i spoke to hilary benn.d have come late and that has given them a little time to train their staff in how to use them. some of the infrastructure isn't in place. the government... and i welcome it, the government made a fund available for ports to build new infrastructure, but it was heavily oversubscribed and they were only told of the successful bids in the last week or so. of course, the big question, what will our future trading relationship be like with the eu? will we be facing tariffs or not? it depends on the outcome of the talks that are carrying on as we speak. it's a very significant to change, one way or the other, and it's actually made it hard for businesses to plan, and not all of them are as ready as they need to be. let's speak about the impact on businesses. james sibley is from the federation of small businesses and joins me now. i suppose a lot of the biggest companies have had the resources to be able to devote to preparations. evenif be able to devote to preparations. even if they have

let's get more on this and speak to hilary benn, labour mp and chair of the committee behind today'such for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. in one way, you should be congratulated. you have managed to get cross—party agreement on the subject of brexit. possibly the most controversial one the uk scene for yea rs. controversial one the uk scene for years. how did you do that, and was it as ha rd—hitting years. how did you do that, and was it as hard—hitting as you would have liked? we took evidence. we took evidence from those making preparations, asking what the government need to prepare for. what they said to us, particularly those who move goods for a living is that there are going to be big changes on there are going to be big changes on the 1st of january as you know, whether there is an agreement or not, because we will leave the transition period and exit the rules of the single market and customs union. those exports from europe are going to face tariffs and cuts for the first time in many years. what they said to us is that the it systems they are going

hilary benn. you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock. on the british high street could be about to disappear. rescue talks to save the department store chain, debenhams, have collapsed. unless a buyer is found 124 stores will close next year and 12,000 people will lose theirjobs. the news follows the announcement that the arcadia group has gone into administration, putting 13,000 jobs at risk. it was one of the issues raised with the chancellor, rishi sunak, when he took part in his regular question and answer session in the commons. like so many in this house and across the country, i'm very concerned by the threat to thousands ofjobs triggered by the collapse of the arcadia group. the loss of debenhams in newport west will have a massive impact on newport city centre and the livelihoods of the local people and their families. can the minister outline what discussions he's had about how we can give those people the support they deserve? well, mr speaker, the honourable lady raises a good point, and obviously, the news about arcadia and

hilary benn.also about the balance of risks and costs. the risk to life and because businesses and families which are both substantial and deeply worrying to every single member of this house. it is also a debate about facts. what are the fa cts ? debate about facts. what are the facts? in this country and across the world about how to handle this epidemic, it is disputed by some and it isa epidemic, it is disputed by some and it is a dispute in which the truth and uncertainty, because some of this is all about scientific uncertainty, wrestles with the plainly false. it is about the impact of that vaccination that i wa nt to impact of that vaccination that i want to say a few today. for months now we have lived through restrictions, we have seen people die, our local businesses suffering from time to time we have lifted our eyes to the horizon in hopes of glimpsing something that is a bit better. well, something has now appeared in the dark winter sky there are three new stars that have appeared,

hilary benn, thank you very much. fox will know who's in on that street. and larry the cat might know what is going on with brexit because we know the prime minister has had four conversations last night with the president of the eu commission and they have been talking about the detail and the strategy and the coordination of the announcement of a deal. what we don't know yet is whether they have actually agreed the final bits and pieces, but we think it's going to happen. all the talk in westminster is that they have agreed a deal and we should get an announcement very soon. what they are lacking there is the christmas tree lights being on stock may be that will be like the white smoke with the announcement of a new pope. when the tree lights come on, the deal is done. larry has had enough. you are watching bbc breakfast brexit special in conjunction with autumn watch. we have had wildlife. do you think larry the cat must think, not again, can't they leave me alone for christmas? it's probably what boris johnson is

as hilary benn said on fisheries, you can see a way forward.ultimately it is about what fish are in the water so the stock of fisheries and fish don‘t respect the median line, they swim about, so they are not fish with flags on them. as neighbouring coastal states them. as neighbouring coastal states the uk will have to negotiate into the uk will have to negotiate into the future with the eu as well as norway on the faroe islands, and on fisheries there is always a way forward in terms of looking at the numbers. on the big point of principle, it seems to be coming down to what do you do if the eu shifts and improves its standards, or the shifts and improves its standards, orthe uk shifts and improves its standards, or the uk improves its standards in a way that would give the other side potentially a competitive advantage. what do you do about that? is there a course to an arbitration mechanism? is there a course for unilateral sanctions in terms of ta riffs unilateral sanctions in terms of tariffs and so on? and that is where the knob of this

hilary benn, will you vote for a deal of the government secures one? arrangements. it's going to have an adverse impact over the economy which will reveal itself over time, i think. economy which will reveal itself overtime, ithink. but economy which will reveal itself over time, i think. but the deal that chris morris was speaking about, if it offers no tariffs as opposed to tariffs and if it involves cooperation on social security, nuclear policy. if it makes a deal, it makes the consequences less bad than it otherwise would be then i would expect people to expect parliament to support it. we can't give a final decision but i hope that there will bea decision but i hope that there will be a final decision. otherwise it's incredibly irresponsible and a failure of boris johnson's incredibly irresponsible and a failure of borisjohnson's hold brexit strategy if he turns up and says, "do you know, folks? it's going to be no deal." because that would be terrible for british business. keir starmer has said that voting for a deal would mitigate against the e

chair of the select committee, hilary benn. thank you, mr speaker.ith utter dismay. in the political declaration, the government signed up declaration, the government signed up to common high standards commensurate with the scope and depth of a future relationship and agree to robust level playing field commitment to prevent distortions of trade and unfair competitive advantage. what proposals has the uk made in the negotiations to maintain common high standards in the years ahead? given that it is inevitable that these standards may change on both sides of the relationship? we have always given that committing and there have been discussions in recent days focused on that precise issue. but even when we set out our opening positions, the uk position made those commitments. this government, future governments would not want to roll back on those standards and so we didn't hesitate in giving those guarantees. the sticking point is our ability to control our own destiny. the eu has got to recognise it cannot keep us within its own orbit and that is som

let's speak to the labour mp hilary benn, former shadow foreign secretary and now chair of the brexitt committee in parliament. he joins us from west london. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. is your sense that a deal is pretty close now? that's what it looks like given the briefing that has come out of the talks. i cannot think the negotiators are going to wa nt think the negotiators are going to want to spend their christmas eve and possibly their christmas day negotiating. and we are all waiting to see when an announcement is made. it will be a political agreement, then we may get some kind of text but that will have to be i think the expression is legally scrubbed so lawyers have to crawl over it to make sure it says what it is meant to say and then it has to be translated into all of the leg which is. but it does look as we are going to end with a deal. i will come that of course. i've always said i thought there would be a deal for the reason you were just discussing a moment ago, why would the biggest economic crisis and 300 years wou

what exactly did hilary benn say, and how likely is no deal at this stage? good morning.as you say, and today, a fresh warning from hilary benn, ministers are being warned about the overall state of readiness in less than a fortnight. decisions have been made too late, they claim, communication with this has been patchy at best, the police may be forced to use lower and more cumbersome systems to deal with what's coming. that is according to the commons brexit committee. the chair, hilary benn committee asked about the labour mp, he said the government still cannot provide businesses, traders and citizens with certainty about what will happen in all areas affected by negotiations. now, those negotiations, those trade negotiations, those trade negotiations, resuming today in brussels, as you say, still stuck on this issue of fishing, broadly about what kind of level of access eu boats will have to uk waters, and the number of years it will take to reach a new transition, boris johnson maintained yesterday that in his due, regardless of weather there isa his due, regardless