david lidington also said there were "reports of further violent incidents in the vicinity." called to a firearms incident on westminster bridge, near the parliament.a session of parliament was suspended after the incident.britain's mi5 says it is too early to say if the incident is terror-related. óóó2:55 p.m.a session of britain's house of commons has been suspended as witnesses reported hearing sounds like gunfire nearby.the commons' speaker suspended the session as police responded to an incident.journalists at the parliament building said they were told to stay in their offices.the press association news agency reported that two people were seen lying within the grounds of parliament. police had no immediate confirmation. (mark) breaking news just in to kron four... there have been reports of two incidents near britain's parliament.( darya ) james fletcher is at the breaking news desk with áááábreakáááá .a weather system moving across the region this morning will result in numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms through midday. drying conditions develop in wake of th

mark: david lidington, the leader of the house. we had a brief news conference by the metropolitan police earlier, police commander b.j. harrington spoke to reporters. comments stood out. he cannot affirm the precise number of casualties but he did say police had been affected up. to say he would not speculate as to whether the incident is over. francine, give us a sense of the incident beyond westminster, beyond the houses of parliament, beyond this area and the rest of london. it would be normal procedure as rob hutton, a reporter in london, to have a heightened sense of security after a terrorist event like this. you are right. although, we left the office and took a cab here and arrived with very little traffic. the helicopter above us, one or possibly two stations have been held down. the rest is fairly open. a section surrounding westminster palace which has been closed off. we are on the other side of westminster bridge close to st. thomas's hospital. there is a police present that is quite significant. i have six of the fab

the leader of the house, mr david lidington!n language to a number of our fellow or severe hearing impairment. the department for work and pensions has underway a review of the provision of signing services in this country, they haveth eeve—rel gig gr=§g= conclusions in due course. i can also say to the house that the department for education does now plan to accept british sign language as an alternative qualification to functional skills in english within apprenticeships and i hope that that will be one step forward towards giving opportunities to more people who live with deafness to play a full part in the labour market. edition of the programme, but dojoin me on friday night at 11.00 for our round—up of the week in parliament, as we look back at brexit, calls for a second scottish referendum, and the government's national insurance u—turn. but, for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. we start the day with quite a lot of variety up and down the uk. the southern half of the country enjoying a reasonable start as we step o

. >> reporter: that was the leader of the house of commons, david lidington. i should point out, that is a member of the cabinet, a sort of superficial role, somebody included in the cabinet with that kind of title without having a clear brief themselves, but a member of theresa may, the prime minister's cabinet. and clearly, a lot of members of parliament were there at the time. they're being kept in lockdown, those that are still there. we believe from reports from sky news that the prime minister was in the general building but not in the chamber at the time, and they believe, although have not confirmed, that her motorcade was evacuated with her in it. that was the leader of the house of commons, of course, saying a police officer was stabbed, an alleged assailant shot. just seeing now the bbc's political editor, laura coombsburg, has said that they believe three or four gunshots in total, that coming just now from the bbc's political editor. guys? >> wilf, we'll come back to you. obviously, house of commons being cautious with details, and we will do the

with that, the sitting was suspended again and david lidington came back to the chamber 20 minutes laterh another update. it is clear that the advice from the police, the director of security, is still that the chamber should remain in lockdown. i think, as most colleagues will realise, a number of right honourable and honourable members are also in other parts of the estate and for obvious reasons are unable to be present for business. there have been conversations through the usual channels. i hope the house would agree that in the current circumstances it would not be right to continue with today's business. discussions between the usual channels will take place to ensure that the business that has been interrupted can be rescheduled for another mutually convenient date. i know, mr deputy speaker, that you will want to keep the house, although we remain in lockdown here, informed about any news that comes through from the security authorities. but in view of what i sense to be the mood of the house and the situation in which we find ourselves, i beg to move that the house do now adjou

we had a response from the leader of the house of commons, david lidington. scope, the scope, the definition of those powers and when they can be used, in what circumstances, is something that parliament will have to approve in voting for the bill itself. the special powers will have to be voted for empowerment, —— in parliament. the timing and definition and all of the rest of it. by coming into force, they will becoming through parliament. the sovereignty essentially lies with them there. the actual bill itself will not be voted on until the spring. there will be plenty of time for the two parties to thrash out their positions on this. this will be a complicated process. in a0 years, presumably so much of the legislation that has been introduced since 1972 has kind of had to incorporate elements of european, eu wide law. and somehow we have got to take out the bits we don't want and hold onto the bits we do. it sounds like in some cases searching for a needle in a haystack. therein lies the tension. you have got so much to do injust two years if the governm

the leader of the commons, david lidington, has confirmed that the government will try to overturn wednesdayight's defeat for the government inflicted by peers on the so—called brexit bill. peers voted by a majority of 102 to guarantee the rights of eu nationals living and working in the uk. ministers don't want that guarantee to figure in the bill, which simply triggers the process of britain leaving the eu. mr lidington had accompanied theresa may to watch the beginning of the brexit bill's first debate in the lords, something his labour shadow referred to. the leader of the house is keen on visiting the other place, so he will be interested to know, i don't know if he knows and has caught the news or not, but their lordships intend to send back an amendment on the eu bill which they won by 358 votes to 256. could the leader of the house give us some indication when the bill is likely to come back to parliament, week commencing 13th of march or week commencing 20th of march? we will return to the eu bill as rapidly as possible after the house of lords has finished debating it and given it

david lidington: the alleged assailant was shot -- reports of further violent incidents in the vicinitye palace of westminster but i hope colleagues and i appreciate that it would be wrong of me to go into further details until we have confirmation from the police and from the house security authorities about what is going on here. joe who is bring in standing by. thank you for joining us. what can you see right now? joe: yes, i can see many ministers on westminster bridge shuttled and numerous armed and keepso standing by coming and going. any, are you able to see any casualties? are you able to see the people, person, the emergency personnel? very wide down here. they are keeping the public well back from the bridge. me theytness said to are using the nearby marriott hotel as a place to put the wounded. it seems like the bridge is cleared for now and people are treated. vonnie: we know one is dead so far and multiple wounded. do we know how many people have been taken to the hospital? any we are not hearing further information down here at the bridge at the time. it is a case of waiti

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