0:00:19 > 0:00:24Hello there and welcome to our round up of the day in Parliament. Coming
0:00:24 > 0:00:29up in the next half hour, after the failure to reach an interim Brexit
0:00:29 > 0:00:33deal, Labour reckons it's the DUP tail wagging the Government dog.
0:00:33 > 0:00:40What an embarrassment! The last 24 hours have given a new meaning to
0:00:40 > 0:00:45the phrase coalition of chaos.A review of counterterror intelligence
0:00:45 > 0:00:48draws an uncomfortable conclusion about the magister arena bombing --
0:00:48 > 0:00:53Manchester bombing.It is conceivable that the attack might
0:00:53 > 0:00:59have been averted had the cards fall indifferently.And the work Pensions
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Secretary says he will release documents on Universal Credit to a
0:01:02 > 0:01:08Commons committee. But first, it was not the appearance before MPs that
0:01:08 > 0:01:12the Government had been hoping for. There'd been some optimism that
0:01:12 > 0:01:15after Monday's talks, Theresa May will be able to come to the Commons
0:01:15 > 0:01:20and announced progress on Brexit. But such hopes were torpedoed when
0:01:20 > 0:01:25the DUP leader Arlene Foster made it clear to Theresa May at the last
0:01:25 > 0:01:29minute that she would not accept a deal which appeared to online
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Northern Ireland's trading wools with that of the Irish Republic
0:01:33 > 0:01:38instead of the UK -- trading rules. The aim had been to avoid bringing
0:01:38 > 0:01:43back customs posts and checks on the Irish border. And do so, it was the
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Brexit Secretary David Davis who appeared in the comments to insert
0:01:45 > 0:01:52an urgent question. He faced laughter and heckles from the Labour
0:01:52 > 0:01:56badges as he explained that talks were continuing.We held for the
0:01:56 > 0:01:59talks in Brussels in the past few days. Progress has been made. We
0:01:59 > 0:02:04have not yet reached a final conclusion. However, I believe we
0:02:04 > 0:02:08are now close to concluding the first phase of negotiations and
0:02:08 > 0:02:13moving on to talk about our future trade relations.That was and how
0:02:13 > 0:02:20Labour side.Mr Speaker, what an embarrassment. The last 24 hours
0:02:20 > 0:02:24have given a new meaning to the phrase coalition of chaos. Yesterday
0:02:24 > 0:02:27morning, Number ten was briefing that a deal would be signed. There
0:02:27 > 0:02:31was high expectation that the Prime Minister would make a triumphant
0:02:31 > 0:02:38statement to the House. By tea-time, we had 849 second press conference
0:02:38 > 0:02:42saying the deal was off.The problem, he argued, could be traced
0:02:42 > 0:02:48back to Theresa May's conference speech.That was when she recklessly
0:02:48 > 0:02:50select options like a customs union and a single market off the table
0:02:50 > 0:03:00and rolled out any... Yet maintain she could maintain a hard border in
0:03:00 > 0:03:03northern Ireland. Yesterday, the rubber hit the road. Will the Prime
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Minister now think her reckless red lights and put options such as a
0:03:07 > 0:03:14customs union and civil market back on the table? -- single market.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Because if the price of the Prime Minister's approach is the Rick
0:03:17 > 0:03:22above the union and reopening of bitter divides in Northern Ireland,
0:03:22 > 0:03:27the price is too high.The suggestion that we might leave part
0:03:27 > 0:03:35of the United Kingdom behind in the customs union, that is emphatically
0:03:35 > 0:03:38not something UK Government is considering. When the First Minister
0:03:38 > 0:03:41of Wales complained about or the First Minister of Scotland test
0:03:41 > 0:03:49something about battering the film independence, I say they are making
0:03:49 > 0:03:55a foolish mistake. No UK Government, let alone Conservative and Younes
0:03:55 > 0:04:05one. -- Younes one.It's no surprise that are circling around the Prime
0:04:05 > 0:04:10Minister because the Prime Minister has today been interviewed for the
0:04:10 > 0:04:15job of Scotland football manager for her fantastic ability to drop the
0:04:15 > 0:04:25feed from the jaws of victory. -- dry defeat. A government that
0:04:25 > 0:04:31refuses to give Parliament any say in the development in the
0:04:31 > 0:04:38negotiating position has now let that negotiating this should be
0:04:38 > 0:04:43dictated by a party in the smallest of these four nations.The British
0:04:43 > 0:04:46people are fed up to the back teeth with all of this. They want a
0:04:46 > 0:04:52solution. It may be that regulatory alignment is the solution, but if
0:04:52 > 0:04:54it's good enough for Northern Ireland, it is good enough for the
0:04:54 > 0:04:58rest of the country.The way to solve the border issue, protect the
0:04:58 > 0:05:05Good Friday Agreement and hold our United Kingdom together is to stay
0:05:05 > 0:05:11in the customs union and single market. Isn't it the case that the
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Government only has itself to blame for choosing to rule this option out
0:05:16 > 0:05:22what it does not have to? Putting the future of our country at risk.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26No surprise that the Dublin and the Irish government wishes advance its
0:05:26 > 0:05:30interests. The way that it has gone about it in such an aggressive and
0:05:30 > 0:05:37anti-union this way is disgraceful. It has setback relations and damaged
0:05:37 > 0:05:41the relationships within Northern Ireland in terms of the devolution
0:05:41 > 0:05:45settlement, and that is going to take a long time to repair. One of
0:05:45 > 0:05:48the good things that came out of yesterday is from all sides of this
0:05:48 > 0:05:53House, Labour, Conservative backbenchers to Marie Davidson,
0:05:53 > 0:05:58everybody, there is now an agreement that United Kingdom since together
0:05:58 > 0:06:01and nothing will happen that will cause the break up of this great
0:06:01 > 0:06:08United Kingdom.Does my right honourable friend sure my sense of
0:06:08 > 0:06:11gratitude to our friends in the Democratic Unionist Party who love
0:06:11 > 0:06:14helped her majesties Government secure its own policy in these
0:06:14 > 0:06:17negotiations. And as another centre that the red lines on maintaining
0:06:17 > 0:06:25the United Kingdom and a great story divergence when the benefits of
0:06:25 > 0:06:32leaving...The red demo for me, is delivering the best Brexit for
0:06:32 > 0:06:39Britain and that's what we will do -- the redline for me.David Davis
0:06:39 > 0:06:45called on rival parties to unite and speak with one voice in a bid to
0:06:45 > 0:06:49keep the UK in the single market. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Mike Russell said there was overwhelming support for this both
0:06:52 > 0:06:58at Holyrood and among the public. Scotland did not vote to leave the
0:06:58 > 0:07:02EU. The best solution would be to stay. In the continued move towards
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Brexit, there is overwhelming support in this Parliament and
0:07:04 > 0:07:08across the country to attain Scotland and the UK's place in the
0:07:08 > 0:07:12single market and customs union. I think they're fully decipher all of
0:07:12 > 0:07:17us, but here is Colin and across the UK, at this crucial time -- here in
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Scotland. Reject a hard Brexit. It is time for Scotland to speak with
0:07:21 > 0:07:24one voice and I would encourage all of us who realise that single market
0:07:24 > 0:07:29and customer union membership is vital to say so and to work to
0:07:29 > 0:07:33achieve it.Yesterday, the First Minister hastily took to Twitter to
0:07:33 > 0:07:40demand a separate Brexit deal for Scotland. Can the Minister explain
0:07:40 > 0:07:42how separate arrangements for Scotland and England will be
0:07:42 > 0:07:45beneficial to the rest of us given that trade with Britain is worth
0:07:45 > 0:07:49four times more to Scotland and the whole of the European Union?Our
0:07:49 > 0:07:55preference is to stay in the EU. If that is not what is to happen to him
0:07:55 > 0:08:00and I think the evidence for doing so is stronger and stronger, the
0:08:00 > 0:08:03whole UK approach staying in the customs Union is what will be
0:08:03 > 0:08:12required. Call it what you will. That would be the best solution. In
0:08:12 > 0:08:15the circumstances in which we are in today, that is also the best
0:08:15 > 0:08:20solution to resolve the difficulty that has arisen in Ireland and
0:08:20 > 0:08:29Northern Ireland.The SMP's Mike Russell. -- SNP. In the Welsh
0:08:29 > 0:08:35assembly...We cannot allow parts of the UK to be treated more favorably
0:08:35 > 0:08:43than others. We fully expect it remains the same everywhere. The UK
0:08:43 > 0:08:48Government was clearly looking to do a deal with the EU yesterday. That
0:08:48 > 0:08:52he was torpedoed by the DUP, which asked the question why it is that a
0:08:52 > 0:08:57small party in Northern Ireland has the ability to have a veto over what
0:08:57 > 0:09:04is good for the UK in terms of negotiations with the EU. We one
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Wales also to benefit from any distinct or special arrangements --
0:09:07 > 0:09:15we also want.Nobody in their right minds would want to see a hard
0:09:15 > 0:09:18border on Ireland. I know the First Minister agrees with me on that, but
0:09:18 > 0:09:23shifting a hard border eastwards is not a solution that would work for
0:09:23 > 0:09:32Wales and certainly not for my constituents.Now, away from Brexit,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35any report that the intelligence service and my five and the police
0:09:35 > 0:09:38have opportunities to police to prevent the Manchester bombing
0:09:38 > 0:09:46earlier this year -- have opportunities. The attack was
0:09:46 > 0:09:53carried out by Salman Abedi and make. Reports say he had been a
0:09:53 > 0:09:58subject of interest in my five on other occasions. The revelation came
0:09:58 > 0:10:07as the Home Secretary made comments. I would like to pay tribute to him
0:10:07 > 0:10:16and my five and the police, who worked tirelessly to keep us safe.
0:10:16 > 0:10:23They have now disrupted to do plots since the murder of leaving the
0:10:23 > 0:10:332013, 950 West Mr attack in March this year. -- 9 cents the
0:10:33 > 0:10:41Westminster attack. I received from them to him highly classified
0:10:41 > 0:10:48documents -- ten highly classified. In June, I commissioned David
0:10:48 > 0:10:54Anderson to provide independent assurance of an external challenge
0:10:54 > 0:10:58to the reviews. Based on the police reviews, David Anderson explains
0:10:58 > 0:11:04that in the case of the Westminster attack, Khalid Masood was a subject
0:11:04 > 0:11:12of interest as -- at the time of the attack. Police did not have any
0:11:12 > 0:11:15reason to anticipate the attack. Regarding the Manchester Arena
0:11:15 > 0:11:25attack, Simon Abedi was also a close subject of interest, and so not
0:11:25 > 0:11:30under active investigation. In early 2017, they nonetheless received
0:11:30 > 0:11:36intelligence on him which was assessed as not being related to
0:11:36 > 0:11:39terrorism. In retrospect, the intelligence can be seen to be
0:11:39 > 0:11:44highly relevant. Had investigation been reopened at the time, it cannot
0:11:44 > 0:11:53be known whether his plans could have been stopped. Based as it would
0:11:53 > 0:11:56have been unlikely. Across the attacks, including Manchester Arena,
0:11:56 > 0:12:04David Anderson notes that CT policing got a great deal rights.
0:12:04 > 0:12:11However, in relation to Manchester, he also commented that "It is
0:12:11 > 0:12:15conceivable that the attack might have been averted had the cards fall
0:12:15 > 0:12:25differently."She said of the actions to be taken... She added
0:12:25 > 0:12:28intelligence was imperfect.Not every attack can be stopped. As we
0:12:28 > 0:12:31do not live in a surveillance state, it would always be a challenge to
0:12:31 > 0:12:37law enforcement to stop determined attackers getting through. Despite
0:12:37 > 0:12:41this, we should remember that most attacks continue to be successfully
0:12:41 > 0:12:51disrupted.As David Anderson is, the policing got a great deal right. But
0:12:51 > 0:12:58he also says the Manchester attack in particular might have been
0:12:58 > 0:13:02averted had the cards fallen differently. We believe on this
0:13:02 > 0:13:08site, that is a telling phrase. As the Home Secretary noted, Salman
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Abedi was a close subject of interest, not under active
0:13:12 > 0:13:19investigation, but the intelligence came out in muscle for the attack
0:13:19 > 0:13:25which as David Anderson puts it, had its true significance been properly
0:13:25 > 0:13:32understood, with -- would have called an investigation to be
0:13:32 > 0:13:36reopened into them. In closing, I would like to think and give our
0:13:36 > 0:13:40respect on the side of the House on counterterrorism for their great
0:13:40 > 0:13:47work on these matters, but we have to repeat this does come down to
0:13:47 > 0:13:50resources. And resources not just for counterterrorism as such, but
0:13:50 > 0:13:53resources for community policing. You're watching Tuesday in
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Parliament with me. And don't forget, you can find previous
0:13:58 > 0:14:09programmes on the BBC I player.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12The last two elections have had one thing in common. They were not happy
0:14:12 > 0:14:17events for the pollsters. Anxious to find out why the Board committee on
0:14:17 > 0:14:21political polling have been holding an inquiry and their main witness
0:14:21 > 0:14:26was a face very familiar to election results programmes.Given our
0:14:26 > 0:14:32electoral system, the thing above all you have to get right is the
0:14:32 > 0:14:35conservative leader, but that is probably the most difficult thing to
0:14:35 > 0:14:41get right, but other things in 2015, and for example the astonishing
0:14:41 > 0:14:50success of the SNP, him which many people think this cannot happen. In
0:14:50 > 0:14:54the EU referendum, it is worth bearing in mind that if you take
0:14:54 > 0:14:59into account all of the polls that were conducted during the official
0:14:59 > 0:15:06campaign period, slightly more had Leave van remain Mac, and I think it
0:15:06 > 0:15:12is one of the mysteries of history and -- as to what would have
0:15:12 > 0:15:15happened if the referendum would have been on June 16. At which
0:15:15 > 0:15:19point, the vast majority of opinion polls were pointing to Leave being
0:15:19 > 0:15:23ahead, as to whether or not the polls would have been regarded as a
0:15:23 > 0:15:28success which told the country something that was anticipating...
0:15:28 > 0:15:33There was a bit of a swing back, but what is also true about 2016 is a
0:15:33 > 0:15:37lot of people were assuming that the polls were going to be wrong,
0:15:37 > 0:15:46because of the evidence that in some, but in all all referendums,...
0:15:46 > 0:15:49That expectation was exaggerated so I think insofar as there was
0:15:49 > 0:15:54something of a swing back, in the polls, in the last week of the
0:15:54 > 0:16:00referendum, albeit still too polls had Leave ahead, people said
0:16:00 > 0:16:04therefore it is obviously Remain are going to win. Any sensible person
0:16:04 > 0:16:15who looked at the final polls... We have also had the fax of two
0:16:15 > 0:16:21elections where the polling performed rather poorly in relating
0:16:21 > 0:16:28to its predictions, plus the zero referendum, which your own paper
0:16:28 > 0:16:31suggests are pretty inaccurate. This is a problem for polling or a crisis
0:16:31 > 0:16:39for polling, or should we just... I would suggest to you that even in
0:16:39 > 0:16:452017, the opinion polls told you an awful lot of things that it was
0:16:45 > 0:16:51useful to know. They told you, that actually, the public were changing
0:16:51 > 0:16:54their minds about the merits of the Leader of the Opposition and they
0:16:54 > 0:17:00told you that the public were changing their minds about the
0:17:00 > 0:17:04merits of the Minister.And being in the polling business, Professor
0:17:04 > 0:17:11Curtis framed his unquestioned.Our opinion pollsters are necessarily
0:17:11 > 0:17:18immune from the zeitgeist in which they live with but? I think
0:17:18 > 0:17:28certainly given that most of the changes that were made in the method
0:17:28 > 0:17:33-- methodology of the EU referendum tended to push the polls and a more
0:17:33 > 0:17:40Remain direction. Was there a risk that an industry that is
0:17:40 > 0:17:44middle-class and London-based and whether the zeitgeist... No one will
0:17:44 > 0:17:51be daft enough to leave the European Union. Whether or not the industry
0:17:51 > 0:17:57was in Leave, we have to ensure that this is right, because otherwise the
0:17:57 > 0:18:03London professional middle-class will be bad for people who occupy
0:18:03 > 0:18:11this building and they really will cruise the fires.Release documents
0:18:11 > 0:18:14about universal credits to a committee of MPs on a confidential
0:18:14 > 0:18:19basis. He was heeding calls and a liberal led debate to get
0:18:23 > 0:18:29which has been mired in criticism and controversy.Five reviews were
0:18:29 > 0:18:35carried out by the then major project authority between 2012-2015.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39These, as you know, our independent reviews, which provide assurance to
0:18:39 > 0:18:43major projects. They contain in-depth analysis of the
0:18:43 > 0:18:46implementation of a project, including detailed assessment of the
0:18:46 > 0:18:50risk phase and the progress that has been achieved against the
0:18:50 > 0:18:55government's the Jets this, in this case, to deliver the programme
0:18:55 > 0:19:00Universal Credit.The government refused a freedom of information
0:19:00 > 0:19:10request to review it.On the 30th of August, this year, the office ruled
0:19:10 > 0:19:15that this information must be disclosed by the Department in full,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19with the exception of the names of the civil servant named in the
0:19:19 > 0:19:26reports.I wonder if she agrees that the project right from the start has
0:19:26 > 0:19:32been one of the reasons why it has gone so badly wrong.My friend hits
0:19:32 > 0:19:39the nail on the head.There is a reason why report commissioned by
0:19:39 > 0:19:44the infrastructure and projects authority and the major projects
0:19:44 > 0:19:50authority have not been released by governments. The Public accounts
0:19:50 > 0:19:53committee has already recognised that there is a need to protect
0:19:53 > 0:19:58information that is commercially sensitive and for there to be a safe
0:19:58 > 0:20:03space for candid evaluation and debate.On this occasion, he will
0:20:03 > 0:20:08not be making an exception.In line with the motion before this house, I
0:20:08 > 0:20:14will provide by the time the House rises for Christmas recess, the
0:20:14 > 0:20:18reports directly to the working pension select committee. I just
0:20:18 > 0:20:24wish to point out to the shadow Secretary of State that her motion
0:20:24 > 0:20:31to require us to publish these reports. The dozen require us to lay
0:20:31 > 0:20:35out before the House.The committee chairs that he will not be seeking
0:20:35 > 0:20:40advice on the committee's obligations.We are in a totally new
0:20:40 > 0:20:44constitutional waters if the motion, which has now been accepted, so we
0:20:44 > 0:20:51can all go home in a minute, bring on the next business.And he
0:20:51 > 0:20:56reminded MPs about the backdrop to the debate, destitution and hunger.
0:20:56 > 0:21:06On Friday, the most brilliant and unnecessary organization, recorded a
0:21:06 > 0:21:09meeting of a husband, wife, and young child. The child was crying
0:21:09 > 0:21:17with hunger. The family was bad. The father -- the father said he was --
0:21:17 > 0:21:23it was a lucky week for him. He invited them to a funeral, so that
0:21:23 > 0:21:27they could finish off the food after the other funeral guests had been
0:21:27 > 0:21:34fed.One MP found his remarks very moving.I don't know where to start
0:21:34 > 0:21:38after that. I am humbled by the words from Mike Honorable
0:21:38 > 0:21:45Goodfriend. -- Mike. No government is perfect, no benefit system is
0:21:45 > 0:21:54perfect. But if we work together, we can make this better.Do rural
0:21:54 > 0:21:58communities fare worse than urban ones? Many peers clearly think so
0:21:58 > 0:22:02and at question time, Lady Jones challenged the Minister over what
0:22:02 > 0:22:06was being done to tackle poverty and countryside communities. She argued
0:22:06 > 0:22:13they were being left behind in comparison to cities.We know that
0:22:13 > 0:22:18is too low skilled and insecure and we know the board is making matters
0:22:18 > 0:22:23worse for those who work on the land and young people in rural areas
0:22:23 > 0:22:28don't have easy access to decent schools, to training opportunities,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32or post 16 education. The wind is the government going to accept their
0:22:32 > 0:22:36responsibility to tackle role poverty and the lack of social
0:22:36 > 0:22:43ability and the areas, which is holding a prosperity back?600,000
0:22:43 > 0:22:46fewer people are an absolute poverty, a record level. 200,000
0:22:46 > 0:22:51fewer children in absolute poverty, and 300,000 fewer working age adults
0:22:51 > 0:22:58in absolute poverty. 3 million more people in work, 954,000 fewer work
0:22:58 > 0:23:01lists homes. That is the way in which we will ensure that we have
0:23:01 > 0:23:06prosperity across this country. It is white rural areas have lower
0:23:06 > 0:23:12unemployment, it is white we are working extremely hard on a range of
0:23:12 > 0:23:15issues to ensure that there is a rural prosperity and I think this
0:23:15 > 0:23:23government is doing all it can to ensure that.Truly fast broadband in
0:23:23 > 0:23:28the countryside, not the Phantom speeds abandoned by open ridge,
0:23:28 > 0:23:33would lead to much greater jobs and increase in prosperity.The Minister
0:23:33 > 0:23:38said he had been told the same thing at a meeting just that morning.If
0:23:38 > 0:23:41we can crack connectivity, we have cracked almost everything. I
0:23:41 > 0:23:44entirely agree this is a challenge in rural communities and for
0:23:44 > 0:23:49business, but we are on track with 95% of UK homes and businesses to
0:23:49 > 0:23:52have access to superfast broadband by the end of this year will stop we
0:23:52 > 0:23:57are seeking to increase that to 97% over the next few years. The
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Universal service obligation I think is important as a safety net and we
0:24:01 > 0:24:04are looking at all sorts of innovative ways of getting to the
0:24:04 > 0:24:11hard-to-reach areas.House prices in rural areas, local working families
0:24:11 > 0:24:15are priced out of the market. The Right to Buy scheme has not led to
0:24:15 > 0:24:20new housing replacing those sold. There are now large numbers of
0:24:20 > 0:24:24essential workers unable to afford to live in rural areas. Will the
0:24:24 > 0:24:30government agree with me that it is time that the government provided
0:24:30 > 0:24:35homes for essential workers, such as care workers, teachers, nurses,
0:24:35 > 0:24:41firefighters, and front-line police officers?The government was putting
0:24:41 > 0:24:44money into housing to make sure that the people who work in the
0:24:44 > 0:24:50countryside and made communities tick had affordable homes. Finally,
0:24:50 > 0:24:55the former Olympics minister has resumed her seat in the Lords after
0:24:55 > 0:25:01treatment for brain cancer. She sits as a laser -- labour appear and was
0:25:01 > 0:25:11diagnosed in May.I do swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful
0:25:11 > 0:25:15and bear true allegiance to her Majesty, the Queen Elisabeth, her
0:25:15 > 0:25:24heirs, and successors, according to the law.There was a warm welcome
0:25:24 > 0:25:28after she signed the register and swore the oath of allegiance.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Formally resuming her seat. That brings us to the end of this edition
0:25:32 > 0:25:35of the programme, but do join me at the same time tomorrow for another
0:25:35 > 0:25:39round of the day at Westminster. Including the highlights from prime
0:25:39 > 0:25:42ministers questions and the next day of detailed debate on the EU
0:25:42 > 0:25:48withdrawal bill. But for now from me, goodbye.