and the mp who tabled the urgent question leading to andrea leadsom's statement.? there was a change of tone, which was welcome. we had a change from criticising the complaints as exaggerated. that was positive. we had acknowledgement that the new procedures will be expanded to include all staff very shortly, which is good, but where it still fell short is the lack of real grappling with the fact that the whole process from start to finish has to be independent. so this new enquiry that andrea leadsom just mentioned is supposed to be undertaken by the house of commons commission, in other words, another set of mps. and if this whole saga has told us anything, it is that you cannot have mps judging other mps. it doesn't work, it doesn't breed confidence. so in the new procedure and the old one we have to look at, we have to get rid of any sense that this is mps marking their own homework. did you feel today that there was the appetite to actually recognise that and change it? not to the degree that i'd have liked. some mps get it across the house, some mps do. but

andrea leadsom.the times, it was written all over your face. seriously, on andrea leadsom, i have no doubt that both she and theresa may are concerned about the issue of bullying and harassment in westminster but how urgently do you think they are taking this? i didn't detect in her answers to you really forceful sense of urgency that this has to right now. christian: i think she has done a lot of work on it, actually, but one of the problems in westminster at the moment is that those clerks and staff that are employed by parliament, under a different union and are not covered by some of the reforms she has pushed through for those staff who work for mps and she has been saying we need one uniform system across westminster that defends all people, because at the moment, as we said in the introduction, there is a feeling that it into the complainant that is forced out of a job and push towards anotherjob. katty: so how long before this investigation produces results and the system changes? christian:

because as andrea leadsom rather carelessly shall we say put out, theresa may has not had children of she is the age of having grandchildren and she has not got them for that very reason so it's an image we have not seen at any point before. maybe we happen to us on secretary but i cannot remember because it was not literally then so you are not looking for it. a lovely picture. the baby is only six days old, a fine head of hairfor a tiny baby. that is one for the family album, taking in walking them. very sweet. quite extraordinary when you think sharon national security council on monday for two hours, going to the house making a statement and answering questions, tuesday ultimatum for the russians, all that planning, wednesday morning another one hour or more with the attorney general, defence minister, foreign secretary, all of that going on, go back to the not sanctions, unannounced visit to salisbury, quite extraordinary. this is a tonic, holding a baby.|j quite extraordinary. this is a tonic, holding a baby. i think so. she was genuinely engaged. returning to the jam on cream d

talking to beyond 100 days, leader of the house andrea leadsom explains why new rules covering conductr protection from bullying for westminster staff — you can hear that interview in full tonight at seven o'clock. not sure why we are showing you amber rudd. and with me tonight taking a look at the papers at 10.40 are the broadcaster david davies and lucy fisher, senior political correspondent at the times. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. these are our headlines tonight. the stage is set at stoke for manchester city. will they split up and will it be another step towards the premier league title? michael carrick has five league titles on his cv, but the manchester united captain is calling it a day at the end of the season. and the championship is theirs, but now ireland are targeting the grand slam. twickenham is the focus in the final week of the six nations. good evening. we will have the very latest from stoke in a minute ahead of the final game of the weekend's premier league fixtures, but so mu

leader of the house andrea leadsom wishes resident rock star keith richards a happy birthday.e's 21 again. but actually, i might be confusing that with his majority. former first lady meets her biggest fan after a photo of her enamoured by michelle 0bama's portrait goes viral. shake it off, shake it off. ministers questioned the environmental audit committee's proposed 25p charge on disposable coffee cups. they say voluntary discounts are betterfor shops. caffeine addicts are safe for now. at question timejeremy corbyn asked theresa may about human rights abuses in saudi arabia and reminds her of the importance of international women's day. i think that's what's called mansplaining. women took to the streets to mark international women's day, including a march on parliament and mass strikes and demonstrations in spain. in a speech in westminster the grandaughter of suffragette sylvia pankhurst said 2018 could be a turning point for women's rights. is it that one, two, three generations down from that act we have women who have been able to occupy many more spaces through educa

last week, in parliament, andrea leadsom said there wouldn't be individual investigations into individualad conclusions, but not name names. frankly, that won't be good enough for staff who are really worried this will be used to sweep it under the carpet. that has been the response so far? we need to know what is going to happen at this inquiry concludes an mp is a bad person and needs to be dealt with, will that be made public or will it be secret? chris cook, thanks very much. how does the world respond to an election that you putin called in a landslide and were not really believes in? there was no official opposition. certainly, the 70 percentage of the vote suggests the word of the leader he never really doubted he was president. the big question is how the world reacts in a country that has silenced dissent should they congratulate him, should they freeze him out? a muted reaction so far by our diplomatic editor. he assesses the options for the west now. back in the 1870s when britain and russia asked friend or foe about their future relationship, they did so from a position of rel

of the government ministers responsible for art legislation through the house of commons, is andrea leadsom so far, but some people have made lots of loud noises about amending it is trying to change it, taking lots of opportunities will be able to do that and actually the government only lost one vote on one small breeze of legislation and in terms of what will happen next, in terms of what will happen next, in terms of what will happen next, in terms of brexit negotiations, the two sides will turn their attention to the shape of the few true relationship, the uk trade steel and the eu political declaration on the principles of the trade deal, and what the next few months is going to be out is how detailed is that document, 20 pages of what one person describes as highfalutin waffle, a former diplomat, or is it to be really detailed about what the future relationship between the uk and eu looks like when it comes to trade and security defence data protection, aviation, climate change commit you name it, it will be a busy year for us. understatement of the century there. thank you very much

andrea leadsom, the leader of the house and has a busy six months coming up.orrespondent adam fleming and katy balls who's a political correspondent for the spectator. they have all headed for their easter break but the further when did you sense an extra bit of dried and optimism since the summit last week? i think there is renewed energy particularly with the conservative party, we know it is very thorny for theresa may that eve ryo ne very thorny for theresa may that everyone accepts relations between the uk government and brussels are ina much the uk government and brussels are in a much better place than they we re in a much better place than they were several months ago. and also the compper misers that have been made so far aren't fatal. a lot of people are a bit annoyed but what is a may has done quite well is spread the annoyance out quite evenly among the annoyance out quite evenly among the different people in her party. when it comes to the vote in october it seems the real hang grenade hanging over the government is this a amendment of the trade a