an approach that has been endorsed by the house of lords constitution committee. day, that committee released an updated report which was rather less helpful to the government, and we'll be hearing from two of its members a little later in the programme. but back to the eu withdrawal bill. when the first day of debate began on thursday, the brexit secretary sought to reassure mps about its aims. put simply, this bill is an essential step. whilst it does not take us out of the european union — that's a matter for the article 50 process — it does ensure that on the day we leave, businesses know where they stand, workers‘ rights are held, and consumers remain protected. this bill is vital to ensuring that as we leave, we do — we do so in an orderly manner. this bill does only what is this is very for a smooth exit and to provide stability. that we are leaving is settled. how we leave is not. this bill encourages us to surrender all power and influence to the government and ministers. that will betray everything we were sent here to do. we have got to make sure that o

which will receive parliamentary scrutiny, an approach which has been endorsed by the house of lords constitution committeeonth, all three and four—year—olds in england are entitled to 30 hours of free childcare week, up from 15 hours. but labour says parents are in limbo because of failings in the government's scheme. the shadow education minister attacked the tory policy for being shrouded in secrecy, misinformation and mayhem. from the beginning, the application process was not fit for purpose. settings were run ragged trying to help parents, and this afternoon, there are parents who have been waiting weeks and are still in limbo. this childcare has been advertised as free, but it is clear it will be subsidised by parents or providers. this risks pricing out the poorest, and top providers leaving the sector. will he now listen and commit to reevaluating the policies funding? thank you, mr speaker. i'm afraid the honourable lady's rhetoric doesn't accurately reflect the experience on the ground. i can update her in terms of we predicted that around 75% of eligible parents would apply and the scheme. ther

what we have done on the house of lords constitution committee is try to provide mechanisms which would with a situation which could end up as a crisis if we are not careful. we have said that with the henry viii powers and the delegated legislation, every measure that the government brings forward should have a certificate saying whether it is any change to current law. and, if it is, we should have special mechanisms to give it more scrutiny than if it's just a straightforward transition. that's a very simple thing, but we have to make sure that parliament has the power and committee time to deal with this. the key thing about this is that we only have eight days to consider this. but the government's counterargument is that this is technical. things like like maastricht were changing laws. this is reinventing the whole of uk law. disentangling us from an institution of decades. pretending that you can do this in eight days, when there will be thousands of changes, is nonsense. but the clock is ticking. maastricht took 41 days. lisbon took 25. entering the common market took 20. we'll

which will receive parliamentary scrutiny, and approach that has been endorsed by the house of lords constitution committee. i would like to reassure my right honorable friend that going through scrutiny in this house as the debate continues we will listen carefully to that debate and i will be happy to meet my right honorable friend to discover this further. >> i agree with the prime minister about barcelona, the attack was abominable and we should think of the victims but think the people of barcelona for their community response to a threat to all of them. i hope the house will join me in thanking the victims of the floods in bangladesh, nepal, and texas and our thoughts are with those facing hurricane irma in the caribbean as we speak. every member across the house should be concerned that inflation is once again running ahead of people's pay. workers at mcdonald's restaurants took strike action for the first time in this country. steve easterbrook is reported to have earned 11.8 million pounds last year. some of his staff paid as little as 4 pounds 75 per hour. does the prime minister back the mcdonal

it has been endorsed by the house of lords‘ constitution committee.should think of the victims and thank them victims —— people are barcelona for their response. i hope the whole house willjoin me in thinking of the victims of the terrible floods in bangladesh, nepal, india, sierra leone and taxes and our thoughts are with those facing hurricane irma in the caribbean as we speak. every member across this house should be concerned that inflation is once again running ahead of people‘s pay. this week workers at mcdonald‘s restau ra nts this week workers at mcdonald‘s restaurants took strike action for the first time in this country. the boss of mcdonald‘s has reported to have earned £11.8 million last year. some of his staff are paid as little as £4 75 per hour. does the prime minister backed the mcdonald‘s worker‘s case to an end to zero hours contracts and decent pay? the issue that has taken place in mcdonald‘s is out of the mcdonald‘s to deal with but the questions... let‘s focus on what the right honourable gentleman has raised which is zero hours

the house of lords constitution committee said this is the only way it can be reasonably done.bout the limits ministers will have. i looked at the bill last night in preparation for this and am very clear there are lots of controls in there and i am content with them and will be supporting the bill on monday. are you not happy with the limits in there, peter kyle? why don't you believe them? the limits? there are no limits in this bill. that are. this bill does not give 1000 statutory instruments and 1000 different mechanisms for ministers and civil servants to take decisions that are going to affect our air quality, lousy quality, the food quality... right across the raft of regulation for our country. it's also giving the power to overturn different pieces of legislation. this bill, for example, will give the power to ministers to leave the finally —— to finally leave the eu without coming back to parliament for the final vote. they give power to government that could even overturn this particular piece of legislation. the power given to government by this bill is overwhelmin