eased after the acting us defence secretary, patrick sha na han,and secretary of state, mike pompeo, claimed their counter measures have put on hold what they called the potential of attacks from iran. there was a closed door briefing given to members of parliament. the british prime minister has said parliament has "one last chance" to deliver brexit, and urged mps to back what she called her new deal. it contains new guarantees on workers‘ rights, the irish border, and, a vote on whether to hold another referendum. abortion rights protestors have taken part in rallies across the united states after several states passed tough laws to restrict terminations. last week, alabama enacted the strictest abortion law in the country — making abortion illegal in many cases, including cases of rape and incest.

now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. a crisis at british steel. is brexit to blame? mps demand action. this government has simply failed to take the steps necessary to ensure that uk steel remains competitive. as the prime minister appeals to mps to back her deal, the chancellor warns of the dangers of leaving the eu without an agreement. our economy will be smaller than it otherwise would have been, and i didn't come into politics in order to make our economy smaller. and recovering drug addicts share their experiences with mp5. i didn't know how to look after myself. i didn't know how to do simple menial tasks,

like work a washing machine. and when i went to prison, it was just an easier life. all that to come and more. but first, it's a great time to be alive. that was the prime minister's message as she unveiled changes to her own brexit deal — in the hope she can persuade mps to pass it early next month. in a speech at accountancy offices in london, theresa may said there was "one last chance" to get her deal across the line. she's due to say more and face mps' questions on wednesday. the withdrawal agreement bill will be published within days and include a requirement to hold a commons vote on whether there should be another brexit referendum. in the commons, ministers urged mps to back the prime minister's deal for the sake of the steel industry, as the uk's second—biggest steel—maker teetered on the verge of collapse. british steel has blamed "brexit—related issues" for its problems. nearly 5,000 jobs may be at risk at the firm itself,

and up to 20,000 more in the supply industry. british steel's main plant is at scunthorpe, but it also has a site in teesside. the company, which is owned by the private equity group greybull capital, has been trying to secure £30 million in financial support from the government. a business minister came to the commons to answer an urgent question. we have been in ongoing discussions with the company, and i am sure the house will understand that we cannot comment in details at this stage. we will, however, update the house when there is more information available. ican, however, reassure the house that, subject to strict legal bounds, the government will leave no stone unturned in its support for the steel industry. we recognise that global economic considerations continue to be challenging for the industry, which is why the government is working with the sector, with unions and with the devolved administrations to support a sustainable, productive and modern uk steel sector. if no deal can be reached

with greybull, has the government considered any other options, such as bringing british steel into public ownership? and finally, mr speaker, the steel sector is facing a myriad of issues, from values of sterling and the uncertainty around future trading with the eu, through to us trade tariffs. the government could have taken such steps as greater procurement of uk steel, agreeing a sector deal — as the industry was requesting — and taking action on energy prices. does the minister accept that this government has simply failed to take the steps necessary to ensure that uk steel remains competitive? as the house will know, we can only act within the strict bounds of what is legally possible under domestic and european law. i can assure the house that we will continue to do whatever is in our power to support the uk steel industry and those who work in the sector. british steel needed a loan earlier this month to pay its £100 million brexit fine. given that they are clear that

brexit—related issues are taking the firm to the brink, how many more jobs will westminster sacrifice before it gets the message brexit must be stopped? steelworkers and their families in my constituency, and across the country, are very anxious, as the minister recognised in his comments. pragmatic decisions in the coming days can still avert another industrial disaster. speaking to the trade unions, they are clear from the messages that they're getting that there is still a deal to be done. it's important that we all work across this house, and outside this house, to make sure that this delivers positively for the future of the steel industry. does the minister agree that the stakes are too high for the government, for us, to fail? i thank the honourable gentleman for his comments, and we have discussed this issue over the past few days. when we are in a position

to update the house with more information, we will do so. one of the problems affecting a firm like british steel, which has an excellent business plan and very good management, is the uncertainty about the trading relationship with the european union and outside the european union, where, under the nonsense that's talked about wto and other things, there may be a 20% tariff. so would the minister, at the despatch box, please ask the opposition and members on this side of the house who voted against the prime minister's deal to change their mind, get brexit sorted out very quickly? and that will help the steel industry more than anything. well, i would like to echo the comments of my predecessor, whose shoes i am still trying to fill only six weeks into the job. i think all members of the house should reflect on the real—world impacts of decisions that they make in this place, or the lack of decisions, on the businesses and how that can affect thousands ofjobs and whole towns across the united kingdom.

andrew stephenson. theresa may wasn't the only senior member of the government delivering a big brexit speech. the chancellor, philip hammond, had a slightly different message for the cbi, warning the candidates for theresa may's job — i wonder who he had in mind — that they have no mandate to leave the eu without a deal and that leaving without an agreement would amount to knowingly inflicting damage on the economy and living standards. earlier, mr hammond answered questions from mps. and his labour shadow, like the rest of us, had read the advance briefing of the chancellor's speech in his morning papers. the chancellor's speech to the cbi this evening has been much trailed. can i welcome his clear warnings to his conservative colleagues of the hit this economy will face from a no—deal brexit, especially to some who have said there is nothing to fear from a no—deal? for the benefit of members in this chamber, can he explain what he sees as the impact of a no—deal brexit,

and his clear view — and i quote — "all the preparations in the world, a no—deal brexit will still damage our economy"? i'm grateful to the honourable gentleman. mr speaker, i may not have to take the trouble to go and deliver the speech this evening... laughter the honourable gentleman raises a serious point. there are two separate effects of a no—deal brexit that concern me. first of all, there will clearly be short—term disruption which will have an unpredictable, potentially significant, effect on our economy. probably more importantly, all the analysis that the government has done and published, and that external commentators have published, shows that there will be a longer—term effect which means that our economy will be smaller than it otherwise would have been, and i didn't come into politics in order to make our economy smaller. i came into politics to make our economy bigger and make our people better off.

i'm happy to deliver his speech this evening... laughter but the reality, the reality... the reality is that for many, brexit was, and may well be again, a kick at the establishment — an establishment that has afflicted nine years of harsh austerity on them and many feel has ignored them as well. that austerity programme has led to, as revealed this week, children going to school hungry, without warm clothes or dry shoes, single mothers with no food in the cupboards and skipping meals so that their children can eat. does the chancellor even acknowledge the role his austerity policies have played in delivering the brexit vote? well, i think the reasons behind the brexit vote are complex, and it would be trite to stand

here and try and identify them simplistically. but what i would also remind the honourable gentleman is of the contribution that his government made to the situation we inherited that caused us to have to make the tough decisions which he is implicitly referring to. one of philip hammond's junior ministers also faced questions about brexit. i just wonder if the treasury can tell us, out of all the modelling and analysis that it's done in terms of economic forecasting, in what year would they expect the united kingdom economy to perform better under a brexit scenario than a remain scenario? well, i think the result of the referendum was clear in 2016 across the united kingdom, and we need to get on and deliver it. the minister didn't quite answer the question from the honourable member. is it still the default position of the government, on the 31st of october, we'll leave on a no—deal basis if no agreement has been made? that is the legal default.

but as the honourable gentleman will know, what the government hopes to do is to, even at this late hour, persuade him of the merits of passing the deal on the week of the 3rd ofjune. john glen. you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock. still to come, mps demand answers about reality tv programmes in the wake of the jeremy kyle affair. an education minister has admitted special educational needs provision in england is "patchy". a change in the law in 2014 brought in education, health and care plans replacing statements for children with special needs. the education committee has spent the last year looking into the new system. opening the final session, its chairman told nadhim zahawi what they'd heard. almost to a man and woman, everyone who has appeared to us, almost everyone who has sent

in evidence, no one thinks the system is working. everybody thinks the special needs is currently a big mess even though the intentions of the act itself, the children and families act, was a very good one and most people support the act. but they say that it's a mess. the education minister argued it was all about delivery. you've done the legislation, the reforms are the right reforms, we're now in delivery on the ground and the way you do that, in my view — and i think we are doing the right thing — is to learn from best practise and to scale that after all areas where, you are right, it is patchy around the country. what comes out again and again is lack of accountability, postcode lottery of provision, a treacle of bureaucracy that the parents have to wade through in a struggle, cost of tribunal systems which are usually won by the parents, lack of training, an issue over

resources where the resources match the act, problems with post—19 provision. all those things come up again and again from every single witness. there's a very simple, i guess, formula. strong leadership both in terms of political and offices, that knows which levers to pull to make sure the provision is there. joint commissioning on the ground and having a really strong assessment of what the local needs are of the local population. if you have those three things, actually, you get great outcomes, great results from what we're trying to deliver. you do accept that the children on sen support are being failed by the system and they're not getting the support they need and the parents who are able, therefore, are fighting hard using resources they probably don't have to try and get a resolution to this, and you still haven't come up with an answer

as to what are you going to do in terms of accountability, time, and resources to help children who have sen support in our schools? so, i think that's a generalisation to say to say that sen support is not working for all parents and children. we have overwhelmingly had evidence to this committee, consistently... what we also have... with respect, there were 12 months of evidence over 12 committee sessions over 800 pieces of evidence, we have heard overwhelmingly that the children with sen support consistently are not getting the support that they need. what you going to do about it? the inspections show a slightly different picture and probably a more balanced picture. we can't say that sen support isn't working across the country. it is, it's working in many places and there are many examples i've got here which i am happy to send you of parents and others who are very satisfied with the support their children are getting. and i think again, there

is a message about trying to spread good practise. yes, there are some issues, we haven't said there aren't. but i think we need to understand it's working well in many places and we need to build on that. and he praised the role of sencos — special educational needs co—ordinators — who are responsible for the day—to—day operation of a school's sen policy. i go to many, many schools that have gotten very dedicated sencos, teachers, teachers assistance... with respect to... working and... it's working despite the system, not because of it... is working because of the system, because they are following the code of practise... both speak they're following the code of practise, they are... ok, i'm going to... getting support from their local authorities... excuse me — order! can we not have you talk over my colleagues? apologies. thank you. a labour mp had a suggestion. if we don't put in the correct support stemming from the dfe schools and through local authorities and at the correct stages, then it has a cause for society as well because if police and crime commissioners thought that sending

a bill to the dfe every time police were called out to search for youngster with special educational needs that goes missing, that might sharpen some focus. nadhim zahawi said he worked closely with the department for health and social care, and it was all about government working together and not in silos. back in march, in his spring statement, the chancellor announced plans to provide free sanitary products for girls at secondary schools and colleges in england amid fears that some were missing out on education due to poverty or embarrassment. it's since been agreed to extend the scheme to primary schools. the policy had been expected to start this autumn but peers were told it had now been delayed. given the scale of operational task and the procurement steps required, national roll—out will take place at the earliest feasible date in early 2020. my lords, i'm a little bit disappointed at that answer because this is supposed to be implemented from the beginning

of september which is what the chancellor promised and the hundreds of campaigners and tens and thousands of people who signed petitions were delighted at the chancellor's spring statement. which promises free hygiene products for girls in secondary schools from this september. will the government please consider extending the scheme to primary schools where many girls actually begin their periods? and secondly, can i ask who will be held personally to account if and when the system is not up and running by the second date as spoken by the minister? well, i'm very confident that — in fact, the noble lady kind of asks a contradictory question. one is why isn't it happening sooner? and secondly, assuming it's going to overrun. but actually, early 2020 is a realistic date to get the procurement up and running

and get it rolled out. puberty is particularly a sensitive time in the lives of most young people, particularly young women. and that what will be very important with this scheme is that it is administered consistently in a sensitive way so that it doesn't become another layer of embarrassment for young women to have to deal with. well, i totally agree with the noble lady, puberty brings with it all sorts of embarrassments and sensitivities and i think this is an excellent way to avoid any of that. so, it doesn't matter where you come from, what your parents' income is, you will have access to the products that you need that won't hold your education back. the equalities minister, lady williams. a group of recovering drug addicts have told mps that intervention to help young people doesn't begin early enough. they were appearing before

the scottish affairs committee to describe their experiences as part of an inquiry into problem drug use in scotland. they said there was a lack of support which could have made their recovery easier. i reached out to social work for support for me and my children. the way they supported me was by removing my children and... ..looking after them and then leaving me to it. there was no additional support for me to address any issues. i didn't know how to work through my addiction and then in dundee, there wasn't very much on offer at that time anyway. i wasn't engaging with the services properly. but the first time i probably did really engage was about three and a half years ago. and it was the first time i was showed empathy and compassion and care from my service worker who worked a number of years and that service for us actually feel compassion and care and empathy. and that's when it all began and i got showed that, things that came over my prescription, nearly two and a half years ago now.

this was hard. the first time being in recovery my whole life, i was using drugs. how did you find yourself caught up in the criminaljustice system? because this is something we have been hearing a lot, we are hearing a lot of people who are drug users find themselves in prison and tell us that it wasn't really the service that help them get back into the community effectively, what can you tell me about that? for me, i went from a residential unit where i was looked after and i got released from that residential unit at the age of 15. and placed with a family and when i turned 16, i got asked to leave the family because i was being so chaotic. so i then went into homeless accommodation, from homeless accommodation into prison. and i was a child, i didn't know how to... i didn't know how to look after myself, i didn't know how to do simple menial tasks like work a washing machine and i went to prison, it was just an easier life.

hannah snow now goes into schools to share her experience with children. at that age, it is all about how you dress, how you look, how you act. when if you strip it all back, they are scared, they are going through a phase in their life where their emotions are all over the place and they don't know how to talk about how they feel. she doesn't feel children get help at a young enough age. at a teenage level, when you don't have what you think you need, be it a new pair of trainers or new phone, sometimes just taking drugs is enough to fit in. just taking drugs is enough to feel part of some sort of thing that is going to take you away from how insecure you're feeling. so i think maybe addressing before it gets to that point where teenagers are going and using drugs, addressing the ones that are showing the signs of misbehaving, signs of vulnerability and taking them aside and getting them support

before it goes too far. these kids are going in without any support. the places that they are getting put and don't know how to support the people that they house. and we are just creating another four people, or another however many people will be sitting here in 10—20 years telling you exactly the same thing because the cycle is continuing and intervention needs to come in earlier i think. recovery from drug addiction is a long, arduous process. and there is that barrier of once somebody gets clean and they have this support network and this group of people helping them, how do they then progress onto the next level of their life? where they come in clean starters society and just being them? i'm just hannah, i'm not hannah the recovering addict. hannah snow. the broadcasting regulator 0fcom says it's considering extending to adults guidelines currently

designed to protect children who appear on reality tv and factual programmes. changes are being made after the suicide of steve dymond, shortly after being filmed for thejeremy kyle show on itv, a show that's now been cancelled. two contestants on love island have also taken their lives, several months after the programme was broadcast. i believe that 0fcom are getting more complaints, more television complaints about reality tv shows than anything else. and in the top group are channel 5 — celebrity big brother, love island, even the x—factor. and now, of course, it must be thejeremy kyle show. what sort of complaints are they, largely? why do you think you get so many complaints? i think celebrity big brother last year was our second—biggest. i think we had about 27,000 complaints. and it's a mix of fair treatment of participants

in the programme, and it's... normally, there will be one sort of interchange or relationship issue which can then spark lots of complaints. and all these complaints, have they not rung the alarm bells with you? so, yes. we've been particularly concerned about what's then happened to participants after the programmes. so, as well as the most recent tragedy with steve dymond, alarm bells were particularly rung with the two suicides — love island — some months after the broadcast. sharon white explained the current guidance to protect the under—18s who appear on television. so there are three core parts. so, before filming, a broadcaster's got to make sure that they've done family checks — you know, the social family background. there's a sort of risk

assessment of the emotional health of the individual. there are experts — so, psychologists, health professionals — on hand. and also, very importantly, that the broadcaster is documenting what support has been in place. and then when the show is shown, particularly for children, there are proper adjustments made. so, you know, these high—risk, surprise events, or maybe the use of a lie detector or particular editorial tool, may not be appropriate for the under—18s and for others needing special support. and then what happens after transmission, at the moment, there is a window between filming and transmission where there's advice on the media and social media, and going often from being a private person to suddenly now sort of cast into kind of media world. and i guess my question, which i'm asking my team, is then to think about whether that needs to be extended

somewhat after transmission. so it's that sort of regime guidance that we are thinking about for reality shows and factual programmes more generally. so you can take the under—18's advice and just extend it to all people, basically, particularly for reality shows? exactly. our sort of starting point is that if something that looks quite similar to the under—18s regime could be extended for factual programmes and reality shows. so it would cover as much of the victoria derbyshire show as it would love island. sharon white. and that brings us to the end of this tuesday in parliament. thanks for watching. i do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for the best of wednesday in parliament, including prime minister's questions and theresa may's brexit statement to mp5. bye for now.

hello. there's predominantly fine weather and with the gardens looking drier, the sight of rain bouncing off the ground could be viewed by some with envy but that's what we had in the edinburgh area for a time on tuesday as the thundery shower moved through, but for much of the uk, tuesday was sunnier and warmer compared with monday, and it was dry. there's more dry weather around for most parts of the uk in the day ahead. big exception, though, northern isles and northern scotland. here, we are going to see a weather system close by, with cloud and some outbreaks of rain. in fact, some persistent spells of rain, some heavier bursts as well, and a stronger, cooler northerly breeze. and you see this area of cloud from north wales, across southernmost parts of northern england into the north midlands, that mayjust produce a shower as most other places are dry, good deal of sunshine, it feels every bit as warm as it did on tuesday. that means high teens and a few spots into the low 20s.

now, on through wednesday night and into thursday morning, you'll notice that the rain is still hanging around northern scotland, 0rkney, though clearing away from shetland. this strip of cloud probably doesn't have any rain associated with it. for many, it's clear skies and for the clearer parts of northern england and northern ireland, temperatures in the coldest spots ending up close to freezing. for many of us, thursday is going to start with some sunshine. there's still some outbreaks of rain, though, with cloud in the breeze in northern scotland and the cloud increasing for northern ireland. towards the western coast of england and wales, mayjust produce a little patchy rain, whereas most areas will stay dry and clearly, if you've got the sunshine, still the warmth as well. still a few spots into the low 20s. now, by friday, we are expecting a bit more in the way of widespread cloud, though the rain has eased from northern scotland.

but there are some weather changes on the way, just in time for the bank holiday weekend, as our atlantic weather takes over once again with an area of low pressure moving in. and that does mean there'll be a bit more cloud around, the potentialfor seeing a bit of wet weather at times, not a washout by any stretch of the imagination. now, the chance of any substantial rain, at least across southern parts of the uk, remains low.

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