0:00:21 > 0:00:25Hello there and welcome to the programme. Coming up, Boris Johnson
0:00:25 > 0:00:30says Britain will respond robustly if it's found that the Russian state
0:00:30 > 0:00:35was involved in the suspected poisoning of a former spy and his
0:00:35 > 0:00:39daughter in Wiltshire.It is clear that Russia, I may fray, is now in
0:00:39 > 0:00:44many respects a maligned and disruptive force.Pressure is
0:00:44 > 0:00:49mounting on the Government to intervene in the proposed for 4p
0:00:49 > 0:00:54takeover of the British defence engineering giant GKN. And there is
0:00:54 > 0:00:58anger and the comments after the big freeze led to the big burst, leaving
0:00:58 > 0:01:02thousands of customers without running water.There is absolutely
0:01:02 > 0:01:06no excuse for water company is making huge profits not being able
0:01:06 > 0:01:10to preside -- provide the resilience that would protect businesses and
0:01:10 > 0:01:14residents around the country.But first, the Foreign Secretary says
0:01:14 > 0:01:19the UK will respond appropriately and robustly should evidence emerged
0:01:19 > 0:01:22of state involvement in the apparent poisoning of a former Russian double
0:01:22 > 0:01:28agent. Boris Johnson was answering an urgent question in the Commons
0:01:28 > 0:01:33about the incident on Sunday. When the spy and his daughter were found
0:01:33 > 0:01:39unconscious on a bench in Salisbury Wiltshire. Russia insists it had no
0:01:39 > 0:01:43information on what could have led to the incident. The former agent
0:01:43 > 0:01:47to's wife, son and older brother have all died in the past two years.
0:01:47 > 0:01:55He was granted refuge in the UK following ace -- in 2010.Honourable
0:01:55 > 0:02:02members will note that the death in 2006 of his son and while it would
0:02:02 > 0:02:06be wrong to prejudge the investigation, I can read you sure
0:02:06 > 0:02:11the House that should evidence emerged that implies a state
0:02:11 > 0:02:13responsibility, that her majesties Government will respond
0:02:13 > 0:02:19appropriately and robustly.Britain he argued had been at the forefront
0:02:19 > 0:02:23of imposing tough sanctions on the Russian regime. He refused to go
0:02:23 > 0:02:28into the details of this specific case but.I know members will have
0:02:28 > 0:02:35their suspicions. And what I will say to the House is that if those
0:02:35 > 0:02:38suspicions proved to be well-founded, and then this
0:02:38 > 0:02:40government will take whatever measures we deem necessary to
0:02:40 > 0:02:46protect the lives of the people in this country, our values and our
0:02:46 > 0:02:52freedoms. And it fell I am not narrow pointing fingers because we
0:02:52 > 0:02:56cannot Mr Speaker, point fingers. I say to governments around the world
0:02:56 > 0:03:03that no attempt to take innocent life on UK soil will go either
0:03:03 > 0:03:09unsanctioned or unpunished.If the MP who asked if the urgent question
0:03:09 > 0:03:14said there were 14 other deaths which journalists had exhibited to
0:03:14 > 0:03:19Russian elements.We are seeing a pattern here of what the KGB would
0:03:19 > 0:03:23refer to as demoralise, destabilise, and normalise. Does my right
0:03:23 > 0:03:27honourable friend agree with me that this is a form of soft war that
0:03:27 > 0:03:32Russia is now conducting against the West?It is clear that Russia, I'm a
0:03:32 > 0:03:38freight, is now in many respects a maligned and disruptive force. The
0:03:38 > 0:03:45UK is in the lead across the world in trying to counteract that. I had
0:03:45 > 0:03:50to say it is sometimes difficult given the strong economic pressures
0:03:50 > 0:03:55that our -- are exerted by Russia's hydrocarbons on other European
0:03:55 > 0:03:59economies. The difficulties we sometimes have in trying to get our
0:03:59 > 0:04:02points across, but we do get our points across and there has been no
0:04:02 > 0:04:07wavering in the sanctions of the regime that had been imposed by
0:04:07 > 0:04:11European countries and nor will there be any wavering as long as the
0:04:11 > 0:04:16UK has a say in it.Several Labour MPs referred to mosh should --
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Russian lender -- Russian money being laundered through the UK and
0:04:19 > 0:04:25sloshing about in the carbon market. Can the Foreign Secretary saying
0:04:25 > 0:04:27that he can't just patterns himself on the back and that we will
0:04:27 > 0:04:35complacent and that we must do more to prevent more?Can I think get --
0:04:35 > 0:04:38can I ask people secretary to think more of the nineteen thirties? I
0:04:38 > 0:04:43think this period there where marching through now is probably as
0:04:43 > 0:04:49dangerous as the 1930s and Russia is the new Germany. And a leader that
0:04:49 > 0:04:54is very unpredictable with a leader that is very predictable to take
0:04:54 > 0:04:58America and free will.Is it not time to review whether we continue
0:04:58 > 0:05:02to sit on the UN Security Council to have Russia in a position to decide
0:05:02 > 0:05:09whether or not actions that we take with our military are lawful?I must
0:05:09 > 0:05:17say... I figured if things turn out to be as our many members suspect
0:05:17 > 0:05:22where they are, to return to that formula, I think we will have to
0:05:22 > 0:05:27have a serious conversation about our engagement with Russia. And from
0:05:27 > 0:05:33my own part, I think it will be very difficult to see how thinking a head
0:05:33 > 0:05:40to the World Cup this July, I think it will be very difficult to imagine
0:05:40 > 0:05:44that UK representation at that event can go ahead in the normal way. We
0:05:44 > 0:05:48will certainly have to consider that.A source close to Mr Johnson
0:05:48 > 0:05:53later said he was talking about a scenario in which British officials
0:05:53 > 0:05:56and dignitaries may not attend, adding he is not seeking to push for
0:05:56 > 0:06:04the team to be withdrawn from the tournament. Now, the sudden thought
0:06:04 > 0:06:06following the recent freezing weather has led to thousands of
0:06:06 > 0:06:10homes across the UK being left without water. Engineers have been
0:06:10 > 0:06:14battling to deal with leaks and burst pipes. Some areas have been
0:06:14 > 0:06:18without supplies for several days with people relying on emergency
0:06:18 > 0:06:23supplies of bottled water. In the comments, MPs demanded a public
0:06:23 > 0:06:27inquiry, stronger price for the regulator of watch, and proper
0:06:27 > 0:06:33compensation for those -- can't -- composition for those impacted.I
0:06:33 > 0:06:37recognise this is been a difficult time for businesses and residences.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41We expect off water to formally review the companies this period.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47This will be a the review as was identifying the problems. Also to
0:06:47 > 0:06:50see examples of preparation shared across the sector. The Government
0:06:50 > 0:06:53will consider any recommendations from the review and act decisively
0:06:53 > 0:06:55to adjust any shortcomings exposed.
0:06:57 > 0:07:04Lu with the Government respond and will that --Mr Speaker, can the
0:07:04 > 0:07:11Minister line say that packages will be available to cub -- customers,
0:07:11 > 0:07:16some led to seek temporary accommodation? And how those
0:07:16 > 0:07:20businesses lost a day pass and trade will be comes fitted on Richard this
0:07:20 > 0:07:24will not happen again.With the Environment Secretary highlighting
0:07:24 > 0:07:29to the industry last week that on a normal day, 3 billion L of water are
0:07:29 > 0:07:36lost two weeks. What can be done to ensure better regulation,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39particularly tackling that huge amount of water loss on a yearly
0:07:39 > 0:07:44basis?Customers in parts of England had gained £150 of north of the
0:07:44 > 0:07:48border than they are in Scotland and they are not getting the service
0:07:48 > 0:07:54provided. It may be, Mr Speaker, that the service in England is
0:07:54 > 0:07:57shareholder driven whereas in Scotland thanks to the foresight of
0:07:57 > 0:08:01successive governments of all parties and the Scottish Parliament,
0:08:01 > 0:08:06we have maintained a Scottish water supply on the public ownership and
0:08:06 > 0:08:12public...They made pre-tax profits of three and is house last year.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17There's simply no skews for having robust emergency plans in place. The
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Phillies this week have been appalling, they have expose an
0:08:21 > 0:08:25organisation which is not fit for purpose. With the Minister not
0:08:25 > 0:08:28commit to ensuring automatic compensation for all Thames water
0:08:28 > 0:08:33customers who have been without water this week and to look at our
0:08:33 > 0:08:38water interest -- industry do look at its resilience for future
0:08:38 > 0:08:42emergencies?I am anger with them as well. This is a recurring pattern.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47There has been a change in ownership and leadership. I am absolutely
0:08:47 > 0:08:49determined that Thames water customers receive a far better
0:08:49 > 0:08:54service than they have today.Record amounts have been invested into our
0:08:54 > 0:09:00water system and far more than ever when this industry was stated. Our
0:09:00 > 0:09:04water supplies are amongst the best and cleanest in the world. Having
0:09:04 > 0:09:07said that, it seems to me that in this case given that the weather was
0:09:07 > 0:09:14well predicted, that water supply companies have been caught for
0:09:14 > 0:09:19automatic compensation should be paid.There is absolutely no excuse
0:09:19 > 0:09:22for water companies making huge profits not being able to present
0:09:22 > 0:09:26that provide the resumes that would have protected businesses and
0:09:26 > 0:09:30residents -- residents around the country.The Government has been
0:09:30 > 0:09:32accused of threatening women at hunger strikes at the immigration
0:09:32 > 0:09:39centre with accelerated deportation. The accusation came from the Shadow
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Home Secretary, Diane Abbott. The facility in Bedfordshire has his
0:09:43 > 0:09:47women in family groups as was a small number of men who arrived in
0:09:47 > 0:09:52Britain as clandestine migrants on freight lorries. Some women at the
0:09:52 > 0:09:55site are protesting about the conditions and medical access. The
0:09:55 > 0:09:59company which runs the centre has said some women were refusing to eat
0:09:59 > 0:10:04in the restaurant but it was not a hunger strike.Newspaper reports
0:10:04 > 0:10:08show a letter that has been sent to these women by the Home Office. The
0:10:08 > 0:10:13lotus root produced in some media outlets. It's a signed letter on the
0:10:13 > 0:10:19Home Office headed paper. It begins by stating that", as you are
0:10:19 > 0:10:29currently refusing feud and fluids", this may lead to your case being
0:10:29 > 0:10:34celebrated. This sounds to some of us on this side of the House, like
0:10:34 > 0:10:39punitive deportations for women who have dared to go on hunger strikes.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42The Minister said the letter was part of Home Office guidance and
0:10:42 > 0:10:47have been published for wine in November.Nobody wants detainees to
0:10:47 > 0:10:51be at any risk. It is important that they should not regard that as a
0:10:51 > 0:10:55route to prevent removal from this country. As I said very clearly in
0:10:55 > 0:11:01my opening statement, ensuring that individuals abide by rules is an
0:11:01 > 0:11:12essential part of our immigration system.The lab scale of people is
0:11:12 > 0:11:16frankly a stand in our democracy and an affront to the rule of law. This
0:11:16 > 0:11:22most recent incident is far from the first example and it will not be the
0:11:22 > 0:11:28last unless there is radical change. Why does the UK detained more than
0:11:28 > 0:11:33any other European country? Like in any other EU country manage this but
0:11:33 > 0:11:36not the UK? Why does the Government continued to detain vulnerable
0:11:36 > 0:11:42people angry victims of torture. It is time for radical reform of the UK
0:11:42 > 0:11:47immigration detention regime and it is time for a minute.The Minister
0:11:47 > 0:11:51said all cases were considered on a case-by-case basis. And welfare was
0:11:51 > 0:12:05absolutely at the forefront.
0:12:05 > 0:12:11After Prime the Minister raised questions about UK buzz my departure
0:12:11 > 0:12:22the EU. David Davis wasn't keen to answer questions from labour's at
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Davis about whether the UK with a EDU if Parliament voted that a final
0:12:26 > 0:12:35Brexit deal. In what was called a meaningful vote.I made very plain
0:12:35 > 0:12:40weathered meaningful vote means.I don't want to retract from that.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Will a meaningful vote mean no I recommend you go back...When he was
0:12:44 > 0:12:55a Minister colleague and a committee, well I am sorry about...
0:12:55 > 0:13:04Asking questions, there's no answer. Will there be an opportunity to
0:13:04 > 0:13:12suspend Article 50 in the event, there was in time for a meaningful
0:13:12 > 0:13:25vote will mean that you mean that... Another Labour MP said Ed needed
0:13:25 > 0:13:29clarity posts Brexit, putting but this jobs at risk. David Davis said
0:13:29 > 0:13:37he had spoken to the company's chief executive.From there 22, Winks from
0:13:37 > 0:13:49North Wales, I did not foresee any problem there with respect dividend
0:13:49 > 0:13:54have said that he had a problem. All I can tell you, is whether said to
0:13:54 > 0:14:01me.If I may finish my point, I appreciate that you want to reveal
0:14:01 > 0:14:04what was said in private during the negotiations, but he could be
0:14:04 > 0:14:09devastating for the public if they would reconsider their position in
0:14:09 > 0:14:13UK, can I ask if that even in a private conversation if you could
0:14:13 > 0:14:22provide a clarity deceived the jobs be protected?Like I said I had of
0:14:22 > 0:14:32conversation got obviously no Parliament, obviously, 19% of EU
0:14:32 > 0:14:35doctors are in the process of leaving.A lot of what we need to do
0:14:35 > 0:14:45is give them how do we give EU nationals and surety as to nothing
0:14:45 > 0:14:51that happened than it has to be repealed after 2019.Partly, it
0:14:51 > 0:15:00would be part of the treaty, the withdrawing agreement, historically
0:15:00 > 0:15:03British governments have not repudiate agreements in a cavalier
0:15:03 > 0:15:15manner.David Davis gave his top tips on how to negotiate.At the
0:15:15 > 0:15:19beginning of this process, I told a House, the wanted a debate there
0:15:19 > 0:15:22would be astonished as the hoplite was going to be in the next two
0:15:22 > 0:15:30years. I think the view that when public aggression, and negotiations
0:15:30 > 0:15:35doesn't go very well. It creates an attitude of genocide. And I avoided.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40What everybody else does is up to them. Mr is getting made different
0:15:40 > 0:15:52advise?David Davis. Now pressure is mounting on the Government, and
0:15:52 > 0:16:05opposed 7.5 S M 7.4 in the takeover of British signed GKN. During the
0:16:05 > 0:16:12hearing of the business committee, the www. Concern from a group of MPs
0:16:12 > 0:16:19who wrote the the secretary Clark to block the takeover.They're very
0:16:19 > 0:16:24clear national security implications. It's also about our
0:16:24 > 0:16:29future defence capability is moving forward. We have a plan for future
0:16:29 > 0:16:36gum unaware involved in, not just existing products, the Airbus
0:16:36 > 0:16:43industry elsewhere in Europe, but also involved in significant product
0:16:43 > 0:16:49development, are indeed 15 year... With contractors in the United
0:16:49 > 0:17:00States as well. It's about maximizing share of values. Eight if
0:17:00 > 0:17:03you can't go get away with it at somewhere well, that is not good for
0:17:03 > 0:17:13UK.What I know, is it buy, sell short term business model. We have a
0:17:13 > 0:17:16long-term business model where we invest in technologies for the
0:17:16 > 0:17:23long-term, I am an engineer, I worked, I have been on the board, I
0:17:23 > 0:17:30know what it takes in this business to deliver, and I know for a
0:17:30 > 0:17:40customer, a shorter programme is seven years, ten years or more.325.
0:17:40 > 0:17:49Yet we are a long-time business, long-term company, we take long-term
0:17:49 > 0:17:54relationships with universities, customers to run this business.The
0:17:54 > 0:17:57regulator said the level of debt involved in the deal raises
0:17:57 > 0:18:04concerns. To see ever do would be able to serve the £700 million
0:18:04 > 0:18:11pension deficit.There's a standard leveler we use in all our
0:18:11 > 0:18:17acquisitions.Can you understand in the current climate that people are
0:18:17 > 0:18:35worried?Yes.Do you understand, this is complete... You are going to
0:18:35 > 0:18:44funded with 20% extra debt?It is not extra debt, if I may say so.
0:18:44 > 0:18:57Combined £10 billion. Our position is that we manage all these
0:18:57 > 0:19:05businesses we manage these businesses,...What we aim to do,...
0:19:05 > 0:19:10We have an exemplary track record in terms of dealing with pension
0:19:10 > 0:19:16schemes. Over the past six -- 15 years every single pension scheme in
0:19:16 > 0:19:21our ownership, has left it and a much more secure financial position
0:19:21 > 0:19:37that it was before.FPs spent the afternoon on the energy, bill.
0:19:37 > 0:19:47-- M Pease.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55The business Secretary quoted from an investigation into the industry.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59The CMA identified a detriment to consider matters,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01that's to say how much consumers are overpaying compared
0:20:02 > 0:20:05to a fully competitive market.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08At an average of £1.4 billion a year.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Now, those paying in the default have are much more likely to be
0:20:12 > 0:20:16in reduced circumstances.
0:20:16 > 0:20:2380% of households with an income of less than £80,000 did not switch
0:20:23 > 0:20:2680% of households with an income of less than £18,000 did not switch
0:20:26 > 0:20:28supplier in the last three years.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Yes, I was relieved last week to finally see the Bill introduced
0:20:31 > 0:20:33to Parliament and I welcomed the Government's foray
0:20:33 > 0:20:35into a policy which it previously denounced as Marxist.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37But it remains the case that as a result of this
0:20:37 > 0:20:39government's inaction, millions of households have been
0:20:39 > 0:20:42left to scrape through this winter facing a choice between cold homes
0:20:42 > 0:20:51or astronomical bills.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53If the average saving between the cheapest Tartar
0:20:53 > 0:20:55and a standard-bearer is £300 per annum, then somebody else apart
0:20:55 > 0:21:05from he can do the maths to assess songs that are going to start
0:21:06 > 0:21:09from he can do the maths to assess sums that are going to start
0:21:09 > 0:21:11to recover from these companies are the customers.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12The Government is clear.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14It except that it accepts that what this legislation seeks
0:21:14 > 0:21:17to do in this country, impose a price cap within
0:21:17 > 0:21:18a liberalised energy market of long-standing,
0:21:18 > 0:21:19has never been done before.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21We are sailing into completely uncharted waters.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Should we not, therefore, proceed with some caution?
0:21:23 > 0:21:24The Bill does not.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29It sails off abandon trusting Ofgem to set the level of the cap.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33A major new power that has the potential to alter
0:21:33 > 0:21:42the UK energy market with its yet unknown consequences.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on the Government to work
0:21:45 > 0:21:52with United Nations to help the people of the Democratic of Congo.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55He told the House of Lords that there was anarchy across the
0:21:55 > 0:22:02country. He reflected on the situation there.My lords given the
0:22:02 > 0:22:07prevailing anarchy across the country. That seems impossible to
0:22:07 > 0:22:11control. And of which I was reminded in a conversation with the
0:22:11 > 0:22:19Archbishop of Congo this morning. 2 million refugees, some any
0:22:19 > 0:22:24casualties and immeasurable suffering over the last 20 years.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Would the Government use its influence over the other members of
0:22:28 > 0:22:40the UN council Security Council? For the Government Lord, said the
0:22:40 > 0:22:47priority was to protect civilians. In order to achieve this, we need to
0:22:47 > 0:22:53let -- make UNESCO a more effective force. To work with the newly
0:22:53 > 0:23:02appointed head of an restoring stability.In a country where so
0:23:02 > 0:23:07many people died in the second Congo war, identity have seen Djourou
0:23:07 > 0:23:15United Nations report where millions, of bodies, mutilated
0:23:15 > 0:23:28bodies... Some found and recognised only by hysterical colours. People
0:23:28 > 0:23:35live on less than 18p a day, isn't it kind of economic leverage, the
0:23:35 > 0:23:44Tao is unspeakable corruption, that's right my load on all
0:23:44 > 0:23:51occasions whenever we have contact with the Government, we emphasise
0:23:51 > 0:23:56the importance of human rights, that basically to have to keep -- clean
0:23:56 > 0:24:05their act.Finally banning wild animals and circus. We have come a
0:24:05 > 0:24:11long way from the 1930s when it lined tamers took to the ring
0:24:11 > 0:24:15wielding their website in the 1960s where elephants performed gravity
0:24:15 > 0:24:24defying tricks. But, according to the Department for the Environment,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27there are currently 18 wild animals a licence or travelling shows in
0:24:27 > 0:24:34England. And these include six reindeer, three camels, Tracy read,
0:24:34 > 0:24:41Rocco 's, Fox's, Ministers have previously announced that the inch
0:24:41 > 0:24:46year, that's right that the intent to ensure that it would be a band
0:24:46 > 0:24:51for 20,000 20. But there was an argument that there was no
0:24:51 > 0:24:53place -- 2020.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Is it right, I question, that we allow wild animals to travel
0:24:56 > 0:24:58around the country from temporary enclosures to circus tent and back
0:24:58 > 0:25:01to a lorry for a journey on to the next town?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03What sort of a life is that for animals such
0:25:03 > 0:25:04as zebras and camels?
0:25:04 > 0:25:09Without space to forage and interact with other animals
0:25:09 > 0:25:11of their own kind in the way that they would naturally,
0:25:11 > 0:25:21these wild animals cannot truly say to be wild.
0:25:24 > 0:25:35Her bill has a long way to go before it becomes law. That's it for me.
0:25:35 > 0:25:43For now, for new -- me, goodbye.