lord truscott is still a member of house of lords today. of the house of lords today.and lord taylor has passed away and even you had peers even in 2009, you had peers saying that that was too harsh a punishment. they should be allowed not speak. allowed to attend but not speak. was was the was the argument. so our standards have changed. we're tougher now on our we're a bit tougher now on our politicians. probably as a result those of expenses result of those kind of expenses scandals. that's not scandals. and maybe that's not so a thing. so bad a thing. >> well, michelle mone apparently made million. it apparently made 66 million. it leaves 100,000 looks, you know , leaves 100,000 looks, you know, decidedly unambitious. >> hold on. because she she would say that she didn't make i mean, there's no flies on me. i've watched the documentary on the interview. she would say if she was sitting here today, that she was sitting here today, that she didn't directly make anything at all. this trust that was up, is in her was set up, which is in her husband's name, got around a

we will see the swearing in of those three new members of the house of lords.was reported that mark littlewood quite influential he had been offered a place. he put on x about a month or so ago that he had been blocked by what's called the house of lords appointments committee. they make sure all these individuals are suitable. not everyone who liz truss wanted it onto this list. 11 names in total. her team said this is a fairly limited list. it certainly is compared to her predecessor boris johnson, but then again, he was prime ministerfor an johnson, but then again, he was prime minister for an awful lot longer. prime minister for an awful lot loner. ., longer. indeed. pete saull, thanks for all that- _ tributes have been paid to a man who died after a car hit a group of people in britain. police say christian marriott had stopped to help an unconscious woman after an argument between two groups of people in sheffield. his family honoured the 46—year—old saying the circumstances of his death "show the sort of man he was — going to help rather than to turn awa

that maybe even some of your best friends sit in the house of lords.— sit in the house of lords.e — sit in the house of lords. that does not give me any _ sit in the house of lords. that does not give me any insight _ sit in the house of lords. that does not give me any insight into - sit in the house of lords. that does not give me any insight into what i not give me any insight into what they are likely to do but i guess that they will in likelihood the radical amendments in the house of lords. then it would go back to the house of commons where the government presumably will try to reinstate all the original provisions. it will then go back to the house of lords for a second time and i suspect at that point the lords will give up the fight but i'm speculating. so lords will give up the fight but i'm speculating-— lords will give up the fight but i'm s-ueculatin. , . ., , speculating. so expect it to become law? i do. thank _ speculating. so expect it to become law? i do. thank you _ speculating. so expect it to become law? i do. thank you very _ speculating. so expect it to be

>> the house of lords >> probably the house of lords will much of that. will counteract much of that.out the house of lords cares about human rights. it cares about the rule . rule of law. >> care about human >> we all care about human rights the rule of law. rights and the rule of law. >> if i may, the >> well, if i if i may, the chairman of conservative chairman of the conservative party suggest a few party did seem to suggest a few weeks that the rule law weeks ago that the rule of law should is actually something that we you know, in this particular circumstance could actually get rid of. >> but this is all about the house of commons determining what the laws should be, and what the new laws should be, and we're to change our own we're entitled to change our own laws. absolutely. >> but as i said earlier, even if passes , as it has passed if this passes, as it has passed the even if it passes the the house, even if it passes the lords and we will see how that goes , it will then be challenged goes, it will then be challenged by the courts and again said even if it goes through the

of lords_ time and time again that the house of lords can — time and time again that the house of lordsback and get them _ of lords can push bills back and get them amended. the nature of the bill changes— them amended. the nature of the bill changes but it is a better day for rishi _ changes but it is a better day for rishi sunak than what was touted. the rebels — rishi sunak than what was touted. the rebels sort of fizzled out at the end — the rebels sort of fizzled out at the end despite saying they had great _ the end despite saying they had great numbers. didn't look like it in the _ great numbers. didn't look like it in the vote — great numbers. didn't look like it in the vote and it looks like the party— in the vote and it looks like the party has — in the vote and it looks like the party has backed rishi sunak and back the — party has backed rishi sunak and back the general policy, because if it didn't _ back the general policy, because if it didn't come it would have been a calamity— it didn't come it would have been a calamity considering they are all in agreement with the pol

borisjohnson before liz truss also gave plenty of places in the house of lords away.rs of the house of lords now, not nearly enough space for them all to cram into the road benches in the houses of parliament. we have electoral reform society today saying that the whole system is rotten, out—of—control, they say this essentially because the whole thing into disrepute and others point out that under liz truss, as the so—called mini—budget, widescale tax cuts, she hoped to boost the economy in the event actually ended up causing a bit over run on the pound and an immediate almost overnight increase in interest rates, having quite the impact on mortgage holders here in the uk. 0f the impact on mortgage holders here in the uk. of course there were international factors there as well, interest rates have been going up in the united states but certainly labour now using that as a step to be the current conservative administration with and certainly thinking is the voters will look fairly dimly on this new set of honours. many of them close allies involved in that ill—fated

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those three new members of the house of lords.ords. there are some who haven't actually made it onto the list. it had been reported that mark littlewood, who was the head of a right—of—centre thinktank called the institute for economic affairs, quite influential in liz truss's politics, that he had been offered a place. he put on x about a month or so ago that he had been blocked by what's called the house of lords appointments committee — all individuals —— there are processes involved here to make sure that all individuals are suitable, so not everyone who liz truss wanted has made it onto this list. 11 names, as i say, in total. her team saying this is fairly limited, certainly compared to her predecessor boris johnson but, then again, borisjohnson was prime ministerfor an awful lot longer than liz truss was. indeed, he was. pete saull, thank you for all of that. the us—mexico border have been in focus this week with top officials from both countries agreeing on thursday to work more closely to tackle a record number of migrant

we will see the swearing in of those three new members of the house of lords.nto the list. it was reported that mark littlewood quite influentially had been offered a place. he put on x about a month or so ago that he had been blocked by what's called the house of lords appointments committee. they make sure all these individuals are suitable. not everyone who liz truss wanted is on this list. 11 names in total. her team said this is a fairly limited list. it certainly is compared to her predecessor boris borisjohnson, but then again, he was prime minister for an awful lot longer. and finally,the us military�*s robot space plane and finally, the us military�*s robot space plane has blasted off from florida on its seventh mission. it's the first launch atop the spacex falco heavy rocket, which is capable of delivering rockets into a higher orbit than ever before. the launch followed more than two weeks of false starts and delays, attributed to poor weather and technical issues. the pentagon says the space plane will carry out a series of classified experiments d

she has since stood down from the house of lords temporarily.pany ppe med pro. as you say, she finally admitted that she would benefit from that contract, something that she had previous denied, and she said she lied in order to protect her family. alongside all of that, there is a national crime agency investigation into alleged fraud in the department of health is also taking legal action. it says the ppe gowns that the company provided didn't meet �*s pacification. rishi sunak was asked all about this today —— about all this. the sunak was asked all about this today -- about all this.— -- about all this. the government takes this very _ -- about all this. the government takes this very seriously _ -- about all this. the government takes this very seriously which - -- about all this. the government takes this very seriously which is l takes this very seriously which is why they— takes this very seriously which is why they are taking legal action. that's_ why they are taking legal action. that's how seriously i take it and the government takes

lords. member of the house of lords.dn't need to declare any of her the of lords her money in the house of lords register, everybody knew register, because everybody knew complete um, there's complete rubbish. um, there's two things. >> fledged of the >> fully fledged member of the house would be someone house of lords would be someone who in my who attended and voted in my mind, been doing who attended and voted in my mind and been doing who attended and voted in my mind and we aen doing who attended and voted in my mind and we haveoing who attended and voted in my mind and we have a1g who attended and voted in my mind and we have a quite that. and look, we have a quite a strict set of rules. we have people who can advise you on these things, and you sit down and they'll you exactly and they'll tell you exactly what do in any given what you should do in any given situation. so how are anybody else? shouldn't else? shouldn't be, shouldn't have confusion on that. have too much confusion on that. with benefit of hindsight

the house of lords it is your— as a member of the house of lords it is your responsibility to register and _ going to tell you what to do. as an mp and as — going to tell you what to do. as an mp and as a — going to tell you what to do. as an mp and as a minister. you have to think— mp and as a minister. you have to think of— mp and as a minister. you have to think of the — mp and as a minister. you have to think of the ministerial interests in the _ think of the ministerial interests in the commons register, there is a code _ in the commons register, there is a code of— in the commons register, there is a code of conduct everybody should understand and read, and you follow that because when you are in the house _ that because when you are in the house of— that because when you are in the house of lords, notjust like a title — house of lords, notjust like a title it— house of lords, notjust like a title it is— house of lords, notjust like a title it is a— house of lords, notjust like a title, it is a public role. that was quite _ title, it is a public role. that was quite striking. she

— to do that as well as increasing the amount of time he spent in the house of lords _ amount of timed say is the foreign— the last thing i would say is the foreign office also has another cabinet — foreign office also has another cabinet level minister who is in the commons — cabinet level minister who is in the commons who can make statements. sorry— commons who can make statements. sorry about _ commons who can make statements. sorry about the sound level on that. that was from the feed of the committee. could you just explain that, hannah, in terms of the difference there is? i think it was expending it a bit, but the difference there is when it comes to there being a member of parliament who has to appear and that sort of thing. who has to appear and that sort of thin. , ., . , , thing. the question here arises around what — thing. the question here arises around what happen _ thing. the question here arises| around what happen specifically thing. the question here arises i around what happen specifically in the house of commons itself, where mps would usually get to scrutinise a

the house of lords.erts, etc, etc. i looked at doug and i thought, "we can really, really help here." ijust know all the key players in the far east. and i made the call to michael gove. what did you say to him? ijust said, "we can help, and we want to help." he was like, "oh, my goodness, this is amazing." so we entered into discussions, ppe medpro, myself, i led the consortium, i had two other partners. and companies in the uk. said to be really clear. — and companies in the uk. said to be really clear, ppe _ and companies in the uk. said to be really clear, ppe med _ and companies in the uk. said to be really clear, ppe med pro _ and companies in the uk. said to be really clear, ppe med pro didn't - really clear, ppe med pro didn't exist before the pandemic? know we've not exist before the pandemic? know we've got three — exist before the pandemic? know we've got three partners - exist before the pandemic? know we've got three partners with - exist before the pandemic? know we've got three partners wi

yes, the house of lords miaht in court? yes, the house of lords might block— in court?legislation, there is an argument that it is in breach of the rule of law and an argument that the supreme court, the highest court in the country, has ruled unanimously, based on evidence and fact, that it is unlawful. in addition, parliament has never reversed a decision from the supreme court based on fact. so that would be unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional. lord be unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional.— be unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional. lord popat, what ha ens, unconstitutional. lord popat, what happens. is _ unconstitutional. lord popat, what happens. is a _ unconstitutional. lord popat, what happens, is a legislation _ unconstitutional. lord popat, what happens, is a legislation goes - unconstitutional. lord popat, what. happens, is a legislation goes back, as it will, presumably, because it has to, it gets to the lords and the lords are not minded to go against the most senior court in the land? . the most senior court in the land? , the m

>> the house of lords >> probably the house of lords will much of that. will counteract much of that.use of lords cares about human rights. it cares about the rule . rule of law. >> care about human >> we all care about human rights the rule of law. rights and the rule of law. >> if i may, the >> well, if i if i may, the chairman of conservative chairman of the conservative party suggest a few party did seem to suggest a few weeks that the rule law weeks ago that the rule of law should is actually something that we you know, in this particular circumstance could actually get rid of. >> but this is all about the house of commons determining what the laws should be, and what the new laws should be, and we're to change our own we're entitled to change our own laws. absolutely. >> but as i said earlier, even if passes , as it has passed if this passes, as it has passed the even if it passes the the house, even if it passes the lords and we will see how that goes , it will then be challenged goes, it will then be challenged by the courts and again said even if it goes through the courts, b

house of lords, there's not enough time for it to go through the house of lords for them to block it,llenges, and essentially if you want to fight a election on rwanda now, you write it on a frame of the government trying to do something about border crossings, and the other side they and the house of lords are stopping them. i don't think i will work but it's a best friend they can go on because there will not be a flight this side of the election. we there will not be a flight this side of the election.— of the election. we will leave it there, of the election. we will leave it there. henry — of the election. we will leave it there, henry hill, _ of the election. we will leave it there, henry hill, thank- of the election. we will leave it there, henry hill, thank you i of the election. we will leave it | there, henry hill, thank you for your time here in dc. a north korean family, who escaped this year, has told the bbc there has been "a great deal of suffering" since the country sealed its borders at the start of the pandemic. defections, which were once fairly common, have become

one of the house of lords rules . of the house of lords rules.e've got to see is what the result of the national crime agency investigation is going to be. well thank you very much indeed for your time, nigel nelson there. >> who is the gb news senior political commentator there? well, should we talk to brendan clarke—smith, who is, of course , clarke—smith, who is, of course, a conservative mp brendan, thank you very much for joining us. and lovely jumper, i must say, very nice. um, i want to get your thoughts on what we're heanng your thoughts on what we're hearing , that essentially hearing, that essentially various airlines or no airlines have come forward to supply aircraft carriers for the rwanda scheme. it's not a great look, is it ? i don't think we're going is it? i don't think we're going to be sending them on ryanair or anything like that, so to speak, and of course, remember we did have airlines place before. >> um, ben was mentioning about foreign national offenders and sending away as well . sending those away as well. >> so it's no

uh of this parish and covid a member of house lords, both of the house of lords, both members of houseords. arlene foster. i want talk to arlene foster. i want to talk to you first about if you don't mind what dame esther rantzen has said. i suspect you're closer to doctor ashenden. >> i am, and i think gavin has articulated it very well . and articulated it very well. and people talk about safeguards in the legislation. there is no watertight safeguard in relation to assisted dying , watertight safeguard in relation to assisted dying, and i think it would be a very slippery slope. and actually i attended and, um, a meeting in the house of lords recently where we were learning about the experiences in and other in canada and other jurisdictions they do jurisdictions where they do actually have assisted dying legislation. and it really was quite scary , andrew, because we quite scary, andrew, because we were hearing from people who , as were hearing from people who, as gavin said, were in a social situation. they felt they were a burden on their family. situation. they felt they were a

but i'm just wondering when you're in the of and you're in the house of lords and we're in a place whereparticular role. how do you feel about well bishops have a particular role. hmean, you feel about well bishops have a particular role. hmean, iou feel about well bishops have a particular role. hmean, i my,3el about well bishops have a particular role. hmean, i my, myabout well bishops have a particular role. hmean, i my, my immediate well i mean, i my, my immediate reaction is often to say , i reaction is often to say, i don't want to get into , uh, don't want to get into, uh, conflicts of other religions on the established church. >> i am actually a big fan. um, ihave >> i am actually a big fan. um, i have a theory, and i think it's proved by the history of jews in this country that when you have an established church minority faiths often do better . minority faiths often do better. why? because there is a acknowledgement of the importance of religion in society . religious minorities society. religious minorities often not always, but often fare better in in societies where religio

, in my view, which is making people up to the house of lords.at has been so thoroughly by both thoroughly debased by both political government. political parties in government. i all. of course, the i should say all. of course, the lib 100 peers at lib dems had 100 peers at certainly until recently with a fraction of that. i didn't know there were that many lib dems ever tons tons. um ever as peers. tons and tons. um but point is, we have so but my point is, we have so thoroughly debased making up thoroughly debased by making up members our upper house so members of our upper house so rapidly that we the second rapidly that we had the second largest, um , legislative largest, um, legislative assembly in the world in the house of lords, after the people's republic china people's republic of china and the , i thought, the quality therein, i thought, was dubious and the was highly dubious and the nature of people going into it was really questionable, because nature of people going into it was reia y questionable, because nature of people going int

but, even if it does go through and doesn't get changed further on, there is of the house of lords torough the detail and look at what the government has done in terms of effectively suspended parts of the human rights acts when it comes to those deportation flights, and they will ask a question of whether it is a breach of our international obligations. here we go. of our international obligations. here we go-_ of our international obligations. here we go._ the | of our international obligations. i here we go._ the ayes here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right — here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. — here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the _ here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the nos _ here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the nos to - here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the nos to the - to the right 313. the nos to the left 269 — left 269.i cheering ema cheering _ . order, order. the ayes to the ri . ht . order, order. the ayes to the right 313. _ . order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the

did you tell the house of lords authorities?house of lords rules say that members have a clear duty to provide information which might reasonably be thought by others to influence their actions. because there is a question of perception here too. and in fact the rules also say that sometimes registration of a spouse or a partner�*s interests is also required. as far as i was aware, if you are not a director, not a shareholder, not financially benefiting, then that is exactly what i did. if i was told by the cabinet office, "no, you actually need to do this," i would have done it straightaway. i am a business guy, so i think like an entrepreneur. i don't know the parliamentary rule book. they must have been satisfied in the end to have awarded the contracts. if they were not satisfied, they should never have awarded us the contracts. they should have said, "there is a perceived conflict here." but what is also clear is the parliamentary rules are clear that members of the house of lords or members of the house of commons, if they

they were in the house of lords back injune to see this.om's requests for information about a deceased child's... that was a government minister promising to give bereaved parents and coroners new powers to get information out of tech companies where a child has died in a way that might have been linked to the online world. but now the families believe the government is watering that down, with it only applying in cases where a child has taken their own life. breck bednar, murdered aged just 1a by a fellow gamer he met online who then posted photos of his crime on the internet. olly stephens, a 13—year—old, was murdered by two boys, with social media at the heart of the case. lorin and stuart were among ten parents who wrote a fortnight ago to michelle donelan, the secretary of state for science, saying they were devastated and bewildered by the government's callous change of position. i mean, we literally even celebrated, you know, as campaigners in a big group. and we felt so proud and pleased that the work that we had done had made these

defend the house of lords.y i would, but actually i think the makeup is very different because people have there for have been put in there for things have done. so i'd things they have done. so i'd argue makeup is very argue the makeup is very different, but go back to my different, but i go back to my point. you're to change point. if you're going to change one system, you'd to one party system, you'd have to change civil servants change all our civil servants have demonstrated a firm have demonstrated without a firm hand. they become the third political party. >> my point is, the >> yeah, but my point is, the reason why i think a lot of british people have lost faith with of living in a with this idea of living in a representative democracy is because they rishi because they look at rishi sunak's to sunak's cabinet 65% went to private that's 7% private school. that's only 7% of the average age population. go independent schools and go to independent schools and 45% to two university. 45% went to just two uni

of lords, not in the house of commons. the house of lords, not in the house of commons-— of commons.tly putting out an advert for businesses to run illegal migration schemes on this side of the channel running up to 2030? that doesn't tally with stopping the doesn“t tally with stopping the boats anytime soon. ibshh; doesn't tally with stopping the boats anytime soon.— doesn't tally with stopping the boats anytime soon. any is going to stru: ale if boats anytime soon. any is going to struggle if there _ boats anytime soon. any is going to struggle if there are _ boats anytime soon. any is going to struggle if there are people - struggle if there are people trafficking gangs set up to get people here. at the moment they“re people here. at the moment they're using the channel crossings, by c. previously, they tended to use the lorries and people would die in the back of lorries. i think we realistically accept that there will always be criminal gangs out there and we will always need to delete those. as i say, this is subject which has been taking up a lot of space and time and one thin

to what the house of commons and the house of lords . to what extent house of lords.tent do think that will then do you think that will then prevent further legal claims from third parties on behalf of potential migrants being sent there or other groups ? will there or other groups? will those be stopped or actually , those be stopped or actually, are we going to see another massive round of legal action, possibly all the way up to the supreme court that just frankly stops the whole thing again, as a matter of law? >> and we will need to see what kind of legislation is then passed through the house of commons and the lords. it's going to be tough. no court in the world can overrule or strike down an act of parliament. no court in the world. and however, national law can't get rid of international obligations. so what's likely to happen if this legislation passes? if the government declares rwanda is safe, we'll still see cases go to sea. >> you think there'll still be claims, but they're going to say, we've heard that they're going to put into the national legislation

did you tell the house of lords authorities? of lords rules say that members have a clear duty to provide information which might reasonably be thought by others to influence their actions. because there is a question of perception here too. and in fact the rules also say that sometimes registration of a spouse or a partner's interests is also required. as far as i was aware, if you are not a director, not a shareholder, not financially benefiting, then that is exactly what i did. if i was told by the cabinet office, "no, you actually need to do this," i would have done it straightaway. i am a business guy, so i think like an entrepreneur. i don't know the parliamentary rule book. they must have been satisfied in the end to have awarded the contracts. if they were not satisfied, they should never have awarded us the contracts. they should have said, "there is a perceived conflict here." but what is also clear is the parliamentary rules are clear that members of the house of lords or members of the house of commons, if they have

did you tell the house of lords authorities?as well. but the house of lords rules say that members have a clear duty to provide information which might reasonably be thought by others to influence their actions. because there is a question of perception here too. and in fact the rules also say that sometimes registration of a spouse or partner's interests is also required. as far as i was aware, if you are not a director, not a shareholder, not financially benefiting, then that is exactly what i did. if i was told by the cabinet office, no, you actually need to do this, i would have done it straightaway. i am a business guy, so i think like an entrepreneur. i don't know the parliamentary rule book. they must have been satisfied in the end to have awarded the contracts. if they were not satisfied, they should not have never awarded us the contracts. they should have said there is a perceived conflict here. but what is also clear is the parliamentary rules are clear, that members of the house of lords or members of the house of co

to what the house of commons and the house of lords . to what extent house of lords.tent do think that will then do you think that will then prevent further legal claims from third parties on behalf of potential migrants being sent there or other groups ? will there or other groups? will those be stopped or actually , those be stopped or actually, are we going to see another massive round of legal action, possibly all the way up to the supreme court that just frankly stops the whole thing again, as a matter of law? >> and we will need to see what kind of legislation is then passed through the house of commons and the lords. it's going to be tough. no court in the world can overrule or strike down an act of parliament. no court in the world. and however, national law can't get rid of international obligations. so what's likely to happen if this legislation passes? if the government declares rwanda is safe, we'll still see cases go to sea. >> you think there'll still be claims, but they're going to say, we've heard that they're going to put into the national legislation

. >> his his presence in the house of lords , the house of lords, of lords, the house of lords, the oldo have him lords are delighted to have him there feel there because they feel a certain as reapplied, certain relevance as reapplied, uh, . and he's uh, itself to them. and he's very good with the old peers because he he , he sort of drips because he he, he sort of drips honey over them and they feel important. he's super seemly sketchable it has to be said for those of us who are in the sketch writing business and to see ermine , when he'd see him in ermine, when he'd been introduced into the house of lords, was just like seeing him walking steve bell cartoon him a walking steve bell cartoon , because mel on the some of the other cartoonists used to cartoon him as, as this member of the aristocracy . and now he of the aristocracy. and now he is one. >> yeah. lord kavanagh of chipping norton. >> well, it's got the older tony in which like. in flannel, which they like. they're now they've got a foreign makes foreign secretary, so that makes them important. but look, them feel important.

it has to get to the house of lords.of unhappiness on the tory side, but no doubt government will be delighted they went through with a relatively healthy majority. what does labor have to say about this? i'm joined by the shadow home secretary. you were able to stand back and watch the tories fighting with each other, i suppose. but at some point if you get your white it will be you dealing with immigration. what is labor's approach going to be to this? >> we need stronger border security and stronger action to fix the tories' a silent chaos that has gotten worse the last few years. we have seen the last few days the tory party civil war erupted with different groups taking lumps out of each other, not chaos continuing. it looks -- and that chaos continuing and it looks like it is going to continue into the new year as well. we have learned that the costs of this failing mean they are going upwards to 400 million, not even 300 million, without a single asylum-seekers being sent. we think the money should be going into t

set of house of lords?by the different, um, a . that's a different approach. that's what to sort out. what you need to sort out. i don't i'm not it's don't i'm not saying it's perfect of the perfect by any stretch of the imagination. >> so personally, you're not imagination. >.minister. personally, you're not imagination. >.minister. you're ally, you're not imagination. >.minister. you're ally,bound not imagination. >.minister. you're ally,bound byt a minister. you're not bound by collective do collective responsibility. do you we should keep the you think we should keep the house of lords, or do you think we should reform or abolish it in its current form and reform it with something much better to keep a house of lords? >> uh, i think we need reduce keep a house of lords? >> numbers.< we need reduce keep a house of lords? >> numbers. definitely. reduce keep a house of lords? >> numbers. definitely. there's e the numbers. definitely. there's 800. second biggest 800. i think it's second biggest chamber in t

if it passes the house of lords, and i know there is going to be a clear battle in the house of lordse a general election because there will be issues in relation to real risk. and there is no evidence that rwanda will abide by those assurances.— by those assurances. doctor, thorough _ by those assurances. doctor, thorough as _ by those assurances. doctor, thorough as ever, _ by those assurances. doctor, thorough as ever, thank - by those assurances. doctor, thorough as ever, thank you | by those assurances. doctor, - thorough as ever, thank you very much for bringing us up to speed. you can see there is a better real brewing. it will get into plenty of that in the next hour with our panel. let's talk about what is happening in dubai. this was supposed to be the final day of the cop28 climate summit in dubai — it's now gone half past midnight in the uae — and the delegates are strill trying to hammer out a new final agreement. an earlier draught was criticised as grossly insufficent and incoherent. because what it left out words — namely any language referring to the "phasing out" fos

i think , daniel, you are a tory think, daniel, you are a tory member of the house of lords. >> yeah.sters ? youngsters? >> well, i think that particular generation that you mention is difficult. they have had the sort of difficulties that richard mentions and the government has not addressed the housing and housing issues properly. and even his announcement even today his announcement essentially stimulates , makes it essentially stimulates, makes it easier to buy rather than actually doing something to build more and increase build more housing and increase supply and nobody is addressing the issue about immigration, which in the last two years has added net 1.5 million people or something like that , 1.4 million something like that, 1.4 million people, uh, to the population of the country, all of whom are entitled to, i mean, deserve a proper home to live in. um, and yet we're not building into anything like that raid. so the government , i don't think, anything like that raid. so the government, i don't think, has addressed the housing issue properly. and right properly. and richa

the house of commons, then it has to get through to the house of lords.happiness on the tory side but no doubt the government will be delighted tonight they've got it through with a relative healthy majority. what does labour have to say about all this? yvette cooper is the shadow home secretary you are able to stand back and watch the tories fighting with each other, i suppose. if you get your way it will be you dealing with immigration. what is labours approach going to be to this? stronger border security and stronger— stronger border security and stronger action to fix the tories asylum — stronger action to fix the tories asylum chaos which is gotten worse and worse _ asylum chaos which is gotten worse and worse of the last few years. we've _ and worse of the last few years. we've seen over the last few days, the tory— we've seen over the last few days, the tory party civil war erupting with different groups taking lumps out of _ with different groups taking lumps out of each other. that chaos continue _ out of each other. that chaos continue it _ out

the house of lords will not have the normal scrutiny we would expect in the house of commons. you an example. during the pandemic, the early days of the pandemic, the foreign secretary came to the house of commons a major statement and took hundreds of interventions. it was very long statement, for many who had concerns about constituents around the world and how we might get them home. it's only really the secretary of state that can take the level of questions get the level of responses that we required. so we wondered how we could introduce that allows us to have similar scrutiny now. in allows us to have similar scrutiny now. ., , , .., allows us to have similar scrutiny now. ., , , _, allows us to have similar scrutiny now. ., , , ., now. in one sense i can echo what i said that this _ now. in one sense i can echo what i said that this is _ now. in one sense i can echo what i said that this is not _ now. in one sense i can echo what i said that this is not an _ said that this is not an unprecedented situation. we have had senior labour party peers who were in cabinet from

of lords.moynihan, a business man who donated to her leadership campaign, and liz porter, an adviser who previously worked for a free market think tank. in a statement liz truss said i'm delighted these champions for the conservative causes of freedom, limited government and a proud and sovereign britain have been suitably honoured. liz truss faced opposition from her own mps after a mini budget pushed up borrowing and scrap the top rate of tax. 0pposition parties say her time in office should not be honoured. families across the country pay more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on credit cards is a consequences of decisions taken by liz truss and these are rewards for failure. some sa prime these are rewards for failure. some say prime minister _ these are rewards for failure. some say prime minister shouldn't - say prime minister shouldn't automatically be able to put their nominees into the house of lords. this isn't the only peerages that she has— th

of lords. who donated to her leadership campaign, and liz porter, an adviser who previously worked for a free market think tank. in a statement liz truss said... liz truss faced opposition from her own mps after a mini budget pushed up borrowing and scrap the top rate of tax. opposition parties say her time in office should not be honoured. families across the country pay more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on credit cards is a consequences of decisions taken by liz truss and these are rewards for failure. some campaigners say prime minister shouldn't automatically be able to put their nominees into the house of lords. this isn't the only peerages that she has made, she made 29 earlier while serving as prime minister so it really highlights the problems we have in the system at large. this former minister said she was only following convention. liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country, - of being prime minister, l which is a job that comes which is a role that comes w

that is what is happening in the house of lords.is overwhelmed with numbers, if your�*s commanders on the ground saying their forces are now in the heart of khan younis —— israel's commanders. as they intensify their actions, so we will have more, we will talk on the ground with our corresponded queue at the world health organization says it is getting worse by the hour. this talking about running out of tents. we will speak to the spokesman here on the programme here in an extreme moments, here on bbc news, then go away. —— here in the next few moments. hello. if you've had enough of the cold and you'd rather have the mild weather, well, be careful what you wish for, because we could be in for a lot of rain and some strong winds, but not in the short term. this evening, actually, the skies are going to be clearing and there's another frost on the way tonight. quite a sharp one and some fog forming, too. now, in the short term, quite thick cloud across parts of england and wales, although in the northwest here we've had some clearer

the labour leader says she shouldn't be in the house of lords. the oil giant bp suspends shipping through the red sea after attacks on vessels by rebels in yemen sparked by the war in gaza. hundreds of thousands of menopausal women could see an end to hot flushes and night sweats after a new drug is approved. it's just a revelation, as far as i was concerned, for me and the future of women with the menopause. and a kiss for this wallaby after it's rescued from record floods in northern australia. and coming up on bbc news. the champions league draw is made — with premier league leaders arsenal taking on porto, in the last 16. champions manchester city face copenhagen. arsenal fc, the finalists 2006/07, so you can go ahead, good evening. the prime minister has said he takes "extremely seriously" the allegations against the former conservative peer, baroness mone. he said the government was taking legal action against the company run by her husband — ppe medpro. in an interview with the bbc, michelle mone admitted lying about her links to the medic

go through the house of lords as well.government doesn't have a majority of lords. majority in the house of lords. so that's i mean, there's nothing that the government can do and this do about the fact and this wasn't the manifesto, you wasn't in the manifesto, so you can't parliament act can't use the parliament act which you can't use the parliament act which use you can't use the parliament act which use the you can't use the parliament act which use the parliament, you can't use the parliament act which use the parliament, butu could use the parliament, but you use parliament act you can't use the parliament act until next session of until to the next session of parliament then it's parliament and then it's too late. what the prime late. so what the what the prime minister saying, quite minister is saying, quite rightly, came before the rightly, and he came before the 1922 night and he 1922 committee last night and he was , to perfectly was fantastic, to be perfectly honest. and what he's saying is that we've got to g

seats in the house of lords. join moynihan, a business man who donated to her leadership campaign, and ruth porter, an adviser who previously worked for a free market think tank. in a statement liz truss said... liz truss faced opposition from her own mps after a mini budget pushed up borrowing and scrap the top rate of tax. opposition parties say her time in office should not be honoured. families across the country pay more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on credit cards is a consequences cards as a consequences of decisions taken by liz truss and these are rewards for failure. some campaigners say prime minister shouldn't automatically be able to put their nominees into the house of lords. this isn't the only peerages that she has made, she made 29 earlier while serving as prime minister so it really highlights the problems we have in the system at large. this former minister said she was only following convention. liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob - in the country, of being prime minister, w

we're just we don't want to move people out house of people out of the house of commons into the of lordsse convening , or because it's more convening, or as to people . we need as favours to people. we need people in that scrutiny chamber who are the best and brightest minds and experience that the country has to offer . country has to offer. >> that's difficult, though, isn't because everyone has isn't it? because everyone has a different opinion on who would make a peer ? make a good peer? >> well that's true. i want to pick up on two words that henry used there highly competent. one of the people who's been put into the house of lords, given an honour by liz truss, is her chief of staff. the chief of staff that ran her 49 day design oestrus stay in downing street. now it's really, really hard wherever you sit on the political spectrum, to say that that operation was highly competent and, you know, whether you're a conservative and wanted them to succeed or whether you're labour and were just watching either with horror or popcorn, let's face it, one or the other or both, it was not a

yes, it was it was changed if years later but in the case before the house of lords, their lordshipsy went on to say, lord hoffmann being one of them, that while parliament deemed its such, there was plainly risks. if the home office it did not keep an eye on the state and conditions in the nations from the countries that were thus deemed, but otherwise, it complied with the law in the courts would respect parliament was my decision. what is said in this case is ah, there is a supreme court decision, which has already held rwanda not to be a country for the purpose, to be safe for the purposes of the guarantee against refilament. and it is said for this house to overrule the decision of the supreme court in such an individual case, is constitutionally under social and contrary to fundamental constitutional principle. mr deputy speaker. i do not agree with that analysis. first, it is open to this parliament, at any point, to take steps to reverse the effect of a judicial ruling. that is the consequence of parliamentary supremacy. it is clear that parliament should be restrained in doi

of lords. ~ , ., . . before it heads to the house of lords. ~ ., ., ,, . ., lords.a special- adviser to the immigration minister? we did not quite have the level of small boat crossings, we did have a novel not coming in through the backs of lorries and the ports so there were illegal immigrants who have been an issue but we have not seen it on this scale so i have to admit that we did not look at these kinds of things so they were always mentioned about how we processed people, what we do with people, that we cannot return to other countries and the legalities of individuals claiming asylum. we also were in the european union at the time so we had access to all of their systems, all of the databases which sadly now we have lost. life is more difficult now but there are still things you can do to stop this trade coming across and they need to think wider than just those 26 miles of water between us and.— than just those 26 miles of water between us and. what do you think about this policy? _ between us and. what do you think about this policy? is _ between us and. w

they were in the house of lords back injune to see this.requests for information about a deceased child's... that was a government minister promising to give bereaved parents and coroners new powers to get information out of tech companies where a child has died in a way that might have been linked to the online world. but now the families believe the government is watering that down, with it only applying in cases where a child has taken their own life. breck bednar, murdered aged just 14 by a fellow gamer he met online who then posted photos of his crime on the internet. 0lly stephens, a 13—year—old, was murdered by two boys, with social media at the heart of the case. lorin and stuart were among ten parents who wrote a fortnight ago to michelle donelan, the secretary of state for science, saying they were devastated and bewildered by the government's callous change of position. i mean, we literally even celebrated, you know, and we're angry. you know, as a group, as individuals, we're angry. and it's not right to backtrack. it's not righ

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they were in the house of lords back injune to see this.r information about a deceased child's... that was a government minister promising to give bereaved parents and coroners new powers to get information out of tech companies where a child has died in a way that might have been linked to the online world. but now the families believe the government is watering that down, with it only applying in cases where a child has taken their own life. breck bednar, murdered aged just 1a by a fellow gamer he met online who then posted photos of his crime on the internet. 0lly stephens, a 13—year—old, was murdered by two boys, with social media at the heart of the case. lorin and stuart were among ten parents who wrote a fortnight ago to michelle donelan, the secretary of state for science, saying they were devastated and bewildered by the government's callous change of position. i mean, we literally even celebrated, you know, as campaigners in a big group. and we felt so proud and pleased that the work that we had done had made these changes that we

with calls for baroness mone to leave the house of lords, we'll look at where this could go next.lso tonight... a new international taskforce is set up to protect ships in the red sea, after militant attacks force them to take alternative, longer routes. a radical change for the catholic church — pope francis allows priests to bless same—sex couples. heading for court in hong kong — a tycoon and high —rofile democracy campaigner on trial for breaking a law brought in to stop protests. and the extraordinary challenge that took one couple all the way from the north to the south pole — 18,000 miles — in an electric car. and 18,000 miles — in an electric car. stay with us here for and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the fallout from baroness mone�*s interview with the bbc yesterday, in which she admitted lying about how she and her family stood to profit from a government contract to supply ppe during the pandemic, continues. claim and counter—claim have been flying around toda