it's thought to be one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history. gunmen in the northern nigerian state of kaduna have attacked a college and abducted about 30 students. armoured vehicles and a helicopter have been deployed to try to rescue them. this is just the latest in a series of kidnappings in nigeria in the past few months. new york's governor andrew cuomo says he will not bow to, quote, "cancel culture" and resign. there are growing calls for him to step down after allegations of sexual misconduct. us democratic senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand have joined the list of politicians saying he should go. now it's time for a look back at the week in parliament.

hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament — a week when borisjohnson found himself under pressure. on several fronts. i'd take the prime minister a little bit more seriously if he hadn't spent £2.6 million of taxpayers money on a downing street tv studio. but the prime minister hit back. we're increasing pay for nurses, we're massively increasing our investment in the nhs. he wasn't the only leader under pressure. this week has shown, again, that sexual harassment - complainants cannot. trust the ruling to deal with a complaint properly. and the problems could be mounting at the palace of westminster too. a major asbestos leak, sewage failure, or indeed, a devastating fire such as we saw at notre dame.

all that and more, but first, when news emerged that the government was recommending a 1%pay rise for nurses and most other nhs staff in england, ministers said it was all they could afford. other public sector workers would see their pay frozen. labour accused borisjohnson of cutting nurses pay — once you take inflation into account — a charge he dismissed. but after a week of constant pressure, could the prime minister now be paving the way for a u turn? the government's tone has certainly softened. this was a health minister's initial robust defence of the offer. nurses are well—paid for their job. they have a secure job and they have other benefits. my lords, there are many people in this country who look upon professionaljobs in the nhs with some envy, and we shouldn't forget the fact that some public sectorjobs are in fact extremely well—paid. but the same day, tuesday, the head of nhs england confirmed to mps that it had

budgeted for a larger increase. at the time, the working assumption was that there would be available 2.1% for the costs of the agenda for change pay group in 2021-22. 2a hours later, the issue dominated prime minister's questions. an mp made the offer for nhs workers personal. the prime minister has said l that he owes his life to them. he stood on the steps of- number ten and applauded them. so will the prime minister do more than pay lip service - and pay them the wage that they deserve? - prime minister. mr speaker, she is indeed right that we owe a huge amount to our nurses, an incalculable debt, and that's why i'm proud that we have delivered a 12.8% increase in the starting salary

of nurses, and we are asking the public pay book review body to look at increasing their pay, exceptionally of all the professions in the public sector. the prime minister's answer failed to satisfy the labour leader, sir keir starmer. frankly, i'd take the prime minister a little bit more seriously if he hadn't spent £2.6 million of taxpayers money on a downing street tv studio, or £200,000 on new wallpaper for his flat. mr speaker, they say charity starts at home, but i think the prime minister's taking that a little bit too literally. let me try something very simple. does the prime minister accept, does the prime minister accept that nhs staff will be hundreds of pounds worse off a year because of last week's budget? no, mr speaker, because of course, we will look at what the independent review body has to say, exceptionally about the nursing profession —

whom we particularly value — but what he should also know, which he should reflect to the house is that under this government, we not only began by a record increase in nhs funding, i think {33.9 billion, but because of the pandemic, we have put another £63 billion into supporting our nhs, mr speaker. could that reference to the independent pay review body offer the prime minister a way out of the problem? keir starmer piled on the pressure, saying nurses had been promised a bigger rise. mr speaker, my mum was a nurse, my sister was a nurse, my wife worked in the nhs. i know what it means to work for the nhs. when i clapped for carers, i meant it. he clapped for carers, then he shut the door in their face at the first opportunity. and the more you look at the prime minister's decision, the worse it gets — because it's notjust a pay cut, it's a broken promise too. the prime minister stuck to his script, record spending meant more doctors and nurses.

and we're going to go on, mr speaker, and we are going to deliver our promises, i can tell the right honourable gentlemen, we are going to go on and we are going to build 40 more hospitals and we're going to recruit 50,000 more nurses, and we're going to get on and deliver on our pledges to the british people, and we are going to do that because of our sound management of the economy and the fastest vaccine roll—out programme of any comparable country. keir starmer said even conservative mps thought the i% rise was mean... the mask really is slipping, and we can see what the conservative party now stands for. cutting pay for nurses, putting taxes up on families. he has had the opportunity to change course, but he's refused. so if he's so determined to cut nhs pay, will he at least show some courage and put it to a vote in this parliament? prime minister. mr speaker, the last time we put in a vote, he voted against it. as i said before, we're increasing pay for nurses, we're massively increasing our investment in the nhs. we are steering a steady course whereas he weaves and wobbles from one week to

the next, mr speaker. we vaccinate, we get on with delivering for the people of this country. we vaccinate, he vacillates, mr speaker, and that's the difference. hear, hear! labour later complained to the speaker that the prime minister's claim that keir starmer had voted against a pay rise wasn't true. some recollections may vary, as someone said. in his response, sir lindsay hoyle quoted from the rules for ministers. the government's own ministerial code could not be clearer about what is expected of ministers. it says, "it is of paramount importance that ministers give accurate and truthful information to parliament, correcting any inadvertent error at the earliest the speaker with some direct advice for the prime minister. at least the vaccination programmes continues to deliver good news, and that means borisjohnson�*s under pressure from conservative mps to lift england's lockdown earlier. but his government's chief medical adviser warned

that easing restrictions too quickly would lead to a substantial surge in covid infections. professor chris whitty was appearing before mps on the science and technology committee. what we're going to see is as things are opening up, what all the models suggest at some point we will get a surge in the virus, and whether that happen, we it doesn't happen soon, but it might, for example, happen later in the summer if we open up gradually, or if there is a seasonal effect, it might happen over the next autumn and winter. but i think all of it suggests there is going to be a further surge, and that will find the people who either have not been vaccinated or where the vaccine has not worked. and some of them will end up in hospital, and sadly, some of them will go on to die. he was asked if improved data could speed up the lifting of lockdown.

zeroing in on particular numbers, every single number will be incorrect. what they are doing is giving an indication of general that models demonstrate is if you open up too fast, a lot more people die, a lot more people die. a conservative mp looked ahead to the scheduled lifting of all restrictions injune. it's104 days until the 21st ofjune, and i understand your natural caution, but the lesson from last year is obviously not just that things can turn back quickly, but the idea of protecting the path of the virus 100 days ahead seems to be something of a fools errand. so, you know, i understand your natural caution, but are we really saying that 21st ofjune date is set in stone and there is no way we could possibly go quicker? chris whitty said it was

a decision for ministers, but he offered advice based on principles. do not try and quicken the five—week breaks because if you want it to be based on data, you will have to use those five weeks if you wish to give people a week's notice. there isn't...you simply cannot see the effect size any time that is shorter than that. the chief scientific adviser was equally cautious. the estimate is that - after three weeks, you can start to get a real handle on this and it is probably| between three and four weeks to really get a decent handle i on what is happening. and that is the week- that the ministers want to be able to alert businesses - and others to what will happen. i think if you truncate that, you are essentially flying . blind. you might feel, "i can smell it going in a certain direction - and looks like this" - but you really won't know. sir patrick and professor whitty co—chair sage the government's scientific advisory group on emergencies. but do ministers follow the science? scientific advice on this issue and on previous occasions in terms of advising

the government to go into lockdown in the first and second waves and to not lift restrictions too early and to implement a circuit breaker lockdown in september and again as people mixing over christmas, these pieces of advice have seemingly been ignored by the government. do you agree that the government has a track record of ignoring scientific advice or at least using it inconsistently? our advice is there for all to see. - our advice is clear. we have given it repeatedly and not always welcome - by all sorts of people - and when we give the advice of all sorts of different i parts of the community, but we give it as we see it and then of course it is up to others to try and interpret . that with the other information that have and the other. priorities they may have. sir patrick vallance. in scotland, nicola sturgeon confirmed that more pupils will return to schools during the coming days and restrictions on outdoor gatherings are being eased. but at first minister's questions two days later, she was challenged over the impact of the covid

pandemic on waiting times for cancer treatment. the scottish labour leader said cancer targets had been missed throughout nicola sturgeon�*s time in office. doesn't that show that we can't come through covid and go back to the old arguments? instead, we, in this parliament, should focus on what unites us as a country, rather than what divides us. shouldn't the focus of this parliament be a recovery and a catch—up plan for our nhs so that we never again, never again have to choose between treating a virus or treating cancer? in terms of cancer waiting times before covid, average waits in terms of the time between diagnosis and treatment starting are very short in scotland. we have recognised for a long time there is more to do to meet targets and to reduce waiting times further. covid has undoubtedly been a serious difficulty because of the pause in many normal aspects of the nhs that it has necessitated. but that is why, through investment, through reforms to how treatments are being

delivered and many of the actions i've set out, we are now focused on getting the nhs back to normal. she also faced yet more questions about her government's mishandling of sexual harassment allegations against her predecessor, alex salmond, who was cleared in court of criminal charges. presiding officer, at her committee appearance, | the first minister became very forgetful, and she seems- determined to forget - that it was her government who were the ones who failed these women so badly. - according to five people now — including a qc and a civil- servant — her government is responsible for leakingl a complainant's name to salmond's team. . but nobody's been sacked, or even reprimanded. - and despite all her protests, the flawed procedure — - the one that let these women i down — has never been changed. this week has shown again that. sexual harassment complainants cannot trust the ruling party to deal with a complaint - first minister.

firstly, can i say, the first allegation that ruth davidson made there is disputed, and i disputed it at committee last week. obviously, i wasn't party to the conversation that it is based on, and i'm limited in what i can say because of legal reasons. i want everything about this to be open and transparent because i do want to learn lessons. ruth davidson — perhaps belatedly, over recent days — has started to talk about the women, and i welcome that, because that is the issue right at the heart of this. i will be haunted for probably the rest of my life about the way in which the government, through an error made, i think, in good faith, but nevertheless, an error, that let down those women. i've apologised for that. i wasn't involved in the investigations, i wasn't aware of the error at the time, but as head of the scottish government, i take and ifeel responsibility for that. nicola sturgeon. now, brexit may be in the rear—view mirror since we cut our ties

injanuary, but tensions are rising between the uk and the eu. at stormont, northern ireland's first minister was asked about the practical problems that have followed new trading arrangements under what's known as the northern ireland protocol — and, in particular, checks on goods which arrive there from england, wales and scotland. the synagogue is in my constituency, thejewish community has been unable to get kosher meat and as we reach passover, this has become particularly acute. is the government aware of the scale and depth of this protocol is causing problems to people in northern ireland? this is not hiccup the teething problem as the prime minister might suggest. i thank the member for those very real and tangible examples of the impact on the protocol and i have taken account of his comments regarding the jewish community which is very concerning. we have a very smalljewish community in northern ireland and the fact they can't access kosher meat is something that would cause me a great deal of concern.

arlene foster wants the protocol scrapped. instead, the uk wants to give businesses more time to adapt by extending the so—called grace periods, a move that's prompted a threat of legal action by the eu. that didn't go down well on the conservative benches in the lords. the somewhat hysterical reaction of the eu demonstrates yet again their one—sided inability to recognise legitimate unionist concerns and to see the belfast agreement to all of its strands. all sides need to be sensitive to social and political realities and the fact that the operation of the protocol rests on the confidence of both communities in northern ireland. i can reassure my noble friend we will consider very carefully any legal process launched by the eu, we will defend our position vigorously. in the commons, opposition mps accused the government of provocation and belligerence. and it raises serious questions| about whether the government has a strategy at all to deal with the complex realities i

facing northern ireland. provocation is not a strategy and a stop—gap is not - a solution. this is an extraordinary - position for a government to be in, having to break the law and trash britain's - international reputation - to remove checks that they claim never existed. but the northern ireland secretary insisted the actions taken were lawful. they are temporary operational easements introduced where additional delivery time is needed, they don't change our legal obligations set out in the protocol and we will continue to set out protocol implementation in the committee. it is not protecting the flow of goods at issue here but rather the provocative and belligerent manner in which the government seems determined to go about trying to achieve that. mps in northern ireland were not persuaded by the government's approach. even an extended grace

period still leaves us i with the reality that - in the words of the secretary of the department of. agriculture, 20% of all the checks taking . place on all borders across the european union are now taking place - in the irish sea, and thati will increase substantially beyond the grace period. last week, the secretary of state rushed out, sneaked out an announcement unilaterally on budget day that his government would once again break international law. on capitol hill and in the white house are furious about this move, is the secretary of state at all concerned that this government's reputation is in tatters across the world? if the protocol is to be sustainable, we need to see a genuine partnership between the uk and the eu to fix problems, not for northern ireland to become a pawn in a war of attrition with the eu. in a debate on international women's day, a labour mp listed all women killed in the uk over the last year, where a man has been convicted or charged. it tookjess phillips more

than four minutes to read the list of almost 120 names. she ended with the name of sarah everard, who disappeared earlier this month. we have all prayed that the name of sarah everard would never be on any list. let's pray every day, and work every day, to make sure nobody's name ends up on this list again. the government has been defeated several times in the house of lords over its domestic abuse bill. peers overwhelmingly backed an amendment calling for more safeguards for children when they have supervised contact with a parent they don't live with. my lords, please ask yourselves, why would anyone who really cares about children not want to be fully trained in child development and safeguarding? is it acceptable to leave children who are already traumatised by being victims, or watching abuse, to be in situations of increased risk? but the minister was not

convinced there was a problem to solve. i do continue to question whether the statutory accreditation that is proposed in this amendment is required, or whether it would provide a more effective form of regulation than that which currently exists. the snp and others have criticised the replacement of the eu—funded erasmus student exchange programme, with a new uk scheme named after the mathematician alan turing. yesterday, the prime minister published his plans _ for an erasmus replacement without any consultation - or discussion with- devolved governments. the replacement scheme offers lower living support, _ no travel support, no tuition fee support. i why is this tory government taking opportunities away. from our young people? she is wrong about the difference between the erasmus and the turing project because the turing scheme, unlike the erasmus scheme which overwhelmingly went to kids from better—off homes,

the turing project is designed to help kids across the country, of all income groups, get to fantastic universities around the world. a senior executive at heathrow airport has described the queues for immigration there as �*unacceptable�*. the border is controlled by border force and managed by the home office. emma gilthorpe told the home affairs committee that before the pandemic, it was common to queue for up to two hours. now, it's not uncommon to see queues of three hours, and we have had queues extending out to nearly six hours on occasions. so, the extra layers that have been introduced are crippling the resourcing capability that border force has in place. emma gilthorpe, with another reason to stay at home this summer. mps have begun an inquiry into the links between sport and long—term brain injury.

it follows growing concern that professional footballers are far more likely to develop dementia than the general public. football has now introduced a system of concussion substitutes where a player with a suspected head injury can be replaced even if all other substitutes have been used. but an expert on brain injuries told the digital, culture, media and sport committee that the new system was a shambles. i think it last football is introducing temporary substitutes although it is way, way late in the day. unfortunately it is not temporary substitutes. i wish temporary substitutes. iwish they— temporary substitutes. i wish they were. unfortunately has a habit— they were. unfortunately has a habit of— they were. unfortunately has a habit of looking at more substrate rules as some disadvantage. it is a shambles of the — disadvantage. it is a shambles

of the moment. you said before that the protocols in football are a "shambles", is the word that you used. in what way are they a shambles? it is, it is, because the medics, the physios on the pitch—side have got no more time, no more opportunity, no more tools, no more assistance to assess players with potentially complex brain injury. so, it hasn't improved, the assessment of players with brain injury, or potential brain injury. what it's done is, you know, taken care of the perceived tactical disadvantage of having a player removed, so they've put one more player on the pitch. so, you know, in 2021, of all the ways that a sport might have addressed the issue of head injury in its game, i think that has beenjust a dreadful response. 0k. the former england striker jeff astle was the first footballer known to have died from a brain condition linked to heading the ball. jeff astle died in 2002, 19 years ago, yet here we are talking about football protocols being a shambles. and you've said yourself that the majority of funding

comes from the united states. why are we letting people down in this way? what is our problem, in terms of our sporting bodies? i share with you the frustration that it's taken 20—odd years to get the point where we're sitting down discussing this today. is there any difference between evidence to suggest heading has gotten less dangerous over the years. because of the change in the ball. in the 60s and 70s, the ball was very heavy, had laces, were leather, and now are polyurethane and different materials. is there any evidence to suggest that changing technology has had an effect? so, the weight of a ball probably doesn't change the impact that much. and of course, if you think

of the modern ball zipping through the air because it comes off the foot slightly faster, you could almost argue that the problem is greater in the more modern football than it is in the older football. the reality is, we just don't know. willie stewart. finally, to the seemingly neverending saga of how to prevent the houses of parliament falling down. one former leader of the commons is frustrated that plans for restoration and renewal seem to be making no progress. my right honourable friend must surely see that the risks of a major asbestos leak, a sewage failure or, indeed, a devastating fire such as we saw at notre—dame are very high and remain very high, and we have virtually no contingency for this place. now, my personal motto, mr speaker, isjfdi, and i would like to offer that to my right honourable friend, to gird his loins to make some progress. mr speaker, i always preferred the motto of queen elizabeth i, which was 'semper eadem' — always the same — which i think makes a very good motto. jacob rees—mogg had heard the works could cost more than £10 billion. he said they had to

be value for money. we are responsible, responsible and answerable to our constituents. and, yes, we need to redo the wiring, yes, we need to ensure this place is safe and secure, but we must not turn this house of commons into disneyland. jacob rees—mogg, dashing hopes of a palace of westminster theme park. those of us hoping for a ride on the commons dodgems will have to wait. thanks for watching the week in parliament. i'll be back on bbc parliament at 11 o'clock, on monday evening, with the latest from the commons and the lords. until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there. the weather has been in a particularly energetic mood over the last few days, with some very strong and blustery winds. and i think it's going to take a while for things to calm down. so, still windy through this weekend. there will be some sunny spells but also some heavy showers. you can see the cloud

on the satellite picture. it has been blown quite briskly across the atlantic on those strong winds. speckled shower clouds, and this band of cloud here, which has been bringing some more persistent rain eastwards. that clearing away through the first part of the morning, and then you can see plenty more showers following on behind. some of those showers through the day will be heavy and thundery. some with some sleet and some snow mixing in over high ground in the north, and the potential for some hail as well. but at least for a time, eastern scotland, central and eastern parts of england, will see fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine. but it does stay windy, particularly across england and wales. these are the winds gusts you can expect, 50 mph or more in exposed places. so, when you factor in the strength of the wind, it is going to feel really chilly out there. top temperatures between 7—10 degrees. through saturday night, we'll see one clump of showers pushing south—eastwards across england and wales. more feeding into northern ireland and scotland for a time, but you can see the showers become fewer and further

between by the end of the night. more dry weather to start sunday morning. it stays windy enough, i think, to avoid a frost in most places, but it will be quite a chilly start to the day. and then through sunday, high pressure fairly close by, but low pressure still in charge. a frontal system approaching from the west, so while many places will start off the day dry with some spells of sunshine, we'll see more in the way of cloud spinning across northern ireland and scotland. outbreaks of rain with that, which will then get down into northern england, wales and the midlands. but for southern and eastern areas, it's likely to stay dry for a good part of the day. still windy but not as windy, and temperatures ranging from seven degrees in northern scotland to 11 in eastern and southern parts of england and south wales. now, if you are looking for things to calm down, it looks like that will happen during next week as this area of high pressure slowly but surely establishes itself. a little bit of rain around at the start of the week but it should then turn drier. there'll be some sunshine and the winds should fall quite a lot lighter.

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