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now on bbc news, it's this week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, where donald trump takes centre stage on his state visit to the uk, and theresa may stands down as leader of her party and prepares to exit number ten. on this programme we'll be asking: what did this prime minister get done in parliament? many of the small bills, it's easy to write them off because actually many are small and not politically salient, but a lot of them are worthy. with theresa may due to leave office next month all eyes are now on who will take over but the speaker has a warning to candidates who might consider suspending parliament to get a no deal brexit through. parliament will not be evacuated from the centre stage at the decision—making process

on this important matter, that's simply not going to happen. also on this programme: a debate to mark d—day. calls for more action to stop obesity, and what prompted hundreds to write to the first woman mp to take her seat? she had appeal throughout i would say the full spectrum of social classes and she also approached people in a really positive and engaging way. but first, fridayjune the 7th was another step towards theresa may's exit from number ten — as she officially stood down as leader of the conservative party. nominations to succeed her close on monday, with a smorgasbord of contenders in the running to succeed her. mrs may will stay as prime minister — and acting tory leader — until her successor is announced onjuly the 22nd. but there's still plenty in the prime ministerial calendar and the week was dominated by the state visit of us president donald trump.

monday's highlight was a banquet at buckingham palace with the queen and other members of the royal family. while it was down to business on tuesday with meetings with senior politicians and a news conference at which president trump revealed he'd turned down the offer of a meeting withjeremy corbyn and insisted the us was committed to a "phenomenal" trade deal with the uk after brexit. though his controversial comments that he expected "everything" to be on the table during negotiations, including the nhs, were clarified a little later in the visit. the president's visit was timed to tie in with commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings. with veterans and world leaders taking part in an hour—long ceremony in portsmouth on wednesday. the queen addressed the service on southsea common thanking veterans for their heroism, courage and sacrifice. and finally it was off to normandy where hundreds of veterans gathered for a series of events marking the day allied troops landed on the beaches. theresa may, along with the french president emmanuel macron,

attended an inauguration ceremony for a memorial to honour the british troops who died. calling d—day "one of the greatest battles for freedom this world has ever known", theresa may praised the "raw courage" needed "to leap from landing craft and into the surf despite the fury of battle". so a sombre week for theresa may as her time at number ten draws to a close and a moment to reflect on what's been achieved. for any prime minister dealing with parliament can be tricky and after the 2017 general election left with a minority government and facing brexit, theresa may has had a tougher time than most. so, who better to weigh up the prime minister's parliamentary achievements than nikki da costa, who was director of legislative affairs at no 10. when you have no majority you have to approach things differently, we are used to a majority government and has at big bear and education bill, and often in the past governments have typed it that

when they did a clean speech at the thought of titles first and then worked out contents to stick and then afterwards, it sounds good on the day that get press coverage. but it's different with them minority government you have to do small ones what we do is watch for something called a scoped if you're going to attach things to the bill, because there pet issue may be that libel areas of that bill, and come under attack and if you do small and you have a niche, i think something the promised will be pride of are the things affected consumers and the average person on the street he said three things affecting you, energy cap price, again to cap the standard variable rate for consumers. protecting them particularly because they had not switched protecting them from the energy price rise, second, the tenant fees at bell, protection of tenants against unfair fees are being imposed on them by the letting agents and restricting the amount of rent

required for deposit, and maybe something from the civil liability bill, reducing premiums. these sound like small measures and i get it, but the point is to get them through while major constitutional change is happening like leaving the eu which i'll act which took a 270 hours of debate over the course of the year. nikki da costa. well to look at theresa may's parliamentary legacy in a bit more detail i spoke to dr daniel gover from queen mary university of london and asked him what had been achieved. the number of the bells actually received royal assent, particularly i'm looking at the 2017 at general election, the number of bill that has been achieved that is roughly comparable with what we expect from a similar session, so the last time we had a two sentient suspension, was roughly similar number of bells. a two sentient suspension,

was roughly similar number of bills. in terms of actual type of bills, and i think of them and the clauses and political significance, aside from brexit, they have tended to be relatively small ones, uncontroversial so many of the small ones which is easy to write off because many are small, but worthy causes. the has not been any major flagship bills that we tend to see with incoming governments. lots of

government can take place. you can implement some changes that can lead to policy successes but nevertheless, in terms of primary legislation, it has been dominated by brexit and it is these much smaller bills that have taken most of the rest of the legislative timetable. one of the accusations is that theresa may tends to get bogged down in the detail. to think it is fair to say that is why some things haven't been done? big issues like social care haven't been tackled, or is that more likely to be the reality of it being a minority government? i don't think it is down to the personality traits of the prime minister,

it is down to two key factors, the first is, as you've mentioned, that we have a minority government that certainly doesn't, it certainly can't rely on being able to get its legislation through the house of commons, but alongside that, you've also got a government that is committed to delivering brexit that brexit is requiring a significant number of bills, only some of which have been passed so far, and most of which are controversial or could be used by mps to attach controversial elements into them, things that the government might not want to be passed. and so you take those things together and and i think that government hasn't had the time or the political capital in order to focus on some of the things it might have wanted to have focused on had the circumstances been different. what will theresa may be doing now? she stands down as the leader of the conservative party but remains as prime minister. what does she do in this

period of five weeks? good question and it'll be interesting to know what her plans are it's possible she wishes to keep going with legislation currently before parliament but it's difficult to see her making much progress on the key brexit legislation, but there may well be things she wishes to do, and also as mentioned, lots of non—legislative things that she can be dealing, thinking back to some of the issues she raised when she first became prime minister, she may wish to promote this, but clearly she cannot have the time it to introduce new legislation on the sort to think. doctor daniel, thank you for coming onto the show. all eyes are now on who will take over as conservative leader and prime minister. in the commons on thursday mps picked up on comments by one of the leadership contenders, dominic raab, who's suggested he'd be prepared to shut down parliament to ensure the uk leaves the eu

on 310ctober. the first thing the new leader of the house has to say this morning is that this subversion of democracy will never be considered or entertained and that he has no intention of suspending democracy in this country. every parliamentary session, which usually lasts around a year, ends when it's "prorogued" by the queen. the process essentially closes parliament and ends the progress of legislation until a new session begins. if a new prime minister was concerned about mps blocking brexit they could advise the queen to prorogue parliament in effect sending mps and peers away so they couldn't hold up the process. the leader of the commons said prorogation was ultimately in the gift of the queen. what i say is i do think her majesty should cap out of politics what i say is i do think her majesty should be kept out of politics of our parliament and i think that'll be a matter at the forefront

of those toying with this decision is in the future. i think his answer is on prorogation and whether a new prime minister enters the house had been wholly inadequate so far. it may surely be on a venezuelan scale of outrage if we were to prorogue parliament simply to force through a negative brexit against the will of parliament. prorogue parliament simply to force through a no—deal brexit against the will of parliament. even winston churchill during the midst of war when the british expeditionary forces were in danger of complete collapse in france and trying to get people out of dunkirk, when he was made prime minister in may 1940, addressed the house of commons three days later, even in salisbury knew how to come to parliament next day, so surely to god, the new leader of the house should be able to say to us today, yes, a new prime minister will address the house of commons within a week of being appointed. he will know these matters and others are decisions the future prime minister will take in due course and it's not for me to speculate as to what

those decisions may be. we all know because i have said it several times and the honourable gentleman believes that, is that parliament will not be evacuated from the centre stage that the decision—making process on this important matter. that's simply not going to happen, it's so blindingly obvious that it almost does not need to be stated but apparently it dies and therefore almost does not need to be stated but apparently it does and therefore i have done it. john bercow. now a new labour mp is expected to take her seat on monday. union activist lisa forbes won the peterborough by election, narrowly seeing off a challenge from the brexit party. labour took 31% of the vote, beating the brexit party's mike greene by 683 votes. the conservatives came third with 21%, and the liberal democrats fourth with 12%. the by—election was triggered after former labour mp, fiona 0nasanya, was forced to step down by her constituents after being jailed for lying about a speeding offence.

the commemorations in portsmouth meant theresa may wasn't in westminster for her weekly round of pmqs and so her senior minister, david lidington, filled in. instead of his usual opponent, the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry, he faced another labour frontbencher, rebecca long—bailey. she turned to president trump's visit and speculation that access to the nhs would be part of any trade deal with the us after brexit. yesterday, the prime minister had to repeat to president trump a journalist's question about whether the nhs is on the table as part of a us trade deal. given that the prime minister was silent on the matter, perhaps the right honourable gentleman to clarify the government's position. will the tory party gave us companies access to the nhs? yes or no? david lidington began his reply by speculating that he wasn't facing emily thornberry because of comments she'd made about labour's brexit policy going into the european elections. i welcome the honourable lady.

i feel slightly sorry for the right honourable lady, the member for islington south, who i am used tojesting with, who seems to have been dispatched to internal exile somewhere else along the front bench. you know, the honourable lady perhaps needs to watch out because i think there is a lesson there that anybody at the dispatch box that outshines the dear leader risks being... ..risks being airbrushed out of the politburo history at the earliest opportunity. as for the nhs... my right honourable friend the prime minister has been very clear and she spoke for everyone in the government and on the side of the house, when it comes to trade negotiations the nhs is not and will not be up for sale. yesterday, donald trump said that the nhs was on the table in the trade talks with the uk.

today he says he is not so sure. this is someone who doesn't even believe in climate change, a president who simply cannot be trusted. why, then, is the uk government so obsessed with pursuing a trade deal that puts scotland's nhs at risk? mr speaker, the government is not putting the nhs at risk in scotland or anywhere else, and the prime minister has made that very clear indeed. what i fear is putting at risk standards in the nhs in scotland is the snp's obsession with constitutional matters and the referendum rather than focusing on the better delivery of public services. david lidington. now let's take a look at some news in brief. the anniversary of the normandy landings was commemorated

in the lords. peers reflected on the success of the campaign, the freedoms it had brought and the price that had been paid. a peer quoted the memories of one woman. i was very moved to read of one of the war widows, bernice lois bartlett's recollection of the day when the letter came to tell her that her husband harry had been killed in 19114. she says, "i just didn't expect it. "the letter came, the ordinary blue envelope, "and i put it on the dresser. "i didn't open it because it was the child ren‘s "tea—time, and i thought, ‘0h, i'll get them done, "‘i'll put them to bed, and then i'll read my letter.‘ "of course, i didn't realise what the letter contained. "you just don't think it is going to be you." the welsh assembly has backed a call for a new referendum on whatever

terms are proposed for brexit, with the option of staying in the european union on the ballot paper. earlier in the week, the brexit ministerjeremy miles told ams the labour—run welsh government now favours a second vote. in the 2016 referendum, wales voted to leave the eu. so, as a government, we will campaign to remain in the eu, and to make that happen, parliament should now show the courage to admit it is deadlocked and legislate for a referendum with remain on the ballot paper. we have been calling for months for the uk government to make preparations in case a referendum should be necessary. now, parliament must make sure that it happens. the government's been urged to tackle a silent crime wave that's sweeping across the uk — fraudsters cheating people out of money on the phone or online. mps said that scams caused financial and psychological damage to the victim and they had many examples.

a couple who had no conventional pension and were convinced by a combination of telephone and online scamming working together, a hacking of their computer, though not of their online banking operation, into transferring nearly £200,000, which has utterly destroyed their retirement. the business minister has said she won't be gung ho about changing fire regulations for furniture. mps on the environmental audit committee are concerned about the use of flame retardants in sofas and mattresses. some scientists argue that once a fire is fully developed the chemicals can actually make smoke more toxic. it does look like your department is a prisoner of corporate lobbying. well, i would say not because in the time that i have been here, which has been ten months, i have not spoken to any corporates around this particular work which has firmly fallen under me. when you came in and it was on your desk, wasn't it a matter of urgency? well, i think that it is a matter

of urgency but quite rightly, i would have questions i would like to, you know, i would like to think about things. when you are dealing with a piece of regulation that is so important to the safety of individuals in their homes, it is not something that i will be prepared to take lightly. england's chief medical officer says a tax on unhealthy food could be one way to help people improve their diet. professor dame sally davies has been asked to urgently review what more can be done to meet the government's target of halving childhood obesity by 2030. she told a committee it needed to be easier for people to eat heathily. i like food, and so, a canape goes past and i say, "0oh, that looks nice," and i've eton it, and then i think, "oh no, this was the day i wasn't going to over eat." and so that is a real example of automaticity. we have to say... i'm not saying stop canapes, i like them, good ones. but we have to restructure our environment so that it is healthy.

because it isn'tjust education, i know i shouldn't eat more than one canape. now, let's take a look at some of the other stories which have been making the political news this week. selina seth has our countdown. at five, could a parliamentary tug of war be a new way to elect a leader? in the men's event, the comment team lost 2—1 to the peers. at number four, kat smith channels her inner shaggy during cabinet office questions. on this matter, the minister appears to be taking his cue from shaggy, protesting, "it wasn't me." at three, environment secretary michael gove tells a committee that president trump is a fan of — # dun—dun—dah!# tartan. the president may well be placing an order for some tartan. so, that is another example of a successful trading relationship between the uk and america. at two, larry the downing street cat, tired of all the media attention during the state visit, has a lovely rest under president trump's based.

and at one, as the tory leadership race heats up, this president trump puts potential candidate foreign secretary jeremy hunt on the spot. i don't know michael but would he do a good job, jeremy? tell me. selina seth. in 1919, nancy astor made history as the first woman to take her seat in the commons. and her by—election victory at plymouth sutton prompted hundreds of people to send her congratulations — and advice. the letters are now part of the astor archive at reading university. to mark the centenary the national trust has put some of them on display at cliveden, in berkshire, herformer home. carol hall has this report for us.

great malvern, december 4th, 1919. dear lady astor, fulford kingston near charleston, would lady astor kindly accept the belated but very... cliveden, liverpool, november 1919. dear lady astor... it must have created a great deal of interest throughout the whole country. this was a woman running to become a member of parliament. a wealthy and privileged woman who proved a popular campaigner. i think she had appealed, she had appealed throughout, i would say, the full spectrum of social classes. and she also approached people in a rarely positive and engaging way. —— in a really positive and engaging way. nancy astor received hundreds of letters from the public on her by—election victory in 1919. dozens of them feature in a centenary display in the grounds of cliveden.

the news of that election must have spread very quickly because we have letters dated the 28th of november which is the day nancy astor was elected. my name is nancy and i am so pleased that the first name of —— the of the first woman to enter parliament is also called nancy. this young child, who was aware of what was happening, gives some indication of the significance of the event and what it meant to such a wide spread of people. a pavilion built to celebrate a pavilion figure now celebrates nancy astor. we send you our hearty congratulations on your brilliant victory. we hope that god will spare you for many years to come, to advocate the cause of the poor in the house of commons.

the world has been slow to recognise the public acknowledgement of the power of woman's brain. i think people felt they had someone there who was fighting for them and that comes across in the letters. my favourite is from ada carter. although i am not in your division, it is possible i may be by the time i reach voting age. i am now 28. when i should most certainly cast my vote for you. she says i am not yet of voting age because in 1919, women could not vote until they were 30. it really hits home but it is also filled with hope as well. the display is at cliveden until december. yours most gratefully, mary t brown. yours sincerely, ada carter. we remain yours faithfully, mr and mrs daniel evans. some of the "letters to nancy". finally, in these divided times,

there was a moment of consensus in the house of lords. a suggestion by the housing secretary that people should be able to use their pension savings to get onto the housing ladder was roundly criticised by peers on all sides. the conservative former cabinet minister, norman, now lord tebbit, argued unless the supply of houses was increased, the scheme would just push up prices. and he had an unlikely ally. i agree with the noble lord lord tebbit. there is a first time for everything. and a last! lady sherlock — proving it's never too late to make new political alliances! and that's it from me for now, kristiina cooper will be with you on bbc parliament on monday night at 11 with her round up of the day here at westminster, but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye.

hello there. the atmosphere on friday was in an extremely lively a lot of rain for some of us, thunder and lightning, and even reports of one or two funnel clouds. these pictures came from somerset. this certainly looks like a funnel cloud. a funnel cloud is very similar to a tornado, itjust doesn't touch the ground. this is the radar picture from friday evening. showers and thunderstorms developed across the west country, south—east wales, drifted up into the midlands. still some hefty showers around through the first part of saturday morning. the thunder and lightning risk much lower at this stage. 0utbrea ks of persistent rain drifting into southern scotland, northern ireland, certainly affecting northern england and there's some very windy weather down towards the south. it all comes courtesy of this, an area of low pressure, only slowly drifting north through the day ahead. it will bring some unseasonably windy weather and some outbreaks of rain at times. the rain is likely to be sitting across the south and east of scotland, into northern england, wales, the midlands, east anglia, nudging to the south—east. really, the spiral of rain sits in the same place throughout the day. elsewhere we see some spells of sunshine but also

showers breaking out, and those winds will be brisk indeed, especially for southern and eastern parts of england, which could see gusts of a0 or 50 miles an hour, which could well have an impact on some outdoor events. those temperatures really disappointing. 1a in newcastle, maybe 17 in cardiff. the weather will start to come down during saturday night. that area of low pressure finally spins away to the north—east, taking much of the rain with it. clear spells, it's going to be a bit chilly in one or two places, and as the winds fall lighter, i would not be surprised to see the odd mist and fog patch here and there sunday morning. sunday's weather still dominated by dutch low pressure, but it's moving away. not as many lines on the chart, not as many isobars. a of sunshine and showers. the show is most plentiful across northern ireland and scotland. fringes of western england and northern wales. eastern england should not see too many showers, it was a largely dry with some sunshine, and those winds will be noticeably lighter especially in southern areas.

it will feel a bit warmer, 15 in belfast, 19 in london. but the week ahead looks very unsettled. outbreaks of rain at times. it will often be quite windy, and for a while at least it 00:29:27,183 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 will feel very cool indeed.