and then growing back only to be packed out again in the cycle repeated forever. this bill learns the emphatic lesson of the last parliament, this is bbc news. the headlines: unlike the members opposite, the british prime minister, and rejects any further delay. borisjohnson, has won the support but abolishing the possibility of the house of commons for a second of an extension to the transition isn't the only controversial change. reading of his brexit bill. the vote brings britain nearer to departing from the eu at the end of january. parliament, now dominated by the conservatives, passed the bill with opposition mps reckon there's a weakening of what's known as the dubs clause, allowing unaccompanied refugee children within the eu a large majority. at least six people have to join their families in the uk. been killed in india as police tried to contain a further day of protests about a new citizenship law. lord dubs has described this removal of a right police used tear gas and batons, as mean—spirited and nasty. but denied firing on demonstrators. can the government tell me, or can the prime minister tell me the law allows fast—track citizenship for religious refugees why he is making this mean—spirited from neighbouring countries but excludes muslims. and nasty move? there are more catastrophic fire warnings in australia for saturday i'm afraid the honourable lady has in three parts of new south wales, with temperatures set to hit totally misunderstood or possibly misrepresented the purpose the mid—40s celsius. of what we are doing here. the australian prime minister, we remain proud of our work scott morrison, has apologised in receiving unaccompanied children, for going on a family holiday we'll continue to support fully to hawaii while his country the purpose and spirit was dealing with the of the dubs amendment, bushfire emergency. but this is not the place in this

bill to do so. now on bbc news, it's he is right that he has won a mandate to get brexit done but what he has not... what he has not earned is the right to shoehorn into this legislation friday in parliament. measures that are a direct attack on some of the most vulnerable children in the world. if he thinks that people in towns hello and welcome to a special like mine, who believe edition of friday in parliament — that we deliver brexit, as the bill to take the uk out want to see us turn our backs on decency and tolerance of the eu clears its first parliamentary hurdle. and kindness and warmth and empathy, he is wrong. the ayes to the right, 358. the noes to the left were 234. so, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. borisjohnson tells mps his withdrawal agreement bill starts to "get brexit done" and can begin to bring the uk back together. will he take these measures about to forge a new partnership with our european friends, child refugees out of this bill? i understand where the honourable to stand tall in the world, lady is coming from but she... to begin the healing, to begin the healing like the honourable lady who speaks for which the whole people for the scottish nationalists, of this country yearn. she is wrong on this point. we remain absolutely committed to ensuring that we continue, that we continue in this country to receive unaccompanied

children, as we have done, and we have led europe, we have received thousands already, this country has a proud, butjeremy corbyn reckons there's proud record, and we will continue already some backsliding on promises on workers‘ rights. at the very first opportunity, to do so. they have removed the basic provisions they said would be part theresa may's government of this bill. was relliant on northern ireland's borisjohnson promised voters he'd democratic unionists to get votes through, but with a big majority, make a start on "getting brexit done" by the time they sat down borisjohnson will be free to do as he wants. to tuck into their christmas lunch. his withdrawal agreement has so with the festive season nearly different arrangements for northern ireland. a dup mp explained why his party upon us, the prime minister came to the commons for the first big wasn't happy with them. debate and vote on his he needs to understand the concerns about the customs arrangements withdrawal agreement bill. for northern ireland, it's the legislation that will, the tariff differentials, in effect, divorce the uk the potential for checks, from the eu on the 31st of january. and he needs to understand the concerns we share the prime minister said it was time to break the deadlock because we want to ensure we leave as one nation. and reunite the country. this is the time when we move on, and we are not going to resolve and discard the old labels those issues today, but will the prime minister commit of leave and remain. to proper and thorough in fact, the very words seem tired to me as i speak them. and detailed reconsideration, using the strength he has, to deliver for the entirety as defunct as big enders and little enders or montagues and capulets at the end of the play. in a change to the original of this country? withdrawal agreement legislation, under boris johnson's bill, ministers won't be able to ask for an extension to the transition period — of course, mr speaker, i understand the point due to kick in at the end ofjanuary that the honourable gentleman raises and run until the 31st but let me remind him that the deal of december next year. commits to unfettered access,

unfettered access between all parts of the uk, respects the territorial integrity of the uk, and ensures that northern ireland is part of the uk, customs, territory, and therefore would benefit immediately from any during the transition, of our new free trade deals as soon the uk will continue to contribute to the eu budget and keep to the current trading rules. as they are in force. the idea is to allow uk—eu negotiations to take place — to determine what the future relationship will and he concluded: so, eventually look like. now is the moment to come together the bill contains provisions not to extend and write a new and exciting chapter the transition phase of brexit. in our national story, does that not endanger strengthening to forge a new partnership the hand of the european union with our european friends, in those negotiations? to stand tall in the world, why has he boxed to begin the healing, himself into a corner? to begin the healing on the contrary, mr speaker, for which the whole people i think most people looking at the negotiations will agree of this country yearn. that it strengthens our negotiation position because if we have learned anything, if we have learned anything from the experience of the last three years, it is that drift and dither means and it is in that spirit of unity that i commend more acrimony and anguish. extending the implementation period this bill to the house. in a torture, we all remember, the new government has also taken that came to resemble lucy snatching out some of the previous compromises away charlie brown's football, theresa may made with labour mps or prometheus, prometheus chained in an attempt to win some of them to the tartarian cragg, his liver pecked out by an eagle round to backing her deal. and then growing back, 00:03:51,907 --> 2147483051:38:40,669 as honourable members of all sides 2147483051:38:40,669 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 of the house will recall, ministers insist pledges on workers' rights will still appear — but in separate legislation.

jeremy corbyn accepted parliament couldn't go on debating what happened in 2016 but still reckoned boris johnson's deal was "terrible". this deal will be used as a battering ram to drive us down the path of yet more deregulation and towards a toxic deal with donald trump and... ..that will sell out our national health service and push up the price of medicine to benefit us drug corporations. the people have voted in a general election and supported the prime minister's deal. as a democrat, surely he should heed the people. i am disappointed in the honourable member. he clearly... but in the spirit of christmas, i wish him well. he hasn't been listening to what i've said. mr speaker, on the questions, and nothing exposes this government's intentions more clearly than the steps they have already taken on workers' rights.

for all the promises over the past few weeks that they are the party to protect rights at work, at the very first opportunity, they have removed the basic provisions they said would be part of this bill. we are all concerned in this house with workers' rights, and indeed on the rights of those who are approaching retirement. he put his policy to the british people, in as much as anyone could discern it, in a general election. he was slaughtered. what bit of that message does he not understand? the prime minister, your leader, if i may say so, mr speaker,

said workers' rights were going to be protected. they are not in this bill. a labour mp was worried about another change in this version of the bill relating to how much oversight parliament would have of the future relationship. isn't the whole point of this that this withdrawal agreement seems to be diminishing every time? the previous prime minister, the right honourable memberfor maidenhead, still, this is worse than that, the one we had before the election, there are things that have vanished, it is not only workers' rights that have been downgraded here, it is parliamentarian‘s rights, because the ability of the legislature to scrutinise the executive has been taken away here. it is bad for democracy. jeremy corbyn went on to attack the government over what he argued were the weakening of provisions to help unaccompanied children and then turned to food safety

standards which he said would be lowered to secure a deal with the united states. so, the choice we now face is between keeping the highest environmental and food standards in order to get a future trade deal with the european union or slashing food standards to match those of the united states where there are so—called acceptable levels of rat pairs in paprika, maggots in orange juice... it is true! if members think this is... if members think this is a piece of imagination on my part, when i was first told theirs, i also thought that cannot be the case, i checked out and it absolutely is. and he concluded... this country is about to embark on a major change of direction. as we leave a a0 year economic partnership for an un—known future for the terms of the withdrawal deal, we need, mr speaker, an approach that pokes jobs and living standards first and build the strongest cooperation with our european neighbours, based on openness,

solidarity, and internationalism. and that, mr speaker, is the approach that will bring an end to the brexit crisis, and bring our country together. and he concluded: the snp‘s westminster leader, ian blackford, said borisjohnson was offering scottish voters nothing — "diddly squat". ian blackford said the withdrawal agreement showed that the tories "couldn't care less about scotland". scotland alone of the united kingdom nations is being singled out for unfair treatment. the only united kingdom country to be taken out of the european union against our will. and with no say, mr speaker. no say whatsoever as to our future. england and wales voted leave, england and wales will leave. northern ireland is getting a special deal, and the right to decide their own future.

the prime minister offers scotland nothing. nothing, hee—haw, diddly squat. that's what we get from this government and its so—called precious union. nothing but disrespect for our government and our rights. he turned to the snp‘s call for another referendum on scottish independence — and one of the arguments that's been made against it. let mejust nail, once and for all, this issue about "once in a generation." because it was made clear in the declaration that was signed between the two governments, that it did not obstruct a future independence referendum. that, mr speaker, is the fact of the matter. mr speaker, last week, we won that mandate again. scotland must consent to its own future. westminster‘s arrogance and ignorance has treated scotland with contempt for too long. it would simply be undemocratic to ignore the will and the voice and the ask of the scottish people.

the new leader of the democratic unionists at westminster said there was a "major contradiction at the heart" of the government's withdrawal agreement. at the one level, the agreement does say that northern ireland should continue to have unfettered access to the rest of the uk for trade. but then we have customs arrangements that inhibit our ability to have that unfettered access. and that is our major concern, and one that we hope the government can address. the prime minister has been clear that he wants the united kingdom to leave the european union as one nation. and over the last few days, he has spoken often of his one nation conservatism. and, yet, northern ireland is part of the united kingdom,

and i want the prime minister to treat my part of the united kingdom the same as the other parts, in the context of leaving the european union. so, we want to hear from the government how they are going to achieve that, when one considers the special provisions that have been made in this withdrawal agreement for northern ireland, and the impact they will have and the way they will change the relationship between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. during the election, the greens campaigned for a second brexit referendum. the party's former leader — and only mp — rejected accusations that holding another vote would "undermine democracy". those of us on this side of the house — who wanted to go back to the people — were not undermining democracy. more democracy doesn't undermine democracy, but i will tell you what does undermine democracy, and that is a bill that is essentially an executive power grab, completely deleting all of the provisions that would've allowed for parliamentary scrutiny. caroline lucas there. but, of course, most of the speeches came from the backbenches. and there was no shortage of familiarfaces.

first up was the former international trade secretary liam fox. the prime minister is leading britain in a direction which will produce a confident, outward looking european union. to many of us, leaving the european union wasn't because europe was foreign, it's in an era of globalisation, europe was not foreign enough. it spent too much time gazing at its own naval and worrying about political integration. we are embarked upon a historic and correct course for our nation, and, i would go back, mr speaker, to where to begin on this question of trust, and i say this in the spirit of the season. that i hope that even hugh grant will watch our seasonal offering this year, which is democracy, actually. all we achieved a renegotiation, although, to be fair, all he did was to accept 95% of his predecessors deal, and replace the backstop that was in it previously with a backstop that had been offered to the right honourable

member for maidenhead, but had been rejected on grounds — very clearly set out by the prime minister to the dup conference in november of 2018, namely, he would never ever accept a border in the irish sea, which is what he has promptly now done, which reminds us that it's not always wise to take the prime minister at his word. as the prime minister himself has said, that precious contract of trust between citizens and state, between voter and politician, has been stretched to breaking point over the last year. pledges, promises, manifesto commitments have all evaporated in the face of an obstructionist parliament. that was a parliament, where the majority of politicians thought they knew better than the majority of the british people. that was a parliament that wanted to stop brexit and succeeded in doing so. that was a parliament that let our country down. and in doing so, broke faith

with the british people. in a democracy, a ruling party needs a functioning opposition. indeed, without opposition, democracy is dead. my passionate belief that the uk is better off as a proud member inside the eu than it is as an irrelevant outsider has not melted away overnight. i will not seize to voice this opinion here and outside parliament. that is my democratic right, and whoever is trying to deny me or anybody else that democratic right is the anti—democrat, not me. absolutely. hear, hear! but i understand that now the battle to stop brexit is over. the reality is, mr deputy speaker, that this is a historic moment.

it compares to the decision that was taken when, in 1660, the cromwellian period was redefined, we came back into parliamentary government. we established parliamentary government in 1688 and then there were the corn laws. there was the giving of the right to the british people, the working men to be able to vote in 1867. and then in may, 1940, we decided that we would not be governed by any other country, and we defeated hitler and we made it clear that we were going to be a self—governing nation. labour opposed the bill but not everyone toed the line. this has been an awful, toxic period in our politics. i have despaired at how this place has descended so many times into the most divisive, base, angry, gallery

pleasing politics. it might make for good headlines, but it does not make for a serious, functioning parliament, that people can have any respect or any faith in. i will always deliver on the promises that i make to my constituents, theirfaith in me always matters. my word to them matters. it is with the heaviest of hearts that i can't vote with my party today, but i will always put my constituents before everything else. because the day i don't is the day i no longer deserve the honour of being their voice in this place. the people have spoken. and we will listen. we will do what they want. and when the sun rises on the 1st of february, it will do so on a free country. mr deputy speaker, all i want for christmas is not eu. three mps used the debate to make their first — or maiden — speeches. first to speak the new social democratic and labour party mp for belfast south. she described brexit as an "emergency". i was elected to do all i can to mitigate the impact of brexit

for the people that i represent. and also as a northern irish politician, and a mum of three, the opportunity to speak for five minutes uninterrupted too exciting. she warned that borisjohnson‘s brexit plan would create an economic border in the irish sea. she said people in northern ireland knew the value of the eu. as my political hero and predecessor in this house, john humes, so often said, the eu is the greatest peace building and conflict resolution project anywhere in the world, and those of us particularly affected by conflict have a duty to reflect its principles. i'm afraid the concerns we have have been dismissed by those of you who won't ever have to live with the consequences of these actions. the new alliance party mp for north down, is a former minister in the northern ireland executive. he speaks irish. thank you, mr deputy speaker. i wanted my first formal comments in this chamber to be in irish, to reflect the shared heritage

of the language across all of the traditions in northern ireland. he too turned to brexit. the challenge of brexit is that if we don't go for a soft brexit — as defined by the uk as staying inside the customs union and the single market — then we are facing a situation where northern ireland will be confronted with some form of border, boundary, interface, and a degree of friction. and that is a very regrettable situation. any perception of a border creates the feeling of winners and losers. and in the context of a place like northern ireland — where we are inching slowly towards a better more reconciled and integrated society — that has the potential to be very damaging, and, indeed, destructive. the snp‘s alyn smith and was — until the election — a member of the european parliament. this is a momentous day for some in this house. it is a day of deep

sadness for many of us. hear, hear! i assure you, mr speaker, today's vote will live in infamy. it is not the end of brexit, it's the start of something far worse. it is an arethemetic fact, not a matter of opinion, an arethmetic that scotland has not consented to this. hear, hear! we're not leaving the european union, we are being dragged out against our will, by a government we rejected. and as to my mixed emotions, i stood in this place to start to try to stop brexit. i won sterling with 51% of the vote, the snp won 80% of the seats in scotland, the pro—eu lib dems won four more, and, yet, despite that, brexit is happening — i now accept. alyn smith. after more than 4 hours of debate it was back to the front benches to wind up the second reading of the bill. labour's brexit spokesperson recognised the election had produced a clear winner with a clear majority, but he had a warning

for conservative mps. be careful...be careful. doing things because the government has a majority doesn't mean those things are right. i turn to my own benches, we may have lost the general election, but we've not lost our values and our beliefs. and we must fight for them day in it, day out in this parliament, and we will. the brexit secretary was the last to speak. we now have a deal that reflects both the single largest democratic exercise in british history in the referendum, and the defining issue of the general election. it is the time to end the delay, to come together

and heal our divisions. and, above all, to listen to the people we serve. the british public have given their instruction. this bill delivers brexit. i commend this bill to the house. steve barclay. well, with a majority of 80 in this new parliament — the result of the vote was never in doubt. the ayes to the right — 358. the noes to the left — 234. cheering. the ayes to the right — 358. the noes to the left— 234. so the ayes have it, ayes have it. unlock! cheering. so the bill passed it's second reading with a majority of 124. it means the bill can now go on to be considered in more detail, when mps return after the christmas break on january the seventh. they've agreed a timetable, which will give them three days to wrap up all the remaing stages of the withdrawal agreement bill in the commons — before sending it off to the house of lords.

and that's it from me — and the day in parliament team — for now — and indeed for this year. we'll be back after christmas when mps and peers return on january the seventh. but until then from us have a very merry christmas and a happy new year. good morning. what a miserable week of weather it has been for many of us, with some relentless rain, and that has brought a localised flooding. in fact, friday afternoon, these were fairly typical weather watcher pictures across parts of central and southern england in particular. in fact, by close of play on friday, there were over 90 flood warnings in force, with more rain to come

through the weekend, well, do go to the bbc weather website for the latest updates on the flood warnings and also any met office warnings as well. over the next few hours we've got this miniature weather front which will enhance some showers, some of them heavy, with hail and thunder. windy conditions following on behind, before another weather front makes its presence felt by the end of the day on saturday. saturday morning, we start off with a few sharp showers still remaining. but they are easing away. the best of the sunshine perhaps on saturday, likely to be for the far north of scotland. slowly brightening up as well across parts of england and wales for a brief time, before yet more wet weather starts to push into the south—west by the end of the day. a cooler feeling in scotland, five or six degrees. double digits quite widely further south. that rain will continue to drift its way steadily east, but it is going to clear off into the near continent through the early hours of saturday night into sunday morning. then behind, with some clearer

skies, it will be a chilly start in sheltered eastern areas of scotland, maybe a touch of light frost. too much cloud further south and too much of a breeze for any issue. and still some bits and pieces of rain first thing on sunday morning. sunday will be quieter for many. a case of sunny spells and a few isolated showers. still quite windy across the exposed coasts of the south. 40—50 mile an hour gusts of wind not out of the question. cooler again in scotland, five or six, higher values of nine or ten further south. it looks as though that quieter theme is set to continue for a time. showers will ease away on monday and by tuesday, christmas eve, it will be drier and quieter. what on earth is happening, you may ask? it looks as though father christmas might be granting us our wish and giving us a brief lull in the weather story at the moment, with high pressure building on christmas eve into christmas day, which will quieten things down quite nicely. it means the chance of a white christmas is very remote indeed. but it does mean a good deal of dry weather in the forecast.

so our christmas week looks like this. a showery start, drying up nicely on christmas eve and christmas day. the potentialfor more rain arriving late in the week. take care.

hello and welcome to bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. there have been more mass protests in india over a controversial new citizenship law. at least six people have been killed in the demonstrations. critics say the legislation discriminates against the country's 200 million—strong muslim population, with many fearing they could become stateless. but the move by prime minister narendra modi is popular with his hindu supporters. from delhi, here is rajini vaidyanathan. is this a moment of reckoning for the world's largest democracy?