:00:10. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to Wednesday in Parliament.
:00:13. > :00:15.On this programme: Theresa Lay takes on Jeremy Corbyn in her first
:00:16. > :00:21.The Government's urged not to forget the people of Gibraltar
:00:22. > :00:26.when negotiating Britain's dxit from the EU.
:00:27. > :00:28.And fresh calls for a public inquiry into clashes
:00:29. > :00:36.between police and picketers during the miners' strike.
:00:37. > :00:42.I still have people come to my surgery in tears reliving the horror
:00:43. > :00:45.when they went with their f`milies to peacefully picket.
:00:46. > :00:48.But, first, to Theresa May's debut at Prime Minister's questions.
:00:49. > :00:50.In the week since Mrs May took over from David Cameron,
:00:51. > :00:53.she has held her first Cabinet, met the First Minister
:00:54. > :00:56.of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, and was about to fly to Gerlany
:00:57. > :00:59.At the start of the session Jeremy Corbyn congratulated Mrs May
:01:00. > :01:01.on becoming the second woman Prime Minister.
:01:02. > :01:07.Can I thank the right honourable gentleman for the welcome
:01:08. > :01:13.Can I say to him, he refers to me as the second woman Prime Mhnister.
:01:14. > :01:16.In my years here in this Hotse, I have long heard the Labour Party
:01:17. > :01:18.ask what the Conservative P`rty does for women.
:01:19. > :01:32.The Labour leader drew on the speech Theresa May made when she arrived
:01:33. > :01:38.The Prime Minister is rightly concerned, Mr Speaker, and she said
:01:39. > :01:40.this, "If you are black, you are treated more harshlx
:01:41. > :01:46.So, before appointing her new Foreign Secretary,
:01:47. > :01:49.did she discuss with him his description of black people
:01:50. > :01:50.as "piccaninnies" and why he questioned the motives
:01:51. > :01:58.of the US President Obama on his part Kenyan heritage?
:01:59. > :02:01.He refers to the remarks I lade and it is correct that
:02:02. > :02:04.if you are black you will bd treated more harshly in the criminal
:02:05. > :02:08.It is exactly why, as Home Secretary, I dealt
:02:09. > :02:13.I was concerned to make surd that nobody should be stopped
:02:14. > :02:16.and searched on the streets of this country because of the
:02:17. > :02:26.13 years of Labour did nothing on it.
:02:27. > :02:28.Mr Speaker, my question was actually about the language used
:02:29. > :02:46.In her speech on the steps of Downing Street, she also
:02:47. > :02:48.addressed insecure workers saying, "You have a job, but you don't
:02:49. > :02:52.Does that mean, to those people who are worried
:02:53. > :02:59.I am talking of the people that sent us here to serve them.
:03:00. > :03:02.Does that mean that she is proposing to scrap the employment tribunal
:03:03. > :03:06.fees, repeal the Trade Union Act or ban zero-hours contracts,
:03:07. > :03:11.as more than a dozen Europe`n nations have already done?
:03:12. > :03:14.That would help to give gre`ter job security to many very worridd
:03:15. > :03:41.I am interested that he refdrs to the situation of some workers
:03:42. > :03:43.who might have some job insdcurity and potentially unscrupulous bosses.
:03:44. > :03:46.I suspect that there are many members on the opposition bdnches
:03:47. > :03:48.who might be familiar with an unscrupulous boss.
:03:49. > :03:50.A boss who does not listen to his workers?
:03:51. > :03:53.A boss who requires some of his workers to double their workload?
:03:54. > :03:56.Maybe even a boss who explohts the rules to further his own career?
:03:57. > :04:04.Yesterday, the Institute for Fiscal Studies found th`t
:04:05. > :04:06.two-thirds of children living in poverty in Britain have `t least
:04:07. > :04:12.What, other than warm words, is she going to offer those
:04:13. > :04:16.families, those children who are hungry often and very
:04:17. > :04:27.Isn't it our duty to offer some hope and security to them?
:04:28. > :04:31.Yes, it is and we are concerned about those people, but the answer
:04:32. > :04:33.is not the Labour Party's answer of unlimited,
:04:34. > :04:44.The answer to the people who are in work and who are
:04:45. > :04:46.struggling and work, and the answer to those people
:04:47. > :04:49.who want to get into work is to have a strong economy,
:04:50. > :04:51.an economy that delivers jobs and that delivers well-paid jobs.
:04:52. > :04:54.That is why I can assure thd right honourable gentleman that
:04:55. > :04:57.on the side of the House we are focused on building ` country
:04:58. > :05:01.That is an economy that enstres that everyone can benefit
:05:02. > :05:03.from the nation's wealth, a society where everyone gets
:05:04. > :05:06.the opportunities they deserve and a democracy that everyone can
:05:07. > :05:11.Finally, I would just say to the right honourable gentleman,
:05:12. > :05:14.the Labour Party may be abott to spend several months of fighting
:05:15. > :05:20.The Conservative Party will be spending those months bringhng this
:05:21. > :05:25.The SNP's leader at Westminster looked to Theresa May's forthcoming
:05:26. > :05:30.meeting with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.
:05:31. > :05:32.Germany has the highest levdl of support of any continent`l
:05:33. > :05:38.European country for Scotland remaining in the European Union
:05:39. > :05:44.So, would the Prime Minister thank Chancellor Merkel for the interest
:05:45. > :05:49.of the members of her government and members of the Bundestag,
:05:50. > :05:54.their interest in having Scotland remaining within the EU,
:05:55. > :05:57.and will she assure the Chancellor and other heads of state
:05:58. > :06:01.and government that we in Scotland will do everything, everythhng
:06:02. > :06:08.that is necessary for us to remain in the EU?
:06:09. > :06:11.I have to say to the right honourable gentleman,
:06:12. > :06:14.because this is a line he h`s been taking for some time,
:06:15. > :06:17.he took it with my predecessor, I do find a little confusing,
:06:18. > :06:21.given that only two years ago in the Scottish referendum,
:06:22. > :06:24.that the Scottish National Party was campaigning for Scotland
:06:25. > :06:26.to leave the United Kingdom, which would have meant Scotland
:06:27. > :06:32.The final question went to the Liberal Democrat leader.
:06:33. > :06:36.He and Theresa May had both been unsuccessful candidates in the 992
:06:37. > :06:43.General Election for the se`t of North-West Durham.
:06:44. > :06:45.Can I genuinely warmly welcome the Prime Minister to her position
:06:46. > :06:49.and reflect that she has cole a long way since we were on the hustings
:06:50. > :06:57.She will reflect that she is possessing greater support hn this
:06:58. > :07:02.chamber than either of us got in Consett Working Men's Cltb?
:07:03. > :07:05.Today, there are reports that the new Brexit Unit will be
:07:06. > :07:10.hiring lawyers at a cost of ?5, 00 per head per day.
:07:11. > :07:15.Can I asked the Prime Minister whether she will be using
:07:16. > :07:17.the mythical ?350 million to pay the legal fees or is that
:07:18. > :07:20.still pencilled in for the NHS as promised by her
:07:21. > :07:25.Cabinet colleagues, who campaigned for Leave?
:07:26. > :07:28.I think it is absolutely right that we create a new Departlent
:07:29. > :07:34.to focus on the work of negotiating the United Kingdom leaving
:07:35. > :07:36.the European Union and that department will need
:07:37. > :07:38.to have the expertise necessary to undertake those negotiathons
:07:39. > :07:41.I say to the right honourable gentleman, I am very happy
:07:42. > :07:43.to remember the days that he and I spent campaigning
:07:44. > :07:46.in the General Election in North-West Durham.
:07:47. > :07:50.Little did the voters of North-West Durham know
:07:51. > :07:51.that the two candidates, unsuccessful candidates in that
:07:52. > :07:56.election would become leaders of two of this country's political parties,
:07:57. > :07:58.although as I would point ott to the right honourable gentleman,
:07:59. > :08:05.my party is a little bit bigger than his is!
:08:06. > :08:09.Meanwhile, the woman who has stepped into Mrs May's
:08:10. > :08:12.old job as Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has said she's
:08:13. > :08:16.still looking at whether to hold a fresh investigation
:08:17. > :08:19.into the police handling of what became known as 'Thd Battle
:08:20. > :08:24.of Orgreave' during the mindrs' strike in the mid-80s.
:08:25. > :08:27.About 10,000 strikers and 5,000 police officers clashed
:08:28. > :08:33.at the coking plant near Rotherham in South Yorkshire in June 0984
:08:34. > :08:37.More than 120 officers and pickets were injured.
:08:38. > :08:40.More than 90 miners were prosecuted, but they were subsequently `cquitted
:08:41. > :08:41.amid accusations that the protestors were "framed"
:08:42. > :08:50.The Home Secretary said she'd been in touch with those
:08:51. > :08:58.I can tell the right honour`ble gentleman that I have,
:08:59. > :09:00.today, I have written to the campaign secretary,
:09:01. > :09:03.Barbara Jackson, to say that I would be very happy
:09:04. > :09:05.to meet her and the campaign immediately after the summer recess.
:09:06. > :09:08.I would also be happy to medt the right honourable gentlelan
:09:09. > :09:10.to discuss this case, as I know this is something
:09:11. > :09:15.This is one of the most important issues in my intr`y
:09:16. > :09:18.as a new Home Secretary and I can assure him that I will be
:09:19. > :09:21.considering the facts very carefully over the summer.
:09:22. > :09:29.I hope to come to a decision as quickly as possible following that.
:09:30. > :09:31.A year ago, the IPCC found senior officers gave untrue statemdnts
:09:32. > :09:34.exaggerating violence from liners to distract from their own tse
:09:35. > :09:40.So the force that would wrongly blame Liverpool supporters tried
:09:41. > :09:51.to do the same against the miners five years beford.
:09:52. > :09:54.The South Yorkshire police had also been in charge of policing
:09:55. > :09:56.Hillsborough and a minister in the Lords told Peers
:09:57. > :09:58.than an inquiry into Orgreave couldn't be launched
:09:59. > :10:04.while until the Hillsborough investigations finished.
:10:05. > :10:07.Does she accept that there hs no reason why ongoing investig`tions
:10:08. > :10:12.And in similar situations it is commonplace for protections to
:10:13. > :10:17.Can you see why the Governmdnt's actions look like a Home Office
:10:18. > :10:19.manoeuvre to shunt a controversial issue into the long grass?
:10:20. > :10:23.What I am going to do is look at it over the summer and meet
:10:24. > :10:26.with the campaign group in September and reach a decision after that
:10:27. > :10:28.But he should not allow anybody to think that this means th`t
:10:29. > :10:32.We take it very seriously on the side of the House
:10:33. > :10:36.and will reach a proper conclusion when I have looked at the evidence.
:10:37. > :10:38.The name South Yorkshire Police now does a disservice to the honest
:10:39. > :10:41.hard-working officers who ptt themselves on the frontline.
:10:42. > :10:43.I appreciate that my right honourable friend is taking
:10:44. > :10:46.time over the summer to consider this enquiry.
:10:47. > :10:49.Can I ask, not to answer today because I know that she can't,
:10:50. > :10:52.but can I ask to consider that the time has come to rdorganise
:10:53. > :10:55.Yorksire policing and removd the name 'South Yorkshire Police'?
:10:56. > :10:58.My father was a West Midlands policeman in the 1980s and spent
:10:59. > :11:06.Clearly, where there is solhd evidence of police malpracthce,
:11:07. > :11:10.it must be dealt with effectively and with the full force of the law.
:11:11. > :11:14.But does the Home Secretary recognise the concerns of m`ny
:11:15. > :11:18.serving and retired police officers, what they perceivd
:11:19. > :11:23.of a political campaign with a predetermined outcomd?
:11:24. > :11:26.Well, my honourable friend raises an important point and, really,
:11:27. > :11:29.the answer to that is why I will take my time to come
:11:30. > :11:33.to what I feel will be a fair answer, looking
:11:34. > :11:39.There are serious allegations that have been made,
:11:40. > :11:45.Orgreave is in my constituency and I still have people comd
:11:46. > :11:49.to my surgery in tears reliving the horror when they went
:11:50. > :11:53.with their families to peacefully picket.
:11:54. > :11:56.The violent abuse they suffdred the vile media campaign aftdrwards.
:11:57. > :11:59.Please, will the Home Secretary give them the justice and the pe`ce
:12:00. > :12:06.The new Work and Pensions Sdcretary has said he will make a dechsion
:12:07. > :12:09.in the autumn on whether or not to proceed with plans to cap
:12:10. > :12:13.Housing Benefit for people living in supported housing.
:12:14. > :12:15.The plan was announced by George Osborne in last
:12:16. > :12:18.year's Autumn Statement, then put on hold while a review
:12:19. > :12:23.was carried out, but Labour has led fresh calls for the idea to dropped,
:12:24. > :12:28.warning that the cap would hit the most vulnerable.
:12:29. > :12:32.It will affect elderly citizens our Armed Forces veterans,
:12:33. > :12:36.those with disabilities, people with learning diffictlties
:12:37. > :12:39.and people with mental health problems.
:12:40. > :12:42.It will hit homeless people and it will jeopardise the safety of people
:12:43. > :12:48.I received a letter from the New Charter Housing Group
:12:49. > :12:52.that operates social housing in the Tameside part
:12:53. > :12:55.of my constituency and they hit the nail on the head in this letter
:12:56. > :12:59.where they say that, as a rdsult, they will not have the incole
:13:00. > :13:02.to sustain the provision of supported housing.
:13:03. > :13:08.Then they will inevitably sde the closure of some schemes,
:13:09. > :13:11.many of the supported and sheltered schemes in Tamesside become
:13:12. > :13:18.Isn't that exactly what is going to happen up and down the country?
:13:19. > :13:22.Is it not true that is important to do this review with Housing Benefit
:13:23. > :13:27.And this scaremongering that there is going to be ctts
:13:28. > :13:31.people don't actually know what the outcome is going to be
:13:32. > :13:37.So let's have a constructivd discussion during this
:13:38. > :13:47.review and give some certainty to the sector.
:13:48. > :13:49.He asked for two things in his speech.
:13:50. > :13:52.First of all, he asked me to change the policy now, and, secondly,
:13:53. > :13:55.he asked us to take the evidence first and then take a decishon.
:13:56. > :13:57.Now, I could either take ond of his pieces of advice
:13:58. > :14:01.or the other piece of advicd, but I really can't take both pieces
:14:02. > :14:04.of advice so I have decided to take the second piece of advice `nd look
:14:05. > :14:07.at the evidence first and then take a decision because that is, indeed,
:14:08. > :14:11.I have had discussions about this with Solihull carers,
:14:12. > :14:15.What they have told me is that they understand this
:14:16. > :14:18.is the first review to take place into this for ,0 years and they also
:14:19. > :14:22.is the first review to take place into this for 20 years and they also
:14:23. > :14:25.understand that the total bhll for Housing Benefit in this country
:14:26. > :14:28.is some ?25 billion and it hs right that we take time and we explore
:14:29. > :14:31.all the options and try and come to the best resolution.
:14:32. > :14:33.I expect to make an announcdment on the way forward in
:14:34. > :14:37.We are going to spend the stmmer looking at the evidence
:14:38. > :14:40.and I will make an announcelent in the early autumn.
:14:41. > :14:42.We require a solution that is flexible enough to leet
:14:43. > :14:44.the needs of service users and providers, while it rem`ins
:14:45. > :14:48.affordable for the taxpayer and delivers value for monex.
:14:49. > :14:51.Supported housing projects provide a range of people with vital support
:14:52. > :14:54.which saves this Government money in hospital beds, prisons
:14:55. > :14:59.As the honourable member made clear in the adjournment debate l`st
:15:00. > :15:02.Tuesday night, a wide range of service provision is unddr threat
:15:03. > :15:05.by the continued uncertaintx over this policy.
:15:06. > :15:08.I am appalled, Madam Deputy Speaker, that the people supported bx this
:15:09. > :15:11.sector are being put at risk by the lackadaisical 'speak now
:15:12. > :15:15.figure it out later' attitude that this Government
:15:16. > :15:20.I accept entirely that therd needs to be a review,
:15:21. > :15:26.We keep getting told we will make a decision in the spring,
:15:27. > :15:30.in the autumn and, in the mdantime, future provision is not being built
:15:31. > :15:33.because of the uncertainty `nd those existing provisions feel
:15:34. > :15:36.that the uncertainty makes their future a little
:15:37. > :15:46.You're watching Wednesday in Parliament with me, Alicia LcCarthy.
:15:47. > :15:49.The rights of the people of Gibraltar should be at the front
:15:50. > :15:52.of the queue when it comes to EU exit negotiations, MPs have
:15:53. > :15:58.The people of Gibraltar votdd overwhelmingly to Remain
:15:59. > :16:04.Gibraltar's ministers have demanded to be fully involved
:16:05. > :16:09.The Spanish government, meanwhile, has called for joint soverehgnty
:16:10. > :16:14.in the light of the UK's decision to Leave.
:16:15. > :16:16.The chair of the all-party group on Gibraltar at Westminster
:16:17. > :16:18.campaigned to leave the EU, but acknowledged opinion
:16:19. > :16:42.All the electorate in Gibraltar entitled to vote in the refdrendum
:16:43. > :16:47.96% voted to remain. Admittddly slightly less than the 98% who voted
:16:48. > :16:52.to remain British, but very impressive all the same. But for
:16:53. > :16:57.perspective it must be seen in the context of the UK as a hole where
:16:58. > :17:05.there were 17.4 million votds to leave, and as the Prime Minhster
:17:06. > :17:08.said, Brexit means Brexit. We understand the nervousness `nd fear
:17:09. > :17:12.a large number of people in Gibraltar are experiencing `t the
:17:13. > :17:16.moment. When the Chief Minister came to speak to the all-party group a
:17:17. > :17:23.few weeks ago he described grown men in tears at the result. Spahn has
:17:24. > :17:27.been obstructive regardless of principles and how the borddr
:17:28. > :17:33.operates will be to turn and between United Kingdom and Spain. The
:17:34. > :17:40.Spanish Foreign Minister crowed that the Spanish flag is now much closer
:17:41. > :17:44.to the rock. In reply the chief minister of Gibraltar replidd in his
:17:45. > :17:48.usual manner to all these threats and sovereignty, saying, another
:17:49. > :17:51.day, another stupid remark. I extremely disappointed by the way
:17:52. > :17:57.the Foreign Office pussyfoot around this matter. They spent thehr time
:17:58. > :18:01.summoning the Spanish ambassador and gave him a dressing down and then he
:18:02. > :18:04.went off and nothing changes. It is about time the Foreign Office had
:18:05. > :18:12.some courage and did somethhng and represented the people of Ghbraltar
:18:13. > :18:18.better. I thank the honourable gentleman for his interventhon and
:18:19. > :18:22.comments. This debate will give us all a chance to show our colmitment
:18:23. > :18:28.and eagerness to respond in a more robust fashion. Gibraltar mtst be
:18:29. > :18:34.included in all of those discussions, at the start. Hf it is
:18:35. > :18:38.not then there is no question about it, the government in Madrid,
:18:39. > :18:42.particularly the existing government in Madrid, will try to scupper any
:18:43. > :18:47.negotiations on the basis of trying to force our government to give some
:18:48. > :18:54.sort of concession over Gibraltar. That cannot happen. It would be
:18:55. > :18:58.welcome at some point to sed a sense of the trilateral conversathon
:18:59. > :19:02.happening again. I know that it is fraught but it is very important to
:19:03. > :19:07.talk and have discussions. But I also believe the town is crtcial. I
:19:08. > :19:14.hope that members will be hdlpful in regarding their town. We must
:19:15. > :19:21.remember the geography of Ghbraltar -- remembering their tone. @nd the
:19:22. > :19:28.fact that so many Spanish h`ve an intimate relationship with Gibraltar
:19:29. > :19:32.on a daily basis, that is the kind of thing we want to get tow`rds a
:19:33. > :19:37.practical discussion about what it means on a day to day basis, this
:19:38. > :19:43.new reality. Gibraltar did not get the desired outcome but I al pleased
:19:44. > :19:46.played its part in its historic decision and that speeches we have
:19:47. > :19:52.heard across this chamber rdflect a determination to make it for them. I
:19:53. > :19:55.want to deal with detailed hssues raised by this debate. I want to be
:19:56. > :19:59.absolutely clear that the ottcome of the referendum does not in `ny way
:20:00. > :20:04.diminish our steadfast and long-standing commitment to
:20:05. > :20:06.Gibraltar and its people. Shnce 1713 United Kingdom has always stood by
:20:07. > :20:08.Gibraltar and always will. The Romanian Ambassador says he s
:20:09. > :20:10."cautious" about predictions of a wave of Romanians coming
:20:11. > :20:13.to the UK before it leaves the EU. He estimated there were currently
:20:14. > :20:16.between 400,000 and 500,000 The Ambassador was facing qtestions
:20:17. > :20:20.from the Home Affairs committee which is looking
:20:21. > :20:36.into the implications The issue of the pull factor, of
:20:37. > :20:40.Britain exiting the EU, and therefore Romanians deciding they
:20:41. > :20:44.need to come here before exht. It is a serious one, is it not? Do you
:20:45. > :20:50.think there might be a surgd of people wanting to come in bdfore
:20:51. > :20:58.exit date? I would be very cautious about a wave of Romanians coming
:20:59. > :21:03.before the cut-off date. Sure. But we would not know. Is it not the
:21:04. > :21:06.case that as far as Romanians are concerned some may have passports,
:21:07. > :21:14.others, on the basis of identity documents. As with European
:21:15. > :21:17.citizens. Exactly. The same applies to British citizens going to the EU,
:21:18. > :21:21.they do not get stamps on their passport. Would you know whdre the
:21:22. > :21:27.remaining citizens are in the United Kingdom, do they all registdr with
:21:28. > :21:30.the embassy? No, because thdy travel freely as European citizens. So is
:21:31. > :21:34.that a practical problem, identifying who is here? It will be
:21:35. > :21:41.British authorities a very difficult issue. Because I don't belidve you
:21:42. > :21:43.will impose visas on tourists. He was asked about the reported
:21:44. > :21:53.rise in racist attacks The evidence you have, is it
:21:54. > :22:01.subsiding again or do we sthll encounter these problems, are there
:22:02. > :22:07.still attacks? We have no w`ve of attacks on a nine citizens. We had
:22:08. > :22:13.this incident in Norwich. -, attacks on remaining citizens. Wherd a store
:22:14. > :22:19.that was owned by Romanians was burnt. OK. I was in Norwich last
:22:20. > :22:23.Friday, with a colleague who is a minister for Romanians abro`d, we
:22:24. > :22:28.have such a post in our govdrnment. And it was impressive for md to see
:22:29. > :22:37.the solidarity of the local community in Norwich against such
:22:38. > :22:48.attacks. There was a wall ftll of hearts, they raised money, lore than
:22:49. > :22:57.?20,000, from the local comlunity. I think there was a strong re`ction,
:22:58. > :22:59.and this reaction will the nationwide, to see that there are
:23:00. > :23:02.integrated in the British community, and the British community do not
:23:03. > :23:06.want to give such a signal. Staying with the EU,
:23:07. > :23:08.it was announced on Wednesd`y that the UK is to relinquish
:23:09. > :23:10.its six-month presidency of the Council of the EU,
:23:11. > :23:13.which it was due to hold The presidency rotates
:23:14. > :23:16.between the 28 member states, giving each the opportunity to shape
:23:17. > :23:19.the agenda, by chairing sumlits Only the previous day,
:23:20. > :23:25.peers had asked whether the UK's So, following the announcemdnt,
:23:26. > :23:29.Labour called the minister to the Lords to explain
:23:30. > :23:43.what had happened. The noble Lord told us that
:23:44. > :23:48.ministers would discuss the issue of the presidency with EU colldagues
:23:49. > :23:52.but he also said, we remain a full member until negotiations are
:23:53. > :23:57.concluded, with the rights `nd responsibilities that this dntails.
:23:58. > :24:00.I happily said that at times holding the presidency could be
:24:01. > :24:05.uncomfortable for ministers, a bit embarrassing at times. But preparing
:24:06. > :24:10.to enter negotiations we must be as strong and influential as possible
:24:11. > :24:14.to get the best possible de`l and benefits for the UK. The government
:24:15. > :24:17.has decided that it would not be possible to chair discussions on the
:24:18. > :24:21.future of Europe in a dispassionate way when everyone around thd table
:24:22. > :24:25.knows our country is leaving the EU, it would not be in the interests of
:24:26. > :24:31.Europe or our own. Can my noble friend confirm that as a result of
:24:32. > :24:35.this decision, which I welcome, but not only will officials be `ble to
:24:36. > :24:42.concentrate on Brexit, but taxpayers will be saved the cost of the
:24:43. > :24:47.presidency, up to 100 million euros? Does this not show the importance of
:24:48. > :24:54.involving Parliament very soon in a comprehensive Brexit strategy? Will
:24:55. > :25:01.we be subject to salami slicing whereby when the decision to trigger
:25:02. > :25:06.Article 50 is made, whenever it is made, it will all be wrapped up
:25:07. > :25:10.without us? Does my noble friend realise that to change policy
:25:11. > :25:16.effectively in less than 12 hours is hardly treating this House with
:25:17. > :25:21.respect? Yesterday the answdrs which he gave, and I sure they were given
:25:22. > :25:27.in total good-faith, it was all to believe that whatever the ddcision
:25:28. > :25:30.it was sometime off. My lord, if trust is to be maintained and
:25:31. > :25:33.Parliament is to play a part we cannot have any more of this
:25:34. > :25:37.cavalier treatment by the government of either House of Parliament.
:25:38. > :25:39.Lord Bridges apologised if Lord Cormack thought Parliament
:25:40. > :25:41.was being treated in a cavalier fashion and said the Governlent
:25:42. > :25:44.fully intended to involve the Commons and the Lords
:25:45. > :25:53.That's it from me for now, until the same time