while us now is the secretary of state for scotland, alister jack , who this scotland, alister jack,tish parliament from introducing its controversial gender recognition reforms . and i have to say, we reforms. and i have to say, we did a people's and we ask questions, do you agree or disagree? 16 year olds are too young to change the gender majority. there 61% said yes, they were too to be doing that . they were too to be doing that. but i have to say they weren't quite as emphatic about the uk government intervening in a scottish decision that . so tell scottish decision that. so tell us, alister jack, why did you use section 35? well it as it quite simply exists as a democratic tool within . the democratic tool within. the scotland that was passed in 1998. it was passed the then labour and was voted for by the snp . and then there was an snp. and then there was an instrument called section 35. and as you rightly point out , and as you rightly point out, it's never been used before, but it's never been used before, but it was there for a purpose . the it was there for a purpose. th

alister jack says royal assent.r jack says the hollyrood gender bill would undermine equality laws in the rest of the uk . the bill would rest of the uk. the bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality act 2010. and as i've out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday, i prefer not to be in this situation in the united kingdom government does all can respect the all we can to respect the devolution settlement and to resolve open to the resolve it is open to the scottish government to bring back an amended bill for reconsideration and the scottish parliament. so to conclude , parliament. so to conclude, speaken parliament. so to conclude, speaker, i have set to the scottish government that they should that should choose should that should they choose to so , hope we can work to do so, hope we can work together to find a constructive way . dozens of people way forward. dozens of people have injured after a double decker bus overturned in somerset. bus carrying 70 workers to t

alister jack, he's right.says that transwomen and biological women are different and that is true . but the gender recognition true. but the gender recognition act itself, if i chose to get to grc and use those, use that i'd be legally in dispute . it should be legally in dispute. it should be legally in dispute. it should be from a woman. all my including my birth certificate would say female. and what that means is, is that service providers are unable to distinguish between me and a woman. and if i'd been born in scotland and i apply for a scottish grc, the fact live in england doesn't matter. so it is affecting issues across united kingdom is this and because of that it's not a matter which is just affecting scotland and that is the reason why it's right. sir alister jack to invoke this. now peter also talks about the effect on the union but so far i'd be hauling in scotland says itself. it is unpopular so appealing to the people's may be very interesting it could make the it could break the union yes but

alister jack, he's right.says that transwomen and biological women are different and that is true . but the gender recognition true. but the gender recognition act itself, if i chose to get to grc and use those, use that i'd be legally in dispute . it should be legally in dispute. it should be legally in dispute. it should be from a woman. all my including my birth certificate would say female. and what that means is, is that service providers are unable to distinguish between me and a woman. and if i'd been born in scotland and i apply for a scottish grc, the fact live in england doesn't matter. so it is affecting issues across united kingdom is this and because of that it's not a matter which is just affecting scotland and that is the reason why it's right. sir alister jack to invoke this. now peter also talks about the effect on the union but so far i'd be hauling in scotland says itself. it is unpopular so appealing to the people's may be very interesting it could make the it could break the union yes but

alister jack says the gender bill would have serious adverse on the operation of the equality .ts on the operation of the act 2010. and as i've set out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday, i prefer not to be in this situation in the united kingdom government does all we can to respect the devolution settlement and to resolve disputes . it settlement and to resolve disputes. it is open to the scottish government to bring back an amended for bill in the scottish parliament. so to conclude, mr. speaker i have set out the scottish government that they should. that should they choose to do so. i hope we can work together to find a constructive, forward . dozens of constructive, forward. dozens of people have been injured after a double decker bus in somerset. the carrying 70 workers to the hinkley point c nuclear power station was involved in a collision with a motorcyclist . collision with a motorcyclist. morning. avon and somerset are urging people to only travel if essential, due to the icy and freezing weather conditions conditions . hundreds have lost conditio

but of course, as is clear, alister jack and the westminster government disagree, their reasoning comesr that it will be up to the scottish government to decide weather to seek a judicial review, but they appear very angry at what has happened here, it does look like it is a big constitutional clash and it is a big constitutional clash and it does look like it is heading to the courts. it does look like it is heading to the courte— figures released earlier this morning show uk wages grew at the fastest pace in over 20 years between the beginning of september and the end of november but were still failing to keep up with inflation. regular pay, which excludes bonuses, rose at an annual pace of 6.li% between september and november, official figures show. however, when adjusted for rising prices, wages fell by 2.6%. a challenging environment for workers wanting pay to match prices and in turn for employers trying to meet that demand as costs for energy and materials are rising, too. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports from wenslydale in north yorkshire. near hawes in wensleydal

and that is why alister jack has made this decision. we do hear from him in the commons later on. now nicholas sturgeon faces two kind of challenges here, or two potential possibility is either she back to the scottish she goes back to the scottish parliament and she looks at amending this legislation and the government say they are open to that long as it fits in to that as long as it fits in with the current equalities act. so potential nicholas so that's a potential nicholas sturgeon she goes down the sturgeon or she goes down the legal route and tries to challenge the government's decision courts. it decision in the courts. now it looks she's going do the looks like she's going to do the latter in doing so, of latter and in doing so, of course bang the drum course she will bang the drum saying it is an outrage as saying that it is an outrage as he did last night. a full frontal attack. she branded it on the scottish parliament that it one of its laws it is having one of its laws essentially rejected by politicians london. politicians down here in london. however as i say, the

now we can only assume that we will get much more detail at half past 12 today, when alister jack isue , give his statement certainly across the political spectrum from kezia dugdale, who has also pointed out that know two thirds of support for this bill and again across the political spectrum on all parties is and certainly a hot topic up here which is a lot more than i can say for the way the. okay. thank you, tony. tony maguire there . you, tony. tony maguire there. now, moving on, jeremy clarkson has said that he emailed the duke and duchess of sussex on christmas day to apologise over his column in the sun newspaper . now, the article became the most complained about feature of the 62 year old said that he hated meghan. clarkson said that his language was disgraceful and.heis his language was disgraceful and. he is profoundly sorry. however, a spokesperson for the couple have said that he didn't address his long standing pattern of spreading hate rhetoric , dangerous conspiracy rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories and misogyny. how dare they. and now amazon prime has reported

alister jack has said that . . alister jack has said that. let's talk about this.l that is consistent with the equality act that you can then pass. that's what good is all what that's what good is all about. right, that's debbie about. all right, that's debbie hayton, alister jack, of course , the scotland secretary. we'll carry on that conversation time. but i want to talk to you now about electric cars. have you got an electric car? you might have to one by 2030 because have to get one by 2030 because the phase the government wants to phase all petrol and gas by all new petrol and gas cars by 2030. luck with that 2030. good luck with that because what are you going to charge your car? because it's not easy. minister, not very easy. minister, ambitious for 300,000 charges by 2030, but apparently only about 9000 were installed last year. very but there were a lot they and of course costs so much to charge and it takes so long. joining now is a great friend of the show, great mate of mine . the show, great mate of mine. he's a broadcaster and he's a car dealer. dann

alister jack says the behind the move is that hollyrood gender bill would undermine equality laws inhe rest of uk. the bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality act 2010. and as i've set out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday, i prefer not to be in this situation. the united kingdom government does all we can to respect the devolution settlement and to resolve . it is open to the resolve. it is open to the scottish government to bring back and amended bill for reconsideration and the scottish parliament. the foreign secretary has justified the government's decision to arm ukraine with british army challenge tanks in its war against russia . james cleverly against russia. james cleverly held talks washington today including the us secretary of state antony blinken, before travelling to toronto tomorrow to meet his canadian counterpart cleverly will ask allies to go further and faster in their support for ukraine. the kremlin has downplayed the significance the uk's move to supply more advanced weapons to aid resistance. this is what t

scotland secretary alister jack tonight because vetoed.alisterjack tonight because it alister jack tonight because it conflicted with existing british equality law . legislation would equality law. legislation would also allow and rapists to change gender after committing crimes. the slap comes as scheming sturgeon earlier warned against attempts block her government's policy . i mean, yes, i think it policy. i mean, yes, i think it would be an overreach. in my view, if there no grounds to challenge this , it is within the challenge this, it is within the competence of the scottish parliament. it doesn't affect the operation of the equality act. it was passed by an overwhelming majority, the scottish parliament, after very lengthy and very intense scrutiny . now if you think this scrutiny. now if you think this balanced coverage in the media in scotland over issue, think again . look at how tv's chief again. look at how tv's chief propagandist and political editor so that's his official title. colin mackay a challenged sunak over scottish

scotland secretary alister jack tonight because vetoed.alisterjack tonight because it alister jack tonight because it conflicted with existing british equality law . legislation would equality law. legislation would also allow and rapists to change gender after committing crimes. the slap comes as scheming sturgeon earlier warned against attempts block her government's policy . i mean, yes, i think it policy. i mean, yes, i think it would be an overreach. in my view, if there no grounds to challenge this , it is within the challenge this, it is within the competence of the scottish parliament. it doesn't affect the operation of the equality act. it was passed by an overwhelming majority, the scottish parliament, after very lengthy and very intense scrutiny . now if you think this scrutiny. now if you think this balanced coverage in the media in scotland over issue, think again . look at how tv's chief again. look at how tv's chief propagandist and political editor so that's his official title. colin mackay a challenged sunak over scottish

alister jack says the behind the move is that hollyrood gender bill would undermine equality laws inhe rest of uk. the bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality act 2010. and as i've set out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday, i prefer not to be in this situation. the united kingdom government does all we can to respect the devolution settlement and to resolve . it is open to the resolve. it is open to the scottish government to bring back and amended bill for reconsideration and the scottish parliament. the foreign secretary has justified the government's decision to arm ukraine with british army challenge tanks in its war against russia . james cleverly against russia. james cleverly held talks washington today including the us secretary of state antony blinken, before travelling to toronto tomorrow to meet his canadian counterpart cleverly will ask allies to go further and faster in their support for ukraine. the kremlin has downplayed the significance the uk's move to supply more advanced weapons to aid resistance. this is what t

alister jack says the reasoning behind the move is that the hollyrood bill would undermine equality laws in the rest of the uk . the bill would rest of the uk. the bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality act 2010. and as i've set out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday. i prefer not to be in this situation. the united kingdom government does all we can to respect devolution settlement and to resolve disputes . it settlement and to resolve disputes. it is open to the scottish government to bring back an amended for bill reconsideration in the scottish parliament. now the climate activist greta thunberg has been detained once again during climate protests in germany. the 20 year old was escorted away by police after taking part in demonstration against the expansion of an open pit coal mine in the west of germany . it mine in the west of germany. it follows protests over the weekend , with german police weekend, with german police saying investigations have been started against a 150 protesters following violent clashes. while the protest

alister jack says the reasoning behind the move is that the hollyrood bill would undermine equality laws in the rest of the uk . the bill would rest of the uk. the bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality act 2010. and as i've set out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday. i prefer not to be in this situation. the united kingdom government does all we can to respect devolution settlement and to resolve disputes . it settlement and to resolve disputes. it is open to the scottish government to bring back an amended for bill reconsideration in the scottish parliament. now the climate activist greta thunberg has been detained once again during climate protests in germany. the 20 year old was escorted away by police after taking part in demonstration against the expansion of an open pit coal mine in the west of germany . it mine in the west of germany. it follows protests over the weekend , with german police weekend, with german police saying investigations have been started against a 150 protesters following violent clashes. while the protest

engaged over constitutional powers, she will fight like a terrier. 0n the other hand we heard from alister jackonal battle with the scottish government, i have to say that he sounded rather disquieted the discomfort and other but perhaps nervous. he was relying very much upon the legal point. he referred constantly to the statement of reasons due to be published by the uk government's lawyers, to the exasperation of many, including senior backbenchers on the other side, and perhaps one or two on his own side, but he was putting forward this case, putting the reason for the house. it is basically the equality act 2010 was designed to protect gender as a protected element within legislation, and he says it was always presumed that it will be difficult to change gender, to switch gender, and it says the scottish parliament's move makes that balance more difficult, changes the balance, changes the careful balance there has been. this the balance, changes the careful balance there has been.- balance there has been. this is bein: balance there has been. this is being discussed _ balance there has bee

alister jack says the reasoning behind the move is that holyrood's gender bill would undermine equality laws in the rest of the uk . the bill would have serious uk. the bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality act 2010, and as i've set out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday, i prefer not to be in this situation. the united kingdom government does all we can to respect the devolution and settlement and to resolve disputes . it is open to resolve disputes. it is open to the scottish government to bring back an amended bill for ricoh's iteration in the scottish parliament. so to conclude, mr. speaker , i have set out to the speaker, i have set out to the scottish government that they should, that they choose should, that should they choose to do so. i hope we can work together to find a constructive way forward and set to publish draft legislation outlining how it plans to ban gay conversion therapy, including for transgender people. it's going to unveil its proposed approach to unveil its proposed approach to banning the conversion pract

in the commons yesterday on our guest here, rosie duffield asked this question of the scotland alister jacke government's invoking section 35 in this case as the bill clearly conflicts with the equality act and would have repercussions for women , have repercussions for women, for women across the uk . does for women across the uk. does the secretary of state recognise the secretary of state recognise the strength of feeling amongst women's rights groups and activists in scotland that this bill seeks to allow anyone at all to legally self—identify as either sex and therefore enter all spaces, including those necessarily segregated sex, such as domestic settings, changing rooms and prisons. and given the preview due to just not understand how vitally important this is at the moment, well, mr. mr. deputy speaker , think i mr. deputy speaker, think i think the honourable lady deserves a lot of respect for her courage standing up on this issue . and i think when issue. and i think when statement of reasons is read later today will be proved to be absolutely right in the things she's saying . re

alister jack, secretary of state for scotland has obviously blocked this bill yesterday and with thee 1998 scotland act and certainly what you said there about the snp as well, stating that two thirds of the scottish parliament before christmas voted to pass this bill and certainly that included from all five of scotland's main political parties, including two tory frontbenchers . thanks for tory frontbenchers. thanks for the update, toby. we've got to leave it there. we're going to take a break. and coming up after that. love island has welcomed its first partially sighted contestants. a women's thing. the blind footballer who says he's pleased to be represented on tv. stay with us . welcome back to watch love island last night returned to our screen . the latest series our screen. the latest series featuring the island's first ever partially blind contestant. i say the island, but it's actually happening in south africa, so it's not on the island of majorca. the world of their own. and they are. ron hall is 25 years of age and he is keen to raise awareness of his disappeared at sea

now, on tuesday, the government led by scottish secretary alister jack up to scheming sturgeon and dangerouson benches, a select group of tories are lobbying the party collective to the protection of women's rights and vulnerable teens. this conflict is centred around the proposed on trans conversion therapy, which pro trans considered with mp alisha kearns, an ally of penny mordaunt, has to the forefront of the government's agenda . of the government's agenda. however, dozens of backbenchers are said to be opposed to the ban unless it includes safeguards protect parents. that view was echoed by the equalities minister kemi badenoch, who wrote to all tory mps, insisting that parents not be criminalised for having legitimate conversations with their children about whether they really want to change genden they really want to change gender. so dominic samuels , it gender. so dominic samuels, it feels like this is one step forward and two steps backwards in terms of the protection of women, but a space, in this case, vulnerable teenagers. yeah, and because we have some very severely people with

now, on tuesday, the government led by scottish secretary alister jack up to scheming sturgeon and dangerouson benches, a select group of tories are lobbying the party collective to the protection of women's rights and vulnerable teens. this conflict is centred around the proposed on trans conversion therapy, which pro trans considered with mp alisha kearns, an ally of penny mordaunt, has to the forefront of the government's agenda . of the government's agenda. however, dozens of backbenchers are said to be opposed to the ban unless it includes safeguards protect parents. that view was echoed by the equalities minister kemi badenoch, who wrote to all tory mps, insisting that parents not be criminalised for having legitimate conversations with their children about whether they really want to change genden they really want to change gender. so dominic samuels , it gender. so dominic samuels, it feels like this is one step forward and two steps backwards in terms of the protection of women, but a space, in this case, vulnerable teenagers. yeah, and because we have some very severely people with

framework, she needs to take the public with and i think she is smarting that rishi sunak and alister jackcretaries, the tory prime minister, the tory social secretary are actually speaking for the scottish voters and. she isn't and this could well be very big, big moment. and skocpol politics. yeah, i think for a lot of women and people that it's more fundamental than anything that nicholas cannon has been suggesting the idea that one can just simply self the agenda flies in the face of common sense for so many women andifs common sense for so many women and it's dilutes in my view at least it means to be woman. anyway, i must read out what the prison service spokesman has said. he says decisions by the sps as to the most appropriate location to accommodate transgender people are made on an individualised basis informed by a multidistrict disciplinary assessment of both risk and needs. such decisions seek protect both the well—being and rights of the individual as well as the welfare and rights of others around them, including in order to achieve outcome that balances risks and promotes t

it was put to the secretary state for scotland, alister jack on gb news early today.trument called section 35. and as you rightly out, it's never been used before , but it never been used before, but it was there for a and the purpose was there for a and the purpose was when the scottish government passed legislation that had an adverse impact on other gb wide legislation and in this case the 2010 equalities act. and for that reason i looked at the legal opinion that was given to me and i took the decision to use a section 35 order. what the impacts are is around increasing the cohort can go forward. we think the balance right with the gender recognition act, we have at the moment the 2000 before it. but what this did it didn't increase the cohort dramatically but it and it's not about genuine trans people they absolutely have our support . it absolutely have our support. it is about the wrongs if you like it's about the bad state actors the those of a predatory nature to reduce the bar to three months of self i.d. to reduce the bar to three months of self id. no thir

it is worth looking at the letter that alister jack, rishi sunak�*s man in scotland, sent to the firstat he was concerned about the adverse impact on, amongst other things, gp wide equality legislation. he will set out later today in full what he considers to be these adverse effects. but he mentioned he was concerned about the impact on single sex clubs, associations and schools, the protection of things like equal pay and the chilling effect on single sex spaces. he also said there would be significant complications from having too many different gender recognition regimes in the uk. nicola sturgeon has said this is a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and its ability to make its own decisions on devolved matters. she said the government and the parliament will defend the bill. i think this very controversial legislation is turning into a constitutional clash which is heading to the courts. thank you. social media bosses could face jail if they repeatedly fail to protect children from online harm, under new changes to the online safety bill. the prime minister rishi sunak

and, which rishi sunak and his of state for scotland , alister , of state for scotland, alister, alister jackder which will prevent from being given royal assent . this being given royal assent. this is because that bill could intervene and affect the uk's equality act of 2010 and that would double repercussions across the whole uk . and that's across the whole uk. and that's argument isn't that presumably is the last thing that they want. i mean, the section 35 on something like that would cause something like that would cause so many problems actually . so many problems actually. whatever your view on the topic . well, whatever one's on the topic, you're quite right. it will mean the uk government intervening on a bill passed in the scottish parliament. but of course this is actually what devolution allows for allows for the error in the sense of having a bill then affects uk reserved bills and. it's thought by many that in fact one of the reasons nicholas sturgeon was so keen before christmas to get this through parliament when it's not really a top priority given the cost of living crisis

yes it certainly sounds that way because alister jack, the scottish secretary, very clearly said, please that we can find a way through through negotiation . but nicholas negotiation. but nicholas sturgeon has said that this is heading towards the court. she's really not interested in chatting to the government about this and it looks like another court battle and which way that will go and. well, that remains to be seen. well, thank you very much , catherine. that's much, catherine. that's catherine force. she's our gb news political reporter . well, news political reporter. well, also joining me is the former snp glasgow city councillor austin sheridan . austin, thank austin sheridan. austin, thank you very much for joining me this afternoon. is the government , if the government government, if the government are concerned about, government, if the government are concerned about , scottish are concerned about, scottish legislation impacting the whole of surely they have the of the uk, surely they have the right to make hollywood think again about the change to the gender reform bill? w

unpopular up because this is so unpopular up here in scotland i think alister, should , play the alister, jack to the scottish people this is it right . i'm saying this now why on earth stuff like this not earth is stuff like this not going people about every going to the people about every major issue in this country. now, you look at what's now, when you look at what's been in the channel, if been going on in the channel, if you a referendum turning you did a referendum on turning boats something along boats back or something along those certainly not those lines or certainly not having asylum seekers pretending to in british to be children in british schools, public schools, i mean, the public would their droves. would speak in their droves. they common sense brigade they the common sense brigade would talk about would win. if you talk about having male sex offenders in women's he has again women's prisons. he has again a pubuc women's prisons. he has again a public would overwhelm many public vote would overwhelm many reveal that people do not want that yet here we that to happen and yet h