here's that part of the session. >> ian blackford. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister gave a commitment that she would treat scotland as part of the union of equals. yet last night she pressed ahead with a power grab in direct opposition to scotland's elected parliament. the prime minister silenced scotland's voice. having broken cutional ti and plunged scotland into constitutional crisis. will the prime minister now commit to bringing forward emergency legislation so that the wheel of the scottish parliament can be heard and more importantly, respected? >> can i say to the right honorable gentleman that we do expect that toutcome, and it will happen that the out come of the whole process of brexit is going to be a significant increase in the decision-making it is not the case that this is in any way a power grab. we've over 80 areas of responsibility, of decision-making, are going to flow direct to holly rude. only the snp could say that getting 80 areas more where they're going to take decisions was a power grab. >> if he wants to be concerned abou

but ian blackford stood his ground. he was right to stand his ground.inster parties yesterday, i think, was pretty despicable, particularly the conservatives. the scottish parliament had voted overwhelmingly to deny consent for what is a naked power grab. it wasn't just the snp, it was the snp, labour, the liberals and the greens. and the tories simply thought they could ignore that, and ignore that in the most disrespectful, contentious way possible. some of the insults being shouted across the chamber to ian blackford last night frankly should have resulted in disciplinary action on the part of the tory leadership. it's disgraceful. if it was simply disrespect to snp mps, that would be one thing, but what we saw yesterday was deep disrespect for scotland and it proved powerfully that the westminster system simply does not serve scotland's interests. ian blackford unable to vote in those votes we are expecting this evening on the second day of the withdrawal bill, although the rest of the snp's mps will still be able to vote. we are expecting those vot

ian blackford stiffened his shoulders, turned and marched towards the exit.later all the other snp mps followed him. the tories jeered as they walked past. the episode ended with a more light—hearted moment when several labour mps who'd been standing, decided to make use of the free seats. and the next mp to speak did find some humour in the situation. with the amount of people leaving, it feels like one of my after dinner speeches. later the snp leader ian blackford said his party would use parliamentary procedures "to best effect" to protest against what he said was devolution being "ripped up" as powers are repatriated from brussels. well, that wasn't all that happened at prime minister's questions. the session had begun on a sombre note. thursday marks the first anniversary of the horrific fire at grenfell tower in london. theresa may updated mps on the number of residents who'd been found a new home. 203 households were in need of a new home. every household has received an offer of temporary or permanent accommodation. 183 have accepted an offer of a pe

and ian blackford got thrown out. to be deeply frustrated and angry by the situation that we's been left in. as a result of that and after that, we saw a statement that was given by the secretary of state the very next day, that ian blackford got the day after that event. and we also saw three hours of debate on this. now, there was no vote. it wasn't as much as we would have wanted, but it was a lot more than we had. and should we expect to see more disruption from the snp like we saw with ian blackford being thrown out over the course of the passage of the next few bills? what you can expect to see is the snp pressing and making the case for our constituents, who are being really badly damaged, that's something that we have done from day one. and since the government is not willing to listen, we need to fight different ways to make them listen. stephen gethins talking to me from dundee. well, if that's what the snp make of it all, what's the view from the conservative benches? i spoke to conservative peer and consti

withdrawal bill debate, you took us the withdrawal bill debate, you took us through what happened with ian blackfordivelier times but that was quite something and mr blackford left the chamber vowing to fight to the prime minister's brexit plans all the way. that is one headache for theresa may. the other as you mentioned just now, the old adage never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, theresa may decided to ignore that yesterday by offering a compromise to avoid a bit of a showdown with those mps who want that vote, that say on the final brexit deal but clearly that is pushing an issue down the road with both leaders and remain is continuing to argue today about what exactly the prime minister said yesterday and what she meant by that. let's take a look at everything which has been happening so everything which has been happening so far today, with our political correspondentjonathan so far today, with our political correspondent jonathan blake. so far today, with our political correspondent jonathan blake. can you please both sides prime minister? she's trying to keep eve ryo ne ministe

but ian blackford remained on his feet, and that's not allowed.threw him out and all the other snp mps followed. the episode ended with a more light—hearted moment. several labour employees who'd been standing decided to make use of the free seats and the next mp to speak did find some humour in the situation. with the amount of people leaving, it feels like one of my after—dinner speeches. well, that wasn't all that happened at prime minister's questions. jeremy corbyn reminded mps about the secretly—recorded comments boris johnson had made. mr speaker, when the prime minister met president donald trump last week, did she do, as the foreign secretary suggested, and ask him to take over the brexit negotiations? laughter the speaker interrupted to call for order. on the brexit negotiations, i might remind the right honourable gentleman that before december, labour cast doubt on whether we would get a joint report agreed. we did. before march he cast doubt on whether we'd get an implimentation period and we did. you've got to face the fact there may

. >> ian blackford! >> thank you mr. speaker. air bus, honda, bmw, the cbi, the cuc, are those thousands of jobs disposable to her? >> prime minister! >> we have been consisting listen to businesses. business says they want an implementation period, we have negotiated that period so that there will be a smooth and orderly brexit. businesses say they want restrictionist trade as possible, so we're providing that trade with the european union. but alongside that, we will be developing a global britain looking out around the world, signing trade deals around the world, and if he thinks trade and business is so important, why didn't he support heathrow expansion? >> ian blackford! not for the first time with the prime minister. but it invest. >> mr. speaker, for the first time the prime minister has failed to answer the question. mr. speaker more than a year ago the scottish government presented a plan for the united kingdom to remain in the single market to give certainty to business. just this week, scotland's first minister took a

ian blackford clashed with the speaker over what he called a "power grab" over brexit.s preparation involves sacking its head coach 48 hours before its opening game. and locked away for 50 years — the personal belongings of mexico's iconic artist frida kahlo are to go on display in london for the first time. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #beyond100days. as we've mentioned, one of the most surprising things to come out of the summit in singapore was president trump's announcement that he'd be stopping joint military exercises with south korea. now even those in seoul and the folks at the pentagon seemed to be caught off guard. today, mr trump defended the move, tweeting. .. "we save a fortune by not doing war games, as long as we are negotiating in good faith — which both sides are!" in a moment, we'll get the military view but first, here is some of the mixed reaction on the streets of south korea. translation: i think it's a bad thing that they decided to stop the south korea—us military exercises without president moon jae—in being present. translatio

had a really interesting event today we're during prime ministers questions, the snp, the leader ian blackfordthe devolution, the devolved nations does a subject of evolution had not been properly explored during the debate that had been going on so far and does lots of activity on twitter today about suggestions that the s and p were out talking time yesterday deliberately. there were even some tweets todayjust before this particular event happened. that was suggesting people should be watching bmg was. but is not always happen, people don't always encourage people to watch it. you think it was a premeditated stunt? the interesting thing about this was it could backfire article. this was all about keeping independence on the agenda and about suggesting that the agenda and about suggesting that the comments aren't given due time to scotland in the effect of brexit on scotland. but actually, he saw the extraordinary side of the leader walking out, the rest of the mps walking out, the rest of the mps walking out, the rest of the mps walking out and actually the very thing they have been wanting

ian blackford refused to sit down when ordered to by the speakerjohn bercow, he'd asked .e's accusing westminster of sidelining scotland in yesterday's brexit debate. and his colleagues followed him out en masse. scotland's first minister was in full support. "right behind @ianblackfordmp. scotland and @scotparl are being treated with contempt by westminster and it needs to be highlighted." next this is the bbc‘s scotland editor is sarah smith. this parliamentary walk—out by the s&p was dismissed by their opponents asa s&p was dismissed by their opponents as a manufactured stunt. it was undeniably an effective one. the snp said they have gained over 1000 new membersjust this said they have gained over 1000 new members just this afternoon since people in scotland saw what was happening in the house of commons this afternoon. what is the route all about? the snp are genuinely furious that the house of commons last night voted to impose that eu withdrawal bill in scotland, despite the fact that the scottish parliament voted overwhelmingly last month of rejected. this is the f

high, ian blackford. you have made a protest in the commons.hat is a democratic outrage. i asked the pre—mister today to bring in emergency legislation so we could conduct a proper debate with respect on the powers of the scottish parliament. let's discuss the paragraph coming from westminster. that is not acceptable. and the speaker refused to allow a division which i rightly cold for. it is an absolute disgrace. myjob and my colleagues jobs it is an absolute disgrace. myjob and my colleaguesjobs is it is an absolute disgrace. myjob and my colleagues jobs is to stand up and my colleagues jobs is to stand up the powers of the parliament i will do that. the speaker said you could have a vote after pmq ‘s, this isa could have a vote after pmq ‘s, this is a stunt. understanding orders i was entitled to push for that vote today on the basis of the lack of respect that the conservative government and theresa may have shown, it is not acceptable. i have a duty on behalf of my colleagues, on behalf of the first minister and the government of scotland

ian blackford. cheering. thank you, mr speaker.state for scotland, is that all you've got? is that the best you can do? i mean these are very serious times for scotland. i'm sure thank the right honourable member for advance sight of his statement but i'm deeply, deeply disappointed by its content. he said the uk government had turned the devolution settlement on its head. the sewell convention, mr speaker, is clear. the uk government should not legislate on devolved matters without the consent of the scottish parliament. mr speaker, the scottish parliament denied that consent, not the scottish government, the scottish parliament, the scottish national party, the labour party, the liberal democrats and the greens. we have all said that we do not give consent to what the uk government is seeking to do. yet the secretary of state comes before us today with excuses, attempting to save his own skin, knowing that he has totally shafted scotland and the people of scotland. having plunged scotland into constitutional crisis, will he final

ian blackford was thrown out after repeatedly challenging the speaker to allow an emergency debate on. chaos in the commons briefly. the prime minister stuck to her line. i cannot countenance parliament being able to overturn the will of the british people. parliament gave the decision to the british people. the british people voted to leave the european union and as prime minister i am determined to deliver that. yesterday's near miss for the government showed again how divisions over brexit for the conservative party, within parliament and within government will mean difficult and delicate decisions at every stage. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. he was watching those extraordinary scenes at prime minister's questions. i guess we take from all of this, this is still a prime minister hugely under pressure here? as if mrs may did not have enough on how plate here at westminster over brexit, now an entirely new headache in the form of the snp pledge in this lunchtime to adopt a much more aggressive opposition to brexit. this on the morning that mrs may wa

was a bit of a different pmq ‘s, brought to a halt after that showdown between the snp's leader ian blackfordutrage over brexit and what he said was the power grab from hollywood. the speaker sought to bar him, he had walked out in protest. probably grabbing more headlines than in any other pmq see has done. let's have a look at what happened. order, resume your seat mr blackford. under the power given to me by standing order number43 in light power given to me by standing order number 43 in light of the persistent and repeated refusal of the right honourable gentleman to resume his seat when saul instructed, i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house for... order! for the withdraw immediately from the house for... order! forthe remainder of this day is sitting. all of this on the day that mrs may was already facing a showdown or a spat with some of her will remain tory mps over what she did do not promise them last night to avert the defeat of the meaningful vote. we did not get many more details from mrs may this lunchtime but she did signal that she would

. >> ian blackford. >> hear, hear. though the thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. the remarks of the prime minister a year ago. mr. speaker, many of us in this house will be aware of the deeply distressing audio and separatedchildren from their parents in u.s. detention centers. infants as young as 18 months are being caged like animals. many have been left isolated in rooms. last night, the former head of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement says he expects hundreds of these children never to be a united with their parents. lost in the system, orphaned by the u.s. government. is the prime minister still intending to roll out the red carpet for donald trump? >> hear, hear. pm. may: can i first of all say honor was in amount, please see me in the chamber with your question? on the very important issue he has raised, of what we have seen in the u.s., the pictures of children being held in what appeared to be cages are deeply disturbing. this is wrong, this is not something we agree with, it is not the united kingdom's approach. and deed. -- indeed, when i was hom

so as you are saying, ian blackford, the snp leader at westminster decided to take a stand in his particularallowed on tuesday's debate to discuss those areas and devolved areas and they say that really does show westminster is very high—handed towards holyrood. so today the government got through these votes but it did mask a deeper problem? that is right. this bill goes back to the house of lords with no government defeats and crucially the government won a vote on whether the uk should go into the europe economic area and that was voted down. but interestingly, 1a conservative mps either abstained or voted in favour of that. now, 1a is the magic number. if you have 1a tory rebels and you have the labour front bench voting for something, then the government could be defeated. but, jeremy corbyn ordered his troops to abstain on this one because he doesn't believe that we should be in the eea but there will be votes on our next month and i spoke to one ally ofjeremy corbyn this evening who said we have got to get him to change his mind, although this person said they are not holding their br

ian blackford. >> thank you, mr. speaker, and can i thank the prime minister for the advance copy of her stent. i would like to congratula all of thoseho marched yesterday in edinburgh, belfast, and london, celebrating 100 years of the women's movement. it is very fitting mr. speaker, that the g7 had such a strong focus on advancing gender equality and women's empowerment. we on these benches strongly welcome the declarations of increasing quality education for girls, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected states. and a public declaration on resolving to end all sexual and gender-based violence. it is right that the summit shine a light into some of the most hostile conflict zones. around the world. we support the option to address the deteriorating situation in the gaza strip. the urgency could not be more apparent. the u.n. has declared that the gaza strip will be uninhabitable by 2020. on matters of the global to investhe g sought in growth for all, using rules-based international trading systems and fighti

. >> ian blackford. [shouting] >> thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. can i associate myself with the marks of the prime minister and -- a year ago since the park? mr. speaker, many of us in this house will be aware of the deeply distressing audio images of children separate from the parents in youth detention centers. infants as young as 18 months are being caged like animals. babies of eight months are being left isolated in rooms. and last but the former head of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement said he expects hundreds of these children never to be reunited with their parents. lost in the system, orphans by the u.s. government. is the prime minister still intending to roll out the red carpet for donald trump? >> can't i first of all say to the right of a gem i'm pleased to see him in the chamber to ask questions. but on the very important issue that he raised, what we've seen in the united states, the pictures of children being held in what appeared to be cages are deeply disturbing. it is wrong. it is not something we agree with. it is not t

here's that part of the session. >> ian blackford. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister gave a commitment that she would treat scotland as part of the union of equals. yet last night she pressed ahead with a power grab in direct opposition to scotland's elect

mr ian blackford. thank you, mr speaker, and can! blackford.trongly welcome the decorations on increasing safe and quality education for all girls particularly in conflict affected and fragile states. and further declarations on resolving to end all forms of sexual and gender based by lynn it is right that list summit show a light into some of the most hostile conflict zones around the world. we support the urgent call to address the dire and deteriorating situation in the gaza strip. the urgency could not be more apparent as the un had been clear that the gaza strip would be uninhabitable by 2020. on matters of the global economy, the g7 sought to invest in growth for all, underlying the role of rules —based international trading systems and continue to fight protectionism through a wall of intransigence from the president of intransigence from the president of the united states. the summit might have been a diplomatic disaster but in an increasingly fractured world with the cooperation of world leaders is essential if we are to strive for pea