to discuss his controversial plans to clamp down on immigration. there seems to be momentum growing to pass legislation that would end his policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the mexican border. he has used the outrage to get funding from congress for his border wall. the united states has withdrawn from the un human rights council — citing concerns about the human rights record of some members and its excessive criticism of israel. washington's ambassador to the un nikki haley said the council was a cesspool of political bias. the un's human rights chief called the move disappointing. thousands of rohingya muslims who fled myanmar now face the risk of landslides and flooding in bangladesh refugee camps as the monsoon season approaches. at least 12 people were killed last week in southeast bangladesh, including two rohingya refugees living in camps near the border. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme.

coming up in the next half hour. the government announces a review of the use of cannabis for medical purposes. the position that we find ourselves in currently is not satisfactory. labour failed in an attempt to pass a motion of no confidence in the transport secretary chris grayling. and in the lords, a peer wonders if aggressive cyclists have a hidden agenda. could they possibly be in league with those who will stop at absolutely nothing to reduce the size of this house? but first: the home secretary, sajid javid, has said there will be a review into the use of cannabis which could lead to some patients being given the drug for medical reasons. his move follows the high—profile case of billy caldwell who suffers from severe epilepsy. he was originally denied cannabis oil which can be used

to control seizures. billy, who's twelve, was granted a 20—day licence for the drug last week after doctors insisted it was a medical emergency. campaigners have highlighted another case, that of alfie dingley and urged a change in the rules. sajid javid began by saying there was strong evidence that cannabis could harm people's mental and physical health and damage communities. however, cases like billy's, alfie dingley‘s, and others like him, have shown that we now need to look more closely at the use of cannabis—based medicines in the health care sector in the uk. because it has become clear to me since becoming home secretary that the position we find ourselves in currently is not satisfactory. it is not satisfactory for the parents, it is not satisfactory for the doctors, and it is not satisfactory for me. so there would be a 2—part review.

looking first at the evidence for possible medicinal benefits of cannabis and secondly, at how to put any recommendations safely into practice. but this was not a first step to making it available for recreational use. this government has absolutely no plans to legalise cannabis and the penalties for unauthorised supply and possession will remain unchanged. we will not see a dangerous precedent or weaken our ability to keep dangerous drugs off our streets. as a father, i know there's nothing worse than seeing your child suffering. you would do anything to take away their pain. that is why i have the utmost sympathy for billy caldwell, alfie dingley, and many others like them and for their parents, who have been under unimaginable stress and strain. i know that they are following a gut parental instinct to do whatever is in their power to try and alleviate the suffering of their child. we agree that this is the right time, if not long overdue, to review

the scheduling of cannabis. is he aware of the concerns of the delays in the current process and whilst we welcome the review, something must be done to manage the current process more effectively. including the use of an advisory panel. but something must be done because it simply is not acceptable that parents and families should have to suffer as they have been suffering because of these interminable delays in agreeing these licenses. can i genuinely welcome as well the license for alfie today and what a scandal that it has taken three months since hannah deacon met with the prime minister and was promised swift, compassionate action. what an outrage that frankly it is only the press attention that has finally shamed this government into action. as chairman of the all party parliamentary group cannabis, harmful effects on developing

brains, i thank my right honourable friend for his assurances that any future medicinal use of cannabis will not be conflated with any weakening of the government position on recreational use. is he aware of the increasingly clear evidence of permanent psychosis and depression amongst young people who are users of what we see our streets more regularly and that is of skunk cannabis? i am very much aware of that and it is perfectly correct for my honourable friend to highlight this point. as i have made clear in the statement and i'm happy to make absolutely clear again, there are no plans at all to decriminalise cannabis, it is a controlled, class b drug under the misuse of drugs act 1971 and that will not change. is there not a dreadful hypocrisy in government policy on drugs more generally, probably most of the cabinet drinks alcohol, the most dangerous drug of all. probably half of the cabinet has used cannabis, possibly

even the home secretary, unless they are a group of very odd people. perhaps that is the case. shouldn't the home secretary actually follow the advice of the former conservative leader lord hague who makes the case for a regulated legalised market and that that is the best way to protect people from harm who at the moment buy from criminals who have no interest in their welfare at all. mr speaker, this is about making sure that we have the best possible medical treatment available for everyone in the uk but especially our children. that is what this is about. it is about medical treatment. it is not about the recreational use of drugs which can cause severe damage to people. at the end of the session a conservative had a different question. where is everybody, mr speaker? i hope in the light of the extraordinary accusations of the honourable member

for north norfolk they're not behind the bike sheds having a spliff! something the speaker said was a most unworthy thought! a labour attempt to secure a vote of no confidence in the transport secretary chris grayling following the recent chaos on the rail network has been defeated in the commons. train passengers in both the north and the south of england were angered by the cancellation of hundreds of services almost immediately after the introduction of a new timetable three weeks ago. a replacement ‘emergency‘ timetable is now operating. the disruption led to the resignation last weekend of the manager of one of the country's leading rail companies. in the commons, labour said it was time for chris grayling to go as well. recent events demonstrate more than ever that our railway isn't integrated. i'm afraid the breach of faith and trust is so great that the secretary of state's credibility will never recover. there comes a point where the publicly accountable politician in charge of the railway should step up and shoulder the blame. it seems to me and i suspect to many rail users, that we have more than reached that point.

i know the secretary of state and i also know his ministers. and i bet you a pound to a dollar the secretary of state and his ministers pulled in the people responsible for railway companies and got assurances from them that this would work well. and i really feel it is quite unfair because i'm absolutely convinced that the secretary of state, who i know well, would actually have checked this out and he has been let down very badly by the railway companies. well, i mean, he makes an excellent point but he makes an excellent point for me, he is demonstrating that it didn't work, did it? that was not a very good way of going about business. to rely upon people giving you assurances rather than saying show me, where is your evidence, before you go ahead with this.

you do it, you don't rely upon people telling you nonsense. yesterday members of the transport select committee sat for many hours interrogating leaders of the industry, both train operating companies and network rail. and we were trying to find out who runs the railways. and after all those hours, answer came there none. so there are two scenarios, i wonder if my right honourable friend would agree. one is the secretary of state is in charge, in which case he should take responsibility. or even worse, he is not in charge, in which case he should be sacked. the transport secretary said that he knew people were still facing travel disruption. but there are signs that the service is stabilising. over the first two weeks of the reduced timetable 80% of trains arrived on time. 4% were cancelled or arrived significantly late. which is significant improvement, not nearly good enough, but an improvement on what was happening prior to the introduction of that timetable. does he understand that passengers look to government in the role to oversee all the different providers? we don't have an independent board with a chair and non—executives that

scrutinise and challenge and support the network. we look to him, the secretary of state, and the department, he is entirely reactive and not entirely proactive which is what passengers need. does he not accept some responsibility for what has happened, for the lack of oversight, the lack of scrutiny, and the lack of challenge whilst this was happening. rather thanjust reacting afterwards. well let's say very simply, the party opposite argues that the railways should be run by the rail experts. but when the rail experts advise, as they did in early may, that they were ready for the timetable change, the train companies and network rail, it is beholden upon ministers to take the advice of the rail professionals. it is a matter of great disappointment to me that the rmt union has again today gone on strike at a time when the whole industry needs to be working together to get the timetable back into shape. the union makes spurious claims about safety, but trains have operated like this in the uk for more than 30 years. the underground in london uses

the system, trains around the network use this system. and in northern no one is losing theirjob, no one is losing any pay. several labour mps said that there were few signs of improvement. i was really startled at how chaotic and unreliable the service between leeds, huddersfield and manchester still is. i heard from mandy that her regular journey from batley to leeds during this timetable chaos and beyond was the worst commuting experience i have ever had. a real frustration as a member of parliament is knowing the intended improvements over the medium—term but yet constituents quite rightly do not trust that those improvements will happen when the implementation doesn't work as hoped. and so therefore what i think is incumbent upon gtr and network rail to do its very best to get notjust a grip over the medium long time but over the emergency timetable, to do better and work better and work harder at making sure

they get a grip on that. and at the end of the debate, mps rejected by 305 votes to 285 the proposal of no confidence in mr grayling. now the prime minister has said that tax rises may be needed to pay for a boost in england's nhs funding. theresa may conceded the public would pay more, but promised this would be done in a "fair and balanced" way. the government has said economic growth and a "brexit dividend" will help cover the costs of increasing the budget by 20 billion pounds by 2023. but that was challenged by a labour mp, who raised the response to the announcement of the institute for fiscal studies. the ifs says there is no such thing as a brexit dividend. so the secretary of state will need to put up taxes to fund our nhs. will he be transparent and promise nhs workers in portsmouth who he has onlyjust given a pay rise to, that the burden will not fall on hard—working families like them. or is he robbing peter to pay boris? will he be transparent if he disagrees with the brexit dividend and challenge his own party leader who supports it?

a conservative suggested the money raised could be ring fenced — a system known as hypothecation. to ensure that this money is always spent on the nhs does my right honourable friend agree with me that we do need to consider hypothecated tax as part of the funding plan? as i say i think there are very compelling arguments. in favour of hypothecated taxes. but there are also strong reasons why one has to be cautious, namely the fact that tax revenues go up and down year—on—year and the nhs needs stable funding. but there are very important arguments that need to be had between now and the budget when the chancellor will make that decision. labour's front bench challenged jeremy hunt over shortfalls in social care budgets now. the director of adult social services reported a £7 billion reduction in adult social care funding since 2010. age uk report by now care deserts in some areas of the country. there are 1.2 million older people living with unmet care needs and one

in five care services has the poorest quality ratings from the coc. as well as a long—term funding solution for social care, we also need the extra £1 billion this year and £8 billion in this parliament that labour pledged in last year's election. yet all this government offers is the delayed green paper. when will the secretary of state deal with the current crisis in social care? no, mr speaker, that is not correct. yesterday we made very clear support for the social care system, our recognition that reform of the nhs has to go hand in glove with the social care system. we said there would be a new financial settlement for the social care system. and i think it is time the party opposite took some responsibility for the financial crisis that made all these cuts necessary. you're watching tuesday in parliament, with me, alicia mccarthy. still to come, should gibraltar get its very own mp at westminster? gibraltar has always been

and will continue to be a good and a true member of the great british family. a minute's silence has been held to mark the first anniversary of the finsbury park terrorist attack. one man — makram ali — died, and nine others were injured when a van was driven into a crowd of people near a north london mosque on 19 june 2017. the prime minister said it was "an attack on all of us" and the community's bravery "sent a message that terrorism will never succeed". the speaker led mps in remembering the attack. in order to remember those who died, or were affected by the attack outside the finsbury park mosque, i remind colleagues a year ago today. the scottish secretary david mundell has been left "personally devastated" by the fire at the glasgow school of art.

he said the uk government "stood ready" to help but he didn't see the need for a public inquiry. the fire, which broke out on friday night, caused substantial damage. an investigation is underway into the cause of the blaze — as is the debate about the future of the building. in a statement to mp5, mr mundell highlighted the importance of the school of art to the city. the building is one of glasgow's iconic landmarks and regarded as macintosh‘s greatest work. it is rightly respected as of global architectural significance and a unique and irreplaceable building in the eyes of many worldwide. indeed, the art school in itself was a work of art. it is a jewel in a city that sparkles with architectural splendour. and it's also worth noting that the building next door, the 02 abc music venue has also been affected. it was an even the older building, and had a colourful and varied history. a fire broke out at glasgow

art school in 2014. mr mundell said he was, like many other people, in disbelief that it could happen again. particularly so given the painstaking and careful efforts that have taken place over past years to restore the building. i visited the building on the 1st ofjune as a guest at the degree show 2018. i saw the restored library and the famous hen run, and was struck by the love and passion of those involved in restoring the building. i'm devastated by the fire, a fact i was able to communicate directly when speaking to the school's director over the weekend, and my heart goes out to the school, its students and supporters who have done so much to raise funds for the restoration after 2014. the loss of glasgow school of art, particularly on the 150th

anniversary year since macintosh' birth is a very sore loss for the city. it is a catastrophe to lose it and my heart goes out to the staff, the professor and his staff, to those that were working on the restoration and particularly to the people who put so much love and care of attention into bringing back some skills that are said to have gone out of fashion to bring the school back to its former glory. the glasgow school of art, a magnificent edifice that dominates the skyline of garner hill is the epitome of what it means to be a glaswegian and embodies the very essence of the city's character and so is a true example of human genius and the grief i experienced after the fire in 2014 was profound. i felt like part of our city died that day. to now witness an even more severe fire consumed this masterpiece has left me angry and incredulous it could happen again. what on earth has gone wrong here? as a representative of many of the students and staff

of the school and a former frequent visitor to the abc this was a real blow this week. when he meets the school friday will he talk about ways in which the community and alumni can most appropriately help and to any fundraising efforts for future restorations. i most certainly will. the effort to raise funds after the 2014 fire was a tremendous one, and one of the ways in which government can help is the fact that government funding can be a catalyst for other funding coming in, that was very much the case in 2014 and you're very much in my mind at this time. last night in this house we demonstrated our ability to disagree with each other and have a vigorous debate, but i'm pleased that this morning we are seeing all shapes of political opinion of scotland come together in solidarity with the people of glasgow as they deal with this great tragedy. later the commons returned to a row over a bill being put

forward by a labour mp. the parliamentary constituencies bill aims to stop the number of mps being cut from 650 to 600. normally such a bill would receive what's known as a money resolution allowing it to go forward for more discussion — but ministers have been blocking the move. how can the governmentjustify picking and choosing which bill gets a money resolution or not? this is not an elected dictatorship, madam deputy speaker. it appears the government, are reacting in the same way, thwarting the will of the house as the abuse of process that we saw last friday on the upskirting bill. the boundary commissions began the 2018 parliamentary boundary review in 2016 and are due to report the final recommendations to government later this year, in fact within only a few sitting weeks. this government has made a commitment to continue with this boundary review. it was voted for by this house, and it would not be appropriate to proceed with the parliamentary constituencies amendment bill at this time by providing it with a money resolution. this is about the democratic

outcomes of this house, about how we do our business. and i think we dispense with this really our of peril. we mess with them out of peril. they're broken, and they are not working, let's see if we can work together to try to find a solution that would allow us to continue to enjoy bringing pieces of legislation to this house as ordinary members and making sure it will not be obstructed by government. for goodness' sake, sure we could secure and achieve that. pete wishart. should gibraltar have an mp at westminster? one conservative certainly thinks so. according to its tourism site gibraltar is five kilometres long and just over a kilometre wide. it's been much fought over throughout its history and has been in british hands since the 18th century. presenting his bill craig mackinlay argued it had a unique constitutional position post brexit, leaving the eu with the uk. unlike other overseas territories

gibraltar does not have the option of formal independence, which would be however unlikely available to other overseas territories should they so wish it. the 1713 treaty of utrecht ceded gibraltar to great britain in perpetuity. the treaty had a sting, in that gibraltar can only be british or spanish. it's own unilateral independence is not an option. the truly unique feature, is that gibraltar already has electoral links with the uk by his attachment to the southwest region for representation in the european parliament. this will disappear upon brexit, and the way to protect this attachment is for this parliament to allow the people of gibraltar direct representation here in this house. but it would be up to the people

of gibraltar to decide if they wanted one. gibraltar may be small, but its success is a matter of pride to the british people. gibraltar‘s constitution gives its citizens full power of self governance other than over foreign affairs, defence, internal security and interest rate monetary policy. gibraltar has always been and will continue to be a good and true member of the great british family. i very much hope that with this bill we may be able to reward the gibraltarian people for their steadfast and loyal support for britain. finally, they're the curse of many a car and bike user — potholes — blight many of our roads, and hitting one can have serious consequences. the government says it's increasing the money available to highways england to maintain the roads. but peers reckoned there was more that could be done. the roc reckons that potholes cost drivers £100 million a year

in damage to their cars. and in 2016 cycling uk notes that 64 cyclists were killed or seriously injured caused by potholes. can i suggest that one idea would be to put a maybe 3p litre on the price of petrol, ring fence for potholes on local roads. we are taking action to improve the condition of the local road network, in particular the department for transport has allocated £296 million for the pothole action fund on top of the existing funding. as for fuel duty, as noble lords will know that's a matter for the chancellor, but i'll pass on the suggestion. government over a five—year period plans to spend £1.1 million per mile on the strategic road network, but provides local authorities withjust £21,000 per mile for local roads, and local roads make up 98% of the road network and bear the brunt of congestion, which is made worse by pothole problems and by the lack of money to invest in modern road networks. can i ask the noble baroness

the minister whether her majesty's government believes in value for money? if the answer is yes, can she explain how passion mend delivers value form money on a whole life basis? if the answer is no does can she accept her majesty's government is storing up a massive bill as roads self—destruct under the present policy? we have seen an improvement, and our investment is making a difference, a roads and b and c roads combined have seen a gradual improvement with fewer roads having been considered for maintenance. potholes or not, how can pedestrians on the pavements alongside these

roads maintain themselves in a safe condition when the cyclists refuse to equip their machines with bells, and curse those like me who politely ask them to mend their ways? could they possibly be in league with those who will stop at absolutely nothing to reduce the size of this house? the minister, said she'd see if there was anything that could be done about putting bells on bicycles. and that's it from me for now, but do join me at the same time on wednesday for another round up of the day at westminster, including the highlights from prime minister's questions. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello again.

well, it was another warm, muggy, humid day across much of england and wales and, although it started off pretty cloudy, we did get the cloud breaking up across eastern parts of england and it was a fine end to the day in cromer, in norfolk. we had the highest and bridges across eastern parts of england with 26 degrees. fresher air. across eastern parts of england with 26 degrees. fresherair. it across eastern parts of england with 26 degrees. fresher air. it was coming from different places. human across england and wales because the area had made its way up from the subtropics, the across scotland and northern ireland had come down from greenland. the coming from different places. they front where the two air mass is meat. cloud beating across the north of the uk is where that weather front needs. it will be a wet start of the day for northern ireland and scotland. the rented is quite quickly in northern ireland. wet weather getting into country, lancashire, the north—west of wales.

drizzle to start the day. mr rehn coastal hills as well. a muddy start for many. the rainband eases off. the weather front slowly slipping southwards as we move through the day, becoming slow—moving across wales and the midlands, mainlyjust a lump of cloud. to the south—east, the warm and muggy air continues. highs again into the mid to high 20s. sunshine more limited, probably to south—east england. elsewhere, sunshine behind the front. the temperatures dropping away generally in to the teams. there will be heavy showers in the north—west. the show was pushed for the southwards overnight. call across the north of the uk, down to seven degrees in the towns and cities. where the windfall it will be a chilly start to thursday. thursday, a decent weather wise. north—westerly winds nationwide. still feeling pleasant in the sunshine, but the temperature

is nowhere near as high. highs around 20 or 21 celsius towards south—east england, rather than the mid—to high 20s. it will be fresher, we will lose the humid filter the weather. beyond thursday, through friday, into the weekend, we should see a lot of dry weather, high pressure building in. kampeter set to rise. next week it could become quite hot for some of us. —— temperatures. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: deep divisions in congress over president trump's policy of separating migrant children from their families — as he demands new laws on immigration. these laws have been broken for many yea rs, these laws have been broken for many years, decades. the us quits the united nations‘ human rights council saying it's a "cesspool of political bias". we have a special report on the thousands of rohingya refugees facing landslides and flooding in bangladesh. casinos and a stock exchange.

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