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hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. where the splits of westminster‘s biggest party finally burst into the open. this place is at war with itself, the tories and the labour party are imploding. the home secretary is praised by his own mps for stripping is runaway shamima begum of her british citizenship. but opposition mps condemned the move. in removing british citizenship, the home secretary is essentially saying that she is somebody else's problem. we hear from the clerk of the comments as he says farewell after more than a0 years of westminster and makes a prediction for a forthcoming report on bullying. there will be stories which will reflect badly both on individual members who will not be named, but on the fact that this sort of behaviour as in

the past, taken place. and mps call for a complete ban on eating cats and dogs. amazingly, it is still legal to personally slaughter your dog or cat and privately consume its meat here in the uk. at first, it was a case of going... going... gone. in the parliamentary week 11 mps, eight labour and three conservatives quit their parties and formed what they are calling the independent group, quickly nicknamed tig. it was the biggest split since the 1980s when the labour party fractured with some of its members forming the rump of the sdp. those making the leap now had a variety of reasons, for the three ex—conservatives, who announced their departure minutes ahead of pm queues on wednesday, it was the governments handling of brexit and what they said was the party shift to the right.

but the former labour mps, it was a mixture ofjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, not least on brexit and the parties struggles over anti—semitism. in parliament, the independent group took up their seats just along from labour and next to the dup. for the conservatives, it meant crossing the floor to sit with the opposition, where they relocated minutes ahead of prime minister questions. though neither theresa may nor jeremy corbyn raised the resignations, was that the snp westminster leader to bring up the split is a question theresa may over her handling of brexit. westminster is broken. we are in the middle of a constitutional crisis on the brink of a brexit disaster and yet, this place is at war with itself, the tories and the labour party are imploding. he turns specifically to brexit. time is running out. will this house get to vote on the prime minister's brexit

deal next week? and if not, when? while theresa may made no reference to the three mps that left her party or the eight that resign from labour. instead, she focused on brexit. obviously, we are in these discussions with the european union and will bring a vote back to this house when it is possible to bring the vote back, bring back a deal, that deals of the issue that the house of commons has raise. that the house of commons has raised. we listened to the house of commons and we are focusing on the house of commons of the european union will bring a vote back it's the right time to do so. mr speaker, quite frankly, that is not good enough. you're bringing the uk economy to its knees! how many warnings? how many jobs? how many resignations will it take the prime minister to stop this madness? if you do not act, prime minister, scotland will. i will tell you what's not good enough. it's an snp that wants to take

scotland out of the united kingdom knowing full well that being a member of the united kingdom is worth £1400 every year for each person in scotland. he talks about damaging the economy, the only people who are going to damage the economy in scotland that sitting on the snp benches. jeremy corbyn focused on brexit too. little over a month ago and this government has failed to put the country first. the crisis and jobs going, industries under threat and the prime minister indulges in what her own business minister called, fanciful nonsense. when is she going to put the interest of the people of this country before the interest of the conservative party? but theresa may said jeremy corbyn had consistently put his party political interests ahead of the national interest. frustrating a deal and making no deal more likely. but you reckon that was

a surprising coming from them. but you reckon that was not surprising coming from them. what do we see from his labour party? hamas and hezbolla, friends. israel and the united states enemies, hatton a hero, churchill, a villain. attlee and bevin would be spinning in their graves, that is what the right honourable gentleman has done to once proud labour party. we will never let him do it to our country! theresa may. but the cracks and splits of the two main parties were not over. on friday after mps have returned from their constituencies, ian austin announced that he'd resigned from labour too, ian austin announced that he'd resigned from labour too, saying he was going to stand with the victims of racism and not the people responsible for or tolerating it. and it was anti—semitism that led mps like luciana borges. she said she'd seen obfuscation, smears in action and denial

of the issue. when it was debated in the chamber on wednesday, a shadow minister made an emotional apology to jewish people on behalf of his party. how can it be that we are struggling so badly to eradicate anti—semitism from our own membership? i want on behalf of my party, to publicly apologise to the jewish community that we have let you down. we know it. we are trying to do better. we are trying to become the party we have always aspired to be. we will not stop working until we once again become a safe and welcoming political home for people from thejewish community as from every other. our debate today gives us the chance to say we reject this. we oppose this and we stand together against anyone seeking to advance a narrative of bigotry,

hatred and division. isn't it also our problem, all of our problem that sometimes we just say, these sort of things exist but we do not stand up enough and we do not say loudly enough each time that this is totally u na cce pta ble. one of the mps who left labour over its handling of anti—semitism spoke about the hatred she'd face. i have just in the past year alone seen two people convicted. one from the far right in prison after he threatened to kill me, convicted under counterterrorism legislation, and anotherjust before christmas, a former member of the labour party convicted of harassment. mr speaker, that takes my tally to six, seven individuals depending on how you interpreted who are convicted of anti—semitic inspired hate crimes and threats. and it was my political home for nearly 20 years until i resigned from the labour party on monday, where i have seen obfuscation, smears, inaction, denial. every step of the way.

i am sick and tired and my heart is breaking a little more every day by what i had to experience what i have to read. and i am devastated that my closest political sister in this house has been hounded out of my party. but i have a message for everybody. i will not be silenced. i am going nowhere. and they will have to take my membership card away from me. because this is too important. not for me, not for you, but for the people who represent outside. at the end of the debate, the minister said how much she'd been struck by her speech and noted that she was sitting beneath the coat of arms ofjo cox, a labour mp who was murdered by a right wing extremist in 2016.

now the week's other big controversy was the decision of the home secretary to strip should shamima begum of her british citizenship. the teenager fled london to join the so—called islamic state group in syria when she was just 15. government sources said it was possible to revoke her uk nationality if she was eligible for citizenship elsewhere. her family are challenging the decision. she has recently given birth to a son and now wants to return to the uk. in the commons, sajid javid refused to comment directly on the case but said it was right to act when individuals posed a threat. deprivation is a powerful tool that can only be used to keep the most dangerous individuals out of this country and we do not use it lightly. in removing british citizenship, the home secretary has essentially said that she is someone else's problem. in the words of the former conservative chancellor of the exchequer, george osborne,

which other country is supposed to look after her on our behalf? and what of her child? this child is an innocent british citizen and we have a clear responsibility to ensure his well— being. what steps is he taking to uphold that important responsibility? let me remind the home secretary of article 15 of the universal declaration of human rights. one, everyone has the right to a nationality. two, no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality. can the home secretary explain how his actions are not in breach of the articles of the declaration? no one should ever be made stateless. and it's not something we would ever do and would never take a deprivation decision if someone only has one nationality, being british, we will not do that and will not leave anyone stateless

and i ensure the right honourable lady that somehow this kinds of decisions are arbitrary. as i've does share with the right honourable gentlemen, each one of these decisions is taken incredibly seriously, the facts are weighed up on a case—by—case basis and it is anything but arbitrary. the young woman we're talking about is british. she was radicalised in diesh is a worldwide phenomenon that she is our problem. why isn't the home secretary bringing her home to put her on here to be judged by a jury of her peers. meanwhile in lords, the recalls for the laws of treason to be rewritten. to make it easier to prosecute people returning to the uk if they joined so—called islamic state in syria. to prosecute terrorist for treason, risks giving their actions a political status of glamour they do not deserve, rather than treating them as merely as criminals. the government hasjust passed a counterterrorism border security act which updates terrorism offences and introduces new powers to reflect the threat we face today

from foreign terrorist fighters. i don't believe this would glamorize the things that are being done which i so loathesome, and i think it is appropriate that actually is a nation, we show how repugnant this is and how appalling this sort of behaviour is and when i was a minister, it was very difficult at times to actually pin, to get into court people who clearly should've been in our courts, to be tried. update the treason law and show these people to be traitors, something that our nation really believes they are. i agree that the 1351 act is rather an old act, of course it was relatively recently updated in 1861, i think. but of course whether a prosecution isjustified in individual cases, it will be a matter for the courts and whether that appropriate charge is treason. but i'm not dismissing it.

honda's decision to close its swindon plant with the loss of three and a half thousand jobs was described as a bitter blow to the economy, but the business secretary greg clark. the japanese company builds onto 160,000 honda civic cars a year and swindon, it's only carfactory in the eu. the friends said the move was due to global changes and the need to lodge electric vehicles that had nothing to do with brexit the plant is due to shut in 2021. i'm not going to understate what a bitter blow this is. to the 3500 skilled and dedicated workers at honda in swindon and their families. to the many more people and businesses that supply the plant and to the town of swindon that has been proud to be home for 3h years to one of the best car factories in the world. it is a blow to the whole british economy. honda have given the reason for their decision as accelerating the move to electric propulsion, choosing to consolidate investment in their facilities in japan.

following the entry and enforce of the free trade agreement this month, because exported from the eu will drop from 10% currently, 20 by the 1st of january 2026. honda with an expert from japan rather than britain to europe to 0% by the 1st of january 2026. honda with an expert from japan rather than britain to europe and the rest of the world. labour accused the government of botching brexit and creating uncertainty. the likes of airbus, nissan, ford and jaguar landrover have all halted investment or slashed jobs as a direct result of the uncertainty, nissan only two weeks ago reveresed their decision to build the x trail here, jlr have slashed 4500 jobs and ford have cut a thousand jobs. so there can be no doubt that this government's reckless threats of no deal and prolonged uncertainty is having an impact on business decisions in the here and now, even if that is not the top line of a press release. so no deal must be taken off the table and a firm commitment to the customs union

and a single market deal agreed. does he agree or disagree for the sake of those were failing ——who are failing to understand with the senior vice president of honda, who has confirmed this decision has nothing to do the brexit, is not driven by brexit and it is not because of brexit. of course i completely respect, everyone has to respect the reasons for their decision that have been given, but i am pretty familiar with this industry and others and there are a number of factors and i report to my honourable friend, truthfully, that on the minds of many investors around the world, is an anxiety that is caused by a lack of knowledge, as to what our trade relationships will be with our most

important neighbours injust over a month's time. a memorial has been unveiled outside of parliament as a permanent tribute to pc keith palmer, the police officer killed during the westminster terrorist attack in march 2017. keith palmer was stabbed while on duty in the grounds of the palace of westminster and died despite an mps attempts to save him. he was one of five people who died in the attack from the 22nd of march 2017. the speakerjohn bercow paid his own tribute in a brief statement in mps. pc palmer was nothing short of a hero in the way in which he ran towards danger to ensure the safety of us all on that day. he paid the ultimate price for doing the job that he loved, and we owe him a profound debt of gratitude for his bravery. john bercow. now at the start of the week, the death was announced of lady falkender who was personal and political secretary to labour of lady falkender who was personal and political secretary to labour

prime minister harold wilson throughout his two terms in number ten. she was regarded as of the most influential women in politics at the time, and was thought to have helped harold wilson draw up his controversial resignation honours list in 1976. the death was also announced of 84—year—old labour mp paul flynn, he was first elected in 1987. in 2016, he was a surprise appointment to the shadow cabinet whenjeremy corbyn gave him the job of shadow leader of the house. you may be a tad surprised to see me in this position, because for the past 26 years, i've been a backbencher by choice and that wasn'tjust my choice, it was the choice of the past five leaders of my party. but today for very positive reasons, as part of a diversity project, in my party of which we have done splendidly, we have far more women on the front bench and in parliament

and ever before, though not enough, far more ethnic minorities, but we have a total absence on the front bench of octogenarians. in prime minister's questions, there were tributes from the party leaders. he was an outstanding parliamentarian, a tireless campaigner and championed his consistency of newport west and wales with energy and enthusiasm for over 30 years. his book on how to become an mp is absolutely a must read. he was respected all across this house and we are all going to miss his contributions and his wit and his wisdom. jeremy corbyn. the top official of the house of commons retires at the end of the week. sir david knatsler is the 50th clerk of the house it is four and a half years have been two general elections, three government and the eu referendum. in total, he has worked in the commons for 43 years, they went to see him was the highest and lows.

—— sir david natzler. it has been interesting, challenging procedurally and turbulent. and we've also had two other nonpolitical events which have affected parliament quite deeply, one was the murder ofjo cox during the referendum campaign, of course, and the second thing was on the 22nd of march 2017, so almost exactly two years ago and we had the terrorist attack on parliament, which indeed i saw the immediate aftermath of from the window of this room and the shots. so all that put together made for a turbulent political time. you enter the service of the house in the 1970s, a time where you would've had to worn full court dress including the wig, it's only recently been disposed of now, but leaving aside the trappings, what for you were the highs and lows? i suppose the lowest point was probably the terrorist attack, personally the lowest point. and the expenses scandal was, the house did briefly lose

confidence in itself in some ways, and members lost confidence in themselves, including the ones who really done nothing wrong. and so personally, recently one of the high points has been when the house, with some difficulty decided to go ahead with the renewal of the fantastic palace. because i was convinced that that was utterly necessary that members should get out, that the place should be redone and that members should come back in again. but that was a big struggle to get that to be accepted by a majority. the next big problem coming down the track at the house of commons seems to be the big report on the bullying scandal. many organisations, including my own, have had their bullying issues over the years, but people seem to be looking ahead to this in rather apocalyptic terms. is this something that could take the house of commons back to the bad

old days of the expenses scandal and reduce its credit again, do you think? i would say i don't know, i am distant from it. but i feel it will make for uncomfortable reading and there will be stories which will reflect badly both on individual members who will not be named, but on the fact that this sort of behaviour has in the past, taken place. i suppose that is a good thing, it is better to know what the problem is, to admit what the problem is, to have some idea of what the scale of it, which will be helpful, and to consider how to ensure it doesn't recur or continue. and since july 2018, we passed a behaviour code and have now fully independent complaints of procedure and a scheme whereby people can complain and have complaints properly independent investigated i think we are in a much better place than we were. and your predecessors, they had a famous robust is probably too weak a word, famous explosive

relationship to speaker, john bercow. what was your experience with mr speaker? i think the speaker and i have a very good professional relationship, as you'd expect, we see each other virtually every day — we don't meet on weekends, although we talk on weekends on occasion. it is myjudgement and you can ask him, we've got on professionally very well. i think he is very engaged in parliament and having his attention on parliamentary matters, he's very knowledgeable in a very experienced presiding officer. sir david natzler. now, in westminster hall, mps called for a total ban

on the consumption of dog and cat meat in the uk and elsewhere. the dup said 30 million dogs are killed every year around the world. during their short lives, these dogs undergo horrifically inhumane treatment, treated like cargo, they are cramped in small cages, put through physical and mental torment as they are killed for their meat. worse still are the misplaced beliefs dictating that dogs are tastier and that their meat is filled with better properties if they are stressed or in pain at the moment of death, which has led to the widespread torture of these poor animals. amazingly, it is still legal to personally slaughter your dog or cat and privately consume its meat here in the uk. chinese authorities have said that until we make it illegal here, why should they? and they have a point. we should be leading the world on this as we do on other international issues. we have already led the world in opposing ivory poaching even though we have no elephants roaming across the south of england or anywhere else in britain for that matter. but we should seek to mirror that example, as we should in our world

leading opposition to modern slavery, bull—fighting and whaling. i understand, not least from today's debate, one of core aims of this campaign is to set an example in to highlight to other countries the uk considers the dog meat trade is cruel and unnecessary as a practise. i applaud that aim and i appalud the contributions being made today. the secretary stated by or for officials to explore what more we we can do to address this, we should be up to send out a clear message, particularly to those countries where dog meat is eaten that the consumption of dog meat should ever be tolerated. finally, it's not every day that the house of lords is a life to the sound of music, but a burst of song rang around the chamber at a most unlikely moment. as we know, northern ireland has been without a devolved government for two years. but the british and irish governments say they are working on a new plan to restart talks. a ministerfrom northern ireland said he'd been looking for the right

words to capture the development. many of you here would be of an age where you can remember angela lansbury in her prime in bedknobs and broomsticks and she sang the song after all it's a step in the right direction, it's a step in the right direction after all. # after all, it's a step in the right direction. # it's a step in the right direction after all.# there you go. lord duncan on song. and that's it for me for now, but do join christine on bbc parliament on monday night at 11 for a full round up of the day here at westminster. but for now, for me alysia mccarthy, goodbye.

hello there. more of the same this weekend and also next week. mild sunny days but with chilly mornings. nights could become chillier as we head into next week with some patches of frost and some mist and fog around. certainly some mist and fog across eastern england this morning, which should tend to clear away. this weather front will bring rain to northern ireland, then to scotland, west wales, and the south—west of england into the afternoon. skies brighten up behind it. but ahead of it is where we'll see the best of the sunshine and also the best of the temperatures, 16, maybe 17 celsius. so as we head on into saturday night, looks like we start to draw cooler air off the near continent. so you can see the green and blue hue there. also across the north—east of scotland,the clear skies in play. so a touch of frost in places. also mist and fog more extensive, this time a bit further north. i think this should melt away and part two of the weekend is looking fine with plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures reaching highs of 14 or 15 celsius. so a glorious weekend coming up for many — with mild days and cool night.