these two have history because in june john bercow bercow. injunejohn bercow was accused of calling andrea leadsom a stupid woman. after you're finding that individuals who are found to have made an welcome remarks should apologise, why is it when an opposition member found you apologise, why is it when an opposition memberfound you had called me a stupid woman, you did not apologise in this chamber? i'll deal with the point. not apologise in this chamber? i'll dealwith the point. here, here! i dealt with that matter months ago. no love lost there. however, this may be far from over for mr corbyn. we have still to hear from the labour party officially butjohn bercow was subject of a complaint which prompted an inquiry by the standards committee but no further action was an taken. we will see what happens with mr corbyn. well, this morning the eu has published its plans to avoid major disruption if britain leaves the eu without a deal. it's focusing on how to tackle problems in transport, financial services, and customs. 0ur europe reporter, a

well, just about an hour ago i referred to the speaker, john bercow, along with mr corbyn as the two. i thought i would just say, when i read the telegraph in greater detail, actually the concern about the speaker in all of this, and we're told mr bercow struggled to maintain control of the house of commons as conservative mps made ever angrier interventions, and then we have the labour mp, kate hoey, suggesting a good christmas present for parliament from the speaker would be to announce his retirement from thejob. you would be to announce his retirement from the job. you wonder after all this time, and we'll get to mr corbyn in a moment, but you wonder... kate might know this better than me whetherjohn bercow is in his last days. i can't say i have an answer to that, that's a very big questions, but there's certainly push for these to be his last days. he's frustrating both sides of the house, i'io frustrating both sides of the house, no question. as endearing as this term pantomime is, so many people will pick up copies of the times and the macro ben baby independent —— i and they

row this week about mrs may, whether she was caught a stupid woman or not byjeremy corbyn, and john bercowere's a whole bunch of women who have just, are quite happy, i know had to put up are quite happy, i know had to put up with this any more and i can do something about it and that's all there is dead. all the men in question are going, this is so unfair! you are so mean to me! question are going, this is so unfair! you are so mean to mam ta ke unfair! you are so mean to mam take so long for this for some of say. i think this is the weinstein, the trump effect as well. susie, michael, thanks for that. that is it for the papers for now. don't forget that the papers are there for you. if you missed the programme and evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. my thanks to michael booker and susie boniface, who'll be back no longer look at the papers at 11:30pm. but for now, goodbye. —— he will be back for now, goodbye. —— he will be back for a longer look at. hello there. it's been another day with widespread shower activity. but in between those showers, we did see some fine spells o

you have the speaker, john bercow, and poor old jeremy corbyn, who some characterize as the two endse pantomime horse. there they were. the serious point of it was in the middle of the story in the telegraph, the rockets over what jeremy corbyn had story in the telegraph, the rockets over whatjeremy corbyn had or had not actually sent to the more parliamentary time than prime minister's questions itself. that's the whole point. for somebody coming from abroad and seeing the mother of parliaments that we still probably talk about, seeing that today, pantomime is the right word.” suppose it‘s the tone, isn‘t it? that always comes up and we‘re talking about conduct in parliament. yeah, 0k. gone out the window! it's all about lip—reading. let‘s turn to the daily mail. this is what caused the daily mail. this is what caused the so—called chaos today. the daily mail. this is what caused the so-called chaos today. those questioning mr corbyn's version of events, according to the daily mail, are not only on the other side of the house to him. but the fact of the house to him. but the fact of

first presiding on the bench and most unfortunately for the government mr speaker the formidable john bercow insisting on the rights and prerogatives of the house of commons and making it clear that no attorney general he ever so high is above the writ of parliament i have considered the matter carefully and i am satisfied that there is an arguable case but the contempt has been committed this house has now spoken and it's all future constitutional political significance which is i think a precedented for this house to find ministers in content the motion makes clear the government must now publish the attorney general's final legal advice in full and in light of the expressed will of the house we will publish the final and full advice provided by the attorney general to cabinet as our first guest explains the prime minister should be careful not to lose her legal advice is she may have need of them shortly alex spoke to professor here in mcgahee of king's college about the range of legal challenges now evidently confronting the prime minister when.

john bercow announced he would step down as the speaker of the commons next summer, following a reportng in westminster. in his budget, the chancellor, philip hammond, reiterated theresa may's conference speech. i can report to the british people that their hard work is paying off, and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end. he spent a windfall from better public finances on more money for universal credit and bringing forward planned income tax cuts via a year. november, and joe johnson, brother of boris, resigned as transport minister. he called for another referendum. at present, the deal is incoherent on its own terms, and that's why it's so important for the public to have a say. and then, after one of the longest and most significant cabinet meetings of modern times, ministers agreed to support theresa may's plans for leaving the eu. but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlying political declaration. this is a decisive step. the prime minister warned that the draft withdrawal agreement was th

john bercow and he would step down as the speaker of the commons next summer following a report on the. in his budget, the chancellor philip hammond reiterated theresa may's conference speech. chancellor philip hammond reiterated theresa may's conference speechlj can report to the british people that their hard work is paying off and the iran of austerity is finally coming to an end. —— the area of austerity. —— era. coming to an end. —— the area of austerity. -- era. at present, the deal and coherent on its own terms and it is why it is so important for the public to have a say. and then after one of the longest and most significant cabinet meetings of modern times, ministers agreed to support theresa may's plans for leaving the eu. the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlying political declaration. this isa outlying political declaration. this is a decisive step. the prime minister warned that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best on offer but not everyone is happy. withdrawal agreement was the best on o

now, the speaker, john bercow, told friends he plannned to stand down in the summer after ten years inb. the news emerged a day after a fiercely critical report on the failure of high level figures in parliament to deal adequately with bullying, including sexual harassment, of staff members at westminster. i firmly believe that the only possible way to resolve this matter is the establishment of a body which is both entirely independent of and external to parliament to hear and adjudicate upon all allegations of bullying, harassment, and sexual misconduct. the report is clear that there needs to be a complete change in leadership at the most senior level, including you, mr speaker. i am so sorry to hear of the experiences highlighted by dame laura's report, of members of houses of commons staff, and i speak to them directly when i say, you deserve so much better. dame laura's report should shame all of us who work on the parliamentary teams. it is quite a devastating litany of this place with details of bullying, and almost out of control gender— based power relationships. nothing i've

john bercow.r kept theresa may at the dispatch box to face questions from all around the house for another 2.5 hours. the views of mps were consistently forceful. i have been sympathetic to the situation she finds herself in but i have lost that sympathy because what i understand now from today's decision is that she is actually being captured with far right brexit wing of her party, the european... so—called european research group that doesn't believe in research, she is a captive of this unpleasant nationalist, populist group in the conservative party! it may well be that the prime minister is right, this house would like to put off the vote. it needs to be this house that decides that. and prime minister, i don't think so far you've answered the question, whether the prodecure to be used is a motion of a adjourning the house, in which case this house would have a vote, or where it'sjust going to be by one sort of anonymous whip saying tomorrow. doesn't she realise every time she comes back her

understand it will continue for another 45 minutes before reconvening again on wednesday later today —— john bercowerage here on bbc news. the debate continues. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the us is threatening to pull out of a cold war nuclear arms treaty over what it calls russia violations of the agreement. speaking at a nato meeting in brussels, us secretary of state mike pompeo said moscow has been test flying a missile that violated the treaty for more than a decade. the list of russia's infamous acts is long. georgia, ukraine, syria, election meddling, skripal, and now the kerch strait, to name just a few. in light of these facts, the united states today declares it has found russia in material breach of the treaty, and will suspend our obligations as a remedy, effective in 60 days, unless russia returns to full and verifiable compliance. also making news today: chinese president xi jinping has arrived in lisbon for a two—day state visit to portugal. it comes just ahead of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. president

nowjust before the start of this week's prime minister's questions, the speaker, john bercow, welcomedsammy woodhouse is campaigning for a change in the law so that her attacker can't play a role in her child's life. the speaker told mps she'd waived her right to annonymity. in order to campaign not merely for her rights — very important though those rights are — but for the rights of all women similarly violated. i am referring of course to sammy woodhouse. welcome to the house of commons, sammy. applause. later a labour mp took up her case with the prime minsiter. i know the whole house is inspired by the bravery of sammy woodhouse in speaking out so that we can drive real change, and horrified by the news that the man who raped sammy and is serving a 35—year prison sentence was encouraged to seek access to the child through the family courts. does the prime minister agree that no man who has fathered a child through rape should have parental rights? yes. and will she seek to amend the regulation through the court and tribunal bill when it comes back to this house, so that men who ha

first presiding on the bench and most unfortunately for the government mr speaker the formidable john bercow insisting on the rights and prerogatives of the house of commons and making it clear that no attorney general be he ever so high as above the writ of parliament i have considered the matter carefully and i am satisfied that there is an arguable case but the contempt has been committed this house has now spoken and it's all future constitutional political significance which is i think a precedented for this house to find ministers in content the motion makes clear the government must now publish the attorney general's final legal advice in full and in light of the expressed will of the house we will publish the final and full advice provided by the attorney general to cabinet as our first guest explains the prime minister should be careful not to lose her legal advisers she may have need of them shortly alex spoke to professor here in mcgahee of king's college. about the range of legal challenges now evidently confronting their prime minister welcome to the like sam i'm sure you have t

the dup are suddenly united in a coalition, but they are joining forces to write to the spigot, john bercowovernment to publish its legal advice on exit, that is attorney general geoffrey cox, and brexiteers think that he has said in this now private legal advice that the uk cannot escape the customs union, which would be remiss to brexiteers, andl which would be remiss to brexiteers, and i think the sunday times... it has this splash as well. the sunday times have tweeted their front page, saying it's been revealed that brexit legal advice could think may. —— could think may. but the idea that we could never escape the customs union, i wonder, the eu would certainly have a say in that, and it wouldn't be in their interests for us to be perpetually in the customs union. it would be very unpleasant for us, because we would be ruled takers rather than rule—makers, and there are many disadvantages, but i cannot see... the cards are all in the hands of the eu, whatever we might think about it, and i think that they would not wish us to be there. they would not wish us to be there. they would wa

john bercow said he hadn't seen it.ncumbent upon all members of this house to operate in accordance with its best conventions and to follow the conventions and courtesies? if a member has failed to do so, that member has a responsibility to apologise. that prompted the leader of the commons to ask... why it is that when an opposition member found that you had called me a "stupid woman", you did not apologise in this chamber? no, no... yes. i'll deal with the point. hear, hear! i dealt with that matter months ago in remarks that i made to the house of commons, to which the right honourable lady in our various meeting since has made no reference and which requires from the chair today no elaboration whatsoever. she has asked the question, i dealt with it month ago, she has asked the question, i dealt with it months ago, i've reiterated the rationale for the way in which i responded, the matter has been treated of and i am leaving it there. if it was one of my male colleagues on this side of the house that had used that ex

the anger from john bercow, the speaker, who said we have had wasted days, a lot of people venting theira may decided to postpone the vote. what could happen this afternoon to make that anger something that may be a problem for her? there will be anything in terms parliamentary votes. jeremy corbyn has this emergency vote, so a votes. jeremy corbyn has this emergency vote, so a three—hour debate but no vote binding it. the other she was a confidence vote. he is reluctant to do it because he doesn't feel there is any chance of winning it because the dup have said they will support theresa may's government in a confidence vote. can opposition parties trigger one? not really, it just sits opposition parties trigger one? not really, itjust sits on the order paper and there is no debate. you cannot see how this will shift, apart from theresa may coming back at some point with the deal and finally but in the two vocals that she cannot put it forever, even though it feels like that at the moment. there was an intruder here a while ago, nothing sinister, i was going to say but not everybody‘s fe

contempt of parliament itself in contempt of the house of commons why is that well monday the speaker john bercow said there was an arguable case that the government could have been in contempt for refusing to publish the full legal advice on the impact of this brics it deal the vice by the attorney general geoffrey cox mr cox unusually was in parliament in self on monday taking questions from m.p.'s he's sticking to his guns saying he believes it's in the national interest not to publish the full legal advice it would set about precedent he says he did publish or release forty three page summary and in that he says that the u.k. would be indefinitely committed to the so-called irish back stop solution if they don't find a trade deal with the you after twenty twenty that's really controversial for the hard brick city years they say that this would be more or less bret's it in name only being tied to worse so many european union institutions in the future so we're going to presumably see that debate start sometime on tuesday but before that there's the prospect of the tourney general himself could

john bercow announced he would step down as the speaker of the commons next summer, following a reportreport to the british people that their hard work is paying off, and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end. he spent a windfall from better public finances on more money for universal credit and bringing forward planned income tax cuts by a year. november, and jo johnson, brother of boris, resigned as transport minister. he called for another referendum. at present, the deal is incoherent on its own terms, and that's why it's so important for the public to have a say. and then, after one of the longest and most significant cabinet meetings of modern times, ministers agreed to support theresa may's plans for leaving the eu. but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlying political declaration. this is a decisive step. the prime minister warned that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best on offer, but not everyone was happy. it certainly does not appear that we will be able to support it, because

tonight, john bercow said he would respond rapidly to this request.der a letter from attorney general geoffrey cox as well. at one stage, it looked like he would make a ruling tonight on whether there should be this debate. maybe it will be tomorrow but soon, he will debate in parliament that she will decide parliament debates this and if so, that would be hugely embarrassing for the government and their usual partners the dup voting against them on this contentious issue. i do not think it will make a great deal of difference to how people vote in this meaningful vote but opponents are looking for more evidence in that legal advice as to why, as they would suggest, that this is a bad steel the prime minister has come up with that might lock them into a long—term relationship with the european union that many do not want. some have argued the opposition parties is smelling blood and mrs may reads a minority government, this is an opportunity to kick her while she is down because we know the advice. according to the attorney general on the crucial poin

but the verdict from john bercow was he himself was not a lip leader or a lip speaker and there was noy opposed to the use of sexist or misogynistic language and absolutely any form at all. iam happy language and absolutely any form at all. i am happy to place that on the record at your request this afternoon. thank you, mr speaker. jeremy corbyn adamant he referred to conservatives as stupid people rather than the prime minister is a stupid woman in particular. that is what he is maintaining. immediately after that, the scenes continued in the house of commons and two conservative mps effectively said they believed him. the speaker now hoping to draw a line under it that he was accused by another conservative mp, vicky ford, of calling her stupid woman previously. that is why it doesn‘t look like a lion is firmly in red and diverse. it looks like all the shows this time of year, it could run and run. thank you very much. let‘s turn to another story involving the labour party. the labour party has suspended the mp for peterborough, fiona onasanya, after she was found guilty of perverti

but this was john bercow last night, signalling pretty clearly, i think, that he wa nts pretty clearlycarefully and i am satisfied that there is an arguable case that a contempt has been committed. i am therefore giving precedence to a motion to be tabled tonight before the house rises and to be taken as first business tomorrow, tuesday. it will then be entirely for the house to decide on that motion. now, that last sentence, it will be entirely for the house to decide on that motion, suggests that mps could potentially seek to, i do know, impose some sort of sanction on the attorney general or take some sort of action against him. there is no sign of it so far so it will be primarily a symbolic blow for the government. but, as i say, coming before that crucial debate and crucial vote, hardly a great start. jeers, norman. —— cheers, norman. with me now is tom brake — the lib dem brexit spokesperson and the mp for carshalton. and joining us from westminster is simon hoare — he is the conservative mp for north dorset and the parliamentary private secretary to the home secretary. thank yo

s along with the speaker john bercow to vent their anger once again that the government apparently certain circumvented by elementary procedure in calling up that vote without consulting them but you know this is a debate that will likely come and go the prime minister meanwhile will not even be in the country because she's dashed off in a hurry to the continent she's having breakfast with mark router later to meet you leaders her erstwhile colleagues some of them who she hopes may come to her support she's looking we're told and the m.p.'s here are told for assurances that rather vague word about the much dreaded backstop hoping to assure them that the backstop perhaps will never be used or if it is used that it will be strictly temporary and i know dominic is standing by to tell us what sort of reception she's likely to receive but don't expect the spotlight to fall suddenly on this prime minister as she is widely seen here in westminster as having lost much of her credibility much of her or flora t. here the spotlight will also be on behind the scenes dealings the possibility perhaps of

questions yesterday, the leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, addressed the speaker, john bercowabout her. thank you, mr speaker, i would just like to ask, after you finding there, that individuals who are found to have made unwelcome remarks should apologise, remarks should apologise, why it is that when an opposition member found that you had called me a stupid woman, you did not apologise in this chamber? no, no, no, no. i'll deal with the point. quite right! jeering. hear, hear! i dealt with that matter months ago, in remarks that i made to the house of commons, to which the right honourable lady, at our various meetings since, has made no reference, and which requires from the chair today no elaboration whatsoever. this morning, andrea leadsom says the prime minister wasn't goading the labour leader. i think what's really important is to distinguish between what is normal parliamentary pantomime, if you like, and what is treating people with dignity and respect that they deserve. i think anybody... do you think she was treating the leader of the opposition with dignity and r

john bercow said he did not witness or hear reports thatjeremy corbyn had called theresa may a stupidthat her government will still reduce immigration to the tens of thousands? yes. we‘ll bring you all the details from westminster on this key piece of post—brexit policy. also this lunchtime: the uk‘s main business groups have appealed directly to mps to avoid the "severe disruption" of a no—deal brexit. it comes as the european commission publishes its plans for flights and freight and other areas in the event of no deal. millions of customers who stay with a company long—term are paying much more than they should, says the markets watchdog.

john bercow said he thought the advice needed to be published before the end of the debate next week.t tuesday. doctor hannah white, thank you so much for taking us through that. we are definitely trying to on brea kfast are definitely trying to on breakfast this morning get through the mud that is surrounding wrecks it. yes, you can see the weather is not the best. it has been windy and wet. carol is at blenheim palace with the weather this morning. it is cold, and the next few days area bit it is cold, and the next few days are a bit crazy? they are certainly u nsettled, are a bit crazy? they are certainly unsettled, dan. this morning it is quite mild compared to how it has been. where it is cold is across scotla nd been. where it is cold is across scotland and northern england, braemar had the coldest night of the season so far with a temperature around about —7.8, whereas southwest england currently it is 13 degrees. blenheim palace is really getting into the festive spirit, look at the christmas trees, there are hundreds here, both artificial and real, the real ones from the esta

john brokenshire. james brokenshire. stilljohn bercowom, who will be providing a commons business statement because of course commons business, with this delay, will change. tomorrow was supposed to be the final day of the debate and much may be read into what will be done instead. following that, the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, will make a statement on the eu exit article 50, the european court ofjustice statement this morning. we can hearfrom theresa may. thank you, mr speaker, and i would like to make a statement on exiting the european union. we have now had three days of debate on the withdrawal agreement, setting out the terms of our departure from the eu and the political declaration setting out our future relationship after we have left. i have listened very carefully to what has been said in this chamber and out of it. laughter to what has been said in this chamber and outer by members from all sides. from listening to those views it is clear that while there is broad support for many of the key aspects of the deal, on on