could you tell the committee why the british retail consortium which actually distributes the food isi can't know exactly why they chose the words they did, but i do know two things which are material. the first is you were kind enough to invite andrew of the group to give evidence yesterday and he gave welcome clarity, it's the case that when people talk about shortages they imagine empty shelves and they imagine the standard range of choice which with we have all become familiar will somehow be reduced, the imagine a situation similar to one that might occur in a dreadful extreme weather event record fuel crisis. the point that they made and indeed i worked with him and for others, is that they are talking about likely disruption and indeed there is the potential for disruption, and we will go on to exactly how likely that is, and we can talk about the categories that may be affected by that, it will affect fresh fruit in various ways and potentially cost and pressure. the point that i made in the interview is that in the event of a reasonable worst—case scenario what we are likely

asked the prime minister may have forgotten his rather lengthy paraiso in there that the british retail consortium said and i quote that it was categorically untrue when the chance of the dutch in lancaster denied to be shortages of fresh fruit mr speaker i hope no more young female stuff are going to be frog marched out of downing street. this. week because. there was another government leak at the weekend concerning mr speaker there was another government leak at the weekend concerning disruption of our ports the leaked documents written by the government in the last fortnight show no deal would lead to shortages on the shelves and of medical supplies in hospitals people need to prepare so can i ask the prime minister again will he publish in full the yellow how my documents so people can see which food stuffs i'm not going to be available which medicines and not going to be supplied and what will happen to the shortages of vital supplies in every one of our hospitals all over this country. mr speaker i'm afraid that the right on the region is guilty of the most shameless scam mongering we have

the british retail consortium have been working incredibly hard to make sure we have access to the full the price of others may fall. but i'm certain that consumers will continue to have a wide choice of quality fresh food stuffs in the event of no—deal brexit. i'm sure my right arm or friend will agree that business leaders and business associations will be listening intently to the debate this afternoon, we have suffered three years of uncertainty and endless pointless brexit debate. what reassurance can be minister give to these people who have suffered uncertainty, what certainty and reassurance can you give business leaders going forward? business does want certainty and the best advice we can give is to make sure we give us a good deal with the european union so i hope everyone across the south will give the prime minister the time and space necessary to secure that good deal on which he has been working so hard. the minister on sunday said on food shortage is that there would be no shortage of fresh food but he has just said there would be why choice so does accept what the briti

the british retail consortium is categorically untrue when the chancellor of the dutch of lancaster said there would be shortages of fresh food. young femalee staff are going to be -- out of downstream. there was another government leak at the weekend. leaked documents written by the government show no deal would lead to shortages on the shelves and of medical supplies and hospitals. people need to prepare. minister,the prime will he publish in full the documents so people can see which foodstuffs are not going to be available, which medicines will not be supplied and what will happen to the shortages of supplies in every one of our house those all over the gentleman ishe guilty of the most shameless scaremongering. preparationsample for coming out of the eu. what his party is recommending is -- >> order. order. it is very difficult to hear the responses from the prime minister. members must calm themselves. there is a long way to go. iswhat he is recommending and delay, more uncertainty for business. what we want to do is deliver on the mandate of the p people. he used to be a democrat

question i asked the prime minister may have forgotten is rather lengthy parish and that the british retail consortium said and i quote that it was categorically untrue when the chance of the dutch in lancaster denied to be shortages of fresh fruit mr speaker i hope no more young female stuff is going to be frog marched out of darn straight. i think because. there was another government leak at the weekend concerning mr speaker there was another government leak at the weekend concerning disruption of our ports the leaked documents written by the government in the last fortnight show no deal would lead to shortages on the shelves and of medical supplies in hospitals people need to prepare so can i ask the prime minister again will he publish in full the yellow how my documents so people can see which food stuffs i'm not going to be a viable which medicines i'm not going to be supplied and what will happen to the shortages of vital supplies in every one of our hospitals all over this country. mr speaker i'm afraid that the right on the germans is guilty of the most shameless scam mongering we have made

we have had a contradiction of that from the british retail consortium.true that there will be no shortages of fresh food and point to the government's own assessments of what might happen in an event of a no—deal brexit and points to this assessment saying the flow of goods will be reduced from a0 to 60% on day one. criticising what we have heard from michael gove and bring that into question. thank you very much. thank you. in hong kong, there've been fresh confrontations between police and pro—democracy demonstrators — trying to bring hong kong's international airport to a standstill. last night, some protestors on the hong kong metro were beaten by police. with the latest from the airport, here's our correspondent, stephen mcdonnell. activists have to an extent at least achieved their goal here at the airport in hong kong. that gate they are is where passengers would normally come out to reach buses, you can see it is closed. here is a barricade that has been built to stop them coming in or out. the idea was to cause transport chaos. and here are the

fresh food" if there were no agreement — a claim strongly disputed by the trade body the british retail consortiumut what they expect the impact of a no—deal to be. we've come here today to actually ask the traders what they think about how brexit is going to impact the availability and the price of food. george perry is one of the oldest, longest established traders here, and mark tate is with the firm. mark, what do you think? we don't know exactly what's going to happen yet, but what sort of impact is it going to have on the cost of food and the availability of the food, like the fruit and vegetables that you sell? i don't think the availability is going to be a major problem. obviously the timing, with the transport etc there, but at the moment, this time of year, it's about 30% taken out of england, 70% out of europe, mainly spain. what about the cost? we'll be offering the growers less money for the products, then trying to move it all in there. we'll be trying to mitigate it all. so, as mark was saying, everything here is perishable. you can't stockpile the sort of things they sell at birmi

well, we have had a different response from the british retail consortium, who have said that is categoricallyped from them. they have rejected the claims saying the government's own assessments show the flow of goods would be reduced by a0 to the flow of goods would be reduced by 40 to 60% the flow of goods would be reduced by a0 to 60% on day one after a no—deal brexit. they are contradicting what we have heard from michael gove. michael gove said a pick and a book, let's see what the legislation says this week. as far as the week ahead goes, what is coming up? this is going to be a pretty busy week. i think the three key thing for the mps want to start a no—deal brexit, is whether they have the number and the time to get it through parliament. the time is very short. they are also looking at whether they will get enough tory rebels tojoin them. whether they will get enough tory rebels to join them. we understand some conservative backbenchers and former ministers are going to be meeting with the prime minister tomorrow. he will be wanting to outline to them where his negotiations with the e

asked, the prime minister might have forgotten it in his lengthy response there, that the british retail consortiumff are going to be frogmarched out of downing street. because... there was another government leak at the weekend concerning disruption of our ports. the leaked documents written by the government in the last fortnight show no deal would lead to shortages on the shelves and of medical supplies and hospitals. people need to prepare. so can i ask the prime minister again, will he publish in full the yellowhammer documents so people can see which foodstuffs are not going to be available, which medicines are not going to be supplied, and what will happen to the shortages of vital supplies in every one of our hospitals all over this country? i'm afraid that the right honourable gentleman is guilty of the most shameless scaremongering. we have made ample preparation for coming out of the eu. what his party is recommending... order. it's very difficult to hear the responses from the prime minister. members must calm themselves. there is a long way to go. the prime minister. what he is recomme

the british retail consortium says debit cards were the most popular, but falling cash use pushed notesdamage that is doing to the amazon. we will talk more about that later. a consultant who advised the government on brexit has become so worried about the supply of medicines when we leave the uk that he's taking to the streets to share his concerns. dr david nicholl famously ended up in a battle of words with jacob rees mogg. now he's been debating with members of the public. graham satchell caught up with him in birmingham. 0k, good morning. my name is dr david nicholl. i am a whistleblower to do with a no—deal brexit. we are days away, crashing out with a potential no—deal brexit. dr david nicholl is a consultant neurologist and expert adviser to the govenrment. he has become so worried about the supply medicines from the eu, he has taken to the streets. this is life and death stuff. all this stuff, do or die. i'm sorry, this is not a game, 0k. this is potentially do and die. the uk imports 37 million packs of medicines from the eu every month. the government's own document, yellowha