretary said this is a matter for decision
0:03:11 > 0:03:12by the British people.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15The government in its manifesto said it would respect the
0:03:15 > 0:03:18result of this referendum.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21The British people did not think they
0:03:21 > 0:03:23were being asked their opinion.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26The Prime Minister did not resign because he did not like their
0:03:26 > 0:03:27opinion.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32You have to take this seriously.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35The referendum did not say we will trigger Article 50 the day
0:03:35 > 0:03:36after the referendum.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39You might note that that it was not the position in
0:03:39 > 0:03:48the referendum.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51It did not say it would be done in March or May.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53It surely has to be for Parliament to debate and decide
0:03:53 > 0:04:01under which circumstances the article is invoked.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03It is not for Parliament to gainsay the view of the
0:04:03 > 0:04:13British people.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17One does not want to compromise your position in this process but many of
0:04:17 > 0:04:21us believe if access to the simple market
0:04:21 > 0:04:22gained on both sides
0:04:22 > 0:04:26reasonable to both sides then certainly for those who are subject
0:04:26 > 0:04:28to tariffs, we should not be afraid to fall back to...
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Is there any reason we should not be doing that?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Does that hold any fear for you?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Let me offer a philosophical approach to
0:04:34 > 0:04:40negotiation, it is a very bad idea to go into
0:04:40 > 0:04:41negotiations fearing the
0:04:41 > 0:04:42outcome because that weakens you.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46It is one of the areas we will assess.
0:04:46 > 0:04:54I was speaking to someone about the calculations that will go on.
0:04:54 > 0:05:02We will assess not just what the costs
0:05:02 > 0:05:12if you like of a given strategy is but what they are.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22-- what are the policies with it.
0:05:22 > 0:05:32One of the things we can do which would be legally
0:05:32 > 0:05:35ok to do that shows we are symbolically going in that
0:05:35 > 0:05:36direction for instance one example is new
0:05:36 > 0:05:40passports which are going to be issued from now on will go back to
0:05:40 > 0:05:42the traditional British blue passport rather than the pink
0:05:42 > 0:05:43things.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Could we do a symbolic gesture such as that to show the British
0:05:46 > 0:05:48people we had absolutely serious about leaving the EU?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Attractive as the idea is, we are not in the
0:05:51 > 0:05:53business, at least I am not in the business
0:05:53 > 0:05:54of symbols, I am in the
0:05:54 > 0:05:55business of delivering on this.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57David Davis. Protests about inadequate
0:05:57 > 0:05:58broadband speeds from angry
0:05:58 > 0:06:00constituents are one of the most regular complaints that
0:06:00 > 0:06:02come the way of MPs, especially those in the more rural
0:06:02 > 0:06:03parts of the UK.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06In fact, it's estimated that five percent of the UK
0:06:06 > 0:06:07population is coping with substandard broadband.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09The issue was uppermost in the minds of MPs
0:06:09 > 0:06:11considering the Digital Economy Bill.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13As well as getting the right internet speeds -
0:06:13 > 0:06:15members of parliament considered how to deal with the wide availability
0:06:15 > 0:06:17of online pornography.
0:06:17 > 0:06:27The rate of jobs created in digital industries is
0:06:37 > 0:06:41nearly three times as fast as the rest of the economy with 1.56
0:06:41 > 0:06:42million in 2015 and growing.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43The government will not ally people to
0:06:43 > 0:06:46be left behind when it is running a business, staying in touch with
0:06:46 > 0:06:48distant family, watching catch up television
0:06:48 > 0:06:49are helping children with
0:06:49 > 0:06:50homework.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Everyone should have the right to decent connectivity.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53She raises quite rightly the impressive
0:06:53 > 0:06:55programme of roll-out of superfast broadband.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Does she share my concern that too many new homes are being
0:06:58 > 0:06:59built without that as standard?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Will she work with her colleagues across government make sure that
0:07:01 > 0:07:02situation changes?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05The bill seeks to regulate access to adult content online.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07The culture secretary, Karen Bradley, explained that
0:07:07 > 0:07:09children were spending more time online than watching TV,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13and many were accessing pornograph.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17We have an incredible problem of pornographic
0:07:17 > 0:07:21images being available to children.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23The NSPCC report that children as young as seven are being treated
0:07:23 > 0:07:25for addiction to pornography.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26This is not something which can be addressed
0:07:27 > 0:07:30through one measure alone.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36The measures in this bill will help but
0:07:36 > 0:07:37this is not a silver bullet.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39There has to be a joint approach across
0:07:39 > 0:07:43the whole of government to deal with this.
0:07:43 > 0:07:53We age classify films, we
0:07:55 > 0:07:56restrict age-appropriate broadcasts after the
0:07:56 > 0:07:58watershed, we keep children out of sex shops.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Equivalent measures are
0:07:59 > 0:08:00needed online.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02The National union of farmers and the Countryside Alliance
0:08:02 > 0:08:06have been vocal in highlighting this government's shortcomings so I will
0:08:06 > 0:08:11only add that it is an absolute disgrace that in 2016 there are
0:08:11 > 0:08:17still people who cannot even download an e-mail.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Ms Onwurah pointed out that plans for the BBC to pay for TV Licenses
0:08:20 > 0:08:24for the over-75s would have paid for the Great British Bake-off to be
0:08:24 > 0:08:26retained 30 times over - prompting a reassurance
0:08:26 > 0:08:30from a minister.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32On the crucial issue of the Great British Bake Off,
0:08:32 > 0:08:38Mr Speaker, of which I am an enormous fan.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42I should correct what she just said and acknowledge that
0:08:42 > 0:08:46the Bake-off after today's announcement will remain on free to
0:08:46 > 0:08:49air terrestrial TV on Channel 4.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53As we move into the next generation of
0:08:53 > 0:08:595G services, these will require a huge number of very small
0:08:59 > 0:09:02transmitters which may need to be attached to lamp posts in cities.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05We do not want to have individual planning applications for every
0:09:05 > 0:09:08single one.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12It may be when we come to 5G that we will need to look
0:09:12 > 0:09:16at planning laws again.
0:09:16 > 0:09:24That is something I will leave with the Minister.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I worry that sometimes the government always wants to pat
0:09:26 > 0:09:29yourself on the back in relation to this and actually
0:09:29 > 0:09:31it is constantly striving difficulty to ensure that
0:09:31 > 0:09:32everyone is able to participate.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34There are people who only have 2 megabits per second.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36There are people who will have 10 megabits per
0:09:36 > 0:09:42second who will have difficulty using an iPlayer.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43I hope the ministerial team will not keep
0:09:44 > 0:09:45congratulating themselves.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50In many rural areas, including my constituency,
0:09:50 > 0:09:5970% of people have no access to 4G whatsoever.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02A Minister has accepted that "for too long" action has not been
0:10:02 > 0:10:04taken to address "deep concerns" around the laws on dangerous driving
0:10:04 > 0:10:05and the sentences available.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07The admission, from the Justice Minister, Sam Gyimah,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11came in a debate in Westminster Hall when an MP raised the case
0:10:11 > 0:10:14of a 25-year old man, James Gilbey, who was killed on a pedestrian
0:10:14 > 0:10:17crossing after a night out in Leeds.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20The car driven by Majid Malik hit him.
0:10:20 > 0:10:30It hit him so hard his body travelled 70 metres.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33While he lay on the road, the drivers of both cars stopped.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35The driver reversed and went back to the scene
0:10:35 > 0:10:38but only to try and retrieve his number plate which had been wrenched
0:10:38 > 0:10:40off the car along with the bumper
0:10:40 > 0:10:41by the force of the impact.
0:10:41 > 0:10:47He then drove off.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49He hid the car and burned his clothes and
0:10:49 > 0:10:53he went to ground.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55It was only after very substantial efforts by the
0:10:55 > 0:10:59police he finally turned himself in.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03He pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, a charge
0:11:03 > 0:11:06impossible to avoid as he was seen on CCTV and the car was registered
0:11:06 > 0:11:10to him.
0:11:10 > 0:11:17His friend did not plead guilty to causing death by dangerous
0:11:17 > 0:11:20driving or indeed to racing his car despite the fact that his Audi car
0:11:20 > 0:11:23was so close to the vehicle that hit James it was splashed with
0:11:23 > 0:11:26James's blood.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30After a long and painful trial which James's
0:11:30 > 0:11:32parents had to sit through, they received
0:11:32 > 0:11:33an eight-year sentence for
0:11:33 > 0:11:38what they had done.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41It was clear the judge recognised the severity of this crime and his
0:11:41 > 0:11:44inability to charge them with more.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49A Labour MP spoke of a case in her constituency.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51The killer got six years of which he
0:11:51 > 0:11:53will probably only serve three.
0:11:53 > 0:12:01When he comes out at the age of 21 he
0:12:01 > 0:12:06will be younger than Joseph was when he took his life.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10It seems to me perverse even if we cannot try more cases as
0:12:10 > 0:12:12manslaughter the maximum penalty for what is clearly manslaughter,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14these gentlemen killed James Gilbey as surely as if they'd thrown
0:12:14 > 0:12:17a knife or fired a gun.
0:12:17 > 0:12:27Their weapon of choice happened to be two tonnes of steel.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Surely the maximum tariff for the worst kind of
0:12:29 > 0:12:36dangerous driving should be lifetime imprisonment.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41I can only end by reading out what James's
0:12:41 > 0:12:45father said, I want my son, to shake his hand, laugh and chat with
0:12:45 > 0:12:46him over a pint.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47But I cannot.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49All I can do is kiss the earth, hold his
0:12:49 > 0:12:59ashes, talk to pictures and light candles.
0:13:03 > 0:13:03That
0:13:03 > 0:13:04That is
0:13:04 > 0:13:04That is not
0:13:04 > 0:13:05That is not enough.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06The Justice Minister, said the independent sentencing
0:13:06 > 0:13:08council would review motoring offences involving
0:13:08 > 0:13:09death or serious injury.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12As the Prime Minister made clear last week, there are deep
0:13:12 > 0:13:14concerns around the law of dangerous driving and the sentencing powers
0:13:14 > 0:13:15currently available to the courts.
0:13:15 > 0:13:22For too long, these concerns have not been acted upon.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24So I would like today reaffirmed this government's
0:13:24 > 0:13:27commitment to consulting on the penalties for dangerous driving
0:13:27 > 0:13:28offences.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30This consultation will begin before the end of the year.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Blameless victims and their families must total confidence in our
0:13:35 > 0:13:41criminal justice system.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43To those people our message is clear, this
0:13:43 > 0:13:45government is committed to making sure sentencing for those who kill
0:13:45 > 0:13:50or seriously injure on our roads fit the crime.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53You're watching our round up of the day in the Commons and the Lords.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57Still to come...
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Should we be welcoming Chinese input in the building
0:13:59 > 0:14:02of a new nuclear power station?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04It's too early to say whether the ending of hostilities
0:14:04 > 0:14:06in Syria will be maintained, following the brokering
0:14:06 > 0:14:10of a temporary deal by the US and the Russians
0:14:10 > 0:14:12in Geneva last weekend. The monitoring group -
0:14:12 > 0:14:15the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights - said it had
0:14:15 > 0:14:20recorded no civilian deaths in the first 15 hours of the truce.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23And the Syrian Army says it is implementing the truce.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Residents in the embattled city of Aleppo reported calm.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Humanitarian groups are hoping to make aid deliveries
0:14:30 > 0:14:34to the worst-hit areas, including Aleppo.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37In the House of Lords, a LibDem peer wanted to know
0:14:37 > 0:14:41what the UK's involvement would be over the next few days.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Can I enquire about the British contribution in making
0:14:45 > 0:14:48sure that this does move beyond the initial ceasefire
0:14:48 > 0:14:56into humanitarian aid and positive diplomacy?
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Do we expect that RAF aircraft from Cyprus will play a role
0:15:00 > 0:15:03in monitoring who is using Syrian airspace during the ceasefire
0:15:03 > 0:15:08and in providing the humanitarian aid that is so desperately needed?
0:15:08 > 0:15:13In relation to air strikes, as he is aware, the United Kingdom
0:15:13 > 0:15:16has made air strikes against Daesh in the context
0:15:16 > 0:15:21of the global coalition.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Our relationship with that global coalition continues, but we, along
0:15:24 > 0:15:27with all parties to the coalition, will be watching very closely how
0:15:27 > 0:15:31the cessation or ceasefire proceeds and, very particularly,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34in the hope that it remains stable and enduring, that further
0:15:34 > 0:15:37progress can then be made as outlined in the agreement
0:15:37 > 0:15:39between the United States and Russia.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44It is only appropriate to regard the leadership and governance
0:15:44 > 0:15:47of Syria as a matter entirely for the Syrian people
0:15:47 > 0:15:51and therefore to ignore the call for President Assad's removal
0:15:51 > 0:15:53as a precondition of negotiations, which one occasionally hears
0:15:53 > 0:15:57from Saudi Arabia and, indeed to some extent,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00the United States, just as one hears opposition to that
0:16:00 > 0:16:01from Iran and the soviet Union.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03from Iran and the Soviet Union.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06There's no question he is a barbaric dictator,
0:16:06 > 0:16:11one who's acted unspeakably, but Northern Ireland,
0:16:11 > 0:16:15amongst other experiences, shows that you do not set
0:16:15 > 0:16:18preconditions for negotiations and, if you do,
0:16:18 > 0:16:22those negotiations never occur.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Why would the government of Syria actually come to the negotiation
0:16:25 > 0:16:28table if a precondition from the UK and others
0:16:28 > 0:16:33is their president could not be present?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Well, I didn't say he should stand down now.
0:16:35 > 0:16:41What I did say was that the view of the United Kingdom government
0:16:41 > 0:16:43has been consistent - that we do not consider
0:16:43 > 0:16:45he can be part of the long-term future in Syria.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Will Her Majesty's government take account of the fact that he has
0:16:48 > 0:16:50presided over the use of barrel bombs and chemical weapons?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Weapons of course which are essentially
0:16:52 > 0:16:55of indiscriminate destruction.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58In those circumstances, I hope Her Majesty's government
0:16:58 > 0:17:01will give very careful attention to the extent to which he may be
0:17:01 > 0:17:06thought to be a suitable part of any lasting peace settlement.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10May I say to the Nobel Lord that the Assad regime is responsible
0:17:10 > 0:17:15for the crisis in Syria?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18I mean, over 400,000 Syrians have died so that Assad can
0:17:18 > 0:17:22hold onto power and, um, his tactics and the tactics
0:17:22 > 0:17:25of his regime do include, in my opinion, appalling conduct -
0:17:25 > 0:17:27sieges, chemical attacks, indiscriminate attacks
0:17:27 > 0:17:33on civilian areas - and that is why the United Kingdom
0:17:33 > 0:17:35government considers that President Assad cannot be a part
0:17:35 > 0:17:38of the long-term future in Syria. He must step down.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Lady Goldie.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44"He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon."
0:17:44 > 0:17:47A Tory backbencher alluded to the familiar proverb
0:17:47 > 0:17:50when the Commons considered the news that the Government was delaying
0:17:50 > 0:17:51the final decision on Hinkley C.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56If approved on this site on the North Somerset coast,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59the Hinkley C project would be the first new nuclear plant
0:17:59 > 0:18:01to be built in the UK in 20 years.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Construction will provide 25,000 jobs.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Contracts were due to be signed in late July, but at the last
0:18:08 > 0:18:10moment, the Energy Secretary said the Government was reviewing
0:18:10 > 0:18:12the Hinkley plan.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15The ?18 billion cost is being financed by the French
0:18:15 > 0:18:20energy firm EDF and the Chinese.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23And it was the Chinese input that was causing most concern
0:18:23 > 0:18:25to one MP.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30May I say how strongly I support the Prime Minister's decision on this?
0:18:30 > 0:18:36Given that China persists in trying to hack, not only state agencies,
0:18:36 > 0:18:43but our commercial companies, and has put two fingers up
0:18:43 > 0:18:45to the Arbitration Court in the Hague, which has ruled
0:18:45 > 0:18:48that their development for military purposes of uninhabited atolls
0:18:48 > 0:18:49in the South China Sea is unlawful.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53These are people with whom we should sup with a long spoon and may
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I commend to my right honourable friend the paper written by
0:18:55 > 0:18:57the Intelligence Security Committee under Sir Malcolm Rifkind
0:18:57 > 0:18:58three years ago.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Well, I'm grateful to my right honourable friend for his comments.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07He will know that the commitment we've made is to look at all parts
0:19:07 > 0:19:10of all components of the proposed deal and to make our decision
0:19:10 > 0:19:13very shortly and, of course, I'll report back to the House
0:19:13 > 0:19:15when we've done that and the reasons why we've taken
0:19:15 > 0:19:16whatever decision we do.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Sir Edward Leigh.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22The government is very wise to take a deep breath before committing
0:19:22 > 0:19:27itself to the massive costs of Hinkley.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Evidence is mounting all the time in terms of new technology.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34In particular, fusion rather than fission.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Mini reactors, battery storage.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39So I do commend the government for considering this decision
0:19:39 > 0:19:44very slowly indeed.
0:19:44 > 0:19:52After putting 25,000 highly-skilled jobs at risk,
0:19:52 > 0:19:53after jeopardising 500 much-needed stem apprenticeships,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57after offending the Chinese government and risking ?18 billion
0:19:57 > 0:20:00of investment in the nuclear industry that is a vital part
0:20:00 > 0:20:03of our energy mix, after sending shock waves through the investment
0:20:03 > 0:20:07community, who now think the Prime Minister doesn't
0:20:07 > 0:20:09understand the meaning of fine investment decision,
0:20:09 > 0:20:13does the Secretary of State agree with those in the industry,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16who say that the Prime Minister's cautious approach now looks
0:20:16 > 0:20:19more like dithering?
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Well, Mr Speaker, I prefer the Prime Minister's cautious
0:20:22 > 0:20:25approach to the approach of the honourable gentleman,
0:20:25 > 0:20:30which is completely inconsistent as far as I can see.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33He criticises the government for reviewing, quite rightly,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36this important decision, but said, at the same time,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38that we should take two to three months seriously
0:20:38 > 0:20:41to review the decision.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45So there is a contradiction in his position.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48On my recent summer surgery tour of my constituency of Lanark
0:20:48 > 0:20:51and Hamilton East, a number of constituents raised concerns
0:20:51 > 0:20:56about the cost to the taxpayer of the Hinkley Point C development.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Barclays estimated that, even if EDF delivers four years late
0:21:00 > 0:21:04and 25% over budget, it would still make a profit
0:21:04 > 0:21:07on the deal, with the deficit being picked up over the next
0:21:07 > 0:21:1135 years by ordinary people.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Does the Minister think that such a gratuitous public subsidy
0:21:14 > 0:21:20provides value for the taxpayer?
0:21:20 > 0:21:23I do think it is a responsible act on the part of the government
0:21:23 > 0:21:26to consider our energy supplies for the future in the long-term.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31I know the Scottish Government has turned its face against new nuclear.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34We regard that as an important part of a diverse energy mix that gives
0:21:34 > 0:21:38resilience to UK consumers.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Greg Clark.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Crticism has been made in Parliament about the lack of any compensation
0:21:45 > 0:21:47given to victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA attacks during the years
0:21:47 > 0:21:50of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53It's long been known that, during the regime of the former
0:21:53 > 0:21:56dictator Colonel Gaddafi, the IRA was supplied
0:21:56 > 0:22:01with Semtex explosives and other weapons from Libya.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05In Westminster Hall, claims were made that British
0:22:05 > 0:22:07victims of Libyan-backed violence had been treated differently
0:22:07 > 0:22:10from American victims.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Victims have waited long enough for answers.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17They are sick and tired of the dilly-dallying
0:22:17 > 0:22:22and the delays.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Many of them are coming to, let's face it, their latter years
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Many of them are coming to, let's face it, the latter years
0:22:28 > 0:22:32of their lives and they need answers before they pass the immortal tide,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35and I think we need to face up to that and face up
0:22:35 > 0:22:38to it pretty darn fast.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43We in the SDLP support the victims of violence by the IRA using Libyan
0:22:43 > 0:22:45weapons and believe that these claims should be worked
0:22:45 > 0:22:49through by the Libyan and British governments,
0:22:49 > 0:22:53because what happened by Colonel Gaddafi and the Libyan
0:22:53 > 0:22:59government, in supplying those weapons to the IRA, was both
0:22:59 > 0:23:01immoral, unacceptable and wrong, because it created unnecessary death
0:23:01 > 0:23:07and destruction, which was never, ever justified.
0:23:07 > 0:23:16On Friday, the House of Representatives in America voted
0:23:16 > 0:23:19unanimously, as did the Senate in May, to pass into law a bill
0:23:19 > 0:23:23known as JASTA - Justice Against State Terrorism -
0:23:23 > 0:23:30the Justice Against State Terrorism Act, known as JASTA,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33which will empower private citizens of the United States to sue those
0:23:33 > 0:23:35involved in state-sponsored terrorism.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37In my view, the fact that that was passed unanimously
0:23:37 > 0:23:42in Congress throws open the whole issue of state-sponsored terrorism
0:23:42 > 0:23:44and its relation to individuals and their ability to seek redress
0:23:44 > 0:23:45through the courts.
0:23:45 > 0:23:51The big question is the moral case.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54We here, in the chamber, are here not just to talk
0:23:54 > 0:23:55about legalities and talk about court cases
0:23:55 > 0:23:57and precedents and so on.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59What we care about is fairness for victims, because so many
0:23:59 > 0:24:01years now have elapsed and we are desperate
0:24:01 > 0:24:05to get a solution on this.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10Were we ever to get anything, any form of compensation from Libya,
0:24:10 > 0:24:14I suspect we need to get our heads around the idea
0:24:14 > 0:24:15that it will be a single sum.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20It would be slid across the table and it would be for the victims'
0:24:20 > 0:24:25organisations to actually assess how that is then divided up.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Libyans themselves, those in authority, would not want to be
0:24:28 > 0:24:32involved in the detail of how that would then be divided up.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I just share that now, because these are very awkward,
0:24:35 > 0:24:35difficult questions to raise.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Tobias Ellwood.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41On the day that more details were announced
0:24:41 > 0:24:43about the planned reduction in size of the House
0:24:43 > 0:24:45of Commons - down from 650
0:24:45 > 0:24:50to 600 MPs - the House of Lords increased its size once again.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53One of the new peers introduced into the Lords
0:24:53 > 0:24:57was the former director of the civil liberties organisation Liberty.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Shami Chakrabarti is a regular panellist on the BBC's Question Time
0:25:00 > 0:25:05programme, but her elevation to the Lords proved controversial.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Earlier this year, she led an inquiry into anti-Semitism
0:25:07 > 0:25:10in the Labour Party.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Questions were asked about her independence
0:25:13 > 0:25:16when it was revealed she'd joined Labour and was being nominated
0:25:16 > 0:25:19for a peerage by the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24She swore her oath of allegiance in the customary way.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29I, Sharmishta, Baroness Chakrabarti, do solemnly, sincerely and truly
0:25:29 > 0:25:35declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance
0:25:35 > 0:25:40to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44according to law.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Lady Chakrabarti. And that's it for this programme.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Do join me for our next daily round-up.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Until then, from me, Keith Macdougall, goodbye.