asian stock markets have opened sharply down because of fears that coronavirus will damage economies around the world. earlier, the main new york indices lost more than a% of their value. the international monetary fund has said it's likely to downgrade its global growth forecast for the year. health officials in california have confirmed the first person—to—person transmission of coronavirus in the united states, not related to travel. according to the centers for disease control, the woman had been active for several days before diagnosis. the state has only around 200 test kits for the virus. turkey says it is retaliating against syrian government forces after at least 33 of its soldiers were killed by air strikes in the province of idlib. the developments mark a serious escalation in the conflict between turkey, which supports rebel forces and the syrian government, which is backed by russia.

it is about 2:30 a.m., you are up—to—date with the headlines. now it's time for a look back at the day in parliament. hello again, and welcome to thursday in parliament. deja vu all over again, as the uk sets out its red lines for brexit talks. we want the best possible trading relationship with the eu, but in pursuit of a deal we will not trade away our sovereignty. plans to eradicate rough sleeping not before time, say labour. the cost of a decade of austerity has been over 700 deaths last year on the streets. and huge numbers of children and families in bed and breakfast, and temporary accommodation. also in this programme: questions about how the police protect children at risk. there are concerned findings around

the detention of vulnerable children, children too often being detained in custody when they should not be. and in these situations not being appropriately safeguarded. but first: the uk has warned the eu it will walk away from trade talks in june unless there is a "broad outline" of a deal. michael gove told mps the uk wanted to strike a "comprehensive free trade agreement" in 10 months. but the government would not accept any alignment with eu laws as the eu is demanding. mr gove said the uk would not trade away its sovereignty as it set out on what he called a newjourney. as a sovereign self—governing independent nation we will have the freedom to frame our own laws, control our own borders, lower all of our taxes, set our own tariffs, determine our own trade relationships and ensure that we follow the people's priorities on security, the economy and democratic accountability.

he looked ahead to the start of the talks on monday. we are confident those negotiations will lead to outcomes that work for both the uk and the eu. but this house, our european partners, and above all the british people should be in no doubt, at the end of the transition period on the 31st of december, the united kingdom willfully recover its economic political independence. we want the best possible trading relationship with the eu but in pursuit of the deal, we will not trade away our sovereignty. mr speaker, this government is delivering on its manifesto commitments with energy and determination. mr speaker, this government got brexit down and we will use a recovered sovereignty to be a force for good in the world and a favoured nation at home. we want and we will always seek the best possible relationship with our friends and allies in europe but we'll always put the welfare of the british people first.

and that is ensuring the british people exercise the democratic control over our destiny for which they voted so decisively. that contract with the people is the most important deal of all and in that spirit, i commend the statement to the house. he talked about having gotten brexit done but he knows that is not the case. we have taken the first step to leaving the european union but brexit as he knows is far from done and the government's ambition for the new relationship with our most important trading partner is frankly underwhelming. they started with a commitment to secure the exact same benefits and then scaled it back to frictionless trade to protect the vital supply chains and it was canada plus, plus, plus, and now it's canada, so long as that does not get in the way of ending our alignment with the standards we previously enjoyed.

what a load of bunk and baloney and codswallop. this is nothing more than a root map to the cherished new deal, the real ambition of the brexit zealots over there. the eu expect nothing other than the political declaration to be implemented in full, they expect the level playing field will materialise and they will not accept anything else. how many times will this government need to be told that the uk will not leave with a better deal and arrangement than is currently enjoyed just now? michael gove said he wanted a separate deal to protect the uk's fishing industry. can the secretary of state confirm that fishing fleets and fish processors not only in my constituency will have the same right as fellow fishing fleets in scotland, wales and england and that northern ireland will not be disadvantaged by the border on the irish sea? there will be no border down the irish sea and the fishing fleets

of northern ireland will enjoy all the rights that they deserve similar and indeed identical to those of other fishermen and fishers across the united kingdom. but he faced more questions about the possible consequences of leaving the eu. it is estimated there will be a need for about 50,000 new eu customs officers. is it possible to recruit and train that many people in six months and who will foot the bill for it? yes, it is and the government stands behind it. does the minister recognise that even the most far—reaching and comprehensive free—trade agreement is sadly still going to see regulatory checks down the irish sea and as such beyond simply giving a rhetorical committment around the implementation of the protocol, can the minister ensure notjust the house but his partners in the european union, that the government is actually preparing to implement the protocol? we will ensure that the protocol is appropriately implemented

and we will also ensure unfettered access for businesses in northern ireland to the rest of the uk market. there was advice from his own side. could he give me the that the assurance that the principal will not change when the eu says no to something? because over the last three years i've listened to excellent speeches from that despatch box, only to find our principles changed when the eu said no to something? i am a restless seeker after consensus, wherever it can be found but more important than that, i am a democrat, the british people were clear in the referendum and clear again in the general election. they wanted us to leave the european union and the prime minister made it clear in the general election as he did during the referendum campaign that meant leaving the single market, leaving the customs union and leaving the jurisdiction of the ec] and we will not move from those principles. some conservatives had a different perspective. while i hear taking back borders

needs a separate treaty for a fishing which many and coastal committees will welcome, constituents in my constituency of wimbledon are more than employed by the whole fishing in the uk and we talk about control of our money and why not a separate treaty for financial services? and the snp remained unconvinced. can he tell me if he thinks that brexit imposed on scotland will increase or decrease constitutional tensions across the uk? britain leaving the european union will mean that there is a greater degree of harmony through every part of the united kingdom. an optimistic michael gove. the prime minister met former rough sleepers and workers at a homelessness charity in london as his government announced plans to eradicate the problem by 202a. borisjohnson described the rough sleeping crisis as "totally unacceptable" and said the numbers on the streets were "way too high". new government figures show a fall in the numbers for a second year. but in a statement to mp5, the housing secretary, accepted more needed to be done.

this conservative government has made it an overriding priority to end rough sleeping by the end of this parliament. there is a great deal more to do and we must be honest with ourselves about the scale of the challenge and tackle it head on with renewed vigour. that's why i am pleased that prime minister and i announcing that dame louise casey will lead a review into rough sleeping. dame louise is a former homelessness tsar. mrjenrick had a further announcement. the government has today announced £236 million of new money for move0n accommodation. safely supporting up to an additional 6,000 rough sleepers and those at immediate risk of rough sleeping off the streets into the safe and secure

accommodation they deserve, with the support wrapped around them. this is on top of the £437 million a government has provided to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the next financial year. including more than £112 million to find services through the rough sleeping initiative. we are acutely aware of the scale of the challenge before us, ending rough sleeping in this parliament is one of the most ambitious targets set by any government since the publication of the beveridge report and the creation of the welfare state. we accept this challenge as a moral nation and an obligation that we cannot pass up. the cost of the decade of austerity has been over 700 deaths last year on our streets and huge numbers of children and families in bed and breakfasts and temporary accommodation. it is the defining mark in this conservative government. any improvement on that record is welcome but today's figures show

the number of people sleeping rough in shop doorways and on park benches is more than double what it was when labour left government. this shames us all and it shames conservative ministers most of all and it must end. sarah jones described the government's figures as "unreliable", but went on that even they showed ministers would miss their target. so while the secretary of state's ambitious words are welcome, how does he intend to reach his target without further investment? the announcement today, madam deputy speaker, that the government will go some way to finding labour's proposals and fund housing for rough sleepers following the housing first model is welcome. but we remember that his party promised 200,000 starter homes and did not build a single one. over a few years to 2019, the scottish government provided five times more socially rented properties that the westminster government has and progress out of poverty is more likely as a result and poverty rates are lower and scotland do to affordable housing. clearly rough sleeping is the tip of the iceberg.

that is a visible sign of homelessness and the estimates are that we have more than 300,000 people in this country on any one day who are actually homeless. clearly to actually achieve that we need to build not 10,000 new social homes but 90,000 new social homes a year. what measures is he going to take to make sure we build the homes that are needed, especially, i know in london. it doesn't simply relate to the sleeping in their doorways which is bad enough, but on a daily basis my team help families who are often sleeping three orfour to one bedroom, sometimes pregnant. when is affordable, suitable accommodation coming to canterbury for them, rather than the daily bidding that my team has to do or two or three properties available at the moment?

the secretary of state. we are investing more than ever before in affordable housing, that is the affordable homes programme, which is the £9 billion commitment by this government to bring forward quarter of a million affordable homes and we made a commitment in our manifesto that when that programme comes to an end we will replace it with another one. i certainly hope that will be a bigger and more ambitious programme and that will help to get homes that are genuinely affordable in parts of the country, including in canterbury. robertjenrick. you're watching thursday in parliament with me, david cornock. still to come... should ministers be given training to ensure they don't bully people? heathrow airport's controversial plans to build a third runway have been thrown into doubt by a court ruling. the court of appeal decided that the government's heathrow‘s expansion decision was unlawful because it did not take climate commitments into account. heathrow said it would challenge the decision, but the government said it would not appeal. if we are not to have an oral statement on the heathrowjudgement, and given the government has decided not to appeal it, will the leader of the house take

this opportunity to confirm the government does not intend to keep the disastrous third runway scheme alive? it would be wrong of me to pre—empt the written ministerial statement, which will be laid before this house today. early today, the court of appeal handed down a historic and fantastic ruling, judging that the government's heathrow expansion decision was unlawful because it did not take into account the government's legally—binding commitments on climate change. madame deputy speaker, the secretary of state for transport has tweeted, "the government will not appeal this ruling". but the government's transport policy is now in confusion and chaos along with its climate change policy. could you, madam deputy speaker, through the chair, use your good offices to ask the government to make a statement to this house as soon as possible on how it takes this decision forward? and hopefully the government will confirm that the expansion of heathrow has now been consigned to the dustbin of history.

sir ed davey. labour says a report into how the police protect vulnerable children is "utterly damning" and shaming. the report by her majesty's inspectorate of police and fire and rescue services says a radical new approach is needed. it concludes that currently, forces aren't proactive enough in identifying children who could be at risk of abuse and the current system isn't sustainable and needs more resources. a home office minister said some things had got better. the report recognises improvements — in some cases, significant improvements — in the service received by the children at risk. in every case where inspectors returned to a police force which had been previously inspected, they saw progress being made and better outcomes for children. but more needed to be done. while the police have a better understanding of risk, their resources are too often focused on areas of acute risk.

not enough is being done to spot the earliest signs of risk and prevent those risks from escalating. there are concerning findings around the detention of vulnerable children. children are too often being contained in custody when they shouldn't be. and in these situations, they are not being appropriately safeguarded. there are inconsistencies in how the forces manage dangerous offenders. and the escalation and prevalence of digital technology in offending is a significant challenge, meaning that it is taking too long to identify and safeguard children who have been the victims of sexual abuse online. she said the government was taking action, recruiting more police officers and working with the college of policing to improve training to help identify and support the vulnerable. a new database was being developed to identify images of children who were the victims of online abuse. and the government was putting more

money into tackling county lines. but labour was not impressed. this report is utterly damning and should shame us in this house. it finds the current system of protecting the most vulnerable children in our country is unsustainable, the approach of police forces is not proactive enough, and that vulnerable children are simply not being identified or protected. resources and the failures and variability of their partnership working are identified as key concerns. and it comes on the same day as a leaked government report into the drug trade shows vulnerable children falling into the grip of gangs at an unprecedented rate. children living in care are not being properly protected. schools are becoming too eager to expel and off—roll. pupil referral units are becoming the recruiting grounds of vicious criminals. and the total lack of both mental health and residential care beds has led to too many children being inappropriately detained or being ferried around the country in the backs of police cars.

this is a whole system failure, and the consequences for children and families are stark. this report — it does set out some real challenges for policing, as we have said. but it does also show that there have been improvements. and i am keenjust to emphasise that, so that we have a fair debate about these issues that have been raised. i welcome these inspections, but the results really are alarming. according to the nspcc, a child is being abused in this country every seven minutes. and comments in the report, such as police do not recognise or evaluate the risk to children well enough, police often carry out more complex investigations badly, and too often, the focus is on the instant, missing the bigger picture — is not about better police investigation. it is about a change of mindset. and it is particularly disappointing, given the first comprehensive child sexual exploitation action plan was launched back in 2011. the primary recommendation of this report is that the home office

should consider the development of a new national early help and prevention strategy. that was a key recommendation of the munro review, which i commissioned in 2011. why is it stilljust a recommendation? victoria atkins said she'd be happy to meet him to talk about the issues because the government "wanted to get this right". another mp asked about online abuse. i was disturbed to learn from the internet watch foundation a couple of weeks ago that child sexual exploitation online is increasing internationally, particularly from certain countries. can my honourable friend outline what the government is doing with countries around the globe to ensure that we are tackling this globally? the minister said david cameron's government had set up an organisation called the we protect alliance. through we protect, we are working with countries, getting other countries to sign up to the principles — some of whom don't perhaps have the legislation we have in place — to encourage best practice so that we can help protect children notjust in this country, but across the world.

victoria atkins. a minister says it's "absolutely clear" that bullying and harassment will not be tolerated in government. lord true said that message was certainly given to him just this week when he became a minister. there've been claims strongly denied that the home secretary, priti patel, has bullied officials in her department. lord true was asked what training and guidance was given to ministers and how may current office holders had completed any such training. the ministerial code provides advice and guidance to ministers on the standards of conduct that they are expected to uphold and the way in which they should discharge their duties. ministers obviously are also additionally able to seek further advice and guidance within their departments. the government does not hold central records of training undertaken by ministers. i welcome the noble lord to his first performance on the front bench and congratulate him on his appointment.

i'm hoping that on reflection, he may go back to the department and see if they can try to be a little more precise in trying to follow this through. in parliament, we now have a programme for training on abuse and on harassment and so on. we should be seeking — we should be seeking to apply that similarly at the highest levels, where people have privilege and power, and that is at a ministerial level. the noble lord's addressing an extraordinarily important point, which we all share. 0bviously here to answer for the parliament, but we are all well aware of what the facility of this house is making available and i hope that all members of this house will avail themselves to that. so far as the ministerial code is concerned, the ministerial code is absolutely clear that harassing, bullying — harassment, bullying, or any other inappropriate or discriminating behaviour, whenever it takes place and wherever

it takes place, is not consistent with the ministerial code and will not be tolerated. and that is a very clear message which was given — i can testify — this week right at the outset to new ministers. i accept the spirit of what he has said. can i ask the minister whether he agrees that if bullying and harassment will not be tolerated, any minister who is guilty of such conduct should no longer remain in post? the noble lord is a wise noble lord and he knows very well whether people remain in office is a matter not for me or for him, but the prime minister. in fact, the prime minister did update last august — this prime minister — the advice around the code to include greater clarity about the way investigations into alleged breaches would take place. and it was made very clear that if there is an allegation

of a breach, the prime minister will consult the cabinet secretary. and if he feels it warrants further investigation, he may ask the cabinet office to investigate the facts of the case and refer the matter to the individual and independent adviser on the minister's interest. lord forsyth, a conservative, asked about ministerial aides. does the ministerial code apply to special advisers? my lords, there is a code for special advisers. the paragraph which the noble lord hasjust quoted, and he says, "the prime minister may ask the cabinet office". i would like to ask, what is the status of the ministerial code? when we had an exchange in this house at the time of the resignation of the last parliament secretary, now the prime minister — it was pointed out that he had been reprimanded for breaking the ministerial code as he resigned in several places — it was pointed out by

the then—cabinet office minister that the ministerial code is an honour code and is based on the idea that ministers will always act on their honour. do you think it is time now that we should have some stronger sanction than that? ministers hold office and they hold office at the request of the prime minister. and they only remain in office for as long as they retain the confidence of the prime minister. the current position — i note what the noble lord says — the position is that the prime minister is the ultimate judge of the standards of behaviour expected and the appropriate consequences. the ministerial code says "ministers should be professional in their working relationships with the civil service and treat all those with whom they come into contact with consideration and respect." the point that's being picked up by the noble lord is what happens when they don't? he said is it a matter for the prime minister, and yet, i think that's actually setting a pretty low bar of sanctions that could be imposed.

can i ask him to reflect on his answers? my noble lords, i don't agree with the implied statement of criticism of the prime minister. the current prime minister expects the highest standards of performance and behaviour from all his colleagues. and that is true at every level in the government. lord true. now, st david's day arrived early at westminster this year with parliament not sitting on 1 march, mps held their annual welsh affairs debate on the last sitting day before then. two newly—elected mps from wales chose the debate to make their first — or maiden — speeches in the commons. jamie wallis, as is traditional, highlighted the delights of one of the towns in his constituency. even as a tourist hotspot, however, one of the main attractions that brings people is the annual elvis festival, attended by up to 35,000 people. so if members would like to attend the next one, there's no risk of being "lonesome tonight". groaning

another conservative, simon baynes, paid tribute to his predecessor, labour's susan elanjones. and it is fair to say that susan and i can take comfort from the fact that we have, at different times, achieved a result in clwyd south that eluded my right honourable friend, the prime minister — who famously said about his experiences in the 1997 general election, "i fought clwyd south, and clwyd south fought back." simon baynes speaking during the st david's day debate. "dydd gwyl dewi hapus i chi gyd," as they say in god's own country. that's it for thursday in parliament. thank you for watching. i hope you canjoin me on bbc parliament at 11pm on friday night for the week in parliament. until then, bye for now.

hello once again. thursday brought the first signs of winter to some parts of the british isles and it will be a cold enough start across the eastern side of the british isles as we launch ourselves into friday. different story out of the west, because right from the word go you will have cloud and wind and rain and it is that regime that brings across the british isles during the course of the day, say perhaps for this car —— corner of scotla nd perhaps for this car —— corner of scotland where you get the rain a bit later in the day and some hill snow across the top end of england, noticed the temperature profile across scotland so again, hill snow here. very much milderfurther south. the storm is dominating our weather during the course of the weekend, the warm front that brought friday's rain followed by the cold front for saturday. in this portion of the front just keeps the showers coming across northern parts of the british isles on what is going to be a very wet and windy spell of

weather across all parts of the british isles. keep up to date with the flooding and also the forecast.

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