it won't be in the house of lords. in the house of commons... if ican lords. of defence to the house of commons, they come in for an awful lot of stick. the fact is that mps, and i was in the house would 3! years, they are much closer to the public, much closer to the people now than i can ever remember. and i came in, you had mps who didn't stay a night in the constituency, let alone do constituency, let alone do constituency politics. it would be a pity if that reputation that they deserve to have is destroyed by what goes on in the chamber. we will let you go, but especially for lord fowler, who takes a prominent role in today's of proceedings, how do you regard that? is it a nerve—racking thing or do you quite enjoy it? its not that prominent, to be honest. it's very prominent. the major thing is getting this enormous gold cloak on which is a very, very heavy. not what i'm used to wearing. you will see whether i managed to do it or not. we will see. dame margaret, good to see you. thank you for joining margaret, good to see you. thank you forjoining us. lo

member turnovers house of commons, estimates for the public services will be laid before you. my lords and member turnovers house of commons, other measures will be laid before you. i pray tra that the blessing of aling almighty god will rest pon your counsels. >> queen elizabeth ii delivering a speech to the house of lords to mark the new session of parliament which begins today. the queen's speech sets the government's agenda. if you missed any of the speech, you can watch it online at our website c-span .org. >> spnch than's "washington journal" live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, election security and voting reform and talk about the obama and trump administration's involvement with ukraine with a foreign policy staff writer and then former south carolina governor mark sanford discusses his effort to primary president trump for the republican nomination for president. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> good morning 378 good morning. good to be with all of you. gill, thanks for those

past eight, has a commons has agreed to have a general election but that has to go through the house of lords a touch —— give it approval as well because this kind of bill is a legal bill, to say this house must have a general election because their lordships have to prove it. we have to do lordships have to prove it. we have todoa lordships have to prove it. we have to do a recap versus where we were yesterday. that was pretty good as recap school. for brexitcast catching up, there was business yesterday of the vote on the fixed term and needing the two thirds majority, coupled with the fact that it wasn't definitive, the whole business of the government brexit pan —— plan had been taken off the table until the election and also jeremy corbyn was waiting to be absolutely clear that everyone around the eu table had accepted the extension. so while it looks cracker is that mps last night voted against having a general election, they have no voted to have an election and on that third reading vote i mentioned, it went through overwhelmingly. lots of stained but it went through overwhelmingly wi

but this is the reminderof the queen, past year or so but this is the reminder of the queen, house of lords appointment and it's the only time the queen ever comes to the palace of westminster broadly. she only comes once a year and goes as far as her throne. the queen never moves further than her throne into the building. it's filled with symbolism. you don't think it's outdated? people say it's steeped in tradition and ceremony but offputting to people who don't necessarily follow politics.|j understand that but i don't agree with it and particularly with this monarch, it would be disrespectful to do anything other than follow the forms have been followed. whether another monarch wants to come along and simplified, that's fine and during the second world war king george vi open to the parliament in military uniform, there was no crowns or robes. and the queen has opened itjust crowns or robes. and the queen has opened it just wearing the crowns or robes. and the queen has opened itjust wearing the day crowns or robes. and the queen has opened it just wearing the day dress and i'm sure you

chamber will be full, and the prime minister and leader of the opposition will lead mps to the house of lordso hear the speech delivered by the queen at the state opening of parliament. a very good morning from inside

live pictures from the house of lords. rancine: china wants further before signing president trump phase one traded. the brexit deal is still a long way off. the pound drips lower as talks continue at of this week's summit. byia's's president respond sending troops to the region. the u.s. and the eu threatened erdogan with sanctions. good morning, this is "bloomberg surveillance." we are live from our world headquarters in new york with scarlet fu and i am in london. final negotiation phase before we think boris johnson or someone from the u.k. government will have to offer an extension. we look at trade with china pushing back, saying they want talks on more before they commit to the phase one. scarlet: i think it is hard to be surprised china wants further talks because this was a hand shield -- handshake deal at best. they got the market excited, perhaps relief it resulted in something somewhat positive. the devil is in the detail and we will wait to see what happens next. you see markets responding as a result, pulling

members of the house of commons, estimates for the public services will be laid before you. my lords and members of the house of commons, other measures will be laid before you. i pray that the blessing of almighty god may rest upon your councils. >> the british house of commons held a special saturday session, its first in more than 35 years, to debate and vote on the latest brexit agreement. the u.k. is scheduled to leave the eu on october 31. at the end of the debate, the house voted to delay the plan. here are some of the debate from the british house of commons, starting with boris johnson and local leader jeremy corbyn. >> statement, the prime minister.

the house of lords will now consider the legislation for a snap election but it is not likely to be challengedpeople, will be published this morning. it condemns the london fire brigade for "serious shortcomings". england will be fined a four figure sum, thought to be around £2000, for crossing the halfway line during the haka in the rugby world cup semifinal win over new zealand. sam burgess has been forced to retire because of a shoulder injury. the former england rugby league captain says the decision was the hardest of his life. former australian international lisa keightley will be the first female head coach of the england women's side. she will replace world cup winning coach mark robinson who left following the heavy defeat in the ashes this summer. more sportjust after half past. i will see you then. the frustration of waiting for someone to put their bag in an overhead locker could soon be over, if a trial to get people on planes more quickly is successful. in a two—month trial at gatwick airport, new screens at one boarding gate will tell people when their exact seat number should b

country and we have the role of the archbishop of canterbury and the bishops that sit in the house of lordse establishment. absolutely. there is very little point in having a religious leader, a spiritual leader, if they are going to criticise. we saw it before on issues of poverty, we have seen it on issues of other issues, the falklands war, various things in the invasion of iraq. archbishop welby, he has form on this because he actually chaired, i can't remember what it was cold but it was a debate on people's discussion —— cold mark. it was about brexit and the referendum. when you hear a prime minister saying to a woman mp that concerns about death threats and things aren't humbug, is not really very sensible or grown—up — and the thing i think is really striking from this is thatjustin thing i think is really striking from this is that justin welby on this issue in the sunday times has talked about winston churchill, who was known for years rather sharp putdowns, his witticisms, we all know borisjohnson's putdowns, his witticisms, we all know boris johnson's great hero putdowns, his w

government wa nts to all, how quickly the government wants to push this through the house of commons in the house of lordsou say, vicki, it would be very significant if the government carried this second reading vote because as you say it would be the first time that the house had okayed any kind of brexit deal. but as you say, the motion on timetabling, and how they manage this debate, is likely to cause possibly more problems. how do you see that going? and to explain again, when a bill goes through parliament, it normally ta kes goes through parliament, it normally takes several weeks. on this occasion, the government wants the bit which has to be done in the house of commons with mps to be done and dusted by thursday night. given that this is a very significant piece of legislation, as we've said, it runs to a large number of pages, mps are very upset about the fact that they feel it is being pushed through without proper scrutiny. the flipside to that argument is coming from the government and lots of conservative mps, that really, they've been talking about this for 3.5 years, and even though theres

when you are sitting in the house of lords, the queen comes m, the house of lords, the queen comes inand that process takes seven or eight minutes, in which eve ryo ne seven or eight minutes, in which everyone sits in total silence because the queen is there with the crown. then the mp5, very slowly... sounds like kick out time at the pub, huge amount of noise as they make their way through central... are they meant to? cavernous building, you are sitting in total silence, three or 400 odd walking along talking to one another, by the time they arrive... and then... then the queen gives them the stair, total silence. quite good fun. enjoy the spectacle! thank you. what is in the spectacle! thank you. what is in the queen's speech, a lot of criticism that brexit has stopped any other business taking place meaningfully over the last three yea rs, meaningfully over the last three years, and this is the point at which the conservatives try to get something else on the agenda. all roads have led to this, we know it is crunch week, boris johnson roads have led to this, we know it is crunch w

members of the house of commons, estimates for the public services will be laid before you. my lords and members of the house of commons, other measures will be laid before you. i pray that the blessing of almighty god will rest upon your councils. [no audio] [no audio] >> the british house of commons held a special saturday session, the first and more than 35 years, to debate and vote on the latest brexit agreement. u.k. is scheduled to leave the eu on october 31. at the end of the debate, the house voted to delay consideration of the prime ministers plan. here is some of the exit debate in the house of commons, starting with prime minister boris johnson and labor leader jeremy corbyn. >> mr. speaker, i want to begin by echoing what you've just said. my gratitude to all members to have house for assembling on a saturday for the first time in 37 years. and indeed to all the house of commons for making this meeting possible. breaking into weekend where

once you put a bill on the floor the house of commons will want to put their amendments forward. the house of lordsnths. potentially, as you describe, we could see parliamentary ping—pong where things move quickly between the house of lords. that was probably a key motivation behind the letwin amendment to give due time, due scrutiny, due time to look at the impact of this on the law. in addition to that, there are four stages the withdrawal agreement has to go through. first, and approval from the house of commons, and this big piece of legislation. but on the eu side, we also need to have the european council give a qualified negotiation... four stages have to happen. it is very possible we will see that extension of time for lawmaking. looking at the politics of that, i think there are only around 160 leavers in the house of commons. as they get down to the nitty—gritty on every piece of legislation, surely the risk for borisjohnson legislation, surely the risk for boris johnson and legislation, surely the risk for borisjohnson and those who want a harder brexit is that this will be softened and

today, the house of lords will debate the election bill put forward by mps. ome law by the end of the week. on november 6, parliament will be dissolved and there will be a five—week campaign up to polling day on december the 12th. as is stands, brexit is due to happen by 31st of january 2020. let's get more on this now from our political correspondent jonathan blake, whojoins us now. good morning. here we are again. for those who mightjust be switching on and may have missed what happened last night, ring us up to speed. where are we this morning? a bigger in the house of commons last night which means that barring any last—minute edges, which we can't rule out, but do seem unlikely at this stage, in the house of lords today then we are on for a general election. and it's worth marking this moment, think, because after all the lock and delay we have seen over the last weeks and months, yesterday parliament decided something quite convincingly and, for once, the prime minister got his way. so we are looking at a december election, as you said, for the first tim

happen is thatathe government, seen it cannotot get the legislation then inby thursday and the house of lords, it could decide to pull the withdrawal onceeement bill and push again, which is what this prprie minister wants, a a generall elecection.. clarity arounde 7:0000 london time. can he push that through? will mps overcome their fury? it is a similar deal to theresa may. there are some fundamental bits of legislation they are unhappy at having regular time to read and analyze, let alone get an economic impact idea of. it looks like the government may be set for another defeat. more drama in westminster. >> set for another busy day. thank you so much. chile, a curfew ordered by the president has been defined by thousands of people who took to the streets once again across the nation. over aarted as a anger rise in subway fares has turned into mass protests against the government. four people have beeeen killed n the unrest.. an extension to the curfew announced as thousands rallied in protest in santiago. chile has been consumed by nationwide protetests sparked by an announced hikike in m

the way parliament works is this would need to be passed through the house of commons and the house of lordsveral different stages, before next thursday. that is quite a difficult task. today we are getting a second reading so it needs to pass a vote of mps to progress to the next stage which is called the committee stage, that's where mps would try and change the legislation using amendments. if that follows on from that it would go to another vote of mps on thursday evening and would have to pass that before the house of lords repeat the same process. there are quite a number of points where it could all fall apart for the government. there is a vote tonight, if it doesn't pass it, it is over. there is also another crucial vote tonight on the timing. they are trying to push the debate through in the house of commons in three days and that is a very, very short amount of time for this sort of legislation. a lot of mps are very unhappy. they get the chance to vote tonight so it's possible they will vote against the shortened timetable which makes it much more difficult for the government to

houses of commons. it also has to go through the house of lords and there could be peers in the house of lords who would to try and block a general election. so, it is not an easy path, not like the old days where before the fixed—term parliaments act a prime minister, certainly one who was the short of majority and really finding it difficult to govern, could simply call an election and have that election when they want it. it is not like that any more, which is why borisjohnson is not like that any more, which is why boris johnson is finding not like that any more, which is why borisjohnson is finding it so difficult to get to the election that he wants. vicki young at westminster, thank you so much. yet again, it is not yet clear whether borisjohnson will get again, it is not yet clear whether boris johnson will get that election. we will be back tomorrow to talk about that vote. now two events in the middle east. the world's most wanted terrorist is dead. isis leader abu bakr al—baghdadi blew himself up after being cornered by us special forces in a tunnel in north—west syria, in territory thought t

barring something strange happening in the house of lords tomorrow, the election will be on the 12th r — giving the prime minister his way, giving all of us the chance to say who will come here, which mps, which parties will have the job on unfurling the tangle of the last few years, who will be the prime minister who defines what happens next. a lot of questions there from laura kuenssberg and let's put some of them to caroline wheeler, deputy political editor at the sunday times. i'm pleased to weave got some papers because we had some technical difficulties earlier. let's start with the daily mail... the metro, they are focusing on this idea that... of this christmas poll, as they say, a play on words there. the first time we've had a december election since 1923, almost a century since then. it tends to be in may, in the mid spring, summer period, lots of suggestions this will create difficulties with lots of the places that would normally be polling stations booked up for christmas parties and the like and the nativity plays and the like, and the nativity plays and the like, and

it prompted an urgent question in the house of lords. oncerned about the situation in hong kong. today's shooting of a protester in hong kong is a deeply worrying development. the government is clear that there is no excuse for violence, and we will continue to condemn it. this incident also underlines why a constructive dialogue which addresses the legitimate concerns of the hong kong people is so important. what is required now is calm from both protesters and the hong kong authorities. after four months of protest, today's use of live rounds against protesters in hong kong marks a worrying escalation. i'm sure all noble lords will share my concern over the spiralling levels of violence on all sides, which appear to be increasing on a near daily basis. many community pharmacies are facing "unbearable financial pressure" because of cuts to government funding and medicine shortages. that was the view of a labour mp who worked in a pharmacy as a teenager. like many of my colleagues, i'm incredibly concerned about the impact of medicine sho

barring something strange happening in the house of lords tomorrow, the election will be on the 12th ng the prime minister his way, giving all of us the chance to say who will come here, which mps, which parties will have the job on unfurling the tangle of the last few years, who will be the prime minister who defines what happens next. earlier, caroline wheeler, deputy political editor at the sunday times newspaper, spoke to me about how the uk's papers are covering the vote today and the plan to hold an election in decemeber. lots of suggestions this will create difficulties with lots of the places that would normally be polling stations booked up for christmas parties and the like and the nativity plays and the like, and the concerns about the very short days that we are having and the long, drawnout winter nights, but it is certainly on, we're having a christmas selection on the 12th of december and the impact of this could be seismic. it means we won't be coming back to parliament until christmas week virtually. of course, depending on what the results of this could be, we could

and here's another idea for saving some cash, the house of lords. the second biggest legislative chamber in the world after the national people's congress of china, you know in one term, there were 63 peers who failed to speak at all, but they still claimed more than a million pounds between them just for being there. the house of lords is undemocratic and outdated and with independence, we won't have to contribute a single penny towards it. we can have a modern parliament with a written constitution instead. our task is to build confidence in the strength of our economy and in our vision of a fairer, more democratic country and through our actions in government, we will continue to build confidence in the value of decision making here in scotland. politician, who said vision is not enough. it must be combined with venture, it is not enough to steer up the steps. we must stay up the stairs. so let me tell you how we are stepping up for a better scotland. the most important obligation, moral obligation we owe to future generations is to bequeath to th

she is, though, only the second australian—born woman to sit in the house of lords. win today's special prize. but that was tuesday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for the latest from the commons and the lords. bye for now. hello. well, after the overnight rain, wednesday is going to bring some sunshine. in fact, a lot of clean, fresh air coming our way of the atlantic. before that happens, the atlantic. before that happens, the early birds will get some rain. the rain could be heavy at times. they will probably be breezy as well. now, the weather front is coming off the atlantic. there is a low pressure here. that's actually heading away as well. but in the short term, the weather front will be moving across the uk. eventually, it will clear out into the north sea. but before that happens, some of us sea. but before that happens, some ofusa sea. but before that happens, some of us a real soaking through the early hours of wednesday morning. so let's take a close look, then, across the uk. sol let's take a clo

barring something strange happening in the house of lords tomorrow, the election will be on the 12th ember — giving the prime minister his way, giving all of us the chance to say who will come here, which mps, which parties will have the job on unfurling the tangle of the last few years, who will be the prime minister who defines what happens next. laura is with me outside the palace of westminster with some of the usual chorus of demonstrators behind us. usual chorus of demonstrators behind us. first question is i suppose is this a done deal for the 12th of december? technically it has to go through the house of lords and his and her lordships will tomorrow i suspect rubber—stamp this decision but you never know until it is final. it does seem 99.99% the case borisjohnson is after weeks of trying to get parliament on side going to get his way and that of course means the decision will not be for the people in parliament but for all of us as to what we want to happen next. given what we've heard today, given the tone and content of what we've heard, what would you say about the nature

she's more of a figurehead today, but he has to exceed the power both of the house of commons and house of lords, the two house parliament and he also has to be attentive to his minister. this is part of the reform imposed on the monarchy in the late 17th century which imposes some restrictions, it isn't an absolute monarchy that he has great authority both morally anu politically he is able to control the genitals are, for example, he controls from the ministers are, who's running the admiralty, the treasury. so he has a great persuasion in that regard. .. .fifteen children it is a very interesting partnership. and with blinders on and a significant way because how have you never even been to scotland? so we lived in a very circumscribed world with the courts with the various palaces and the blinds him to the world. >> did you have access to his records quick. >> i did but in 2016 to make available the papers to scholars with 350,000 pages i was one of the first scholars allowed to look at them and i was at windsor castle every morning i would enter and show my badge and then be at the top of t

state opening is the only regular opportunity to unite the three elements of legislature, the house of lords, the house of commons and the queen. the occasion is marked by a colorful series of events. it begins when the queen travels to the palace of westminster in a state coach, escorted by the household cavalry. the imperial state crown, a supreme symbol of her authority in the land, it gets its own carriage, too. the queen arrives through the sovereign's entrance and then enters the robing room where she puts on the imperial state crown and royal robe. she enters the royal gallery and joins the state procession. the procession enters the house of lords where the queen takes the throne. at the command of the queen, the official known as the usher of the black rod is dispatched to fetch mps from the commons. the door of the commons is slammed in the usher's face. who then has to knock on the door three times to be allowed in. this is to symbolize the independence of the house of commons. once inside, black rod summons lawmakers to the rods. the mps, black rod ushers and officials make their

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is, and that can bea house of the lord is, and that can be a lengthy process. —— the house of lords. the agreement pending legislation, won by 322 to 306 votes. that means we could be looking at next week before another meaningful vote will before another meaningful vote will be brought. and an awful lot of confusion tonight over the timetable and whether the prime minister is indeed going to send this letter, as he is required to by law, by 11p indeed going to send this letter, as he is required to by law, by up and this evening. just to remind you that the wording of that letter is set down by the benn act. —— megabyte 11pm. it is specific. there isa rumour megabyte 11pm. it is specific. there is a rumour that he might change the wording and say that he does not wa nt to wording and say that he does not want to negotiate for an extension. it is unclear as to what he will do. you are watching a bbc news special. we are focusing on the vote in the house of commons which went against the government again today. let's ta ke the government again today. let's take a step back and talk ab

it has to go through the house of lords. f lords trying to block an election which has been passed by the commons i don't think it's going to happen. do what they will have to do is lay out what happens tomorrow and what happens on thursday given they have to get this bill through the house of lords and the northern ireland budgetary bill which has to get through, that's the reason the government has said they didn't want an election on the ninth because it wouldn't give them time to do it so they will have to try and schedule that somehow, so we will have to wait and see but that is probably what that business motion will be about. thank you for that update. they are starting to file back in to the chamber we will go back for that when we get it. let me bring in our panel katy balls, she says she doesn't think there will be a third reading tonight, is not what you anticipate? i think when it comes to when mps vote tonight it is likely in the air but the government want to get this through as quickly as possible but you also

is a bill not emotion, it has to go through all its stages in the commons, crucially, in the house of lordsll. indeed, that is a very important point. does that mean they could be amendments to that? yes, that was always the reason. speaking to ministers over the last few months about getting a general election, they knew they couldn't reach that two thirds majority because they didn't think they would get labour on side. they did consider the possibility of a bill, but the problem with that is like any other bit of legislation, you can change it, you can amend it, and we know that some of those parties would like votes for 16 to 18—year—olds. clearly if you are going to have an election in december, there is not time to register all those new voters, so it is just not practical register all those new voters, so it isjust not practicalfor register all those new voters, so it is just not practical for that to happen for an election before christmas, so i think the question that the government would ask of the liberal democrats, the snp, is, can you give a commitment not to try to amend or ch

he has to exceed to the power of both the house of commons and the house of lords, the houses of parliament and he also has to be attentive to his minister. this is part of the reforms that are imposed on the monarchy in the late 17th century, the great revolution of 1688 which imposes restrictions, it's not an absolute monarchy he's got great authority both morally and politically. he's able to control this generals are for example. he controls who the ministers are, who's running the admiralty, wasrunning the treasury . so he got great persuasion in that regard. and he controls the prime minister is, lord north is the prime minister read his childhood friend . a brilliant politician doesn't like being a war minister at all. thinking is the man driving the train during the war. he is the heart, hardest of the hardliners comes to the war. >> on your george had never traveled beyond england. in his long life he never would, not ireland , to the continent, not even to scotland and certainly not to america.>> quite remarkable, isn't it? he married an obscure magrandeur in this. she had travele

on arrival, the queen gets into her robe, and goes to the house of lords where she addresses mps fromhe commons and the house of lord members as well. she delivers the queen's speech. in is actually a speech that is written by the government of the day and it lays out all the proposals and policies they would like to implement. what is so unusual about this one, the fact it's happened -- is happening after two years, not one, the fact that this government of the day, as you say, does not have majority, so passing in any of those policies would be incredibly difficult through the houses of parliament. also, george, boris johnson, he wants to have a general election. why announce these policies now? it's seen as slightly controversial state opening of parliament. meanwhile, under way in brussels, the brexit talks continue between the eu and uk with time running out. the big eu summit, the last before the brexit deadline is this thursday/friday. >> for boris johnson, there was some optimism growing because of his conversations with -- in ireland with his counterpart there, but with the e

it's a big day in westminster, as mps and the house of lords prepare for the state opening of parliament and the queen's speech. the queen will set out the government's plans with an unsurprising focus on brexit, but also on immigration, crime, rail franchises and environmental policies. meanwhile, eu foreign ministers are meeting in luxembourg, where they'll be updated on the intensive brexit talks. eu ambassadors have been told "big gaps" still remain over disagreements about the northern irish border. the family of the teenager killed in a crash involving the wife of an american diplomat say they won't meet her unless she commits to returning to the uk. the kurdish government says the syrian regime has agreed to send its army to try to halt turkey's offensive against them. we'll be live from the border. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. the first queen's speech of boris johnson's premiership will be unveiled today, with promises to introduce tougher sentences for foreign offenders, tackle violent crime and invest more in the nhs. but events in brussels could still over

wednesday, mark carney speaks at the house of lords. y, mario draghi's final rate decision before handing the reins to christine lagarde. still with us, my guests. i'm going to go straight to number three. the last one. the handing of the baton from draghi to christine lagarde. you sound optimistic there are still things central banks can do. what do you expect she can pull out of the bag in terms of incentivizing germany? bob: my confidence that the central banks will ultimately end up in these more innovative operations is not really centered on the ecb being the leader of the pack. the political structure relative to the monetary policy structure is so inconsistent, the lack of coordination of political or fiscal makes it really hard for the cooperation that i referred to, the fiscal-monetary cooperation in various forms to occur. i think we will see it in japan, much more likely in japan. perhaps eventually in the u.s., if we can't generate some structural reform before it is necessary. it is harder to see in europe. i expect some mo

the queen started her address in the house of lords on the issue of brexit. —— seven bills. the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union, based on free trade and friendly cooperation. my ministers will work to implement new regimes for fisheries, agriculture and trade, seizing the opportunities that arise from leaving the european union. a new immigration bill ending free movement will lay the foundation for a fair, modern and global immigration system. my government remains committed to ensuring that resident european citizens who have built their lives in, and contributed so much to, the united kingdom, have the right to remain. steps will be taking to look after the legal sectors. of the financial institutions. the new legal plan will be underpinned by irresponsible fiscal strategy, investing in economic growth, while maintaining the sustainability of the public finances. measures will be brought forward to support and strengthen the national health service, i

important, actually, this motion says we can have sittings on evenings and weekends, in terms of the house of lordsslation. the reason they need to do that is because the timeframe is so short between now and next week to get this all done. once they discuss all of that and what is happening now is in the news, what we're this amazing image in the financial times, if anyone is interested, it seems as though he might actually, boris johnson may be able to get his deal over the line because it looks like 11 labour mps over the line because it looks like ii labourmps might over the line because it looks like 11 labour mps might now vote to his deal. indeed. so there is a lot of strategy going on and a lot of eu... that is the irony of all this, if they were able to vote on saturday, it may actually have been passed. many are saying that. when you look at the numbers. while we are talking, priya, we are looking at the many thousands in the streets around westminster on saturday who are, you know, saying, "we want another referendum! " and keir starmer is saying that they want to table another amendment

taking any form of legislation through both the house of commons and the house of lords, even if it isahort piece of legislation, can be challenging. is it a possibility then? they should be voting for an election tonight. the government will look at every single option but the best way of delivering a vote in terms of the people being able to have their say, is by voting for a motion tonight. that is what the government is totally focused on. what's interesting i think is that the so—called rebel alliance, which is held together throughout this brexit process, they forced the benn act upon boris johnson, brexit process, they forced the benn act upon borisjohnson, they held together over the prorogation row, they held together over the timetabling vote the other day, they have stuck together through thick and thin. that has caused some consternation, certainly on the labour side of the people's vote campaign, who have been urging the lib dems and the snp to get back on board. one of the key players is neil coyle, the labour mp. i hope the lib dems and snp get back around the table for t

parliament and break the political deadlock of a brics it might miss still be approved by the house of lords. there's a top stories do stay with us this is europe is up next bye for now. didn't the u.s. trade for sticky notes go site at no charge. we bring you the stories and developments the dramatically changing. what's right and lies of piracy. come to call on al-jazeera. it was. like. oh god god god how. to stuff like the back up i think of that. as if i focus it. was my last discussed. this to spock. i was sick the system under which was. that these are skillful says she'll just got to run the do. if i don't hate it push there i'm going to. have to get some of the right sounds to fit i mean fist to my dick on the shoulder it well. not much money to live for his young. son vision is for me just for the. but is the middle scottish going to supposin else got to. be a civil tone to this was negative. a collision some simple things he said 1st of all simple the simple missiles at which you must have a home on to a bunch of trees. or if you much as you shot a new muslim to me or request that

not make it legal then has to be a procedure with both houses the house is the house of commons here and also the house of lords have to process the whole thing and then it has to be rubber stamped now can this all happen before the deadline of october 31st and likely won't let one wants to do is guarantee that there will be an accident and no deal brix it an accident because they haven't gone through the whole process so he wants to reverse the process he wants the whole the whole deal to go through the more process before it's voted all in approved by parliament flipping it round if you will but one thing sure if that happens it won't happen in time folks over the 31st when boris johnson wants it all buttoned up and even cis all of the let win and labor party supporting him and appears to be quite a popular move that they want to be sure there is no accident there was no no deal brecht's it because the whole legal procedure hasn't gone through so you think to really flip it the other way around complicated but nevertheless yes another brics it possibility yes another potential big twist. that we could actuall

however, this bill will have to go through the house of commons and the house of lords, and it is possiblevotes for 16 and 17—year—old. now if that happens, it could get very bogged down and guess what, i think we might find there is no brexit christmas after all. no election in the run—up to christmas. thing still very unsure for boris johnson, this is not the ideal way to go about trying to find a general election. thank you. earlier naomi was expanding to pantomimes booked in the village halls, one of the obstacles that a re the village halls, one of the obstacles that are in the way of an election to christmas. i couldn't draw a election to christmas. i couldn't drawa link election to christmas. i couldn't draw a link between pantomimes and what i'm about to read you. those 50 pes will be big moments in history, but their moment is past. the eu has accepted the bread that extension, borisjohnson the eu has accepted the bread that extension, boris johnson has acknowledged that front of the deadline now if the 31st of january and in theory, tomorrow we should get a very clear indication

the talk, altogether, 36 days of debating and legislating between the house of commons and the house of lordsds before that became more —— that took. so from a legal perspective, time is not only of the essence, because we still have that no—deal brexit deadline of the 31st, but time is also needed to consider the legislation, to consider the withdrawal agreement. yes. just to sum up then, it looks unlikely they will pass that legislation before the 31st of october, unlikely but not impossible, we should say. so that looks like we're not going to brexit on the of october and even less likely we will brexit without a deal. this will all come down to whether or not that extension is granted. remember, the extension is required to have unanimity in council, 27 governments must agree to that extension of three months. that's something we will find out probably within the next few days. thank you so much your time. fascinating for you and anyone in your field of work. fascinating for you and anyone in yourfield of work. we fascinating for you and anyone in your field of work. we appreciate your fi

as the house of lords considers borisjohnson's date. 12th of december, let's go back to westminster for the latest. in political terms, it still has to have the full process gone through before it is absolutely confirmed that the election will be on the 12th of december but it is not expected there will be any more spanners in the works from the lords. the election is due for the 12th of december in the run—up to christmas. a key subject is going to be brexit. it is currently polling quite far above other subjects in terms of what the electorate are concerned about, unsurprising because we have been talking about it as the focus for the last three yea rs. let's it as the focus for the last three years. let's talk about the potential impact in terms of the economy might be. the national institute of economic and social research suggests that borisjohnson's new brexit deal could make the uk worse off by 70 billion pounds over the next decade, than if it remained in the eu. that amounts to a loss of £1,100 per person. let's get more on thi

is i imagine most of these ten will accept the whip and one standing will maybe pop up in the house of lordservative peers on the other side of the general election, but what is quite interesting is david gauke who was just a secondary has not come back which is quite striking, the same as for ken clarke and philip hammond and robbie stuart who was standing as an independent candidate for mayor of london. bringing these ten back into the project will bolster boris johnson's numbers for the votes tonight but it is a clear sign of how he sees the future of the conservative party. do you know how this is going to affect what happens in constituencies, will the 11 who are not on this list have to run as independents and will be conservatives but candidates against them? some of the candidates like caroline nokes had already been adopted by her conservative association before she was booted out of the parliamentary conservative party. the others i imagine if they were going to be readopted they will be readopted pretty quickly, if you take ed va izey pretty quickly, if you take ed vaizey for exam

backing in the house of lords appears a formality. tious and radical campaign for change ever seen in the uk. our political correspondent iain watson reports. is this election a gamble, prime minister? well, he got the early christmas present he wanted, a general election. but sometimes, the gifts we look forward to the most turn out to be disappointing and winning a vote in parliament for an election isn't the same as winning an election. questions to the prime minister! the speaker will soon be standing down, john bercow was presiding for the last time over prime minister's questions and this elicited a rare tribute from boris johnson. although we may disagree about some of the legislative innovations you have favoured, there is no doubt in my mind that you have been a great servant to this parliament and this house of commons. but the party leaders have no intention of paying tribute to each other, they are fighting for their jobs and they gave us a taste of the forthcoming election campaign. the biggest ever investment in the nhs,

legislation paving its way has cleared its first hurdle in the house of lords.on period — but what will it look like? joining me to shed some light on this is helen thomas — financial consultant and a former adviser to george osborne — and tom hamilton, former labour policy advisor. thank you so much for coming to talk to me about this today, we‘re going to me about this today, we‘re going to split this in several issues, let‘s talk first to get out of the way about brexit. so helen, first, how much is the conservative party under boris johnson going how much is the conservative party under borisjohnson going to focus on get brexit done? that's obviously a big headline we‘ve heard over the last few months, it‘s a big banner at the conference it was the only thing. a clear reference to a number of other policies that clearly matter to voters, and hejust of other policies that clearly matter to voters, and he just police etc. all exhausted and let‘s talk about things that matter to people. how much of it is kind of the let‘s not get there and i cannot leave it in

the house of lords. (noise) the second-biggest legislative chamber in the world after that national people's congress of china. (laughs) >> you know, at one time, there were 63 peers, and they claim more than one million pounds between them just for being there. that is undemocratic, and with independence, we would not have to contribute a single penny to lords. we can have a modern parliament with a written constitution, instead. (applause) our task is to build confidence in the strength of our economy and in our vision of a fairer, more democratic country, and through our actions in government, we will continue to build confidence in the value of decision-making here in scotland. there was a politician who said vision is not enough. it must be combined with venture. it is not enough to look up the steps. you have to stay on the stairs. the most important obligation, moral obligation, we owe to future generations is too bequeathed to them a planet in good health is to bequeath to them a planet in good he