tory candidate for the leadership is their loathing ofjohn bercow. has become controversial during the more recent part of the brexit process bite he would say enabling mps to have their voice heard —— by. the government would say by enabling mps to thwart the referendum result. by mps to thwart the referendum result. by making it easier for mps to block a no—deal brexit. in an interview with the guardian in washington he said he knows people thought he was going to stand out in the summer but he says it would be the wrong time to do it. he says there are momentous events going on and john bercow is going to stick around for the rest of the brexit process. he said it is for the birds to think that parliament could be sidelined in the debate over brexit, it is unimaginable, he says. standing up for parliamentarians is very important for many. yes, and for mps on the other side of the brexit to fight, they feeljohn bercow has givena fight, they feeljohn bercow has given a lot of power to voices in parliament who don't want to see other views overridden

bercow: ok. first of all, on the question of whether, in the light of the growth of columbus is and contrary them -- growth of all polemicism, and contrary in politics, or personalized politics, there might be scope for greater attempt to forge compromise, thing there is a strong chance of that, to be honest. it is not something that is really for the speaker to to promote in any very forceful way. why, because when you take a position on something like that, there are people who don't agree and will say, you are effectively, even if in a benign in isl-meaning way, or nonparty, political wife, trying to call the shots on how we operate. to give you a simple example, one of the most common questions put to me, mr. speaker, why don't you intervene when x or y, is clearly not answering the question? and i don't, because if i do, i have the danger of being a player rather than a referee. i say to people, it if it is of yesteryear you that the question is not being answered, it is obvious to everybody

john bercow is a key part of that. he is someone bercow is a key part of that.ical parliamentary processes to try to block no—deal brexit or take control of the day ‘s business away from the government which in a way is unprecedented, he has allowed parliament to do that. he will argue that what he does is put mps wishes above all else and therefore he has to do certain things that there is a majority for in the house. he is suggesting that he wants to stay on through that because he wants to preserve that tradition. let's just finish because he wants to preserve that tradition. let'sjust finish on one non— politics story. the daily telegraph about malaysia sending plastic rubbish back to britain. hundreds of tons of it. people saying it should not be treated as the world ‘s dumping ground. saying it should not be treated as the world 's dumping ground. people have been much more aware in recent months and years is plastic ways. in fa ct, months and years is plastic ways. in fact, michael gove have done a lot within the conservative party... but malaysia... this

let's also talk aboutjohn bercow, who is the speaker of the house of commons. some speculation about his tenure ending, but he has made clear that that is not necessarily the case. no, he is not necessarily the case. no, he is not going anywhere for now. john bercow as you say has played a pivotal role in the way that brexit has been dealt with, in parliament at least, and he has been at times a controversial figure for the way that he has applied and interpreted parliamentary rules during that process. some conservative leave supporting mps don't like him at all and accused him of being biased in favour of remain, that's something thatjohn bercow consistently denies, but he was speaking yesterday at an event in washington suggesting that he is not going to vacate the chair at these momentous times. so it seems, although he said when he took on the roll into thousand nine he wouldn't serve any more than nine years, for now, the speaker is staying put. thank you very much for going through all of with us. ii conservative mps have now put their names forward to b

bercow: order! [laughter] order!

john bercow.d unrelenting to determination to make progress on the subject which in extreme adversity she exhibited at all times. john bercow. finally, more than 350,000 people have signed an online parliamentary petition calling for it to be made a criminal offence to place nets around hedgerows to deter nesting bids. the issue was debated by mps who all had reports of developers putting nets around sites used by birds, often to ensure building work could go ahead without flouting bird protection laws. examples have been reported far and wide. the labour mp who moved the motion explained. there are plenty of examples up and down the country where the netting of hedgerows and trees has occurred. in my own constituency, a handrail was recently covered in green netting on behalf of developers seeking planning commission for it new homes on adjoining land, workers started to remove the netting and put down they had which does not require planning commission. shall we not at the very least ban netting

the guardian suggests john bercow risks the fury of hard—line eurosceptics after he said he plans toy hunt is losing support to michael gove in the conservative leadership race because mps believe he is flip—flopping on a no—deal brexit. we will begin with the financial times, matt hancock the health secretary who is one of the candidates, he is the latest to distance himself from boris johnson. matt hancock declared on saturday and theresa may announced she was quitting on friday and there are already ten candidates and two of the most prominent candidates are in a bitter row and this is about comments boris johnson made a bitter row and this is about comments borisjohnson made when he was foreign secretary and in response to criticism of the government was mike brexit starts from business he reportedly said f business. —— the government's brexit starts. some would say the tory leadership battle

bercow: jeremy corbyn. mr. corbyn i join the prime : minister in acknowledging mental health awareness week. i want to send my support to all those campaigning all across the country to raise awareness of mental health, and a message that all of us can do something about it by reaching out and talking to people going through a mental health crisis and also ensuring that there is proper funding for our mental health services. i would also like, mr. speaker to pay tribute to the former , labour mp for birmingham, all saints, brian walden, who passed away this week. he was a very formidable figure in this house and a very strong political interviewer which every politician really loved being interviewed by at the time but they only said that , afterwards. i think, mr. speaker it would only be right that the house of commons pays tribute to a leading hollywood icon and campaign for what animal welfare doors day. i am quoted to -- tempted to quote some doris day songs, but i won't. [interruption.] all all right, wit

-- john bercow. a profoundly bloody process in parliament, because the hope of the brexiteers had been that mr bercow would quit as he promised this summer. the fact that he is not rather suggests that the problems and difficulties and setbacks mrs may suffered through mr bercow‘s determination to make sure parliament had a say will continue. more than that, it is pretty clearly a signal to those tory leadership candidates who have mooted the idea of no deal that if they think they can take the uk out without the say—so of parliament, then they're mistaken, he said, "that's for the birds." so in short, i think it means all the parliamentary infighting and gridlock which mrs may had to face, it is almost going to be the same sort of conditions that her successor will have to face. norman smith, thank you. and one of the conservative leadership candidates, rory stewart, will be speaking to the victoria derbyshire programmejust speaking to the victoria derbyshire programme just after ten o'clock. the he

some interesting comments tonight from john bercow, who says parliament would get a say in the no—dealre those that would oppose no—deal at all costs with mac the candidates who are completely opposed to no deal, the most obvious is probably rory stewart. he is seen as an outside bet, he only recentlyjoined the cabinet and he is someone who is very positive about the deal, he is very positive about the deal, he is very rare in this and he said he wouldn't even really serve in a government that actively pursued no—deal. he also —— you also have matt hancock, who has made the case that no—deal is not a good idea because he believes it would lead to an early election. parliament could try and stop it, perhaps with the help ofjohn bercow, which would mean the tories would have to go to the polls to try and get the mandate for a no—deal brexit. joining the pack today is jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, who has suggested that pursuing no—deal brexit would be similarto that pursuing no—deal brexit would be similar to suicide for the tory party because you would head into a general election

the speaker of the house, john bercow, saying that he would stay on in the position, he has said thatet the opportunity to vote down no deal. i happen to believe, and i think some others do, that while i would love an agreement, actually to ta ke would love an agreement, actually to take away the ultimate sanction of no deal makes it much more difficult to bargain. if you are buying a house, you have to be able to say no, i don't want to buy it. of course with europe, they are still grappling with who replaces donald tusk and jean—claude juncker. grappling with who replaces donald tusk and jean-claude juncker. and you wonder how long brexit will be at the top of the agenda for them. i'm sure we will be talking about it in the coming weeks and months. let's look at the issue of the troubled retail sector, the times business section, another well—established high st name looking to stay viable. a business set up in 1849 in nottingham, which had a swiss take—out, taken over by the huge american conglomerate, walgreens, is now in dire straits. 32.3% down on pre—tax profits the year to end

mr bercow was understood to have told friends that he would quit this summer.ts to prevent a no—deal brexit. this wasn‘t the case at all under the rules and in any event it wasn‘t a clear case. who took the decision, it seems to me it is inconceivable that a decision like that would have been taken simply by, as it were, unofficial, as it were, operating a process. it is bound to have been taken high up the chain. apologies, that was the wrong clip we played you in relation to that story. the body which advises the government on migration issues is calling for a large influx of skilled workers from outside europe. it wants vets, web designers, psychologists, architects, and medical staff to be added to a list of occupations where restrictions should not apply. let‘s get more on this from our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. good morning, danny. iam told... we have just lost the line to danny. a period of glitches, but hopefully we will get back on the smooth very soon. hopefully we will talk to danny very soon about that story. let‘s go to football... ch

we know we have john bercow, who is a speaker who voted to remain in the eu and has gone against allnda. sol do think parliament would find a way of stopping it, but it is also not impossible. let's turn to the daily telegraph. when you read this, talking about political suicide, this coming from mr hunt. do voters really care about political careers? he is speaking to the party here. no, i mean, they don't. politicians ca re no, i mean, they don't. politicians care mostly about their own careers much more than anything else. it was reported, i don't know who it was, you might know, one tory mp was told by five different candidates that he would be made foreign secretary. so they will say anything to anybody in order to prolong their own careers and to promote themselves, and a p pa re ntly and to promote themselves, and apparentlyjohnson said to a prominent tory when he was asked why are you going for this job? he said i wanted, i want it, i want it, how childish and embarrassing is that? soi childish and embarrassing is that? so i think we should treat with supreme so i think we sh

this is the big question, especially after whatjohn bercow said. and looking back to the indicative votes that we saw a couple of weeks ago, there was a situation in which the house of commons took back parliamentary time but that was only to ask questions and even then all the answers were not legally binding and there was no consensus. if there is a vote of no confidence in the government because people think one way to stop no deal is to have that in many mps might vote for it even though it might risk a damaging labour government in their view, does that still stop us defaulting and falling out without a deal? the fact we go into a potential general election does not affect the legislation? very simply, that time, that date, that deadline does not change, except if an extension is given, the only way there can be an extension to an extension is very simply if 28 different countries including the uk agreed to it. that time is not changing otherwise. any prime minister politically would come under pressure to ask what an extension whilst the uk h

became the fourth mp to announce their candidacy for speaker of the house, amid speculation john bercowvoting and to hold debates around the country. hejoins edward leigh, chris bryant, and deputy speaker eleanor laing as declared candidates. at two, change uk's mike gapes couldn't resist a really, really bad pun while mps discussed gavin williamson leaking, and that chinese telecommunications company. his way or the huawei. at one, thursday saw local elections across much of england and all of northern ireland, and also meant the return of the bizarre but much—loved tradition of people taking photos of their dogs at polling stations. alex partridge there. now, watching reports from westminster, you might think that mps and peers spend all their time arguing with their political opponents. but there's one area of parliamentary activity notable for its cross—party harmony. we sent duncan smith to investigate. they exist for everything from cuba to cats, from shipbuilding to scotch whisky, and involve politicians of all political colours. hence the name all party parliamentary groups. but

the speaker, john bercow, offering his congratulations, as is traditional.rations, though. before the arrival of prince charles, the home secretary of the day was present at royal births. meghan markle may have been relieved to know that sajid javid shows no sign of wanting to revive this tradition. thank you for watching tuesday in parliament. i hope you can join me at the same time tomorrow for the latest from the commons and the lords. bye for now. hello there. there was some warmth in the sunshine as we saw yesterday but generally through the rest of this week it will stay on the chilly side and we have rain and showers. look at this school of cloud. look at this curl of cloud. an area of low pressure pushing the cloud up from the south—west bringing outbreaks of rain. we still have rain further north, a little snow over the tops of the mountains and that wet weather will be joined by this heavy rain pushing up on the south—west heading towards scotland and northern ireland and continuing to rain in northern england. following that there is sunshine and

the speaker, john bercow, who doesn't have to give reasons for his decision, pointed out that one ofbefore the house by other means. finally, the house of lords is well known for the wide range of professions and interests represented among its membership. a conservative lord dobbs, as michael dobbs wrote the bestselling political thriller house of cards, which inspired the tv series of the same name. he got to his feet to demand an inquiry into the eu referendum and complained that our constitution was becoming something of a parliamentary pantomime. they are making it up as they go along. downing street, the house of commons, the cabinet, even the speaker — no one knows any longer what to expect. and as for that solemn and binding promise to the voters before the last referendum that they would decide, it's quite clear that not only is our constitution unwritten, but it's also unravelling. as i listen to my noble friend and warm to his theme about trust, i ask myself whether his infamous depiction in the house of cards of the government chief whip, a position i was privileged to ho

situation is now a consensus in new york city i actually caught up with polymath co-founder trevor of bercow about the regulatory environment and their new platform policy mesh which is intended to be more compliance friendly. so paul. the is the base layer you know it's a protocol and we think it's really important that to get that infrastructure set 1st you know a lot of the future of security tokens are going to be applications in issuers and tokens that live on this infrastructure but we're still in that early phase of kind of rolling up our sleeves and and laying the pipes for what's going to be a really robust ecosystem and one of the big parts is regulation and compliance and like we spoke about before here in the u.s. compliance of regulation is a tough one that's why you see the rest of the world. have a holding most of the i c o o's and i think that how is probably going to differ in that regard we think of compliance and even components of compliance like identity as a core native feature of tall english it's not a secondary thought you know a lot of a lot of the top public chains

bercow: order. questions to the prime minister. mr. allen brown. mr.er, may i start by thanking the net -- the mental health foundation for organizing this year's mental health awareness week? we are investing in record levels in mental health.

the speaker john bercow says he will be staying on for the foreseeable future and is convinced parliament the idea of potentially leaving without a deal. does that mean it's out of whoever the next prime minister's hands is? parliament will do whatever it can to stop no deal? let's not forget the political of geography of europe is changing at the moment was that we just had european parliamentary elections which means we will get a new commission president. there will bea new commission president. there will be a lot of change in play by the time we come to the final details... this parliament won't change, it doesn't want no deal and will do whatever it can to stop it? the parliament doesn't want no deal but the labour party might change its mind when it digests the effects of its own hammering a few days ago. i think it is possible we may see change both on the parliamentary side in this country and on the political side in the eu. can you see any circumstance in which the next conservative leader would allow another referendum ? next conservative leader would allow another referendum?

someone brexiteers because they viewjohn bercow 3s someone who brexiteers because they viewjohn bercowto brexit, doing his best to scupper brexit. in reality, it probably means more parliamentary shenanigans, all sorts of difficulties for a government trying to push through brexit because mr bercow has been pretty clear, he wa nts to bercow has been pretty clear, he wants to make sure backbenchers, mps, have a decisive role in shaping brexit. the other thing which matters about john bercow‘s intervention is his suggestion that there is no way any prime minister can hope to take britain out of the eu without a deal. in other words, a clear warning to the no deal tory leadership candidates that they can forget about that because, if they wa nt to forget about that because, if they want to leave without an agreement, they will have to get the backing of parliament. and we know already, the overwhelming majority of mps are implacably opposed to no deal. so it seems to me to significantly reduce the prospect of any future tory leaderjust being the prospect of any future tory leader just bei