to complete the job on expect to complete the job on back hobbies? expect to complete the job on back bobbies? i thank my honourable friend. the answer is as soon as possible certainly in the next three yea rs. the prime minister surely doesn't agree with the home secretary about the return of the death penalty, does he? i have the fullest admiration for the home secretary's policies on law and order. i don't myself support the death penalty, but i think what the death penalty, but i think what the people of this country want to see is proper sentencing for serious violent and sexual offenders, and i am glad to see some nodding from the labour benches on this. there are members opposite who know where their constituents truly are on some of these issues, and unlike the current leadership of the party opposite, that is what we will do, but of course, we will also be

pursuing all the measures necessary to reduce our prison population and to reduce our prison population and to pursue a humane and liberal approach at the same time. i congratulate the prime minister on his election. britain is establishing itself as a world leader on the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution. will my right honourable friend support out my right honourable friend support our small businesses and start—ups that create the wealth that fund our public services? i thank my honourable friend for all the good work he has done to promote british start—ups, and i look forward to further conversations with him about ways to encourage that investment. the prime minister says he believes in the london living wage, yet so many cleaners in whitehall are not paid it. will he commit today from the dispatch box that every single entry level worker and cleaner in whitehall will be paid the minimum wage, regardless of whether they work for the ministry ofjustice,

international development, or any others? i thank the honourable lady for that important point, and i have to say, yes, the answer is yes. i am proud to say when we ran london, we expanded the living wage, and i know what it was paid notjust by gla bodies and their contractors as well. that is what we should be doing. i remind colleagues of the one sentence imperative. thank you very much, mr speaker. may i welcome my honourable friend to his post, i can i also welcome the comments made earlier about the snp ‘s policy on taking us back into the cfp. only by negotiating an access to our waters on an annual basis, can he confirm? my can he confirm? my honourable friend is completely right, and i congratulate him on the vision that he has for promoting

scottish fisheries, and for using the opportunity of coming out of the eu to build that extraordinary industry and he and i have discussed it and industry and he and i have discussed itandi industry and he and i have discussed it and i think we should be taking forward the plans that he suggests. asi forward the plans that he suggests. as i say, the snp —— i bet the snp will u—turn on that before long. why does the prime minister think he is so does the prime minister think he is so unpopular in scotland? him being prime minister, independence for scotland rises to 53%. is it all this eton schoolboy bluster and buffoonery, or is it because he is prepared to take our nation out of the european union against its will in an deal brexit? i think possibly the reason why i seem to get a good reception in scotland, which i must say i did

when i went to aberdeen, i remember meeting some friends in aberdeen airport, and a very friendly reception throughout. it may be because the people of scotland recognise that they have a commonsensical conservative approach and would not hand back their fisheries to brussels, just as scotla nd fisheries to brussels, just as scotland has regained control of its fantastic fish. i thank my right honourable friends are bringing some sunshine into this place, and i would invite him to visit clacton, if he can put up with the 1000 one hour and 45 minutes it ta kes to the 1000 one hour and 45 minutes it takes to cross the short distance? will he focus on transport infrastructure for these places?” thank him for the plea he has put in an added —— put in and added that

line. but infrastructure, education and technology will be used to level up and technology will be used to level up across and technology will be used to level up across the country, and that's what we will do. will the prime minister join what we will do. will the prime ministerjoin me in opposing the early release of vanessa george, the serial paedophile who abused babies and toddlers in plymouth, especially as she still refuses to show remorse by naming which one of those babies she abused, filmed and surfaced there were circulated images of?” understand why the honourable gentleman was nodding to my answer earlier on, and of course, it would be wrong of me to intervene in particular cases, but i think he and iare at particular cases, but i think he and i are at one in agreeing that people should serve appropriate sentences for serious crimes. thank you very much, mr speaker. i know that my right honourable friend from his head to his toes is a committed and passionate unionist. therefore, does he agree with me that as we leave the european union

on the 31st october, and powers come back to us from brussels, we can strengthen the bonds between our four nations. i think my honourable friend makes a very powerful case. when we come out of the eu as a united kingdom hole and entire and perfect,, the united kingdom hole and entire and perfect, , the snp united kingdom hole and entire and perfect,, the snp will find that their guns are spiked and the wind has been taken out of their sails, and their sole manifesto commitment isa and their sole manifesto commitment is a bizarre pledge to restore the control of scotland's fish to brussels. that's what they stand forth. that their programme, and i am waiting for the u—turn. the prime minister courted popularity with pledging an amnesty for illegal immigrants and his vocal opposition to heathrow expansion. now he is in a position to do something about these two, is he a man of his word? is the honourable lady will know very well, i have answered the

question on heathrow. i remain deeply concerned about the abilities the promoters of the third runway have to meet their obligations on air quality, so i will follow court cases with a lively interest, and as for the amnesty on illegal immigrants, it is absolutely true that they have raised it several times andi that they have raised it several times and i have to say that i do think that our arrangements theoretically in being committed to theoretically in being committed to the expulsion of possible though perhaps half a million people who don't have the correct papers and who may have been living and working here for many, many years without being involved in any criminal activity at all, i think that legal position is anomalous, and we saw the difficulties that that kind of problem occasioned in the windrush

fiasco. we know the difficulties that can be caused, and i do think, yes, i will answer her directly, i do think we need to look at our arrangements for people who have lived and worked here for a long time, unable to enter the economy, unable to participate properly or pay taxes. without documents, we should look at it, and the law allows them an effective amnesty. that is basically where things have settled down. we should look at the economic advantages and disadvantages of going ahead with the policy that she described and that i think she and i share. does the prime minister share margaret thatcher's belief in home ownership, and will his government do everything it can, including perhaps implementing some of the stamp duty reforms i suggested last week, to promote the homeownership

dream? i thank my honourable friend for everything he has done to promote homeownership, for the stamp duty reforms, and myself i believe that in this fantastic capital city of europe and of the world, stamp duty is checking the market at the moment. we need to look at the way it is working and see what we can do to free it up and to give more people the chance of homeownership. thank you, mr speaker. in 2012, when a majority of the members of the scottish parliament wanted to hold an independence referendum, his predecessor and friend david cameron agreed the means to do so. now that the same mandate exists, he brave enough to do the same, or is he afraid he will be the last prime minister the united kingdom? i think the former prime minister committed, and it was universally agreed that the events in 2014 was a once ina agreed that the events in 2014 was a once in a generation referendum, and that's the way it should be.

my right honourable friend will know under the conservatives, we have got re cord under the conservatives, we have got record numbers of women and work in this country, and if we are going to be successful post brexit, we have got to make sure that we continue that. when my right honourable friend joined me to help those 50,000 women a year who feel that they've got no option but to leave their jobs they've got no option but to leave theirjobs because of pregnancy discrimination? will he help me e nforce discrimination? will he help me enforce the law so that we can have more of those women being productive members of society? i thank my right honourable friend for everything she has done to promote working women and equalities of all kinds, and i will certainly look at what we can do to alleviate the difficulties that pregnant women in particularface, the difficulties that pregnant women in particular face, and the difficulties that pregnant women in particularface, and we will get on with that. cashing out with no deal would be an u na cce pta ble cashing out with no deal would be an unacceptable outcome, damaging to oui’ unacceptable outcome, damaging to our economy, unacceptable outcome, damaging to our economy, undermine our future prosperity. those are the views of three ministers who are now in his government. does he accept that there is no mandate for no deal,

that if he proceeds with no deal, it will be against the will of this house, the will of the people, and indeed, he will be solely responsible for the chaos will ensue? i wonder how many referendums we would have to have before the liberal democrats actually respected the results. thank you, mr speaker. i have been here for quite awhile now, the prime minister definitely hasn't reached his quota of 24 hospital upgrades. does he agree with me that the aleix in redditch and the worcestershire acute been a one batu? —— must be number one and number two? acute been a one batu? —— must be number one and numbertwo?” acute been a one batu? —— must be number one and number two? i thank herfor number one and number two? i thank her for that very cunningly posed question. i understand the hospitals in question serves the chancellor's constituency as well. i know in government you have to make tough investment decisions, sol government you have to make tough investment decisions, so i want to know from the prime minister what is his priority. crossrail for the north, fully electrified from hole

to liverpool, or crossrail two for london? i refuse... it's like asking a tigers to choose between her cubs. i refuse to choose. will the prime minister commit to fight on behalf of persecuted christians worldwide following the release of the recent truro report? mr speaker, i certainly will. i thank him for his question. is it true the prime minister'scarelessness and lack of attention to detail aided and abetted the iranians regime and locking up a british citizen? can i ask the prime minister now to put right what he did so wrong and take personal responsibility for ensuring the release of nazanin zagahari— ratcliffe ? the release of nazanin zagahari-ratcliffe? i would see that we worked very hard to secure the release of nazanin and all dual nationals held, in my view, unfairly

and illegally by the iranian regime. it is time that an innocent woman was now released. thank you, mr speaker. in harlow, we are also optimistic you are going to cut the cost of living for working people and investing skills and apprenticeships, but we are particularly optimistic as yesterday, you said we will have 20 new hospital upgrades. can we be optimistic and make sure we get the new hospital in harlow we definitely need? —— desperately need. new hospital in harlow we definitely need? -- desperately need. i'm going to be careful here, because we will be upgrading 20 new hospitals. 20 new hospitals will be upgraded and details of the programme will be announced forthwith. i'm very grateful. incarcerated now for over 600 days with accusations of torture against the indian states, jadtar singh johal has of torture against the indian states, jadtar sinthohal has now seen states, jadtar sinthohal has now seen three prime ministers, for foreign secretaries, and three under

secretaries, one suspended from their position. can he ensure my constituent, uk national, that trade deals and pacts with the indian state have his name at the top of the agenda, and he seeks a meeting with the foreign secretary and myself with the singh johal family as soon as possible? i know the foreign secretary will take up the case as assiduously as all previous foreign secretaries have done. i very much welcome the prime minister to his place. i welcome his commitment to making religious freedom a key priority. could he say subjected bishop to put truro's report that cases such as these will now be looked at differently by the united kingdom? ithank now be looked at differently by the united kingdom? i thank my honourable friend for the campaign he has managed for this person and others, and i think it is very important that our country should send out the signal that we will

provide a beacon for people providing such distress and persecution. further to the prime minister'sanswer to my honourable friend the member for eating central in acton, will he also commits his government are lifting the ban on asylu m government are lifting the ban on asylum seekers working if the state takes more than six months to resolve their case? the home office is currently reviewing the matter and we will be making an announcement shortly. i was delighted the prime minister at the very earliest opportunity spoke about adult care and changes needed there. can i commend to him particularly the joint select committee report, which i took part m, committee report, which i took part in, which talks about insurance type solutions as well as hypothecated taxes? i am grateful to my honourable friend, and i don't want to prejudge the outcome of what we are going to do, but we will be putting forward a detailed plan for how to deal with social care, and i

hope it may attract cross—party support. doctor lisa cameron. many thanks, mr speaker. well the prime minister look closely at traversing uk government plans to close east kilbride centre one tax office, causing the loss of thousands of jobs in my constituency, and be true to his word today that no town is everagain to his word today that no town is ever again left behind? i thank you, and i will make sure that the chancellor writes to her about that at the earliest opportunity. helen goodman. thank you, mr speaker. single mothers often come to my constituency when nonresident pa rents to my constituency when nonresident parents don't fulfil their duties. what is the prime minister'splan for tackling this problem ? what is the prime minister'splan for tackling this problem? well, we must work with our partners around the world to make sure that nonresident pa rents to world to make sure that nonresident parents to fulfil their duties and there are conventions, as the honourable lady knows, to insist on that. patricia gibson.

thank you, mr speaker. i want to begin by thanking the prime minister for all the good work he is doing to make the case for scottish independence. for how long does the prime minister think he can honestly set his face against the right of the sovereign people of scotland to decide their own future? well, mr speaker, as far as i can remember, in 2014, the people of scotla nd remember, in 2014, the people of scotland did have a referendum, and her side did not prevail. the people of scotla nd her side did not prevail. the people of scotland voted to remain part of the united kingdom, for which there are many, many benefits. many benefits, economic, political, geostrategic, and that is a great future for the people of scotland, and one that i think will prevail. in order to inform the debate, could the prime minister tell the house what the level of tariffs are on the world trade organisation rules for sheep, planes and cars, which are the key industries in my constituency which will be damaged bya constituency which will be damaged by a no—deal brexit?

as he knows full well, our intention is to make sure that there are no ta riffs is to make sure that there are no tariffs imposed in the week that we leave, with a zero tariff, zero quote outcome, which i'm sure he would support. there was no mention of defence in his statement, still less of nuclear deterrence. so does he recognise that we are in a race against time to build the new dreadnought class of submarines to maintain continuous cove rage , of submarines to maintain continuous coverage, and will he throw the whole weight of government behind that vital task? i have met the honourable gentleman and admire his commitment to a vital national asset thatis commitment to a vital national asset that is of course made in his constituency, and i draw attention only to the real risk that is posed not just to the

only to the real risk that is posed notjust to the economy, but to the security of our country if it should never be governed by the party that he has rightly left. one sentence of fewer than 30 words. yesterday, 50 representatives of 2 million workers in manufacturing came to parliament in detail their grave and growing concerns over the threat of a no—deal brexit. they askedif threat of a no—deal brexit. they asked if the prime minister would meet with them so that the prime minister could hear first—hand just how serious that would be for them. will the prime minister agreed to do that? i'm grateful and thank him for what he is doing to work with manufacturing industries, and i give him my absolute assurance we will do everything we can to protect just—in—time supply chains on my right honourable friend, the chancellor of the dutch have us to, as he may know, is now in charge of making those preparations. —— chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. the prime minister famously said "f"

business in the context of brexit. does he not accept that consistency is like mine depend on businesses such asjlr? is like mine depend on businesses such as jlr? by extension, is like mine depend on businesses such asjlr? by extension, does he mean "f" my constituency?” such asjlr? by extension, does he mean "f" my constituency? i think people around the country will have heard me mention thejlr investment three times this afternoon, and it isa three times this afternoon, and it is a measure of this country it continues to attract such investments from jlr and other car companies, and that is because we have cut corporation tax, whereas that party would put up corporation tax to the highest levels in europe. that is the risk posed tojlr and many other businesses around the world. 0f world. of course, the united kingdom the people in scotland voted for in 2019, as a result of his brexit obsession, no longer exist. can he confirm that he is both familiar with and supportive of the principles of the claim of right for

scotland? i refer the honourable gentleman to the answer i gave several times already, which is that the people of scotla nd already, which is that the people of scotland had a vote in 2014, they voted overwhelmingly to remain in the union. they are absolutely right. studio: well, we are going to leave this debate in the house of commons. boris johnson's first appearance in the house of commons as prime minister. coverage of this debate continues on bbc parliament, and we will have lots of reaction to what he had to say this afternoon with simon mccoy on afternoon live. ina simon mccoy on afternoon live. in a moment here, all the business news, prefers the headlines. news, prefers the headlines. new prime minister borisjohnson makes his first address to mps in the house of commons, setting out brexit as his main priority. the uk sees the hottestjuly day on record, with temperatures of nearly 37 degrees in heathrow. the japanese car giant nissan is to cut 12,500 jobs worldwide after its

profits fell by nearly 95%. hello, i'm ben planned with the business news. as rita just mentioned, nissan is planning to cut 12,500 jobs around the world. at the moment, we don't know the location of where those cuts will fall. the car—maker suffered almost 95% fall in net profits in the first three months of the year. boeing may stop making its bestselling jet the 337 max. it has been grounded since march after two fatal crashes. the company is reporting its largest ever quarterly loss. if the model is kept grounded, boeing said it would consider reducing or shutting down production of the plane. facebook shares jump after the report of a 28% rise in revenues. on wednesday, facebook announced that it would pay a record $5 billion fine to settle privacy concerns.

more on thosejob more on those job cuts at nice hand. it has announced it will cut 12,500 rolls around the world as it unveiled a quarterly fall in net profits of 95%. the japanese car—maker did not say where the axe will fall and whether it will affect the 7000 strong workforce at the company's the 7000 strong workforce at the compa ny‘s plant in the 7000 strong workforce at the company's plant in sunderland. the company's plant in sunderland. the company is doing this to try to shore up its finances amid a backdrop of weakening sales. let's talk to steve fowler, the editor of auto express. steve, why is nissan in such dire straits? they are not the only ones, it must be said, but nissan are doing particularly badly, it seems. all sorts of circumstances globally are effecting the car market, but nissan has a few curia problems. it has a very tense relationship and an alliance with the french car giant renault, which owns a large proportion of nissan. there is the issue of carlos ghosn, who is injail, accused of misusing

company funds. and then you look at the products. you think nissan might be the leaders of electrification, with the world's bestselling eva in the nissan leaf, but across the rest of their range, there is very little electrification going on, which is what customers want. so some of the models are getting old, more of them need electrification, and with a confused business situation with renault and leadership problems, it is no surprise this has happened today. we should say that carlos ghosn denies the charges that have been brought against him. but under him, when he was at the helm, the chair of the company, there were yea rs of chair of the company, there were years of expansion. do you think this and in those he has got too big, spread itself too thinly? yes, i think that is a very interesting point. nissan has set itself it went for sales. sales don't always equal profit. i think it would be interesting to look into comparison with psa, the french group, now of course run by a former nissan worker. if only they could get it back, they are probably

thinking now. he has rationalised a range of cars there are put profit before sales numbers, and psa is one of the success stories of the motor industry at the moment. so they are out there, although it is very troubled times for nissan. union sources say they are hopeful that sunderland's plant will escape this round of cuts that have been announced. how likely do you think that is? i think they are really good place. it is a very good factory up there, very productive. they are making some higher margin cars, which is very important. they have the leaf up there, which is important. they have also announced that the new x—trail will not be going up there, but i hope it will escape. 0k, escape. ok, thank you, steve fowler, editor of auto express. let's look at the market this hour. london's ftse 100 let's look at the market this hour. london's ftse100 edging higher as astrazeneca really standing out on a day of largely mixed corporate earnings. astrazeneca jumping almost 6% to hit an all—time high after raising its annual sales forecast.

hopes of progress on us— china trade negotiations ahead of meetings in shanghai next week. also supporting broader sentiment amongst investors, this is helping to back banks in asia, like standard charter unilever took a asia, like standard charter unilever tooka dip, asia, like standard charter unilever took a dip, though. asia, like standard charter unilever tooka dip, though. rainy asia, like standard charter unilever took a dip, though. rainy weather hinting at ice cream heating ice cream sales in europe. drinks company diageo also took a hit. i suspect sales of ice cream and drinks may pick up somewhat today! yes, thank you. and on that note, trying to look at the weather. hello again. it's a they will easily be one of the hottest days we have ever seen be one of the hottest days we have ever seen in the united kingdom. when we get the all—time temperature record will come down to a matter of tenths of a degree celsius. all this hotair tenths of a degree celsius. all this hot air striking tenths of a degree celsius. all this hotairstriking up tenths of a degree celsius. all this hot air striking up from france and spain, we now have the pick of the heatwave across eastern parts of england. this heatwave is a record—brea ker. over the last england. this heatwave is a record—breaker. over the last 24

hours, we have seen new all—time temperature record set in germany, belgium, and the netherlands as well. now it is time to have our all all—time temperature record under threat. it currently stands at 38.5 celsius, currently set ad van fishermen kent in 2003. it will come down to tenths of a degree. we are watching this area of cloud drift northwards from france which could a few tenths of the degree of the maximum temperatures, so it will be really close, but either way you look at it, and incredibly hot day. plenty of sunshine of sunshine around, sunshine across western areas developing as the heat of the day builds. we have already seen those ten bridges push on into the mid 30s. probably peaking at around 38-39dc, mid 30s. probably peaking at around 38—39dc, so mid 30s. probably peaking at around 38-39dc, so it mid 30s. probably peaking at around 38—39dc, so it could still be just about a record—brea ker. 38—39dc, so it could still be just about a record—breaker. during this evening and overnight, we will see some big thunderstorms break out. plenty of thunder and lightning from these, some hail, the risk of some flash flooding as well. the storms through the night time will push northwards, and eastwards as well, with quite a few of us getting the

storms. the other thing is, it will bea storms. the other thing is, it will be a ridiculously hot night for sleeping. these are the temperatures at 11 o'clock at night. 26 celsius in norwich, would you believe. very uncomfortable conditions for a night's sleep. the good news is, there is fresh air away on friday as there is fresh air away on friday as the low pressure moves closer. atla ntic the low pressure moves closer. atlantic winds extend in across the uk. they will be a bit of sunshine. more clouds than we are used to, but also the risk of steam showers, particularly across eastern parts of england. in the east, we will see pretty high temperatures and also come up in northern scotland, temperatures are likely to reach the high 20s as well. this weekend, an u nsettled high 20s as well. this weekend, an unsettled one, this slow—moving weather for bringing the risk of some very heavy, thundery rain. we could see some localised flooding across parts of northern england, lincolnshire and perhaps into the south of scotland. across the south—west, the best of the dry weather, with sunny spells, and temperatures generally coming back down to normal. that's a relief for many of us, i'm sure.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy live at westminster. today at 2.00pm — on his first full day as prime minister, borisjohnson has predicted a golden age for britain after brexit. good morning everybody and it is wonderful to see this new team assembled here in respect of the depth and breadth of talent in our extraordinary party. and, as you all know, we have a momentous task ahead of us, a pivotal moment in our country's history. we are now committed, all of us, to leaving the after addressing his first cabinet meeting he tells the house of commons, he wants to leave the eu with a deal but there must be preparations for a no—deal brexit. today is the first day of a new approach which will end with our exit from the eu on the 31st of october. the uk heads towards the highest temperature ever recorded