the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, has condemned what she's described as the "extreme use of violence" by pro—democracy protesters, who forced their way into the former british territory's parliament building. the activists were angered by plans to allow extradition to china. the white house says the us will continue its policy of maximum pressure on iran, after teheran said it had exceeded the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium — agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal. washington said it had been a mistake to allow iran to enrich uranium at any level. an area of amazon rainforest roughly the size of a football pitch is now being cleared every single minute, according to satellite data.

now on bbc news — monday in parliament. hello, and welcome to monday in parliament, as the health secretary unveils his plan for the future of england's nhs. to give citizens and clinicians the technology they need, to save and improve lives. calls for action to tackle a rise in homophobia. there's been a spike in violence and hate crimes against the lgbt+ community in recent years. and, as would—be prime ministers borisjohnson and jeremy hunt unveil big spending plans, a government veteran sounds a note of caution. as a former treasury minister, i view with alarm the weeks that are passing under the contest that is under way. all that to come, and more.

but first: the health secretary has outlined how the government intends to implement its 10—year plan for the nhs in england. matt hancock announced that there's to be an increased focus on early detection of cancers, with screening programmes overhauled. there'll be more focus on ensuring mental health is given the same priority as physical health. and with three quarters of the nhs budget spent on staff, mr hancock said people would also be a top priority. mr speaker, these are just three of the most vital areas from the 10—year vision of the nhs set out in the long term plan. across england, based on the implementation framework, local strategic plans are now being developed and will be brought together as part of a national implementation plan by the end of the year. all of this will be underpinned by technology — and today, mr speaker, today sees the official opening of nhsx, the new part of the nhs which will drive digital

transformation to give citizens and clinicians the technology they need to save and improve lives. he said the forthcoming spending review would set out budgets for health education, public health, and capital investment. on this, the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the ministry of health, this framework sets out how we will go about securing the foundations of the national health service into the next century, and the creation of an nhs that delivers world—class care for generations to come. and i commend the statement to the house. thank you, mr speaker. i'm grateful to the secretary of state for an advance copy of his statement. i would just hope for a greater sense of urgency from the secretary of state, because he talks about the 100 year anniversary of the ministry of health. well, this is the first year in 100 years that life expectancy has begun — the advances in life expectancy have

begun to stall and go backwards in the poorest areas. and just the other week, we saw that infant mortality rates have risen now for the third year in a row — the first time they've risen since the second world war. so i would've thought and hoped that we would've had a greater focus on health inequalities in the secretary of state's statement today, not least because public health services, the services that in many ways lead the charges against health inequalities, are being cut by £700 million. i know he says to wait for the spending review for the future of public health services, but we don't know when that is. the chief secretary of the treasury said it will be delayed, it could be next year. the secretary of state may remember that i brought a group of reformers in mental health to see him, to make a case for a culture change in mental health services, addressing clearly strong human rights abuses such as locking people up when they don't need to be locked up, often for long periods of time, shunting people around the country in ways that would never happen in physical health from the endemic use of force in mental health services. and we argued that if you could end inappropriate institutional care, you could free up money for better

prevention and early intervention. he said he loved it, but is he doing anything to actually implement that approach? "yes," said the minister, "the mental health act was under review". there is no reference to gps in the statement. i've just been looking through it. this comes at a time when my constituents are telling me they're having to wait three weeks to get a gp appointment, and faith house gp surgery on beverly road, which i've raised with the secretary of state directly, is now do to close. so i'd like to know — it's all very well training doctors for the future, but what's the secretary of state going to do about the crisis in primary care now? well, i picked out three of the areas — there are 20 areas that we are particularly focused on in this implementation framework, of which, of course, one is the number of gps and the broader primary ca re workforce. because it isn'tjust about gps, it's about all those who also support primary care across the board. we have a clear target of 5,000 more gps based on the 2015 baseline — we have a record number

of gps in training. this long—term plan for the nhs has been developed by the nhs, not imposed by government. does my right honourable friend agree that this sets the plan apart, meaning it's much more likely to work for staff and patients alike? having been diagnosed earlier this year with a stage 3b melanoma, i always get a bit sweaty when people start talking about how important it is to have early diagnosis to ensure survival rates. but of course, it's absolutely right now with melanoma, the numbers of people in particular men are rising, and people are still dying. i've heard horrific tales of people going to gps 5—7 times before a gp was able to send them on to go and see a dermatologist, with a dermatologist saying, "all look at that mole there, but i won't look at that one because you haven't been referred for that one, that'll have to be a separate referral". i've heard of people waiting 6—7 weeks for their

pathologist to come back — all of these things delay the process, and don't we need to have a wholesale approach to melanoma to make sure that we save more people's lives? he's absolutely right, i agree with what he's said. and there is a need, of course, for the whole medical profession to constantly be up—to—date with the latest treatment, latest diagnostic signs. my concern is slightly where the money will come from, and i wonder if he's had assurances from the treasury that this indeed will be the case. because with all the other pressures on spending and indeed on revenues in the coming years, this might be a little difficult. we have to find ways to ensure that this revenue is there, because this money must be spent. yes, it will in all circumstances — this is a firm commitment supported right across this house,

right across our party, and it will be delivered. there's absolutely no question of that. matt hancock. mps have called for online homophobia to be made a specific criminal offence. it follows a petition by the reality tv personality, bobby norris, which was signed by more than 152,000 people. bobby norris, who stars on itv‘s the only way is essex, has been on the receiving end of some extremely offensive remarks via social media. he was in westminster hall to watch the debate, which was opened by a member of the petitions committee. it was an honour and realjoy earlier to meet bobby this afternoon, and to get a real sense of excitement that parliament has responded by scheduling this debate today, discussing bobby's bill. now strictly speaking, of course, we're some way off a bill. but i'm sure the minister will be listening closely. and for me, apart from being slightly starstruck on meeting bobby, the main thing that i took from our conversation

was just how real, hurtful, and profoundly unpleasant some of the abuse being received by bobby and others is. one in ten lgbt people, 10%, have experienced homophobic, biphobic, or transphobic abuse online directed towards them personally in the last month. in the last month — that's an appalling figure! and people are understandably shocked by that figure, but perhaps also understandably shocked that there is no specific offence being committed outside the very fragmented and complicated laws used in the off—line world. i may not be gay, but i have an intense feeling of sympathy for the human rights of individuals. and what this petition does is to strike a blow for the human rights of individuals. it is absolutely essential that we stamp out the rigidity of how people look at sexual

orientation of people — and we do that both off—line and online. angela eagle was approached by bobby norris to talk about online hate. she suggested he launch a petition to highlight the issue. but while it's true that we have come a long way as a community in a relatively short amount of time, it's also true that these angry political times have created a backlash. there's been a spike in violence and hate crimes against the lgbt+ community in recent years, and it seems now that online abuse is spilling over into real life violence. in london a couple of weeks ago, two gay women were beaten and robbed on a bus by five teenagers for refusing to kiss each other on demand. in southampton, two women kissing in the street were injured by an object thrown at them from a passing car. in liverpool, two men were stabbed and seriously hurt

in a homophobic knife attack — and one of those held for the attack in liverpool is 12 years old. the test that i give to people, especially those folks who fall foul of online abuse, sometimes accidentally, is, "would you say it in a pub"? and it's a good test, it's well worth trying. so would you just walk up to someone else‘s conversation and shout "forget" in a pub? now if you do, you're probably aware that there would be a consequence of that. but that same consequence isn't always felt in the online world in other ways. would you interrupt a conversation and introduce yourself, or would you listen to other people? in pubs, we do one thing, but what we know in pubs is there's a regulatory system that polices our bad behaviour. we get kicked out, barred, arrested, prosecuted — but online, it's much less certain. this debate, especially on 1 july as we have now come to the end of pride celebrations injune specifically — and i know there's a pride march coming up in london

at the end of the week — should remind us, especially those of us in the lgbt community, about the real nature of pride — and that is activism and solidarity, and how we must now seek to transfer that traditional method of activism and solidarity to the unreal world, particularly challenging it. homophobia, online or off—line, is wrong. it is a prejudice all too often accompanied by behaviour that has no place in modern, vibrant, and inclusive britain. but unfortunately, homophobia rears its ugly head, including online as we've heard today, where it can be particularly pernicious and pervasive. and she said the government had asked the law commission to review the legislation that covers online abuse and hate crime. you're watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock. don't forget that if you miss our daily round—up from westminster, you can catch up, thanks

to the wonders of modern technology, on the bbc iplayer. downing street has said it would be "unacceptable and inappropriate" for any civil servant to claim jeremy corbyn was "too frail" to become prime minister. labour demanded a statement in the commons following a report in the times newspaper that senior civil servants had questioned his health. mr corbyn, who has said he is "a very fit, a very healthy and very active person" who enjoys hisjob, was present as a member of his shadow cabinet raised the issue with the speaker. on a point of order and standing next to the leader of the 0pposition, whose fitness i must say is legendary, i wonder if you received an application by a minister the statement of the house on the principles of civil servants neutrality.

i ask following the undemocratic and unconstitutional public intervention about senior civil servants based on the falsehood printed in the times on saturday. no doubt you will agree, mr speaker that since 1854 reforms the professionalism and objectivity of our public servants has been admired by many throughout the world and it's a cornerstone of our democracy. there must be no hesitation at all to condemn the kind of behaviour reported. and i would hope that the government roots out any miscreants who have behaved in this way. we have complete confidence in the fairness of the civil servants and they said they would respond and i question the good judgement of the shadow minister for bringing it up in the house before they have had the chance to do so. well, i don't want to dwell on this matter suffice it to say the leader of the opposition looks perfectly healthy to me, i've known him a long time, and he is a very

healthy living fellow in my experience. the speaker, john bercow. the summer holidays are just around the corner, but some mps are concerned it will mean hunger for many children who find themselves without free school meals. at question time, a minster was forced to acknowledge that the last child poverty statistics made grim reading for the department for work and pensions. tackling poverty will always be a priority for this government, andi take these numbers extremely seriously. in the latest statistics child poverty increased in three of the four measures. evidence shows that work is the best route out of poverty and there's 667,000 fewer children and work this households compared with 2010. summer holidays fast approaching and many families will be struggling to feed their children. two thirds of london children living in poverty, that will be 2000 in kensington, it could go hungry without access to

charitable donations. while the fund for london supports hungry children across the capital, can the minister tell the house what he is doing to tackle the causes of child poverty long term and that includes and work poverty? the latest statistics show that full—time work substantially reduces the chance of poverty, the absolute poverty rate of a child where both parents work full—time as only 4% compared to 44% where one 01’ more parents are in part—time work. we are supporting people into full—time work where possible, for example by offering 30 hours of free childcare to parents of three and four—year—olds and over three quarters of the employment in 2010 has been in full—time work. but another mp said that rather than helping people the units on —— the limits on universal credits tojust 2 children is making

the problem worse. given the majority of families affecting by the limit are working why did he give the following statement in response to a recent report by the child poverty action group in the church of england? "this policy helps to ensure fairness by asking parents receiving benefits to face the same financial choices as those in work." could the minister clear this confusion up for the house? mr speaker, the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children helps to ensure fairness by asking parents receiving benefits to face the same financial choices as those in work. safeguards are in place, and we've made changes this year to make the policy fairer and tackling poverty remains a priority and we are spending over £95 billion a year on welfare and providing free school meals to more than a million children. universal credits are forcing people to use the food banks, what is he going to do to sort out the problem that people have and are forced to actually use food banks, should the minister have another look at universal credits and abolish it because it's not

working. mr speaker, i'm sorry to hear of his example and if i get a chance to visit his local food bank i will certainly do so. but i have to stress, mr speaker that no claimant needs to wait more than five weeks to receive their first credit payment. we have listened to feedback on how we can support our claimants, and made improvements such as extending advances, removing waiting days and introducing housing benefits and i will continue to work with the trust and others to improve our system in any we can. when fully rolled out, spending on universal credit will be £2 billion higher than what is currently spent. this will be worth some £300 a year to each recipient family. this will be worth some £300 a year to each recipient familylj this will be worth some £300 a year to each recipient family. i can confirm that and it is refreshing to point out that universal credit is

more generous and more effective, and better targeted system, also better funded. amber rudd. the top civil servant at the department of health and social care has admitted the system for claiming free dental care or prescriptions is complicated, but says the government has no plans to change who's entitled to help. sir chris wormald was giving evidence to the public accounts committee which is looking into fines handed out to patients who've wrongly claimed they don't have to pay for treatment or medicines. the mps heard first why some patients struggled. we think that the current system places extra barriers on vulnerable people who may not have the... certainly if they are cognitively impaired, the capacity to understand the charges and particularly if they are moving onto for the first time or you are getting your first

prescription or english is not your first language, this system is very complex. many of the patients i see would fall into vulnerable group groups and have protected characteristics. and often they come to appointments supported by carers or support workers or family members and they will make the declarations on their behalf. daily i am seeing people that just don't know that level of information. sometimes they are confused between the contributions and sometimes theyjust don't know the levels of universal credit or indeed they have absolutely no idea about the benefits at all. we give information out in advance of all of our appointments but it's extremely challenging to get that information back and from a commission point of view the real issue is that it is eating into our precious clinical time. we have to spend time treating our patients, that's what we should be doing. i can spend 50% of the consultation appointment trying to work out what benefits someone is on and whether they are exempt to help avoid them getting a fine. the hearing followed a recent report by the public spending watchdog — the national audit office or nao. it found that almost one third of fines issued since 2014

were subsequently withdrawn because they'd been wrongly issued. but the government said it wouldn't be changing the system. so our focus is on, as the and a0 report sets out, and my colleagues can describe how we are doing this, is ensuring that we properly communicate what the various exemptions are and we have got a campaign running right at this moment and to make other process changes including the rolling out of real time checking of eligibility so that the process works better. the government does not propose that to change eligibilities in this area. i'm not sure that simplifies things, does it? your answer is people should be better informed and that's not really... know, and i'm not... i don't think there's any point in me giving you an answer that is less blunt and the government does not

have any intention at the moment of reviewing or changing the prescription levels. sir chris wormald. now it's said one of the key skills in politics is being able to count. and the relationship between numbers and politicians can be an uncomfortable one. the uk's statistics watchdog — sir david norgrove — has criticised ministers for the way they've used official figures. 0utside westminster, think back to the eu referendum campaign three years ago — and the arguments over numbers on that red bus. in the lords, a labour peer said ministers there were also guilty of the misuse of figures. so shouldn't these ministers be referred for the breach of the ministerial court to which the minister referred, paragraph 815, for breaking the uk statistics authority code of practice? because this house is fed up being given full statistics by government

ministers to cover up the misery caused by their austerity. it's a labour lawyer looks at the website of the uk statistics authority he will see when sir david has intervened since august 2017 and copy the interventions when he has —— counting the interventions when he has written directly to a parliamentarian raising issues with their presentation of statistics four are conservatives and five are labour. however in order to avoid accusation of misuse of statistics if one then looks at the indirectly critical letters when sir david has written to a third party agreeing with them and copying the letters to the parliamentarian my party is the worst offender. don't ministers get much more respect for their respective house if they are actually prepared to accept what is happened is not right? i recall an occasion for a statement made, just

he not recall that as well? ministerial code, if the minister misleads the house he is obliged with that right. ministers doing the right thing, a year ago the home secretary resigned after inadvertently misleading the house. i say in passing when it comes to the creative use of figures none of us can lay a glove on the liberal democrats with their use of bar charts. only the lib dems can win here. many of us... hear, hear! indeed, my lords. these multocoloured instruments of fantasy now have a website all of their own on bus feed. —— buzzfeed. has he been following the promises made by mrjohnson and mr hunt over the weekend? of low taxation, massive increase in public expenditure.

does he think that those should be subject to the statistics authorities considerations? as a former treasury minister i view with alarm the weeks that are passing under the contest that is now under way with increasingly generous commitments being made out of the head room which i think only lasts for one year. i hope that in due course there will be costings for all of these commitments to members of my party who are choosing which of the most responsible leader can see which one has the most credible economic policy. and are statistics written on the side of a bus, subject to these stretches? i believe my noble friend is referring to the 350 million produced during the referendum, that was not a government statistic or a conservative party statistic, it was

a vote leave statistic. it was criticised at the time by sir andrew who made it clear that the 350 was a gross figure that not take account the rebate or other flows of money, and the gross figure of 19.1 billion and reduced to 7.1 billion after these factors were taken into account. he concluded what might be considered to be an understatement of the 350 million figure was potentially misleading. laughter lord young, who as a former transport secretary, should know his buses. that's it from monday in parliament. mandy baker will be here at the same time tomorrow. i do hope you canjoin her. thank you for watching, bye for now. china marked its first day of rule

in hong kong will be a few subtle variations, the satellite at the moment looks interesting to cool atlantic air bumping into the extreme heat wave creating a line of massive thunderstorms and the risk of flash flooding, large hail and damaging wind gust. for us, a little flat patchy cloud that mcleod working in and for northern scotland we have a few showers as well detect if you are heading to the highlands you may ta ke are heading to the highlands you may take an umbrella with you but otherwise a dry picture for the first part of tuesday morning. this through the west of tuesday, shallots will be limited to northern scotla nd shallots will be limited to northern scotland so the vast majority of the uk is scotland so the vast majority of the ukisa scotland so the vast majority of the uk is a dry day. even here there will be some sunshine. sunny skies

for east of scotland, most of england and wales and again it will feel warm in the sunshine with temperatures in the high teens to low 20s did it subtle changes in our weather picture for the middle part of the week although our area of high pressure is still firmly in charge of the weather on wednesday, we will see more on the way of cloud pushing and across the far north of scotland. away from that, another fine day for northern england, ireland and wales with lengthy spell of sunshine coming and going and temperature similar, high teens to 20s. into thursday our high—pressure slips further west to allow this weather system in across scotland so scotla nd weather system in across scotland so scotland will turn wet and where scotla nd scotland will turn wet and where scotland gets wet, england and wales is warmer as the air comes from further south or over the top of high—pressure, boosting our temperature by a few degrees. on thursday, rain across scotland looking heavy and persistent especially across western areas of

the country. a small chance of seeing that seep into northern ireland but away from that for england and wales another fine day and warmer. turning just a small bit more humid as well. similar conditions for friday before the weather turns a little fresher into the weekend but this is a mainly dry picture with further spells of sunshine on saturday and sunday and thatis sunshine on saturday and sunday and that is your weather.

welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: hong kong's chief executive carrie lam has promised to take a hard line against the protestors who stormed and ransacked parliament. this is something that we should seriously condemn, because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. police ended the eight—hour occupation — evicting hundreds of activists. but the damage remains. many in the opposition are starting to ask questions about the wisdom of these young protesters storming into this building. whether it was really a victory of any sort or in fact it has handed victory to the government. we have a special report from the amazon rainforest —