must go to the house of commons. radcliffe hospital in oxford. must go to the house of commonslj radcliffe hospital in oxford. must go to the house of commons. i have a short statement to make. as matters stand, no criminal charges have been made, and so the case is not yet subject to the resolution. however, it is reasonable to expect charges soon, and! it is reasonable to expect charges soon, and i urge all honourable members to exercise care to not prejudice any future trial by what they say. on members will also post to note that we will observe a minute's silence tomorrow at 11am to rememberthe minute's silence tomorrow at 11am to remember the victims of this event. i now call secretary of state priti patel to make a statement. thank you, mr speaker. with permission, i will make a statement on the senseless terror attack which took place in reading on saturday evening. this appalling attack is not subject to an ongoing police investigation, and and such the is limited but i can say, but i want to share as much detail as i can with

members are finishing up other business, time to go to the floor of the british house of commons. >> answer the engagement question. >> approach the third anniversary this coming sunday of the grim tragedy the whole house would wish to join me in sending a heartfelt sympathies to the families and friends of the 72 people who lost their lives and to the survivors. across government we remain committed to ensuring such a tragedy can never happen again. members from across the house want to join me in offering our best wishes to the duke of edinburgh on his 90 ninth birthday. i am sure you would join me in well singing you -- wishing you a happy birthday. and ministerial colleagues with our duties in the house. >> vicki foxtrot. >> i am grateful to contribute to parliament. many shielded people have contracted me about government guidance of going to work. so that was adopted in many of the countries. will he do that, more transparency on the shielding list, will he provide that, will he agree, shielded people in the future are not penalized. >> i can tell the honorable lady we will be d

we face difficult decisions all the time and politics in the house of commons. of them. so i don't understand why the prime minister had to be dragged to this position. the fact is we won the u—turn, that's good news. but there are going to be other big issues coming down the track particularly when you look at some of the economic figures. the figures published today this country is in for a really ha rd published today this country is in for a really hard time. and people out there are losing theirjobs are falling on hard times need to know that they've got the government on their side. and if they can't do the right thing on instinct, as something basic as tackling child poverty and hunger, how can we trust him to do the right thing otherwise? the prime minister says quote, this is the right thing to do, it will help kids from the families who really need it. yes thanks for the bleeding obvious. why didn't the prime minister do the right thing on the outside? on afraid boris johnson'sjudgement and the outside? on afraid boris johnson's judgement and incidents

i am delighted that as a elected chair of the education committee in the house of commons i'm still able mps be disenfranchised but our constituents will be as well. why do you think the government, your government, are so you think the government, your government, are so keen to push this through and get all the mps back and effectively meaning people like you are, as you say, disenfranchised?” understand why they want parliament to return to the reasons i set out earlier and i'm absolutely with them on that, but it's a mystery to me why they will not even allow proxy votes, ie me giving my vote to another mp to vote on my behalf, if they will not accept the online voting. i do think there is an arch traditionalist view that is rather stern and unbending to any change whatsoever. i think some of them ta ke whatsoever. i think some of them take a whatsoever. i think some of them takea similar whatsoever. i think some of them take a similar view to president bolsonaro in brazil who described the covid is just the sniffles, and i think that all mps should be their. if you can't get in, tou

we bring you prime minister doris johnson taking numbers from the house of commons live wednesday morning on c-span2. we invite your participation via twitter using hashtag pmqs. prior to questions i member the finishing other business. now live to the british house of commons. >> you made suggestions to the welsh government how the gift to care workers is properly made without the need for where we are at the current time. i am concerned about a similar -- >> a minimum suspension to those who make need to come out. >> right. let us begin. question one. >> number one. >> thank you, mister speaker. i will open the global vaccine summit, the uk hosted a virtual event bringing together 50 countries and leaders of private-sector organizations and civil society to raise $7.4 billion for gabby, the vaccine alliance and the vaccine summit should be the moment the world comes together to unite humanity in the fight against disease. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in the house. i will have further meetings later today. >> as the premise a

and you know, the reasons for by the leadered of the house of commons, but far from clear. o not seem to be particularly worthy. ands putting the health safety of not just mp's, but the 3000 people who work in the house of commons along with us. ultimately, the constituents and the families that we would be going home to at the end of the week. you doubtless have seen the pictures of mp's queuing around the block within the house of commons. i have evincing those pictures here in new york. mp's queuing near the green. thanks for joining us, alistair carmichael, chairman of the u.k. parliamentary group on hong kong. staying at hong kong, the financial secretary says he is ready to defend the currency's link to the u.s. dollar. those comments and they take away interview from bloomberg. take a listen. andhe banks themselves their crimes, they see the merit of this legislation. people are waiting with interest. scope of thethe legislation, the implementation details. i do not believe the positive reaction towards business security legislation is widely held among the business c

today, almost two months since the introduction of ‘virtual‘ voting and a limit of 50 mps in the house of commonseverse these measures has faced criticism from a growing number of mps across the house, who argue that the most vulnerable, will be unable to have their say. but the leader of the house of commons says democracy will "once again flourish". earlier i spoke to the conservative mp robert halfon who has been shielding at home during the coronavirus pandemic, and who was advised by his gp not to return to parliament today. he wants those mps who cannot return to parliament to be able to vote via videolink or proxy. what is democratically unjust and entirely wrong is to say to those mps who genuinely can't go back if they are shielding, self isolating or unwell, that they will be denied theirfundamental or unwell, that they will be denied their fundamental parliamentary duty budgets to vote, and what that is doing is in essence making little parliamentary unix. —— parliamentary eunuchs. let's speak now to pete wishart, scottish national party mp for perth and north perthshire. this is disen

we are expecting matt hancock to be making a statement about now is actually in the house of commons. delayed until nine 15 pm this evening. given that matt hancock announced 11 days ago that leicester had an outbreak, i had expected that they might have got this statement a bit earlier than where we have at the but i

silence for sometime succeeded to the speech, reported the annual register the effect in the house of commons when lord north announced the peace initiative. even the government supporters seemed stunned. in the words of one of them, to treat with those who deny, and took up arms in opposition to the authority of parliament, had long been out of the question, yet that was exactly what britain was now prepared to do. one can certainly see why north's proposal caused such consternation. by repealing -- giving up the tax to revenue, parliament abandoned what lord jermaine and the other hard-liners in the cabinet insisted was the government central -- here we see the hardest hard liner of them all, lord jermaine on my right and lord north, and another british cartoon in the center. and even greater moment, the royal instructions to carlile carried with him to america, envisioned an imperial union where parliament no longer had unlimited powers. that union was substantially different, not only from the union that britain was fighting the current war to uphold, but from how british writers understo

must go to the house of commons. radcliffe hospital in oxford. will make a statement on the senseless terror attack which took place in reading on saturday evening. this appalling attack is not subject to an ongoing police investigation, and and such the is limited but i can say, but i want to share as much detail as i can with the house this afternoon. on behalf of the police, following my conversations with them over the weekend, and my visit to reading this morning. n seven p m on saturday evening, a 25—year—old male entered the garden is in the centre of reading and began to viciously attack on several groups of people. the outstanding police officers from a thames valley police responded with great courage and great speed. the answers but was tackled to the ground by an armed officer and was immediately arrested at the scene. the suspect remains in custody. after initial investigations, counterterrorism police to declare the attack on a terrorist incident, and are the investigation. police have confirmed that the threat is contained, but that

each time but parliament is in session we take you to bore starting taking questions from the house of commons live on c-span2. prior to question time members are finishing up other business, live to the floor the british house of commons. >> that completes the questions from northern ireland. we now head 2 questions for the prime minister and we start with sarah atherton. >> this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house i will have further meetings later today. >> my constituents welcome the announcement by chief medical officers of northern ireland and england, from 4-3, i have seen a reduction in the number of covid-19 positive cases, does the prime minister agree with me are uk wide approaches what works? to defeat the pandemic? >> can i pay tribute to her for what she has put in practice and to thank all her colleagues, that is the way we beat the pandemic by working to gather. >> yesterday, easing lockdown restrictions, if the plan is to work, we isolate this. the prime minister promised a system to be in place by the first of j

the message i think teachers want to hear across the country is all parliamentarians in the house of commons support the return of kids to school and encouraging kids to come back to school because it is safe. will he now say that? >> i want as many children to go back to school as possible as soon as possible as quickly as possible when it is safe. i have been saying that like a broken record for weeks on the end. and one way the government could help those most affected, the child poverty numbers, 1.3 million children in low income, and they still get free meals. the labor government in wales will continue to fund these through the summer. yesterday the education secretary said that won't be the case, that is just wrong and it will lead to further inequality. i urge the prime minister reconsider this point. >> we don't normally continue free school meals over the summer holidays but they are aware of a particular - that is why we are announcing 53 million pounds of local welfare to be used by local authorities at their discretion to help the most vulnerable families. they put his arm aroun

wednesday's question time, british prime minister boris johnson to questions from members in the house of commons on his governments coronavirus poverty, child reopening schools, and funding for small businesses. we now come to the questions of the prime minister. we are going to start. we start with martin dockery. >> mister speaker. >> prime minister. >> thank you, mister speaker. i had 18 ministerial colleagues and others in further such meetings later today. >> in the cages of the communist party of number 10. the government commercial was greeted with disbelief. can the prime minister tell us does he agree previous inquiries have fostered a cultural grievance in the minority communities? >> i am someone who -- a brilliant feature about these issues and we will proceed with a new commission to look at racism and discrimination and it will be very thorough look at discrimination in health, education, the criminal justice system and i know the house will say there are plenty of commissions and plenty of work but it is clear from the black lies matter march, all representations we have had, the

suitable to the prime minister's questions in there and the virtual social distancing edge the house of commons prime minister's question has been closer to the core truth he is familiar with the former director of public prosecutions what is untested is whether he will be as effective when the house of commons is and its rowdiest when you have to think very quickly when will it could be. a very powerful weapon he hasn't had to use any of that he's played his strengths which is of course forensic questioning he's done throughout his entire career so there are still shoot huge tests to come and as you say in a way that wouldn't have always been the case with everybody this pandemic and the consequences of actually play to his strengths i've been there have any plans that . twitter if he'd done it as very safe and very disciplined or not much chance of twitter fact checking stamina i don't think there is that sort of disciplined approach a is that going to be enough for a leader of the opposition one say we get through this pandemic and people are going to be looking for a bit of inspiration. you

and we saw mps in the house of commons but tonight news of another cabinet minister now self—isolatingretary alok sharma, you can see him in the house of commons at the dispatch box, clearly something not right. he is wiping sweat from his face throughout the speech. a spokesman said he started to feel u nwell spokesman said he started to feel unwell in the chamber. he did then leave and he is self—isolating to stop he has been tested for coronavirus but hasn't the result yet. many mps have seized on this, saying they don't think they should have been forced back to parliament and they want to keep on working remotely. the commons authorities say they followed procedures and did extra cleaning, the things you're supposed to do if there is a suspected case of covid i spoke to the minister who sat next alok sharma most of today and he said they were social distancing at all times. the prime minister pledged last month that the uk would have a world—beating test—and—trace system up and running by the 1st ofjune, capable of tracking 10,000 new cases a day. but the woman who's been put in c

. >> on wednesday, british lawmakers return to the house of commons, following two-week recess, where the question prime minister boris johnson over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the prime minister and party leaders also commented on the death of george floyd and the protests across the u.s. >> let us begin. thank you, mr. speaker. tomorrow i will open the global vaccine summit. bringing together 50 countries as well as leaders of private sector organizations and civil -- tomorrow's global vaccine summit should be the moment when the world comes together to unite humanity in the fight against the disease. i had innings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. the real scandal of the coronavirus pandemic is being exposed to the public health report published yesterday. if you're black or asian, if you are poor, if you have a less , the poor having the greatest exposure and now the government increasing that exposure and risk with its announcement. i want the prime minister publish a full r

he's a bit like borisjohnson in the house of commons. he needs an audience.hout an audience, what's left? looking at boris johnson and recently two weeks, and the same reason with donald trump, he needs these rallies to get excited and enthused by what he saying. protesters have been disbursed using tear gas. floyd's brother philonise, i thought that was really interesting. how brave to go and talk to politicians and tell them his brother's death was not in vain. my heart goes out to him. we hope when we would move on from all this with all the rows about statues, that this guy does get some judgement for his brother. deed japan times, nojustice, no peace. —— at the japan times. we don't have much time left. there's been criticism of the way the broadcasters approached the protest, suggesting that broadcaster was racist. this is a global movement. even in quite harmonious society like japan, racism exists and there are huge challenges for every society and government that we have to find a way to fight racism. on that, we are going to leave it for the time be

well, there was yesterday, priti patel was in the house of commons and then you could feel the tensionere, but it immediately got rather tense. she was accused of actually not being honest about her... how sorry she was about the case of george floyd and everything happening. she then turned to say, well, "i know exactly what racism is because when i was a young girl, i was called a pocky." and she told us her experience of recommendations of her name —— trying to change her last name to get a job. this has now become a very unhelpful route between the government and parts of the labour party —— ro. keir starmer has distanced himself from this letter. it shows that any side, it's a very tribal side about races in them which i think is not very helpful —— racism. looking as a german at the british government, it is very diverse. it has a very good record of getting people from all ethnic groups in this country. weather is priti patel or chancellor or a lot charming. —— a lot charming. i wish there was less emotion and less politicizing of this debate. is something like this being politi

we will take you to the house of commons, where the education secretary is speaking. the house of commonscretary is speakingm is now over 2.5 months since we asked schools, further education colleges and nurseries to remain open only for vulnerable people and those of critical workers. i continue to be immensely grateful for the way that our teachers and pa rents for the way that our teachers and parents have responded to these challenging circumstances. i would also like to say a big thank you to all those working in education, childcare and children's social care for the huge efforts that they are making ona for the huge efforts that they are making on a daily basis to support families and make sure that our children don't miss out on their education. we all know how important it is for children and young people to be an education and it is vital that we get them back there as soon as the scientific advice indicates that we can. i am very pleased that last week we were able to take the first cautious step towards that. as the prime minister concerned on the 28th of may, the government's

tape we are going to the house of commons. on global britain. let's hear from let's hearfrom him. let's hear from him. she spoke for us let's hear from him. she spoke for us all when she urged everyone to rememberjoe by pulling together with compassion and kindness —— jo. i was concerned to learn the honourable member for its dumbartonshire is now in hospital and we'll send her best wishes. mr speaker, with permission i will make... we are living through a daily demonstration of how events on the far side of the world influence not only british security and prosperity, but something as elemental as the state of our health and whether we can go to work, go shopping. this crisis offers vivid proof of the seminal importance of international engagement and exactly why our country must perform its global role. i have begun the biggest review of our foreign defence and developing policy since the end of the cold war, designed to maximise our influence and integrate all the strands of our international effort and the overriding aim i

the house of commons the to take of respond has reiterated that the u.k.government will not extend the bracks it turns the sion period. we leave the transition period successfully in full by the end of this year is one of the government and even more importantly the british people's highest priority is an extension of the transition period been neither in the u.k. years nor the europeans interest both parties want and need to conclude a deal this year to complete the transition period an extension to the transition period was bind us into future your legislation without us having any say in designing it but still having to foot the bill for payments to the e.u. budget we must be able to design our own rules it is our in our own best interests without the constraints of e.u. regulation so i would like to assure my own friends and the people of ashfield that the government is delivering on this promise so to quote margaret thatcher will we have an extension no no no. but hold the 1st minister of scotland henry mcleish says an extension to the transition peri

on april 19, after the minutemen shot heard round the world, henry gratin rose in the house of commons and moved that the kings, lords of comments in ireland were the only powers competent to make laws to bind this kingdom. it is an important moment in irish history. britain offered everything short of independence to america, including the session of parliamentary power. why should ireland be different? a clear reference to the carlisle peace commission in this defining moment of ireland's 18th-century history. although we take another two years, britain eventually bowed to the wishes of the patriots after lord north fall from power. he falls from power in the wake of cornwallis's defeat at yorktown. interconnections here. during the spring of 1782, parliament repealed the irish act that affirmed supremacy over irish affairs, while the a lot of the dublin parliament the law, the statute that subjected laws to review by the british council. in other words, britain conceded ireland legislated independence. for the first time since the revolution, irish historians argue over this, for th

on wednesday, british lawmakers returned to the house of commons following a two-week recess where they question prime minister boris johnson over his handling of coronavirus pandemic the prime minister and party leaders also commented on the death of george floyd and the protests across the u.s. [no audio] >> let us begin. question one. pm johnson: tomorrow i will open u.k.accine summit, the hosted, virtual event will bring together more than 50 countries, as well as leaders of private sector organizations and civil society, to raise at least $7.4 billion for gavi, the vaccine alliance. and tomorrow's global vaccine summit should be the moment when the world comes together to unite humanity in the fight against disease. mr. speaker this morning, i had , meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, in addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. ms. maskel: as the prime minister obfuscates over his adviser, the real scandal of the coronavirus pandemic has been exposed in the public health england report published yesterday, inequality and pove

lot of tory mps feel strongly about and we may see a major rebellion about on the floor of the house of commonss a lot of pressure on the prime minister. interesting the male brings up the site of travel corridors mit has come to deal with countries that breath i to go on holiday over the summer and countries that might like to send people over here to spend the summer. i think that could be a way out of this, the pm in terms of a compromise and the other thing they said that the daily mail is looking at is whether you can actually test people for coronavirus on arrival. but i think we are still going to have to wait a bit of time before these plans are finalised. there might bea these plans are finalised. there might be a lot of people that actually don't really like the idea of going abroad this summer, don't feel like it's safe and would rather holiday at home and help support the british tourism industry that way. that might be something we see out and start to encourage over the next few weeks. stephen, priti patelwas saying wasn't she today that quarantining people arriving in the uk is c

the popular election of colonial governors, the admission of colonial representatives into the house of commonsthe creation of a public treasury as envisioned in the articles of confederation to service the colonies' debt, and turning congress into a north american parliament. if parliament approved, the effect would be to reconstitute the british empire as a commonwealth style federation with each colony enjoying broad rights of self government and the crown aloun serving as the administrative and political center. of course this matters because by the final quarter of the 18th sentry, parliament -- it's still a legislature. but it's also the center, the locus of executive authority within the british empire as well. it is carried out in the name of the kroup but executive power is now invested in parliament. carlyle and the commission is proposing to give up that power. although the commission's -- i'm sorry. for congress, on whose behalf benjamin franklin and the other american envoys in paris were at that moment finalizing the alloyance with fans, doing this in paris, these concessions radi

headlines coming up and we will have more from the house of commons as well but in the meantime let‘sclouds have been moving in and the temperature is dropping and the outlook is looking distinctly chilly right across the country over the next few days. the weather fronts are coming in from the north, really spreading across the uk and behind it, a current of much cooler air all the way from the arctic will set in and the winds will strengthen as well, it will really become quite windy across northern areas. as far as tuesday afternoon is concerned, still very warm in many areas, certainly england and wales and northern ireland and even the lowlands of scotland but later this evening and into tonight, that persistent rain in the east of scotland spreads further south, rain on the way for newcastle, carlisle, the lake district, into the pennines and possibly more patchy rain there into the midlands and wales as well. it looks as though the south—east and east anglia just about stays dry through the course of the night. the rain through tomorrow, as it moves further south tends to becom

there are arch traditionalists in the house of commons, by the way, i am a traditionalist, i love parliamentke the attitude of the presence —— the president of brazil, also narrow, who described coronavirus is the sniffles, if you cannot be there, tough luck. although i am able to participate in some parliamentary proceedings, i chair the education committee and bang goodness i am able to do that, but i am not allowed to do, the most fundamental duty of any mp is to vote and i am disenfranchising not just myself, the other mps, but each of us who are not allowed to vote, oui’ of us who are not allowed to vote, our constituents are being disenfranchised as well so they will have no voice, no proper voice in parliament, goodness knows how long and for no logical reason, except stubbornness is what the historian said, stern and unbending attitude by the powers that be. thank you very much. stay safe, stable, thank you for talking to us. we are going to talk about both of these issues, quarantine and that return to parliament with norman smith, at westminster. some really strong criticism from r

thatis terms of the number of fatalities, that is declining, 55 matt hancock was telling the house of commons earlier, the lowest death rate since before the lockdown. yes, and i think we will see matt hancock reflecting on those statistics, 55 deaths in the last recorded 24—hour period, in the news conference. the lowest since the 21st of march, before the lockdown. he mentioned that there were no deaths in the london hospitals in the latest accounting period, not in scotland, either. and he emphasised that the government statistics suggest that this crucial r rate, the rate of reproduction of the virus, is below one in every region of the country. there has been some people suggesting it was above one, particularly in the north—west of england, and loads of mps particularly in the north—west of england, and loads of mp5 from the north—west of england expressing concern to him about that. he was at pains to say that the government statistics suggest that the r number is below one. in other words, each person with the virus is giving it on average to fewer than one other person in every part

my colleague layla moran challenged gavin williamson in the house of commons yesterday on a fraction able to learn at this time have actually been provided to the government was that they really need to focus, just like they did when we made sure we had enough capacity in the nhs and building nightingale hospitals within weeks, we need that kind of book is now on our education system, for children's learning ad for their mental health and well—being. for their mental health and well-being. dean russell, is it not clear that something has to change here and if schools are going to open by september, either more classrooms are going to have to be provided or the scientific advice is going to have to change and you are going to have to change and you are going to have to change and you are going to have to be able to have larger bubbles or larger classes than 15, because if not, surely we are going to be in the same situation in september?” are going to be in the same situation in september? i think the truth of this is that the government has been listening. i speak to local schools, al

the house of commons leader jacob respond has reiterated that the government will not extend the bracks a transition period ensuring we leave the transition period successfully in full by the end of this year is one of the government and even more importantly the british people's highest priority is an extension of the transition period been neither in the u.k. is nor the europeans interest both parties want and need to conclude a deal this year to complete the transition period and extension to the transition period was bind us into future your legislation without us having any say in designing it but still having to foot the bill for payments to the e.u. budget we must be able to design our own rules it is our in our own best interest without the constraints of the regulation so i would like to assure my own friends and the people of our shrilled that the government is delivering on this promise so to quote margaret thatcher will we have an extension no no no. but a former 1st minister of scotland henry mckay she has said an extension to the transition period is necessary as the count

before but it's also gotten political, we saw exchanges at prime minister's questions in the house of commonsng to somehow blame the labour opposition for not putting enough support behind the idea of getting the schools open but critics have said that while they were pouring millions into building new hospitals, many of which were never needed or temporary hospitals to deal with the crisis, there was nothing like the same sort of planning and expenditure to get educational establishments ready to deal with the extra numbers. i think people are scrambling around a bit 110w. people are scrambling around a bit now. a few small schemes around about perhaps private schools and those in the private sector. 0pening up those in the private sector. 0pening up some of their spaces and more online tuition over the summer, and perhaps even some money made available for personal tuition for students. but it does look again as the criticism leveled at the government many times, look again as if they are coming at it rather late. they are behind the curve. and some even saying late. they are behind the cur

leader of the house of commons has reiterated that the government won't extend the brakes a transition period that's as a form of scottish 1st minister calls for an extension amid the global pandemic. for strong she should not be playing politics with the people of britain at a time when they're facing the biggest challenge it's hard since 1940. and $150.00 illegal migrants cross the channel after they were escorted into british waters i'll be joined by an immigration lawyer. charities warn the soaring unemployment stooge of the coronavirus pandemic will send over a 1000000 more britons into poverty by the end of the year the stark warning comes after the prime minister admitted significantly more british workers will lose their jobs we're following this hour to you. me now so that he said can you tell us about these unemployment predictions absolutely we've been seeing throughout this crisis many concerns not just of course around public health the number of people who have sought the lost their lives but also with regards to the deaths and also the economic difficulties which are tak

which essay the business secretary who was spotted at the despatch box and has house of commons...jabbing his face. commons... looking quite peaky. jabbing his face. very sweaty. how is it turns out he is all right? he was there. —— how was he? he didn't look well at all. a spokesperson said he was isolating and everybody thought this is the moment where the coronavirus bridge this up again in the house of commons. but they're all complaining about being back there. he has said he had the test, and it is negative. he is fine. all this week on the coronavirus newscast we have been sort of broadening our agenda as a college in newsrooms across the country and looking at just in newsrooms across the country and looking atjust some of in newsrooms across the country and looking at just some of the in newsrooms across the country and looking atjust some of the other big stuff happening in the world at the moment. with virus is the backdrop to everything. so monday tuesday and wednesday, it would look to everything. so monday tuesday and wednesday, with the be protesting the us after the

conservative mp robert halfon is a former education minister and is now chair of the house of commonst committee. we will speak to a union leader in a moment. good morning, robert halfon, what has happened to the government doing things based on science?m what has happened to the government doing things based on science? it is a strange country when the government turned a blind eye to demonstrations in cities across the country, we are campaigning for pubs and garden centres to be open and yet we say that our schools can't open until september despite evidence from the world health organization, many other european union countries, our own chief medical officer, that it is safe to do so, that was conferred to me by the prime minister and the schools minister when they appeared before committee. we worry about the coronavirus, absolutely, we need to do everything we can to be safe, but there could be an epidemic of educational poverty, a growing digital divide and a safeguarding crisis with vulnerable children being affected by mental health, possibly exposed to online harm, possibly

after that, prime ministers questions from the british house of commons with boris johnson. then speeches from the copenhagen democracy summit by former secretaries of state madeleine albright and current secretary of state mike pompeo. ♪ ♪ susan: dr. peniel joseph, you and i planned this interview three months back, but we got sideways with the covid lockdown . what a momentous three months they have been. as a historian, how are you processing this time this country is going through? prof. joseph: i have been

with social distancing rules as they prepared to decide how they should hold hold votes in the house of commons from now on. the government wanted to end the virtual, or online system which was introduced in april and to return to voting in person, but critics say such a move would exclude vulnerable mps and those with caring responsibilities. our chief political correspondent vicki young has the latest. mps had been told to set an example and get back to work. for some it's a round trip of almost 1500 miles. a journey in excess of 18 hours for something that frankly is of questionable necessity. others say it's their duty to return to parliament rather than take part via video link. my home is here on the island of anglesey, and i'm going to westminster to do the job that i was democratically elected to do. but what about government advice during the coronavirus pandemic? the government have said if we can work from home, we should, to avoid risking spreading the virus, but here we are from all corners of the uk, heading to westminster. the parliamentary authorities had installed a virtual sys

so much for a challenge there correspondent live for us in westminster just listened to the house of commons. yemen susie's are being accused of actively covering up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in areas they control aid groups say the numbers of infections and deaths a much higher of what is being reported and they're warning they're running out of money to help shelob ellis reports. the world health organization believes hundreds of people have died of corona virus in yemen with thousands more infected yet the official tally is 112 to it's with just 4 from who 3 areas like aaron and. others. this man says they have waited for help since 8 am it's now 3 pm don't look at any of our american people yell at him to stop recording as he continues he says he called health lines security officials politicians and no one else had his course in the who think controlled north people are often buried in secret or at night there are reports that families in grave diggers awards not to speak of the cause of death history's also not released if they are taken into recording burials has become a

during question time in the house of commons, he discussed the reopening efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic and made comments on the recent stabbing in regular in this house i will have further meetings later today. >> my constituents welcome the announcement by chief medical officers of northern ireland and england, from 4-3, i have seen a reduction in the number of covid-19 positive cases, does the prime minister agree with me are uk wide approaches what works? to defeat the pandemic? >> can i pay tribute to her for what she has put in practice and to thank all her colleagues, that is the way we beat the pandemic by working to gather. >> yesterday, easing lockdown restrictions, if the plan is to work, we isolate this. the prime minister promised a system to be in place by the first of june. the latest figures from yesterday's press conference shows 33,000 people are estimated to have covid-19 in england. just 10,000 people with covid-19 were breached and asked to provide contact details, the hard work that went into this but two thirds of those are not being reached and asked to

it was interesting in the house of commons when boris johnson it was interesting in the house of commonssir keir starmer of labour was generally pretty supportive of the announcement. i thought it was a notably different tone from the labour leader today. he has cranked up labour leader today. he has cranked up his scrutiny and questioning and scepticism of government policy in the last couple of weeks, perhaps tying into the public mood of the greater scepticism of how the government has handled things but today he went back to the mantra that he said he would be as he put ita that he said he would be as he put it a constructive leader of the opposition, that would be his approach to the job particularly at approach to the job particularly at a time of national emergency and crisis. pretty there was a recognition from lots of mps as they sold their constituencies with greater frequency than they've been able to in recent months. there's been a huge, a vast amount of pressure plus on so many sectors of the economy. that was real nervousness that u nless that was real nervousness that unl

some people in the house of commons were very happy u.k.overnment is announced a timeline for pubs and restaurants in england to reopen. this is -- but despite this and other relaxations, a chief officer has urged caution. >> this disease is coming down in the u.k., but has not gone away. >> in th u.s., the funeral of rayshard brooks has just >> what do you do to stay alive? comply like george floyd or run like rayshard brooks? i'm not asking for a friend, i'm asking for myself. >> andn the u.s., a top health official has contradicted president trump's claims on testing. let's begi with a big moment for the of you watching in covid-19 restrictions.hift to >> i will tell the house that we will alsont reopen restauand pubs. >> while the reopening is part of a broader range of changes, on those is jonathan blake. >> cinema, hair salons and pubs will be able to reopen in england on the fourth of july, provided safety measur in place. the current social distancing requirement is being reduced to one meter, allowing venues to open. there are curr

th >> you've been watching prime minister's questions from the british house of commons.this wednesday, july 1 live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2, or watch sunday night at manic like eastern and pacific on c-span. you can go to c-span.org to find video of past prime minister's questions, and other british public affairs programs. >> next, european lawmakers deliver statements in parliament over the death of george floyd and the worldwide antiracism protest and demonstrations that took place afterwards. a few days following this debate, members passed a resolution stating that a condemned the death of george floyd, and similar murders

when the prime minister is making his statement in the house of commons is much more mention of schoolsinly saying quite clearly that the ambition now is that schools from all schools will come back in september. i do think that this is partly to almost play chicken with the unions who have said quite flatly that that is a fa ntasy said quite flatly that that is a fantasy that schools cannot possibly come back even with one metre instead of two metre social distancing, and with the size of bubbles being suggested it‘sjust impossible. the schools are staying. many other people saying even if it‘s impossible at the moment there must be a way around day, must be imaginative and using other premises, disused church halls or whatever it might be to get the kids back because of chris so much of the economy does rely on children going back to school and therefore those pa rents back to school and therefore those parents being able to work and so on. and of course those children missing out on vital years of education, and it will build into a much bigger argument. i also suppose that governor

what does that mean for these mps that want to see a full return to a virtual house of commons, virtualmmons, virtualvoting? i think it will encourage them to try again, to bring about a return to virtual voting, which mps voted against on tuesday, by quite a large majority, nearly 60 but, i have to say, many of those conservative mps voting for the return of business as usual did so through gritted teeth. there was a lot of muttering and chuntering as they were going through voting for it. the difficulty is, you know, that vote was only two days ago, it would be hard to revisit it so soon, albeit there is actually a vote tonight from a sort of concession offered by the government to allow proxy voting for those mps who have to shield for health reasons or because they are over 70, so there will be a vote tonight that will allow proxy voting for those who have to shield. the question is, will some mps seek to amend that motion, possibly, to press for a full return to a virtual parliament? the conversations i have had so far think that unlikely, i have to say, although there are plenty o

a conservative mp, marcus fysh, has apologised in the house of commons after parliament's standards watchdog unpaid directorships. the standards committee also found that mr fysh adopted a "deprecatory" and "patronising" tone towards the standards commissioner during inquiries into his directorships. i apologise to the house for this situation born of a misunderstanding of what is required, and will update my register of interest accordingly. the committee's report also asked me to apologise to the commissioner and the registrar of members‘ financial interests, and i will write and agree the text of that apology in advance with the chair of the committee. marcus fysh. peers have described the government decision to ditch its current coronavirus tracing app as a ‘fiasco'. a tracing application on a mobile phone works by logging when two people have been in close proximity to each otherfor a substantial period of time. the prime minister said there would be a ‘world—beating' tracing system in place byjune. the nhs—x app was being piloted on the isle of wight, but it's now been abandoned in fav

minister appeared in front of a committee of the chairs of the key select committees of the house of commonsthat he said, we will meet all of our manifesto commitments unless i specifically tell you otherwise. and, i think this story, which in normal circumstances would be an enormous story and i think than some of the other papers, opens up, really, you see the dilemmas that the government is going to face hopefully coming out of this pandemic and the dilemmas are going to be particularly difficult, in no particular order, the chancellor of the exchequer in the prime minister. this could rebound significantly in 2021 as the uk recovers. and president dexamethasone talking about recovering and also promising note tax increases —— french president. there left to go through something similar to recoup this money down the line. two weeks ago and his address, on sunday, president emmanuel reset his presidency as simple as that. he's got two years left is the president and he wants to be reelected. and he said that i'm going to look at myself hard in the mirror and we are going to do things diffe

are not social distancing you simply so important that you willing to risk your house from the house of commons. yes because one of the government was that using the lockdown and our inability. to pass some laws our own. to endure a gate out to 1st to do aides over the house of activist and jaded them that have been torturing of different activists. so this is not something that we should. let go and this picture actually it was they are the killing of. of oil for was who was watching who was killed by the army in egypt because they were protesting against. an economy so when you have someone who is skilled. of course you're not going to say that that afraid of many people but it's either we die out of hunger or we just like. not making over there right in our hands and not to also mention that the banks just like going on with their measures that. people have deposits and that we don't have access to our money was on. a thing that we've been working on with our salaries we don't have lots of the dollars anymore or people were attacking the banks they were burning them down so of course we're g

have behaved to people subordinate to them in such a way in any workplace — let alone in the house of commonshy we have to have the counterbalancing bit, that we can't give mps an opportunity to delve into the personal details of a case, and try it effectively a second time. there were fears that allowing mps to debate the independent panel's findings in the commons could give members a platform to blacken their accuser‘s name. labour's shadow leader of the commons had also been contacted by a victim. what the complainant said was, "i do not want the serious case..." and i won't say what it is, but it is very serious. "..being debated, of being named, of being called a liar or slandered." and where complainants feel that if the report is debated and that will take place, they will not come forward because they are too scared. but a conservative thought voters should decide an mp‘s fate. there is a very fundamental difference between members of parliament and all other staff members. it's that we are elected by the people and we are responsible to the people. and the people must have the final