with a look at some of the lighter moments, here's duncan smith. five.ng for the marathon one moment and have a tv interview the next. the welsh secretary alun cairns proved a champion at the quick change. four. the president of the republic of the gambia. what's a collective term for a gathering of commonwealth leaders in london? a pageant? the prime minister of the republic of fiji. three. in the house of lords as we saw, you can take madam speaker lady boothroyd out of the commons. we mention in passing... you are not in the commons, and you know that. two. mps and peers returning from the easter break had to get used to time standing still. whilst they were away, the hands were removed from the elizabeth tower clock face for repair. they will be replaced alternative temporary ones. one. and as the mayor of london welcome the prime ministers of canada and new zealand, it was the case of anything uk could do, new zealand could do better. congratulations on celebrating 100 years of woman's suffrage. in new zealand, we are celebrating 125 years. show off

i will continue to answer questions from this parliament on this issue mystery and duncan smith i said to my right on the friend that given the nature of our otago it of stopping syrians using chemical weapons further and of the need to take swift action i commend her for taking that notwithstanding the fact that others have criticized her for not coming to parliament coming to parliament is a must and the prime minister has done that today and will do it later on as well because i also raise the issue that these russians and the syrians are blocking the o.p.c. w. from going in to the targeted area and i understand there's a lot of cleanup and change taking place while that block is taking place at the same time so i have a simple question to ask or rather will friend given the confusion of some who are a bit uncertain about who is the greatest threat to world peace does she think that it is russia or america. but can i say to my right honorable friend that i think people people are seeing from the actions that russia has taken in support of the syrian regime. but as as my right honora

iain duncan—smith joins me from chairs that meeting. stituency, the former leader of the conservative. your thoughts on what theresa may should be saying to the cabinet, what do you feel is the way forward? i'm pretty certain that theresa may will be presenting the cabinet with the evidence first of all cabinet with the evidence first of a ll calls cabinet with the evidence first of all calls of you have already heard president macron saying he has very clear evidence that the syrians not only used this but is deployed it, the chemical weapons that is, and therefore i expect the british government will be in possession of almost the same information, as will the americans. the question is whether this was an attack by syria, the syrian government, president assad, and the answer is yes, and it was a chemical weapons attack. if they it is with that and then saying that it is a breach of their international agreements and also, if you remember, president putin said back when president obama did not take action, he said he would guarantee t

. >> ian duncan smith. the speaker. >> my friend made reference to yesterday's debate on antisemitism. i listened to the two appalling temperatures and particularly trent north. they were deeply moving. they were both horrifying in a sense of a abuse they faced, but also uplifted in the sense of the bravery they've shown in tackling their abusers. does she not agree with me what tame out of the debate yesterday was that not only should every political party have no place for anybody who is an antisemii antisemiite, but should kick out any apoll gists? >> minister. >> can i say i absolutely agree with my right honorable friend. i think it is incredibly important for us, political parties in this country, to show a clear signal we will not accept, we will fot tolerate antisemitism in any form. i made reference to a number of speeches made yesterday. can i also join my friend in commending those members of this house who have not only, who have suffered incredible abuse as a result of this antisemitism, but wh

. >> iain duncan smith. >> given the nature of her narrow target of stopping syrians using chemical weapons further and of the need to take swift action, i commend her for taking that, notwithstanding the facts that others have criticized her for not coming to parliament. coming to parliament is a must and the prime minister will do that later, today. opposition are blocking the opcw from going into the cleaning area. and i sdad there is a lot of cleanup taking place while that block is taking place at the same time. so, i have a certain question to ask my friend. given the confusion of some who are uncertain about who is the greatest threat to world peace, does she think that it is russia or america? >> what can i say to my right, honorable friend? i think people are seeing from the actions that russia has taken in support of the syrian regime, but as my right, honorable friend has pointed out, what we are seeing in syria at the moment, in relation to douma, is that efforts are being made to ensure to it is not possible for the inspectors to be -- opcw, to be able to go in and ascertain th

mr iain duncan smith.hat does he not also agree with me, in the middle of this, it is also right to pursue those who are illegally here for very good reasons? well, actually, many of them are abused by people who trafficked them over here. the cockle pickers in morecambe bay and many others are the result of illegal migration, which is not cleared up. will he therefore give his determination to both sort out the windrush generation and help them, but also to continue to make sure illegal migrants are taken away? mr speaker, cani migrants are taken away? mr speaker, can i first welcomed the warm remarks from my right honourable friend, and i do very much agree with him that our first priority is to help the members of the windrush generation that have been affected, but also to remind people there is also a separate issue around illegal immigration, and everyone in the country expects us to deal with that. you're joanna country expects us to deal with that. you'rejoanna cherry. country expects us to deal wi