this is barry gardner, who is labour's shadow international trade secretary.ed, i should say, is that over the last year and a half he has received around £180,000 in staff costs. money somebody else has paid him so he can employ staff. this money has come from a firm of lawyers who also act as legal advisers to the chinese embassy in london and have quite significant contacts london and have quite significant co nta cts to london and have quite significant contacts to beijing. a little bit more than that, the woman who founded the firm who runs the firm, her son has been working in barry gardner's westminster office and being paid for by her to work for him. as we say, there is no suggestion of impropriety, but people at the labour party are worried, saying it doesn't look good. we have a guy representing the labour party talking about things like trade, of which china is a big part, of energy, which china is a big part of, so should you be putting himself in that position —— so putting himself in that position —— so should he be putting himself in that posit

i am joined by barry gardner from labour, ian blackford from the smb and bill cash from the conservatives in the real world it is too late to withdraw their invitation. this is a man who has joked about assaulting women, introduced what many believe isa women, introduced what many believe is a completely unconstitutional and certainly immoral than effectively on moslems because they are muslims. this is somebody who has taken extraordinary action against the un convention on refugees. we whole —— we all have a duty to uphold that convention. it would be calamitous for our relations with the most powerful country in the world. whatever you think of donald trump, it is too late. there comes a time when you have to assert what is right against people who seem to have no moral conscience about what is wrong. one of the lessons this country throughout history has learned is that you stand up to bullies and call them out when they insist on getting their way. how would nicola sturgeon respond if the state visit went ahead?|j would nicola sturgeon respond if the state visit went ahead? i think t

we also have barry gardner, the labour shadow trade secretary, and quasi—parting, the conservative mpparty three line whip? because i am voting on what i regard as the national interest and the interests of my constituents. this decision today put us on an escalator which we would be able to get off for an automatic leaving of the european union in two years, whether or not we getan union in two years, whether or not we get an agreement. frankly, the government did not accept any of the amendments which would have given parliament a greater say and given us parliament a greater say and given us questions to deal with relating to common security policy, the rights of eu nationals in this country. the british people put us on the escalator. they voted to leave the european union, not the customs union, the single market ought to make people more pure. the decision we have taken today risks and economic and political disaster. diane abbott voted for the bill. there was a lot of speculation. that is irrelevant. i am not interested in personalities, this is about whether you believe this i

barry gardner, the shadow international secretary —— trade secretary, allegations he received funds linkeds declared openly and negate any wrongdoing. you are watching brea kfast. wrongdoing. you are watching breakfast. the main stories:... an americanjudge has issued a temporary nationwide block on president donald trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. labour is vowing to "close the gap" between public funding in the north and south of england and end the "bias" it says there has been in transport investment. also coming up in the programme: find out how robots are helping humans work up a sweat when the click team check out the latest gadgets designed for big and small kids at the london toy fair. don't get to go there any more. i used to love that as a broadcast, doing it from the toy fair. i used to ride around the venue. but have a look at the weather forecast. nick's there. seems like this for some of us over the next few days. some frosty mornings and a chilly feel this weekend and some of us will get to see some sunshine. there is the risk of some fog, espec