tv Tuesday in Parliament. BBC News October 31, 2018 2:30am-3:01am GMT
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president trump has offered condolences at the synagogue in pittsburgh where eleven worshippers were killed by a gunman on saturday. mr trump visited pittsburgh despite protests from onejewish organisation which said he should not be received until he denounced white nationalism. president trump says he's considering ending birthright citizenship in the united states. he said the move "would happen" with an executive order. a majority of lawyers believe the white house does not have the power to scrap the constitutional guarantee that anyone born on us soil has the right to citizenship. the indonesian authorities have ordered the inspection of all boeing 737—max airliners. meanwhile rescue teams have recovered more victims from the lion airjet that crashed into the sea with 189 people on board on monday. dozens of divers are taking part in the recovery effort along with helicopters and ships. there are reports that possibly the body of the plan has been found. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. welcome to tuesday in parliament,
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our round—up of the latest from both the commons and the lords. coming up... austerity comes to an end or does it? this isn't the end of austerity but it is the beginning of the end of the dominance of an economic theory and practice that has wreaked havoc on our communities. the health secretary isn't persuaded. we just heard it again from the shadow chancellor. no ideas for the future, just talking britain down. and time and patience runs out on the committee corridor. in terms of the... you've only got five months left! if there is no deal, surely you will have done, surely it will be one of the top priority is to do a security assessment?
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all that to come and more but first, 2a hours after philip hammond delivered his budget, mps continued to deliver their verdict. they spent most of the day debating the chancellor's plans notjust for the economy but also the nhs and how to pay for them. on monday, mr hammond told mps that austerity was ending but his labour shadow had a few doubts. yesterday, the chancellor claimed that this was a ?turning point?. yesterday, the chancellor claimed that this was a "turning point". it is, but not in the way he suggested. this is not the end of austerity, but it is the beginning of the end of the dominance of an economic theory and practice that has wreaked havoc on our communities. people no longer believe the myth that austerity was necessary. they are seeing this government hand out £110 billion in tax cuts
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to the rich and corporations while their services are cut and children are forced into poverty. with the number crunching that he has been doing, has he worked out how much more would have been available for the police, prisons, schools and local government if the uk had not voted to leave the european union two and a half years ago? does he not believe that that reinforces the case for a people?s vote now to restore the level of growth that we saw two and a half years ago? i respect the right his views on brexit because i campaigned for remain as well, but it behoves any liberal democrat to come to this house with a bit of humility after serving with a tory administration that savaged our public services.
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i wonder whether there is anything in this budget that he can welcome, i appreciate that we may differ. does he not welcome the announcement on mental health or the announcement of a £21 million centre of excellence for public sector leaders? on this issue, of course we welcome more money but what was required was £4 billion, not £2 billion and that £2 billion was contained within the £20 billion that had already been announced, so it is not additional money. this budget reported record jobs, unemployment lower than in a generation, more full—time jobs, the lowest proportion of low—paid jobs for two decades and rising real pay, with the fastest rises in real pay among the lowest paid in our society, thanks to our national living wage. paid in our society, thanks to our national living wage.
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we have just seen the big difference between the two front benches. while we are delivering more jobs, more opportunity prosperity, those on the opposition front bench promise more borrowing, more taxes and more debt. we have just heard it again from the shadow chancellor. no ideas for the future, just talking britain down. yesterday, the chancellor boasted of a jobs miracle. if there is a jobs miracle, why is the chemotherapy unit at king george hospital in my constituency closing because of a shortage of chemotherapy nurses? we have a plan to improve the cancer workforce and to try to solve some of these problems. can he confirm that, in next year?s spending review, can he confirm that, in next year's spending review, the cuts to capital budgets and the £700 million of cuts to public health budgets will be reversed, and that there will be real—terms increases in funding for capital, training and public health? can he guarantee that?
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the spending review is next year. what i can guarantee is a £20.5 billion increase in nhs spending. it is the biggest increase in any spending commitment for any public service in the history of this country. the reality is that the people of scotland are badly served by westminster. we did not vote for a tory government and we did not vote for brexit. i cannot think of a time in the past when a country has committed such a foreseeable act of economic self—harm. the chancellor does not believe that we will be better off after brexit. the prime minister does not even believe that we will be better off after brexit. we were promised £350 million a week for public services. we will not be bought off with a commemorative 50p coin. and the budget debate continues until thursday.
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now, apparently, we are all buying more clothes than ever before but what do we do with them when we tire of them or they just wear out? mps on the environmental audit committee have been told by experts that action is needed if we don't want to see mountains of unwanted and an recyclable clothing. but that will require changes in both the textiles we use and the way we shop. the mps began with just how many more clothes were we buying. it's risen three times in the 21st—century and five times as much since the 1980s, when i was a teenager. and i was certainly buying enough clothing then so know what they're doing with clothing now. but the current problem would be dwarfed by the growth in the used clothing coming from china. my estimate is that if china in some future, say 20 years down the line, were to be just collecting half as much as the average british person does then the entire size
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of that global market or that market from china would be the same size as the current global market, so it's like, "ok, well we've got to start seriously planning what to do with that stuff that's coming up to the market." so what needed to change? first, greater investment in research. what we definitely need to do is try to understand how we can actually take the current garments that we are producing and find a recycling process for that and there's lots of research going on around the world that is trying to work out a scientific solution to this called fibre is fibre. the idea that we take if either, we chemically process it to turn it into something else. in terms of some of these things, where you can achieve the same functionality with a lower environmental footprint, there is the responsibility of the manufacturers and the retailers to try and supply those goods that the consumer isn't faced with all of this information and dilemma at the point of sale. what we're trying to do is make sure you have an attractive outfit that you want to wear for a long time.
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what we have to build into this process is how do we deliver all of those really nice, beautiful garments in a way that's better for the environment, better for society as well? and i think that's the real challenge there, and i've done it on several occasions in the past, developed a really green product, sit on the coat hanger in the store and doesn't sell. well actually, that's even worse, you have all that resource and no one has bought it. it was also about how people shopped for a particularly young people. ...the growth of the retail market in the uk is coming from, it so much of the kind of low value end and more particularly the success of the online retailers such as asos and boohoo. who are competing on low prices and fast turnaround. i saw a dress on boohoo retailed at full price for £5 at the weekend. but the actual value of the item is very low in real terms and in quality terms and in emotional terms, to them. so the incentive for them to then recycle or want to pass that
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on in some way or even for charity shops to want that kind of product shops, is very low. so the opportunity for that end the market to have a sort of second—hand opportunity is quite limited. how about the issues around people, manufacturers designing and manufacturing clothes to last longer? i've got t—shirts are bought as a teenager still, so clearly it's possible. i've got a garment here, if you look quickly, had since i was 20 years old. believe it or not, i'm 48 now. that's still perfectly functional. no, it's not m&s. it's another brand. and it's perfectly functional as an outdoor product and works and works really well, as well as it did back then. this is made from plastic. i got the equivalent garment here which i really i got which i really like because it's
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really soft and its natural but this is full of holes now. people held onto things often because of an emotional connection. but that emotional connection is often very much related to consumers, their behaviour, their friends, their cultural experience, and almost determines whether something is fast fashion or slow fashion. it's not the manufacturer, is the consumer themselves knowing "i want to hold onto that t—shirt." "i want to hold onto that because i've got all sorts of memories associated with it." so there is a limit on how far we can go on in terms of longevity, not because of the technical limits but because of users and consumers and how they actually value those garments. you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock. don't forget, if you miss our daily round—up or you just want to watch this programme again, you can catch up on the bbc iplayer. now, in five months‘ time, when the uk leave the eu,
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freedom of movement is supposed to be coming to an end. but what happens if there is no deal with brussels? the home affairs committee is investigating. eu citizens currently living in the uk have been offered settled status. but processing everyone is going to take at least two years. the immigration minister caroline noakes admitted it will be challenging to distinguish between that group and eu citizens arriving for the first time. she said employers should check an individual‘s rights to work. we have 3.5 million eu citizens that we are determined to defend the rights of so it is likely there will be a period during which it is impossible for employers to differentiate between them and someone who is newly arrived. but it's important for all those who are here for more than three months, they will be required to register and go through the mandatory registration scheme so that once they've been here for three months, it will be possible for some to differentiate. but in practice, in terms of the requirements on employers those requirements on employers to differentiate between those
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who have settled status and those who are newly arrived, isn't likely to happen until the end of an equivalent transitional period to the one that you've got in place if there is a deal? well, the new arrivals, if they plan on staying for three months, will be required to go through the mandatory registration process which will be a mechanism which enables employers to check but we would hope employers would make sure that they were employing people who were, had the right to work, and could be verified by the employer's digital check, but what i'm very conscious of is that it provokes an enormous challenge for those who have already been here yet not completed the settled status scheme, but we want to protect their rights. how does the employer is tell the difference between somebody how does the employer tell the difference between somebody who is newly arrived and who needs a mandatory registration form and somebody who's lived
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here for ten years and has a right to work but hasn't filled in the settled status for yet? in those circumstances, and we have as part of our planning for the settled status scheme, factored in that there may indeed be pressures on employers and the dwp and access to services and at various points in the scheme, we would anticipate that to be upticks in the number of people going through the process and for some, there may be a significant time pressure. for example, if you apply for a newjob, we're anticipating those to make contact and go through the settled status scheme, but for them, obviously they'll be a time pressure cos they want to evidence the employer they have the right to be here but you are absolutely right to do is point out that somebody who has been here for ten years and has not been through the scheme, it will be almost impossible for an employer to differentiate between them and somebody who's a new arrival. the head of the borderforce was repeatedly asked about the impact of losing access to eu security information. we will have different information in some cases because different sources give us different things and it's worth saying in the no deal situation, we will also be able to in some cases quite get
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additional data which we are not currently able to get particularly in a good space. why? because we don't routinely take customs data, for example, on goods which we could use for targeting in the future. can you explain that some more? so because we don't continually use customs data because goods come into the eu on a free movement of goods, we could in the future request information from people on goods and on basis of that what we could do more advanced targeting of goods. would you be able to do that from april? there are some things which we might be to do from april, we would expect to build that capability. but in terms of people, it's mr thompson, you seem to be shaking your head. i'm really sorry but i have to correct mr lincoln. that will not be ready in april 2019. part of the answer to your question can only be known once we've actually had the conversation necessary, we find ourselves in that position, so the sort of things
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mr lincoln is talking about involved some of those discussions with interpol and bilateral arrangements. in terms of... we've only got five months left! if there is no deal, surely you will have done, surely it will be one of the top priority is to do a security assessment? the session was supposed to last for an hour but overran by 45 minutes. you have been generous with your time and we very much appreciated, i would also say however we have only five months until there is one of these no deal arrangements have to be in place. and this is our opportunity, and we have a whole series of questions that parliament hasn't had answers to so i am hugely grateful for your time but equally, i hope you, minister, will understand the importance of being able to answer to parliament. and with only five months to go, some of my time this afternoon might of been scheduled forfuture planning. two cancelled meetings so far.
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it's kind of tough luck, minister, you have to go answer questions. this meeting was scheduled for an hour. you have to come here answer questions before us. ok, i think minister, you will appreciate the importance of answering questions to parliament. absolutely... we are very grateful for your time. some feisty exchanges at the home affairs committee. at question time, opposition mps call for the foreign secretary to say sorry for his remarks when he compared the present—day european union with the former soviet union. but rather than apologise, jeremy hunt said he stood by his current. mr hunt's remarks at the conservative party conference followed september summit in salzburg when eu leaders rejected theresa may's brexit plans. he said that the eu was set up to protect freedom, it was the soviet union that stop people leaving. shortly afterwards at the foreign secretary official residence in kent, he played host to representatives from several eu countries including eastern europe.
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did he take the opportunity to apologise to them for comparing their experience under soviet domination to membership of the eu? we had a very enjoyable time, including when getting a little lost in the maze. let me answer the question. gentleman?s question directly: i stand by exactly what i said, which was that a club of free countries that was set up, in part, to stand against the soviet union and totalitarianism should not, in way that is inconsistent with its values, seek to punish someone who wishes to leave. it was deeply impressive how many states stood by the uk in the aftermath of the salisbury attack, not least those that know fine well what the moscow regime is capable of. so i am going to give the foreign secretary the opportunity: what message does he have for those states that have thrived since independence in the eu but were deeply offended by his crass remarks comparing the eu with the former soviet union? i think those states agree with what i am saying, which is that a club of free nations
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should not be seeking to punish someone who wishes to leave. they have been among our strongest supporters in the brexit process. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt. now, back to the budget. as is often the way, it takes a day or so for the details of the chancellor's plans to sink in. in the lords peers were angry that a proposed cut in the maximum that can be bet on some high street gambling machines wouldn't take effect until october next year, that six months later than expected. fixed odds betting terminals have been dubbed the crack cocaine of gambling. it was announced in may that the maximum stake is to be reduced from 100 to just £2. but philip hammond used his budget to an at the delay in making the change. that didn't go down well. this is a victory for the bookies.
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what are their lobbying powers with the treasury that they have been able to eke this process out to suit their needs and to make huge profits from the results of their endeavours? how can they do that when they disingenuously argue that it takes time to change the machines, even though the evidence shows that they can be changed very quickly? there are too many questions but the overriding one is: why? can i remind the noble lord that we have never said exactly said when this would come into force. it is true. i am delighted that, along with the excellent list of other good news that came out of the budget yesterday, we are now able to provide clarity on the reduction to £2, which will help to stop extreme losses for those who can least afford them. the answer to the noble lord's
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question about why is to allow enough time for businesses to readjust. we are talking about a good numberofjobs here. the association of british bookmakers has ascertained that there are about 21,000 jobs and 4,500 businesses. we think that that is a slight exaggeration, but we are talking about big numbers. many of us who have been speaking and campaigning on this issue were appalled yesterday to hear about the further time that it will take to implement this. these machines are predominantly found in the poorest areas. the research is quite clear: they cause huge poverty. on top of that, it is estimated that every day between one and two people commit suicide for gambling— related reasons. that is not only a huge social cost; it is a massive financial cost, far more than the £400 million relevant tax revenue that her majesty?s government receive each year. surely it is time to do this for the sake of everyone in our country. i note what the right reverend prelate says,
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but coming to this decision was a result of much cross—departmental work and liaison with the industry. now is the time for clarity, which we have given, and we need to go ahead. we expect the companies to implement this by the date that we have given. a crossbench peer was worried about children being targeted by gambling. in particular the development of games such as fortnight which specifically is targeting young people, and a virtual reality game that make normal the idea of gambling. it will be also say a word about the kind of help that gambling companies, that he just referred to, the contribution they are supposed to make for those who get addicted and as many do not pay for voluntary levy, when do they make it compulsory? he makes an important point about protecting children it's
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interesting i noticed about to mexico and the letter, a well—known tv personality, took a machine from her son and smashed it on the table leg. parents need to take control and make sure not too much time is spent by children on the machines. taking the tv presenter as his parental role model. now the security minister has told mps that he knows a professional football club that are under investigation for alleged money laundering. ben wallace was giving evidence to the treasury committee, as part of its inquiry into economic crime. how many football clubs have been deemed as requiring investigation? i know of football clubs under the investigation i could not reveal how many there are for that is in operational matters. in terms of scale, one art to are we talking...
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you are not going to tempt me, there are light investigations that go on all the time, to expand anymore could threaten the investigation. do they concentrate in the premier league? i think what i can say, and i will not expand anymore on individual clubs up, but what i will say is sports industry is as susceptible as anything else to anything that's dirty money being invested in the organization being used as a way to launder money. there was a football club, a few years ago that was entirely used for carousel fraud and they went bust and to narrow down it does not, but they did go bust and that was back in running, so sporting institutions attract dirty money i'm afraid. the security minister ben wallace.
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think the politicians and a bus is what comes to mind, election battle buses bearing party leaders for better opportunities. or perhaps that bus in the eu referendum campaign, with the big number on the site. what about that comment on the bus? why don't more young people use them? it's a question that mps on transport committee have been asking and the answer may surprise you. one of the things that stops people from using buses is there not sure how much to pay and how they will pay it and what to get they need to buy and if so what the restrictions are on this ticket. how well understood our bus fares and ticketing and how could it be improved and who wants to go first? i think it's one of the key issues and it's strange to be sitting
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here saying that there are people who don't know how buses were, and we saw this their recent research we did with young people fairly recently, the embarrassment factor was one of the key barriers, do i need to have the right change, well i know where to get off and make a fool of myself in front of my mate, and these are things that we as an industry need to make very clear. that brings us to the end of tuesday and parliament i have a bus to catch but please, join me at the same time tomorrow. for all the highlights of both houses of parliament, thank you for watching, goodbye for now. hello there. if the cold weather isn't your thing, then you'll be glad to know by the end of the week,
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and certainly into the weekend, it'll be turning much milder, but also wetter and windier with it, too, so more on that injust a moment. this morning we're starting off again on quite a cold note for many areas. further west, though, we've got these weak weather fronts bringing more cloud, some spots of rain, so here a less cold start. for central and eastern areas, a fairly widespread frost. there'll also be a little bit of mist and fog across southern areas, but at least where you have the frosty start, it should be dry, with plenty of sunshine in central and eastern areas. these weather fronts further west will be producing a little bit of rain, for western scotland into northern ireland, and the other one affecting western parts of england and in towards wales. but eastern scotland, central, southern and eastern england should remain dry all day. and we'll start to pick up a milder southerly breeze, so that'll push temperatures up to around 11—13 degrees across england and wales. still quite a cool one, though, for scotland and northern ireland. then into wednesday night, we'll start to see some rain pushing up into the south and the south—eastern areas of england. meanwhile, this weather front
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across the west begins to meet with it, so by thursday it looks like it's going to be quite wet, cloudy, for much of eastern scotland, eastern england and wales, and by the end of thursday that band of rain will be confined to more eastern areas, with skies brightening up further west, bar a few showers. a cooler feel to things across central and northern areas, but we're still holding onto double—figure values across the south. then we look to the atlantic on friday. now, this deep area of low pressure contains the remnants of hurricane oscar, and it'll arrive across the north—west of the country later on friday. but actually, friday not a bad start. a chilly one, mind you, but it will be bright, with plenty of sunshine. across western areas, though, the cloud, the wind, and eventually the rain will start to appear. but it'll be a little bit milder pretty much across the board, with double—figure values for many of us. and then, through friday night, it really will be quite stormy across the north—west of the country as that low passes by. into saturday, a windy day with outbreaks of rain, and for sunday we see a secondary area of low pressure move in, to bring another spell of wet and fairly windy weather to our shores. so it really will be quite wild to end the week. this is saturday's picture, then. starts off again plenty of sunshine
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across southern and eastern areas, and here it should stay dry all day, albeit quite windy. the further north and west that you are, we'll see widespread gales, a spell of pretty heavy rain at times, too. but it's a gusty day across the board, especially so, though, across this north—west corner. but look at these temperatures, importing some very mild air from the south—west. temperatures 14 to maybe 16 celsius. another wet and fairly windy but mild day on sunday. a quieter one on monday, but we'll still have southerly winds, so it'll be very mild in the south. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump, his family and advisers, visit the scene of the massacre of 11jewish people in pittsburgh. hundreds of protestors say he's not welcome. mr trump claims he's considering ending birthright citizenship in the us, although it's unlikely he actually can. denmark says it's foiled an iranian plot to carry out an assassination on its soil and demands eu sanctions against tehran.
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