is the house of commons able to. be on that or have they been tightened up since the days of but now in the wind. well well i couldn't answer that question until we had a trial and to be honest but i would say this that i mean i think it has been a lot of people going into hyperbole about what happened last week and it being be a new strategy by the s.n.p. actually what happened last week was a. a spontaneous and an instinctive reaction to our leader being expelled from the house of commons and we took the not unreasonable view that if our voices cannot be heard inside the chamber then we will make sure that we will have been heard outside the chamber and we actually tripped over to this very green and in the space of about two hours got more press coverage than we done in the previous year and now the london media and the political bubble here they know there's a problem with bracks it to do with scotland and they want you do recognise that before it was a one off or you're planning a strategy well as a set on the si

but for clarity, i quote from standing order 2a b in the house of commons which states... r is expressed in neutral terms, nonmembers to be tabled. i have written to the chairman of the procedure committee setting out how the government understands this process will operate in practice and i have read a copy of that letter in the lives of both houses. thank you. enormously grateful to the secretary of state to allow me to make an intervention. this is an important contribution this afternoon. i am really most unhappy with the repetition by the prime minister and others in government with this mantra that no deal is better than a bad deal. others like the secretary of state to get a guaranteed to the people of northern ireland that the government that he represents here today will not be gambling with the constitutional status of northern ireland as an integral part of the uk, because no deal would be to a ha rd uk, because no deal would be to a hard order, which would inevitably be exploited by sinn fein and buy new ira dissidents. will he get that guarantee? we will not be

house of lords. this is the ping—pong between the two, because the house of lords made changes, the house of commons he issue tomorrow is the customs union. there seems to be an agreement that the government says means they will hopefully win that vote as far as they're concerned tomorrow. we were hearing from oliver letwin who said there is no harm in kicking these things down the road. but with ten months to go, there is a lot of cans appearing and not much road left? that is the issue that a lot of mps have. particularly those enthusiastic brexiteer who don't like the way this is going. theirfear is all these things are being delayed, because the government reach a compromise. they're worried it is looking as they would call it a soft brexit where, the uk stays closely aligned with the eu. they want a cleaner break, where the uk can take advantage of the opportunities as they see it. particularly in trade. the reason why there will be an easier day for the government tomorrow is they have promised to bring back the trade and customs bill that will give mps the opportunity to scrutiny ise that and

get yourself to the house of commons straightaway, do not wait to be dragged there. , give all the facts you can in one go. thirdly, pay attention to the concerns of backbenchers, both in the house of commons... you will quite quickly be a backbencher again. take up these concerns, get yourself to the tearoom, feel the atmosphere around the place and, if you do that, when you are in trouble, people will give you the benefit of the doubt. but if you do not get that, that could dissolve in front of you, and i saw that simile times. —— so —— so many times. -- so many times. jack straw, thank you. now, this week, mps backed calls to decriminalise abortion in northern ireland. the debate came after abortion laws were relaxed in the irish republic. mps voted after hearing some very personal stories from within their own ranks. i was ill when i made the incredibly hard decision to have a termination. i was having seizures every day. i was not able to control my own body, let alone care for a new life. so, mr speaker, are you seriously telling me that, in the civilised world,

drama in the house of commons as mps from the scottish national party stage a mass walkout during prime minister's questions. i order the right honorable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house. it came after the speaker ordered their leader out. he'd been complaining that scotland was being sidelined in the brexit debate. let's be under no illusion, this is a constitutional crisis — we are giving notice to the government that we will take them on. it comes as tory rebels pushing to keep closer ties with the eu one of the betrayal by the prime minister of assurance given to them about brexit. also tonight... england's social care crisis — growing concerns over the difficulties of finding enough people to care for the elderly and vulnerable in their own homes. the pay is terrible, we don't get enough travel time, we don't get appreciated. not service users, in general people just look at you and think, you're just a care worker. the plumber who's won a legal battle over holiday and sick pay that could have major implications for millions of people who are self—employed. on the e

we knew as a result of what happened in the house of commons last week, that this would head back to nt and that this will head back to the house of commons, but crucially, because of that row last week involving dominic grieve, the conservative mp and the government and whether or not the government was willing to compromise in any way, to try and ensure that parliament would have a greater say in the event of no deal, right towards the countdown of the uk's departure from the eu, this opening will bubble up now and reach a crunch point on wednesday in the commons. the difference is, that those who were irritated last week that the government was not doing more last week, are more so now, because they feel that the government did a bit of double—dealing that a promise to do something to take on board their concerns, but in the end, did not really do that. we are building up toa really do that. we are building up to a real showdown on wednesday. last week there was a genuine fear from the government that they could be defeated, that the rebels have the numbers on their side. we saw th

of course this all goes back to the house of lords and remember this is what we call ping—pong, the lyrics make changes, they have come back to the house of commonsels are still not happy at the end then the lords still has the possibility of making them think again and reinsert this idea of a motion once we get to the no deal scenario. there are bits of the government is not so happy about, they do not like the idea of parliament taking control of negotiations come next march if this has not all been sorted out. that would be a step too far for them so they're willing to do that. but it sounds like they're willing to bring forward a motion to the house of commons, pretty swiftly, if there is no deal scenario. of course that would can be changed by mps and can be voted upon, that is the crucial point. so those conservative rebels think that they have got a pretty significant concession from the government. yet again another can being kicked down the road a lot of people would suggest. you wonder why the government is willing to put down an amendment in the lords but not today. i think probably there will not thinking that they would have two, is

it will pass the house of commons because boris johnson wanted. it will pass the house of commons because borisjohnson will bea commons because borisjohnson will be a lot of had the day off. and labour will be opposed to it, but quite a lot of labour mps will vote for and so will the snp. for some reason, the scottish nationalists are in favour of building a huge airport in london. some like economic growth and activity, john, thatis economic growth and activity, john, that is all it is. labour seeks full access to the single market. is that headline correct with mac technically correct. those are the words and deliver a minute put down next week. the whole point about thatisit next week. the whole point about that is it does not mean anything. the point of that amendment from labour is that they can avoid having to take a position on the lords amendment, which is to keep britain actually in the single market, not just having full access because north korea has full access to the eu single market. this is actually not a shift in labour position, bu

we are showing you live pictures of the house of commons as the debate gets ahead of votes. there is criticism may is facing from the opposition and from conservativethe parties. >> a showdown in the house of commons about what happens if a brexit deal is not reached. if that happens, lawmakers want to have aility meaningful votes. on monday, the house of lords tackled the issue with 22 conservatives voting against their own government's stance. >> i do not believe in brexit. it is a national calamity. what i believe above all, the house of commons should have a defies of -- a divisive say one way or another. passed and wast tabled. it is time for the lower houses of parliament to pass. if it passes, it would make theresa may's job negotiating with brussels harder. listening toen concerns, but we need to make sure parliament cannot tie the government's hands. with the clock ticking towards october, the moment when a deal would need to be reached before the deadline, the pressure is mounting. no deal is a real possibility. the eu and u.k. released a progress report. major stic

before parliament breaks for the summer, will be bringing the trade and customs bill back to the house of commons. at the g7 summit, stark differences between the united states and all the other members over trade and russia. gongs in the worlds of sport and entertainment. emma thompson becomes a dame and kenny dalglish gets a knighthood. to get this far, and getting the accolade i have been awarded is very humbling. and on newsnight: sir eltonjohn after... sir elton john after... tells sir eltonjohn after... tells me where the next big battle is and how prince harry will change things in the commonwealth regards to homosexuality. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may is in canada at the g7 meeting, hoping to talk trade but she continues to be distracted by brexit matters. she has been forced to respond to questions about the comments by borisjohnson that the government "needs more guts" in its brexit strategy and that the negotiations may be heading for a meltdown. she's been speaking to our political correspondent vicky young. pressing her case on the world stage, theresa may's flow

to big brexit bill returns the house of commons tomorrow. amendment was tabled by the house of lords, voted on by the house of lords and voted to back the amendment on giving parliament a meaningful vote when they bring brack -- bring back her brexit deal or if they have no deal whatsoever. in theesa may loses this house of commons -- and the house of commons votes for the amendment, that makes theresa may's condition precarious. 1.3176 is where we are. that is a look at european stocks. vonnie: some gauges of risk really showing the ratcheting up of trade tensions overnight. we are still under 14, nothing crazy high but still a big increase percentagewise. the dollar index about 95 and crude oil coming up as well off the back of trade tensions here. we will see what happens. before inventories tomorrow at least we are seeing a barrel of wti at 64.85. let's move to gmm. a sea of red. the world does not like the way these conversations are moving. asia is lower off the back of china saying it will forcefully retaliate if the u.s. does find tho

domestic legislation that will formalise the uk exit from the european union, and it is back in the house of commonswas defeated 15 times in the house of lords. now, it wants to reverse 14 of those votes on things such as specifying the time and date of exit, or the eu's charter of fundamental rights, either outright or through new amendments which have been proposed by the government or by backbench mps. and these are the three votes that will be most closely watched. on what's called a meaningful vote — that's today. on a customs union. and on the european economic area, tomorrow. so let's have a look at them one by one. first, the issue of a meaningful vote. this is about the withdrawal agreement the uk is negotiating with the eu. the government has suggested that a vote on the deal, later this year or early next, will be take it or leave it. either accept it, or see the uk leave the eu with no deal at all. the lords amendment would give parliament the power to stop that and give the house of commons the right to decide what happens next if the withdrawal bill is rejected. now, compromised langua

what i found frustrating, is we are the elected house, the house of commons, ifeel the the elected houset this came close. very close. the man up the steps on the left is the government's chief whip, the man in charge of making sure the government never loses. having a casual chat with some possible rebels. a promise made that the government would after all budge? three behind discuss what to do all budge? three behind discuss what todo— all budge? three behind discuss what to do — stick or twist. all budge? three behind discuss what to do - stick or twist. i and the government are looking at amendments that may be tabled and that will be the product of any discussion i have with the honourable gentleman. translation, the ministers will consider giving parliament more powers. the government chose to bend rather than break. no surprise, the tory party is trying to put on a show. their backbenchers showing the government what it means to strike a deal. before the vote there were 15 potential tory rebels in the prime minister's office pushing her to budge. but a government source said to me

the eu withdrawal bill is going back to the house of lords and will come back to the house of commonseen to see got rid of but conservative mps who wa nt close got rid of but conservative mps who want close ties to the eu are keen to see included in the bill, which will allow parliament to have more ofa will allow parliament to have more of a say in the event of the government not reaching a deal with brussels. so, is this a way of keeping the brexiteers onside, throwing them some red meat ahead of that? we will see. experts now fear it may not be possible to save the world—famous glasgow school of art, following the huge fire which devastated the site on friday. fire crews spent a second night at the scene, tackling the final pockets of the blaze. it's the second fire there in four years. catriona renton has been at the scene and has been speaking to the emergency services there. well, you'll see that there's still very much a lot of activity happening here, still fighting, in firefighting mode, as the fire service say, and i'm joined by the chief officer, alasdair hay. alasdair, tel

so, we will pull away from the house of commons. is the one which may cause problems for theresa may, but we won't know the result until about 440 5p. it is one of a clutch that we will keep an eye on, and we will have full coverage from westminster for the afternoon. back to you, go juanma. westminster for the afternoon. back to you, gojuanma. thanks, simon. mothers who decide not to breast—feed shouldn't be made to feel guilty, according to new advice from the royal college of midwives. the guidelines say that if a woman decides to bottle—feed then her choice must be respected. but the official overall policy hasn't changed, as andy moore reports. the medical advice hasn't changed — breast is still best. the world health organization says babies should be exclusively breast—fed for the first six months of their lives. research shows those children are less likely to develop diabetes and the obese in later life. but the uk has one of the lowest rates of breast—feeding in europe. at six weeks, less than half of mothers are exclusive

if your lordships approved, the house of commons negotiated in good in good faith. approved, the housemmons negotiated in good in good faithli am grateful to my noble friend. could he say that he would destroy brexit at all costs? could he say on a point of clarification whether he wishes to destroy brexit. this amendment is in fact about sabotaging brexit because that seems to be the case. yes, it is perfectly true. with many crossbenches as well. i make absolutely no apology for that. preventing a meaningful vote in any possible way. and what i wa nt to vote in any possible way. and what i want to ensure, if i can. and i do not want to seat left to chance. he is wrong. in all this talk that we have heard today, my lords, lets the cat out of the bag. grieve this, grieve that. now, all this talk suggests to me that my noble friend is acting as the represented —— representative. suggesting it was anything other than heaven. i don't think you should be taken for granted for any individual, whether in parliament or anywhere else. but lord helge and's amendment was backed by the liberal de

it all follows a dramatic day in the commons when the scottish national party's westminster leader, was thrown out of the chamber of the housef commons by the speaker, members of his party then followed him out, walking out en masse. but in the last half hour, many of the snp mps have returned to the chamber. annita mcveigh is following events for us at westminster. annita? thank you very much, good evening from westminster, where the voting is now properly under way after day two of the debate on the withdrawal bill. let mejust two of the debate on the withdrawal bill. let me just bring you two of the debate on the withdrawal bill. let mejust bring you right up to date with what we're hearing about what's been going on. terms of that vote on this european economic area, there was a lords amendment that would force the government to make remaining in that ea and voting objective, remaining in the single market. jeremy corbyn had instructed his mps to abstain from that vote. but we are hearing that a number of the labour front bench team have quit their posts to vote for that amendment right now. parkersburg reporting, it sou

i think so, it will come next week either in the house of lords or the house of commons. e now. the future trading arrangements of this country with europe and the rest of the world and the and the government has tried to move to get rid of the reference to a customs union, and i obviously will not follow all the french —— front bench spokesman who are dreamily generous in giving way but i apologise in advance, i don‘t think i will give way much, if at all, because otherwise large and as of other members will wind up speaking, as they did yesterday, with three minute time limit and other absurdities, which the house has inflicted on itself by accepting the programme motion. but on this issue, which is the one that is currently being addressed most vigorously by us all, there are many, vigorously by us all, there are any vigorously by us all, there are many, many more to come, of our future trading and economic arrangements with the rest of europe and the world, my view is quite well—known, i set them out in the committee. i wish to see absolutely no new barriers to trade a

support the cross—party amendment tabled in the house of lords, one of those amendments coming before the house of commonsweek, which stipulates that britain should be part of the european economic area, the eea. you want to support that as well as the new amendment? can you do both? they are different. they are different but not inconsistent. the objectives set out in the labour front bench amendment, the only way to achieve them are by means of the european economic area in the cross—party amendment. you can have do both those things. i don't want to bore your viewers with the intricacies and drama... no, not too much process. but basically unless you can put forward a piece of legislation or an amendment that commands support on both sides of the house so notjust the opposition but some government mps taking a different view to their government then you cannot get through. so the labour proposition does not go through because no conservative mp will support it. that is not the position of labour. keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary says that your backing of the house of lords amendment of britain

it is not known what the situation is here in the house of commons. ly, were whispers to get out with some slightly unusual votes in the house of commons, this would undermine my right honourable friend's position and that of the prime minister. david davis said there was no need for an amendment. is it the principle of parliamentary consent or as of the foreign secretary making damaging, on guarding remarks at a private dinner? is it that the brexit secretary playing the hokey pokey about whether he is going to stay in the government or not, or is it the spectacle of government ministers resigning because their own government is too intransigent to listen to the constructive and sensible direction on brexit that many of us would like to see the government pursue? instead, we have provided in the event that the parliament rejects the deal to it, the government is legally obliged to make a statement on its proposed next steps in relation to article 50 negotiations within 28 days of that rejection. this house would of course then have plenty of tools at

angry scenes in the house of commons this lunchtime, as the brexit debate heats up. i ordered the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house. amid heated exchanges the snp leader is expelled by the speaker, and then the rest of his party's mps walk out of the chamber. earlier tory rebels warned the prime minister to stick to assurances made about parliament's role overseeing the terms of britain's withdrawal. this government will deliver a brexit forjobs. this government will deliver a brexit that is good for britain. we'll have the latest on a heated prime minister's questions. also this lunchtime. president trump says north korea is no longer a nuclear threat, as he returns from his meeting with kimjong un. dixons carphone admits a huge data breach — involving nearly 6 million payment cards, and more than a million personal records. on the eve of the first anniversary of the grenfell tower tragedy, we hear from survivors still waiting for a permanent new home. and excited to get started — england get stuck in to their first training session on

the decision they are making as we can see right now in the house of commons, the debate has been going on all afternoon. impassioned speeches on both sides of the argument, in particularly from backbenchers. the former trade manager who resigned at the end of last week in order to honour a pledge to his voters to oppose the third runway, and on the labour sidejohn oppose the third runway, and on the labour side john mcdonald he oppose the third runway, and on the labour sidejohn mcdonald he was shadow chancellor and although labour officially opposes the expansion, spoke saying his constituents would see villages swept away and the dead have to be moved in order to make way for a third runway. the spotlight is on foreign secretary borisjohnson, who vowed to lie in front of bulldozers to stop expansion, but is missing the vote because he's abroad. his absence means he won't have to vote against the government. it would have led to him being sacked as foreign secretary. he said it would have been pointless for him to resign because he would, he says, that would have been there were achie

taking a step forward with the announcement of the government is to back a bill through the house of commonsthan the tunisian fans. but they are here, just not in great numbers. about 2,000 england fans have made it here to volgograd. this is not rio dejaneiro and perhaps thatis is not rio dejaneiro and perhaps that is one reason why and it is the politics preventing people and those worries about who" after what happened at the euros in 2016, clashes between russians and england supporters. not huge numbers for england, lively gradually livening up england, lively gradually livening up as the day has gone on. if we look around here, the crowd is building. the turnstiles are open and people are coming in. i was speaking to a russian girl outside and she said she had bought a ticket and she said she had bought a ticket and it was sold out so they are expecting a full stadium even if the english quota is quite small. i have heard this is the smallest number of england fans who have made it to any world cup in history. the england players have to be repellent because there is a huge midge probl

drama in parliament, as the scottish national party's westminster leader, was thrown out of the house of commonse speaker. ian blackford refused to sit down and repeatedly demanded a debate about scottish powers after brexit and so was ordered from the house. the rest of his party followed him out. it comes as theresa may remains under pressure over key brexit votes and how much say mps will have in any final brexit deal. annita mcveigh is following events for us at westminster. annita. thank you. there have been quite a few of them so far. the expulsion of ian blackford symptomatic of the pressures theresa may is facing, both from outside the conservative party and, of course, from within her own party. the big question, the question that has been there for so long now, how can she reconcile the two sides in her party over the nature of brexit? i will be getting various opinions on a few moments, but first let's hear from our political correspondentjonathan blake, who has this report on the day's event so far. can you really please both sides, prime minister? she is trying to keep everyone happ

each week the house of commons is in session we bring you theresa may taking questions from members of the house of commons live wednesday mornings on c-span2. we invite your participation via twitter using the hashtag pmqs. prior to question the members are finishing up other business. now live to the floor of the british house of commons. >> security forces, what action has she taken to ensure no one and this was drugs into the justice system? her actions have been investigated. >> mr. speaker, i would urge her to respond to consultation. we want to get this right and make sure we have a fair and just talk. let's remember 90% of all murders were murdered by terrorists. >> mr. speaker, the consultation will run until ten of september which will have better outcomes for victims and sure there's that this portion focus. >> even though it is absent from the legacy consultation and further to the questions of my honorable friends, will she reconsider promoting a statute of limitations so that veterans are protected from legal assault about how did -- hounded? >> i know there are strong vi

motion unamendable, contrary to the motion unamendable, contrary to the usual methods of the house of commonshat get? number ten must have realised that he had not agreed this. they know that by doing this, there's conservatives are faced with there's conservatives are faced with the option of, if they want to get their way and reject a no deal scenario, they have to bring down there prime minister. that was never going to be acceptable to them, so downing street must have decided, we have got the numbers and we can get this through. i can't see how the king get this through the house of lords without dominic grieve being on board, so we are looking at a scenario now where it goes back to the lord's on monday. there will be various things being voted on. i can't see them accepting this, which means it goes back to the house of commons and then those 15 or more conservatives who were in that room with the prime minister and said they looked in her eye and she said, i would thought this for you, they then have to decide how they are going to defeat the government, or are they going to fall into

the house of commons over a couple of days, they're digesting commons over a couple of days, they‘ reupon a whole raft of changes to a big piece of legislation going through parliament all about brexit. changes that the house of lords recommended and mps are now considering. so far the government have defeated all the amendments they wanted to kick out. the one we were all watching this evening was an amendment which would effectively instruct the uk to remain in the single market. something called the eea, that's the way norway is able to become a full member of the european single market. and there are a number of mps across the house who like the idea as a way of protecting the uk economy. the government comfortably managed to kick this out because they instructed their mps to vote against this eea amendment. the labour front bench told their mps to abstain, but 90 labour mps defy their party whip. 75 labour mps voted for single market membership, 15 they were mps voted with the conservatives to kick it out. so it's really good evidence of how split labour is on many of these devic

of any agreement will have to be brought into law, which means that has to pass through the house of commonsays has the fate of the government of the day on its hands. that is routine constitutional... only through the vote of no—confidence, so you're not bothered about any concessions given to these remain as? the issue with these concessions as they make no deal more likely because they would gum up the process of negotiation. can you imagine that the government goes off to brussels answers, we can only discuss these three things because these are the only ones that have been covered by house of commons resolution? the eu says no. it goes back to the commons, a week passes, another resolution is passed, means nothing. let's be quite clear, you think it is more likely that there will be no deal but actually, you are actually not that bothered about no deal? no, i want a deal, i think it's in our interest but i'm not frightened of no deal. i think it is very important in no negotiation that your starting point should be, we want a deal but we are happy not to have a deal in... if the deal is

of course, in britain important decisions are always coming from the house of commons, who have takenrom the house of commons. it would have gone against the traditional way of doing things. the other amendment in the focus was the customs amendment to keep them in the union after the brexit. the new agreement would instruct the government to seek and negotiate a customs arrangement with the eu >> again, it's clear what the customs agreement is. it's clear what needs to be in the customs union. you accept all customs of the european union without the power to alter them. being outside, they wouldn't ine the right succeed negotiatio. what britain is rightly saying is that this goes against constitution, against the referendum that says that we take control. that wouldn't be giving back control. the customs agreement that they specified. well just because there is no such arrangement without encounters. it is a kind of bespoke agreement where you agree for example that on some goods that might be free trade and on some other goods there may not be. and sometimes it's called a free free

all eyes are on the ftse 100 after the all-important votes that are happening in the house of commons both yesterday and today. more votes are going on today. it looks like the prime minister managed to keep the rebels at bay. we're seeing ftse 100 slightly underperforming to the tune of 0.1% xetra dax trading in the red cac 40 is slightly stronger. big rebound in italian assets. equity indices are up 0.4% we're seeing that in the banking sector as well as fixed income let's turn our attention to sectors to s where the leadership is coming from. cyclical sectors and the charge this morning technology up 1.3% travel and leisure up. lufthansa up about 1.5% in trading. to the down side, telecoms some of that is repercussis on the back of the huge at&t/time warner deal being approved in the u.s. some of the names like sky are trading down about 1.5%. telecom italia is also tradingwn retail is struggling a bit today is a big day in the u.s., and the u.s. dollar is firmer ahead of the federal reserve policy decision, which could give clues on the pace of future rate hikes at the central ban

because they often happen on a friday and a lot of mps have gone home and it is quite empty in the house of commonsalso saying that he think the government has been hijacking time which is rightfully that of backbenchers so this is about who controls the house of commons, the government cannotjust bring in what it once on a nod, we do not quite live in the putin era yet. the government has said it was given its backing to this bill, if in fact it was very backing to this bill, if in fact it was very popular on a cross—party basis. labour mps said they were supporting it as did mps from other parties, who were clearly quite cross after sir christopher chope shouted object in the house of commons on friday. so, what would an mp like sir christopher chope who objects to private members' bill, if for legislating to be brought forward , for legislating to be brought forward, if not by that route, what would it be? well, he says, my recommendation to the government is to ensure the fastest, fairest and surest passage to the statute book for a bill to outlaw upskirting, which i wholeheartedly support. he

joining me now to discuss today's events in the house of commons i'm joined by katy balls, political tor and george eaton, political editor of the new statesman. thank you both forjoining. this whole idea of a compromise, this concession the government has put forward , concession the government has put forward, this confusion as to whether or not they've done that, but it was certainly enough earlier in the day to convince the backbench mps who were thinking of rebelling not to rebel? i think anyone who says they know exactly what's going on is probably sitting right now. —— telling a fib. tory mps, labour mps, brexit mps all have different ideas. but what is clear is that... rebels decide not to do that because they have something. but now the government tends to row back or there was a misunderstanding. right now it's not clear, maybe it will be clear on monday when we start to see the wording. that the interesting thing, george. this potential motion that will be put forward by the assistant general on behalf of the government in the lords. what does i have to say to keep those re

angry scenes in the house of commons this lunchtime, as the brexit debate heats up.in's withdrawal. this government will deliver a brexit forjobs. this government will deliver a brexit that is good for britain. we'll have the latest on a heated prime minister's questions. also this lunchtime. president trump says north korea is no longer a nuclear threat, as he returns from his meeting with kimjong un.

prime minister theresa may is again facing possible defeat over key brexit legislation in the house of commons. also in business briefing, the board of 21st century fox meets today — what will it decide as comcast and disney battle it out for control. briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. here in the uk, the culture secretary has called for children's phones to be confiscated at the start of the school day. he says they're a distraction, harm academic achievement and expose children to cyber bullying. president trump and republicans in the us congress have been trying to thrash out legislation that will address the growing anger around the policy of separating children from their parents who enter the us at the mexican border. just after those talks in washington, donald trump was heckled by democrats over the policy and for his complaint, on twitter, about illegal immigrants who , as he put it, "pour into and infest our country". our north america correspondent david willis reports. amid growing concern from members o

so the chairman of culture committee introduced a rarely—used motion in the house of commons to persuadethe first time since 1920 that a motion of this kind has been put before the house. it is not been done lightly and in some ways done with regret because i wish we had not come to this point and we could have reached a successful conclusion to the invitation we issued to him before now. before i continue with my remarks, it might be right to explain why that we are in this position now. the select committee in march asked him to come to the committee as part of our investigation into disinformation and fake news. i should say we're not doing an inquiry. we are not seeking to have people come in from the referendums and to scrutinise the details of the campaigns. we are conducting an inquiry into an important part of that inquiry the use of data in the course of campaigning. during the course of our investigations, other witnesses come forward and made allegations about worker fully. and as the communications writer he is the person most fit to speak on that. mps from across the house s

he shouted the word "object" when the bill came up for consideration in the house of commons, raisedl democrat mp vera hobhouse. other mps instantly called out "shame". let's talk to our correspondent at westminster iain watson. bring us up—to—date on how this has all unfolded. yes, upskirting is not a specific criminal offence in england and wales as it isn't scotland. so if this bill had gone ahead today by the liberal democrat vera hobhouse, this would effectively in the end have become a criminal offence with up have become a criminal offence with up to two years injail. have become a criminal offence with up to two years in jail. but because it is put forward by a backbencher, not a government minister, it is called private members‘ bill, and can be stopped either by talking it out quite simply as christopher chope did, shouting out that one word, object. that stopped it in its tracks as you heard. the prime minister expressed her disappointment and i am now told the government will give this legislation enough time, as much time asa legislation enough time, as much time as a ne

pretty bad in terms of their research phobia and the rhetoric which was used against russia in the house improve noticeably in the house of lords i think. in the house of commons is a bit more of an uphill struggle but nevertheless there are people increasingly speaking up and saying you know this is all very well but where where is this going to lead us you know where our sanctions going to lead us where is all this rhetoric going to lead us you know do we want to end up in a conflict with russia i mean what what's the endgame it doesn't really make sense and at the end of the day you know we should have a dialogue there are many areas where we need to engage quite frankly and then there is also like the culture of discourse and the language that countries use to confront each other why has the diplomatic language used by united kingdom deteriorated so badly i mean the british defense secretary saying russia should shut up that's like a direct quote the foreign secretary comparing the world cup to killer so lympics and those are moves that can only result in knowing and outraging the other side is that london's true goal in this game all are there's just rand

this last week of the british house of commons, prime minister theresa may was asked about trade relations with the u.s. and ongoing brexit negotiation's between the u.k. and the european union. at one point, members of the scottish national party walked out of the chamber when their leader was thrown out for insisting the chamber moved to private session despite repeated refusals by the house of commons speaker. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. >> prime minister. >> mr. speaker, tomorrow marks one year from the grenfell tower fire. i know that members from all sides of this house will join me in saying this unimaginable tragedy remains at the forefront of our minds. on monday, i had the privilege to attend the very moving vigil in memory of those we lost that night. i was honored to take part with local members of the community. let me again reassure the house that we are doing everything we can to see that this survivors -- the survivors of grenfell get the homes and support they need and the truth and justice that they deserve. mr. speaker, i would al

house democrats and republicans face each other in the annual congressional baseball game at 7:00 eastern. yesterday, members of the scottish national party walked out of the british house of commons. followed a dispute between chamber leaders over the brexit impact on scotland. thank you mister speaker. the prime minister gave a commitment that she would tweet -- treat scotland. the prime minister and scotland. having broken the constitutional convention. into a constitutional crisis. they now connect to the legislation. so that the well of this can be more importantly respected. we do expect that the outcome and it will happen is going to be a significant increase in the decision-making. it is not the case that this is in any way a power grab. over 80 areas of responsibilities are going to flow directly to hollywood. if he wants to be concerned about the process that has. the real question should be why they maneuvered it last night. and they thought there was no debate. i hope that the people of scotland listen very carefully. that they were there in 1988. and that they would not have the custody. the people of scotland i have no option. i'm not hearing that at this time. with

speaker, betty boothroyd rose to her feet in the lords to correct michael howard about some house of commonssition, is absolutely correct in what she says. and at one, it is a girl. new zealand's prime ministerjacinda arden, has given birth. she is only the second elected leader in the world to do so while in office. gary connor there with our countdown. now, westminster tea rooms are famous for political plotting, but cakes and celebration were on the menu this week at the launch of a national tea party campaign. equaliteas makes the 90th anniversary of the act that gave women the same voting rights as men. but the leader of the commons, andrea leadsom, said more work on equality was still needed. some of the awful abuse that we see online, some of the roughing up of public discourse, all of these things are things that we need to tackle, in this century, to make sure that we meet the challenge of those women and some men who tried so hard to improve the quality between the sexes then. applause. here we go. oh, it is a light sponge. i have been making it all weekend. well done! yeah. in the

week's prime minister's questions, theresa may takes questions from members of the house of commons. this is 45 minutes. >> order! questions for the prime minister. the prime minister. may: sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the london bridge attack. i attended a very moving memorial service. i am sure others will join me in offering deepest condolences to friends and family of the victims. i would like to pay tribute to the extraordinary bravery the emergency services and those who came to the aid of others showed on that night. colleagues and others.terial think you mister speaker. i would like to segregate myself if i may. the number of children growing up in a worthless household in the united kingdom has fallen to record low. opportunity and social ability for the country. they can go as far as their her talents will take them. i agree with my honorable friend. it is important that all children have the opportunity to go as far as they will take them. as we had been doing. and helping them to get into the workplace is the most important thing we can do and that is why thank

theresa may you might remember avoided a big defeat in the house of commons over the idea of giving parliamentavoided defeat by promising a compromise. that compromise was published at 5pm and some tory rebels are furious. they say the compromise is not acceptable and weren't consulted on the final version. the brexiteers say something different and don't necessarily like it but the government has got to get on with it. with all of these months theresa may has been accused of trying to keep both sides on board. perhaps by disappointing remainers tonight she's finally picked one side but 110w she's finally picked one side but now the lines are drawn for another big showdown when this all comes back to parliament next week. it is the european union and the uk that are meant to be having a political divorce through brexit but in these last few days, and i think during the time to come, it feels sometimes as if it is the two sides of the tory party who are truly in these bitter, dreadful negotiations. laura at westminster, thank you. the newest member of the royal family has accompanied the most e