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0:00:20 > 0:00:25Welcome to the programme. It's been a dramatic evening here at

0:00:25 > 0:00:28Westminster, with the first Secretary of State Damian Green

0:00:28 > 0:00:32resigning. Mr Green was one of Theresa May's closest allies,

0:00:32 > 0:00:36sitting next to her today at PMQs. He resigned from the Cabinet after

0:00:36 > 0:00:40an investigation found he breached the ministerial code. Before that

0:00:40 > 0:00:44news reached us, it was a busy parliamentary day. The government

0:00:44 > 0:00:50faced a rocky moment on Brexit. Let me make it very, very clear. If

0:00:50 > 0:00:54there is any attempt by this government to go back an amendment

0:00:54 > 0:00:57seven, I believe the rebellion will be even greater.The horror of an

0:00:57 > 0:01:03acid attack.There is nothing about me that I recognised. My identity as

0:01:03 > 0:01:10I knew it had gone.And Michael Gove unmasks a cheese traitor.I am

0:01:10 > 0:01:16concerned about your unpatriotic attitude towards Cheddar.But first,

0:01:16 > 0:01:19the final PMQs of 2017, but there was not much in the way of festive

0:01:19 > 0:01:24cheer.In 2009, the Prime Minister said it was a tragedy that the

0:01:24 > 0:01:28number of children falling into the poverty cycle was continuing to

0:01:28 > 0:01:32rise. Every child deserves a roof over their head and food on the

0:01:32 > 0:01:37table. Yet on her watch, in Wandsworth alone, the number of

0:01:37 > 0:01:41families forced to survive on food banks is continuing to rise, and two

0:01:41 > 0:01:48and a half thousand children, yes, children, will wake-up homeless on

0:01:48 > 0:01:54Christmas Day. My question is simple. When will this austerity

0:01:54 > 0:01:58driven government say enough is enough, and put an end to this

0:01:58 > 0:02:05tragedy?Thank you Mr Speaker. The honourable lady should note that in

0:02:05 > 0:02:11fact this government has lifted hundreds of thousands of children

0:02:11 > 0:02:17out of absolute poverty. But I think it is important for all those who

0:02:17 > 0:02:23have heard her question to be aware this. She talks of two and half

0:02:23 > 0:02:28thousand children in Wandsworth making up on Christmas Day. Anybody

0:02:28 > 0:02:32hearing that will assume about what that means is that two and a half

0:02:32 > 0:02:37thousand children will be sleeping on our streets. It does not. It does

0:02:37 > 0:02:44not.The Labour leader questions the Prime Minister about how the NHS was

0:02:44 > 0:02:51coping.Could I pay tribute to our very hard-working National Health

0:02:51 > 0:02:56Service staff? Many of whom, unlike us, won't get a break this

0:02:56 > 0:03:00Christmas. Is the Prime Minister satisfied that the National Health

0:03:00 > 0:03:07Service has the resources it needs this winter?First of all, can I

0:03:07 > 0:03:10join the right honourable gentleman, he refers to those NHS staff who

0:03:10 > 0:03:14will be working very hard this Christmas and you won't get a break

0:03:14 > 0:03:19at Christmas. Of course it's not only our NHS staff who will be

0:03:19 > 0:03:23working hard this Christmas, it's also our emergency and many others

0:03:23 > 0:03:27who go to work on Christmas Day so others can enjoy their Christmas day

0:03:27 > 0:03:32and we thank all of them. He asks about reparations for winter, I can

0:03:32 > 0:03:36say to him in the health service has prepared more extensively for this

0:03:36 > 0:03:44winter than ever before. These plans are helping to ensure safe, timely

0:03:44 > 0:03:48care for patients. As that happens, those are not my words, they are of

0:03:48 > 0:03:54the chief executive of NHS providers.But Jeremy Corbyn has his

0:03:54 > 0:03:58"From the chief executive of NHS England.Sir Simon Stephens did say

0:03:58 > 0:04:04the NHS needs for alien from the NHS next year just a standstill, and the

0:04:04 > 0:04:07reality is the government has given the NHS less than half of he asked

0:04:07 > 0:04:14for.The last Labour government's record on health, their NHS legacy

0:04:14 > 0:04:19was described as a mess. While you are clearing that up, we are putting

0:04:19 > 0:04:29more money into the NHS. But who was it who described Labour's NHS legacy

0:04:29 > 0:04:43as a mess? It was the right honourable gentleman.HECKLINGWhen

0:04:43 > 0:04:49he is running for leader, he denounces the Labour Party, now he's

0:04:49 > 0:04:54Lever -- leader of the Labour Party, he's trying to praise it.Mr

0:04:54 > 0:04:57Speaker, Canet...

0:05:01 > 0:05:04I could quote the Prime Minister, something she might be familiar

0:05:04 > 0:05:08with. If the government wants to reduce the pressure is on the health

0:05:08 > 0:05:13service and keep people out of hospital in the first place, then it

0:05:13 > 0:05:16needs to tackle the chronic underfunding of care and support

0:05:16 > 0:05:21services in the community which are at a tipping point. Who said that?

0:05:21 > 0:05:29Conservative leader of Warwickshire County Council. Mr Speaker... The

0:05:29 > 0:05:36question was an social care. But the issue is about the NHS as a whole.

0:05:36 > 0:05:40It is there to provide care and dignity for all if they fall ill.

0:05:40 > 0:05:44But our NHS goes into this winter in crisis.

0:05:44 > 0:05:49Just over two hours after that, Theresa May was once again answering

0:05:49 > 0:05:53MP's questions, this time in the more genteel surroundings of the

0:05:53 > 0:05:56Boothroyd room. She was appearing in front of the Liaison Committee,

0:05:56 > 0:05:59comprised of chairs of all the common select committees, inevitably

0:05:59 > 0:06:06the focus was on Brexit.Is it still love you that you can complete the

0:06:06 > 0:06:13negotiating of a Free Trade Agreement by March 2019?It is. That

0:06:13 > 0:06:19is what we are working to, and that is what I believe we can do. I

0:06:19 > 0:06:22believe that is important, everybody wants to know on what basis they

0:06:22 > 0:06:29will be operating in the future. Such that the period is practical,

0:06:29 > 0:06:32which is implementing going towards implementing the agreement that we

0:06:32 > 0:06:37have with the European Union. I have said I and other ministers have

0:06:37 > 0:06:42said, that of course we start off at a different point from other third

0:06:42 > 0:06:46countries as we will be, from other third countries negotiating with the

0:06:46 > 0:06:49EU, because we are already a member and already trading with them on a

0:06:49 > 0:06:55particular basis. As you will know full well, there is... We can't

0:06:55 > 0:06:59legally sign in the new trade agreement with the European Union

0:06:59 > 0:07:04until the third country, out of the EU, the EU, the 29th of March 2019,

0:07:04 > 0:07:11but I believe we can negotiate that arrangement in that time.That's the

0:07:11 > 0:07:15view you hold, and the government holds, but the view on the other

0:07:15 > 0:07:20side of the negotiating table is that the West that is going to be

0:07:20 > 0:07:25achieved by March 2019 is a scoping of what a agreement would cover, and

0:07:25 > 0:07:28certainly I have met nobody who thinks it is possible to negotiate

0:07:28 > 0:07:34all the details of that by March 20 19. Why the government is so

0:07:34 > 0:07:38confident they can be done when with whom it is negotiating to think it

0:07:38 > 0:07:43can.A lot is often said about the time it takes to negotiate trade

0:07:43 > 0:07:46deals. There are different experiences around the world of the

0:07:46 > 0:07:50length of time it takes to negotiate trade deals, as I say, the reason

0:07:50 > 0:07:58I'm confident we can do this within the time concern, is because we

0:07:58 > 0:08:02start off from a different point. We have not got a situation where

0:08:02 > 0:08:06country a is coming to negotiate with the EU not having had any

0:08:06 > 0:08:09arrangements with the EU before. We come from the point where we are

0:08:09 > 0:08:13actually a member of the European Union, operating on the same basis

0:08:13 > 0:08:17at the moment, and therefore I think that stops us off from a different

0:08:17 > 0:08:24position in terms of our negotiations on trade in the future.

0:08:24 > 0:08:28Having called the election, did you imagine you would be back six months

0:08:28 > 0:08:31later and bake the European Union for two more euros in the Florence

0:08:31 > 0:08:36speech? I have not begged the European Union

0:08:36 > 0:08:40for two more years. If you like what I said in the Lancaster house

0:08:40 > 0:08:44speech, you will see that we were already talking about the concept of

0:08:44 > 0:08:49a smooth and orderly process of withdrawing from the European Union.

0:08:49 > 0:08:52That is what the implementation period is about. This is not two

0:08:52 > 0:08:57more years to negotiate with the European Union. This is about two

0:08:57 > 0:09:01years when practically both businesses and governments will be

0:09:01 > 0:09:06able to put in place the changes necessary to move from the current

0:09:06 > 0:09:09relationship to the future partnership that we will have.

0:09:09 > 0:09:12The chavvy Home Affairs Committee press the Prime Minister on the

0:09:12 > 0:09:16meaningful vote that MPs had secured last week and exchanges which would

0:09:16 > 0:09:23have consequences later in the day. Will that primary legislation happen

0:09:23 > 0:09:29before written goes through the ratification process for the treaty?

0:09:29 > 0:09:32Will will have had to, parliament would have an opportunity say

0:09:32 > 0:09:36whether or not it agrees with the Treaty that we have agreed with the

0:09:36 > 0:09:40European Union. There will be then a process of bringing that agreed

0:09:40 > 0:09:45treaty into UK law. After the tension of those

0:09:45 > 0:09:49exchanges, one Labour MP seemed concerned for Theresa May's

0:09:49 > 0:09:51well-being. You do not have to do everything,

0:09:51 > 0:09:58Prime Minister.As I say, we will respond to, I think and I hope the

0:09:58 > 0:10:03female members of the committee will agree that women are pretty good at

0:10:03 > 0:10:05multitasking. Frank Field was not letting go.

0:10:05 > 0:10:13Your health sake. I think, as Sarah said, there's a real opportunity of

0:10:13 > 0:10:15governing difficulty while you get on with the main issue.

0:10:15 > 0:10:22Food for thought. You are watching Wednesday in Parliament. You can

0:10:22 > 0:10:31find all our programmes over on the BBC iPlayer.

0:10:31 > 0:10:34The day finally dawned, the EU withdrawal bill was back in the

0:10:34 > 0:10:38Commons for its eighth day of detailed scrutiny. We had only had

0:10:38 > 0:10:4156 hours of this but what with the last eight bring? One of the main

0:10:41 > 0:10:45points of discussion was to be an amendment allowing ministers to

0:10:45 > 0:10:49change the date on which the UK leads the EU. An amendment the

0:10:49 > 0:10:52Government has accepted. One Conservative MP was not going to

0:10:52 > 0:10:58wait for the afternoon debate two began. He bridged the subject our

0:10:58 > 0:11:02Prime Minister's Questions.As one of the synergies to amend and 400 to

0:11:02 > 0:11:08the EU withdrawal bill. May I seek an assurance from the Prime Minister

0:11:08 > 0:11:12that its provisions to change the date of our leaving the EU will be

0:11:12 > 0:11:19invoked only if at all under extremely exceptional circumstances

0:11:19 > 0:11:28and only for a very short period? That reassurance. We are very clear.

0:11:28 > 0:11:34We will be leaving the EU on the 29th of March, 2019, at 11pm. The

0:11:34 > 0:11:38bill that is going through, it is not determined that the UK leads the

0:11:38 > 0:11:42EU, but as part of Article 50 process, a matter of international

0:11:42 > 0:11:46law. It is important that we have the same position legally as the

0:11:46 > 0:11:50European Union that is why we have accepted the amendment. But I can

0:11:50 > 0:11:55assure my honourable friend and the House, we would only use this power

0:11:55 > 0:11:58in exceptional circumstances for the shortest possible time and an

0:11:58 > 0:12:02affirmative motion would be brought to the House.

0:12:02 > 0:12:06So, with appetites whetted, it was onto the main course. You will

0:12:06 > 0:12:09remember last week the Government suffered a defeat. Ministers did not

0:12:09 > 0:12:13want to go through that again the Conservatives divide the data

0:12:13 > 0:12:16amendment and the Government accepted it. The compromise would

0:12:16 > 0:12:21allow ministers to amend the date if needed.So the debate began. I am

0:12:21 > 0:12:25really profoundly grateful, not only those are my right honourable friend

0:12:25 > 0:12:29's who have joined us on this amendment but also to the Government

0:12:29 > 0:12:33which I think is showing exactly the way to deal with these things which

0:12:33 > 0:12:36justified a sensible compromise that brings all of us on these benches

0:12:36 > 0:12:44together and make the opposition entirely relevant to the discussion.

0:12:44 > 0:12:50Indeed, it hampers the process. It is frankly just another example of

0:12:50 > 0:12:55the Government bearing red meat to the more extreme Brexiteers on their

0:12:55 > 0:13:03benches. And, as we said on day one, this amendment is not serious

0:13:03 > 0:13:08legislation. It is a gimmick. And it is a reckless one.

0:13:08 > 0:13:13I could not see why we were losing the sensible flexibility of the way

0:13:13 > 0:13:19in which the bill had originally been drafted. But I do recognise,

0:13:19 > 0:13:24underlying this, there does seem to be a sort of the races abroad that

0:13:24 > 0:13:30sometimes this magical date might not be reached. -- new

0:13:30 > 0:13:34sometimes this magical date might not be reached. -- new. I can't

0:13:34 > 0:13:39fully understand some of these of my right honourable friend.

0:13:39 > 0:13:45This Christmas moment, the soldiers have met on the fields of no man's

0:13:45 > 0:13:53band singing Silent Knight has peace breaking out at an opportune moment.

0:13:53 > 0:13:56I am filled with the Christmas spirit of my honourable friend. Very

0:13:56 > 0:14:02much which to see that, not only be present to Christmas but also

0:14:02 > 0:14:06carried through into the New Year. I can assure the House that we would

0:14:06 > 0:14:11only use this power in exceptional circumstances to extend the deadline

0:14:11 > 0:14:15for the shortest period possible and that we cannot envisage the date

0:14:15 > 0:14:19being brought forward. As my right honourable friend the

0:14:19 > 0:14:24Prime Minister has said many times, we and the EU are planning on the UK

0:14:24 > 0:14:30leaving the European Union at 11pm on the 29th of March, 2019.

0:14:30 > 0:14:33Several MPs were concerned about what the prime Mr Howard said that

0:14:33 > 0:14:37the liaison committee about the meaningful vote or amendment seven.

0:14:37 > 0:14:42-- Prime Minister had said.Our Prime Minister appears to be rowing

0:14:42 > 0:14:46back on that and we have a minister who is not able to give an

0:14:46 > 0:14:51unequivocal statement at the dispatch box that this Government

0:14:51 > 0:14:56will not order amendment seven. Let me make it very, very clear. If

0:14:56 > 0:15:00there's any attempt by this Government to go back an amendment

0:15:00 > 0:15:04seven, I believe that the rebellion will be even greater and it will

0:15:04 > 0:15:09have even bigger consequences and will give way.I am happy to give my

0:15:09 > 0:15:11right honourable friend an early Christmas present. I can give her

0:15:11 > 0:15:14the following assurance on behalf of the Government. The Government has

0:15:14 > 0:15:19accepted amendment seven will stop written ministers statement that the

0:15:19 > 0:15:28abolition of the exit of the EU... On the withdrawal treaty, the terms

0:15:28 > 0:15:32of the future agreement and of course there will be in a withdrawal

0:15:32 > 0:15:35agreement, implementation bill which the House will consider in detail.

0:15:35 > 0:15:40All legislation is amended. I think that is the unequivocal statement

0:15:40 > 0:15:44that I'm looking for and if it is, I'm extremely grateful to the

0:15:44 > 0:15:47Minister for doing that, clearing that up and it is a great Christmas

0:15:47 > 0:15:53present. At morning News conference, the EU's

0:15:53 > 0:15:56chief negotiator Michel Barnier said he was not aware of any free trade

0:15:56 > 0:16:01deal the EU had agreed which included unfettered access for

0:16:01 > 0:16:05financial services. Large London-based financial institutions

0:16:05 > 0:16:10have released set up subsidiaries the EU to pre-empt Brexit. A few

0:16:10 > 0:16:13hours later, become that the Bank of England emphasise the importance of

0:16:13 > 0:16:21the UK to the rest of Europe the UK financial system is effectively the

0:16:21 > 0:16:25bank of the Europe any most complicated bits of finance, the

0:16:25 > 0:16:30wholesale markets. There are substantial economies of

0:16:30 > 0:16:34scale and scope their benefit both sides.He said that free trade or

0:16:34 > 0:16:39some form of corporate abridgement of financial services was now

0:16:39 > 0:16:41possible. I do not accept the argument that

0:16:41 > 0:16:44just because it has not been done in the past, it cannot be done in the

0:16:44 > 0:16:52future. We can't just walk away from progress.

0:16:52 > 0:16:56It is claimed that parts of London are now no-go areas for mopeds

0:16:56 > 0:17:00delivery drivers because of fears about acid attacks. A debate in

0:17:00 > 0:17:03Westminster Hall figures on the sharp rise in the number of

0:17:03 > 0:17:07incidents where corrosive substances are used as a weapon. Two Labour MPs

0:17:07 > 0:17:10from the East End of London started the debate.

0:17:10 > 0:17:14I've had a number of discussions with representatives of mopeds

0:17:14 > 0:17:20delivery drivers and they say there are now part of London where their

0:17:20 > 0:17:24drivers are not willing to go because of the danger of attack and

0:17:24 > 0:17:28I think all of us would regard it as unacceptable that there are no-go

0:17:28 > 0:17:35areas in parts of London and parts of the UK. Possession of acid should

0:17:35 > 0:17:40in itself be an offence and exactly the same way that possession of a

0:17:40 > 0:17:47knife is an offence at the moment. January 2012, the number of acid

0:17:47 > 0:17:54attacks in London has gone up by a horrifying 550%.Lynne Brown read

0:17:54 > 0:18:00out the words of a acid attack victim Katie Piper he says had to be

0:18:00 > 0:18:04rebuilt by surgeons.When I held the mirror, I thought someone had given

0:18:04 > 0:18:09me a break in one or put a silly face on it. As a joke. I knew they

0:18:09 > 0:18:14had taken my face away and it was somewhere in a bin in the hospital.

0:18:14 > 0:18:18But in my head, I had assumed I would look like the old Katie, just

0:18:18 > 0:18:24with a few red blotches. I wanted to tear the whole thing off and make it

0:18:24 > 0:18:29go away. There was nothing about me that I recognise. My identity as I

0:18:29 > 0:18:37knew it had gone. Katie's courage and her will to survive and thrive

0:18:37 > 0:18:41are just simply amazing. She is done to go more than 250 surgeries since

0:18:41 > 0:18:47the attack. She still has bad days but she has transformed her life.It

0:18:47 > 0:18:52is an undeniable fact that still far too easy if the wrong people to get

0:18:52 > 0:18:54their hands on these dangerous substances which called life

0:18:54 > 0:19:00changing harm to people. It is the case that restricting access to

0:19:00 > 0:19:08these dangerous acids will in many cases will force them to find a

0:19:08 > 0:19:12different method to continue their violence. In addition to committing

0:19:12 > 0:19:15efforts to end acid violence, you must equal attention to preventing

0:19:15 > 0:19:18violence occurring in the first place.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21A Home Office minister said the gunmen had drawn up an action plan

0:19:21 > 0:19:26to counter the rising number of acid attacks. -- the Government.Tackling

0:19:26 > 0:19:32the use of acid used in violent attacks. It is vital we work

0:19:32 > 0:19:35together and protect the public and prevent attacks which is why we are

0:19:35 > 0:19:41working so closely with a range of partners, including the police, the

0:19:41 > 0:19:45CPS and retailers. We will continue to review and monitor the

0:19:45 > 0:19:49implementation of the action plan that in addition to this action

0:19:49 > 0:19:53plan, the Government is committed to tackling serious violence and that

0:19:53 > 0:19:58is why the Home Secretary has announced a new series by that

0:19:58 > 0:20:03strategy which will be published in early 2018. I'd very much the acid

0:20:03 > 0:20:06attacks being included in that as part of that strategy.

0:20:06 > 0:20:12Victoria Atkins. These are -- the Environment

0:20:12 > 0:20:15Secretary has suggested

0:20:15 > 0:20:16will stop

0:20:16 > 0:20:18The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, has told MPs

0:20:18 > 0:20:21on the Environment Committee he could block any trade deal

0:20:21 > 0:20:27with the US that allowed chlorinated chicken to be imported into the UK.

0:20:27 > 0:20:32animal where four walls, things we will not compromise.You would hold

0:20:32 > 0:20:37a whole trade deal, were due, City of London, everything, to make sure

0:20:37 > 0:20:44that we do not get chicken chlorine washed?I think, the whole point

0:20:44 > 0:20:49about trade deals is you have got to do, be assertive in the defence of

0:20:49 > 0:20:53your own interest and high animal wealth of standards and

0:20:53 > 0:20:56environmental standards are not things that are important to British

0:20:56 > 0:21:01consumers, important to British producers.The problem with animal

0:21:01 > 0:21:05welfare and a piece of meat is the fact that you have to actually

0:21:05 > 0:21:09analyse how that poultry or that take all Dachau or she is actually

0:21:09 > 0:21:13been read. When you actually see the meat that is there to buy, you will

0:21:13 > 0:21:17not be able to tell whether it is organic, whereas it is free range on

0:21:17 > 0:21:21what it is, you will not be able to test would. This is an issue, as we

0:21:21 > 0:21:27do those deals, you want to be sure that products that come in, have met

0:21:27 > 0:21:30those standards or else they are very clearly labelled that they have

0:21:30 > 0:21:35not. I think that is something that we really will be keen on because I

0:21:35 > 0:21:38think otherwise farming will not compete in the New World.I think

0:21:38 > 0:21:42there is more that we can do in order to allow people who are

0:21:42 > 0:21:47British consumers to make better informed judgments about where it

0:21:47 > 0:21:51comes for. You are right there is more we can do to ensure people are

0:21:51 > 0:21:54aware of the circumstances under which food in other countries is

0:21:54 > 0:21:59sometimes produce. We do say that there are some countries whose

0:21:59 > 0:22:02animal welfare standards are so compromise that we will not import

0:22:02 > 0:22:07particular types of food from them. The effect of Brexit on farmers and

0:22:07 > 0:22:09consumers depend on what kind of deal the UK gets.

0:22:09 > 0:22:13Brexit in itself, it can mean a variety of different things. We

0:22:13 > 0:22:18could end up with, this is the Government's then, a deeper gobblers

0:22:18 > 0:22:25of free trade agreement, the opportunity to secure arrangements

0:22:25 > 0:22:28with other countries. We might not get a trade agreement that is

0:22:28 > 0:22:31perfect in every respect, there is a chance we are doing everything we

0:22:31 > 0:22:37can to prevent it that we might end up trading with the EU police for a

0:22:37 > 0:22:43period on WTO terms. Our view is... You are doing some assessments on

0:22:43 > 0:22:47what WTO rules would mean both to agricultural. The department is

0:22:47 > 0:22:58doing that?Yes.Cheddar cheese, it is my favourite. It'll have a 40%

0:22:58 > 0:23:02tariff. We import lots cheddar from Ireland. How much will cheddar

0:23:02 > 0:23:13prices go up by?I am deeply upset by your unpatriotic attitude to the

0:23:13 > 0:23:16cheddar.I would like to have a discussion on every type of cheese

0:23:16 > 0:23:18in the country, they are all very good.

0:23:18 > 0:23:23Things got a little bit he did. The amount we give something to the

0:23:23 > 0:23:27European Union is recorded in these districts. Teacher prices is a

0:23:27 > 0:23:32rejection and people can disagree what the factors might be. On your

0:23:32 > 0:23:37point about the system of changing agricultural support, we will be

0:23:37 > 0:23:41saying more and outlining how we will do that in the command paper we

0:23:41 > 0:23:49published next year.Sorry, sorry. The 50 million of the was alive. It

0:23:49 > 0:23:58was untrue.Technically speaking, one of the things I would say is

0:23:58 > 0:24:08absolutely not. More broadly,... Parliamentary language.Please. They

0:24:08 > 0:24:12reason that they voted as they continue being union, they were too

0:24:12 > 0:24:16stupid to understand the argument is, good luck at the next election.

0:24:16 > 0:24:22Let us leave it there. Finally, there was a little tinsel

0:24:22 > 0:24:27dangling from the wall of Parliamentary recess. A copyright

0:24:27 > 0:24:32like Turing by Mr's questions.Last year the Prime Minister told the

0:24:32 > 0:24:40radio Times that she likes to prepare and cook our own goose. In

0:24:40 > 0:24:45the spirit of Christmas, can I suggest to her that in order to

0:24:45 > 0:24:50extract the maximum pleasure from the messy job of stuffing her goose,

0:24:50 > 0:24:56but she names that either Michael or Boris?It is a mark of the remedy of

0:24:56 > 0:25:00such humidity got a round of applause. In fact, the Speaker had

0:25:00 > 0:25:05to quieten them down with a quip of his own.Order! I am sure the prime

0:25:05 > 0:25:13has got better taste than that. -- Prime Minister.Can I say I think I

0:25:13 > 0:25:18will have to resist the temptation to call the goose Jeremy.Comedy

0:25:18 > 0:25:23gold. But is it from me, just one more day before the seasonal

0:25:23 > 0:25:27Parliamentary close down. Do join me at the same time tomorrow. Now, from

0:25:27 > 0:25:36me, good night.