you are watching afternoon live. i am at westminster where the government to set out its agenda for the go—ahead. when opposition parties say this years queen speech isa sham. parties say this years queen speech is a sham. plans tougher sentences for violent offenders. a new legally binding target. first and foremost, delivering brexit. my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. it is boris johnson's first queen speech, but without a majority in the house of commons many of the bills may not become law. hundreds of colleagues, friends and family attend the funeral of pc andrew harper who was killed on duty in

august. one of britain's two most notorious paedophiles has been stabbed to death in prison. we have all the spot. another big night of football. gareth southgate is going to be looking for a big response from his england players. they were awful against the czech republic last friday. they can qualify for next summer's euros. looking at the weather. it is looking difficult here. we have some very wet weather this afternoon across england and wales. particularly concerned with the south—east of england and eastern england as we had to the sea bed where we could see some torrential downpours as thunderstorms come packing in. if you are taking to the roads expect some problems. we could see some public transport disruption. coming up, the offerand public transport disruption. coming up, the offer and is believed to be british missing after an iis camp was overrun. they are and safe with aid workers in syria.

this is afternoon light. i am simon mccoy. the queen in the last two hours has unveiled her plans for the yearfor hours has unveiled her plans for the year for boris hours has unveiled her plans for the yearfor borisjohnson‘s hours has unveiled her plans for the year for boris johnson's government. she said the government's priority was to take the united kingdom out of the eu. it also introduced plans for tougher sentences for foreign defenders, invest more in the nhs and scrap the rail franchise system. more than 20 bills were outlined and with the prime minister no longer having a majority and an election might be predicted, does any of it matter? or is it a political stunt and an uncosted pre—election wish list. jonathan blake reports.

tradition has its place, even at a time of turmoil. the queen's arrival, part of the spectacle of the state opening of parliament. ancient rituals and splendour on show, but this was westminster preparing for a queen's speech like no other. mps, summoned to the house of lords to hear plans put forward by a government with no majority to deliver them. the prime minister said this queen's speech is full of ambition and optimism. labour has dismissed it as a farce. there were details of 22 bills in total. brexit, first and foremost. my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union, based on free trade and friendly cooperation.

beyond brexit, plans for new immigration laws, infrastructure projects and the national health service. new laws will be taken forward to help implement the national health service's long—term plan in england. law and order was also a focus, with promises of tougher sentences for some. my government is committed to addressing violent crime and to strengthening public confidence in the criminal justice system. new sentencing laws will see that the most serious offenders spend longer in custody, to reflect better the severity of their crimes. transport, infrastructure, the environment also featured. but opposition parties were scathing about the speech‘s substance and its timing. everybody knows this is a sham queen's speech, this is the government's queen's speech, it is supposed to be the legislative programme, and yet we all know that

what the government wants is an election tomorrow and a new government, in which they hope they will be the head. we have this charade of a queen's speech which is a long list of promises that the prime minister can't possibly deliver, because the path he is set to go down is one which will make us so much poorer as a country. if this speech had not been read out by her majesty the queen, you might as well have just said it is a party political broadcast for the conservative party. it is a list of things they think will make them win votes in england, very much a domestic policy agenda. looking at the splendour of the state occasion and hearing the political promises made, it would be easy to think these are normal times at westminster. in reality, they are anything but. the government doesn't have the numbers to push through its plans. there could be a general election in weeks and uncertainty over brexit continues. away from westminster, but hanging over today's events, the brexit negotiations in brussels on a knife edge. for all the ambitious plans set

out here, the outcome there will determine the future for this government. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. h arad? not you, the speech from the queen. a queen's speech is always political. the idea that it is not is nonsense. it is a programme that the government wants to bring in. i think downing street would say they have got all these ideas, they had got all these policies they want to implement but the problem is they don't have a majority. at the moment borisjohnson is 23 mps short of a majority so of course it would be incredibly difficult for him to implement any of this. the question is, how do you get over that? you have an election and try and change the mass. but at the moment, although that is what borisjohnson once, the opposition is not allowing him to have an election, they don't wa nt to him to have an election, they don't want to bring him down with a vote

of no confidence because they say they don't trust him and they want to make sure they get that delay to brexit, delaying it beyond the 31st of october. they want to get that in place first before they allow a general election to take place. and awful of uncertainty with all of that. let's discuss it. i am joined by the former health minister. looking very, smart indeed. we have to maintain standards. just explain to maintain standards. just explain to me, you are one of those who has been booted out of the parliamentary conservative party. thank you. how do you feel about what might happen towards the end of this week? are you still confident there might be a deal? i'm very confident might be a deal. there is no certainty parliament will sit on saturday. that has not been confirmed. but i am confident there will be a deal. they... if he was going to move the eu were going to listen. they were going to get near to this infamous

tunnel unless the rocker had moved. he has clearly moved closer to the prime minister and the prime minister has moved closer to him. therefore i am confident there will be something emerging here. do i know what the detail of that is?. no. to go through the line by line of bills and treaties. that is what i hope we are going to get to do that later this week and do on saturday and that we will make our mind up as to whether this is worth supporting. if you don't want no deal, you have got to be pro—deal. you have to be pro something. i am pro deal. always have been. there are others not like you, in the labour party, who are against no deal but they are saying they want another referendum. is that something you would be tempted by?” have said all the way along that if parliament reaches the end of the road there is no where else to turn then all options remain on the table

including a second vote. a second referendum and a complementary referendum and a complementary referendum are two different things. it could be deal or no deal. so the opposition mps will do what opposition mps will do what opposition mps will do what opposition mps do. yes, there will be some who will vote for the government and put the national interest first but i would not expect that of the front bench of the labour party. there are some in the labour party. there are some in the liberal democrats who voted for the liberal democrats who voted for the deal who did last time so they are split as well. truth is, all parties are split on this. all mps need to do what is in the national interest, the interest of their constituents. i don't believe leaving with no agreement at all is in the national interest. never did. it is myi in the national interest. never did. it is my i resigned from the government back in march. it is why i voted the way i did on the 3rd of september. the prime minister deserves great credit for doing what he told me he would do, which is break he told me he would do, which is brea k every he told me he would do, which is break every thing he had got and strain every sinew to get a deal. i think he is doing that and he deserves the space to land this.

what has been refreshing is that most of all everybody has put a sock in it talking about the detail for the last few days. it has been wonderful. let's give the guy a chance to land a deal.” wonderful. let's give the guy a chance to land a deal. i am not going to tell you to put a sock in it simon but that is the advice coming from some here at least. the key, thank you very much. the queen's speech came as a negotiating tea m queen's speech came as a negotiating team to be meeting in brussels to try and secure a deal ahead of the key summit on thursday. the eu's chief negotiator told ambassadors that the major differences remain on theissue that the major differences remain on the issue of customs in northern ireland. are we heading towards a brexit deal this week? the uk negotiating to live in brussels today for more talks. both sites use the word constructive and say there isa the word constructive and say there is a lot more to do. especially on customs checks in northern ireland. and yes, there are still plenty ——

there is still plenty of sitting around. arriving for a meeting this morning european foreign minister sounded almost optimistic. a deal as possible and it is possible this month. it may be possible this week. but we not there yet. as michel barnier said yesterday, there is still a lot of work to do. i hope that we can make more progress today. i think yes. the body language in luxembourg said it all. we will find a solution on brexit. the timeline for achieving a brexit deal this week is incredibly tight. some might say impossibly tight. but here is how we could unfold. the eu chief negotiator michel barnier would have to give a positive assessment to european affairs ministers set at a meeting tomorrow. eu ambassadors would have to give their agreement in principle before eu leaders officially sign it off at a two day summit beginning on

thursday. then mps would have their say on saturday during a rare weekend setting at westminster. it is not impossible but the people negotiating in these rooms have to bridge a lot of legal, technical and political gaps for a deal to become possible this week. more likely is that everyone could need more time and the process will drag on. adam fleming, and bbc news, luxembourg. let's get our reporter in brussels. the mood music, if you like, still appears fairly positive? yes, it does. the public statement from donald tusk president of the european council is that there is a slightest chance and while there is a slightest chance it is worth pursuing. one thing that strikes me is how seemingly eu red lines on a deadline seem to disappear like putty suddenly when it makes it all the more confusing to say actually

how long have they got? how... when do they stop? there was a sense that physically they cannot do it if they are still talking by the end of tuesday because all of these documents seem to be translated if there is a deal in brief draft form into 25 different languages, circulated across the eu. the land which has to be understood by the leaders and suddenly we are hearing it is done when it is done, it is ready when it is. it may be the second red line which is that leaders say they don't want to be negotiating technical details about a customs union and how you solve that issue preventing a border between the northern forget of ireland at the summit itself. the 28 leaders coming to a room and they still have to tie that up. but we don't know. how long have we said any negotiations with the eu tend to

go to the last moment of the last day or i have asked the same question to a team around donald tusk, around michel barnier. some senior eu officials as well. will there be an emergency summit if there be an emergency summit if there isn't an agreement in the next couple of days? they can't rule that out. the one big obstacle is clearly that this is a tone, a narrative set by borisjohnson. that this is a tone, a narrative set by boris johnson. he that this is a tone, a narrative set by borisjohnson. he would rather die ina by borisjohnson. he would rather die in a ditch then have an extension after the 31st of october. they are a way that next saturday if there is no agreement then a letter has to go to the eu asking for an extension. that is what keeps us with a momentum of getting something by the end of this week. but we both know that when anyone says, when is a deadline, who knows? it is always good to end an interview with, who knows? we have been doing that for yea rs knows? we have been doing that for years talking about brexit. thank you very much. let's talk to... the

timing, even in the best case scenario that there is a deal, that it is nearly fair, there are issues like translation, simple things had been a delay may be inevitable. absolutely. political will is obviously essential if we are going to get a deal but then it is how you translate that political will into practical and legal reality. certainly some of the things you have been hearing over the weekend was michel barnier saying, let's give uk negotiators a last chance and proceed with these discussions. but at best we can hope for an agreement in principle and will still need to translate that to make it legal text. whether that can be finalised for thursday remains to be seen. finalised for thursday remains to be seen. hopes or hurdles, there are plenty of those things in the way. saturday, here and this place, will be crucial on the basis that they are still talking. that is because

there are several steps to reaching a deal. it not onlyjust about uk negotiators finding an agreement. union need the european parliament and the uk parliament over here to give its consent. to avoid eight no deal, it is not only about passing that deal reached in brussels, it is also the withdrawal bill. it'sjust talk. today, the state opening of parliament. i have to say there was a centre if it had been the queen reading it out we would have possibly ignored it. i am not one to... the point being is that the majority that he doesn't have, this is all pure conjecture. it is certainly what the eu are thinking about as well because, regardless of whether we reach a deal, if we are looking at the extension it is not only about agreeing an extension, that short delay, and we know that parliament passed a bill to compel government to seek an extension, it is also about making sure that those

terms and conditions around the extension are going to be accepted here in the uk. there are a lot of questions, not only about the deal, whether the government and prime minister has a majority he needs to pass a deal, if it doesn't get a deal is he going to get a support? there is a huge difference between an extension per se and in an extension in a week or two to finish the documentation. you sense that would be much more acceptable to all those involved? the government... it is easierfor the those involved? the government... it is easier for the government to allow a short technical extension. ifa allow a short technical extension. if a deal isn't reached we are looking at a longer extension. we have to look at what the eu would be looking for as well. do they want an extension of a couple of months, but then that runs the risk that if we do reach that deadline and we still don't have a deal because we have had a general election and we need more time, do we then face another delay? that is... what is a cost of

a delay? we keep hearing boris johnson say there will be millions we pay every month every month of extension. what are the facts of that? as you continue to be a member state you pay in but that money would be taken out. for example, if we entered a transition we've still would have been paying. it isjust that money we would have been paying for the transition. it is not more money, it is... we would still be pa rt money, it is... we would still be part of the single market, customs unitand part of the single market, customs unit and other projects. we would have to contribute as a member state. translators aren't cheap. great to talk to you. 20 more to come from westminster throughout the afternoon. we are expecting the debate on the queen speech to get under way in the next ten minutes. you are watching afternoon life. the government set our crime, and brexit in the queen speech which opposition

parties have dismissed as an election manifesto. hundreds of collea g u es election manifesto. hundreds of colleagues and friends and family have attended the funeral of pc harper who was killed on duty in august. one of britain's must notorious paedophiles has been stabbed to death in prison. gareth southgate has told his england side they have to deliver against bulgaria after their shock defeat of the czech republic last week. they can qualify for euro 2020 with a win this evening. after scotland failed to reach the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup, questions have been asked about the future of their coach who still has two years left on his contract. and dan evans is preparing for his first match as british and the one. we have a full update for you in the next 15 minutes. the funeral has taken place

of pc andrew harper who was killed in august while responding to a burglary in berkshire. hundreds of fellow officers from forces around the country lined the route of the funeral cottage through the centre of oxford to christ church cathedral. three teenagers have been charged with murder. just weeks after his wedding day the funeral of pc andrew harper. hundreds of his collea g u es pc andrew harper. hundreds of his colleagues from thames valley police lined the route as the coffin was taken through the centre of oxford. in the vehicles behind his widow, theirfamilies in the vehicles behind his widow, their families and friends. a city silent to remember a 28—year—old

officer killed in the line of duty. he was so young and he had just got married. he had got his life in front of him and it is terrible. to think that young man in a peaceful country going about doing its job and something like that happening to him, it is terrible. how important is it to stand here and show your respect? very important because way would we be without the police? officers came from across the uk to christ church cathedral to pay tribute to a police constable described by colleagues as a hero. and whose wife described him as the loveliest and most selfless person you will ever meet. they were married for just 28 you will ever meet. they were married forjust 28 days. the dean of christ church told the congregation that pc harper was a truly outstanding young man who represented everything he would ever

wa nt represented everything he would ever want ina represented everything he would ever want in a police officer. the funeral service will be followed by a private cremation later this afternoon. syrian government forces have begun moving at a —— into key locations in the north of the country locations in the north of the cou ntry after locations in the north of the country after striking a deal with kurdish forces to counter a turkish invasion. it follows america's decision to pull all of its troops from the area controlled by kurds. the death toll has been rising and more than 160,000 people have been forced from their homes. the area you can see behind me is currently under syrian kurdish control but the way things are looking in the coming days or hours even, who knows? this is going to revert to syrian regime control and that is just one of the tumultuous events that people here have found it so difficult to grapple with. remember, just over

one week ago the white house, in effect, endorsed the turkish invasion plan. since then we have seen invasion plan. since then we have seen and assault from turkey. we have seen many kurdish deaths, destabilisation, the islamic state group fighters escaping. in an extraordinary turn of events we have seen extraordinary turn of events we have seen the kurdish administration that has been in control of some territory since the end of 2011, small pockets that expanded to cover around a quarter of the country, they have now said because the us troops are the think they want a syrian regime to come in and fill the void and take on the fight against turkish forces. and syrian kurds have been left with just another thing after having sacrificed so much in the fight against islamic state group. they have now been left reeling and unable to deal with what chaos will be brought in them tomorrow.

departing from the border of syria and iraq. three children believed to be from london were trapped in an ins refugee camp near the turkish border. their parentsjoint is ins refugee camp near the turkish border. their parents joint is three yea rs border. their parents joint is three years ago and were killed in the fighting. it is now thought that a un agency removed the children along with 24 un agency removed the children along with 2a other orphans as turkish forces advance and they are now safe. let's pick up now with events here in westminster. we have had the queen speech over the next couple of hours. nice to see it. brexit overshadowing absolutely everything and it is fair to say after the last few days, i'll be any clearer on what your parties policies? our position is as soon as they no—deal brexit is a batten down and is not

going to happen on the 31st of october, then we want an general election so we can get a labour government to undo that nine years of austerity and hold a public vote which will lead the people decide between the credible leaf option which we believe we can get in trim months and remain. jeremy corbyn told and that idea? yes. everybody sold on? everyone in the cabinet is sold on? everyone in the cabinet is sold on? everyone in the cabinet is sold on that. there are always small differences in opinion amongst backbenchers. the overwhelming majority of labour mps agree we need a general election as soon as a know deal brexit is battened down. and then the public vote will let the people decide. a credible leaf option which we believe we can get in three months. a credible leaf option in three months question mark read as i come from? because discussions have already been taken place with representatives of the european union of the last three

yea rs. european union of the last three years. they have indicated they are sympathetic to what our policy, for example, a permanent customs union. you are telling me that while negotiations have been going on there as been a parallel discussion between labour and the eu when you are ready to go and every body has agree? i'm sorry to tell you, it is not an announcement i am making here. it has always been the case thatjeremy and here. it has always been the case that jeremy and others here. it has always been the case thatjeremy and others have been visiting our colleagues in brussels in order to discuss these things with them. the reason it has been such a mess over the last three yeses because of the tory red lines. first by theresa may and then by borisjohnson. first by theresa may and then by boris johnson. wouldn't it be me more helpful to help with the negotiations that have been official and ongoing and matter at the moment? we have got a prime minister who is deeply untrustworthy. he hasn't got a deal. let's see if he gets one. but he is deal, if he gets one, it doesn't sound from the beatings like it will be any better than theresa may's deal. it even sounds like it might be worth. how

many members of your party would be prepared if there is a deal? say it happens on saturday, it might do. how many would say, let's go for this. that is hypothetical but left us see. this. that is hypothetical but left us see. i am putting it to you. how many do you think might say, for the sake of some sort of definite future let's just pack it? sake of some sort of definite future let'sjust pack it? i say it would bea let'sjust pack it? i say it would be a small number. however, i would say that i would counsel them against such an option because it doesn't get a secure future. it ends the uncertainty. but it doesn't. the tories slogan get brexit done sounds good but it wouldn't be the end, or the beginning of the end, probably just the end of the beginning. it would mean actually a whole host of new. . . would mean actually a whole host of new... a second referendum with a credible leaf option including a customs union and protection of workers' rights, environment, consumer standards, that would actually mean something that

wouldn't require months and years of new arrangements and new discussions with the european union. that would put an end to the matter. i boris johnson brexit would actually mean a whole host of new discussions about security, data sharing, terrace and a whole host of other things. i understand that people are impatient and want to get it done but what borisjohnson is and want to get it done but what boris johnson is proposing and want to get it done but what borisjohnson is proposing would not get it done. it would just start more. . . get it done. it would just start more... way to see you. catch with the weather. it is going to get considerably worse. unfortunately you have the best of your weather where you are standing right now. it is comparatively dry across south of england and east anglia but the met office have just issued a warning. this kicks in in the early evening and will stand until 9pm tonight.

thunderstorms are anticipated to come surging up from france on this training by the front you can see here. it is a bit of a mess across the uk. one area of rain to the west thatis the uk. one area of rain to the west that is drifting back into the atlantic. this area of more persistent rain affecting many parts of england and wales currently and these thunderstorms that we are going to be most concerned about as we move through the early evening and then for a good few hours they are set to rattle across south—east and east anglia. our target... are set to rattle across south—east and east anglia. ourtarget... a are set to rattle across south—east and east anglia. our target... a lot of rain. typical travel conditions. rain elsewhere will pull out into the north sea by the end of the night but then we are left with a lot of moisture and that will actually mean a chance of mist and fog first thing tomorrow morning. a relatively dry starting tuesday. actually, the day as a whole is much drier in comparison to today. low pressure in the north sea feeding crowd into the north—east of england. it could take awhile for some mist and fog to lift a central

pa rt some mist and fog to lift a central part of england and wales. hopefully spells of sunshine will take out every discipline to the mid teens. however, back out into the atlantic again, under the weather front set to come charging across as overnight tuesday into wednesday. heavy rain, potentially thundery rain but the worst of the wet weather passing through during the overnight period so we through during the overnight period so we will see some thundery showers first thing in the east on wednesday but we will seek skies clearing behind that. for now, it is time to hand back to westminster and simon. you are right. let's take you into the chamber because that debate is getting under way as i speak. the behaviour code is for members and others who work in parliament and others who work in parliament and provides clear guidance. u na cce pta ble and provides clear guidance. unacceptable behaviour will be dealt with seriously. independently. and with seriously. independently. and with effective sanctions. the house

asserts, colleagues, its privilege of freedom of speech. it is there to ensure that our constituents can be represented by us without fear or favour. it is an obligation upon us all to exercise that privilege responsibly. members must be mindful of the impact of what they say not only on other members, but on others who follow our proceedings. and members should be heard courteously, whatever their views. that privilege is enjoyed by members of parliament only in their work in this house. as private individuals, we are equal under the law with those whom we represent. parliament should be open to those whom it represents. we should look to explain its work to

those who elect us and make them welcome here. the security of this building and those who work and visit here depends upon all of us. we have a duty to be vigilant and to assist those whose job it is to maintain this place as a safe place to work. before moving to the first business of the new parliament, i would like to express my very best wishes for the new session to all honourable members. just away from that for a moment, this is housekeeping, if you like, john bercow, the outgoing speaker. let's keep an eye on this, but i am joined by chief political correspondent vicky young. what is happening now, what can we expect in the next five or ten minutes? this isjust housekeeping from the speaker. then you have two mps who have been selected to get up and make

speeches. the humble address. one is sarah newton the tory mps for truro, they normally pick somebody who is more experienced. and somebody who is seen as an up—and—coming young talent, lee raley has been selected for that. normally, the speeches are based around their constituency with humour thrown in, that is the idea anyway. then we have the two front benches starting with the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn, benches starting with the leader of the oppositionjeremy corbyn, come on followed by the prime minister borisjohnson on followed by the prime minister boris johnson before on followed by the prime minister borisjohnson before everybody else joins in to discuss the queen's speech which was laid out by the queen this morning. a lot of criticism as you would expect from the opposition parties, they say this is a pointless exercise and it isa this is a pointless exercise and it is a charade because borisjohnson knows that he cannot deliver on any of the premises in the queen's speech and it is possible the queen's speech vote which takes place next week might not be able to get it through anyway. let's listen we now have lee rowley getting to

his feet. lee rowley. mr speaker, i beg to move a humble address be presented to her majesty as follows. most gracious southern, we your majesty's most beautiful and loyal subjects, the commons of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland in parliament assembled beg leave to offer our humble thanks to your majesty for the gracious speech which your majesty has addressed to both houses of parliament. it is a great honour to propose the loyal address both for myself and for the constituency of north east derbyshire, my home, which i am so proud and privileged to represent. i stand here this afternoon, however, firstly to write afternoon, however, firstly to write a historic and terrible injustice. that no member from a historic and terrible injustice. that no memberfrom my great a historic and terrible injustice. that no member from my great county of derbyshire has moved the loyal address for over 100 years. the

delay has been long, mr speaker. it was last moved in 1903, when colonel g retton, was last moved in 1903, when colonel gretton, representing the constituency so ably now served by my honourable friend from south derbyshire, last moved to the address. i took to reading that speech just before today. to get some inspiration for the rather terrifying job that i now have. i'm afraid to report, it only increased my sense of nervousness about the task ahead. i discover that before the good colonel even uttered a single syllable, hansa rd the good colonel even uttered a single syllable, hansard notes with that courteous understatement which hansard is that courteous understatement which hansa rd is famous that courteous understatement which hansard is famous for, that he was heard with much difficulty. whatever thatis heard with much difficulty. whatever that is an edwardian euphemism for i think is lost to time, but i will look to avoid the challenge of my cou nty look to avoid the challenge of my county for bearer by speaking both loudly and at least at the start avoiding brexit. secondly, another

worry arose, if not for me, then for the right honourable gentleman the leader of the opposition. the subject which colonel gretton turns to first in his speech was not education or health or welfare or taxes. not even his constituency. it isa taxes. not even his constituency. it is a subject which continues to be returned to time and time again in this place. venezuela. laughter the colonel was keen to explain that the recent policy successes in south america had been achieved without the destruction of personal property. i wonder whether our venezuelan friends will have the pre—eminence in 2018 that they had in 2003. and i was recessed —— i was struck by the response of the prime minister that his initial remarks

we re minister that his initial remarks were not focused on matters of state but to ensure he did not impede upon the impending dinner hour of the members present. i hope not repeat that today by applying derbyshire common—sense and knowing when to sit down. i am relatively new to this place and have only been here since the 2017 general election. and having just turned 39, i think i tend hopefully just having just turned 39, i think i tend hopefullyjust towards having just turned 39, i think i tend hopefully just towards the having just turned 39, i think i tend hopefullyjust towards the more useful end of the scale of the parliamentary age range. not least if you will forgive me when comparing myself and my parliamentary neighbour who was in customary fine form this morning and who has been undertaking and providing quips to this house since a decade before i was born. so, having only witnessed... laughter. so, having witnessed only one

queen's speech here today, a search for advice about how to do it this afternoon. i discovered the best definition was laid out by the honourable member from sutton coldfield in a speech from the 19905. coldfield in a speech from the 1990s. myjoy quickly turned to horror when, having read his remarks, i found i horror when, having read his remarks, ifound i had been given a privilege by the treasury bench which is, and i quote, usually accorded to some genial old codger on the way out. now, mr speaker, i know that brexit has aged is all in the last three years, but i didn't realise my right honourable friends in government thought it affected my youth so badly, nor how keen they we re youth so badly, nor how keen they were to apparently get rid of me. we need today in troubled times at the end of the longest parliamentary session since the civil war, it is a time which more experienced members of the house tell new recruits is just not normal. our precious body politic lies bloodied, poisoned by rancour and enmity. and until the hope of the last few days, paralysed

by competing legitimacy. our politics is fought over sometimes viciously, and those —— and by those of us here in a way i have never known in my lifetime, and i say that asa known in my lifetime, and i say that as a working class kid who grew up in the north during the miners‘ strike, who is the nephew of somebody from the num and his grandparents toiled under the villagers i now have the privilege to represent. so i have some knowledge of challenge. we are in a ha rd knowledge of challenge. we are in a hard place and all of us, whatever bench or chair we sit in, are responsible for where we end up. in the last few days, there is at least hope that this toxic and crippling fog which we have created mightjust be lifting as the prime minister sketches and outline of the way forward. and i speak as someone who has been robust in my review of the previous proposals, but the house must surely see, as i do, we have debated long enough. this is a moment for decision. and we were

elected to make decisions. if there is light at the end of the tunnel later this week, and heaven knows, i hope there will be, we have a fundamental responsibility in this place to try and resolve this most thanks to problems and allow our despairing and embittered country to move on. for the health of our democracy and to restore faith in this most venerable of institutions, in my view, we simply must get brexit done. and i hope deep down that this place realises that it is time to get back to the other priorities of our country. and if it doesn‘t, to shattered parliament will be given even shorter shrift than the residents of north east derbyshire have already given it. they speak plainly and honestly in my 41 towns, villages and hamlets. they are good, honest, industrious men and women, the quiet backbone of our great country. in john men and women, the quiet backbone of our great country. injohn field and killer mash, they want to get up every morning and get a fair crack

of the whip and get on. in clay cross, they want betterment in life or theirfamilies cross, they want betterment in life or their families and their children, recognising communities are built from the ground up and not imposed top—down, and understanding that government should do some things well, not lots of things badly. they want government to prioritise technological advancement and innovation in health care to allow people to get better quickly and to live longer. they want people who stand shoulder to shoulder with our brave officers on the front line and they want government to make it their mission to deliver fast broadband to all of our nations. that is why there is so much to be welcomed in this queen‘s speech and why we must move beyond brexit. i can stitching she sits towering around the presence of a church which has been there since the 12th century —— my constituency sets. it can be seen for miles around. it is famous for a spy at which twists and bends unconventionally into the sky. —— spy. bends unconventionally into the sky. —— spy. i am the son of that and

proud to represent some of its domain today. and the values of those sons and daughters of north derbyshire are the same values as are the same values as other proud working class northern and midlands towns all across the country. and they are the values which propelled me here today. hard work, aspiration, a hand up, nota hand—out, freedom, liberty, society, real opportunity for ourselves and for our communities. and a desire to be set free to allow our talents to achieve what we can and not be told how to live our lives. last friday, i returned to my old school, saint mary‘s in chesterfield, to talk about the importance of democracy. it reminded me of the first time i came here 21 years ago only six from chip when we were welcomed by our member of parliament at the time, the much respected tony benn. i come from a very different political tradition to mr benn but he still held in high esteem. in the same

year he kindly showed me and my fellow students around these benches, he stood somewhere on here and he asked five questions are politicians, as he did regularly. they are as pertinent today as they we re they are as pertinent today as they were then. what power have you got? where did you get it from? in whose interests do you exercise it? to whom are you accountable? and, how can we get rid of you? i hope we remember that in the days ahead. and so, mr speaker, as we turn the page and one of the most innocuous parliamentary sessions of our lives and we dare to hope a new beginnings in the new one, a close by turning back to the prime minister mr balfour who responded to the last mp who proposed the address. mr balfour was a remarkable man who contributed much to this country and he is repeated once to have said, nothing matters very much and few things matters very much and few things matter at all. that may or may not be true. but in this most

tempestuous of times, i hope, i think, that most of us in this place recognised that the coming days do matter, that our nation is watching anxious with hope and belief to move on. north east derbyshire wants to move on and return to the priorities of the people so ably outlined in this programme of government. i think the country does, too. thank you. order, to second the address, i call sarah newton. thank you, mr speaker. it is an absolute pleasure to follow my honourable friend the member for pleasure to follow my honourable friend the memberfor north east derbyshire, who has an outstanding speech. and has demonstrated yet again what a champion he is for his constituents. now, mr speaker, when i was asked to second the humble address, ifelt i was asked to second the humble address, i felt honoured. i was asked to second the humble address, ifelt honoured. but i

i was asked to second the humble address, i felt honoured. but i also felt some consternation. of course, it is always an honour to represent my constituents in this place. while the house may very much tiring me talking about cornwall, i will never tire of speaking up for the duchy and it‘s great people. and i imagine there are many people watching this debate at home and i think they might prefer to be casting their eyes over that dark—haired and handsome member of parliament for the 18th century. of course, i am referring to russ poldark. my fictional predecessor who represented truro. i have to confess that even when i was in the whip‘s office, there was no use a save! —— i was no use with a scythe. i am assessed as where ten minors so i think of myself more as a demelzna so we can

think of myself more as a demelzna so we can all dodge in wishful thinking! oh was asked to give the speech which along with my honourable friend, i felt it was reserved for those people whips felt had reach the high water mark of their career in this place, so i don‘t know about you, mr speaker, but i feel very much like i am 35 andi but i feel very much like i am 35 and i think the best years are ahead of me. now, it is nearly ten years since i first spoke in this chamber, describing beautiful cornwall and highlighting my creative, inventive, enterprising and determined constituents. those qualities are as evident today as they were then. and thanks to the steps taken by governments since 2010 and working with the many candy people in my constituency, we are making real progress and improving the quality of people‘s lives —— can do people. the bills announced today and increased investment in our public services will be able to move further and faster in ensuring that eve ryo ne further and faster in ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to

reach their potential. from improving educational opportunities and access to high—quality health and access to high—quality health and care services, to better paid and care services, to better paid and high—quality jobs. and and care services, to better paid and high—qualityjobs. and the increase in the number of detectives painstakingly researching and gathering evidence to solve crime in our streets is most welcome. the funding attached is enough for 20,000 officers, or one coleen rooney! but most importantly of all... laughter. leaving our natural environment in better condition than we found it. our excellent local enterprise partnership has rightly identified cornwall‘s abundance of natural resources which, when harnessed, will make a massive contribution to the government‘s green growth strategy. in my maiden speech, i singled out the potential for deep geothermal energy as a significant renewable energy technology. and i am delighted to

report to the house today that we now have the hottest, deepest hole in the uk! to generate electricity, plans are well under way. it has been a long journey and the determination of all involved in this project clearly illustrates the uk's this project clearly illustrates the uk‘s global leadership on tackling climate change. we are now working on floating wind in the celtic seat which has even greater potential. mr speaker, uk as the carbonised faster than any major economy. reducing our emissions by 38% since 1990. we know we need to go further and faster, which is why i am very proud it is a conservative government that supported the world leading net zero target and setting out measures that will enable us do this. a landmark environment bill is a huge step in ensuring we lead —— we leave the natural environment in a better

state than we found it, the bill will enable a comprehensive framework for legally binding targets including a target for air quality and the establishment of a new office for environmental protection. now, climate change, together with the threat to our natural environment, is the most serious challenge we face today and our response must be comprehensive, with action taken across the whole economy. i am confident we can do this. why? because there is no widespread concern and support for action because we have what it takes to rise to this challenge. it is a real opportunity to grow our economy more sustainably. but also can affect is an opportunity to grow our economy more successfully. like members across this house every week, i had meetings with a wide range of people who are fully invested in wanting us to succeed in meeting our net zero target. now, if we are to harness this enthusiasm,

expertise, it cannotjust be about distant international summits with acronyms that few people understand. when the uk hosts the international un climate change summit in glasgow next year, it must ensure that every sector of society is involved in the conversation. with an issue as big as climate change, we need everyone‘s collective brainpower to find the right solutions and we must have everyone on board if we are to implement them. post exits, the country needs to unite around a shared national purpose and i believe this is it —— post brexit. by believe this is it —— post brexit. by enabling comprehensive action on climate change across society with eve ryo ne climate change across society with everyone involved and no one left behind, we can start rebuilding a truly united kingdom, one we can all be proud of. but that is a thing, mr speaker, we have to have unity of purpose —— that is the thing. we now have to agree on the one thing we haven‘t been able to agree upon, the

one thing holding the nation back, and that is our future relationship with europe. it has been tough going. and we debated this thoroughly for years. but it is this week, this week above all others, when we must redouble our efforts, compromise and find a consensus on our way forward. so, mr speaker, compromise and find a consensus on ourway forward. so, mr speaker, i have been thinking about what we could do in this place to create the right atmosphere, the right mood, one that will promote trust, generate harmony and result in a consensus and that unity of purpose. soi consensus and that unity of purpose. so i was thinking, what do we do when we are under pressure? when we are anxious, when success seems so far away. what do we do in our personal lives, with our families, in good times and bad, in our communities when we get together, whether in collective acts of worship or when our beloved football or rugby teams are playing? what we

all do on these occasions is, we sing! we sing! because it makes us all feel good. yes! gareth malone has inspired the nation‘s workplaces and he has proven that singing together increases feelings of trust and common purpose between people. so, i thought, and common purpose between people. so, ithought, mr speaker, what songs could we sing? to help us on our way this week. perhaps we should begin with queen‘s under pressure, appropriate as with the ticking time scale of the brexit deadline approaching, don‘t stop thinking about tomorrow by fleetwood mac, to focus our minds are now relationship with europe and the need to respond to climate change. to encourage

greater co—operation between all members in this house, we could be singing high school musical where it all in this together or meet me halfway by black eyed peas. i hope we can work our way to be the son back and we would unite in rousing rendition of i can see clearly now. reading us all to glory again, lets make a deal. and the beatles complaint is in the right direction with their song we make can work it out, because that is what the nation expects us to do, mr speaker. thank you, the question is that a humble address be presented to her majesty

as follows, most gracious sovereign, we, your majesty's most beautiful and loyal subjects, the comments of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland in parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to your majesty for the gracious speech which your majesty has addressed to both houses of parliament. the leader of the opposition. thank you, mr speaker. this year marks two anniversaries. the 70th anniversary of the 19119 parliament act which asserted the primacy of this house over then hereditary house of lords. and i think in our deliberations this week, it is worth remembering the primacy of the house of commons over that. and over the executive. it is also the 50th anniversary of the 1969 representation of the people act,

which i remember very well because it extended the vote to everyone over the age of 18. as we meet today, i think, over the age of 18. as we meet today, ithink, mr speaker, we should, to strengthening our democracy and the vital role of this democratic house in holding the executive to account. by tradition at the beginning of each parliamentary session, we commemorate the members of the house we have lost in the last year. earlier this year, we lost our great friend paul flynn. a fiercely independent, passionate, very kind and very principled member of this house. i remember him reading out in this house the names of those who had died in the wars in iraq and afghanistan, two wars which he opposed. he briefly served in our shadow cabinet and i think the whole house was enlivened by his performance. hejoked house was enlivened by his performance. he joked at the first meeting of both the shadow cabinet and when he spoke from the floor that there was a part of a job creation that he was part of a job

creation that he was part of a job creation scheme for octogenarians. he was not there because he was an excellent orator, campaigner and member of the house, he was there because he was an excellent representative of the people of newport west, the constituency he served so well and passionately for 32 years. mr speaker, today‘s proposer and seconder of the loyal address share a route to this place, both were local councillors prior to entering the house. and i pay tribute to all those who put themselves forward to represent local communities as councillors. because without them, our democracy would be worse off. they work hard, long hours and often not particularly well rewarded or appreciated for the work that they do and! appreciated for the work that they do and i think that we should recognise they are part of our democracy. i was a little surprised to see that the member for north east derbyshire had been asked by the prime minister to propose the motion today because i understand they have not always enjoyed the best of relationships. as we know,

mr speaker, the prime minister has earned the reputation for enjoying life to the fullest. during his time as london mayor, i understand he became incandescent with anger and rage on learning that the honourable member, at that time a westminster counsellor, intended introducing a nightlife tax. thankfully, the member was able to reassure the now prime minister that the nightlife tax only applied to car parking charges and not to other activities. although on reflection, he may have missed a great opportunity of earning a great deal of revenue from the people of westminster. i suspect it is no coincidence that the member for north east derbyshire has shown great independence of thought as a

politician, as he grew up in chesterfield during the 1980s, a cradle of political dissent. today, the member is again in danger of finding himself upgraded by the prime minister, this time as a member of the noes ringed and uncooperative crusties. he took his arguments against fracking into the lions den of the 2018 tory party conference and predicted his party‘s support for fracking would see them lose seats. in north east derbyshire, i assume. lose seats. in north east derbyshire, iassume. my late lose seats. in north east derbyshire, i assume. my late great friend tony benn, the honourable memberfor chesterfield, in friend tony benn, the honourable member for chesterfield, in one of his last books, the last diary, it said, its title was dare to be a daniel. i hope the honourable member continues to dare and i hope you will also emulate the dedham met the experience and the wit of his neighbour, my great friend, the

memberfor neighbour, my great friend, the member for bolsover. researching today‘s seconder. laughter. he is my great friend. researching today‘s seconder, mr speaker, the member for truro researching today‘s seconder, mr speaker, the memberfor truro and falmouth, i believe i have uncovered yet another secret conservative project originating in murton in the 19805, that led directly to downing street three decades later. chief of the wimbledon set as they became known was the right honourable memberfor maidenhead. by known was the right honourable member for maidenhead. by her side stood her loyal lieutenants, the honourable member is for wimbledon, basingstoke and of course truro and falmouth. today, there is a part of

the wimbledon set described as competent professionals, which really begs the question, how did the right honourable memberfor epsom and york ever sneak into the wimbledon set? the house may not know this... mr speaker, the house... the house may not know this but in 2013 the honourable member and i found ourselves in political agreement. i was happy to support her early day motions about the anniversary of the death of emily wilding davidson. i think it is worth the house hearing some of this. the house commemorate the centenary of the death. it salutes her courage in the heart of the suffragette cause and pays tribute to her and herfellow campaigners for their brave and ultimately successful efforts to secure votes for women. mr speaker, while i may be dubious of the

company she speaks, the honourable member is more deserving of the honour of seconding today‘s‘s loyal address. there has never been such a farce as a government with a majority of —45 and eight... and a 100% record of defeat in the house of commons setting out a legislative agenda they know cannot be delivered in this parliament. and honourable members‘s heckles about a general election, i said to the prime minister last month, get an extension, take us away from the dangers of a new deal and then we are ina dangers of a new deal and then we are in a position to do that. mr speaker, we may only bejust

are in a position to do that. mr speaker, we may only be just weeks away from the first queen‘s speech ofa away from the first queen‘s speech of a labour government. and in that queen‘s speech labour will put forward the most radical and people focus programme in modern times. a once ina focus programme in modern times. a once in a generation chance to rebuild and transform our country. it will let the people decide on brexit, build an economy that works for all, rebuild our public services that support everyone, tackle the climate emergency and reset our global role to one based on peace and human rights. i'm gratefulto the right honourable gentleman for

giving way. the prime minister gave the right honourable gentleman of the right honourable gentleman of the opportunity of having a general election tomorrow. had that general election tomorrow. had that general election taken place tomorrow, if he had been successful, he would have been going to the council of ministers this weekend to negotiate. why did he reject that opportunity when he has been calling for it all the time? quite simply, mr speaker, because we don‘t trust the prime minister. mr speaker, this government has had three and a half yea rs government has had three and a half years to get brexit done and they have failed. the only legitimate way to sort brexit now is to let the people decide with a final say. to pass this house any deal needs to meet the needs of workers and

businesses. that means including a new customs union, a close single market relationship and guarantees of workers right, consumer standards and environmental protection. and if i may say so, guarantees of the good friday agreement will not be damaged or undermined in friday agreement will not be damaged orundermined in any friday agreement will not be damaged or undermined in any way. our withdrawal agreement was announced but we don‘t know yet if the government has done a deal. what we are sure of is that this house has legislated against crashing out with no deal and that the prime minister must comply with the law if a deal does not pass this house. the queen‘s speech talked about the opportunities that arise from brexit but the government‘s own figures suggest a free trade agreement approach will cause a near 7% hit to our economy while a no deal crashed

out would cause a 10% ahead. these seem out would cause a 10% ahead. these seem like the opportunities that we could all live without. for many people the economy of this country is fundamentally weak. since 2010 there are more workers in poverty, more children in poverty, more pensioners in poverty, there are more families without a home to call their own and more people, fellow citizens, sleeping rough on our streets. fewer people can afford their own home and wages are still lower than they were a decade ago. productivity is falling and the economy contracted last month. at the weekend, mr speaker, i was in hastings on the south coast where last year food banks staffed by

volu nteers last year food banks staffed by volunteers distributed 87,453 meals and one in seven people in that town live in poverty. are those not shocking figures in this country on the 21st century? there was nothing in the queen speech to address our stag na nt in the queen speech to address our stagnant economy. nothing to address low pay and insecure work. nothing to reverse the rising levels of child poverty or of pensioner poverty. give way? does he agree with me that the challenges now face by the rising child poverty compounded by mental health issues that young people face, compounded by the writing special educational

needs not being met by the resources that our education system needs, are contributing to a next—generation growing up in despair which the country will pay the price of four generations to come?” country will pay the price of four generations to come? i thank my friend for that intervention. we have almost a lost generation. children going to school, understaffed schools, very few teaching assistants, head teachers going out with a begging bowl to pa rents to going out with a begging bowl to parents to try and match the school‘s budget. and too many young people growing up in incredible levels of stress, bad housing and of stress and worry about the future. that contributes to the mental health crisis of this country as a whole must address. so will the prime minister match labour‘s commitment to scrap the benefit freeze, end the benefit cap, ditch

the bedroom tax, scrap the two child limitand the bedroom tax, scrap the two child limit and the disgusting rape clause and end punitive sanctions in the benefit system? whilst we welcome the legislation to ensure employers pass on tips to their workers, some think the labour and trade union movement has long campaigned for, the government must go further and i would urge them to listen to the package of measures set out by my honourable friend the member for north west durham when she made a brilliant speech at the tuc earlier last month. this speech today was supposed to herald an end to austerity and a new vision. instead, it barely begins to unpick the devastating cuts to public services. the national health service. yes, i will give way. i am grateful to the national health service. yes, i will give way. i am gratefulto him for giving way. would he agree that

the climate and nature emergencies demand so much more thanjust the six words they were accorded in the speech and an environment build that will widely weaken the protections we currently enjoy as members of the eu? will you join me we currently enjoy as members of the eu? willyoujoin me in we currently enjoy as members of the eu? will you join me in calling for a comprehensive green new deal to decarbonise the economy by 2030 so we can show we are genuinely serious about the climate crisis?” we can show we are genuinely serious about the climate crisis? i think the memberfor that about the climate crisis? i think the member for that intervention. i‘m coming onto that any moment but i absolutely agree with her. what we need is a green new deal, a green industrial revolution and we have to face up to the reality of the climate emergency. if we don‘t the damages to the next generation and the one after that will be even worse. i would the one after that will be even worse. iwould national the one after that will be even worse. i would national health service have suffered the longest funding squeeze in its history and life expectancy is appalling and infa nt life expectancy is appalling and infant mortality is rising. schools have had their budgets cut, class sizes have risen and head teachers

are sending begging letters to pa rents. are sending begging letters to parents. any member opposite the city was concerned about that should simply takea city was concerned about that should simply take a bog down the road and speak to any primary school head teacher about the stress they are going through and the stress their pupils are going through? a walk down the road. the police have lost 20,000 officers whilst violent crime soars. would he therefore support this government's policy to rapidly increase school funding? this government's policy to rapidly increase school funding ?m this government's policy to rapidly increase school funding? if only they were, it would be a good thing! all the off—the—cuff announcements by the prime minister sincejuly do not add up to the austerity created by that party and by the liberal democrats during their period in coalition. mr speaker, nhs england

has made clear that court treatment target cannot be met within the funding settlement offered by the government. they cannot be trusted with the national health service. waiting lists are going up, waiting times are coming up and the shortage of gps continues to create problems every doctor‘s surgery. the government‘s refusal to guarantee key standards lets down the 4.4 million patients on the waiting list. of those waiting longer and longer in accident and emergency departments and nearly 34,000 patients who waited over 62 days for cancer treatment last year. with 40,000 nursing vacancies, there is an urgent need to restore the nurse bursary so we have the nurses of

tomorrow. but if the prime minister really wa nts tomorrow. but if the prime minister really wants to defend... if the prime minister... mr speaker, if the prime minister... mr speaker, if the prime minister... mr speaker, if the prime minister really wants to defend the nhs he needs to end privatisation. so that our nhs is focused on making people better, not people on the make. a universal service free at the point of use. we don‘tjust want service free at the point of use. we don‘t just want tinkering around service free at the point of use. we don‘tjust want tinkering around the edges, we want to be in the health and social care act and truly end all privatisation within our national health service. he talks

about the bursary system. i trained in the bursary system and lived on a pittance each month. it is government that is introducing... he i have got news for her. it is her government that ended the nurse bursary system. simple. so, will the prime minister support labour‘s plans to provide free prescriptions to people in england, as has been donein to people in england, as has been done in wales, scotland and northern ireland? and will he back labour‘s commitment to legislate for state staffing levels in all our hospitals? in the last queen‘s speech in 2017 it is stated, and i quote, my government will perform mental health legislation and ensure that mental health is prioritised in the national health service in

england. two years on, all we have at the same warm words. the mental health crisis continues to get worse and worse, as many people in great stress are told there is no therapy available to them for several months and asa available to them for several months and as a result of terrible things can happen. it is a similar story, mr speaker, and social care. the 2017 queen‘s speech promised, i quote, my ministers will work to improve social care and will bring forward proposals. today we have the same promise after two years of inaction and failure. with 87 people dying every day while they wait for social care that is not provided. this queen‘s speech is shockingly wea k this queen‘s speech is shockingly weak on education with no commitment on early years, colleges or on universities. the money announced for our schools does not restore the

funding lost since 2010. it is all very well promising extra police but the reason we don‘t have enough police is because the government cut 21,000 policejobs police is because the government cut 21,000 police jobs and police is because the government cut 21,000 policejobs and nearly police is because the government cut 21,000 police jobs and nearly 7000 police community support officers. if the party opposite, the party in government, was to talk about providing place with protections, perhaps i can tell the police why they subjected them and millions of other public sector workers to cuts in their pay, their pensions and damaging the terms and conditions of employment. i know this government doesn‘t have a great record of listening tojudges but doesn‘t have a great record of listening to judges but surely they are aware thatjudges already have the powers to ensure that the most serious offenders serve more than half of their sentences in jail. our

prisons are severely overcrowded. there are 2500 fewer prison officers in our prisons today than in 2010. hence, many of the problems throughout all prison service. the privatisation of the probation service was a shambolic and costly failure. and i hope that lessons have been learned and we will examine closely any proposals on rehabilitating offenders. because i hope that alongside the tougher sentencing the government will also recognise that too many people are in prison on very short sentences for a non—violent and non—sexual offences. our society, i for a non—violent and non—sexual offences. oursociety, i believe, could be better served by them being subject to community sentencing and restorative justice. and what will the prime minister do to address the appalling low conviction rate for rape and other serious sexual

offences ? rape and other serious sexual offences? the dog whistle rhetoric around foreign offenders is a rather ugly mask for the fact that by crashing out of the eu this government risked losing some of the most effective measures in tackling cross—border crime. the european arrest warrant, participation in euro just arrest warrant, participation in eurojust and arrest warrant, participation in euro just and access to numerous databases. we will of course study the detail closely of the government proposals on real reform. but it is no good simply changing the way in which train operating companies carry on extracting profit from our fragmented railway system. only a labour government will cap affairs and ensure the railway is run for the passengers, not for profit. and there is nothing in this queen‘s speech to reverse the devastating cuts to bus services all over the country. it is a labour government

that will restore rail and bus services and the integration of those services. mr speaker, two yea rs those services. mr speaker, two years ago the horror of grain fell happened. we remember it very well. and we remember the response of the public and in this house. but i have to say, nine out of ten private blocks of flats with rental style cladding still have not had it replaced. not a single private block has been made safe under this prime minister. so will he confirm today that he will set a hard deadline for all landlords to replace dangerous cladding? that he will toughen sanctions against block owners that won‘t do that work? and will fund the retrofitting of sprinklers in all high rise social housing blocks? and restore the budget cuts to our fire service who acted so heroically

on that dreadful night of the great hellfire? and perhaps he can set out what. .. hellfire? and perhaps he can set out what... —— hellfire? and perhaps he can set out what. .. —— that hellfire? and perhaps he can set out what... —— that grenfell tower. there are more people sleeping on our streets, more families in hostels and temporary accommodation and fewer people able to buy their own home. labour will end... and fewer people able to buy their own home. labourwill end... we and fewer people able to buy their own home. labour will end... we will tackle the leasehold scandal and kick—start the largest council house building programme for a generation. it will be labour that will fix the housing crisis in this country. the introduction of pension dashboards is welcome. as is the legislation for cdc pension schemes, which i hope will help resolve the royal mail dispute. sadly, mr speaker, these proposals do nothing to

address the injustice done to women born in the 19505. that injustice must be put right. and this queen‘s speech additionally does nothing to guarantee the free tv licence for the over 75 40 mark. this government, mr speaker, handed our armed forces a pay cut for seven yea rs armed forces a pay cut for seven years and cuts to council budgets in england have made it far harder to deliver the armed forces... it leaves our veterans, personal and all of theirfamilies leaves our veterans, personal and all of their families worse off. we will not allow this government to stifle democracy by making it harder for people to vote. there was only one instance of voter impersonation in the last election. 11 million people in this country don‘t have... it is cvs! it is about elections and it is about democracy! 11 million people in this country don‘t have a passport or a driving licence. there

are huge risks in the legislation being proposed which will disproportionally affect working class, ethnic minority and young voters. thank you for giving way on that point. does he agree with me that point. does he agree with me that this decision to require voters to have photo id at the ballot box is clearly an attempt by the party opposite to suppress voting, particularly, mr speaker, designed deliberately to hit the poorest hardest. there is no question, my friend is absolutely right. this legislation is designed to hit the poorest the hardest, those that don‘t have passports, don‘t have access to other identity and will thus lose their right to vote and decide who governs in the future.

freedom... order! order! the right honourable gentleman will give way when he chooses. he doesn't need to be told what to do by people gesticulating at him. stop it. it is low—grade, out of keeping with the code. jeremy corbyn! freedom of movement has given opportunities to millions of british people. to live, to work and to retire across europe. and it has benefited our economy absolutely immensely. with european union workers playing a key role in sustaining many of our industries and our public service. no responsible member would vote to rip that up unless there is a proper plan in place. in the shadow of the

windrush scandal the settled status scheme for european union citizens risks another round of wrongful denial of rights and shameful deportations. i look forward to the prime minister assuring those european union citizens that have made such an enormous contribution to our lives and our society. that they will have a secure future in our country. the government says that it will be at the forefront of solving the most complex international security issues and global challenges. and yet they are playing precisely no role in stopping the horror is unfolding in the kurdish areas of northern syria. ending the warand the kurdish areas of northern syria. ending the war and humanitarian crisis in yemen, are standing up for the rights of the people of palestine, ecuador or hong kong.

they are continuing to cosy up to donald trump and sitting idly by as he wrecks the world‘s efforts to tackle climate change and nuclear per affiliation. the crisis of our age is the climate emergency. as declared by this house in bay. but there is no action announced in this queen‘s speech. —— as declared by this house in may. i‘d pay tribute to the climate school strikers and extension rebellion. sadly, the government hasn‘t listened. the prime minister derided them as nose ring christians, although i note the number included a conservative former member of the european parliament who i believe is related to the prime minister. so many people are concerned about bad air quality, the failure to invest in

renewable energy and the pollution of our rivers and seas and the loss of our rivers and seas and the loss of biodiversity. but only this government has the power and resources to tackle the climate emergency if it wanted to. but is messing with inaction. it is labour that will bring forward a green new deal to tackle the climate emergency. the legislative programme isa emergency. the legislative programme is a propaganda exercise that the government cannot disguise. this government cannot disguise. this government has failed on brexit for over three years. they are barely beginning to undo the damage of a decade of cuts to our public services. it does nothing for people struggling to make ends meet. does nothing to make our world a safer place or tackle the climate emergency. the prime minister promised that this queen‘s speech would dazzle us. on closer inspection, it is nothing more than

filled gold. —— fool‘s gold. inspection, it is nothing more than filled gold. -- fool's gold. this queen‘s speech delivers on their priorities and by strengthening our nhs with the biggest programme of hospital building for a generation by putting 20,000 more police on the street, by unlocking the potential of the whole country with new infrastructure, better education and high—technology from broadband to a new national space strategy. we aim to create a new age of opportunity for the whole country. as we prepared to get brexit done by october the 31st we are setting out our vision of an open, global, free trading united kingdom. a high wage, low tax economy with the highest

environmental standards, new protections for animal welfare, the best place to invest, the best place to start a business, the best place to start a business, the best place to start a family and send your kids to start a family and send your kids to school. without being chauvinistic or disrespectful to anywhere else in the world. in important respects, this country is greatest place to live on earth. her majesty boss max —— her majesty‘s speech was composed superbly. the first... if honourable members are wondering whence my honourable friend derives his passion and his oratorical gifts, it may interest them to note that his aunt was

secretary to arthur scargill. i doubt that he shares many of the convictions of the former miner‘s leader, except one. that we should obey the democratic will of the people. my honourable friend is also a passionate collector of airline memorabilia. his home is allegedly stocked, a museum of airline wash bags, socks and a vast fleet of model planes, including a model extension rebellion protester glued to the roof. all i can say to my honourable friend is, cabin crew doors to automatic and cross checked because his career is plainly about to ta ke because his career is plainly about to take off and his speech was in the very finest traditions of the house. mr speaker, it was brilliantly seconded by my

honourable friend the member for pru row and falmouth. he comes from a very different wing of the party. the modern tory party is a vast and capacious low—carbon the modern tory party is a vast and ca pacious low—carbon plain, the modern tory party is a vast and capacious low—carbon plain, by the way. who has been highly successful asa campaigner way. who has been highly successful as a campaigner for the way. who has been highly successful as a campaignerfor the rights of disabled people. although she is known for her calm manner and hurt dulcet tones, when it comes to defending the interest of her native cornwall or protecting the pasty against the fiscal depredations of former chancellors, she can be as fearsome... on the most divisive issue in modern britain, it is well known she has come down on one side and will not be budged. it is jam first, not cream. she is cornish to

her roots and her speech was also in the best traditions of the house. mr speaker, let me join the the best traditions of the house. mr speaker, let mejoin the right honourable gentleman in paying tribute to the much loved and greatly missed paul flynn. a proud and british welshman, who earned this obituary from goldie looking chain, a south wales wrap on sampler straight out of newport. as an mp, he was well respected mrs 1987 when first elected. across the party, paul was revered and it is just possible he was born with that beard. across the floor far and wide, respected across the political divide, regardless of your stance, left or right, raise a glass to pull tonight. i have no ideas as to the

political preferences of the band members, but i think the whole house... the honourable lady may be right in watching projects, but i have no doubt whole house will agree with their tribute to paul flynn. the speeches from my honourable friends from north east derbyshire and truro and falmouth are in the finest traditions of the house and the speech from the leader of the opposition was in the finest tradition of the leader of the opposition. first he was opposed to no—deal, now he seems opposed to any deal. first he was in favour of the living brexit, now he wants a second referendum. —— delivering. first he wa nted referendum. —— delivering. first he wanted an election, for quite a long time, now he would much rather not. he resembles a jane s, time, now he would much rather not. he resembles ajane s, a push me and pull me facing both directions at once and unable to decide for either. his policy on cake is

neither having it or eating it. and frankly, ifearfor neither having it or eating it. and frankly, i fear for his neither having it or eating it. and frankly, ifearfor his political health. because we can all see the soviet era expulsions that are taking place in his circle, as one by one, his lieutenants are purged. as lenin purged the associates of poor old trotsky. and there is lenin, mr speaker, the veteran fabricator of budgets, as the shadow chancellor tightens his icy grip on the labour party, the contest becomes ever stock. we are putting up becomes ever stock. we are putting up wages country would to what he just said, the living wage —— contrary to what he just said. they would put up taxes. we will control immigration with a points—based

system. and of course, let me anticipate the point my honourable friend is going to make, and we will look after the interests of the 3.4 million. they want to abandon immigration controls altogether, to judge by what he hasjust immigration controls altogether, to judge by what he has just said. immigration controls altogether, to judge by what he hasjust said. we back our armed services. he sides with their enemies historically. he sides with their enemies. and he has said he would like to disband them. we wa nt said he would like to disband them. we want to strengthen and we will strengthen our united kingdom, he would break it up. and i will give way to the honourable gentleman. i'm very grateful to the prime minister for giving way. he was just saying about how his government backs the armed services. he will be aware that our army is almost 40,000 fewer thanit that our army is almost 40,000 fewer than it was when the conservatives came to power, he will be aware those people same thing in our armed forces have seen their wages cut in real terms seven years in a row. tell us what he would do for a set

of armed forces who he was not backing?! i think he should support a government and i hope he will support a government putting another £2.2 billion into our armed services. increasing spending on our armed services by 2.6%. an investing massively in shipbuilding. and taking our armed services forward. as you may know, there will be measures coming forward as a result of this queen‘s speech which didn‘t will do more to protect our armed services and i give way with pleasure to my honourable friend. defence is linked to foreign policy, britain is respected around the world for the values it stands up for, one of them is freedom of religion or belief. it is not mentioned in the queen‘s speech. yesterday, parliamentarians from across the house, led by his royal and is the prince of wales, were at the holy seat for the canonisation of cardinal newman. can the prime minister confirm religious freedom will always be a key priority for

our government? i thank my honourable friend for everything he does to promote religious freedom around the world and i can certainly give him that assurance, and we will stand up for religious freedom in all ourforeign policy. stand up for religious freedom in all our foreign policy. i stand up for religious freedom in all ourforeign policy. i will give way with pleasure. thank you, mr speaker, i thank my right honourable friend for allowing me to intervene on him. i know my right honourable friend really cares about legacy prosecutions and what is happening to soldiers like dennis hutchence, but there was no mention in the queen‘s speech about looking after our veteran soldiers from northern ireland and i know my right honourable friend intends to do that, so what are we are going to do about it? because it is aided in the case of dennis. i am grateful to my honourable friend and he anticipates the point i am going to come to my remarks. but let me deal with it out of order, mr speaker, and say we will bring forward legislation to

protect serving and former serving personnel. and as he will know, the consultation on that matter has just come to an end. i havejoined several important points of distinction between this government and the party led by the leader of the opposition. but for our present purposes, perhaps the most immediate is that he wants to dither and delay, whereas we want to get on and deliver brexit on october the 31st. and i cannot in all conscience believe that is the right way forward for this country. mr speaker, the right honourable gentleman recently said that he was daunted by the prospect that he might actually become prime minister. i have to say that he is not alone in that fear. so is most of the opposition, to judge not alone in that fear. so is most of the opposition, tojudge by not alone in that fear. so is most of the opposition, to judge by their reactions, most of the house of commons and indeed most of the country. and i can give him this reassurance, i intend to do everything i can to prevent that from happening.

i hope very much that in spite of some of our differences, in spite of some of our differences, in spite of some our differences, he will support at least some of the measures in the gracious speech. because at the heart of this speech is an ambitious programme to unite our country with energy and with optimism. but also come up with the basic common sense of one nation conservatism. contrary to some of the gloomy things we heard just now, we have an employment at the lowest level since 1974. we have investment, inward investment at record highs. we have 700,000 fewer children in workless households than there were in 2010 and we are leading the world in so many sectors

of the 21st century business and technology. and it is because of that economic success, that free market success, and i can see the shadow chancellor recoil at the motion of a free market success, like her —— like a transylvanian in the sunlight! that is how we will look after those who look after us and keep us safe. that is how we will spend another £2.2 billion in the armed services to get to the point is the honourable gentleman raises, and yes, as i say we will bring forward legislation to protect our serving men and women. and of course, i should our serving men and women. and of course, ishould be our serving men and women. and of course, i should be very clear. this government understands that no one can escape justice for a crime that they have committed. but we also understand that there should be no unfair prosecution when no new

evidence has been produced. and yes, in the same spirit we will protect our brave police who run towards danger to keep us safe, by putting the police government into law. and by giving them the political support that they need to do theirjob. even if that means difficult and intrusive procedures like stop and search. because those procedures save lives. and as we back our police and insist on serious sentencing for serious crimes, and i think it was the labour party that instituted automatic early release, this government, this one nation government, also insist. one of many over the years, i trust, in the queen‘s speech, he said rightly to the leader of the opposition there should be no further dithering and delay and i agree entirely, as we

have skipped the eu on october the 315t, have skipped the eu on october the 31st, can he confirm once and for all the immigration bill his government will bring forward will unequivocally enshrined in legislation the rights of my mother and father and 3 million other eu nationals? yes, not only can i give him that absolute and unequivocal guarantee, mr speaker, buti him that absolute and unequivocal guarantee, mr speaker, but i am delighted to say that 2 million eu nationals in this country have already registered under the eu registration system. i give way to the honourable gentleman. could he give us an assurance that the legislation which he intends to introduce to protect those members of the armed forces, in keeping with his not one nation philosophy, will include those who served in northern ireland and he will not be detracted

from that by the efforts of the northern ireland office, he would try to pick —— he would try to placate sinn fein rather than to protect soldiers question but i am very grateful, i know he campaigned passionately on this issue and i merely repeat what i think he would agree with. no one should escape justice for a crime that he or she may have committed. but it cannot be right that people should face unfair prosecutions when no new evidence has been forthcoming. and that applies across the whole of our country. and as i say, this is a one nation government. that insist not only on dealing with crime, but also with the causes of crime. as a former labour leader once put it, by the way. and in tackling all the causes of mental ill health or alienation in young people, and that is why today, we announce a new programme to purge online harm from the internet and to invest massively

in youth clubs, and we fail as one nation conservatives never to abandon anyone, never to write off any young person because they have beenin any young person because they have been in prison, but to help them into work. and by investing in prisons as we are, to prevent them from becoming academies of crime. and when we tackle crime as one nation conservatives, when we tackle the problems of mental ill—health, we are doing something for the socialjustice of the country. because we all know that it is the poorest and the neediest who are disproportionately victims of crime. and we know that it is the poorest who are most likely to suffer from mental ill—health. and so it is our job as a campaigning government to level up investment across the nation. and i am proud to announce that we are seeing the biggest programme of investment in the nhs for a generation. in ten years‘ time asa for a generation. in ten years‘ time as a result of decisions being taken now, there will be 40 new hospitals.

we have fantastic nhs staff. we have fantastic nhs staff, the best in the world. and it is time to give them the funding and the facilities that they deserve. and i am proud, by the way, members opposite have shouted out about education, i am proud we are levelling up with a £14 billion funding in our schools, in our primary schools, i hope they will support that. because we believe thatis support that. because we believe that is the best way to create and to spread opportunity more fairly and more uniformly across the country. to give every child a superb education. i give way. can i welcome the queen‘s speech and its emphasis on the people‘s priorities? is my right honourable friend aware that in bexley, people want brexit done and they want a one nation conservative government going

forward with all the other policies we have got in the queen‘s speech, for the benefit of all the people? we don‘t want to go back to labour of the 19705, which was a failure. my of the 19705, which was a failure. my right honourable friend is com pletely my right honourable friend is completely right. because what we haveis completely right. because what we have is a choice between a semi—marxist opposition that would set this country back decades, if not marxist, and a one nation government that understands the vital importance of wealth creation. i give way with pleasure to the honourable member.” i give way with pleasure to the honourable member. i am very grateful the prime minister has given way to a woman mp. will he clarify whether in the queen‘s speech, where there was very little information about the climate change emergency, whether he will give a little bit more detail on what the government will do in relation to this pressing issue, which is affecting so many young people and

their mental health? thank you very much for her question and she is raising a very good point. because at the heart of the queen‘s speech is provision for a new independent environmental regulator that will individually this government and any government in the future, as we agree though i chime it —— climate change targets —— that will invigilator. that is how this country can hope to be carbon neutral and let zero by 2050 and thatis neutral and let zero by 2050 and that is our programme. i will give way happily. -- net zero. he said a moment ago those who are poorest are ha rd est moment ago those who are poorest are hardest hit by crime. can he explain therefore that having lost 1140 police officers, the merseyside force has been told by the home office that it is only allowed to recruit 200 more? the honourable lady raises a reasonable question.

the answer is that this is the first wave. there are 7,000 being recruited this year, 7,000 and 8,000 this year. and the volume of applications, i am delighted to say, is very high. and i believe our approach is right. delighted to give way. i would like to thank my right honourable friend for giving way and to pick up the plate on the environment, because the leader of the opposition seems to suggest there was not much about the environment in this speech. can the prime minister confirmed the uk is leading the world on the environment, leading the world and helping developing countries fight back against climate change, and that in this queen‘s speech which i have in my hand, there are new measures on water quality, on air

quality, on committing to reduced emissions and protecting our wildlife and our plants and our planet! i am so grateful to wildlife and our plants and our planet! i am so gratefulto my honourable friend because she gives me the opportunity to point out that it is this government that is doubling spending on climate change to £11.6 billion over the next five yea rs, to £11.6 billion over the next five years, that is a colossal sum, more than any other country. we are leading the world in tackling climate change and setting a blistering pace for our friends and partners across the world. and we are able to do that, mr speaker, because we support a dynamic free market economy, and that is how we are able to fund education across the country. because we believe that is the best way to create and spread opportunity. and not, as the right honourable gentleman opposite would do, to set out to mutilate that system by banning all fee—paying schools and there by saddling the

taxpayer with a £7 billion bill. we wa nt to taxpayer with a £7 billion bill. we want to give every parent the confidence that comes from publicly inspecting schools and i think it is frankly insane to scrap ofsted with no plan to put anything in its place. when parents rely on ofsted to keep their kids safe. and it is because we one nation conservatives believe in opportunity that we insist on standards in schools and we insist on investment, and it is to allow young people to make the most of their education and their talents and to boost the productivity of all the uk that we are embarking on the biggest programme of infrastructure investment for a generation. i will give way. i thank him for giving way, in terms of educational opportunities, how does he think young people‘s opportunities will be affected when the aerospace, chemical industries, food and drink association have written to him saying the manufacturing sector is going to be very badly damaged by

his deal, an industry that employs over1 million people and is worth just under 100 billion to the uk economy each year! may i respectfully suggest to him that that might be a good reason if it we re that might be a good reason if it were to, which it is not, for his party, to support a deal. —— if it we re party, to support a deal. —— if it were true. i must say i find it most peculiar that the leader of the liberal democrats has been off to see michel barnier in brussels to beg him not to give this country a deal. i am beg him not to give this country a deal. iam really... a beg him not to give this country a deal. i am really... a really quite extraordinary state of affairs. we believe in boosting the productivity of every part of this country, including particular cheltenham.” give way. schools in cheltenham and teachesin give way. schools in cheltenham and teaches in particular are doing a fantastic job of teaches in particular are doing a fantasticjob of driving up standards whilst at the same time coping with a dramatic increase in the demand for special educational needs. does the prime minister agree

that this is a queen‘s speech which meet that demand with huge additional investment to allow schools to go as far as their talents will take them ? schools to go as far as their talents will take them? thank you, my honourable friend is entirely right, that is why there is a massive increase notjust in primary school and secondary school funding but sen defunding across the country, giving local people the power to set up special educational needs schools where they desire. i give way happily. i think the prime minister for giving give way happily. i think the prime ministerfor giving way give way happily. i think the prime minister for giving way and give way happily. i think the prime ministerfor giving way and i know he has been to st albans and he found it fabulous but my st albans primary schools, the oldest in the country, are hugely worried about this crab on the assets being proposed by the leader of the opposition. can he give all private schools the reassurance they are not just the first of the charitable organisations —— this grab. but their assets are under attack from their assets are under attack from the gentleman opposite.” their assets are under attack from the gentleman opposite. i am grateful to my involved friend and thatis

grateful to my involved friend and that is not the only act of wanton expropriation envisaged, a massive £196 billion programme of nationalisation is what they want to do, the destruction they would reap on the uk economy. we, by contrast, mr speaker, wants to boost the productivity of the whole of the uk with massive investment, northern powerhouse rail, we will do it, we will begin it. we will banish the rattling old pacer trains and invest in roads across the country and fleets of green, green buses. because we understand that that is the way to create the platform for economic growth. if you have great infrastructure, you have great transport connectivity and broadband, then you have the environment in which business can flourish. and we need business to flourish, don‘t we? they don‘t like business, but we need business to flourish not just for the business, but we need business to flourish notjust for the tax yield,

but because so many solutions to our problems, at least environmental problems, at least environmental problems, are provided by the free market. by the free market. by capitalism. and if you look at the battery technology in which the country now leads the world, or the designs for wind turbines or solar panels in which this country also read the world, it isn‘t government that makes this stuff. yes, of course government must lead and create the right fiscal and regulatory framework, but our vision on this side of the house is of a nation full of innovators and start—up companies, and that is how the green economy will not only take this country forward, that is how we will become carbon neutral by 2050, thatis will become carbon neutral by 2050, that is how we will do it, and that is the point understood a proud free—market conservatives, including as the right honourable gentleman was kind enough to point out early on in his remarks, including by some

of my relatives, my crusty relatives, who joined the of my relatives, my crusty relatives, whojoined the protest of my relatives, my crusty relatives, who joined the protest in the last few days and understand the vital importance of free—market economics for delivering the solutions we need. and what would labour by contrast? they avowedly wish to destroy capitalism. he wants to ferment the overthrow of capitalism. notjust to ferment the overthrow of capitalism. not just that, to ferment the overthrow of capitalism. notjust that, he wants to increase taxes on virtually everything from income tax to pensions tax to inheritance tax, the highest corporation tax in europe they envisage and a £196 billion programme of renationalisation. and worst of all, i will give way to the honourable gentleman. most grateful to the prime minister for giving way. i am listening to his exposition of the merits of free—market capitalism, can he tell me, can he tell the house, when was the transition to this position from his previous position, which was to

f business? mr business, -- mr speaker, the destruction labour would do is the single gravest concern this country faces, far greater than any fears they may have had about a no—deal brexit. and worst of all, mr speaker, for the certainty of business and for the confidence of business, this opposition, where they ever to obtain power, what would they do? they would simply delay brexit. they we re they would simply delay brexit. they were delayed brexit with yet more paralysis and pointless procrastination. so i say to the house, let‘s not wait. we can‘t wait. let‘s get brexit done so we can take back control of our money, our borders and our laws. let‘s get brexit done so we can regulate differently and better. getting life—saving medicines faster and more cheaply to market for the nhs.

galvanising coastal areas with a consolation of new free ports, organising our immigration system ourselves so we organising our immigration system ourselves so we are open to organising our immigration system ourselves so we are open to talent, open to scientists. i would give way. the prime minister talks about getting brexit done, but he really knows that it is a painfuljourney and notan knows that it is a painfuljourney and not an end point. and why has he not included the trade bill to enable this house to scrutinise trade bills that will come week after week after week to this government and we will not be able to see them, so we will end up importing food and the like?” to see them, so we will end up importing food and the like? i can reassure him by saying the trade bill is in the queen‘s speech and i hope very much we can count on his support in voting for any deal we might secure in getting brexit done. our approach, i will give way. i

think the prime minister so much for giving way, one thing my constituents care deeply about is social care so i welcome the proposals he has set out in the queen‘s speech. does he agree this is why we must get brexit done so we can focus on the needs of the most vulnerable people in society? mr speaker, my right honourable friend is completely right and i think there are people in this entire country yearning for this house to come together, to work together and get brexit done. and if we can get a deal, i think it would be the will of the people in this country to move that deal forward because that is the way to get on with the priorities of the british people. notjust priorities of the british people. not just controlling priorities of the british people. notjust controlling immigration, but also ensuring that we look after the interest of young people growing up the interest of young people growing up in this country, give them the skills, give them the skills and investments that they need to match their talents. and i will give way with pleasure to the right honourable lady and then to my

honourable lady and then to my honourable friend. i am very grateful to the prime minister. he talks about brexit of course, there we all know which way you do brexit, it is going to reducejobs we all know which way you do brexit, it is going to reduce jobs and we all know which way you do brexit, it is going to reducejobs and our future prosperity. is that why there is no mention of hs2 b in the queen‘s speech. yes, i know, he is having to ask what hs2 b is. that is the line via my constituency that will serve the east midlands and indeed yorkshire. has the government given up on that vital piece of infrastructure? i am grateful to my right honourable friend, she knows there is a review going on of hs2 and this government will conduct the biggest infrastructure revolution of our times. and i suggest that she contains her impatience until the chancellor unveils his budget in

november to six. i give way. i think the prime ministerfor november to six. i give way. i think the prime minister for giving way. when i was re—elected on the 2017 election, myself and all the mp5 around me including the labour mps we re around me including the labour mps were elected on a very clear page —— pledged to deliver brexit, so can he assure me he will not tolerate any of the attempts to get a second referendum, because a second referendum, because a second referendum is about one thing, it is about going backward on that solemn pledge we gave it the 2017 election to respect that result! mr speaker, i concur entirely with my honourable friend. if there could be one thing more divisive and more toxic than the first referendum, it would be a second referendum. let‘s get brexit done. i give way to the father of the house. going back to the very important question raised, it is very important to our region of the country, he has announced a review of hs2 which i understand, but i hope he has given no commitments

during his leadership election about the future of that project. will he ensure that that review does carefully consult on the economic impact of the east midlands, nottingham, derbyshire and leicestershi re nottingham, derbyshire and leicestershire particularly, if the whole project of the hs2 to leeds we re whole project of the hs2 to leeds were abandoned? i can certainly give the father of the house exactly that assurance. mr speaker, the objective of brexit is notjust to give business the certainty of concluding this whole affair, it is of course to get on as i say, take back control of our borders, our money and our laws, to enable us to champion our food and farming sectors in the way that we would desire, to alleviate perhaps the unnecessary burdens of bureaucracy that farming sometimes faces in this country. let‘s take back control of our fisheries, country. let‘s take back control of ourfisheries, so country. let‘s take back control of our fisheries, so that scotland can make proper use of her incredible marine wealth. and i wonder, i am

delighted to give way to a great campaigner of the scottish fisheries. does he also agreed that the new fisheries bill will not only bring back the united kingdom status has an independent coastal state, bring back a fairer dealfor an independent coastal state, bring back a fairer deal for fishermen, but also as its number one objective improvement sustainability of our fisheries policy? my honourable friend is completely right and i congratulate him on everything he is doing to advance the cause of scottish fishing which is in stark contrast, i may say, to his opponents on the snp ventures. as i never tire of pointing out, their whole policy is to hand back control of scottish fishing to brussels. brexit will bring all sorts of commercial, economic and also humanitarian objectives. and i think

it is very relevant to the concerns of this country that we will be able for the first time to ban the export of live animals, which has offended people in this country for a long time. i wonder if the right honourable gentleman has even considered that. those are some of the things we can get done once we get brexit done but even before we get brexit done but even before we get brexit done but even before we get brexit done, mr speaker, let‘s get brexit done, mr speaker, let‘s get on. i‘m going to give way before i come to a juddering conclusion. i‘m going to give way to my writer about friend. brexit gives the opportunity for us to revisit the common agricultural policy which has disadvantaged ourfarmers common agricultural policy which has disadvantaged our farmers and growers for disadvantaged our farmers and g rowers for yea rs. disadvantaged our farmers and growers for years. the prime minister agree that we need to make more of ourfood in minister agree that we need to make more of our food in this country, and to back ourfarmers? more of our food in this country, and to back our farmers? my right honourable friend has spoken in his

customary wisdom and he is entirely right. that is one of the opportunities that brexit gives us. but even before we have achieved data, even before we have got brexit done, let‘s get on with the proposals and the measures announced in this queen‘s speech. let‘s get on with our vision, let‘s get on with our vision for a britain where fairness and balance are at the heart of what we do. a britain where we fight crime and demand justice for the victims but where we also insist, and i agree here with the right honourable gentleman, we also insist on rehabilitation of offenders and education in prison. i will give way for positively the last time. i am very grateful because i welcome the prime minister‘s opportunity to revisit the marxist style expulsions from the marxist style expulsions from the conservative party. whilst doing

that he can perhaps look at moving hs2 where he could save £100 million and invest it in energy efficiency infrastructure. i am very grateful to my honourable friend for her intervention. i must direct her back to the answer i gave a moment ago. we are looking very carefully at hs2 andi we are looking very carefully at hs2 and i think she should wait until the review concludes. mr speaker, we have a vision of a balanced and just and fair society where we fight crime but demand justice for victims, where we educate in prison on demand rehabilitation, webby fund superb education and health care. not in spite of our belief in the free market. again, he flinches at the mention of a free market. but because we understand that a dynamic

wealth creating economy is essential to pay for those public services. that is a vision for society i believe in. generous, tolerant and humane. that is a vision at the core of this queen‘s speech and i commend it. mr ian blackford! thank you, mr speaker. appeal to. .. honourable and right honourable members who are leaving their chamber to do so quickly and quietly so that the rest of us can afford the right honourable gentleman the courtesy to which he is entitled. mr ian

blackford. thank you, mr speaker. before i begin my response to the queen‘s speech, i am sure you are a way of their news from spain today. a number of catalan politicians that have been arguing for self—determination, including a former speaker of that parliament, have been imprisoned. mr speaker, it is right that politicians here and elsewhere throughout the world have the right to argue for self—determination. i am the right to argue for self—determination. iam proud the right to argue for self—determination. i am proud to say that the scottish national party conference meeting today in aberdeen has passed a motion in solidarity with our friends in catalonia. has passed a motion in solidarity with ourfriends in catalonia. mr speaker, we stand with the catalans who have been imprisoned for standing upfor who have been imprisoned for standing up for the rights of self—determination. mr speaker, i rise to respond to the queen‘s speech and i would like to pay tribute to the member for north—east

derbyshire who talked about the longest parliament session since the civil war. i do wonder if he is talking about the civil war in the conservative party. which is still ongoing! also, indeed... actually, there is no civil war in the snp. i think you will find the snp is absolutely united. i would also like to congratulate the member for truro and falmouth who talked about singing and! and falmouth who talked about singing and i am sure members of the snp can give a number of suggestions, perhaps... mr speaker, moving on to the very serious situation that we find ourselves in today. we have entered very dark days. mr speaker, in just 17 today. we have entered very dark days. mr speaker, injust 17 days

the uk is set to leave the european union. i‘d want to take some time to reflect with the house on why the actions of this government are leading to such a tragedy. mr speaker, i do not use my point slightly. leaving the european union isa slightly. leaving the european union is a tragedy. at the inception of the european community it was stated that the contribution which had organised... it is indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. you know, maybe the prime minister might actually show some respect to the debate rather than sitting and laughing about those that establish the european community. the european community was born in the aftermath of the second world war after two devastating world wars that brought

death, destruction and misery. the european union is the greatest example of political cooperation and of peace. leaving behind the scars of peace. leaving behind the scars of war, the pain of loss and instead choosing to take the hand of friendship across this continent, the united kingdom joined with european partners to say never, not ever again, would we compromise peace and stability and that the european union would work as a beacon of hope and a guiding light for continued peace to avoid conflict and the loss of more lives. that is a european union, mr speaker, that my colleagues here are so speaker, that my colleagues here are so proud of. mr speaker, for decades the united kingdom has played its role as an equal partner with member states across europe and the pursuit

of inclusion, tolerance, solidarity, of inclusion, tolerance, solidarity, of freedom and of peace. through the european union we have prioritised human dignity, worked together to deliver a quality, protected human rights and preserve the importance of the rule of law and of democracy. how would he rate the performance of the fisheries policy over the last few weeks? i am going to come onto fishing and agriculture. when i am talking about the principles of what the european union has meant to peace and stability, that is the response that we get from the conservatives. that, quite frankly, is quite telling and i have to say, iam is quite telling and i have to say, i am amazed that the honourable member that i have respect for has lowered himself into a situation where he is talking about fishing when we are talking about peace and

stability that the european union has brought us. mr speaker, we have not yet left the european union and yet we have already a preview to the prime minister‘s contempt for democracy and the lack of respect for the rule of law. leaving the european union risks the protection, the right and the values that have made our democracy possible. the rights that we have all shared as eu citizens, to live, to work, to receive an education that each member state is about to be torn from us if this government gets its way. write that perhaps many of us have taken for granted. the great right of freedom of movement is stopped by its own warped sense that it somehow gives as a victory. we

have political differences but the fa ct have political differences but the fact is that the writable gentleman represents the biggest constituency in the uk and i represent the second biggest. when it comes to fisheries the eu over many years have paid for whole harbours, bridges... is it not utterly reprehensible that there is nothing to replace this crucial money for my constituents?” nothing to replace this crucial money for my constituents? i thank my honourable friend. he is absolutely right. as i travel around... ian blackford there. the house will be hearing from roger simpson. we will keep an eye on developments. let‘s go to our chief political correspondent. he said the queen speech was a show bad and they spent an awfully long time coming through point by point why they disagree with it. he was making the

point that because boris johnson disagree with it. he was making the point that because borisjohnson is way short, 23 mp5 short of a working majority, the chances of being able to implement any of this means that it is more of a wish list, more of a ma nifesto it is more of a wish list, more of a manifesto potentially for a future election than anything likely to be able to get through parliament as things stand. when jeremy able to get through parliament as things stand. whenjeremy corbyn made that point there was a lot of jeering from the tory benches saying, come on, let‘s have a general election. something labour would say they won‘t do at the moment because i don‘t trust boris johnson not to try and leave the eu without a deal. let‘s this. talking about brexit, which is overhanging all of this, because until that is sorted not many people think that a functioning government programme can ever be put into place. what do you think is likely to happen if boris johnson does get a deal on thursday and brings it back to the house on saturday? is there a deal that you would ever vote for? if i could just

package some of the things you just said, in terms of the getting it done, it was supposed to be today that the deadline was put on negotiations. another 408! was. it is clear from what we're hearing from both sides that we are so far away from getting that deal. but it doesn't solve anything if there is a deal. just to challenge that, it is just the start of what will be at least another six, seven, eight, nine years of negotiations to conclude that brexit process. let's not be underany conclude that brexit process. let's not be under any illusion what this will mean for the country. i don't believe that the prime minister does have the potential to secure a deal unless we get a peoples vote attached to it. i would support that if that was the case. what about you? would if that was the case. what about you ? would you if that was the case. what about you? would you support a deal that had a referendum a attach?m you? would you support a deal that had a referendum a attach? if we have a deal it has to protect peace and security on the island of ireland and it has to web guarantees and consumer standards,

environmental standards, all of the things that labour was asking for when it had its cross—party talks. if the government brings forward a deal that gives those guaranteed safeguards and i, as someone who was already believed that the referendum should be respected, iwould already believed that the referendum should be respected, i would vote for it. it seems highly unlikely that the government is coming down the track and i think we need to look at alternatives which may well include some parties are trying to get a deal through with complementary public vote attached to it. my personal view is that there is a deal out there that can still be a solid basis for leaving the european union and that is the deal that was agreed to the cross—party talks back in may.“ that doesn‘t happen, obviously jeremy corbyn has been saying he was a general election. is that something that can solve this?” think a general election, whilst we are still in a state of limbo with brexit undecided, would be disastrous for the labour party. it would be a referendum in all but

name and that would be a polarising. .. name and that would be a polarising... and the brexit party will have a deeply polarised undivided debate and that would be very bad news for the labour party. i think we need to get this issue resolved one way of the other before a general election i think the best way to do that would be to leave with a deal that protected jobs and livelihoods of our constituents. do you think the numbers have change in the house of commons given that the idea of a referendum has been rejected in votes before here?” think the numbers have changed. we have seen a few... people coming out saying they support a peoples vote, including three concept is from the tory benches. i make no apology for the fact that i want to stop brexit. i had read stephenjust said, but i'd want to stop this brexit chaos and politics doesn't stand still. it is very clear at the moment there is no deal better than the one that we

have. we can get a better one on and on that basis we should take it back to the country and say, is this what you want? i will not apologise for that because the idea that we solve this problem then we can move on, we get a deal and that is going to be 0k get a deal and that is going to be ok for the country, isn't. there isn't a deal that is better for our nhs, economy and national security and what we have already and that is what i'm campaigning for. if there was another referendum and remained where to win by a small amount, why should people say that there is a final result given you are ignoring the original referendum? where do we begin question mark in terms of what was pledged and promised to the country back in 2016, it is very clear that can't be delivered. i wa nt clear that can't be delivered. i want the country to benefit from a remain bonus because that is what is will happen. our economy will be 6% off worse than it is now. that is what our economy look like with the economic crash in 2008. why would we support that? i want to contend with all the gimmicks that we heard... in

the queen's speech. i want to contend with what happens to our education system, our nhs, our environment. i want to tackle the climate crisis. we are not able to do so if we are so consumed with a brain that has happened with brexit i want to stop the chaos and stop brexit. what do you say to that point? you are pro—european but you think you would be willing to go along with brexit. i have always said that 52, 48 was a mandate to move house but stay in the same neighbourhood and that means compromise. i don't see a second referendum is a compromise because by definition you are going to leave one side vanquished and one side the victors. and that is not how you build compromise, that is not how you reunite our deeply divided country. i always felt that the compromise position is a brexit which protectjobs compromise position is a brexit which protect jobs and compromise position is a brexit which protectjobs and livelihoods. that is a way to knit back together trusting our democracy and also give a platform to our economy going forward and i think that you have got to factor all of these issues

in. there is no perfect solution here but if a democracy loses the ability to compromise, it is in serious risk of not being a democracy any more. i think that the divisiveness and the polarisation that would we would see in another referendum would make the 2016 referendum would make the 2016 referendum look like a walk in the pack. i don't agree. referendum look like a walk in the pack. idon't agree. ithink it is only right to take back the actual terms of a deal to the country and say, this is what we can get, these are the facts on the ground. it is what you want? what could be more democratic than asking the country that? thank you very much. that debate will go on for the rest of the day in the house of commons and for the next few days as well and then on saturday likely to be a very unusual saturday sitting for the house of commons. the key young, thank you very much. it‘s become this —— pick up on this. chris morris. interesting, because we have just had an hour and a hapless image

of the debate on the queen‘s speech. relative little mention of the one issue that dominates everything here. if this is an episode of fa u lty here. if this is an episode of faulty towers, it wouldn‘t quite be don‘t mention the war but you can tell both main party leaders want to talk about the great things they wa nt to talk about the great things they want to offer us in a general election campaign. brexit is getting in the way of that both of them. it is an odd date when you have this great state occasion and yet many eyes turning towards talks behind the scenes in brussels where we know the scenes in brussels where we know the eu thinks that uk... they body it would open the eu single market up it would open the eu single market up to fraud. we are nowjust a couple of days before the eu summit at which the government had hoped the eu might sign off on the revised and renewed proposal for sorting the eu might sign off on the revised and renewed proposalfor sorting all that out. the timetable has got tight now that it seems very difficult for anything to be done before the end of this month. but you know, we have been talking about this for years, this is apparently

how it was always going to be. the clock has been taking since 2017. the point about the things that you can reach a broad political agreement that this may be a pathway. the phrase that boris johnson and leo the red kite used towards a deal. then you have got to get to the technical detail, the legal detail and there are going to be people behind the scene saying we simply need more time than this. it can be done discreetly. even if you got that outline of a deal, don‘t forget a deal has got to be turned into legislation which you need to get to the uk parliament and there are many mps who say, we can‘t simply for one of the most important bit of legislation in this country for many years, simply ignored it through. we need time to go through it with a fine tooth comb. if we are that close to a deal, there are very few people will say, if it is a couple of weeks couple of months, any extension would be welcome on that basis. you mentioned that the

operatic idea. it is not do or die on the 31st of october. and that is one of the political problems for the government. wouldn't a lot of people say, if it is a question that the deal is there, we just have to make sure it is translated and put into a black and white and legal. people will accept that. is there much political damage there? i don‘t think it a deal is ever done until it is actually done. you can have a broad agreement. it is a bit like a football transfer. yeah, you have a broad agreement but it all falls apart at the last minute. the technical detail is where the difficulty often lies. so i think a broad political agreement that we know where we are going roughly is very different than saying we have crossed their teeth and dotted the isand we know exactly what is going to be done. let‘s talk about the meeting with leo for a car. that seems to be the moment everything change because up until then you we re change because up until then you were standing here, i am going to say grumpily, but there wasn‘t much optimism around. that meeting seem to change things. there seems to be

a new mood of something at least happening. i weigh being led down a guide in part because neither side wa nts to guide in part because neither side wants to beat that want to be seen to have ended any hope, are in this two day meeting is absolutely crucial and everything... i think the meeting definitely did change things. but at the same time, i think you are right. no one wants to be the ones left holding the baby. i think there was a concerted effort. the language was starting to get pretty nasty on both sides. the eu was totally surprised that the tone of some of the briefing is coming from downing street. i think there was a concerted effort to say, if we wa nt was a concerted effort to say, if we want a deal let‘s roll up our sleeves and try to do that. that meeting, you need that top people. the two prime ministers to get together. it is notjust about ireland, it is about the other 26

countries as well. it was interesting listening to angela merkel yesterday. she was in paris. he was talking about the long—term. where will this end up? you can fudge the irish border in various ways, but where does the uk want to end up? mrjohnson has made clear he wa nts a end up? mrjohnson has made clear he wants a much looser relationship, a fairly basic free trade agreement. merkel was talking about the uk being a major strategic threat in the manner of the united states or china. the uk is not a big or as us or china but it is a major economy right next door and if it were to diverged significantly in terms of rules and regulations, the eu will

clearly have a lot of problems with that would make it more difficult for the eu to maybe bend a few rules when it came to the irish border. there is nothing going to stop us doing it now. say there is a deal, say that by thursday or friday the eu says, ok, we are pretty nearly there. it still has to come back here on saturday. how important is the five hour sitting here on saturday going to be? if it happens, because it still has to be absolutely locked down, i think it will be very significant. the first one since the falklands war. yes, you would have to essentially get the version of the meaningful vote through the house of commons which would be significant, but then again, even if that all happened there broad agreement needs to be turned into their withdrawal agreement bill, legislation that actually put the withdrawal agreement into place and that it what mps want to go through in detail which is why i think it looks

very difficult. really difficult now to get anything concluded competitively by the 31st of october. there are a few days for us to speculate some more. we will. good to see you. thank you. i will ta ke good to see you. thank you. i will take you back into the commons chamber. what we had from the government benches was loud laughing. the fact that we lost a member of this house a few short yea rs member of this house a few short years ago and we have this kind of behaviour. there are too many members of this house that are being threatened and the behaviour that is exhibited in this place is a clarion call to those that wish to send threat to members of parliament and i appeal to everyone, i absolutely appeal to everyone to think about where we are, to think about the importance of the next few days. all of us, and i mean all the others, have a responsibility of calling out

misbehaviour it happens. all across the house, whichever party comes from. we have a duty to make sure that we create respectful debate and dialogue and i commit myself and my party exactly to that. i will give way. he makes a powerful point about the way in that we conduct ourselves in this place and i am sure he will agree with me, it is absolutely beholden on all of us that we are careful with our language and that includes the language of our supporters and i have had abusive, goodness knows i have had all sorts of abusive text from all sorts of people, but i have to tell the honourable gentleman that includes supporters of his own party. honourable members opposite shouldn't get too excited because i

have had them from supporters of that side of the argument as well. wherever it happens, whoever comes from, it has to stop. can i thank my right honourable friend. i absolutely agree with every pledge he says. it is absolutely important that all of us have this dance to call out abuse wherever it comes from —— stands. where ever it comes from, it is not acceptable. they are all political leaders in this place. we need to get away from the toxic environment that we live in today. mr speaker, i make it clear that we believe that our data in this place are numbered. because we want scotla nd are numbered. because we want scotland to become an independent country in europe. but the one promise, the one commitment that i give is that i want... there‘s going to bea give is that i want... there‘s going to be a hard body. you couldn‘t make this up, could you? we are actually trying to deal with the issue of

abuse in politics and someone shouts out, will there be a hard border? the point i was just about to make is as far as we can possibly achieve, i want any debate on scottish independence to be respectful. it has to be about the future of our country. it has to be respectful of all points and opinions and everybody has a responsibility to make sure that ta kes responsibility to make sure that takes place. one of the most depressing sets of conversations i have had in the last few days is talking to members who have decided not to stand at the next general election because a number of them have said they are not going to do so have said they are not going to do so because they are frightened, either for themselves or their families, or more often for their staff. regardless of this conversation about how we conduct ourselves in here and elsewhere, it just seems to me ludicrous that it has now taken more than three years

for the house authorities to be able to come together to agree protocols for making sure there are proper security arrangements in every constituency home and constituency office. is it not time we just got that right? can i commend the right honourable member because he speaks with absolute sense. we have to get... i suspect there are not many members of this place that haven‘t had threats, many of them up to death threats. it is increasing, we all know it is increasing and we need to make sure in particular that our staff members get protection. we have got to cool the temperature in this place. we have to accept a position of leadership that we all have. we are going to be going through some absolute the challenging days. let show some responsibility. let‘s show

leadership in what is a time of crisis. let's pick up on what has been going on today. let‘s speak to senior editor and john stevens. what would normally be a big day, a queen‘s speech, but there was something missing here today. a bit of the sparkle, despite those jewels. missing here today. a bit of the sparkle, despite thosejewels. it is obvious why. we are basically watching a very small drama here about what lines is borisjohnson going to put into a possible general election manifesto? and the action that will determine his fake, this parliament and the country as a whole, it is happening somewhere else entirely and that is brussels where there is nothing to see because they have really gone into what you might call the pre—tunnel where not much comes out and they try to make those connect four

elements to get the deal across the lane that have to be resolved very quickly, within 24 hours. nothing to see perhaps, john, but plenty to hearin see perhaps, john, but plenty to hear in terms of the mood music, there seems to be, i hesitate to use there seems to be, i hesitate to use the word optimism, but there still seems to be hope of something. the word optimism, but there still seems to be hope of somethingm brussels yesterday, there was some pessimism from the commission about how possible it is to nail down the legal details on these proposals they are talking about. but there does seem to be a willingness amongst eu leaders. after leslie's meeting between leo varadkar and borisjohnson, there meeting between leo varadkar and boris johnson, there seems meeting between leo varadkar and borisjohnson, there seems to be a breakthrough and people who did doubt tameka was trying to get a deal, they see the government is trying hard —— last week's meeting. there seems to be a willingness with leaders like angela merkel and emmanuel macron would like to get a deal done. the use it is the end of this week, thursday and friday, is

there enough time to get it done —— there enough time to get it done —— the eu summit. i don't think that matters as much as almost everybody else thinks it matters because i think it is obvious you couldn‘t tie off or the nuts and dot the ayes by then and so you would have a building jobs that goes over time. if you are happy or broadly happy with the work, there will be division and people saying we should revisit that and people saying it is not brexit enough. but there will be a feeling there is an end to this terrible three years of gridlock at westminster. if it takes a little longer and you say it takes a while to get some of this technical stuff, i don‘t want to play it down, but it can be done and that means the eu has to be happy ireland as a member state which has said it will defend its interests as a member state, and fat that is still intact and it is happy or at least content with the

solution, convoluted as it is, around the irish border. do you think borisjohnson would be prepared to ask for may be a short extension, given it blows away the do ordie extension, given it blows away the do or die argument on 31st october, but would he see that as politically possible? i think it would be really ha rd possible? i think it would be really hard for him, his language has been so hard for him, his language has been so striking, that do or die pledge repeated over and over again. the queen's speech today talked about october 31st again, but i think he is really reluctant to push through a no—deal brexit and i think he knows there will be consequences if that happens. you think he is relu cta nt to that happens. you think he is reluctant to push through a no—deal brexit even now? there were stories at the weekend he had been briefed of the security consequences of a no—deal brexit and there are many within his party, notjust the 20 and one who had the whip removed, others in the party concerned about if we got into the nitty—gritty, going into an election could be quite hard —— the 21. going into an election could be quite hard -- the 21. we have been

talking about the nitty—gritty for months. sorry! well, we have, but the reason it makes a difference if it is deal no—deal, i think boris johnson even changed his own mind he himself up with the ability has to grab something and convince himself he has always believed it. when it comes to it, doing a deal, he would be dealing with a party falling apart. he would certainly have a huge rebellion on his hands. you would have a second referendum argument coming much harder down the tracks. it is still working and it could still come up in the saturday sitting of parliament, but the optics are more difficult for those who want to revisit things i have another go or have another think if there is a deal. then there is no deal, when that argument comes a last resort argument, perfectly reasonably of a second referendum, both if it all goes wrong, that is where you should end up. and i think he has a nicer time and that matters

for borisjohnson, he has a nicer time and that matters for boris johnson, he he has a nicer time and that matters for borisjohnson, he likes to be on the front foot and energised. if you try to get a general election, he might not get it, but he would rather have that than deal with a veil of tears in which he would be very unpopular indeed with a certain group —— of people and he would have to treat a lot more the brexit party. to make it work he has to make a bit more progress because he does need to nail down detail. if he has agreements signed by the eu leaders, even if... a photocall, angela merkel and emmanuel macron saying they will do that, it will ta ke saying they will do that, it will take a couple of weeks, but they are in? you don't need to have every line dotted, but you did have a broad agreement. would that not come into play here? you would need that to have that. the way you are right to have that. the way you are right to pick away at it is he cannot simply say, trust me on this. partly

because trust is not something in generous supply in the commons towards the prime minister. and anything that looks like there is a period of time in which things could be undone, which would be very bad for him, and you would see the hard brexiteers coming after him much more. you are right, it has to be nearly dry with a bit of smudging may be. but we are still not there and we should remember that. the eu are still haggling over this to the last moment. but if it goes for another 36 hours and they are still talking, it is more likely they will try to do something then send eve ryo ne try to do something then send everyone away empty—handed. try to do something then send everyone away empty-handed. the eu are very dogmatic and they are also king's of the fudge. they will find some way of trying to get this done if they are scared it will fall apart otherwise. thank you both very much for that update on what is going on in westminster, they have found a new sound to taunt us with, which is nice! some sort of siren,

saying they have got are surrounded. i have been feeling that for months! let‘s get the sport now. england‘s footballers in action tonight. anything to talk to you is to be applauded! england are in bulgaria, where they can qualify for next summer euros, with a victory. gareth southgate‘s team could have booked their place at the championship last friday, but lost to the czech republic, after a woeful performance. that is a concern, as is the potential for racism at the game. our sports correspondent joe wilson is in sofia. england‘s footballers are still east, but south — sofia. on friday, they were lost. well, defeat to the czech republic has raised a big question — are england as good as people thought? what you gain in resilience from defeats are an important part of a player‘s career and a person‘s life. maybe we were all focussing a lot on next summer, and i‘ve always

maintained the first thing is, we have to qualify. well, bulgaria‘s national stadium here in sofia holds over 40,000, if people come. recent performances and attendances have been poor. when bulgaria lost here against kosovo, there was chanting aimed at the kosovans, which was noticed by uefa. it‘s not been the only recent bulgarian incident and a section of this stadium will be closed for the game against england as a punishment for racism. but bulgaria‘s manager, through a translator, gave a different perspective. translation: in the bulgarian championship we have not had such problems, while there have been incidents in all levels in various levels of english football involving racism, which i consider something normal, because it's a big country with a very diverse population, but we don't have this problem in bulgaria, i can assure you of that. bulgaria promised a welcome atmosphere, sofia offers

plenty for england fans. sunday was marathon day, you could sightsee on foot. i'm currently training for a marathon, so i had to do a long run on a sunday and this fitted in, so i fitted it in a half while i'm here. this shows you can find interesting things to do when you‘re following an england football team ? yes, we don‘tjust eat and drink, do we, cat? we will do later on! the marathon has been proving any sporting record can be broken, england have never lost to bulgaria, only tonight counts. the brain injury charity headway has criticised the wales head coach ryan giggs and his player danieljames. giggs sais thatjames was just being "streetwise" when pretending giggs said thatjames was just being "streetwise" when pretending to be knocked unconcious during their draw against croatia last night. the manchester united winger was involved in a collision inside the first 15 minutes and appeared to be briefly unconscious, but he played on after treatment, and giggs said he passed a concussion

test at half—time. headway chief executive peter mccabe says, "it raises serious questions about the player‘s understanding of the seriousness of concussion. not only has he put his own medical team under intense and unfair scrutiny, but he‘s also set a dangerous example for the millions watching at home." ireland‘s bundy acute will miss the rest of the world cup after failing to have his red card overturned against samoa. he was sent off in their final pool match for a high tackle. he contested the card at agesin tackle. he contested the card at ages ina tackle. he contested the card at ages in a rehearing today in a bid to be ready for the quarterfinal next saturday against new zealand, but a three—week ban has ruled him out for the rest of the tournament, evenif out for the rest of the tournament, even if they get to the final. he has 48 hours to appeal against that decision if he so chooses. scotland‘s early exit from the rugby world cup has put the future of head coach gregor townsend under the spotlight. he still has two years to run on his contract. their defeats to ireland and japan in their pool saw them fail to qualify for next weekend‘s quarterfinals.

the former scotland fly—half craig chalmers thinks he should be given time. i know he is trying to pay this really fast 100 mph again, the fastest game in the world, and japan are playing that game far more effectively and far more accurately than us. but i think he has got to look at that. but i do believe he is the right guy to take us forward. i think we must give him a chance. i think we must give him a chance. i think he has a great rugby brain and great young players that are just wanting the chance to perform on a more regular basis. scotland heading home from the world cup. that is all the sport for now. thank you very much. talking about the match, sad news coming in from sofia where the minister of the interior has confirmed the death of a man in sofia ahead of the

qualifying game, a 32—year—old man has sadly died. this is from a spokeswoman for the minister of the interior. she says police are working to clarify all the circumstances in this incident. a cause of death has yet to be identified. so confirmation of the death of a 32—year—old man, a british man, head of the qualifier, but we have no idea of the circumstances of that. but we are getting phone calls in and we will find out more later. the parents of harry dunn say they will only meet the american woman allegedly involved in the crash that killed him if she promises to return to britain. anne sacoolas left the uk under diplomatic immunity during the investigation into the crash in northamptonshire in august. the 19—year—old‘s father who is visiting the us — has been speaking about the issue of immunity. something is not right here. somewhere, somebody has made a decision to give this lady immunity.

and she is not entitled to immunity as things are concerned and we have known that from the start, we knew that from the start someone has made a mistake. if you are able to meet with president trump, what would you say to him, what does he need to understand? to me, it is so simple. on that night, there was an accident, a ready made a mistake. she killed our son. she didn‘t mean to kill him, she didn‘t mean to have the accident. but you cannot walk away from that and just leave. and expect nothing to happen. our boy died, he deserves to have some justice, whatever that turns out to be. or you hear if your child was to die, you hear if your child was to die, you would want justice you hear if your child was to die, you would wantjustice for your child and that is all we want. we just want justice for harry. child and that is all we want. we just wantjustice for harry. and we will follow events in the united states, the parents will give

interviews on united states television later this afternoon. you are watching afternoon live. the funeral has taken place this morning of pc andrew harper, who was killed in august while responding to a burglary in berkshire. hundreds of fellow officers from forces throughout the country lined the route of the funeral cortege through the centre of oxford to christ church cathederal. three teenagers have been charged with murder. jon kay reports. just weeks after his wedding day, the funeral of pc andrew harper. hundreds of his colleagues from thames valley police lined the route, as the coffin was taken through the centre of oxford. in the vehicles behind, his widow, their families and friends. a city silent,

to remember a 28—year—old officer killed in a line of duty. well, he was so young killed in a line of duty. well, he was so young and he had got married. he had got his line in front of him. yes, it is terrible. i think that a young man in a peaceful countryjust going about doing hisjob, something like that happening to him, it is terrible. and how important is it for you to stand here and show your respect? very important because where would we be without the police? officers came from across the uk to christchurch cathedral to pay tribute to a police constable described by colleagues as a hero. and his wife described him as the loveliest and most selfless person you will ever meet. they were married for just 28 you will ever meet. they were married forjust 28 days. the dean of christchurch told the congregation that pc harper was a

truly outstanding young man, he represented everything you would ever wa nt represented everything you would ever want in represented everything you would everwant ina represented everything you would ever want in a police officer. the funeral service will be followed by a private cremation later this afternoon. alice is here. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live: borisjohnson‘s government has set out policies on crime, the environment and brexit — in a queen‘s speech that opposition parties have dismissed, as an "election manifesto". the parents of harry dunn say they will only meet the american woman allegedly involved in the crash that killed him if she promises to return to britain. hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family have attended the funeral of pc andrew harper, who was killed whilst on duty in august. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live:

railways back on track. during the queen‘s speech, we hear that a review into the state of britain‘s railways will be brought forward, as the government strives to "ensure that the benefits of a prospering economy reach every corner of the united kingdom". vodafone has apologised, after a technical error meant customers using the mobile network abroad were hit with roaming bills of up to £5,000. customers took to twitter, saying they were unable to use their phones and could not reach the operator. since 2017, uk consumers are able to use their mobile phone tariffs when travelling in the eu at no extra charge. the budget has been announced for the 6th of november — with chancellor sajid javid saying it will be "the first budget after leaving the eu". it will also be mrjavid‘s first budget since he became chancellor in july. the date is normally announced in september but, in the event of a no—deal brexit, the bbc understands that the full budget will be delayed and the 6th november announcement would be "a simple economic statement".

but first, we‘ve heard today that the number of people shopping on the uk‘s high street is continuing to fall. figures from the british retail consortium say that in the last seven years, shoppers have dropped by 10%. shopping centres, as well as high streets, are the biggest losers, although retail parks saw a small increase in visitors last month. clare bailey, from the retail champion, told us it could be tough to fix the issues facing the uk‘s beleaguered shopping retailers. if you think about what a retail park offers compared to an average high street, you have longer opening hours, more accessible parking, and a general offer that includes retail hospitality and leisure. so, it actually is more fit for purpose for a modern consumer. so, how do we solve this issue, clare? as i say, it‘s been going on for some time. do we have to think differently about what our city centres are about, why we go and what we do when we‘re there? absolutely.

and of course, there are a lot of people involved in local authority economic development teams and in business improvement districts who are helping to transform the fortunes of high streets uk—wide. but of course, it takes a lot of effort to coordinate something like that, where you have all the disparate landlords and stakeholders, compared to a retail park, which is typically under one management function. so, changing the nature of the way people do business — getting the retailers themselves to reconsider how they go about doing business, things like opening hours, looking at accessibility and the total proposition to the consumer — is the only way we‘re going to see high streets thriving again. and that‘s going to take some time to achieve, of course. now to the continuing fallout of thomas cook. the european commission has approved, under eu state aid rules, germany‘s plans to grant a temporary £332 million loan to charter airline condor, in which thomas cook had a 49% stake.

also, an inquiry by mps into the collapse of the travel company will get under way on tuesday, with company directors — including boss peter fankhauser, the first to appear. well, ministers will be asking who was to blame for the corporate failure that put 9,000 jobs at risk and left 150,000 britons stranded overseas, forcing the government into the uk‘s largest peacetime repatriation effort — likely to cost more the taxpayer more than £100 million. meanwhile, as of today, 138 thomas cook shops have been re—opened by hays travel and over 1,900 former thomas cook staff have been taken on. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith went to see some of those employees who have found themselve, somewhat surprisingly, back in their old store. i think i‘m probably still letting it all sink in. because i‘m a bit like,

three weeks ago, i‘d got no job. last monday, i‘d still got no job. this monday, i‘m back at work with all my team. and i‘m just a bit overwhelmed at the moment. yeah, it's like, you know, three weeks ago, we had to come in store, collect our belongings, hand the keys over, and walk away. what we thought would be the last evertime we'd be in here. and here we are back again, and it's just amazing. former thomas cook employees. so, the day began here in london with much pomp and ceremony, but how have markets and the currency reacted to today‘s queen‘s speech and subsequent parliamentary debate? james bevan is chief investment officer at ccla investment management. we‘ve seen the pound slide against the euro and dollar today, after rallying to three—month highs at the end of last week — how much is that in reaction to today‘s queen speech? it is much more to do with the ebbing and flowing of sentiment towards what happens on brexit. last

week, there was a hope and expectation there would be a deal, that helped the pound rally significantly on friday. an early deal now looks less likely and the pound has weakened. the pound is our barometer to brexit negotiations. that is what it seems to have proved to be. indeed, it has. every time the pound weakness, exporters do well and that is inevitably reflected in the stock market. talking of the stock market, how have that ftse 100 and the 250 of smaller companies reacted in a meaningful way to today‘s parliamentary goings on? the 250 had a less good day than the 100 because people are nervous about what happens to the domestic economy in the event there is a no—deal brexit. we had particular casualties in areas like retail, but also in terms of house—builders. two other sectors under the cosh had been the banks

because people feel the less vibrant uk economy would be damaging for profitability and may be bad debt. and also, the airline companies, people beginning to worry about what happens to the flow of people wanting to take holidays abroad, if the pound weakens further. the beneficiaries and the winners are the it companies because every time the it companies because every time the pound weakens, foreign investors look at the value of british companies and say, that company looked reasonable value yesterday and it now looks a lot cheaper today. and we often see this inverse correlation between the fake of sterling and the ftse100, where a lot of the companies listed on that stock market earn in dollars. so the stronger the pound, the weaker the performance on the ftse100 often, perversely it might seem to some. and over in the states as well, us stocks have snapped this three—day winning streak on monday and we have seen

winning streak on monday and we have seen oil prices go down 2%. but to what degree do you think that side we are seeing in the s and p is to do with donald trump‘s announcement on friday of only a partial trade deal between the us and china? off the back of these month —— month long trade was between the two largest economies. very significant indeed, there was a head of steam last week that there would be some sort of deal between china and the us and now it has become apparent that not only is a deal only to be wistful, but also, what is on table is only a cessation of hostilities in terms of more tariffs and nothing at all about whether those tariffs currently imposed will be taken off. yes, interesting. and lastly, a handbrake turn, two economists from mit have been awarded the nobel economics prize, what can you tell me about their achievement? we have three economists who have done work.

they have said that if we want to solve the problems of the world‘s poon solve the problems of the world‘s poor, we need to focus on the detail rather than the big picture. for yea rs, rather than the big picture. for years, economists have held out an expectation that free trade and foreign aid was the panacea to get people into a better economic position. these economists have said, no, actually, what you have got to do is focus on education and it has got to be focused on trying to get the least well positioned higher up the rankings of educational attainment. we need to ensure teachers contracts rely on delivering success and basic health really matters. really interesting and thoroughly well—deserved, it is a lwa ys and thoroughly well—deserved, it is always good to talk to you, james. james was talking about it but let‘s look at the markets now. looking at the reaction to that queen‘s speech in london and stock

markets generally have retreated which is more to do with chinese data of setting a partial trade deal between china and the united states. the british pound has slid against the euro and the dollar on monday. the start of a pivotal week for britain and the eu to try to strike a brexit deal. in the states, after approaching that 3,000 level on friday, the announcement of a partial trade deal with china and a three—day winning streak in the states snapping on monday leading to oil prices died 2%. the dowjones average is flat and the s and p100 average is flat and the s and p100 average slightly down. that is the business, let‘s get the weather with darren. rain developing across the uk. the driest weather across eastern scotla nd driest weather across eastern scotland and for northern england for a while where we are seeing sunshine, although he cloud

increases. this is a satellite picture, it is rather complicated with areas of low pressure and weather fronts. this weather front and the cloud with it has been around all weekend and that will bring most of the rain for the rest of the day. developing toward southern and eastern parts of england and that rain develops more widely. we also have another area of rain across northern ireland pushing into western scotland, increasing cloud. across england and wales, we see rain turning more widespread and heavier and perhaps thundery. still largely die because the far north of england, some sunshine for eastern scotla nd england, some sunshine for eastern scotland and temperatures of 13—16d. wet weather to end the day. particularly through the midlands and eastern parts of england, heavy and eastern parts of england, heavy and thundery rain. moving north towards the borders. the worst rain heading towards the north sea. across western parts, the rain tends to beat out overnight. a lot of places do become dry by the end of tonight. not too chilly, temperatures of 6—11d. tomorrow, a

chance to dry for many parts of the country. not much rain around tomorrow. sunshine coming through now and again. mist and fog to start the day and drain clearing away from the day and drain clearing away from the borders, north—eastern england, that should be gone. shell is developing for northern ireland and wales, southern england, but a lot of places have a dry day. not huge amounts of sunshine but a decent day compared with what we have had an temperature still 14—16d. a band of rain is lurking in the west which will make an impact and make inroads across the uk on tuesday evening and night. anchored by that area of low pressure which comes into play later in the week. we have rain to clear away on wednesday morning which should clear away from eastern parts of england but rain lingering longer into the afternoon across the north of scotland. elsewhere, plenty of sunshine coming through, most places will be dry, a few showers mainly for western scotland and northern ireland and temperatures 12—16d. i mentioned the area of low pressure, towards the end of the week. that

will strengthen the winds and keep temperatures up at night and bring showers or even longer spells of rain.

today at 5: we‘re live at westminster, where the government has set out its agenda for the year ahead, while opposition parties say it‘s nothing more than a pre—election stunt. in the queen‘s speech at the state opening of parliament, bills are proposed on crime, health and the environment — but the priority was securing brexit by the end of the month. my my government‘s priority has always been to secure the united kingdom‘s departure from the european union on october 31. it was boris johnson‘s first queen‘s speech as prime minister, but without a majority in the house of commons, labour says it‘s unlikely the bills will become law. the prime minister promised that this queen‘s speech would dazzle us. on closer inspection, mr speaker, it

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