the headlines: the usa are through to the final of the women's world cup. it follows a dramatic semifinal against england in lyon. the score — two goals to one. england did have a golden chance to equalise, but their captain steph houghton missed a penalty kick. the chinese government has called for a zero—tolerance approach to protesters in hong kong. as the clean up begins after pro—democracy demonstrators stormed parliament and ransacked the building, beijing has condemned monday's protests as an "undisguised challenge by violent offenders". hong kong's badly damaged parliament building remains cordoned off. an investigation by us government inspectors has warned of dangerous overcrowding at immigration detention centres in texas near the southern border. it comes as democratic members of congress travelled to the border to see the conditions for themselves. a report was released by the department of homeland security's inspector general showing what conditions look like in the rio grande valley.

now on bbc news, it's time for tuesday in parliament. hello, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. coming up: the chancellor, philip hammond, drops a heavy hint that he might vote against a new conservative government if it wanted to leave the eu without a deal. it would be wrong for a british government to seek to pursue no deal as a policy and i believe that it will be for the house of commons, of which i will continue proudly to be a member, to ensure that does not happen. mps demand action to support the protesters in hong kong demonstrating against a controversial extradition law. there were also images of fear and frustration from people who are increasingly desperate that the world looks on at their plight and will do no

more than wring their hands. and the dangerous whirlpool tumbledryers still in people's homes. one mother escaped with her baby daughter and toddler son. he followed me in the kitchen as i opened the door and saw the flames, i had to grab him, and get out and i had to get my son to help me grab my daughter out. sorry, i'm getting upset... the day began with questions to the chancellor of the exchequer and mps were queuing up to pin him down on a key issue — what did he think of the spending pledges that have been set out by the tory leadership candidates? borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have both said they will cut taxes and both have made spending commitments. for instance, mr hunt wants to increase the defence budget and build more homes. mrjohnson wants extra police and better pay for public sector workers. a labour turned change uk turned lib dem mp set the ball rolling. if the uk leaves the eu

without a deal and he is still in his place, specifically, does he envisage there being enough fiscal headroom following that spending review to gift that tax cut worth over £9 billion to the top 10% of earners? surely, that is wholly unjustified. we have built up around 26, £27 billion of fiscal headroom and the purpose of having that headroom is precisely in order to protect the uk economy from the immediate effects of a possible no deal exit. but i have no doubt whatsoever that in a no deal exit, we will need all of that money and more to respond to the immediate impacts of the disruption of a no deal exit and that will mean there is no money available for longer term either tax cuts or spending increases, but let me go further. the government's analysis suggest that in a disruptive no deal exit, there will be a hit to the exchequer of about £90 million. that will also have to be factored in to future spending and tax decisions.

a conservative mp put in a rather cheeky request... i certainly agree with the chancellor, we need to be careful with our spending pledges, but i think investment spending is different, particularly when it is investment in the north... laughter. but spending decisions are only made in the comprehensive spending review. is the chancellor able to tell the people of scotland, the people in this house and the people beyond when that review will be starting? i announced at the spring statement that it is the government's intention to conduct a three—year spending review concluding this autumn, subject to a deal with the eu being completed. departments are already commissioned to carry out the work necessary for such a spending review, but it would be for the new government to decide whether the circumstances make it appropriate to conduct a full three—your spending review or a single year exercise. the other issue uppermost in the minds of mps was a no—deal brexit.

given he was a remainer himself, will he as a backbencher, and i wish him well in that, will he as a backbencher vote against any deal removing us from the single market and customs union? as i have consistently said in this house, i do not believe that a no deal exit would be in the interest of this country and i will do everything i can to ensure that we avoid a no deal exit. can i ask him very straightforwardly, bearing in mind what he said, will he join us in committing himself to doing everything he can to oppose the prorogation of parliament to try and sneak a no deal through? i think i have been consistently clear that i believe leaving with a no deal exit will be bad for the uk and bad for british economy and bad for the british people. we cannot however rule out that that could happen because it is not

entirely in our hands. but i do agree with him that it would be wrong for a british government to seek to pursue no deal as a policy and i believe that it will be for the house of commons, of which i will continue proudly to be a member, to ensure that does not happen. does he agree with me that both the conservative leadership candidates supporting a no—deal brexit should stop selling the country out in order to serve their own political ambitions and will he commit to joining us to vote against no deal if he joins the backbenches and if necessary voting with us on a no—confidence motion if it comes to that to stop no deal? i think at this stage, in my career, i will not speculate on my future actions. what i would say is that a no deal... the government analysis shows a no deal exit would mean that all the regions and nations and sectors of the uk economy would have lower economic output compared to today's arrangements and compared to the white paper scenario that the government set out.

it is important that we all understand that preparing for no deal, which is perfectly sensible to do, because it might happen to us without our volition, preparing for no deal is not the same as avoiding the effects of no deal. philip hammond. the protests in hong kong have taken another violent turn, with a small group of activists occupying the parliament building — known as the legislative council — for several hours. they smashed windows and sprayed graffiti on the walls. the protests were sparked by a controversial extradition bill, which could allow dissidents to be extradited to mainland china for trial. the hong kong administration has suspended the legislation but demonstrators want it to be scrapped altogether. a minister was summoned to the commons to make an urgent

statement about the situation. her majesty's government strongly condemns any such violence but also understands the deep—seated concerns that people in hong kong have about their rights and freedom. of the hundreds of thousands of people who took part in thejuly one march yesterday, the vast majority of people did so in a peaceful and lawful manner. the uk is a fully committed to upholding hong kong's high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms under the one country, two systems principle, which is guaranteed by the legally binding joint declaration of 1984. alistair carmichael reported back on a meeting of hong kong watch, an organisation which monitors events in the former british colony. the message from that meeting, especially from activists like tommy chong and willis hall, was very clear. they worry that the government of the people's republic of china will see yesterday's event as an excuse for ever more direct intervention in the affairs of hong kong and they want to hear that this country will continue to stand with them against that threat. he hoped the british government

would send a clear message to the hong kong administration. any consequences for the actions of the hundreds of protesters in the legislative building should not then be visited on the many thousands or millions of people who have protested on the hong kong streets in recent weeks. the images that were broadcast around the world yesterday were images of violence and vandalism. but they were also images of fear and frustration from people who are increasingly desperate that the world looks on at their plight and will do no more than wring their hands. i'm sure the house will appreciate the delicacy of our wanting to uphold the rule of law, but being very careful not to instruct either government about what they should do in specific detail. hong kongers have made it abundantly clear that they want the disastrous extradition laws to be abandoned for good. this is not an unreasonable request.

will the government finally take the side of the hong kong people and call on carrie lam to scrap this legislation? secondly, i welcome and the agree with the foreign secretary's call for a public inquiry into the actions of the hong kong police force. there is never an excuse for violence. there cannot be an excuse for violence. but we have to reflect on the concern of ngos such as amnesty international and human rights watch, who are concerned about the use of torture and also as reflected by the honourable number about the overwhelming majority of undertaking peaceful protests and their voice must not be drowned out over the coming days. it is not unknown for communist regimes to insert agent provocateurs into popular movements in order to discredit them and will he bear in mind that the messages

that they send to communist china for example in sucking up to them over issues like huawei and our telecommunications infrastructure needs to be looked at through the prism of their human rights abuses? the minister replied that the government often spoke "very directly" to the chinese government about hong kong and human rights in general. you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, mandy baker. the appliance manufacturer whirlpool has admitted there could be as many as 800,000 faulty tumble—dryers in homes across the uk. injune, the government said it would issue a recall notice for up to half a million dryers which pose a fire safety risk. whirlpool also make tumbledryers under brand names, such as hotpoint. mps on the business committee heard from a witness who'd bought one that caught fire.

my baby was at the time sleeping, and because i had the toddler — he followed me in the kitchen as i opened the door. and i saw the flames. i had to grab him and get out, and i had to get my son to help my daughter out. sorry, i'm getting upset... and it's not worth thinking about, because ijust think, what if i didn't smell that fire at that time? because the fire alarms didn't even start to go off until the house was full of smoke. my neighbour next door, as well — she's a child minder. and that fire took place right around the boiler, and the fire crew said to me, "if that fire had been any longer, that whole house would have just gone bang. there could have been multiple deaths and injuries," i don't know. this is a company that we should be able to trust. i'll never touch hotpoint ever again. how would you describe whirlpool's treatment of you? disgusting. ifelt like i weren't a person. i felt like i was just another

number, if you like. when it came to adding the cost of everything, as well, i felt like a criminal being questioned. jemma signed a non—disclosure agreement with whirlpool. and why did you decide to break it? i just wanted everybody to be aware of the dangers. i wouldn't want anyone to go through what we've had to go through as a family. and have you heard any come back from whirlpool? no, i've still not even heard from them. i've never even had an apology. should i expect one? throughout this whole process? nothing, absolutely nothing. jemma didn't have to wait long for that apology. the next witnesses were executives from whirlpool. i want to start by giving you an opportunity to apologise tojemma and herfamily for what they've gone through, and also commitments to publish the forensics report about what happened in her home. sure.

my name isjeff noel, and i'm a vice president of whirlpool, i report directly to the chairman. the consumers that i work with and come into contact with are treated very, very fairly. so i apologise to you for whatever the stress the situation has caused to you, your family, your loved ones, and to your neighbours. but he stopped short of agreeing to publish the forensic report into the fire atjemma's home. the mps tried repeatedly to find out how many faulty machines had been modified. i think the importance of this session is sunlight being the best disinfectant, and getting all this out in the open. so i'm skin you — how many have you modified since 2017, and how many unmodified machines are they selling? we want more people to call... no, we would just like the numbers, mr noel. iagree. we've heard the reasons why you haven't been able to modify

all of them, and we just like the numbers. we have had 45,000 that we have resolved since the last time we were here, which brings the number to 1.7 million — which by all accounts, including the electrical safety standards, is 2—3 times the average. the mps also tried to find out how many potentially faulty driers still needed modifying. as well as having that central estimate of 500,000, do you have a range of what it could be between? some estimates have been as low as 250,000. others have been as high as 800,000. depending on differing views — if you take all the information and data available, and combined the process in which you are looking at what was in the unit — excuse me, in the field at the time, what sales have taken place, where we are in terms of new purchases and the obsolescence — we believe that 500,000 is an appropriate number. jeff noel of whirlpool. now to the lords, where peers

pressed the government over what it was doing to improve access to medical services in rural areas. my gp practise is 18 miles away. it struggles to recruit gps and then to keep them. 19% of our english population actually live in rural areas, and that's about the equivalent of the population of london. and i wonder if the minister could explain why very few nhs plans consider rurality, with its high levels of deprivation and loneliness and their associated diseases? and perhaps that might be one of the reasons that gps choose not to work there or not stay long. the noble baroness is very lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the country, but she's quite right that rurality does have a significant impact on health outcomes, and is considered as part of a number of plans. in terms of recruitment and retention, it has been part of the plans that the nhs has

brought in, particularly for gps, which is why we have had the recruitment and retention plan for hard—to—reach areas for gps since 2016. we are evaluating that programme and still considering it going forward. a conservative said more than 2,000 villages were at least three miles from a gp practise. will my noble friend take this opportunity to commit today to specific support for rural general practises, over and above that which is already in the nhs long—term plan, which is a particular focus on urban—centric? and can ijust remind my noble friend that in rural areas, we are struggling to get ag, let alone have access to digital medicine. we do recognise the challenge of recruiting into hard—to—reach areas. that's why we have put in place the targeted recruitment scheme, and we are identifying ways to improve this, such as the under doctor digital first practise. but we do recognise that we need to do more. the heath minister, lady blackwood.

the government's welcomed a pledge by five of the biggest gambling firms to spend £100 million helping to tackle addiction. but labour is insisting only a mandatory levy will solve the problem. making a statement in the commons, the digital, culture, media & sport secretary recognised the harm problem gambling could do. i've met those who have lost more than the uk's annual average salary during one night of gambling online, and parents who are now without a child as a result of gambling addiction. he said the five companies involved represent half of the british gambling industry. at the heart of this package is a very significant increase in their financial contribution to fund support and treatment. last year, voluntary contributions across the whole industry to problem gambling yielded less than £10 million. but now, the five firms... have said that over the next four years, they will increase tenfold

the funding they give to treatment and support for problem gamblers. and in this same period, they've committed to spending £100 million on treatment specifically. he recognised that some people wanted a mandatory levy on the industry. i understand the argument. but of course, the house knows that legislating for this would take time — in all likelihood, more than a year to complete. the proposal made this morning will deliver substantially increased support for problem gamblers this year. but labour insisted only a 1% mandatory levy on gambling companies to pay for research, education, and treatment would do. these big five companies have shown leadership and responsibility that is sorely lacking in some parts of the industry. gambling addiction costs the economy an estimated £1.2 billion a year, yet the amount the industry currently contributes to treating

addiction is paltry. the voluntary levy as it currently operates asks for 0.1% of gambling yield. that target is never met. mr speaker, the industry turns over £14.5 billion a year, yet currently contributes less than £10 million a year to gamblerware. some companies contribute amounts that are frankly insulting to a voluntary system. sport pisa, who sponsor everton, and fun 88, who sponsor newcastle, gave only £50 each last year. the statement touches on the argument for a mandatory levy, but undermines it by saying it would take a year to complete, which i'm often reminded of when is the best time to plant a tree? that was 25 years ago. if we don't start now, we will be no closer a year from now. or is the secretary of state

suggesting that gambling companies would withdraw their offer? if not, we have nothing to lose by starting the ball rolling now. gambling addiction is a public health problem with clear links to mental health issues, and needs a public health first response, i believe. the real cuts in public health under this government are estimated between £700 million and £1 billion. so does the secretary of state believe that this commitment today is somehow going to help reverse the changes in the damage made by this government? the minister accepted it was a public health problem and was being addressed in the nhs plan. the money that's being talked about here is to enhance and add to that, not to replace it. and it's important that we say that, but is £100 million diverted to treatment over four years, which i hope will add considerably to what can be done for those who suffer from these very serious problems. jeremy wright.

the environment secretary has promised farmers will be able to shoot birds that are attacking their livestock or crops under a new licence regime introduced last month. the prospect of a legal challenge by an environmental group headed by the broadcaster, chris packham, led natural england to revoke the previous pest—shooting licences at short notice in the spring. that led to protesters hanging dead crows on a gate outside the home of mr packham. michael gove condemned that as "disgusting", but he said he could see it from the other side, too. farmers deprived of the opportunity to safeguard their crops or to deal with predators who are preying on lambs and lemming season are in a terrible position, as well. so i sympathise with the difficulties faced as a result of people who are behaving appallingly, but i also sympathise with farmers who found themselves at a critical time in the farming year without the protection needed. the committee weren't happy with how natural england had handled the affair.

how did natural england get here into this position? that's a very good question. well, can you answer it? well, i think you'll have to ask others. i'm sorry, i think you have to give the answer. you've been secretary of state for how long? two years. you must know the answer. you know the department well. you know all its structures, you know all its resources, you know its history. you must be able to give an answer that question. i think it would be unmannerly for me do so. unmannerly? this is not about ladies and gentlemen, this is about answers to serious question. you can draw your own conclusions. that's not acceptable, this is a select committee — we expect a reasonable answer to a reasonable question. well, that's my answer. that's staggering. nothing to do with the 47% cuts to budget since 2010? absolutely not, no. but michael gove did seem to point the finger a few minutes later.

now let's be clear — natural england, at critical points, has failed in the delivery of particular things. now you must — and this committee must decide why. the idea that it's because of funding cuts when family agencies have had broadly the same level of cuts, i'm afraid, is not the issue. it is an issue about the management and leadership of their organisation in the past. the environment secretary. now, let's leave westminster for a moment to take a look at tuesday in another parliament. when the european parliament re—opened in strasbourg, several british meps made their feelings known. the new lib dem contingent turned up in "stop brexit" yellow t—shirts, and the brexit party led their own act of defiance. meps rose for the eu's anthem — beethoven's "0de tojoy", accompanied by a saxophone quartet.

the brexit party representatives turned their backs in protest. their leader, nigel farage, called it "cheerful defiance" — the pa rliament‘s speaker called it disrespectful. and finally, after three years in the job, it's likely that the chancellor philip hammond has answered his last treasury question. he's said himself that it's highly unlikely the next prime minister will keep him on. his labour opposite number had got him a gift — and this wasn't the first time john mcdonnell had produced a present for a chancellor. remember this? to assist comrade 0sborne in his dealings with his new—found comrades, i brought him along mao's little red book. laughter. let me quote... the conservatives jeered. i thought it'd come in handy fo him in his new relationship. laughter. oh look, it's his personal signed copy! laughter. this time in a much quieter chamber, john mcdonnell paid tribute to philip hammond.

i just want to thank him for the civility in which he's always maintained our relationship — admit also there were times where i've enjoyed his dry sense of humour. i gave his predecessor a little red book as a present. we have another red book. this is a guide to london's rebel walls, and we hope he will enjoy it in his leisure periods. the counsellor of the exchequer. well, let me say first of all, that's very kind of the right honourable gentlemen, i much prefer this little red book to the one... laughter. that he gave my predecessor. although i must say, i haven't read this one, and i have read the other one. and that's it. i'll be here at the same time tomorrow for a look back at wednesday in parliament. but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye.

hello there. july has started on a dry note for most of us, certainly a far cry from the weather we had for at least some ofjune. the met office has now released provisional rainfall statistics for the month ofjune. where you see the darker blue colours on the chart, well, those areas had around double the amount of rainfall they would normally expect during the month as a whole. but as we look ahead to the rest of this week, well, it stays dry for many of us. just a little bit of rain around across the north of the uk. now, we start off wednesday morning on a rather chilly note, some rural spots in scotland and wales down around two or three degrees, towns and cities not quite as cool as that. but, as we go through the day, most of us will see some sunshine. some patchy cloud lingering for east anglia and the south—east, but further west across england and wales, probably more sunshine than we had during tuesday.

there will be more cloud into northern ireland and scotland. some rain in the far north, where it will also be quite windy. winds also picking up close to the english channel coasts and the channel islands, but in the best of the sunshine through the afternoon, temperatures topping out at 21 or 22 degrees. so it is another promising day in prospect at wimbledon. there will be patchy cloud around, often fairly large amounts of cloud, i think, but some spells of sunshine breaking through. those temperatures up to 22 degrees in the gentle north—easterly breeze, and it's a fine end to the day across most parts of the uk. as we go through the night, it stays predominantly dry, with clear spells. always more cloud toppling into northern ireland and scotland, some rain in the northern and western isles, and not such a cool night — temperatures between 9—12 degrees. so we go on into thursday. the further south you are, that's where we'll see the best of the sunshine. more cloud for the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, and rain making a bit more progress across the northern half of scotland. some particularly heavy bursts of rain for the western highlands, breezy here as well, and temperatures across scotland between 14—16 degrees.

but further south, 25 or 26 degrees looks likely towards the south—eastern corner. now, another warm day to come in the south on friday, with some sunshine. but that cloud in the north will make a bit more progress southwards through scotland, northern england, northern ireland, taking a band of rain with it. and that band of rain is associated with a weather front, a cold front, which will continue to journey southwards as we head into the start of the weekend, and that opens the door to some cooler air spreading its way down from the north. so temperatures dipping away for all of us as we head towards the weekend, but it looks like staying predominantly dry. that's all from me for now.

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