:00:17. > :00:18.Hello there and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament.
:00:19. > :00:20.Coming up: MPs condemn Russha's role in the conflict in Syria,
:00:21. > :00:27.Is it time to stop civil servants moving to well-paid jobs
:00:28. > :00:33.And there's a call for a change in the law to help
:00:34. > :00:38.If a convicted killer refusds to give information to reve`l
:00:39. > :00:41.the location of the victim's body, they should not be considerdd
:00:42. > :00:46.But first, the Foreign Secrdtary, Boris Johnson, says the UK hs taking
:00:47. > :00:50.the lead in highlighting what is happening in Syria.
:00:51. > :00:52.In his first Commons appearance in the job,
:00:53. > :00:56.he said that "all available evidence" pointed to Russian
:00:57. > :01:00.involvement in an air strikd on an aid convoy last month.
:01:01. > :01:03.Russia, a key ally of President al-Assad, has rejected
:01:04. > :01:07.the accusation, and said a TS drone was flying overhead
:01:08. > :01:12.Boris Johnson had come to the Commons to respond
:01:13. > :01:16.to an emergency debate calldd by the Conservative former
:01:17. > :01:19.International Development Sdcretary, Andrew Mitchell, who launchdd
:01:20. > :01:25.a strong condemnation of Russia's actions.
:01:26. > :01:27.Behaving like a rogue eleph`nt, shredding international hum`nitarian
:01:28. > :01:29.law, abusing its veto powers on the UN Security Council,
:01:30. > :01:41.and using the veto to protect itself from its own war crimes.
:01:42. > :01:43.Last week, Mr Speaker, the M10 hospital underground
:01:44. > :01:44.was attacked by bunker bombs to break through,
:01:45. > :01:47.bunker-busting bombs, to break through the roof of it
:01:48. > :01:49.and indeed cluster bombs ailed specifically at harming and injuring
:01:50. > :01:57.The location of that hospit`l was known to every combatant.
:01:58. > :01:59.There is no doubt, Mr Speakdr, that attacking that hospital
:02:00. > :02:10.I thank my right honourable friend for giving way, and he does make
:02:11. > :02:15.When it comes to Russia, we are not living in some khnd
:02:16. > :02:19.On the one hand, we see the Russians dropping bunker bombs on hospitals,
:02:20. > :02:22.but on the other hand, we are allowing them to comd
:02:23. > :02:25.and trade in our country as though nothing is going on.
:02:26. > :02:27.Does this not need a general review of our
:02:28. > :02:37.What the Russians are doing, Mr Speaker, to the United N`tions
:02:38. > :02:40.is precisely what Italy and Germany did to the League of Nations
:02:41. > :02:43.in the 1930s, and they are doing to Aleppo precisely what thd Nazis
:02:44. > :02:45.did to Guernica in the Spanish Civil War.
:02:46. > :02:55.In the 1930s, there was a united condemnation of what the Nazis
:02:56. > :02:58.and their airforce were doing in Spain,
:02:59. > :03:06.Isn't it time we had a unitdd, unambiguous, explicit,
:03:07. > :03:12.direct condemnation of what Putin is doing in support of Assad
:03:13. > :03:17.Not just from the Government but from the opposition
:03:18. > :03:23.The honourable gentleman has an extremely good point.
:03:24. > :03:25.What is needed, Mr Speaker, is a concerted effort
:03:26. > :03:30.by the international communhty, united, to make Russia feel
:03:31. > :03:32.the cost of their support and participation in the barbaric
:03:33. > :03:39.The Shadow Foreign Secretarx said the effort to hold
:03:40. > :03:42.Russian forces to account, and the anger people felt,
:03:43. > :03:44.must not prevent the UK frol working with the Russian goverment
:03:45. > :03:51.Now, that means securing and maintaining a ceasefire,
:03:52. > :03:55.isolating the jihadi extremists, opening safe...
:03:56. > :03:59.Absolutely, there is not a ceasefire now, and that's what I'm moving
:04:00. > :04:01.on to, because of course thdre is no ceasefire at the moment,
:04:02. > :04:07.And in the end we all know that we can only move forward by way
:04:08. > :04:09.of negotiations, and no negotiations will happen
:04:10. > :04:14.I thank the honourable lady for giving way.
:04:15. > :04:17.Can she present us with the evidence that she clearly has
:04:18. > :04:20.that it is realistic to belheve that the Russians will
:04:21. > :04:24.seriously engage in further ceasefire negotiations?
:04:25. > :04:29.And do you think for a minute they will stop bombing Aleppo
:04:30. > :04:33.If the peace that we want is not achievable, would she support
:04:34. > :04:36.the application of military force, if it were needed?
:04:37. > :04:46.I believe in using military force where military force
:04:47. > :04:49.can be effective, and where we can achieve the ends
:04:50. > :04:53.that we have identified we know what it is that we wish to `chieve.
:04:54. > :04:58.Personally, I believe that in a multilayered,
:04:59. > :05:00.multifaceted Civil War such as Syria, the last thing we need
:05:01. > :05:07.Mr Speaker, the suffering of Aleppo has gone on too long.
:05:08. > :05:11.Every day it continues, we must redouble our efforts to end
:05:12. > :05:15.it, and we suggest a four-point plan for the Government.
:05:16. > :05:20.We suggest that we begin with more statesmanship and less brinkmanship.
:05:21. > :05:24.Secondly, we must adopt the UN plan to escort the jihadis from @leppo.
:05:25. > :05:28.Thirdly, the Kerry and Lavrov plan needs to be revived and we lust work
:05:29. > :05:36.And fourthly, we must de-escalate overseas military involvement
:05:37. > :05:41.in the conflict from all 14 other nations involved,
:05:42. > :05:46.Peace in Syria seems as far away as it has ever been
:05:47. > :05:49.Russia and the United States have completely different
:05:50. > :05:52.aims for the region, particularly over the role
:05:53. > :05:55.or otherwise that President Assad has to play in the country's future.
:05:56. > :05:58.And there is a concerning rhsk that the situation becomes ` proxy
:05:59. > :06:01.for broader tensions between the two countries, and indeed furthdr
:06:02. > :06:05.backsliding in international relations more generally.
:06:06. > :06:08.And that is why the right honourable member for Sutton Coldfield is right
:06:09. > :06:11.to question what impact this stalemate has for the role
:06:12. > :06:16.It has never been more necessary for the United Nations
:06:17. > :06:20.to play a role, and yet, in this area at least,
:06:21. > :06:23.it seems the impasse has never been more difficult to breach.
:06:24. > :06:28.It is the UK, week after wedk, that is taking the lead
:06:29. > :06:30.to go with our allies in America and in France,
:06:31. > :06:32.all the like-minded nations, in highlighting what is happening
:06:33. > :06:35.in Syria to a world where, I am afraid, the wells of ottrage
:06:36. > :06:47.I would certainly like to sde demonstrations outside
:06:48. > :06:55.Where is the Stop The War Coalition at the moment?
:06:56. > :07:08.And I believe that it's up to us in the Government to show a lead.
:07:09. > :07:12.If President Putin's strategy is to restore the greatness
:07:13. > :07:15.and the glory of Russia, then I believe he risks
:07:16. > :07:19.seeing his ambition turned to ashes in the face
:07:20. > :07:23.of international contempt for what is happening in Syria.
:07:24. > :07:28.We must continue to have the "closest possible econolic
:07:29. > :07:31.relationship" with the countries of Europe - that was the plda
:07:32. > :07:35.of George Osborne, whose six-year stint as Chancellor came
:07:36. > :07:37.to an abrupt end this summer when the country
:07:38. > :07:42.Mr Osborne, a leading figure in the Remain camp
:07:43. > :07:45.in the Referendum battle, was answering questions
:07:46. > :07:50.about the industrial strategies of successive UK Governments.
:07:51. > :07:53.Appearing with him at the Btsiness and Skills Committee were two other
:07:54. > :07:57.ex-ministers with plenty of opinions on how much governments shotld get
:07:58. > :08:01.involved in the running of the nation's industries.
:08:02. > :08:04.Whether we like it or not, one of the most important contextual
:08:05. > :08:07.factors for our industrial strategy is going to be the shape
:08:08. > :08:11.of future arrangements with the European Union.
:08:12. > :08:14.There is a lot of talk about the single market.
:08:15. > :08:16.What do we need in the European Union?
:08:17. > :08:18.What do we need for our industrial success,
:08:19. > :08:23.What do we need in terms of future arrangements with the singld market?
:08:24. > :08:29.I agree with what my successor said at the Conservative Conference,
:08:30. > :08:33.You know, he said the country did not vote to make itself poorer.
:08:34. > :08:38.That was not the intention of the majority who voted to leave
:08:39. > :08:41.the EU, and so, you know, we want to make sure
:08:42. > :08:46.that we continue to have thd closest possible relationship with the place
:08:47. > :08:56.That should not be to the exclusion of closer economic ties
:08:57. > :09:01.You know, I did not think that was inconsistent
:09:02. > :09:04.with being a member of the DU, but now we are leaving the DU,
:09:05. > :09:07.we should certainly pursue those avenues.
:09:08. > :09:11.We want to do more trade with Australia, to take an dxample,
:09:12. > :09:15.but that should not be at the cost of less trade with Germany.
:09:16. > :09:18.You know, we want to be doing more trade with Germany and more
:09:19. > :09:24.and in these discussions ovdr the next couple of years, you know,
:09:25. > :09:27.we need to try and find arr`ngements that enable us to do both.
:09:28. > :09:33.We have three ministers now in charge - a brilliant set
:09:34. > :09:36.of appointments in my view, because they can come up
:09:37. > :09:40.with the answers which have escaped me.
:09:41. > :09:46.But the ability to trade sedms to be an important part of our future
:09:47. > :09:50.And it seems to me such a rhdiculous statement,
:09:51. > :09:59.And if there are all of these markets which have escaped
:10:00. > :10:01.the attention of British exporters, it will be marvellous to have
:10:02. > :10:04.it pointed out to them by the new minister responshble
:10:05. > :10:07.Then a look at industrial strategies in general.
:10:08. > :10:10.Britain has been very, very bad at innovation
:10:11. > :10:15.and support for innovation, and that is the kind of thing which,
:10:16. > :10:16.through an industrial stratdgy, governments can do.
:10:17. > :10:20.I think it is much easier to point out the problem than for Government
:10:21. > :10:29.And then, I think in June of this year, you said, the coalition's
:10:30. > :10:31.industrial strategy is workhng well, but has been allowed to dec`y.
:10:32. > :10:36.Government is short-term - you know, maximum five years.
:10:37. > :10:40.But, you know, that is bettdr than the 24-hour news cycle,
:10:41. > :10:43.and it is better than just responding to events.
:10:44. > :10:48.We, you know, we had a bad system, and we were trying to make ht
:10:49. > :10:52.Oil and gas companies used to come and see me
:10:53. > :10:55.because I was their so-calldd relationship manager in Govdrnment,
:10:56. > :10:58.and they would ask me how the Government can help thel
:10:59. > :11:02.in their affairs in the Middle East and wherever, and I would s`y
:11:03. > :11:05.to them, there are these pl`tforms out in the North Sea,
:11:06. > :11:09.none of which seem to be made in Harland and Wolff,
:11:10. > :11:15.And one answer, which was very revealing -
:11:16. > :11:20.So I encouraged the process by which,
:11:21. > :11:24.through our industrial strategy through our energy groups,
:11:25. > :11:30.we did think about how to gdt better British procurement.
:11:31. > :11:32.There are always going to be inherent tensions.
:11:33. > :11:34.You know, when you are trying to buy military equipment,
:11:35. > :11:40.are you trying to give your soldiers and sailors and aircrew the very
:11:41. > :11:43.best equipment you can buy `nywhere in the world, or are you trxing
:11:44. > :11:47.to support a particular factory in a particular part
:11:48. > :11:54.And, you know, you have to balance the both.
:11:55. > :11:56.The former Chancellor, George Osborne.
:11:57. > :11:59.Now, Labour is accusing the Government of planning to send
:12:00. > :12:02.home overseas doctors as part of plans to make the NHS
:12:03. > :12:05."self-sufficient" in doctors over the next decade.
:12:06. > :12:08.At the Conservative Party conference last week,
:12:09. > :12:13.Jeremy Hunt announced plans to train up to 1,500 more doctors a xear
:12:14. > :12:17.in England, in the hope it would no longer have to relx
:12:18. > :12:21.At Health Questions, the Shadow Health Secretary
:12:22. > :12:24.Jon Ashworth told the Commons that he feared it could lead
:12:25. > :12:28.to "ambulances being plastered with 'go home' slogans".
:12:29. > :12:30.The minister says there was no rhetoric
:12:31. > :12:35.Can he explain to the House what the Prime Minister
:12:36. > :12:37.meant when she said, quote, there will be staff
:12:38. > :12:42.here from overseas in that hnterim period until the further nulber
:12:43. > :12:46.of British doctors are able to be trained and come on board in terms
:12:47. > :12:48.of being able to work in our hospitals.
:12:49. > :12:52.Ambulances plastered with "go home" slogans?
:12:53. > :12:57.This is exactly the kind of ill-judged remark which H am
:12:58. > :12:59.surprised that the honourable gentleman, in his first
:13:00. > :13:07.but I very much hope he will use more measured language,
:13:08. > :13:11.rather than spreading this kind of inappropriate rumour.
:13:12. > :13:16.The interim period referred to was the period during whhch the
:13:17. > :13:21.We won't get new doctors coling under this increased
:13:22. > :13:26.allocation until 2023, and during that time, clearly,
:13:27. > :13:30.we will need to use all measures to ensure that we fill the spaces
:13:31. > :13:33.that I acknowledge we have over several of our hospitals.
:13:34. > :13:35.We have seen 8,000 fewer nurses trained,
:13:36. > :13:40.student nurse bursaries set to be cut, a reliance on agency staff
:13:41. > :13:46.and now, after six years, they are talking about self-sufficiency.
:13:47. > :13:48.So, can they tell us, post-Brexit, given that there were concerns
:13:49. > :13:52.that these plans did not go far enough, can he tell us what steps
:13:53. > :13:55.he will be taking to ensure that no staff from the EU
:13:56. > :14:00.And will the NHS, post-Brexht, still be able to recruit
:14:01. > :14:10.Health ministers have been very clear to reassure all those 53, 00
:14:11. > :14:13.EU citizens who are working within our NHS that their
:14:14. > :14:21.Regarding the position on clinicians, and I remind
:14:22. > :14:25.the honourable gentleman th`t although we have some vacancy rates
:14:26. > :14:29.which are acknowledged, we now have 7,800 more constltants
:14:30. > :14:33.employed in the NHS than there were in May 2010.
:14:34. > :14:37.We have 8,500 more doctors than in May 2010,
:14:38. > :14:44.and over 10,500 more nurses working on our wards.
:14:45. > :14:46.I welcome the 25% expansion in medical student places,
:14:47. > :14:52.but reject tying this to the elimination of 25%
:14:53. > :14:55.of overseas doctors who currently work in our NHS.
:14:56. > :15:01.The Secretary of State must know that with 10% of posts unfilled
:15:02. > :15:03.and ever-rising patient dem`nd, we will always need international
:15:04. > :15:10.Does he not recognise that he is creating unrealistic
:15:11. > :15:17.expectations and conflict whth this British-only medical servicd idea?
:15:18. > :15:24.The announcement last week was about adding more doctors to be trained to
:15:25. > :15:28.our UK based. We are not ch`nging any of the present arrangemdnts
:15:29. > :15:33.regarding international students being trained here or doctors and
:15:34. > :15:37.nurses working here. Does mx right honourable friend agreed with me
:15:38. > :15:43.that the government has a moral obligation to end the raid on poorer
:15:44. > :15:48.countries for their doctors and nurses? He is absolutely right to
:15:49. > :15:51.say that. I find it extraordinary that the party opposite says that
:15:52. > :15:56.our plan to train more doctors was nonsense. We currently have 800
:15:57. > :16:01.doctors in the NHS from Sri Lankan, 600 from Nigeria, 400 from Sudan,
:16:02. > :16:04.they are doing a brilliant job and I want them to continue but wd have to
:16:05. > :16:07.ask ourselves whether it is ethical for us to continue to recruht
:16:08. > :16:10.doctors from much poorer cotntries that really need their skills?
:16:11. > :16:11.You're watching Tuesday In Parliament,
:16:12. > :16:20.Ian Hislop and Richard Brooks from the satirical magazine,
:16:21. > :16:22.Private Eye, have been urging MPs to shut the so-called
:16:23. > :16:27.revolving door between the civil service and private firms.
:16:28. > :16:30.Private Eye has been investhgating how some civil servants go on
:16:31. > :16:33.to well-paid jobs in the sector they had dealings with
:16:34. > :16:38.Early in the proceedings, the committee chairman asked
:16:39. > :16:44.the journalists to go easy on criticising individuals.
:16:45. > :16:51.Can I make a general request that we are circumspect about making
:16:52. > :16:56.implications about individu`ls? You up protected by Parliamentary
:16:57. > :16:59.privilege. And you are addrdssing two people from Private eye.
:17:00. > :17:05.Attacking individuals is sort of what we do. I appreciate th`t. We've
:17:06. > :17:11.had the professors in. Now xou have us. Having you in here is lhke
:17:12. > :17:16.having a wayward dog off thd lead. That's flattering. Given th`t people
:17:17. > :17:17.are not going to have the opportunity to respond in epual
:17:18. > :17:19.measure. The journalists complained
:17:20. > :17:21.that Advisory Committee on Business Appointments had not
:17:22. > :17:35.rejected any requests from public Out of 700 possibles, they've turned
:17:36. > :17:38.no one down. So no job which anyone has taken, no minister, no civil
:17:39. > :17:43.servant is in anyway a conflict of interest or unsuitable. Just none.
:17:44. > :17:55.So the system is obviously working absolutely brilliantly. How
:17:56. > :17:58.effective do you think it is in policing the boundary betwedn public
:17:59. > :18:05.and private sector? I don't think it's effective at all. It's an
:18:06. > :18:07.advisory body. It requires people to disclose information about
:18:08. > :18:16.themselves which they often don t do. And it has no sanctions. I can't
:18:17. > :18:21.see that it works. Could it not be that those things which wouldn't get
:18:22. > :18:29.through decide on balance they might do better not to ask. No, bdcause
:18:30. > :18:34.we've seen some of the things that did get through and they ard
:18:35. > :18:38.shocking. Pages and pages of them. Defence industry outsourcing,
:18:39. > :18:44.banking. It's pretty disgraceful. I don't think there are many landarins
:18:45. > :18:47.sitting there saying I won't take that job because of what might be
:18:48. > :18:53.said to me. That's simply not happening. It's now routine. The
:18:54. > :18:59.question was, how is it cophng with the boundary. It's not. It's melting
:19:00. > :19:06.away any boundaries that exhsted. We now have this stage where the
:19:07. > :19:12.revolving door is now so accepted that there is no real distinction.
:19:13. > :19:15.You have very senior people responsible for very import`nt areas
:19:16. > :19:18.of public policy, who just see their public role as one part of `
:19:19. > :19:20.portfolio career. There was high praise, indedd,
:19:21. > :19:30.from a Labour committee member. In balance to the chairman's lesson,
:19:31. > :19:35.which is welcome, I have bedn a beneficiary of privatised shnce
:19:36. > :19:40.almost your first edition and you've provided a unique source of
:19:41. > :19:46.information over those years. I believe that in this instance and in
:19:47. > :19:53.many others you are doing a job that politicians have failed to do. The
:19:54. > :19:56.politicians of all covers, dither item of cowardice or self-interest.
:19:57. > :20:00.It's a very nice tribute. I would say that my colleague, Rich`rd,
:20:01. > :20:04.should take most of the record for that. He's a classic exampld of
:20:05. > :20:07.someone who was a fairly senior civil servant. We decided r`ther
:20:08. > :20:10.than go for a leading accountant or missile company, he would look work
:20:11. > :20:19.for prime time, which is a terrible career choice. And it shows that
:20:20. > :20:21.it's possible. It's possibld not take the none money.
:20:22. > :20:22.Ian Hislop, the editor of Private Eye.
:20:23. > :20:26.A Labour MP is calling for ` change in the law so that killers
:20:27. > :20:28.are denied parole if they rdfuse to reveal the location
:20:29. > :20:30.of their victims' bodies Conor Mcginn wants to bring
:20:31. > :20:32.in what's become known as Helen's Law.
:20:33. > :20:35.It's named after Helen McCotrt, who was abducted and killed
:20:36. > :20:42.Simms was convicted by overwhelming DNA evidence, but never admhtted
:20:43. > :20:47.what he did or disclosed the whereabouts of the
:20:48. > :20:52.The victim's mother, Marie LcCourt, has since campaigned
:20:53. > :21:02.for a change in parole terms, as Conor McGinn explained.
:21:03. > :21:08.As Marie has so eloquently `nd repeatedly said, this campahgn is
:21:09. > :21:12.not just about them but injtring others who find themselves hn such
:21:13. > :21:16.horrific circumstances do not have this added pain visited upon them.
:21:17. > :21:21.Just yesterday, the Home Office revealed to me that there h`d been
:21:22. > :21:26.30 murders when nobody had been recovered in England and Wales since
:21:27. > :21:30.2007 alone. But as it currently stands, the English legal sxstem
:21:31. > :21:37.does not require a convicted murderer at the end of their tariff,
:21:38. > :21:40.to reveal the location of a victims remains before being releasdd. Marie
:21:41. > :21:43.believes that his parole is granted to Helen's killer, who hopes of
:21:44. > :21:44.finding her daughter will ndver be realised.
:21:45. > :21:48.Conor McGinn explained the changes he wanted to sed.
:21:49. > :21:55.In essence, the proposals are simple. If a convicted killdr
:21:56. > :21:59.refuses to give information, they should not be considered elhgible
:22:00. > :22:04.for parole and they should stay in prison. Effectively, it would mean a
:22:05. > :22:08.life tariff for murderers who refuse to disclose the location of their
:22:09. > :22:09.victims and enable their relains to be recovered the families a chance
:22:10. > :22:11.to pay their last respects. Mr McGinn won the right
:22:12. > :22:14.to take his bill forward, but it will only become law if it
:22:15. > :22:16.gets Government backing. A minister has hinted
:22:17. > :22:18.that the long-awaited decishon on expanding airport capacity
:22:19. > :22:21.in the south east of England After years of deliberations
:22:22. > :22:27.and delays, it's thought we'll know in the next few weeks
:22:28. > :22:29.whether the Government favotrs a third runway at Heathrow
:22:30. > :22:34.or a second at Gatwick. At question time in the Lords,
:22:35. > :22:48.peers were clearly hoping to be put The government is committed to
:22:49. > :22:54.delivering the infrastructure prospects -- projects the country
:22:55. > :23:00.needs. Including delivering runway capacity on the timetable sdt out by
:23:01. > :23:03.the airports commission. It is vitally important we get thd
:23:04. > :23:09.decision right. The governmdnt commissioned extra work, looking at
:23:10. > :23:12.the three options short listed by the commission. Ministers are
:23:13. > :23:19.carefully considering all evidence and will be in a position to
:23:20. > :23:23.announce a preferred scheme shortly. It sounds as if we are getthng
:23:24. > :23:32.closer. Wouldn't it be wonddrful if this was the last time that I asked
:23:33. > :23:40.the same question? About thd third runway at Heathrow. Wouldn't it be
:23:41. > :23:45.more wonderful, and the last time I got the same answer. I agred with
:23:46. > :23:54.the sentiments my noble fridnd expresses. Last time, he sahd that
:23:55. > :24:00.shortly would be soon. Is it any sooner? Well, I suspected this
:24:01. > :24:05.question may come up and I've been thumbing through my thesaurts which
:24:06. > :24:09.is quite well read. All I c`n say is, perhaps shortly will also mean
:24:10. > :24:15.imminently. What is the current status of the Conservative Party
:24:16. > :24:20.pledge of 2009, no ifs, no buts no third runway at Heathrow? H`s the
:24:21. > :24:24.noble Lord is aware, the prdvious primer Mr made that statement when
:24:25. > :24:31.he was looking at a very different proposition. Since then, thd
:24:32. > :24:33.commission has reported back. It has presented three viable options and
:24:34. > :24:39.as I've said already, the government will be looking to make a c`ll on
:24:40. > :24:43.Southeast capacity shortly. With the noble Lord confirm that in laking
:24:44. > :24:47.this decision the government will consider the possibility of one of
:24:48. > :24:55.the two Heathrow options and Gatwick? We probably need both of
:24:56. > :24:58.them. In reality, if one of the Heathrow options is chosen, the
:24:59. > :25:04.legal objections might drag it on. At least we can drag -- get on with
:25:05. > :25:07.one airport in the meantime. Can you confirm rumours that the current
:25:08. > :25:12.Foreign Secretary is going to go back on his promise to lie hn front
:25:13. > :25:18.of the bulldozers if Peter hs chosen? My right honourable friend
:25:19. > :25:22.the Foreign Secretary has a very important job at a Foreign Secretary
:25:23. > :25:30.and he's doing a sterling job in that respect. As far as the issue
:25:31. > :25:35.about expansion is concerned, the commission reported back on the need
:25:36. > :25:38.to increase capacity by 2030 with the addition of one runway hn the
:25:39. > :25:41.south-east and that is wherd the government's decision is focused.
:25:42. > :25:44.Time for me to fly off now, but do join me again tomorrow,
:25:45. > :25:47.when, among other things, we'll have the highlights
:25:48. > :25:49.But for now, from me, Alicia McCarthy, goodbye.