andrea leadsom.f the most powerful storms on record — hurricane irma — is continuing to devastate parts of the caribbean. the islands of barbuda and st martin have suffered catastrophic damage and several people have been killed. among the islands hit by sustained wind speeds of more than 180mph were british 0verseas territories and members of the commonwealth — including anguilla, montserrat and the british virgin islands. in a statement in the commons, the government pledged urgent assistance. the royal naval ship, it is already in the caribbean and should reach affected territories later today. this ship carries royal marines and army engineers, and her primary task is the protection of our overseas territories. she is loaded with a range of equipments, tents, stores, and hydraulic vehicles specifically designed to respond to disasters like this. it stands ready to charter flights to deliver additional supplies as appropriate. the prime minister, he said, had spoken to france's president macron an

the commons leader, andrea leadsom, defended the move, saying that with dup support, the government had must have a realistic opportunity to make progress with its business through the house. the motion that the house is being asked to agree today guarantees that the party with a working majority is able to do exactly that. i will give way to the honourable gentleman. for the purposes of this parliament, the government only has a working majority for matters of confidence and supply. matters of confidence and supply, madam deputy speaker, are not committed to the public bill committees. they are dealt with on the floor of the house. in committees, they should not have, because they do not have in this house, a working majority. well, the right honourable gentleman will be aware that on the floor of this house the government does have a working majority, and as extensions of the floor of this house, it is right that the government must be able to have a realistic opportunity to get its business through. i feel sorry for the honourable leader of the house. she is sent out, in a bright out

andrea leadsom said the government tuition fees and public sector pay are taken incredibly seriously. of the house and no doubt we have engaged at every level. however, i would like to point out that the actual intention of the opposition in these debates yesterday was purely political. they will be very much aware... laughter they will be very much aware that the vote yesterday, the tuition fee proposal, has no statutory effect. they are determined under the negative procedure. there is a 40 day period to annull the instrument and it has expired. this has been a stinker of a week for the democratic arrangements in this house. first the repeal bill with the grotesque henry viii powers, then the manipulation of the standing committee on the government favour, and now the degrading of opposition day debate to little more than adjournment debates. next a will be coming to your chair. laughter. -- next they will be coming. the leader of the house said, when she assumed this role, that she wanted to reach out to the parties of this house, to seek consensus and to work across this chamber.

the leader of the house, andrea leadsom, said the arrangement with the dup meant the government had a black or ethnic minority employees have been bullied, abused or singled out at work, according to tuc research. 0nly work, according to tuc research. only one in five reported the bullying and felt their complaint was properly dealt with. the union is calling for employers to take a zero tolerance attitude and develop a clear process for investigating every complaint. is clear many of the people upon a survey felt afraid to report, and that tells me they are worried it will give them a bad name and get back emotional pay rise of they're seen as a troublemaker so it is really important that employers are clear that it is the abuser who was the problem not the victim. the tuc general secretary frances 0'grady there. a study of attitudes towards jewish frances 0'grady there. a study of attitudes towardsjewish people suggests a quarter of the population has abuser could be viewed as anti—semitic but overall the research reckoned level of prejudice in the uk were lower than anywhere else i

during the referendum and after, liam fox, borisjohnson, andrea leadsom and the rest have been engagingu could get £350 million per week once you've voted to leave the european union. of course they said that in the knowledge that there would have to be some kind of financial settlement with the european union after, which of course means that we can't get £350 million per week extra going to the nhs and extra public services. how much should we pay the eu? at the moment net we are paying just £8 million to the european union. that gives you a ballpark figure from which presumably the negotiations. for the i wouldn't put an exact figure on it because i don't profess to know all of the different liabilities and obligations that we've signed up to up obligations that we've signed up to up to this point. what i am clear about is that clearly we are going to have to pay something. the problem for the government is that borisjohnson and problem for the government is that boris johnson and others that that we would have to pay nothing. -- umunna, thank you. that was obviously a labour row rem

the leader of the house, andrea leadsom, said the arrangement with the dup meant the government had amake progress with legislation. labour accused ministers of a "power grab." a fatberg weighting a 130 tons has been found blocking a sewer in east london. if you're having breakfast, i suggest you turn away now. the solid mass of congealed fat, wet wipes and nappies is 250 metres long and is one of the biggest thames water has ever seen. the company said it would take three weeks to remove the blockage. get ready, everybody. here we go. that is where it starts. it ends a long way beyond that. 0nce that is where it starts. it ends a long way beyond that. once they get rid of that blockage, it will be a lot better. we could show you more, there are rats involved, but maybe not a good idea this early in the morning. where do we go with that one? what are people doing flushing nappies down the toilet? do you remember a few months ago when they showed us wet wipe mountain. the steaming... nota disney showed us wet wipe mountain. the steaming... not a disney movie. brendan rodgers said paris