you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's 11.003m and these are the main stories this morning: the government will allow the chinese telecoms giant huawei to supply some non—core equipment for the uk's 56 data network, despite security concerns from senior members of the cabinet. the news comes as the so—called ‘five eyes‘ intelligence alliance meet at a security conference today — uk security chiefs say the huawei risk can be managed. last month we did our two dozen amounting abroad and we showed some concerns about the way that why do their engineering. sri lanka's president promises a big engineering. shake—up of the country's police and security services, after they failed to act on a warning about sunday's bomb attacks.

more details emerge about the identity of the attackers — it's thought one of the bombers studied in the uk. downing street says the prime minister will attend the funeral of the murdered journalist lyra mckee in belfast this afternoon. the north korean leader, kimjon—un, has arrived in russia, ahead of his first ever meeting with president vladimir putin tomorrow. wild salmon catches in scotland are at their lowest level since records began — it's thought stocks are at crisis point. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the government has given the go—ahead for the chinese telecoms giant huawei to supply equipment for the uk's 56 data

network, despite objections from senior members of the cabinet. concerns have been raised by the united states that the company could pose a security risk. it's believed huawei will be able to supply "non—core" equipment, such as antennae, but not critical infrastructure. cyber—security will be discussed by members of the so—called ‘five eyes‘ intelligence alliance, made up of the uk, usa, new zealand, canada and australia, at a security conference in glasgow today. this morning breakfast spoke to ciaran martin, the director general for government and industry cyber security at gchq. what is public is that there is an extensive and fundamental review of telecoms security. the analysis has been passed to ministers and that is not just dealing been passed to ministers and that is notjust dealing with huawei, it is about dealing with the whole panoply of security issues we face with this

new technology. it is vital to remember. if you look back at the recent history of cyber attacks in the uk, the most serious cyber attacks we have faced was a russian attacks we have faced was a russian attack that had nothing to do with china and huawei, but it should do serious issues that we face. we can guarantee we will have a much more robust regulatory standards framework for these vital sg services. senior ministers and members of the "five eyes" intelligence group — which includes the uk, canada, new zealand, australia and the us have raised concerns about cyber security. earlier, the chair of the foreign affairs committee tom tugendhat who says he‘s spoken to members of the five eyes group and they‘d expressed their security concerns about huawei (tx sot) they have strong doubts about the ability to secure the sg they have strong doubts about the ability to secure the 56 network evenin ability to secure the 56 network even in what people call non—core items, because even non—core items

will need to be opened up for patching, as you do on your computer orany patching, as you do on your computer or any other electronic item today. that will give a potentially hostile state. the other factor in this is that the intelligence sharing network we have built up so carefully over the last 80 years, the five eyes community as it is called, relies absolutely on trust and if we undermine that trust by allowing people to believe that our systems a re allowing people to believe that our systems are not as safe as theirs, then that hunter mahan —— undermines a fundamental part of our national security. 0ur click presenter dan simmonsjoins me now. why does the uk need this 20 c ——

this 56 network. ericsson and nokia are involved in infrastructure as well. huawei and the chinese are a couple of steps ahead. they are liked by some part of the industry because they are more willing to do not just out of the because they are more willing to do notjust out of the box solution but more tailored solutions for countries. they can transfer data more quickly. sg countries. they can transfer data more quickly. 56 will replace countries. they can transfer data more quickly. 5g will replace 4g eventually. what we all talk about is this internet of things, this idea that computers will control the things around us, they will automatically know what we need, they will be able to control things like vehicles, be able to do things like vehicles, be able to do things like robotic surgery remotely. because of the low latency of the new technology. that means it acts

really quickly, really fast. the trouble is it is fundamentally different from ag. ag, which is what we have at the moment and we all know that because we use our mobile phones on the ag network. it connects to a mass that covers large areas of the countryside, sometimes up areas of the countryside, sometimes up to ten kilometres per mast. all that data is sent back and processed ina that data is sent back and processed in a central place. with 5g we will see lots and lots of different and ni all over the place. they could be 50 metres apart, 100 metres apart and they need to be because they are not just moving data and they need to be because they are notjust moving data around, in some cases they will be processing it in order to tell your automatic d riverless order to tell your automatic driverless car where to go and what to do ina driverless car where to go and what to do in a particular situation. it wouldn‘t have time to go all the way back to the centre, process the information and send all the way out again. that is how 5g was going to work. what is the core of this

network? new zealand and especially australia are taking the view that the core of this network in the centre of this network are going to collapse. they will become one so you come to light a company that you are not sure about is far as security is concerned to operate what we are being told is at the edges of the system. those countries are part of this intelligence community meeting in glasgow today. some countries have taken a very different view to the view we understand the uk is taking about bringing huawei into this, even if it is to do with non—core parts of the network. exactly. let's say that huawei has denied being controlled 01’ huawei has denied being controlled or influenced by the chinese government in any negative way. any suggestion that its equipment is used for espionage purposes has been rejected by huawei. that accusation

has been made by the united states secretary of state mike pompeo. it says that it welcomes the uk continuing to take an evidence—based approach. the uk‘s approach is that we can manage this, we don‘t have japan huawei, we can use it in certain ways and control the system. this goes against an interview that we did for panorama a couple of weeks ago with ian leavy, the technical director of the national cyber security centre who described huawei plasma products as shoddy. and they have flaws and security patches that could have been designed better and that opens up some security concerns. very different opinions on this. thank you very much for that expertise on the subject. well, in the past hour, the director of gchq, jeremy fleming has told a conference

in glasgow that 5g is a hugely important strategic challenge which will span the next decades. the telecoms industry is a good example. i don‘t need to rehearse the importance of 5g to this audience. we know it is going to be one of the most important and impactful technologies of this or any era. like many countries, the uk is looking at the right policy approach to 5g security. that policy process is being led by the department for digital culture media and sport and the review they have produced provides advice on a full range of options. it is being considered by government at the moment. 0nce concluded, quite properly, it will be announced by the secretary of state, jeremy wright, in parliament. gchq does not

rule has been to offer technology literate input into the questions are run 5g. we analyse a company around its ability to supply its network, we look at the risks that come from their security and engineering processes as well as the way these technologies are employed in our networks. a flag of origin of sg in our networks. a flag of origin of 5g equipment is important, but it is a secondary factor. australia has raised concerns that huawei is controlled by the chinese government, something huawei has strongly denied. joining me now from central london is drjohn hemming, who‘s an huawei expert and director of the asia studies centre at the henry jackson society — which is a think tank that advocates the robust spreading of liberal democracy. good to have you with us today. i

understand you are currently involved in putting together a report on huawei. tell us about the nature of that report. thank you for having me on. we have tried to broaden away from just the narrow technical risk assessment approach. we have done this because we noticed that the five eyes are split, about the technical community is very split on whether or not they can risk assessed using this core periphery model. a lot of the experts in the technical community to think that is possible, so the question is to look at the broader issues. it is huawei linked to the chinese state. we have looked at theirfunding models chinese state. we have looked at their funding models and chinese state. we have looked at theirfunding models and how chinese state. we have looked at their funding models and how they are willing to fund companies to use sg. are willing to fund companies to use 5g. where is the money coming from? it looks to be coming from the profits of huawei, but also the

china development bank, which has given a £30 billion credit line to huawei. it is also about the ownership structure, which is not clear, at least not clear in the weather huawei has said. the ties to the communist party are nefarious and claims that they haven‘t been involved in the hacks we have also discovered are not quite clear. would it be fair to say that at the very least there is a great deal of suspicion and unanswered questions? at this stage to make a decision as the government has, absolutely. it is too early. you have described huawei as potentially a digital trojan horse. how worried argue that if huawei has access to the uk 5g data network, that this could lead to security and intelligent issues for the to security and intelligent issues forthe uk? to security and intelligent issues for the uk? technical experts say there is no way of knowing whether a

trojan horse has been inserted into the system unless it is activated. you simply don‘t know. that is what the experts say. unless china activates the systems they are just sitting there. that is a huge amount of trust to make on an entity apart which we knew very little and his motives and claims i think are dubious at best. obviously huawei has denied there is anything nefarious in what they are doing. what do you think this is going to do to relationships with the other members of this alliance we have been talking about today? that is also a crucial element that we consider in a report. we are crashing out of brexit, we seem bent of crashing out of our security alliance relationship with the us and australia. it is not going to be as ugly as brexit. it will happen

behind closed doors. there is no way that we can assume that the government‘s ability to protect data will be extended for example over australian and american people who visit the uk, be they congressmen or military officials, so there will be a whole different way of approaching the uk and i think the british involvement with the five eyes will suffer from that. thank you for your time. one of the suicide bombers who took part in the easter sunday attacks in sri lanka is believed to have studied in the uk. in a press conference in the past few hours, the country‘s deputy defence minister said eight of the nine bombers have been identified. the number of people killed in the co—ordinated attacks now stands at 359. andy moore reports. there‘s a nervousness on the streets of colombo and a fear of more bombings. so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the easter sunday attacks on churches and luxury hotels. the death toll has gone up again,

and so too has the number of suspects arrested. it now stands at 60. at a press conference this morning, the authorities said one of the bombers had studied in the uk. they also said they thought the attacks were motivated by revenge for the shootings that occurred in new zealand. this is according to an assessment done by the intelligence that they believe that this is a reprisal, it was basically motivated, that the christchurch incident motivated those who carried out these blasts on easter sunday. this was one of the suicide bombers calmly walking into st sebastian‘s church, where he killed more than 100 people. we now know that sri lanka had detailed intelligence about individual suspects and their possible targets, but politicians were not told.

in a national televised address, the sri lankan president promised to completely restructure the police and security services in the next few weeks. he said he expected to shake up the top leadership of the armed forces within 2a hours. rebuilding confidence in the country‘s security system is a priority for the government. sri lanka‘s tropical beaches were a magnet for foreign tourists, but now they are nearly empty. the number of foreign visitors had gone up a00% since the civil war ended a decade ago. but with images like this from sri lanka going around the world, that industry is likely to be hard—hit. andy moore, bbc news. just this morning, new cctv images have emerged of another of the suspects in the sri lankan bombings. the pictures have come from another media organisation and have not yet been verified by the bbc.

they appear to show the bomber inside the shangri la hotel on easter sunday in colombo and getting into and out of a lift. later images, which we aren‘t showing you here, go on to show the suspected bomber in the breakfast restaurant. let‘s go to colombo now and sharanjit leyl is there for us. with this promise that the policing and security architecture will be shaken up, a lot of people might respond to that saying it is too little too late. what faith did they have that that shake—up could make a difference? there is a great deal of frustration here. there is grief, shock, horror, but mostly frustration at the rift within the

government, that they simply were not able to act on this. lots of report from foreign intelligence agencies that they had won the sri lankan government weeks before this happened and it simply was not acted upon. the latest we are getting is the prime minister was having a press c0 nfe re nce over the prime minister was having a press conference over the last hour, but we heard from the president yesterday, talking about trying to replace the defence chiefs in the next day. we are now getting sources that reuters is citing suggesting that reuters is citing suggesting that he may do just that, he will get rid of the defence secretary and the head of police. these are sources that we are getting operators at the moment. a lot more information came out today about the suicide bombers. there are nine of them. a lot of them have been identified. we heard from the deputy defence secretary earlier talking

about them. he said they were mainly middle—class, coming from well—off families. 0ne middle—class, coming from well—off families. one of them studied in the uk. he went off to do his postgrad in australia. he revealed that one of them was a woman. we are getting more details about the people who perpetrated the attacks. there is video footage that has been circulating of some of the attacks, particularly at the shangri—la hotel. slowly a picture is emerging of exactly what happened. from what we know, the government has blamed the local extremist group. they are called the national... they are an extremist group that were not so well organised. there are suspicion is that the got external help. islamic states, took responsibility for this yesterday. there are strong

links that suggest perhaps they have, but there is no real evidence they were behind it, nonetheless the real sense within the sri lankan government is that this particular small unheard—of group had external help because of the sophistication, the coordinated nature of those attacks on easter sunday. thank you for that update. the headlines on bbc news: the government will allow the chinese telecoms giant huawei to supply some non—core equipment for the uk‘s 5g data network, despite security concerns from senior members of the cabinet. the headlines on bbc news: the government will allow the chinese telecoms giant huawei sri lanka‘s president promises a big shake—up of the country‘s police and security services, after they failed to act on a warning about sunday‘s bomb attacks downing street say the prime minister will attend the funeral of the murdered journalist lyra mckee in belfast this afternoon.

ahead of their huge premier league meeting at old trafford tonight, manchester city boss pep guardiola dismisses claims from his united counterpart that manchester city will try to kick his players. pep guardiola says his side is a bit like that. the chelsea boss has been charged with misconduct after he was sent to the stance towards the end of the premier league draw with burnley on monday. he has until friday evening to respond to the charge. the atp world tour finals are to move from london to turin. the tournament has been held in the ukfor the tournament has been held in the uk for ten years but will meet italy forfour uk for ten years but will meet italy for four years from 2021. i will be back with more on the stories just after half past. senior conservative mps will meet again today in an effort to agree possible changes to party rules so that theresa may faces a leadership challenge injune. the executive of the 1922 committee

spent yesterday evening discussing the issue behind closed doors. under current party rules, mps cannot mount a fresh challenge against mrs may until december. let‘s go to westminster and our assistant political editor, norman smith. a great deal of division about the way forward, isn‘t there? a great deal of division about the way forward, isn't there? last night in the meeting there were several tory mps he said changing leader will not change the parliamentary arithmetic. also a degree of unease about whether it would be legally watertight to retrospectively change the rules. 0ne watertight to retrospectively change the rules. one of those tory mps who most definitely would like theresa may to move along is andrea jenkins, the conservative mp. i much pressure is there from tory mps for a change to the rules to enable another leadership contest? there is a lot

of pressure. local elections are looming. 0ver easter we have been on the doorstep and hearing the disharmony with activists who don't wa nt disharmony with activists who don't want to go out and campaign, but also the anger with the two main parties. there is a lot of pressure, but i do think there will keep the status quo, the 1922 will do that. there are 17 members on there, there are lots who are at the typical status quo type people. we are in unprecedented times and to change this means changing it in the future and setting it in stone. i would prefer them to change it but i think the best thing to happen is theresa mayjust resigns. if they don't change the rules, what prospect is there of theresa may resigning or be, given all we know about her resilience, carrying on may until 0ctober? resilience, carrying on may until october? it is a possibility, carrying on until october, unfortunately. she has shown a

failure to listen. she keeps blaming brexiteers for not voting for the withdrawal agreement, but as even labour said she is not moving. this she could have done the graham brady amendment, she would have had a majority with those brexiteers and remainers in the party. she chose to ignore that. downing street is now looking at the possibility of looking at the possibility of looking at the legislation to implement a deal, so in effect a fourth glue and getting her deal through. what chance she got? nothing has changed in the prime minister was '5 mindset, it is either her deal or the highway. minister was '5 mindset, it is either her deal orthe highway. it will be defeated. she isjust trying to focus people's mines. my gut feeling is that will be defeated. to focus people's mines. my gut feeling is that will be defeatedm does seem to be the number ten strategy, to bring back the dealfor what would be our fourth temp two pushit what would be our fourth temp two push it through. a high stick

strategy because the last time it still received a thumping defeat of more than 50 votes. thank you, norman. the former conservative minister anne widdecombe, has announced that she will stand for nigel farage‘s brexit party in next month‘s european elections. writing in the daily express, she said she had returned to politics out of frustration that the government had not yet delivered on the referendum result. we can speak to ann widdecombe now, who joins us from westminster. good morning to you. writing in that article do say that next week on the local elections you will vote for the conservative candidate, but in the conservative candidate, but in the european election due will go a step further and you will stand as a candidate for the brexit party. why after a political lifetime of voting conservative are you doing this? total frustration. conservative are you doing this? totalfrustration. britain is an international laughing stock and parliament is beyond parody and the

whole nation is fed up to the back teeth and just want a resolution. i believe that if the brexit party can make enormous gains in the european elections and will overwhelmingly shock waves both in labour heartlands, because it is notjust the tory party, and in tory shires, and that will make mps rethink what they are doing because it will be a big reaffirmation of the people‘s folks. the last party led by nigel farage, it campaign for a referendum on european membership. that referendum came and went under still hasn‘t been a conclusion, so why do you think that standing as an mep for the brexit party could bring the sort of conclusion you talking about? i think it would put pressure on parliament. you are right, nigel fa raj got on parliament. you are right, nigel faraj got the referendum, everybody laughed and said he wouldn‘t get it,

but it kept going for years and yea rs. but it kept going for years and years. he got his referendum. the people give a verdict. because parliament is not in sympathy with that verdict it has been trying to frustrated ever since. what you need to do is send a loud warning shot across their bowels and to say, to the booth major parties, to say if you don‘t get on with that and do it and get back to sensible politics, then this is going to be their results and receipts will be in danger. you call theresa may a hopelessly inadequate prime minister, but don‘t you think that anyone who was leading the conservative party at this time would find themselves with an equally difficult position, position where they able to get the withdrawal agreement three, they would have been under pressure in the first instance to trigger article 50 as early as they did. do

you really think it is the person, not the issue? there are so many things that she has got wrong. first of all that stupid vanity project of the general election. then she has been so meek with the eu. a typical example of that was when parliament finally did get a consensus which was they backed the withdrawal agreement if and only if they were legally binding assurances on the backstop. she goes to the eu with that, the eu say new, and she comes back and proposes that we go back to square back and proposes that we go back to square one. back and proposes that we go back to square one. i think our dealings with the eu have been hopelessly irresolute and hopelessly meek right from the start. yes, whoever leads a political party at this time is going to find that there are divisions within the party. she was never going to escape that, but a bit of resolute handling early on

could have made all the difference. we will be out by now. you describe michael howard as having something of the night about ten, how did you describe nigel farage.|j of the night about ten, how did you describe nigel farage. i don't think i have two, he got his referendum, he won that. he is somebody to be proud of. can you ever see yourself voting conservative again?|j proud of. can you ever see yourself voting conservative again? i am standing in these european elections and a lot depends on what happens. if we get breaks that there is no need for a brexit party. if freedom, that raises concerns for the future. iam that raises concerns for the future. i am voting conservative in the local elections and i am going to stand for the brexit party in the european elections and i will be one of many speaking for a nation that is thoroughly fed up when it comes to the european elections. we shouldn‘t even be having them. we

shouldn‘t even be having them. we should be gone by now. thank you very much for your time. the prime minister, theresa may, and the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will attend the funeral of lyra mckee this afternoon in belfast. the 29—year—old journalist was shot dead by the dissident republican group the new ira during rioting in londonderry last week. her family have paid tribute to her ahead of the service, describing her as a best friend, a confidante and a gentle, innocent soul. our correspondent chris page is in belfast. this will be a hugely symbolic event bringing together so many different types of people. that's right. the service will be held here at the cathedral in belfast city centre. it will bejointly cathedral in belfast city centre. it will be jointly led by the dean of belfast and a catholic priest. that is one demonstration of unity between the participants and catholics. there will be many others. the prime ministers of the

uk and ireland will be here. along with other senior figures from the government. also political leaders from right across the political spectrum in northern ireland. the family of lyra mckee and her friends in putting together this funeral hoped to express something of what she was all about. to them what she was all about was hoping for a better future for northern ireland. she had written passionately about the impact of the past conflict on her generation. she was just 29 yea rs old her generation. she was just 29 years old when she was shot dead last week. it was her hope that this generation could move beyond the bitterness, the divisions of the past. they really hope that xi jinping‘s life will leave a legacy and that building that legacy will —— that lyra‘s life will leave a legacy and building that legacy will start today. and you very much. they will be full coverage of lyra

mckee‘s funeral service on the news channel here and 1pm. the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has arrived in russia for talks with the russian president vladmir putin. mr kim‘s personal armoured train pulled into vladivostok earlier for his first ever visit to the country. the two leaders are expected to discuss the future of north korea‘s nuclear programme. sarah rainsford is in vladivostok for us now. clearly ki m clearly kim jong—un wants to show himself as a leader on the world stage but what is in this president putin? i think this is very much about messaging from the two men involved in this meeting. if the summit itself, we had some of the ceremony here earlier today. here at vladivostok station. this is where

his arm and train rolled onto the platform. extraordinary scenes. the train still moving, his dad in white gloves were cleaning the outside of the train before he got off it. he then got a formal red—carpet treatment by russia officials with a military marching band. very much been treated as a leader of a country that russia sees as an important ally. i think that is why this visit is taking place. russia invited kim jong—un to visit here in russia one year ago but it is happening now because a couple of months ago talks between kim jong—un and donald trump over north korea‘s‘s nuclear programme broke down. i think mr kim is coming here looking for an ally in vladimir putin and vladimir putin is looking for north korea, looking to insert itself in a diplomatic process there. it is a diplomatic process that here in eastern russia is right on their body. it matters to russia.

it matters politically to be involved in the process of resolving that crisis. it is about leveraging a diplomatic process by russia or is it about and, or is it about one—upmanship, russia versus the usa? i think probably a bit more of the latter, to be honest. i think this is russia we are setting itself into a process that donald trump recently has been leading. there was all of that talk about the personal chemistry between donald trump and kim jong—un but all of that collapsed back in february when the talks ended in deadlock. kimjong—un went back to north korea when doing where his efforts to ease international sanctions were going next. he has come here looking to russia. russia, for some time now, has been advocating easing sanctions on north korea, arguing that donald trump is my approach is wrong, that it won‘t work and that you cannot pressure north korea into giving up

its nuclear weapons. russia has been trying to argue for a gradual approach whilst at the same time making quite clear that it does not wa nt making quite clear that it does not want a nuclear armed state on its body. it is onside with the us but i think it is trying to puncture that approach of donald trump as well by trying it approach here now in their spare face—to—face meeting between the leaders of russia of north korea. i think an interesting moment in that much broader and important process about the nuclear programme in north korea. thank you very much. now it‘s time for a look at the weather, with simon king. we have got a bit of sunshine out there at the moment but also some showers moving in from the south—west. you can see from the radarfrom south—west. you can see from the radar from early south—west. you can see from the radarfrom early on south—west. you can see from the radar from early on that though showers have made their way into south—west england, south—west wales and a few showers into coastal counties. for the rest of the day, they showers will move further north. as they do, they could

intensify to give us some thunderstorms, particularly across the north midlands and into northern areas of england throughout the afternoon. some pretty heavy downpours for a time. some sunny spells, otherwise quite cool and cloudy throughout the afternoon. tonight, showers will continue to spread north into scotland and northern ireland. further showers into england and wales. temperatures overnight getting down to about nine 01’ overnight getting down to about nine or10 overnight getting down to about nine or 10 celsius. thursday, more showers in the forecast. there is could be on the heavy side. perhaps the odd rumble of thunder. probably more rain tomorrow. hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines...

the chinese telecoms giant huawei will be allowed by the government to supply some non—core equipment for the uk‘s 5g data network, despite security concerns from senior members of the cabinet. sri lanka‘s president promises a big shake up of the country‘s police and security services after they failed to act on a warning about sunday‘s bomb attacks. it‘s thought one of the attackers studied in the uk. the prime minister and the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will attend the funeral of the murdered journalist lyra mckee in belfast this afternoon. the north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in russia, ahead of his first ever meeting with president vladimir putin tomorrow. and wild salmon catches in scotland are at their lowest level since records began, it‘s thought stocks are at "crisis point". the conservative mp, johnny mercer, has strongly denied doing anything wrong in accepting a salary from a company that marketed a failed investment scheme.

mr mercer is paid £85,000 as a non—executive director of crucial academy, which trains military veterans. it is ultimately funded by surge financial limited, which marketed a bond scheme that lost investors more than £230 million. labour says it would scrap a government scheme that allows offices and industrial buildings to be converted into homes without planning permission. the party said changes to permitted development rules in england had led to the creation of "slum housing and rabbit—hutch flats". it also said developers had been able to avoid building affordable homes. the conservatives said the plans would "cut house building and put a stop to people achieving home ownership". two charities are warning that punishing cuts to council budgets are leaving increasing numbers of people at risk on the streets. research by st mungo‘s and homeless link, suggests nine years of government cuts have left local services for single homeless

people in england with a £1 billion a yearfunding gap. the government said it is committed to preventing all forms of homelessness. the system we have means that people with kids, so families, have much more protection in the law. some single people, if they have disabilities, that kind of thing, may be protected, but most people aren‘t. so that‘s why it is really, really services exist for that group of people, otherwise they are the people who are much more likely to up on the streets. salmon fishing is one of scotland‘s largest rural industries, supporting more than four thousand jobs. but new figures released today show wild salmon catches in scotland are at their lowest level since records began and fishing experts are calling for urgent action to help preserve the species. andrew anderson reports from the banks of the river tay in perth. the river tay is one of scotland‘s finest rivers for salmon fishing, but along with many other weather across the country, the number of salmon here have dropped

dramatically over the last few decades. along with them, salmon catches. why is that? what can be done about it? i am joined with a couple of people with a close interest. doctor allan wells is from fisheries management scotland. how concerned should be? this is something we are concerned about right away across the north atlantic, everywhere where there are some then we have seen declines in the populations. we are really calling on scottish government and agencies to do everything within their power to manage what we can manage. what is the problem? we can see here on the weather, the level is very low, is it a problem on the rivers are out at sea because of salmon return to see? it is many issues. at sea, they are facing issues. at sea, they are facing issues relating to climate change, food availability. but there are serious things within their is that

we can manage which are human induced pressures. there are conservation efforts. they are asked to return every fish they catch. is there any mod that can be done to boost numbers? in terms of fish being part and killed, that is very much under control in scotland. we have the highest level of catch and release in any country with significant salmon populations and now very few fish are killed in commercial nets. but there are a range of other things that can be donein range of other things that can be done in relation to barriers, habitat improvement, ensuring that the pressures of aquaculture don‘t affect our wild fish, and other issues we are looking up with the scottish government. salmon fishing is very important to economy, wet a lot of money again. how important is it for your business, claire? it is hugely important. for our economy. the salmon fishing season opens on

the 15th of january the salmon fishing season opens on the 15th ofjanuary and from the 15th of january up the 15th ofjanuary and from the 15th ofjanuary up until mid—october we have anglers coming from all over the web. today we have anglos from switzerland, ireland. they are here to enjoy salmon fishing. at this time of year, these stores are crucial for hotels, b&bs, time of year, these stores are crucialfor hotels, b&bs, shops. it is very difficult to find tourist visiting at this time of the year and this makes a difference being able to employ full—time people there says relying on only seasonal employees. without the anglers, yacht season will be restricted to the summer months? yes. many hotels close in winter, we have, thanks to salmon fishing, the luxury to be able to be open all year and provide

full—time employment for people in the village all year long. thank you both very much indeed. the scottish government says it is doing everything it can, it is determined to protect wild salmon stocks. i don‘t think anyone is suggesting that salmon will disappear entirely from rivers like these but the numbers may fall so low that fishing becomes unsustainable, and that would really be a worry for scotland‘s rural economy. andrew anderson reporting from the banks of the river tay. the green party has become the latest to unveil a list of candidates for the european elections. they‘re fielding candidates for all english regions and wales. the green party is the uk‘s biggest pro remain party currently in the european parliament and have campaigned for a people‘s vote. candidates include magid magid the outgoing lord mayor of sheffield and the prominent anti—fracking campaigner gina dowding. a full list of candidates is available on the bbc news website. there‘s concern that thousands of people who are still suffering trauma after the grenfell tower fire

are not coming forward to seek help. it‘s something that affects notjust the tower‘s residents, but also those who live nearby. now the area‘s nhs trust has released a film featuring the former england footballer les ferdinand, encouraging people to open up about their mental health. ashleyjohn—baptiste has more. nearly two years on since the g re nfell tower nearly two years on since the grenfell tower fire, driving past the tower still makes an impact. thousands of local residents continue to deal with trauma as a result of the fire, many of whom are not receiving support. antonio escaped from the tenth floor of the tower of the morning of the fire. he had just moved into a permanent flat and in full—time work, he is starting to move on. there is a big window and it is very important for me, there is a lot of positivity...

for him and his community, the process of healing continues. thousands of people were there that night watching. we will never know what effect it will have going forward. losing someone at deer, a friend or someone dear to you, it will leave a scar open in you that you cannot heal one or two months on six month or two years, it is going to be forever. today we are going to go to ten of the houses appear. we have been to a few of them and had no responses. since the fire, health workers have been going door—to—door offering support. they say some parts of the community, young men in particular, have been harder to reach. if you remember the day, rememberthe time, you reach. if you remember the day, remember the time, you could experience flashbacks which could have been three, four, five times a day. you can have nightmares. what happens is that somebody tries to avoid thinking or talking about the subject relating to the traumatic incident. come on, boys! so, could

this be the solution? a virtual reality marathon as film featuring former england striker les ferdinand, meant to engage those affected by the fire. tension drops as soon as affected by the fire. tension drops as soon as i get on the grass. made in collaboration with queens park rangers football club, the nhs trust hopes this tool will encourage residents dealing with trauma to open up. what made you do all this to support grenfell residents in the community? i grew up on the estate myself. it is les ferdinand's long—standing connection with this community that makes him so concerned. what impact do you hope it will have? i think there is a lot of people who have had psychological problems dealing with situations and coming out talking about their emotions and talking about things that have gone on and bottling it on up. hopefully, what this will do it it will allow them to release and be able to speak about some of their

problems are some of the situations they are going through. as the impact of the grenfell tower fire continues for many residents, said the gestures of humanity and support. in a moment we‘ll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. the time is 11:a7am. the chinese telecoms giant huawei will be allowed by the government to supply some non—core equipment for the uk‘s 5g data network, despite security concerns from senior members of the cabinet. the prime minister and the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will attend the funeral of the murdered journalist lyra mckee in belfast this afternoon. i‘m ben thompson in the business news. government borrowing last year fell to its lowest annual level in 17 years according to the latest official figures. borrowing for the 2018—2019

financial year was just uner £25 billion, that‘s £17 billion less than in the previous financial year. though, it‘s still higher than the forecast from the office for budget responsibility last month. and more on huawei. china‘s huawei says it welcomes reports that britain would allow limited use of its equipment in new 5g networks. a security source said britain will allow the chinese company some restricted access to non—core parts of the 5g network, but ban it from installing equipment in so—called core parts of the system. more on that shortly. and how about this for a job vacancy? the government has advertised a job to replace mark carney as governor of the bank of england. he steps down from the £a80,000 a year post, at the start of next year. for the first time the government has hired a recruitment firm

to help with the search. send your entries in if you want thatjob. sales at fast fashion chain primark were down 1.5% like for like but a much higher profit margin meant that profit was up 25% compared to the same time last year. primark is not the only retailer reporting strong profit. online chain boohoo.com reported a 53% increase in gross profit in their full year results. i spoke with sofie willmott, a senior retail analyst at global data earlier who explained how these retailers have been attracting customers. yes, we have seen some really strong results from boo hoo this morning. sales up almost 50% on the previous year, but a lot of that growth has come from its younger brand, pretty little thing which has really helped to bolster the group‘s growth. whereas the boo hoo brand sales have increased by 15%, so sales are slowing down, similar to what we are seeing at asos. and those retailers have done pretty well with that move to online. more and more of us are now browsing

things on our mobile phones, our devices, our tablets, and shopping that way, but that comes at a cost for the retailers, especially when it comes to things like returns. yes, definitely. asos recently announced that they are changing their returns policy to try to discourage customers from buying items, wearing them, and then returning them. you know, returns is obviously a very costly process for online companies and they have to really build this into their operating costs because it is unlikely returns are going to decrease as a percentage of sales, they are going to remain high as shoppers want to try on the products before they commit to purchasing them. just really briefly, sofie, the primark story is entirely different. they are doing well because they have still got those high street stores. yes, primark is one of the few large retailers in the uk that doesn‘t currently sell online, so their stores are doing well, partly because shoppers don‘t have the option to buy online. the retailer is still opening stores, they are seeing the uk growth mostly coming from new space.

they have opened a store in the last few weeks in birmingham which is their biggest yet, and they are really creating that retail destination. i think if they were to launch online that they would see that shift as other retailers have, with sales moving from physical to digital retail. despite big objections over security. the us also once the allies and the so—called five eyes intelligence group, that is the uk canada, australia and new zealand to exclude huawei. specialists are meeting in glasgow today to discuss cyber threats at the national cyber security centre. joining us now. she

will be at the conference later today. let‘s talk first of all about some of the issues here that are up for discussion. there are a lot of issues on the table as far as cyber threats are concerned. the concern is that huawei is linked to the chinese state and so it will allow them unprecedented access to uk confidential information and have control over our future mobile networks. when we talk about huawei posing a security risk, what is that risk? two main issues, really. they could have put a back door into all of the technology so that they can probe it and take confidential information out from whichever networks they are operating on. also, they could affect the availability of their networks and potentially disrupt it if there is any conflict or anything in the

future. the us is pretty adamant that it sees huawei as a security risk for some of those reasons you have outlined, other european countries say that is overblown, but they are not as worried as the united states about it. they say it is the best technology available, huawei can solve that the 5g problem. who is right? everything is subjective. security is about conducting risk assessments. this morning over at a cyber uk, jeremy fleming, the director, he did not confirm or deny the reports but he did say that there has been a technical, detailed assessment of the sg technical, detailed assessment of the 5g technology. there has been a cell that has been run for a number of years with huawei by the experts can look at the technology and take it apart can look at the technology and take itapartand can look at the technology and take it apart and see if there are any risks, said they have produced a report that has gone to the cns and it will be jeremy

report that has gone to the cns and it will bejeremy making the conclusions and making that available to the government for them to make a decision. if like the united states, government say they don‘t want set providing the technology, the likes of nokia said they have got some technology that can do similar things so we could open up the market rather than it being just about temp mac. other firms could get in on it. i think it is healthy to have a number of different providers for this kind of technology, so that is always welcome to have a diverse number of manufacturers. interesting, isn't it? thank you very much. you are up—to—date with all the business. thank you very much. coming up shortly, we will bring you full coverage of prime minister‘s questions from the house of commons. theresa may will not be taking the questions herself as she is attending the funeral of the journalist

lyra mckee in belfast, as is the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn. in their place will be the prime minister‘s number two david lidington and standing in for the labour leader will be the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry. norman smith is at the houses of parliament ahead of prime ministers questions. what can we expect today? i was reflecting when you are saying that, what a gear change for emily thornberry this morning. presumably she got up and that she would have a quiet day, suddenly the phone goes and says you are on because the pm is off to londonderry. she will have been swatting up desperately this morning to get ready apm to use. my guess is that she will probably stick to her own area of expertise, foreign affairs. interesting whether she tackles david liddington over the us president‘s visit because she

put out a very toughly worded statement yesterday saying it was a waste of taxpayer‘s mani, donald trump no longer reflected their shared values between the uk and the us, and calling on mrs may to stand up us, and calling on mrs may to stand up to donald trump. interesting to see whether she firmly plants labour‘s flagpole against the tramp visit. as for david liddington, he is in the commons at the moment. —— the trump visit. he will be one hour by the time it gets to pmqs. what annette is going on with brexit? what is going on with cross—party talks with the labour party? i am sure there will be criticism if tory backbenchers get the chance to press on about that. ok, for the moment, thank you very much. norman smith at the houses of parliament. before those questions, it is time for a look at the weather forecast.

it has been won and dry recently but we have some rain in the forecast today. we have had heavy showers moving in a quest parts. it is coming in from this clump of cloud moving its way out of france, crossing the english channel and pushing its way into the south—west of england. we have seen quite a bit of rain so far are moving into south—west england. this is the earlier rainfall imagery. showers drifting north across southern counties. in the london area, this is one of our weather watchers. showing rain there. you can smother distinctive rain smell after a long dry spell. through the best of the afternoon, showers continue moving northwards and intensifying across the midlands and northern england. the risk of something just got —— risk of

thunderstorms and hail. by disguising a england. stein cloud in the far north east and cooler compared to the last few days. overnight temperatures getting down to around six to nine celsius. over the next few days, one pair in place at the moment but it will get pushed away by colder conditions. you can see the sliver of blue trying to move its way in. thursday, a caller feeling day for many of us. it will be similar in that respect we have showers moving up from the south, merging together, it could be heavy in places, centring to the north, centring to the south, but look at those temperatures. 13 to 15 celsius. for the rest of the week and into friday, low pressure dominating. weatherfronts and into friday, low pressure dominating. weather fronts coming around the area of low pressure. that will continue to bring energy

and moisture to provide more showers during friday. they showers moving away from the south—west, they could be heavy in places, some sunny spells in between, maximum temperature is around 13 to 16 celsius. it was turned colder over the weekend. there is uncertainty about the weather on saturday and sunday. outbreaks of rain, cool day, temperatures nine to 13 celsius. by sunday, a return of sunshine and showers. goodbye.

you‘re watching bbc newsroom live. these are today‘s main stories: the government will allow the chinese telecoms giant huawei to supply some non—core equipment for the uk‘s 5g data network, despite security concerns from senior members of the cabinet. the news comes as the so—called ‘five eyes‘ intelligence alliance meet at a security conference today — uk security chiefs say the huawei risk can be managed last month we did our 2019 report, which showed some concerns about the way that huawei do engineering, however we were clear that that wasn‘t evidence of misbehaviour and malevolence by the chinese government itself. sri lanka‘s president promises a big shake—up of the country‘s police and security services, after they failed to act on a warning about sunday‘s bomb attacks.

more details emerge about the identity of the attackers — it‘s thought one of the bombers studied in the uk. if the prime minister and the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, are to attend the funeral of the murdered journalist lyra mckee in belfast this afternoon. this is the scene live in the house of commons, where the first prime minister‘s questions since the easter recess is due to start shortly. the north korean leader, kimjong—un has arrived in russia, ahead of his first ever meeting with president vladimir putin tomorrow. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. prime minister‘s questions is about to get underway, where david liddington is standing

in for theresa may. theresa may and jeremy corbyn are attending the funeral of lyra mckee today in belfast. norman smith is at westminster. norman, the first prime ministers questions after the easter recess, where it seems nothing has moved with brexit. we‘ll brexit still be the main feature of discussions today? i think it will be, yes. it is the issue at westminster. some tory mps i was speaking to were surprised that theresa may was going to the funeral in belfast, arguing that karen bradley would be the

government representative, because there is so much still to be done in terms of getting a brexit deal through the house of commons. there we re through the house of commons. there were a few raised eyebrows that theresa may had the time to go there, but let‘s not cross to the chamber. i have been asked by the prime minister just i have been asked by the prime ministerjust be here as she is attending the funeral in belfast of lyra mckee, she was a young woman who represented everything good in northern ireland. those who committed this murder represent no one in northern ireland and i‘m sure that members across the house will join me and wanting to send our thoughts to lyra‘s family, friends

and her partner. the attack on three christian churches and three hotels in sri lanka on easter sunday was a horrific and cowardly act. the hosts will know that the number of british citizens were also killed. yesterday, the prime minister spoke to the prime minister of sri lanka to the prime minister of sri lanka to send her condolences to all affected and to offer his government is any assistance they may need. i‘m sure the whole house will not only wa nt to sure the whole house will not only want tojoin sure the whole house will not only want to join me sure the whole house will not only want tojoin me in sending sympathies and condolences to all caught up in the horrific attack, but i hope the host will reflect on the fact that that atrocity, committed on easter sunday, came just a couple of weeks after an equally brutal and appalling attack in christchurch, new zealand, upon the muslim community worshipping

there. as we stand today between easter and the beginning of the solemn month of ramadan, i hope this will be a time notjust for members but for all our fellow citizens of all faiths and of none to come together and to stand up for the values of mutual respect, tolerance and religious diversity which embody what is best about our country. and religious diversity which embody what is best about our countrylj would like to echo those thoughts of sympathy and condolence. rejuvenating our town centres in stoke—on—trent is essential. will he join me on congratulating the open doors scheme working in my constituency. i am happy to join my honourable friend in welcoming the

open doors scheme in his constituency. my right honourable friend the communities secretary will study all the bits carefully before making a decision on the year but he and i know that‘s my honourable friend will be a champion of the claims of his constituency in particular. emily thornbury. the minister for the particular. emily thornbury. the ministerfor the cap particular. emily thornbury. the minister for the cap on and particular. emily thornbury. the ministerfor the cap on and i usually enjoy treating a fewjokes at these sessions but this is not a week for laughter. we join him at these sessions but this is not a week for laughter. wejoin him in standing in solidarity and shared grief with the people of sri lanka and all those who lost loved ones, the peaceful worshippers and innocent tourists, at least a5 of them children. the eight—year—old cousin of the member for hampstead and kilburn was amongst them. an act of evil that stands in sharp contrast to the words of ben

nicholson about his family that he lost. we mourn the loss of billy mcneill, the first briton to lift the european cup and a man who spent his life fighting against sectarian hatred. last thursday we mourned the senseless murder of the brilliant young journalist lyra mckee whose funeral the prime minister is right to attend and whose death was an horrific reminder of where sectarian hatred ultimately leads. we stand with lyra. in her name asked the minister for the with lyra. in her name asked the ministerfor the cabinet with lyra. in her name asked the minister for the cabinet office to tell us what the government is doing to bring her killers to justice and protect northern ireland from a return to terror? can i first welcome both the tone and the words of the right honourable lady. can i also say that i would share her tributes to billy mcneill, who died on monday. he made no fewer than 790

appearances for celtic. it is a testa m e nt to appearances for celtic. it is a testament to an extraordinary career in which he also won 31 major trophies as a manager and a player. our thoughts and sympathies are with his family and friends. as the right honourable lady will fully understand, the decisions about criminal investigations in northern ireland are a matter for the police service of northern ireland and for the independent public prosecution service. we very much hope as the government than any member of the public who has information that will lead to lyra‘s murderers being brought to justice comes forward. i am hopeful due to the sense of community solidarity there has been in the londonderry and northern ireland generally that that information will be forthcoming. ireland generally that that information will be forthcominglj information will be forthcoming.” know he speaks with huge authority

and passion on this issue. reading the statement from the so—called new ira last week and its sincere condolences for the death of lyra, it was a sickening throwback to the days we thought we had left behind. from despicable individuals whose only desire is to turn back the clock and destroy the progress made. does the minister for the cabinet office agree with me that this is one of the central reason is that we must find an answer to the northern irish border question rather than give these evil terrorists the divisions that they crave?” give these evil terrorists the divisions that they crave? i would draw a distinction between the two issues raised as important, but i don‘t think that those murderers in derry were motivated by any thoughts about the border or about customs arrangements, important boots whose

issues are. what the right honourable lady said that i wholly agree with was the otter unacceptability of references to police officers in northern ireland, that they were somehow a legitimate target. one of the great achievements of the peace building process in northern ireland has been the very difficult and controversial reform of the police service, where do not have young men and women from both unionist and nationalist communities who serve gladly together, upholding law and justice in northern ireland. we should all of us in this house continue to send every officer in the psni our full support. i agree entirely with the sentiments expressed. i agree with the mc is trying achieve but the fundamental problem is the means.

his own party and the dup will not accept the current backstop and the only way the government plans to avoid that backstop is to deliver a so avoid that backstop is to deliver a so called invisible border. last week we saw a leaked home office presentation stating that no government worldwide currently has a system in place for a technological solution, and it could not be before 2030. there is no budget for either a pilot orfor the programme itself. can the minister tell us or the home office wrong? i am not going to comment on alleged leaks from government departments. what i can say to the house is that the government has allocated £20 million to invest in work on alternative measures that would bring benefits in terms of seamless trade booth to the border between northern ireland

and ireland, but which if successful more generally could be applied to give us smart borders and all of the united kingdom‘s external borders and perhaps offer expert opportunities for that technology, as well. it is interesting with the minister says, but the home office also says that there are six problems with deploying these technological solutions. it is expensive and there is no budget. it has to operate with 28 different uk government agencies. it needs to operate on both sides of the border. it won‘t be deliverable until 2013. the government has a bad track record to say the least on technology projects and new one in the world has done anything similar. but mr speaker is hardly a recipe for success. the real answer to the northern ireland border question is staring the government in the face. 28 months ago and to brexit secretary is ago i told the minister

that the only way to avoid a hard border was staying in a customs union and of course the alignment of all rules and regulations. he himself said three years ago that for anyone to pretend otherwise flies in the face of reality. that was the truth then and it remains the truth today, so why will the governmentjust not the truth today, so why will the government just not wake the truth today, so why will the governmentjust not wake up to it?” did say to the right honourable lady in our previous exchange that there isa in our previous exchange that there is a £20 million budget that has already been earmarked for this work. it is also the case whatever the right honourable lady may be reading in the newspapers about timetables, that not just reading in the newspapers about timetables, that notjust the united kingdom but the european union has committed itself to trying to get these alternative measures agreed by 2020, that is not a commitment that the european commission has entered into lightly and without some

thought and analysis about the chances of achieving that. could i say to the right honourable lady the solution that she identifies, needing to have a frictionless border on the island of ireland, is what is delivered by the government‘s withdrawal agreement, therefore what she should be doing is urging her right honourable and honourable friends to vote for what the government is proposing instead of rejecting it and therefore blocking the brexit which are party‘s manifesto commits to. blocking the brexit which are party's manifesto commits to. we have heard it all before, let‘s face it. the only point the minister didn‘t make this time was that britain must be able to establish her own international trade agreements, perhaps he has been listening to nancy pelosi last week he made it clear that if the uk government disrupted the open border in northern ireland we could forget all about a free trade deal with the

us. the government is going to spend millions giving donald trump the golden carriage treatment injune, and the state backed banks might even be worth it if he is forced to step aside greta on one side and david attenborough on the other. the truth is that it will all be a giant waste of taxpayers money because the us congress will never agree to a trade deal unless we have a solution for the irish border that will actually work. this government simply doesn‘t have one. actually work. this government simply doesn't have one. it isjust two short years ago that the right honourable lady said of president trump we should welcome the american president. we have to work with him. ijust wonder president. we have to work with him. i just wonder whether something has changed about the us administration

or whether something has changed about her own leadership ambitions to alter her words in this way. the government and the labour party i thought both wanted to see new tariffs, no quotas, no rules of origin checks, a seamless border on the island of ireland. yet three times the right honourable lady and her colleagues have voted against a deal that would deliver those things to which they claim to be committed. it is about time that she put principle and the national interest ahead of party advantage.” principle and the national interest ahead of party advantage. i think mr speaker we will find that there is only one side of the size that has a

leadership contest at the moment and it is active as we speak. in a week like this when we have all been shocked and saddened by the horrific a cts shocked and saddened by the horrific acts of terrorism at home and abroad, we remember that the first job of any government is to keep our country and our citizens safe. even before our concerns about the economy the main reason we need to keep an open border with ireland is to preserve that peace and security that millions of british and our citizens have come to depend upon, in which a week like this seems to hang like a thread. so if the government is serious about putting the country first, the whole of our country, will the minister for the cabinet office accepts that means finally getting serious about the cross— party finally getting serious about the cross—party negotiations and putting the option of a customs union on the

table. i appreciate the honourable lady has not been in the room at the time, she is in the outer inner circle around the labour leadership, but i can say the substance and the tone of the negotiations between the government team and the opposition team, there is a genuine temp two find a way through. this is difficult because if it is going to work both parties will need to make compromises and as ending up with a solution that unlike any other so far proposed will get a majority in the house. so far, this house has rejected ordeal, it has rejected the opposition‘s proposals, it has rejected a referendum. it has

rejected a referendum. it has rejected a referendum. it has rejected a customs union, it has rejected a customs union, it has rejected common market 2.0. it is not just a matter for the rejected common market 2.0. it is notjust a matter for the government or opposition front bench, it is for every member of this house to take our responsibilities to the country seriously and find a way to agree on an outcome that enables us to deliver on the referendum result and ta ke deliver on the referendum result and take this country forward. can i also add myself with the sentiment so also add myself with the sentiment so eloquently expressed on both sides of the house. those of us who voted to leave knew what we were voting for. the labour policy now seems to be to hold a second referendum. will he

confirmed that on his watch and the prime minister‘s that there will be no is second referendum, yes or no? the government is clear that we do not agree with the second referendum and we have voted against a second referendum. all of us in 2016 recall telling our electors that their decision was going to be final and would be accepted whatever the outcome of that referendum would be. i think it would do harm to fragile public confidence in our political institutions were that commitment to be set aside. the snp would join in saying that we are horrified by the atrocity tracks in sri lanka and the ministerfor the cabinet office is right that we

should all be considering religious tolerance and ensuring that we champion that. our thoughts are with the family and friends of lyra mckee. we stand with lyra. we would like tojoin in the mckee. we stand with lyra. we would like to join in the celebration of billy mcneill‘s life and work. in addition to celtic he was the managerfor aberdeen, as addition to celtic he was the manager for aberdeen, as well. climate change is the biggest crisis facing the world today. even the environment secretary has admitted his government has failed to do enough. yesterday he promised that the uk government will take action. this government has spent millions on nuclear power, have helped support for renewable energy projects and have continued to pursue fracking. does taking action include reversing these damaging policies? i think it is my right honourable friend the environment

secretary said yesterday, that there is clearly more that needs to be done and probably all of us here would recognise our generations have not done sufficient to meet this challenge. the honourable lady underestimates how much work has been done by the united kingdom. since 2010 we have reduced co2 emissions faster than any other g20 nation. between 2010—2018 greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by a quarter. renewable energy capacity has quadrupled since 2010 and the proportion of electricity coming from low carbon resources has increased from 19% to more than half in 2018, a record yearfor renewa bles in 2018, a record yearfor renewables there is a lot more to do but i think it is a good record on which to base their future action. i don‘t think that i‘m recognises the

scale of the challenge that we face the scottish government have already put forward a climate change bill with some of the most ambitious targets of any country in the world. if we need to go further we will. the uk government commissioned new advice from the uk committee on climate change that is due next week on what the uk target should be. can he confirm that when the advice is published next week that the uk government will adopt the recommended targets immediately and in full. i will wait to see what the advices and i‘m sure the house will wa nt to advices and i‘m sure the house will want to what the advice is as well as learn from the government directly what its decisions are going to be. can i say to the honourable lady that passing legislation can get you so far, but actually what you need is notjust

legislation it is a change in attitude and approach that runs right across society and right across industry. what i am encouraged by is that whilst since 1990 the uk has cut its emissions by a0%, in that same period our economy has grown by two thirds, to greater prosperity and green policies are not incompatible, they can and should be made to work together. can i associate myself with the words of the frontbenchers. to assure the british appetite for strawberries are fulfilled, could he encourage the home office to extend the seasonal agricultural scheme this year and open the doctor 30,000 a0,000 next year to make sure our are fulfilled? as i would have

expected, my honourable friends rightly champion spoke the produce of his constituency and the needs of businesses there. what i would say to him is that obviously we have established a two—year pilot that provides for a six month scheme for non—eu migrants to work on farms. the paddock was never designed to meet the full labour needs of the horticultural sector and clearly we will need to evaluate what happens with that pilot in practice, but i knew that the secretary of state for scotla nd knew that the secretary of state for scotland and the secretary of state for environment and agricultural be looking at the impact of this. in 2015 the prime minister when she was home secretary said that the police federation were crying wolf over the impact of police cuts. our teachers,

specialist youth workers and others are warning that government cuts are making it harder to protect young people from knife crime. in my current constituency crime survey, many constituents are saying that cuts to services that support young people, as well as cuts to policing, need to be reversed. could the minister for the need to be reversed. could the ministerfor the cabinet need to be reversed. could the minister for the cabinet office tell me whether he thinks children and youth workers and my constituents are crying wolf, too? the facts are that the government has increased police funding by more than £970 million for the next year and the labour party voted against that increase in funding when the order came before the house of commons. the honourable lady is right to say that this is not only about policing and new laws, it is about early

intervention. that is why the home secretary has secured £220 million for early intervention projects to try to steer young people at risk of knife crime and other violent crime away from the gangs that can seduce them into that appalling way of life. passions are running high, including my own, about the devastating effects of climate change and whilst i believe this government has made great strides decarbonising faster than any country in the g20, we much must do more faster and sooner. would my right honourable friend asked the prime minister tojoin me in supporting a cross—party call for a net zero emissions ahead of 2020, thatis net zero emissions ahead of 2020, that is greater than our current

targets... sorry, ahead of 2050. that is more stringent mistress bigger than our current targets. more than 200 cross—party mps have signed a letter calling for this. would he also asked the prime minister to meet colleagues and i to discuss enshrining this in law as proposed by my honourable friend from cheltenham in his forthcoming ten minute rule bill? good ifirst of all pay tribute to my honourable friend for the way in which she has championed this and other environmental issues during her time in the house? i can certainly say that a minister will be happy to see her and other parliamentary colleagues. i hope she will understand that we will want to look at the advice of the independent climate change committee to understand what would be needed to

get to that early zero emissions targets and the practical steps that would involve, but i can assure her that we are investing more than 2.5 billion to support low carbon innovation in the uk in the next six yea rs innovation in the uk in the next six years alone. plain truth is that priority for the government and will remain so. so far we have only got 313 questions and 25 minutes we need to speed up because i want to accommodate backbench members. the proposed closure of cumbernauld tax offers will see 1300 good qualityjobs tax offers will see 1300 good quality jobs lost at the time tax offers will see 1300 good qualityjobs lost at the time and many others under threat as millions of pounds of spending disappears from the local economy. that is just one of 150 tax office culture is overseen by the treasury. if the government wants to build stronger towns and is concerned about towns like cumbernauld, surely the government must put a stop to hmrc‘s

damaging tax office closures.” com pletely damaging tax office closures.” completely understand the concerns that there will be amongst hard—working civil that there will be amongst ha rd—working civil servants that there will be amongst hard—working civil servants in cumbernauld who were expecting to be reassigned. there is a difference happening in the way citizens choose to interact with hmrc, with fewer people wanting or needing to access an office and more people being willing and choosing to work with the taxman online. that is clearly going to have implications. it seems to me that the priority has to be that we maintain a high quality of service to businesses and individual taxpayers. the minister will be aware of mild fires burning across the country —— wildfires. continuing with more than 50 firefighters efforts. well my

right honourable friend jamie congratulating teams involved and the other emergency services who have made this a multi agency resolves dharmic response. and to ask people to stay away from the area to allow fire services to get the situation under control.” area to allow fire services to get the situation under control. i am happy to encourage members of the public to... and tipper provoke parliament if it loses at second reading, wouldn‘t it be safer to link the prime minister‘s deal and bring that forward to parliament? the problem with that proposal is that so far, whenever the idea of a second referendum has been brought

before the house, there has been a majority against that. i don‘t think that the right honourable gentleman‘s proposal is going to deliver the outcome that he seeks. my deliver the outcome that he seeks. my right honourable friend will tell us my right honourable friend will tell us if we believe by may 22 and does he agree with me that both major political parties are likely to suffer at the polls if we don‘t. what does it say to my constituents about the democratic process if this has can‘t get this withdrawal agreement to leave the european union over the line? i completely understand and share that sense of exasperation. it has been made very clear from this dispatch box on several occasions that the consequence of the house voting to reject the withdrawal agreement and to vote in favour of an extension is

that the government would need to make preparations as required by law for those european elections. the way in which we solve this problem is for parliament to assemble a majority behind a deal, vote for it, get the legislation through and give effect to our departure and the eu. having experienced an average salary fall by over £2000 per year since 2010 and expecting just 1% pay rise this year, civil servants in the pcs union are rightly being balloted for industrial action. but the minister tell the house and the civil serva nts tell the house and the civil servants will be free of austerity measures and receive a substantial pay rise which is long overdue? there has been because of the scale of the deficit which was inherited in 2010. the need for severe

restraints over public expenditure including public sector pay. where we are today, mr speaker, is there is flexibility within the overall pay ceiling, department by department, fire departments to negotiate with their workforces arrangements that do put it up higher, increase in wages, to the one the lady has referred. on sunday, over a0,000 people will take pa rt sunday, over a0,000 people will take part in the london marathon, many of them are supporting the dementia revolution on behalf of alzheimer‘s research. sign a society. some of there are sitting on these benches. the uk is the world leader in dementia research. ivisited the uk is the world leader in dementia research. i visited a research institute today. with the government continue to support dementia research, encourage more

people, especially people in their 30s, a0s and 50s to take part in research trials, and wish the very best of luck to everyone in the marathon on sunday. can ijoin my honourable friend in wishing success and strength to everybody taking pa rt and strength to everybody taking part in the marathon on sunday, particularly to members on all sides of this house. i suspect one orjust people in the pressure dharmic press gallery as well. an important point about dementia. one of the map and changes we are seeing is that as a society we are open about the fact that many of us are going to live with dementia at some stage in our lives. that government commitment which were said to permit dementia research and to trying to remove the stigma from dementia will be maintained. last count i was aware of no fewer than 16 members of the house intending to take part in the

london marathon. we had from one of them earlier but was too modest to mention her involvement.” them earlier but was too modest to mention her involvement. i don't think i could run at the london marathon. laughter you could walk it! while a key family in northern ireland are —— while the mckee family are bearing their daughter today, hundreds of people in sri la nka today, hundreds of people in sri lanka wearing their loved ones brutally murdered because... christians across about world and now the most religiously persecuted across the world. 300 million living in fearof across the world. 300 million living in fear of persecution and 4000 being killed every year because of their faith. the government has said that britain is on their side, can

the minister tell us how is the government using the uk economic power, contact with and our aid budget to help those who are persecuted early simply because they believe injesus persecuted early simply because they believe in jesus christ? the aid budget and the foreign office diplomatic expenditure budget do give and will continue to give a priority to human rights, including the right of christians and people of other faiths. the the right of christians and people of otherfaiths. the right honourable gentleman is quite correct in saying that in many countries, christians do face persecution and discrimination. we work to try to improve standards of justice and civil rights in those countries we work with christian and

other religious communities who are under threat. we have recently commissioned a review in particular to help persecuted christians overseas. delivering improvements in outcomes at the right honourable gentleman quite rightly since. mr speaker, current immigration requirements oblige commonwealth servicemen and women to pay £2389 to apply for indefinite leave to remain after four years service. almost £10,000 for a family of four. this does not recite the nation has much respect for those prepared in extreme to give their lives for our country. i have written party letter signed by 130 members of parliament to the home secretary to secretary to the home secretary to secretary to seek and support to abolish these visa fees. at a time in the uk is chair of the commonwealth, with my right honourable friend and the prime minister give their support

for this great nonparty political because that is supported by the royal british legion?” because that is supported by the royal british legion? i want to pay tribute to men and women from commonwealth countries who serve in our armed services. that service is something that this and previous governments have valued enormously. on the point that my honourable friend makes about immigration requirements, i am sure that my right honourable friend the home secretary will take very seriously and look very carefully at the representations that he is making. last month a football referee in nottinghamshire had to flee a gamer, locked himself in the car and called the police, the fa response was a six match ban and a £50 fine. considering what is happening to raheem sterling, danny rose and the growth of racism on every level in football, and their call for a nationalforum, isn‘t

football, and their call for a national forum, isn‘t it clear that the football authorities are not capable without our help and government help of actually getting on top of this problem, particularly of racism in football? will the government not to take a lead in the lead the prime minister did and hillsborough and help convene using a form as mr stirling have requested this summer. perhaps mr speaker you might offer this location as an appropriate venue for such a foreign i think every member of this house will condemn without reservation... the behaviour to which the honourable gentleman referred. it is something that should be regarded as com plete something that should be regarded as complete with damp be on the bound of acceptability. the sports minister will want to sit down with him and any other colleagues in the house who make this a priority to discuss what might be done.

yesterday, jane golding who chairs the british in europe representing 1.3 million british nationals in the eu 27, it reminded me that michel barnier letter is almost one—month—old. in terms of responding to the requirements of this house to carve out citizens‘ rights element in the withdrawal agreement. given the absence of a withdrawal agreement being passed in this house, can my right honourable friend informed the house what actions the government has taken since receiving michel barnier‘s letter. as i recall, the government should make representations from the... asking them to carve citizen rights element is out of the withdrawal agreement over all. i think there are legal problems with that in that the withdrawal

agreement to stand together as a package and as a package has been submitted to the european parliament having been formally and legally approved by the european council. therefore, to separate elements of that might mean having to go through those european procedures again assuming the political willingness to do that weather. i will ask the brexit secretary to speak urgently to my honourable friend and update. it is complacent to claim we are on target to meet our climate change obligations when emissions from air freight and shipping of imports and exports are excluded from the figures. exactly! well this government to be honest about the scale of the challenge about the scale of the challenge about the scale of the challenge? we need to fully invest in renewable energy, drop the fascination with fracking

and declare a climate change emergency. because that is the reality of what we face. mr speaker, the rules on emissions from shipping are not unique to the united kingdom. these are global standards of measurement, and as i said in early exchanges, the government is first to say that there is more that needs to be done, but i think that the honourable gentleman does not acknowledge that we have a better track record on this than any other member of the g7. he asked about investment. our annual support for renewa bles investment. our annual support for renewables will be more than ten billion pounds by 2021. we have opened the largest offshore wind farm capable of powering 6000 homes, the first ever floating offshore wind farm. 99% of solar power that we have in the uk has been deployed

since 2010, that is a good track record. the government accept that the telecommunications firm huawei is intimately linked with the chinese communist government and its deeply hostile intelligence services. legally speaking it is a private firm, not a government owned company. private firm, not a government owned . my private firm, not a government owned company. my right honourable friend texas to the question about —— takes us texas to the question about —— takes us to the question about the roll—out of five g networks. the department for digital culture media and sport has commissioned a very wide raging thorough review of this. we are giving priority to stronger cyber security practices across the entire telecommunications sector, greater resilience in networks and critically diversity in attire supply chain for five g because this

goes beyond any single company. when we have taken decisions, we will announce into the house in the right proper way. i think the minister will recognise that he will probably hear from his right honourable friend on this matter a few hundred more times in the coming weeks. the government continues to chronically underfunded that welsh railway network with planned spending running at a 6% despite having 11% of the network. the government will start investing and give welsh commuters the investment they deserve? we are investing record amount in rails two wales railways. investment which takes up to 202a will be more than £1.5 billion. it will be more than £1.5 billion. it will deliver improved journeys for passengers in wales on the most advanced new trains. in south wales,

passengers and commuters are already experiencing real improvements thanks to a new intercity express trains, each of them having 130 extra seats compared with typical high—speed trains. i wish the honourable gentleman could have paid tribute to that achievement rather than carping. ifi may tribute to that achievement rather than carping. if i may add a few words of tribute of my own... we are moving away from prime minister‘s questions to take you to belfast outside st anne‘s cathedral in the city centre and in front of the steps to their main entrance to the cathedral. you see that the hearse carrying the coffin of the journalist lyra mckee. shot dead by dissident republicans in londonderry last thursday night. on top of the hearse, amongst the many flowers, is

a wreath that says" team lyra." since her death, there has been such an outpouring of love and respect for the 29—year—old woman and for what she stood for. her work and her humanity. we have seen many people arriving for the funeral service already. among them, political leaders. we have seen the irish prime minister liev radtke arrive, the irish president we know too may the irish president we know too may the prime minister is attending. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. we have seen labour leaderjeremy corbyn. we have seen political leaders from northern ireland arriving. senior police

officers and this is very much a cross community service in a place which for so many years sought to bring people together in these sorts of cross community ways. leading the service, the dean of st anne‘s cathedral stephen ford, and also catholic priest father martin magill. lyra mckee came from a catholic background, she grew up nearby in north belfast, but this service today being held in the church of island anglican cathedral in the city. it has been used for

many initiatives but this reflects the sort of person that we have learned that lyra mckee was. her family in their tribute to her, which they issued ahead of this funeral service said lyra spoke to and made friends with anybody and everybody no matter what their background. those of all political views and those with none. this openness and her desire to bring people together made her toe tickle a political. —— nick hurd totally apolitical. it has been of immense solace that lyra made so —— meant so much to so many. we can go to our ireland correspondent emma fardy.

this funeral very much the evidence of what the family are saying. she meant so much to so many people. that‘s right. there has been this huge outpouring of grief over the last few days since lyra mckee‘s death. some 600 people inside the cathedral here in belfast. many people lining the streets here. many friends and family of her son as people to continue her messages of positivity. particularly marking this event is the presence of political leaders within the congregation, the irish prime minister, the irish president, theresa may, jeremy corbyn, a mark of solidarity and unity that this event has inspired. political leaders from across the divide in northern ireland coming together as well.

of course, her family have indicated that in a statement that her answer to the violence would have been simple, they say the only way to ove rco m e simple, they say the only way to overcome hatred and intolerance is with love, understanding and kindness. i am sure that it is a message we are going to hear today in this funeral service.” message we are going to hear today in this funeral service. i think it really is. there is a sense from people that they want to get the message across to dissidents that they will not allow people oppose to they will not allow people oppose to the peace process to try to in some way drag northern ireland back to its violent past. there has been a real backlash against dissidents in last few days, revulsion shown to the new ira and a sense that hopefully some code can come out of this, reconciliation, renewed focus on efforts to was peace. people calling for dissidents to leave the stage, get out of the community in derry where this took place.

meanwhile, as a fever take place today, the police investigation to bring lyra mckee‘s killers to justice. there have been three arrests but all three released without charge. we will be hearing from the police after the femur later on this afternoon. we are expecting to hear another police for people to come forward with information. we believe the answers lie within the community in derry. it is interesting that the police understand that some people may be nervous about coming forward. but at the same time, they say there has been a palpable shift in the way that has been a shift, revulsion and what has resulted is a greater willingness of people wanting to come forward and talk to the police. you are right. sometimes in northern ireland there is hostility towards police, perhaps a culture of silence when it comes to giving up information, but police have been hoping to cross that divide with

this investigation. they have spoken to around 1a0 people, it examined many pieces of mobile phone evidence, but are still encouraging people to come forward. you are right, i think it is a mark of the outweighed and revulsion to what happened —— outrage and revulsion to what happened and challenge dissident organisations behind this. to challenge the presence of the new ira, asking to leave communities alone, leave places where they have no support. a real change that has been triggered by this event. today will be about remembering lyra mckee, the thing she stood for. we have been hearing lots of people speak about freelance journalist. many people claim tribute to the type of writing he took part in, talking about northern ireland‘s troubles with her writing as well. there will be many memories shared today and messages of hope for the

future. we are seeing pictures from inside a moment ago arlene foster along side sinn fein‘s president. and michelle o‘neill among the mourners at his funeral. one of the things that people here today might hope come from this is the political leaders in ireland north and south will use this to reflect on the lack of political progress there and maybe this might be something that will encourage them to get back into talks, to restore the assembly there. you are absolutely right. let‘s remain people, northern ireland has been without a devolved government for over two years. there may be peace for the most part here but still a huge, very bitter political divide between unionist

and nationalist parties, unable to come to an agreement which would get them back into government at stormont. although they will be united in their condemnation of violence, united in their solidarity in support of lyra mckee‘s memory, actually people are saying, let‘s use that as an impetus to create reconciliation and get back into government together. it has been a very tortuous process for northern ireland over the last two years since power—sharing collapsed. it is a mark of the huge bitterness between political rivals that still exist here, but there is political adversaries will be side by side today in the northern island secretary saying she would be trying to convene more talks between the parties to try to restore power—sharing in the wake of lyra mckee‘s death. power—sharing in the wake of lyra mckee's death. thank you very much. outside st anne‘s cathedral. as we

look at the congregation. emma was saying around 600 people inside. many people gathered on the streets outside. you may have seen a moment ago. it was very striking looking at those images of arlene foster, the dup leader alongside the president of sinn fein and michelle o‘neill. we shall michelle o‘neill and arlene foster and mary lou mcdonald alongside each other in londonderry as well in the immediate aftermath of the shooting last week. at those events commemorating lyra mckee and protesting the way in which she had died at the hands of republican dissidents. much as she observed fighting going on in the city that night. they‘re on your screen, some people wearing marvel t—shirts, her

family and her partner sarah had said that if people wanted to wear these, they would be very welcome too, reflecting lyra mckee‘s love of all things marvel and harry potter. her partner sarah saying she would have loved that. people turning out with those t—shirts on for this funeral service. there‘s political leaders sitting alongside one another and the fact that this is a service taking place in a church of ireland cathedral but led by a church of ireland minister and a catholic priest, a reminder that with lyra mckee, there is this huge symbolism that remains us that in northern ireland today there is a lot more that unites people than divides them, and that certainly wasn‘t always the case certainly

doesn‘t appear to be in decades past. lyra mckee very much a symbol ofa past. lyra mckee very much a symbol of a new northern ireland, a very different northern ireland. and in terms of her legacy, her family will certainly be looking to build on that. a go find me fundraising page has already exceeded its £60,000 target. —— go fund me page has already exceeded £860,000 target. they will decide on how they will use that money to build on her legacy. she of course, has been applauded for her work as journalist writing about personal issues, about

growing up gay in northern ireland, but also about the history of the troubles. and she was, as she described herself, a child of the piece, born a few years after the good friday agreement. and she had written about derry where she died last thursday night, but it is such a beautiful city, she said she had fallen in love with it over the past year, while following in love with a woman that hails from it. she said, here is to better times ahead. saying goodbye to bombs and bullets once and for all. such poignant words when you consider what was to happen to her. as you can see there

now, the prime minister taking her seat with the mourners. but pausing festival to speak to the mother of lyra mckee, joan mckee who is leading the mourners today along with lyra mckee‘s two brothers, three sisters and her partner sarah. the murder of lyra mckee