james millar. £1 billion deal with the dup is hugely controversial. at prime minister's questions, the dup's westminster leader defended the deal. suicide rates in northern ireland, and particularly in my constituency, and issues of severe mental health are some of the worst in europe and, indeed, the developed world. and clinicians and others have pointed to the legacy of 30 years of terrorism and violence and the awful effects of that. part of the money that we have for investing this week goes to mental health care. extra investment in the health service. isn't it time that people recognised that this is delivery for all of the people of northern ireland, across all sections of the community, and it is going to help some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in northern ireland? and people should get behind it and welcome it. but in the queen's speech debate the following day, one conservative made clear she was far from happy. i can barely put into words my anger at the deal my party

political commentator james millar was watching.ster's questions of the new parliament and much has changed since the last session back in april. but, to almost everyone‘s surprise, given the expected election result and the actual election result, the two protagonists remained the same — theresa may and jeremy corbyn. the labour leader began the session in sombre and statesman—like fashion with some questions about the grenfell fire tragedy, to which the prime minister gave serious answers. as of this morning, the cladding of 120 tower blocks across the country in 37 local authority areas had been tested and failed the combustibility test. given the 100% failure rate, we are very clear with local authorities and housing associations that they should not wait for test results. they should get on with the job of fire safety checks and, indeed, they are doing that. and they should take any necessary action and the government will support them in doing that. but it did not take long for party politics to break out, as corbyn sought to