this is bbc news at apm. i'm ben brown at westminster, where the great brexit debate continues. mps will vote tonight on legislation which would give the government the go—ahead to trigger article 50. the other headlines this afternoon: the eu's foreign policy chief federica mogherini criticises president trump's travel ban, saying it could increase "tension and mistrust". the inquest into the deaths of british tourists in tunisia injune 2015 hears from a teenager who survived, but lost his brother, uncle and grandfather. a puppy farm gang has been spared jail over the fraudulent sale of dogs bred in poor conditions at an essex travellers‘ site. good afternoon from westminster where mps are debating for a second

day, a bill which would allow the prime minister to formally start the process of leaving the eu. the government is expected to win the vote on the legislation when it is held tonight despite opposition from some labour rebels plus the liberal democrats and the snp. we have been hearing from the former chancellor, george osborne. the truth is that while britain is seeking the maximum possible access to the single market for goods and for services, and while we hope that the fact that we have a trade deficit and a very important financial

centre will count in our favour, the government has chosen and i respect this decision, not to make the economy the priority in this negotiation. they have prioritised immigration control and that was a clear message from the referendum campaign and they've also prioritised removing european court ofjustice jurisdiction from the united kingdom and in that sense asserting parliamentary sovereignty. the snp's angus macneil has also been speaking — saying many people didn't know what they were voting for. it is crossing its fingers and hoping for the best. we are told that people know what they voted for. perhaps they knew what they we re for. perhaps they knew what they were voting for, to leave the eu, and they didn't know the destination and they didn't know the destination and this house doesn't know the destination. the department for trade doesn't know the destination and the prime minister doesn't know the destination so the pretence that because the people voted to leave the eu that they knew the destination is beyond fas saoul.

we have been hearing from tulip siddiq who has been explaining her reasons for resigning from the labour front bench ahead of the vote to trigger article 50. this decision has not been easy. it has been a haze of conflicting emotions. but for me there were two main reasons why i made the decision idid and main reasons why i made the decision i did and why are we voting against the bill today. the first decision has been made because of the future of the aye nationals living in my constituency. there are 17,000 eu nationals living in ham ked and kilburn and some people accused me and told me that i only want to be elected at the next election which is why i'm taking this stand. the reason why i'm taking the stand i'm taking is because in hampstead and kill burn we don't wince whe we hear people speak in a different language on public transport. we don't

scapegoat others just because they don't look like and don't sound like us. in hampstead and kilburn we do not indulge in baseless theories that our country is at breaking point. in hampstead and kilburn we celebrate these eu nationals, they are part of our fabric as much as eve ryo ne are part of our fabric as much as everyone else and they have a right to be here as much as the successive generations that came before them. ifi generations that came before them. if i vote for this bill today, i am abandoning my responsibility to these eu nationals who live in my constituency. and for lack of time, i will go on to the next reason why i'm voting against this because of the lack of access to the single market. this affects three main groups in my constituency, the self—employed, who have argued that they need tariff—free trade with the eu. those who are involved with the scientific and technical industries because in the last ten years, the

scientific funding has increased by 73% from eu sources and at this point, their projects are in jeopardy and finally, no i will not give way, finally those who are involved in the financial and insurance service who have no clarity over the future of their passporting rights. these are the reasons why in good conscience i cannot reasons why in good conscience i ca n not vote reasons why in good conscience i cannot vote for the bill today and finally, i will quote my friend, my honourable friend from leeds central and say this is not how we do things in the house. we need clarity. we need to see the economic impact of this decision and in good conscience and for the sake of my constituents whether they can vote for me or not, i will not be voting for this bill today. that was tulip siddiq for labour. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young isjust behind me in the house of commons. mps like tulip siddiq speaking with great passion on both sides of this debate. for them it is a matter of conscience and principle? yes and lots of mps are really trying to work out what their role is. is it

to vote on their own personal conscience? is it to vote according to how their constituencies voted in the referendum ? to how their constituencies voted in the referendum? 0r to how their constituencies voted in the referendum? or as labour frontbenchers say they are a national party and they have to reflect what happened in the referendum. well, let's discuss this more, i'm joined by douglas carswell and clare perry. we know hower‘ going to vote in this. as we go forward now, the negotiations are going to start, what are your predictions for how they will go? well, we're starting to see in the house of commons a consensus with former remainers coming around to the idea. i hope that bodes really well and we get a new national consensus, not on a nasty brexit, but a generous offer that is liberal and open and i think if we can achieve that, we can see people across the political spectrum signing up to a new arrangement. key is being sensible on free movement of workers. no to free movement of people, but a deal that works for british businesses and making sure that we get a parallel negotiation

so that we get a parallel negotiation so that we've got access to goods and services, two separate things, one for goods and one or services and with the grown—ups in charge, it will happen. it looks like kenneth clarke will be the only tory voting against... he set out his reasons very well. for all of us, we campaigned on both sides of this. i was a remainor, but the fundamental thing and douglas both agree with concept of a referendum with something this important, we had to hear the voice of the country. we can argue and there has been lots of arguments about the points that were made, the alternative facts that we re made, the alternative facts that were presented, but the point is we gave people a voice and they told us with that voice loud and clear that they want to leave and it is now up to us to take on that responsibility and to help and support the government in shaping what leave looks like, but i don't think there isa looks like, but i don't think there is a consensus about what leave looks likement you will have some people talking about this terrible

time, a hard brexit and others who talk about a soft brexit, what the prime minister has been really good and thank goodness we have a woman in charge frankly, she has set out a clear plan which says we know we can't be part of the single market, therefore we have to find an alternative. but i do what i have come away with is i suppose a sense of trep tation. i mean this is a monumental effort. this is two years, as long as it takes to sit an a—level syllabus and we're going to be embarking on the biggest simultaneous set of trade and legal negotiations the country has seen. make no mistake, i think this is the start of a processment we're going to have hopefully many, many more hours of discussions and debate, not just in the westminster bubble, but in the country with our constituencies. it is quite daunting. sir ivan rodgers whos whatten about in brussels as the top diplomat he laid out today about the monumental task of extricating ourselves, 43 years, it does affect

every pa rt ourselves, 43 years, it does affect every part of life. when you've been ina every part of life. when you've been in a small, crammed darkened cell for 40 something years, stepping out into the bright sunlight can seem intimidating. self government can seem as it is a very big deal. but i think british public... practicalities as well though? public administration thank you thanks to our eu membership has been so fossilised for so longment we need that shock to the system to realise that actually we can make things better. we don't have to do things better. we don't have to do things because the eu says that's how it has got to be done. the people we elect can give us the best policy or the country that we want to be. of course, douglas would say that, i don't see this as a dark cell. the point is we'll never know. but putting aside the emotion, let's say we leave and the prime minister has made it very clear that if we don't get a deal, we will leave without a deal and fall back on wto obligations. we can erect no trade defences to any country. we're

opening for dumping of chinese steel and any imports from anywhere around the country. that's not stretching ourlimbs in the the country. that's not stretching our limbs in the sunlight, that's a practical decision that my constituents who voted to leave expect me to have a point of view on and more importantly those who are tasked with carrying this out to get it right. the one thing we have heard in there and we saw some stirring speeches from members who have never seen i have never seen stirring speeches from members who have never seen i have never seen so animated before, all right guys, let'sjust focus on animated before, all right guys, let's just focus on the reality of this. this is a big and tough deal. my predecessor, it was a seven year process. there was six white papers and thousands of hours of debate. i think he was probably better informed than i feel right now about something that is much bigger because we're not... we don't really know, do we? the idea of leaving without a deal, that wouldn't be your preferred option presumably?” would prefer us to get a good deal, but i support theresa may. i'm a

bill surprised clare doesn't. she is right, theresa may, when she says if we don't get a good deal, we're prepared not to have a deal. what are the consequences of that? one of the failings of previous administration under mr cameron and an administration i couldn't support is they said they would have a deal at any price. look where that got us. one of the things that we need to recognise with the greatest respect, because many of the issues trade policy for example, because we haven't as a house of commons been debating and thinking about them for 40 years, one or two mps are getting their head around the idea that for example, you don't need a free trade agreement or single market membership to buy and sell stuff. the political classes need to play a little bit of catch up and when they do that, they will probably find it's not actually so dauntingment other countries around the world manage self government. i think we can doa manage self government. i think we can do a good job too. it is the transition, it is the fact that we haven't done it, but it means there will be a process of big change?

i've been pushing for us to leave the european union all my adult life. i spent 20 something years thinking about how brexit might work. there are many people in the vote leave campaign who have given this a lot of thought. i think maybe one or two people who weren't on that page until recently are playing catch up, but i think theresa may is on that page. what is sad that douglas hasn't spoken in the debate either yesterday and today and not shared his wisdom. others of us have been dealing with the consequence of the economic fall—out in 2008, how we go forward with the health service and a social care programme that's fit for purpose and now we have to focus on something that is very, very, very monumentally important and it is notjust, you know, politicians who can't get their heads around business, even though they might have had a business career. we don't have any trade negotiate ortion. negotiators,

we are both fully in support of the prime minister, we have to be clear with our former partners in the eu that if they won't deal with us, we'll walk, and that's vital, but the practicalities and ken clarke described it yesterday as going down a rabbit hole. i think people who have campaigned on nothing else, but europe for the last 40 years are sitting the mad hatter's tea party and it is time for us to get real and it is time for us to get real and get honest with our constituents and get honest with our constituents and get honest with our constituents and get on with the deal.” and get honest with our constituents and get on with the deal. i will try and get on with the deal. i will try and be generous to everyone including ex—remainers, thank you clare. there we have it. the debate is alive and well here at westminster and will remain so for the next few months. back to you, ben. thank you, vicki. i'm joined now by the labour mp stephen kinnock and snp europe spokesman stephen gethins. stephen kin ok you're a remainor.

stephen kin 0k you're a remainor.” campaigned passionately for remain. i'm convinced our best national interests are served within the european union, but i am also a democrat. i accept that we lost the campaign that the people voted on the 23rd june to leave the eu and i think this evening parliament has to enable the triggering of article 50, but what i would say is, that the debate now really starts about the sort of brexit that we will have. the prime minister's used very dangerous rhetoric about resorting to wfo rules and changing the uk's economic model. that's not something that we'll stand forment we're not here to allow the brexit to be used as an excuse to turn this country into a european version of the cayman islands. stephen getens, the scottish nationalists are tabling an amendment this evening to the bill. it is called a reasoned amendment. explain what that is and what you're trying to argue. we've moved it already. so i moved our amendment

yesterday and that's the one that will be voted on this evening. we're uncomfortable with where we are as you'd imagine. scotland voted to remain part of the european union. also we don't think some of the questions have been answered. so theresa may has u turned and is rushing out a white paper, but we don't have any details and we don't have any questions, it is unusual to have any questions, it is unusual to have any questions, it is unusual to have a white paper after you've had the vote and this goes to the heart that the government don't have the courage of their convictions on this. furthermore, we want to see respect for the devolution process and to be an agreed administration. what about the position of eu nationals who make the uk their home and contribute so much? we need a bit of certainty around their position as well. stephen kin ok, we know there is a series of amendments waiting next week when it goes to committee stage. there are a lot of people watching who voted in the referendum will say fine, just trigger article 50. that's it, we voted to leave. trigger article 50 and do what the people said? yes, i

mean, of course, we need to move forward on the basis of leaving the eu. the big debate now is not so much about departure, but about destination and what sort of brexit is it going to be? what i said in my speech in the chamber yesterday was i think there is a very important pa rt i think there is a very important part of this debate that hasn't really been brought to the foreground yet which is article 50 is actually quite narrow in its scope, it is about the details of with dog from the european union budgetary commitments, the status of eu citizens in the uk, and uk citizens in the eu, very important as they are, they're relatively narrow in scope. the big question is what is our trading relationship, what is our trading relationship, what is our trading relationship, what is the free movement of labour? that that will be dealt with under article 218 which has to be ratified by 34 different parliaments. so i think it will be incredible important that we get an interim transitional deal that takes us from article 50 to article 218 so we

don't have the cliff edge of dropping into wto. so what i think we really need to hear from the government is what are their plans for a transitional deal? how will we ensure that we don't wherebying the british economy when we move out of the european union? stephen getens, we are getting the white paper from the government tomorrow. the prime minister promised. the government are giving more detail than perhaps they originally were? she had nine months, but we will find out tomorrow, but this will be after the vote. it strikes me, surely if a can have didn't is confident in what's it's doing, what will happen today will have an impact on each and every person who lives in the united kingdom in terms of their life and their economy and in terms of their rights. the government needed to be brought to parliament kicking and screaming to give us the vote and they won't give us the details and that suggests they don't have

confidence in what they're doing. there will be a rebellion by some labour mps against the three line whip from jeremy corbyn, do you know by how many? i don't actually. i do respect their views. my personal rue is that the electoral unit for this referendum was the united kingdom and so we've got to leave the eu because that's what the united kingdom voted. even if the mp's individual constituency voted to remain? i am a passionate remainor andl remain? i am a passionate remainor and i looked at myself in the mirror and i looked at myself in the mirror and asked if my constituency voted remain would i still be saying trigger article 50? yes, we would. jeremy corbyn made the right call. the british people deserve to know what the labour leadership and the labour shadow cabinet think, but of course, labour shadow cabinet think, but of course , every labour shadow cabinet think, but of course, every member of parliament has the write right to follow their own conscience. thank you very much

for your time. that's it from us at westminster. the vote after #pm. we will have that live for you on bbc news. simon and annita, back to you. the headlines on bbc news: mps will vote this evening on the legislation giving the government the go—ahead to trigger article 50 — the formal process of leaving the eu. the eu's chief, federica mogherini, criticises president trump's travel ban. three generations murdered in a terror attack on a tunisian beach. the t20 series is under way in bangalore. joe root is unbeaten on 36. graham taylor's funeral has taken

place in watford today. hundreds of fa ns place in watford today. hundreds of fans and former players and managers paid their respects to the former england boss. one of the last deals to go through on transfer deadline was a chelsea player's move to russia. i will have a full update for you in 15 minutes. federica mogherini spoke at the opening of the debate. no one can be deprived of his or her own rights because of their place of birth, their religion or ethnicity. this is written in our constitutions. both in europe and in america. this is who we are. this is our identity. this is something we cannot forget. our european history

has told us to celebrate when a wall is torn down and the bridge is built. we learned from our own great, but also tragic history that every human being is first and fore most a person with fundamental rights that cannot be put into question. nigel farage defended donald trump's travel restrictions and accused the eu of being anti—american. you see what has happened here is somebody has stood on a manifesto for election, got into office, and within one week, said that he will hold faith with his own electorate. it is called genuine democracy. unlike the system we have in the european union where the unelected commissioners like federica mogherini here have the sole right to propose legislation. so i'm sure that it to propose legislation. so i'm sure thatitis to propose legislation. so i'm sure that it is a great shock to you to see that a genuinely elected

democrat is doing what he was put in to do. donald trump nominated a conservative judge to fill a vacancy on the us supreme court. the nomination of neil gorsuch restores the court's conservative balance, but could have far—reaching consequences for america's most contested social issues from abortion to gun control. his nomination will have to be confirmed by the senate why democrats threatened to block him because of his record on women's' rights. our correspondent is at the supreme court. kim, so we have the nomination, what is it going to take to get to a confirmation? it will ta ke to get to a confirmation? it will take a lot. this is not going to be easy nor smooth. neil gorsuch, the newly nominated judge to sit on the

supreme court was here this morning with the vice—president mike pens for a first meeting with the senate republican leadership, but beyond that, there is a long road ahead and as you mentioned, the democrats are gearing up with a fight, they are not mincing their words, we had the former speaker of the house and a powerful democrat, saying it was a hostile nom gnawings. we have had some say it was an intolerable one and some referring to this possible confirmation as going on to neil gorsuch going to a stolen seat. and stolen seat is a reference to, of course, thejudge nominated by barack obama course, thejudge nominated by ba rack obama last course, thejudge nominated by barack obama last year to replace the late justice. the barack obama last year to replace the latejustice. the nomination barack obama last year to replace the late justice. the nomination was shutdown by republicans who were waiting for this moment, for a republican president to nominate a conservative judge. so republican president to nominate a conservativejudge. so quite republican president to nominate a conservative judge. so quite a fight ahead of the quite a long road ahead. neil gorsuch will have to

meet in private first with a lot of senators. he will have to go through rehearsal, mock hearings, to prepare for public hearings and then, of course, a confirmation session. if the democrats don't fill buster, if they fill buster, it is also possible that republicans will still try to ram it through. so we wait to see if there is any tit for tat response from the democrats. bring us up—to—date on any other cabinet appointments news? more political tension there as well. on congress we had the health secretary tom price voted out of committee. we had the treasury secretary voted out of committee as well. even though democrats were boycotting those meetings. the way that the republicans got over that is by changing the rules which usually require one democrat to be

in committee. so a lot of manoeuvring there. a lot of unprecedented steps ta ken manoeuvring there. a lot of unprecedented steps taken by both sides whether democrats boycotting and the republicans changing the rules so a lot of tension here, but certainly president trump trying it get his candidates, his nominees through, we're also expecting rex tillerson the nomination for secretary of state to be voted in the senate today. that's expected to go through as well. small victories there today for donald trump. kim, thank you very much. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british people who were killed in tunisia have heard how three generations of the same family were murdered in a terror attack at a hotel beach in 2015. suzy evans told the court that within 12 hours herfather, her brother and her oldest son were gone. richard galpin reports. the bodies of a father, his son and grandson arriving back in britain after the attacking tunisia targeting british holiday—makers two years ago.

the lives of three generations of the same family destroyed by a lone gunman trained by so—called islamic state. 78—year—old charles evans, with his grandsonjoel who was 19, and his son adrian who was 49, had all gone on holiday together, but were shot dead just 12 hours after arriving at the tunisian resort. today, the surviving grandson owen and his mother came to give evidence at the inquest. mrs richards gave moving tributes to each of those killed. mrs richards described how herfamily had been very close and loving. her voice breaking with emotion, she said part of her had died when she said she learned her son joel had been killed. he was a bright, shining star, she said, who had a promising future as a football referee.

this was joel speaking about refereeing just a month before flying out to tunisia. his mother told the inquest he had already achieved more than many people achieve in theirfull lifetime. when the gunman began his rampage through the resort in sousse two years ago, joel, his brother owen, his grandfather and uncle tried to run and hide. owen, who survived the attack, provided evidence describing how his grandfather kept falling. they picked him up and eventually reached the indoor swimming pool, but the gunman was behind them and opened fire. of the four of them who went on holiday together, to celebrate owen finishing his gcse exams, it was just owen returned home. scientists say patients with absolutely no control

over their bodies have been able to communicate. a computer has helped to analyse the brain signals of four patients in switzerland who all have "complete locked—in syndrome" and they were able to answer basic yes or no questions. in 2010 kate allatt became "locked in" after suffering a stroke — she's now a motivational speaker, stroke activist and author. she told the bbc the moment her friends helped her recovery. 20% to 30% patients are considered vegetative. they came in and cobbled a letter boa rd vegetative. they came in and cobbled a letter board and they said with the very slight blink i have, blink once or no and twice for yes. it was very slightment one was looking at my eye and one was pointing and one was writing down and the very first word i spelt out, it took 20 minutes was sleep. and my very perceptive friend jackie said, what, can't

sleep? i blinked twice and then she said at night and i blinked twice and that moment i can honestly tell you was the moment that i became unlocked. i was still locked in. you was the moment that i became unlocked. iwas still locked in. i still had to live like that for five months, but at that point, my world opened. i was never locked in my own body anymore with my own thoughts trapped. fergus walsh is here. these people don't even blink. so how do you communicate with somebody who is conscious, thinks like you and me, but can't respond ? conscious, thinks like you and me, but can't respond? what they did was, they used a cap that uses sensors, infrared sensors, and they can spot minute variations. we can see it here. this is kirsten,

26—year—old kirsten, paralysed in a locked—in state for four years and she is being asked a series of questions using this infrared sensors which can detect minute changes in blood flow in the brain. now, if you think about it something, if you're thinking about is paris the capital of france? a part of your brain will light up slightly more, it uses more oxygen than another and you can calibrate one person's answers by asking them some questions you know they know the answers to. so with kirsten they asked her, is your mother's name margate. it is. you get a series of responses you know the answer to and then you can go on and ask more challenging. perhaps the most surprising answer was when asked you happy? these are

people who became progressively sick, so they knew they were going into this state, it is this neurodegenerative disease, als, and they had all opted to have a ventilator. so they all had opted to carry on living, but, given that they are tube feared, a ventilator and they were completely locked in, yet all of them said they were happy with their life. now that challenges the preconceptions that able—bodied people often have come they say that was me, i wouldn't want to live. so thatis was me, i wouldn't want to live. so that is a very useful to know. you don't always get the answers everybody wants, do you? there was a daughter who asked her 61—year—old dad who was paralysed can i marry my boyfriend, mario. nine times out of ten dad said no you can't. well, simon, she married him anyway. do we know what his response was after that? they have not publish that bit

of research. maybe they didn't tell him! it isjust of research. maybe they didn't tell him! it is just after half past four, let's take a look at the weather forecast now. lots of active weather here in the ukfor lots of active weather here in the uk for the next couple of days after such a dry and very quietjanuary. we have had some rain in the east, more rain popping back in across the western side of the uk now for the evening rush hour, not particularly pleasa nt evening rush hour, not particularly pleasant it with some hill fog around, through the evening it runs north and east entrance to beat out a bit then we have another pulse coming in. one after another, successive bouts of rain and strong wind in the coming few days will stop mild for the majority, just the north—east of scotland with clearing skies, could be a tad chilly with a touch of frost first thing tomorrow morning. that won't last. gale force winds around western approaches will ensure that the wind makes its way through. brighter skies but more rain through late in the day. the

likes of south—west england, wales, parts of northern ireland, we could touch severe gale. i am not sure it will feel that way with the wind blowing in the rain falling. the question we're talking about mosley isa question we're talking about mosley is a potential storm weather on friday. this low pressure system, will it come across the southern uk or across northern france and stopped the jury is still out but either way there will be similarly atrocious weather and i will keep you more informed in half an hour. hello, good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. the headlines for you at 4:33pm. theresa may has told mps that the government's detailed brexit plans will be published in a white paper tomorrow. mps will vote this evening on the legislation, which allows the government to formally start the process of leaving the european union. the european union's foreign policy chief federica mogherini has expressed concern about the travel restrictions imposed by us president donald trump, saying his policies were sowing "tension and mistrust". the inquest into the deaths of british tourists in tunisia have

heard a statement from a teenager who lost his brother, uncle and grandfather in the attack. four people involved in fraudulently selling puppies kept in poor conditions at a travellers' site in essex have been given suspended sentences. time for the sport with olly foster. we will start with a bit of cricket. england are chasing 203 to win the t20 series against india. they won the toss in bangalore and put the hosts in to bat. indian skipper virat kohli was run out early, but suresh raina and ms dhoni did most of the damage for india, both of them getting half centuries. and in comparison yuvraj singh only scored 27, the problem for england was that 24 of them came in a single over! it left that pretty hefty target of 203, but jason roy got stuck into it quickly — how about that shot for six. how about that shot for six?

he was caught out on 32 in the end, after giving the tourists a decent platform in their chase. joe root and eoin morgan built on it too, both of them going really well until they were out in the same over, a couple of minutes ago. england are 119—5 after 15 overs. it isa it is a long shot for them to actually save that now. the funeral of former england manager graham taylor has taken place in watford, where he had his greatest success at club level. taylor died of a suspected heart attack last month at the age of 72. azi farni reports. graham taylor's coffin was draped in the union flag as it entered the church. it was a union of football past and present.

taylor's family joined by the likes of sir alex ferguson, the likes of luther blissett, john barnes, part of that cherished watford team. the former watford chairman sir elton john could not be here, but he sent a tribute, in which he spoke about taylor's accessibility and his contribution to the community, and it is that relationship with the fans that has had thousands of them lined up on the streets here today, listening to the service being relayed outside, and they have been remembering notjust graham taylor, the manager, who led watford to five promotions and an fa cup final, but graham taylor, the family man, who built, notjust a club, but a community around it. after nine years at stamford bridge, chelsea defender branislav ivanovic hasjoined russian premier league side zenit st petersburg for an undisclosed fee on a two—and—a—half year deal. 376 appearances he made in all competitions for chelsea. he won the premier league twice, the fa cup

three times and scored the winner in the europa league final. chelsea captainjohn terry paid tribute to his now former team—mate, premier league spending in the january transfer window reached a 16 year high. for the first time they made a net profit. a large part of that has been down to the financial power of the chinese super league. they bought oscar for around £50 million from chelsea, and even watford's odion ighalo commanded £20 million for his move to china. never heard of the club? neither had he. when the offer came in, i googled the team, it said some things about the team, it said some things about the team. i said why not? it is a small town in china, they have a museum and all that, good places, restau ra nts, museum and all that, good places, restaurants, i said ok. museum and all that, good places, restaurants, isaid ok. i museum and all that, good places, restaurants, i said ok. i said why not? let me go and try and do my

best there. that is just not? let me go and try and do my best there. that isjust about it, a quick update from bangalore, moeen ali was in, then he was out, england 127-64 ali was in, then he was out, england 127—64 starbucks like india will wrap up that series as well. more from me in the next hour. welcome back to westminster, where mps are debating for a second day a bill which would allow the prime minister to formally start the process of leaving the eu. to trigger article 50 to begin the brexit process. i have beenjoined bya brexit process. i have beenjoined by a couple of mps, tulip siddiq for labour, who is rebelling against the party whip, and jeremy corbyn, and made a powerful speech in the commons, and the conservative mp, peter bone. you are a prominent leave campaigner, what do you think of this debate. is it all going to go through smoothly? you never know until the votes are counted. there are three votes tonight, the most ethical one for the government will be the programme motion, where the opposition parties could unite to

try and defeat us. but i think because of what the british mps did —— the british people did in the referendum i don't think many mps will vote against. i am voting against article 50 because my constituents in hampton —— voted to stay in the european union. i represent the views of hampstead and kilburn, i don't represent westminster in my constituency. but it was a nationwide referendum, surely? i understand that, but locally i am their representative, they represented to stay in the european union. i have to make their views heard. and the reason i feel like i can't vote for this bill is because there is no clarity over what is actually going to happen. where are the details, why is the white paper being published tomorrow after the vote? white paper being published tomorrow after the vote ? that white paper being published tomorrow after the vote? that is what i want to know, what will happen to workers' rights, what will happen to the eu nationals? 17,000 of them live in my constituency. what is going to happen to access to single

market? we saw daniel hannan talking about not leaving the single market, but guess what, we are. until i see clarity over our future i will not be voting for the bill. that is quite a good point, the white paper is being published by the government after the vote, after the debate, why not have it before? would that not have been helpful? we have had 6000 words of theresa may and 12 points. but the issue is different, what we're doing is a formal application to the european union that we are withdrawing. the process of withdrawal is for debate and scrutiny as we go forward, and we have the great repeal bill and a thing, so you are mixing up to things. this isjust triggering what the british people decided on 23rd ofjune. the detail will be scrutinised over the next few months. will it go through the lords smoothly? a lot of people have said it might be a stumbling block, if it is, is that a constitutional problem? the lords have absolute

right to scrutinise the bill, if they want to send back to the commons, we would look at them, and we have this ping—pong where it bounces back and forth between the two chambers. all of that is right andl two chambers. all of that is right and i am for all that. but of course we have to remember the british people have instructed parliament what to do, and we should follow that instruction. tulip, we are going against the —— you are going against the three line whip of your party and your leaderjeremy corbyn by voting against this evening, why are you disobeying your party leader? the fact i am going against the three line whip shows how important this issue is to be first at the reason i'm doing it has nothing to do with party politics, there are some things that transcend party politics, for me and exit is about the nation, and i am doing this in the interests of my constituency. it is not about undermining the leader, the shadow brexit team, who i think i doing a fantasticjob, brexit team, who i think i doing a fantastic job, but in brexit team, who i think i doing a fantasticjob, but in good conscience i cannot vote for a bill that i feel in no way offers protection for workers' rights, for

the environment, for the eu nationals living here, accessed the market, customs union. i do not feel ican market, customs union. i do not feel i can vote for something where i don't know the details of what is to come. you are wearing that rather loud green tie, and you have told us that once this bill goes through, if it does, you will through that tie away, is that right? absolutely, it goes into retirement. i warn labour mps if you don't vote to trigger article 50, this time i'd stay on! that is quite a threat! let's just go back inside the chamber of the commons because the debate is continuing. let's just commons because the debate is continuing. let'sjust listening. for young people to work, study and travel visa free if they are under 25, so they do not become worse off than their european cab parts. mr speaker, the referendum was not a proud moment in our nation ‘s history, but there is more than one way to brexit. there are risks and

we must be open about that too, but we must be open about that too, but we must be open about that too, but we must also have an evidence —based debate. our prosperity, security and respect and place in the world depends on it. thank you mr speaker, it isa depends on it. thank you mr speaker, it is a pleasure to follow the honourable lady for feltham and has the, like i campaigned for remain, i did it passionately. i argued if we left we would be missing the opportunity of being the largest country in the eu that is not in the euro, which i think is an amazing position that that has gone and except that. like her, i will support this bill, because having voted for the referendum act one of the most —— the first things i voted for, i would the most —— the first things i voted for, iwould be the most —— the first things i voted for, i would be reneging if i turned against that just because for, i would be reneging if i turned against thatjust because i campaigned on the other side. but this does not mean i do not have concerns, and there are two primary areas i am worried about the future. the first is on trade. at all costs, we must avoid a game of protectionist chicken with the eu, because that could happen. particularly when we know what is going on in washington, where we

have an openly protectionist president. if protectionism bikes out on both sides of the land we could have a severe economic crisis, and we know where that finishes. the other pointers on immigration. it is absolutely right that we cannot control immigration in the eu unless we leave. but we cannot reduce the numbers, which is what the country actually once in my view, unless we have a native british workforce that is willing and able and available in sufficient numbers to step into the breach if the immigration shutters come down. the select committee, which i recentlyjoined, work and pensions, we have held evidence sessions on this and heard from employers who are completely dependent on migrant labour, and who struggle to recruit locally, including the care section, contraction. vital parts of our economy, and we should not pretend to the british people that immigration will be slashed if we leave. and there is one part of it i think is particularly important to discuss. at the moment it is not

true that there are restrictions on eu migration. and unskilled migrant, which includes many skilled people, it is just an which includes many skilled people, it isjust an immigration which includes many skilled people, it is just an immigration term, which includes many skilled people, it isjust an immigration term, if you are from outside the eu. you can only legally coming from within the eu and! only legally coming from within the eu and i think we should be very cautious about changing that. because the british people may like the idea of going global but i do not think they would support globalising unskilled migration to this country, which is by far the largest pa rt this country, which is by far the largest part of it. we need to debate that openly. having said all that, i voted for the referendum act, we have to implement the will of the people as many of my collea g u es of the people as many of my colleagues have said. we are democratic, do it in a way that is open is uniting, because if the natural interest at this moment is best served by a maximum unity, a show of strength by parliament, i give way to my honourable friend on that point. i am grateful to give way to my honourable friend on that point. i am gratefulto my honourable friend and son—in—law for giving way, because i do want to endorse what he has just said. we

have shown it is possible on this very, very divisive and complex is stu, we have shown it is possible not only to be members of the same party, the same family have different views, and yet now look forward to going united to secure the best possible lead for our country. the local paper did speculate on this matter, when asked about my wife's views. i said she is my father—in—law ‘s daughter, and on the morning after the referendum... laughter notjust biologically, in spirit, i purchased a bottle of champagne and congratulated her, she was on the winning side in that respect will stop but yes, we do have to unite, we have to show a positive and open spirit in our negotiations with europe. we have to have a deal in their interest too, and that is why it is about openness, free trade, a positive brexit, nothing we can all get behind that should all get behind that, and we do that by

voting for this bill tonight. thank you, mr speaker. when i campaigned... so there we are, as we watch the debate, that was james cartilage, and his further and law —— father—in—law keeping it in the family. the key vote we are respecting shortly after 7pm on the european union bill, that quarter past seven in fact, we will bring you that result live, but the government expected to win that pretty comfortable. that is the latest from westminster. simon and anita, back to you 1st in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe have been trading, but first — the headlines on bbc news: mps will vote this evening on the legislation giving the government the go—ahead to trigger article 50 — the formal process of leaving the eu. the eu's foreign policy chief federica mogherini criticises president trump's travel ban, saying it could increase ‘tension and mistrust‘.

three generations murdered in a terror attack on a tunisian beach — an inquest hears from a teenager who survived — but lost his brother, uncle and grandfather. hello — i‘m rachel horne — let‘s take a look at the markets... it‘s been a good trading day for the markets, with values going up — the ftse up a little of a percentage. helped by figures showing chinese manufacturing expanded injanuary at its fastest pace for two years — let‘s look at what‘s been impacting on the ftse here in london... when i say talktalk, the first thing that springs to many minds is the 2015 cyber—attack, when the financial details of nearly 157,000 users were stolen. today, the company reported a fall in revenues, but eclipsed that with the announcement that chief executive dido harding is to leave the telecoms group

in may, after seven years, and the share price has been up by more then 7% today. investors‘s reaction was positive. wizz air — the largest budget airline in central and eastern europe — has reported figures for the last three months of the year — they saw a 20% increase in passenger in profit to £28 million — but the share price is down more than 8% — we‘ll be finding out why. and tomorrow is the bank of england‘s super thursday — that‘s the triple brain dump from the bank of england, including an interest rate decision, minutes from the mpc meeting, and a quarterly inflation report, which gives us the central bank‘s latest forecasts for the uk economy. let‘s get more on all of this from laith khalaf, senior analyst, hargreaves lansdown. thank you forjoining us this afternoon. laith, let‘s start with the bank of england — and just to mention we are due a press release from the federal reserve —

the us central bank in about two hours‘ time — we‘re expecting no move on interest rates there — what are we expecting here tomorrow? much the same, really. markets are pretty sure that the bank of england will maintain interest rates at 0.25% tomorrow, so the focus will be on how the vote is split between the monetary parliamentary committee. the last vote was unanimous in favour of keeping interest rates at that occur low level. the questions warrior is whether there are any voices of dissent agitating for a hike in rates. we are getting an inflation report from the bank of england tomorrow as well, a quarterly report, and that will update ads on the bank‘s latest thinking, in terms of inflation but also gdp growth. if we look back to just after brexit, the bank of england was pretty gloomy about prospects for the uk, since which time in november they actually upgraded their forecast for uk gdp growth. there has been more positive data from the economy since then, so

we might see at upping again tomorrow. let's move onto talktalk. afall in revenues but the announcement of a change at the top seems to have stopped any share price slippage — what are investors thinking? there can‘t be many worse things for a ceo personally to announce you are living and see share prices rocket. but investors in talktalk have had a pretty torrid 18 months since the cyber attack, looking for some good news, and a change at the top robbery gives them that. today‘s numbers were not great but they could have been much worse and probably some of relief in the share price rise that we have seen today as well. and wizz air — at face value the figures look great — more passengers, more profits — so what has caused the share price to fall? quite an interesting one, the headline profits were up. you are right for stock that is down to a financial gain on a lot ofjet fuel hedges that the company put in place at low prices last year. if you strip those out and look at how the business is performing, operating profit was down by a third and the

company downgraded its profit forecasts for this year. that is because it has been tough times in the airline industry. all of the budget airlines have invested a lot in capacity, which means more planes flying the same routes, it has driven prices down. great for people travelling but not so good for shareholders. thank you for your time. a quick week up on the market. the markets in the states, traders across the pond are feeling a bit more upbeat today for stop yesterday the us markets were down, today they nipped back up and they will come up ina nipped back up and they will come up in a moment. i did mention that the federal reserve are going to give the results of their latest meeting inafew the results of their latest meeting in a few hours‘ time. we are not expecting a move in interest rates but what people will be interested in is that we are expecting moves at some point this year, so the statement that the fed releases alongside the decision, that is what eve ryo ne alongside the decision, that is what everyone will be focused on. and we

have super thursday tomorrow, lots of information from the bank of england. if you want to know about it, go to our website and a round—up of all the other top business stories. that is it from me, back to you guys. rachel, thank you. where we re you guys. rachel, thank you. where were they? i don't know, they are live in the states. go to the website! three women and a man who sold hundreds of dogs kept inside cages on a farm have been spared jail. the group advertised the pets — which they sold to unsuspecting members of the public for an average of £450 — as "home—reared". they handled about 750 puppies as part of the "sophisticated enterprise", which was worth up to £500,000. our correspondent ben ando was at basildon crown court, and has more details about the case. it was back in 2014 that the rspca first started receiving a lot of calls from people complaining the puppies they had bought as home reared from houses in these london we re reared from houses in these london were falling sick, and in some cases dying very soon after they had been purchased. they launched an

investigation, and they traced the puppies back to eight puppy farm on a traveller site in essex. they arrested theresa wade, victoria montgomerie, her daughter roxanne montgomerie, her daughter roxanne montgomerie and her ex—partner, tony hammond. today all four of them were sentenced for fraud. theresa wade receiving a suspended 21 month sentence, told she had to wear a tag for three months. victoria montgomerie suspended sentence of 14 months and tact. roxanne montgomerie and tony hammond sentenced to nine months each and 120 hours of unpaid community service. the reason was that two of the women had very serious health problems, the reason for the suspended sentence. i am joined by carol from the rspca. you went to that location and you found 76 puppies. tell us about the condition. conditions were disgusting, they were filthy, and i'm sure the public would be

deplored to find that they had bought puppies that had come from those premises. why should people do in those situations, when they go to a house and their heartstrings are polled by a sick puppy?” a house and their heartstrings are polled by a sick puppy? i am afraid it is to do the hard thing, walk away. to do anything else is to perpetuate the trade. they need to come away perpetuate the trade. they need to come away and reported as soon as possible, that day, so that something can be done about it if they suspect those puppies are sick or ill. how are those puppies you rescued? the ones we rescued at the time, some were sick, and a couple got so sick that they died or had to be put to sleep but most of them survived. at a great cost to the rspca. but that they were successfully re—homed. rspca. but that they were successfully re-homed. so this investigation is not quite over though, because today‘s proceedings we re though, because today‘s proceedings were all about fraud. two of the women also face animal cruelty charges and they will be held at a magistrates‘ court, because in legal terms animal cruelty is not as

serious as fraud. in terms of the totality of this, it is hard to know. certainly theresa wade had had 731 dog vaccinated, and if they had all been sold at an average of £450, it would have made more than £300,000 this gang. the news at five coming up but first the weather. let‘s go to helen willetts with the latest. after weeks and weeks of very little weather activity in the atlantic, it has all gone really mad in the last few days! and we got more to come. if we show you the atlantic satellite picture, you can see here lots of cloud around, upstream in the uk, heading its way our direction. these masses of cloud have been bringing rain, so there is more rain to come, and also the potential is there for some very strong winds. we have had some rain moving through then it has

brightened with a few showers. another low—pressure racing in for some rain tomorrow. this ominous looking mass of cloud to me at least is rather ominous looking because it could well turn out to be a storm as we head into friday, and a storm that may come to the uk or northern france. that is the question at the moment, but we have had a little bit of brightness in between the rain bands. this was the rain earlier in the day. it certainly was soaking. further west, our next band of rain coming in, and that will head north and east with through the evening, so not particularly pleasant for the rush hour. it tends to peter out, then strengthening winds. then another band of rain coming to the south and west, heading their way northwards and eastwards, driven by a strengthening wind, the rain through the night. some gales by morning in the southwest approaches, but it is mild, the constellation at least —— the consolation at least. soon that cloud with its rains heading further north and east,

again gales almost certainly that we could have severe gale force winds around the southwest approaches, up through the irish sea, west wales and eastern side of northern ireland, even dumfries and galloway. certainly not cold, but i doubt it will feel that mild with the wind blowing and at times bands of rain. friday as i mentioned has that question with it, the computer models are oscillating between taking the storm across northern france and taking the storm across the uk. no preferred track at the moment, but either way it will bring the ferocious winds with it, the potential for storm force winds, so will probably become a named storm in that case. powering income as i say, angel to severe gale force winds, potentially in southern and western pa rt of winds, potentially in southern and western part of the uk, particularly the south, we could have some storm force winds and some heavy rain as well. just a question about exactly where that storm will go, so if you do have plans for the rest of this week, please stay tuned to the forecast. there is already a warning

out friday‘s potential storm, details on the website. we will keep you updated on the latest thoughts. today at 5pm. mps are making their final pitches in a momentous debate, on whether theresa may should begin the formal process of taking britain out of the eu. the former chancellor george osborne, says the debate has become too focused on immigration, at the expense of other vital issues. the government has chosen and i respect this decision, not to make the economy the priority in this negotiation. i‘m ben brown at westminster, where we‘ll bring you the latest developments. also in the next hour, there‘s been more harrowing testimony, at the inquests into the deaths of 30 britons killed in the tunisia terror attack. one teenager described the scene, as his brother, uncle and grandfather were shot dead. a gang has been spared jail, after the fraudulent sale of puppies