lord truscott is still a member of house of lords today. of the house of lords today.and lord taylor has passed away and even you had peers even in 2009, you had peers saying that that was too harsh a punishment. they should be allowed not speak. allowed to attend but not speak. was was the was the argument. so our standards have changed. we're tougher now on our we're a bit tougher now on our politicians. probably as a result those of expenses result of those kind of expenses scandals. that's not scandals. and maybe that's not so a thing. so bad a thing. >> well, michelle mone apparently made million. it apparently made 66 million. it leaves 100,000 looks, you know , leaves 100,000 looks, you know, decidedly unambitious. >> hold on. because she she would say that she didn't make i mean, there's no flies on me. i've watched the documentary on the interview. she would say if she was sitting here today, that she was sitting here today, that she didn't directly make anything at all. this trust that was up, is in her was set up, which is in her husband's name, got around a

sit in the house of lords. ds.— sit in the house of lords. that does not rive sit in the house of lords. that does not give me — sit in the house of lords. that does not give me any _ sit in the house of lords. that does not give me any insight _ sit in the house of lords. that does not give me any insight into - sit in the house of lords. that does not give me any insight into what i not give me any insight into what they are likely to do but i guess that they will in likelihood the radical amendments in the house of lords. then it would go back to the house of commons where the government presumably will try to reinstate all the original provisions. it will then go back to the house of lords for a second time and i suspect at that point the lords will give up the fight but i'm speculating. so lords will give up the fight but i'm speculating-— lords will give up the fight but i'm s-ueculatin. , . ., , speculating. so expect it to become law? i do. thank _ speculating. so expect it to become law? i do. thank you

>> the house of lords >> probably the house of lords will much of that. will counteract much of that.out the house of lords cares about human rights. it cares about the rule . rule of law. >> care about human >> we all care about human rights the rule of law. rights and the rule of law. >> if i may, the >> well, if i if i may, the chairman of conservative chairman of the conservative party suggest a few party did seem to suggest a few weeks that the rule law weeks ago that the rule of law should is actually something that we you know, in this particular circumstance could actually get rid of. >> but this is all about the house of commons determining what the laws should be, and what the new laws should be, and we're to change our own we're entitled to change our own laws. absolutely. >> but as i said earlier, even if passes , as it has passed if this passes, as it has passed the even if it passes the the house, even if it passes the lords and we will see how that goes , it will then be challenged goes, it will then be challenged by the courts and again said even if it goes through the

borisjohnson before liz truss also gave plenty of places in the house of lords away. e for all of them to cram in the house of parliament. we have the electoral reform society today saying the whole system is rotten and out—of—control. they say this caused a whole thing into disrepute. 0thers point out that under liz truss, there was the so—called mini budget, widescale tax cuts. she hoped to boost the economy in the event it ended up causing a bit of a run on the pound. an immediate overnight increasing in interest rates in the uk. there were international factors there, too. interest rates have gone up in the us, but labour using that as a stick to beat the current conservative administration. the thinking is the voters will look very dimly on this new set of honours. many of them are close allies involved in the ill—fated liz truss administration. she, though, has said these individuals are more than deserving of their owners. they go back some years. —— honours. before she got the topjob of years. —— honours. before she got the top job of prime minister, years. ——

potentially, knocking in that _ house of lords potentially, knocking in that and _ house of lordsly, knocking in that and saying they will have to amend _ in that and saying they will have to amend courses in there. that will be the biggest — amend courses in there. that will be the biggest challenge, trying to get it through there and we have seen time _ it through there and we have seen time and — it through there and we have seen time and time again that the house of lords_ time and time again that the house of lords can — time and time again that the house of lords can push bills back and get them _ of lords can push bills back and get them amended. the nature of the bill changes— them amended. the nature of the bill changes but it is a better day for rishi _ changes but it is a better day for rishi sunak than what was touted. the rebels — rishi sunak than what was touted. the rebels sort of fizzled out at the end — the rebels sort of fizzled out at the end despite saying they had great _ the end despite saying they had great numbers. didn't look like it in the _ great numbers

borisjohnson before liz truss also gave plenty of places in the house of lords away. house of lords now, not nearly enough space for them all to cram into the red benches in the houses of parliament. we have electoral reform society today saying that the whole system is rotten, out of control, they say this essentially calls the whole thing into disrepute and others point out that under liz truss, there was the so—called mini budget, wide scale tax cuts, she hoped to boost the economy, in the event it actually ended up causing a bit of a run on the pound and an immediate almost overnight increase in interest rates, having quite the impact on mortgage holders here in the uk. of course there were international factors there as well, interest rates have been going up in the united states but certainly labour now using that as a stick to beat the current conservative administration with and certainly the thinking is the voters will look fairly dimly on this new set of honours. many of them close allies involved in that ill—fated liz truss administration. she though has pu

but what is also clear is the parliamentary rules are clear that members of the house of lords or members they have a financial interest or a perceived conflict of interest, which you mentioned, doug, the responsibility is on them. it was on you to tell parliament. do you wish you had? if i knew i had to... the cabinet office advised me only to do this. you listen to the cabinet office there in contact with all the ministers, they are in contact with the house of lords, they are in contact with everyone, the cabinet office, and i was doing exactly as they asked me to deal. by your own admission, though, and for the reasons you set out, you say you wanted to help, but you used your contact with government ministers to help broker a commercial deal for a company that was to bring tens and tens of millions of pounds of profit... yeah. ..for your husband, for yourfamily, and you didn't tell the authorities in parliament. to a lot of our viewers watching, that might sound like you were trading on your title and not following the rules, not declaring it all. no, no, absolutely not. i was just a

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conservative mp house of lords. tchdog the penston and stocksbridge mps, facing claims that she caused significant damage to the reputation of the house. it's unknown what the investigation relates to. she's one of eight mps currently being investigated by the standards commissioner. £1.5 billion of funding is being put into government grant schemes to keep help keep households warm. it's part of the £6 billion package for energy efficiency . measures that energy efficiency. measures that were announced in last year's autumn statement. it's after the success of the £7,500 uplift to heat pump grants . the funding heat pump grants. the funding covers a three year period from 2025 to 2028. owners of xl bullies have two weeks to make sure their dogs are legal. from december the 31st. they must be muzzled in public and it will be illegal to breed, sell or abandon them in england and wales, owners have also been told they can ask a vet to put their pets down and claim compensation when the full ban on the comes into force

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increasing the amount of— to do that as well as increasing the amount of time he spent in the house of lordslast thing i would say is the foreign— the last thing i would say is the foreign office also has another cabinet — foreign office also has another cabinet level minister who is in the commons — cabinet level minister who is in the commons who can make statements. sorry— commons who can make statements. sorry about _ commons who can make statements. sorry about the sound level on that. that was from the feed of the committee. could you just explain that, hannah, in terms of the difference there is? i think it was expending it a bit, but the difference there is when it comes to there being a member of parliament who has to appear and that sort of thing. who has to appear and that sort of thin. , ., . , , thing. the question here arises around what — thing. the question here arises around what happen _ thing. the question here arises| around what happen specifically thing. the question here arises i around what happen specifically in the house of commons itself, where mps would usually ge

>> the house of lords >> probably the house of lords will much of that. will counteract much of that.use of lords cares about human rights. it cares about the rule . rule of law. >> care about human >> we all care about human rights the rule of law. rights and the rule of law. >> if i may, the >> well, if i if i may, the chairman of conservative chairman of the conservative party suggest a few party did seem to suggest a few weeks that the rule law weeks ago that the rule of law should is actually something that we you know, in this particular circumstance could actually get rid of. >> but this is all about the house of commons determining what the laws should be, and what the new laws should be, and we're to change our own we're entitled to change our own laws. absolutely. >> but as i said earlier, even if passes , as it has passed if this passes, as it has passed the even if it passes the the house, even if it passes the lords and we will see how that goes , it will then be challenged goes, it will then be challenged by the courts and again said even if it goes through the courts, b

yes, the house of lords miaht in court? yes, the house of lords might block— in court? egislation, there is an argument that it is in breach of the rule of law and an argument that the supreme court, the highest court in the country, has ruled unanimously, based on evidence and fact, that it is unlawful. in addition, parliament has never reversed a decision from the supreme court based on fact. so that would be unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional. lord be unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional.— be unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional. lord popat, what ha ens, unconstitutional. lord popat, what happens. is _ unconstitutional. lord popat, what happens. is a _ unconstitutional. lord popat, what happens, is a legislation _ unconstitutional. lord popat, what happens, is a legislation goes - unconstitutional. lord popat, what. happens, is a legislation goes back, as it will, presumably, because it has to, it gets to the lords and the lords are not minded to go against the most senior court in the land? . the most senior court in the land? , the mo

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one of the house of lords rules . of the house of lords rules. 've got to see is what the result of the national crime agency investigation is going to be. well thank you very much indeed for your time, nigel nelson there. >> who is the gb news senior political commentator there? well, should we talk to brendan clarke—smith, who is, of course , clarke—smith, who is, of course, a conservative mp brendan, thank you very much for joining us. and lovely jumper, i must say, very nice. um, i want to get your thoughts on what we're heanng your thoughts on what we're hearing , that essentially hearing, that essentially various airlines or no airlines have come forward to supply aircraft carriers for the rwanda scheme. it's not a great look, is it ? i don't think we're going is it? i don't think we're going to be sending them on ryanair or anything like that, so to speak, and of course, remember we did have airlines place before. >> um, ben was mentioning about foreign national offenders and sending away as well . sending those away as well. >> so it's not

uh of this parish and covid a member of house lords, both of the house of lords, both members of houseords. arlene foster. i want talk to arlene foster. i want to talk to you first about if you don't mind what dame esther rantzen has said. i suspect you're closer to doctor ashenden. >> i am, and i think gavin has articulated it very well . and articulated it very well. and people talk about safeguards in the legislation. there is no watertight safeguard in relation to assisted dying , watertight safeguard in relation to assisted dying, and i think it would be a very slippery slope. and actually i attended and, um, a meeting in the house of lords recently where we were learning about the experiences in and other in canada and other jurisdictions they do jurisdictions where they do actually have assisted dying legislation. and it really was quite scary , andrew, because we quite scary, andrew, because we were hearing from people who , as were hearing from people who, as gavin said, were in a social situation. they felt they were a burden on their family. situation. they felt they were a

house of lords, there's not enough time for it to go through the house of lords for them to block it,llenges, and essentially if you want to fight a election on rwanda now, you write it on a frame of the government trying to do something about border crossings, and the other side they and the house of lords are stopping them. i don't think i will work but it's a best friend they can go on because there will not be a flight this side of the election. we there will not be a flight this side of the election.— of the election. we will leave it there, of the election. we will leave it there. henry — of the election. we will leave it there, henry hill, _ of the election. we will leave it there, henry hill, thank- of the election. we will leave it there, henry hill, thank you i of the election. we will leave it | there, henry hill, thank you for your time here in dc. a north korean family, who escaped this year, has told the bbc there has been "a great deal of suffering" since the country sealed its borders at the start of the pandemic. defections, which were once fairly common, have become

and you're a lawyer by profession . by profession. >> um, and then you were appointed to the house of lordsow does your faith gel with both of those areas? your professional life and your life now as a politician in the house of lords? >> well, in my professional life, um, i mean, i've never found any conflict between my faith and my professional work . faith and my professional work. the such conflict as there is, is really a diary conflict . so is really a diary conflict. so on friday afternoons in winter, i would leave early . if i get i would leave early. if i get stuck in court, i walk home because i don't take traffic court on on shabbat , on the court on on shabbat, on the sabbath, i don't appear in court, uh, when it's a high holy day or or something like that. but i've never found any antagonism or. and you've been able to manage that? absolutely absolutely. and i think i recognise that it's different for me than it was for jews. 2 or 3 generations ago . um, and i or 3 generations ago. um, and i also acknowledge that there are other minorities , whether other minorities, whether re

a house of lords committee says overcrowding has now reached crisis point , and ministers are crisis point, and ministers are being urged to make better use of community sentences . as the of community sentences. as the peers say. short prison terms are providing a universe education in crime for former met police detective peter bleksley told gb news the proposals just won't work. >> criminals turn up to take part in these sentences , be it part in these sentences, be it graffiti removal , litter picking graffiti removal, litter picking or something a bit more useful and creative . and what they do and creative. and what they do is they turn up late, they don't turn up at all, they are in greater numbers than those people running the courses , and people running the courses, and they quite frankly, intimidate them. and they say, i'm here. you put a tick against my name and i'm off. and if those kind of things are not challenged , of things are not challenged, then these community sentences , then these community sentences, whilst looking good on paper in practice, are just a complete

but, even if it does go through and doesn't get changed further on, there is of the house of lords torough the detail and look at what the government has done in terms of effectively suspended parts of the human rights acts when it comes to those deportation flights, and they will ask a question of whether it is a breach of our international obligations. here we go. of our international obligations. here we go-_ of our international obligations. here we go._ the | of our international obligations. i here we go._ the ayes here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right — here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. — here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the _ here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the nos _ here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the nos to - here we go. order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the nos to the - to the right 313. the nos to the left 269 — left 269.i cheering ema cheering _ . order, order. the ayes to the ri . ht . order, order. the ayes to the right 313. _ . order, order. the ayes to the right 313. the

but what is also clear is the parliamentary rules are clear that members of the house of lords or members parliament. do you wish you had? if i knew i had to... the cabinet office advised me only to do this. by your own admission, though, and for the reasons you set out, you say you wanted to help, but you used your contact with government ministers to help broker a commercial deal for a company that was to bring tens and tens of millions of pounds of profit... yeah. ..for your husband, for yourfamily, and you didn't tell the authorities in parliament. to a lot of our viewers watching, that might sound like you were trading on your title and not following the rules, not declaring it all. no, no, absolutely not. i was just acting the same way as every other baroness, lord, who also put names forwards. there was lots of us. and how much were you paid and how much of it was profit? so, the two contracts in total came to a value of £202 million. and medpro made a return on its investment of about, realistically, 30%. so, about £60 million? yeah, about that. making a profit of £60 million duri

they were in the house of lords back injune to see this.om's requests for information about a deceased child's... that was a government minister promising to give bereaved parents and coroners new powers to get information out of tech companies where a child has died in a way that might have been linked to the online world. but now the families believe the government is watering that down, with it only applying in cases where a child has taken their own life. breck bednar, murdered aged just 1a by a fellow gamer he met online who then posted photos of his crime on the internet. olly stephens, a 13—year—old, was murdered by two boys, with social media at the heart of the case. lorin and stuart were among ten parents who wrote a fortnight ago to michelle donelan, the secretary of state for science, saying they were devastated and bewildered by the government's callous change of position. i mean, we literally even celebrated, you know, as campaigners in a big group. and we felt so proud and pleased that the work that we had done had made these

in the house of lords, not tripped up. in the house of lords, hot the _ tripped up. stion of immigration is not over. what else do we need to think about today and in the weeks ahead? sally can tell us. diplomats at the united nations say the general assembly is likely to hold another vote on whether it should call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. on friday, the united states vetoed a similar vote by the un security council. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. yolande, does either side look like it wants to stop fighting? well, i had to say, since that security council resolution failed to pass on friday will we seem to have had on the ground is really just an intensification of the fighting we are seeing. that is in the north where you are getting battles raging still between israeli forces and hamas fighters and in the south of the gaza strip, in khan yunis, the sudden city where it is thought hamas leaders may be hiding. there are israeli tanks and snipers operating there. there has been intense bombardment again over the past few days an

conservative peer in the house of lords. fessor at staffordshire university, tom brook. what's a visiting professor here? >> means i don't have to go there very often. i give the occasional lecture. >> a like a house of >> it's like a like a house of lords member, then. oh, i don't get like daily allowance. >> me, i'm four days a week. i'm four days a week. >> so i'd be i'd want to hear that. i'd be seven days a week if it was 300 and some quid. did you do as well at house you do weekends as well at house of lords, your daily allowance? >> yes. you only an >> yes. you only get an allowance turn up. allowance if you turn up. >> and if you turn up clock in and for lunch. and go for lunch. >> you have to turn up and >> no, you have to turn up and do the work. we do work in there. plenty of it, actually. >> you guys can be judge. >> you guys can be the judge. you be the judge. uh, you guys can be the judge. uh, right. talk, we? any right. let's talk, shall we? any northerners out there and don't, uh, let's all fall out about uh,

to what the house of commons and the house of lords . to what extent house of lords.tent do think that will then do you think that will then prevent further legal claims from third parties on behalf of potential migrants being sent there or other groups ? will there or other groups? will those be stopped or actually , those be stopped or actually, are we going to see another massive round of legal action, possibly all the way up to the supreme court that just frankly stops the whole thing again, as a matter of law? >> and we will need to see what kind of legislation is then passed through the house of commons and the lords. it's going to be tough. no court in the world can overrule or strike down an act of parliament. no court in the world. and however, national law can't get rid of international obligations. so what's likely to happen if this legislation passes? if the government declares rwanda is safe, we'll still see cases go to sea. >> you think there'll still be claims, but they're going to say, we've heard that they're going to put into the national legislation

to what the house of commons and the house of lords . to what extent house of lords.tent do think that will then do you think that will then prevent further legal claims from third parties on behalf of potential migrants being sent there or other groups ? will there or other groups? will those be stopped or actually , those be stopped or actually, are we going to see another massive round of legal action, possibly all the way up to the supreme court that just frankly stops the whole thing again, as a matter of law? >> and we will need to see what kind of legislation is then passed through the house of commons and the lords. it's going to be tough. no court in the world can overrule or strike down an act of parliament. no court in the world. and however, national law can't get rid of international obligations. so what's likely to happen if this legislation passes? if the government declares rwanda is safe, we'll still see cases go to sea. >> you think there'll still be claims, but they're going to say, we've heard that they're going to put into the national legislation

we're house of lords is. we're well capable of good enough. house of lords is. >> we're well capable of sorting it have citizens it out. we have citizens assemblies, sorts. assemblies, all sorts. >> no, i'm just saying >> i mean, no, i'm just saying you actually need to have a solution before you start breaking something need solution before you start br> so personally, you're not imagination. >.minister. personally, you're not imagination. >.minister. you're ally, you're not im

. >> his his presence in the house of lords , the house of lords, of lords, the house of lords, the oldo have him lords are delighted to have him there feel there because they feel a certain as reapplied, certain relevance as reapplied, uh, . and he's uh, itself to them. and he's very good with the old peers because he he , he sort of drips because he he, he sort of drips honey over them and they feel important. he's super seemly sketchable it has to be said for those of us who are in the sketch writing business and to see ermine , when he'd see him in ermine, when he'd been introduced into the house of lords, was just like seeing him walking steve bell cartoon him a walking steve bell cartoon , because mel on the some of the other cartoonists used to cartoon him as, as this member of the aristocracy . and now he of the aristocracy. and now he is one. >> yeah. lord kavanagh of chipping norton. >> well, it's got the older tony in which like. in flannel, which they like. they're now they've got a foreign makes foreign secretary, so that makes them important. but look, them feel important.

house of commons inside. it has to get to the house of lords.of unhappiness on the tory side, but no doubt government will be delighted they went through with a relatively healthy majority. what does labor have to say about this? i'm joined by the shadow home secretary. you were able to stand back and watch the tories fighting with each other, i suppose. but at some point if you get your white it will be you dealing with immigration. what is labor's approach going to be to this? >> we need stronger border security and stronger action to fix the tories' a silent chaos that has gotten worse the last few years. we have seen the last few days the tory party civil war erupted with different groups taking lumps out of each other, not chaos continuing. it looks -- and that chaos continuing and it looks like it is going to continue into the new year as well. we have learned that the costs of this failing mean they are going upwards to 400 million, not even 300 million, without a single asylum-seekers being sent. we think the money should be going into t

i think , daniel, you are a tory think, daniel, you are a tory member of the house of lords. >> yeah.sters ? youngsters? >> well, i think that particular generation that you mention is difficult. they have had the sort of difficulties that richard mentions and the government has not addressed the housing and housing issues properly. and even his announcement even today his announcement essentially stimulates , makes it essentially stimulates, makes it easier to buy rather than actually doing something to build more and increase build more housing and increase supply and nobody is addressing the issue about immigration, which in the last two years has added net 1.5 million people or something like that , 1.4 million something like that, 1.4 million people, uh, to the population of the country, all of whom are entitled to, i mean, deserve a proper home to live in. um, and yet we're not building into anything like that raid. so the government , i don't think, anything like that raid. so the government, i don't think, has addressed the housing issue properly. and right properly. and richa

if it passes the house of lords, and i know there is going to be a clear battle in the house of lordse a general election because there will be issues in relation to real risk. and there is no evidence that rwanda will abide by those assurances.— by those assurances. doctor, thorough _ by those assurances. doctor, thorough as _ by those assurances. doctor, thorough as ever, _ by those assurances. doctor, thorough as ever, thank - by those assurances. doctor, thorough as ever, thank you | by those assurances. doctor, - thorough as ever, thank you very much for bringing us up to speed. you can see there is a better real brewing. it will get into plenty of that in the next hour with our panel. let's talk about what is happening in dubai. this was supposed to be the final day of the cop28 climate summit in dubai — it's now gone half past midnight in the uae — and the delegates are strill trying to hammer out a new final agreement. an earlier draught was criticised as grossly insufficent and incoherent. because what it left out words — namely any language referring to the "phasing out" fos

we're just we don't want to move people out house of people out of the house of commons into the of lordsse convening , or because it's more convening, or as to people . we need as favours to people. we need people in that scrutiny chamber who are the best and brightest minds and experience that the country has to offer . country has to offer. >> that's difficult, though, isn't because everyone has isn't it? because everyone has a different opinion on who would make a peer ? make a good peer? >> well that's true. i want to pick up on two words that henry used there highly competent. one of the people who's been put into the house of lords, given an honour by liz truss, is her chief of staff. the chief of staff that ran her 49 day design oestrus stay in downing street. now it's really, really hard wherever you sit on the political spectrum, to say that that operation was highly competent and, you know, whether you're a conservative and wanted them to succeed or whether you're labour and were just watching either with horror or popcorn, let's face it, one or the other or both, it was not a

. ~ ., ,., ., it comes to committee and the house of lords. ~ ., ., ., , of lords.are watching bbc news. good evening. we've had no shortage of wet weather over the last few days, but things do lookjust a little bit drier over the next few days as this area of low pressure begins to journey away from our shores, moving eastwards out into continental europe. still close enough, though, in the short term to drive some persistent rain across parts of south east scotland, north east england, quite windy here as well through the evening and overnight. could be enough rain for some localised flooding. a bit of snow mixing in, you'll notice, over high ground there in scotland. generally through the night, england and wales will keep a lot of cloud and some showery rain. but for northern ireland and a good part of scotland, the skies will clear and for some there will be a touch of frost, particularly in northern scotland. we could see lows of minus three in the highlands, milderfurther south where we keep more cloud but into tomorrow, as our area of low pressure journeys e

that there is real concern that one of the great offices of state occupied by a member of the house of lordshave the normal scrutiny we would expect in the house of commons. i'll give you an example. during the pandemic, the early days of the pandemic, the foreign secretary came to the house of commons a major statement and took hundreds of interventions. it was very long statement, for many who had concerns about constituents around the world and how we might get them home. it's only really the secretary of state that can take the level of questions get the level of responses that we required. so we wondered how we could introduce that allows us to have similar scrutiny now. in allows us to have similar scrutiny now. ., , , .., allows us to have similar scrutiny now. ., , , _, allows us to have similar scrutiny now. ., , , ., now. in one sense i can echo what i said that this _ now. in one sense i can echo what i said that this is _ now. in one sense i can echo what i said that this is not _ now. in one sense i can echo what i said that this is not an _ said that this is not an unprecedente

go through the house of lords as well. overnment doesn't have a majority of lords. majority in the house of lords. so that's i mean, there's nothing that the government can do and this do about the fact and this wasn't the manifesto, you wasn't in the manifesto, so you can't parliament act can't use the parliament act which you can't use the parliament act which use you can't use the parliament act which use the you can't use the parliament act which use the parliament, you can't use the parliament act which use the parliament, butu could use the parliament, but you use parliament act you can't use the parliament act until next session of until to the next session of parliament then it's parliament and then it's too late. what the prime late. so what the what the prime minister saying, quite minister is saying, quite rightly, came before the rightly, and he came before the 1922 night and he 1922 committee last night and he was , to perfectly was fantastic, to be perfectly honest. and what he's saying is that we've got to ge

made one for about every four days she spent in office and three of them are given seats in the house of lordsn who donated to her leadership campaign, and liz porter, an adviser who previously worked for a free market think tank. in a statement liz truss said... liz truss faced opposition from her own mps after a mini budget pushed up borrowing and scrap the top rate of tax. opposition parties say her time in office should not be honoured. families across the country pay more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on credit cards is a consequences of decisions taken by liz truss and these are rewards for failure. some campaigners say prime minister shouldn't automatically be able to put their nominees into the house of lords. this isn't the only peerages that she has made, she made 29 earlier while serving as prime minister so it really highlights the problems we have in the system at large. this former minister said she was only following convention. liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country, - of being prime minister, l which is a job that comes which is a role that comes

. ~ , ., . . before it heads to the house of lords. ~ ., ., ,, . ., lords.a special- adviser to the immigration minister? we did not quite have the level of small boat crossings, we did have a novel not coming in through the backs of lorries and the ports so there were illegal immigrants who have been an issue but we have not seen it on this scale so i have to admit that we did not look at these kinds of things so they were always mentioned about how we processed people, what we do with people, that we cannot return to other countries and the legalities of individuals claiming asylum. we also were in the european union at the time so we had access to all of their systems, all of the databases which sadly now we have lost. life is more difficult now but there are still things you can do to stop this trade coming across and they need to think wider than just those 26 miles of water between us and.— than just those 26 miles of water between us and. what do you think about this policy? _ between us and. what do you think about this policy? is _ between us and. w

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yes, it was it was changed if years later but in the case before the house of lords, their lordships went on to say, lord hoffmann being one of them, that while parliament deemed its such, there was plainly risks. if the home office it did not keep an eye on the state and conditions in the nations from the countries that were thus deemed, but otherwise, it complied with the law in the courts would respect parliament was my decision. what is said in this case is ah, there is a supreme court decision, which has already held rwanda not to be a country for the purpose, to be safe for the purposes of the guarantee against refilament. and it is said for this house to overrule the decision of the supreme court in such an individual case, is constitutionally under social and contrary to fundamental constitutional principle. mr deputy speaker. i do not agree with that analysis. first, it is open to this parliament, at any point, to take steps to reverse the effect of a judicial ruling. that is the consequence of parliamentary supremacy. it is clear that parliament should be restrained in doin

with calls for baroness mone to leave the house of lords, we'll look at where this could go next.lso tonight... a new international taskforce is set up to protect ships in the red sea, after militant attacks force them to take alternative, longer routes. a radical change for the catholic church — pope francis allows priests to bless same—sex couples. heading for court in hong kong — a tycoon and high —rofile democracy campaigner on trial for breaking a law brought in to stop protests. and the extraordinary challenge that took one couple all the way from the north to the south pole — 18,000 miles — in an electric car. and 18,000 miles — in an electric car. stay with us here for and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the fallout from baroness mone�*s interview with the bbc yesterday, in which she admitted lying about how she and her family stood to profit from a government contract to supply ppe during the pandemic, continues. claim and counter—claim have been flying around toda

of parliament. the upper house, the house of lords. e that a piece of legislation that some mps say might override side various courts would be accepted by a house, the house of lords, where only a third of its members are concerned . native concerned. native >> well, you're right to say the house of lords are not elected and they should not frustrate the will of the british people. >> and by and large, they don't. if we actually are able to make the argument, it's if we have a legally robust instrument in front of us, of course they will want their chance to scrutinise it. but i am confident that the work has been done by the prime minister and his team and he has put in place a very impressive minister team now to steer this through. i know that they will be their full be giving this their full attention all those attention and testing all those arguments, but ultimately the british people need to see that it is the conservative party and only the conservative party that has a plan to tackle this . i has a plan to tackle this. i mean,

that is what is happening in the house of lords.is overwhelmed with numbers, if your�*s commanders on the ground saying their forces are now in the heart of khan younis —— israel's commanders. as they intensify their actions, so we will have more, we will talk on the ground with our corresponded queue at the world health organization says it is getting worse by the hour. this talking about running out of tents. we will speak to the spokesman here on the programme here in an extreme moments, here on bbc news, then go away. —— here in the next few moments. hello. if you've had enough of the cold and you'd rather have the mild weather, well, be careful what you wish for, because we could be in for a lot of rain and some strong winds, but not in the short term. this evening, actually, the skies are going to be clearing and there's another frost on the way tonight. quite a sharp one and some fog forming, too. now, in the short term, quite thick cloud across parts of england and wales, although in the northwest here we've had some clearer

the labour leader says she shouldn't be in the house of lords. the oil giant bp suspends shipping through the red sea after attacks on vessels by rebels in yemen sparked by the war in gaza. hundreds of thousands of menopausal women could see an end to hot flushes and night sweats after a new drug is approved. it's just a revelation, as far as i was concerned, for me and the future of women with the menopause. and a kiss for this wallaby after it's rescued from record floods in northern australia. and coming up on bbc news. the champions league draw is made — with premier league leaders arsenal taking on porto, in the last 16. champions manchester city face copenhagen. arsenal fc, the finalists 2006/07, so you can go ahead, good evening. the prime minister has said he takes "extremely seriously" the allegations against the former conservative peer, baroness mone. he said the government was taking legal action against the company run by her husband — ppe medpro. in an interview with the bbc, michelle mone admitted lying about her links to the medic