catherine haddon, thank you very much indeed. catherine haddon. time now for a breatherfrom brexit.brief look at a few other goings—on around westminster. a ban on the sale of ivory in the uk has moved a step closer, after the ivory bill finished its parliamentary journey. around 20,000 african elephants are killed by poachers each year for their ivory tusks. the bill aims to curb elephant poaching and a growing black market in ivory. but there were warnings that more needs to be done to preserve the world's wildlife. whether it be elephants, or whether it be whales, whether it be giraffes, whether it be any sort of species like this. unless we wake up as a world, these animals are going to be extinct. the problems at birmingham prison that followed a riot there two years ago led the prison service to take it back temporarily from the private company gas. mps on thejustice committee wants to know more about the government's plans. minister, will you be handing the prison back to gas on 20 january as planned? not if that prison is not a stable, clean, safe, decent prison. we will not

talking earlier, i'm pleased to say joining me now are henry newman, from 0pen europe, and dr catherine haddon government. it's one of those moments where the prime minister goes back to downing street and sits there and waits for the call from sir graham brady there's nothing she can do. know, it's there's nothing she can do. know, its extraordinary dissuading for them to vote and we are now waiting for the conservative party to go and count those votes, i mean, it's quite strange because normally we here for like general election things in exit polls, there's a lot that goes around it, and this is been put together in just a day to get to this vote. i'm thinking, you used to be a political adviser, when she came into downing street, she got rid of a lot of people who were around the brexit campaign and she stripped away, people who perhaps in these recent months might have been friendly to the prime minister did think she's paying the price for the way she ran the office over the last few yea rs ? way she ran the office over the last few years? perhaps i think a problem she has had it not be

dr catherine haddon is a consitutional expert and senior fellow at the institute for government. attorney general's advice and the suggestion he is under no obligation, as labour and others would have wanted, for him to release the full advice he gave to the prime minister relating to her brexit deal. is that an obligation that holds water? the obligation not to release, constitutionally, it is part of the advice the government gets on the range of issues on all sorts of different issues so parliament are trying to set a new president, we sought with the iraq war the battle over what the attorney general's advice had been in the run—up to that so those previous ground in this apartment, they are trying to assert their right to get information about brexit. but it is not an absolute privilege and on november the 13th a private motion was put forward which required the government as a result of parliament voting for this to give full details concerning the brexit deal and that would require the prime minister giving the full details of the advice she was given on this deal. some ar

joining me now are henry newman, from open europe, and dr catherine haddon, from the institute for governmentose who are joining us this evening about what is going on right now, in committee room 1a. is going on right now, in committee room 14. well, we have heard that possibly two thirds of conservative mps have already voted. voted. they have been through, ticked the box, do they have confidence in theresa may as a leader and have gone out, a lot of them back here to do news, some of them were over here and had to rush back to go and to go vote, so to rush back to go and to go vote, so we, i don't know whether they will start counting when they know that all of the mps have voted, or whether or not they will wait for that 8.00, it seems like they would get on with it. we know at the moment they are saying it won't be announced until about 9pm. theresa may will get informed before that. we have had a stream, stream of ministers out here today, we had michael gove on the lunchtime bulletin, not usual for him to be on the green so early. they have been lobbying for her in public, but in priva

i'mjoined news... now by dr catherine haddon from the institute for government one.inister and there is a good chance she does. we saw in 2016 when david cameron announced he was going to resign as prime minister, he said he'd stay on for the duration of the leadership contest. theresa may seems keen to stay and you heard duty for the government so one can almost expect should do that. the key is we don't have a post of ca reta ker key is we don't have a post of caretaker prime minister during this period. we need a prime minister in place. there will be lots of things happening in government. so, in a way, it might be incumbent on how to stay in post. a lot of people suggesting david liddington would step in to carry them through until the new appointment. yes, this is also raced in the house of commons as well. it is possible they could do that but i as i say it isn't her character thus far. there has been big questions for the conservative party if they did that because they haven't been through the conservative leadership contest. obviously, this is all speculati

with me is doctor catherine haddon a senior fellow at the institute for government.n terms of delaying the vote, it looks like that'll happen. the debate could happen tomorrow, whichjust the debate could happen tomorrow, which just kicked it into the long grass. we will see point of order, i suspect. we will see quite a lot of debate and argument in the house of commons, allowing the government to do that, after that, it is a good question. we wait see what is a mac saysis question. we wait see what is a mac says is her next course of action. a lot of assumptions that she might go back to the eu later this week to try and get some more concessions, but if so, she is probably going to have to say when she will come back to the comments with that. the timetable is all grown up now as a result of this decision. now, there is no time period, presumably? the 21 days would have been on new year's eve. we don't think the comment would have come back on that date. there is another date that was the 21st of january, but because she has already presented a deal, that isa has a