mr kenneth clarke.e the prime minister on accepting that we are not remotely ly ready for the chaos after no deal departure on 29th march and agree nothing deal would have damaging medium and long—term prospects for the british economy. i will continue to vote for any withdrawal agreement that she has got with the other eu countries. but i doubt she will command a majority for any such agreement in the near future. can majority for any such agreement in the nearfuture. can i majority for any such agreement in the near future. can i turn to the real issue, which is how long is the delay we are going to be contemplating. she seems to be giving usa contemplating. she seems to be giving us a date for a new cliff edge at the end ofjune. but isn't the danger that we will merely continue the present pantomime performance and the public will be dismayed as we approach that date and find there is similar case chaos. may i suggest we contemplate a calmer delay and we have votes to see where a consensus oi' a calm

and the express shows a picture of commons speakerjohn bercow and leading tory remainer kenneth clarkeg to start? the observer, staff crisis looming. teachers love learning and they want to pass on their knowledge to the next generation but there needs to be fairness and what they are paid. the issue is real term cuts over the last seven years. every year the pay is in theory going up but because of inflation it has been cut, in real terms for thousand pounds annually. this is impacting recruitment and retention of teachers. so many teachers do this as a vocationaljob as well, it must be tough? absolutely. if you are thinking that you need to inspire the next generation, as a nation wish to have a better attitude towards teachers. it feels like with pina last seven years, i understand the austerity and tough times but there should be respect for the profession. —— with salary for the profession. —— with salary for the profession. —— with salary for the last seven years. for the profession. —— with salary for the last seven yearslj for the profession. —— with salary for the last seven y

and the express shows a picture of commons speakerjohn bercow and leading tory remainer kenneth clarkewspapers love the fa ct of is the case. the newspapers love the fact of where they have eaten, don't they? and also this story about head teachers supporting pupils‘ strike. tell us a bit about this, the head teachers‘ union applauding a planned strike over climate change. yes, this story starts back in august when there was a 16—year—old from sweden, and she had a lone strike outside parliament in sweden. since then, there has been this movement of young people voicing their concerns about the environment, it has grown, they had 15,000 children in australia, a couple of,000 in brussels, and now students think it is time to make their voices heard about environmental concerns. so the idea is that some of them are choosing to go on strike on friday. so again, it is individual school decisions, and some saying that actually a school is a school, but these young people are expressing concerns which could impact them for generations. that is what i wanted to ask you, should they be doing t

mr kenneth clarke.ng eu trade deals with important trading partners round the world. including the prospect of a trade deal with japan. on the 1st of february, the japan deal was concluded. and it is in fact, i think, a deal which covers a bigger proportion of the global economy than any other trade deal negotiated so far. does the prime minister seek a customs arrangement which enables us to us to continue to enjoy or begin to us to continue to enjoy or begin to get the benefits of this important deal, after the 29th of march, or is she insisting that we have got to leave it and have our own trade policy, and begin our own negotiations