i am sure members across the house will wish to join me in as herulating sarah appointment as lady of the black rod. she will be the first woman to hold this position. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties, i will attend to such mean he's -- meetings later today. the catastrophic impact but on the police and innocent bystanders. while they commit to watching them which are plainly failing. they launched the government only a matter of weeks ago. it is that we recognize the importance of this issue. we see people die in dying as a result of this. that's what we've lost our strategy. they face an original toll. between grandparents in their grandchildren. if excess is removed or blocked grandparents are there. they are calling for a change in the law to give grandparents access rights. they do play an awesome role. we can also i'm sure look at their anguish. it is a parental relationship. when making decisions about the child's future must be the child's welfare. but the law already allows them to spend time with her grandparents an