as has been widely reported in the media, an issue has arisen between the inquiry and the cabinet office as to who decides what is relevant or potentially relevant. i issued a notice under section 21 of the inquiries act 2005, making it clear that in my view it is for the inquiry chaired to decide what is relevant or potentially relevant. the cabinet office disagrees, claiming they are not obliged to disclose what they consider to be unambiguously irrelevant material. they invited me to withdraw the section 21 notice. i declined. they are now challenging my decision to withdraw the notice, or declined to withdraw the notice, or declined to withdraw the notice, in the high court by way ofjudicial review. with litigation pending and as a decision—maker i can make no further

comment. let's discuss this further with damian grammaticus —— damian grammaticus. what exactly was baroness hallett saying there? if you cut through all the legal terminology, what she was talking about was this political issue that has arisen at the outset of this inquiry and the issue boils down to the information she has asked for from the government, who has the right to go through that with the big black pen and say they should not be seen, this isn't relevant. is that the government before provided to her or is it her? and that material then is shown to the inquiry. who has the decision—making power over what really is

scrutinised by the inquiry as it will unfold over the next month's and even years? it is really important argument on the basis on which this inquiry is going to work. when it was set up a trust set up on the basis that she could request any information that she wanted and it had to be handed over. what the government has been arguing in the last few days is that, no, when you are looking at things like whatsapp messages sent between borisjohnson and other ministers and advisers that there are some things in there would be to the inquiry and perhaps come don't know, personal discussions on things like that, and they should be able to go through that with a big black pen, scrub out things before they hand over their messages. she rejected that argument and said no, you need to hand that argument and said no, you need to handed over. they are taken back to court, to the high court to find out

who is right in this case. that is where the situation sits now. we did get some more detail following where the situation sits now. we did get some more detailfollowing her comments about some of those arguments that have been going on. thank you for that context. we will have more from damien and the team covering the coronavirus inquiry here on bbc news. children's doctors are calling for disposable e—cigarettes to be banned to protect young people, with the royal college of paediatrics and child health warning that youth vaping is fast becoming an epidemic. it says that children are disproportionately attracted to vapes. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. disposable vapes in an array of flavours — including watermelon, cherry cola and spearmint. in the past few years, their popularity among children has risen sharply, despite it being illegal to sell them to under—18s.

the number of 11—to—17—year—olds experimenting with vaping was 7.7% last year, but it's up to 11.6% this year, according to a survey. it's disposable vapes that children prefer, and some doctors want them banned. the royal college of paediatrics and child health is warning that childhood vaping is fast becoming an epidemic, and that although there's not the evidence yet, e—cigarettes are likely to damage developing lungs. doctors also say that single—use vapes — which contain the limited resource lithium — are bad for the environment. these things aren'tjust bad for children's health, they're also terrible for the planet. part of the reason is because they contain really valuable materials like lithium that are needed to power the low—carbon transition. in fact, the number of disposable e—cigarettes we get through each year is enough to power 2,500 electric vehicle batteries or 100 times that amount of e—bikes.

nevertheless, anti—smoking campaigners ash believe single—use vapes have an important role, and are the most effective way to help adults stop smoking cigarettes — particularly older patients and people with mental—health problems. instead of a ban, they're calling for the government to put a tax of £5 on them, and to tighten the rules around the way they're promoted in shops. the government's call for evidence as part of its consultation on reducing childhood vaping ends today. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. coming up shortly we will have the latest from central london where the hacking cases being heard involving up hacking cases being heard involving up to 100 complainants, including prince harry. the latest line from our numerous reporters in court, my paranoia was not misplaced. you are

watching bbc news. here in the uk, it's a critical day for the business lobby group the cbi. it is holding a crunch vote about its future later. the cbi is fighting for its survival after its been mired in serious sexual misconduct allegations. this led to an exodus of members, including john lewis, aviva and bmw, and that's led to a slump in funding for the group. with more on this is our business reporter ben king. could you start off with some background to this? the could you start off with some background to this?— could you start off with some background to this? the cbi was one ofthe background to this? the cbi was one of the most — background to this? the cbi was one of the most influential _ background to this? the cbi was one of the most influential lobby - background to this? the cbi was one of the most influential lobby groups | of the most influential lobby groups in the country. its purpose was to represent the interests of government to business, which it did very effectively. it was one of the groups that help to design the furlough scheme that paid peoples

wages in the pandemic. since march it has been mired in a series of scandals which have made it impossible for it to continue its job. it is now recruited a new director—general, who was formerly the chief economist of the group, to reform the organisation, turn it round, rescue an organisation whose future was in serious doubt. they have put together a plan which they have put together a plan which they have presented to members at an extraordinary general meeting and asked them to express their confidence that this plan will be sufficient to ensure the future of the cbi by reforming its leadership, its culture and governance. we are expecting a result of that total at four o'clock today. the cbi has been something confident about the results. the director—general was on the radio today saying that the majority of madden —— of members

have stayed with the cbi. the cbi will be wanting a large vote in favour to give it a strong mandate to reform itself and ensure its future. ., . . ., , future. how much influence does the cbi have? if— future. how much influence does the cbi have? if it _ future. how much influence does the cbi have? if it does _ future. how much influence does the cbi have? if it does disappear - future. how much influence does the cbi have? if it does disappear from l cbi have? if it does disappear from the uk business team, what would we lose? in the uk business team, what would we lose? , , ._ ., , the uk business team, what would we lose? , , ., , ., lose? in its heyday it was an extremely — lose? in its heyday it was an extremely influential - lose? in its heyday it was an - extremely influential organisation. that continued to be the case. at its opposition to brexit it lost a little bit of traction with a pro—brexit governments. nonetheless, it has been an influential voice of business and if it was to disappear questions which remain about how business would engage with government and put forward their input into the policy—making process. other organisations which represent british business do exist,

like the british chamber of commerce, which is more of a focus on the small and medium businesses, they form the business council with another —— a number of important businesses to increase its voice in the large business sector. that certainly raised eyebrows at the time, which may be coincidental, but is being seen as an temp two increase its voice with the government whilst the cbi is having its troubles. government whilst the cbi is having its troubles-— its troubles. thank you. i want to no its troubles. thank you. i want to go straight _ its troubles. thank you. i want to go straight back— its troubles. thank you. i want to go straight back to _ its troubles. thank you. i want to go straight back to central - its troubles. thank you. i want to i go straight back to central london. nancy is outside the high court were a key case is on day two. nancy, what has taken place? prince harry arrived earlier. what has happened since? . ., , ., arrived earlier. what has happened since? . . , ., ., since? prince harry arrived earlier. he went on — since? prince harry arrived earlier. he went on the _ since? prince harry arrived earlier. he went on the courtroom, - since? prince harry arrived earlier. he went on the courtroom, then i since? prince harry arrived earlier. | he went on the courtroom, then we had a chance to see and read his

witness statement, in which he laid out the reasons for his being here today. the reason that he is the first royal in 130 years to take the witness stand. he says that the tabloid press and their intrusion into his life have caused his mental health and well—being to suffer. we have heard him play out in this witness statement the dramatic impact that this intrusion has had. the cross—examination began after that. there is a lot of detail coming in thick and fast from our reporters inside the courtroom. just to give you a sense of some of it, we are hearing harry say things like my paranoia was not misplaced. he has talked about incidents in the past where he has had issues with his voice mail and sometimes listening to a message that disappears or someone asking him about a voice mail that he simply

never got. he said it was only later that he started to piece things together about how important those voicemails were in terms of hacking and how he alleges that newspapers were able to get information on him unlawfully, which they then published. this is part of the details are coming out of the courtroom and we continue to hear from prince harry as he has cross—examined what exactly he is playing out in these allegations. thank you. we will be with you at the top of the hour. in the meantime, let's catch up with the weather. hello again. over the next couple of days the weather's going to be quite similar, in that we're going to start with a fair bit of cloud and it will brighten up from the west through the day, but then we start to see a few changes in the forecast. now, what we have today is high pressure firmly in charge, but we've got low pressure, this is storm oscar down across the bay of biscay and iberia.

that's currently producing some heavy rain in the canaries. as it approaches us, it's going to bring in some showers a bit later in the week. but what we have at the moment is cloud pushing back to the east coast, lingering around the midlands and the east coast, where we still have that chilly breeze. out in the west, though, we're looking at clear skies, sunshine and highs up to 21 or 22 celsius. in the sunshine, uv levels today, more or less across the board, will be moderate or indeed high. if you have an allergy to grass pollen, pollen levels are very high across parts of wales and also southern england and high across northern ireland. as we head on into this evening and overnight, you can see how the cloud quite quickly romps back in from the north sea, pushes westwards. we still have this keen breeze in the south—eastern corner, clear skies in the west. for most under that cloud, it's not going to be a particularly cold night, although under the clear skies, temperatures will be considerably lower. through tomorrow, if anything, the cloud will break up more readily than it's going to do today. it will be a brighter day through the midlands and also

eastern parts of england. there will be a lot of dry weather and sunshine with highs up to 22 or 23 celsius. but like today, tomorrow you could catch an outside shower, for example, across parts of scotland and northern ireland. into thursday, it's almost action replay in that we'll see the cloud break up, there'll be more sunshine, some of that cloud lingering in scotland and temperatures 11 to about 23 degrees. it's overnight thursday into friday, saturday and sunday we start to see the showers coming our way. on friday, they'll start to push in across parts of the south—west. still a keen breeze coming in across southern areas, but a lot of dry weather and the temperatures responding accordingly. we're looking at about 11 to 23 celsius. into the weekend, once again, we have a lot of settled conditions, but some of the showers will be heavy and also thundery. it's going to feel warmer, but it's also going to feel much more humid.