a labour former transport secretary lord adonis proposed a rare vote to regret the bill, in effect calling for a second referendum. the interest of the public

well, at the end of that debate, lord adonis didn't press his motion to the vote, and the bill passed it will begin detailed scrutiny in the house of lords later this month. now, mps have backed a call for parliament to move out of the palace of westminster while billions of pounds of repairs are carried out. the building is part of a world heritage site but there are problems with asbestos, wiring, pipes, and plumbing. the thorny problem of how to carry out the repairs has been looked at over the years, with three options being put forward — moving out altogether, moving one chamber out at a time, and staying put for the work to be carried out around mps and peers. the three options carry correspondingly increasing price tags. opening a debate in the commons, the leader of the house presented mps with two two motions — one of which suggested a further review delaying any decision for a further four years and a second suggesting the setting up of a delivery authority as soon as possible to look at the options again, and fully cost them. andrea leadsom said she'd approach the question

lord adonis, former transport secretary, was the accuser, and he has been tormenting mr grayling forthe east coast virgin—stagecoach franchise. the franchise is on the brink of collapse, but mr grayling is allowing virgin stagecoach to carry on winning train contracts; lord adonis thinks the companies have been bailed out and need to face a penalty, and in effect, be restricted in bidding for future franchises. it's quite a challenge to the case for privatised rail. here's our business editor helen thomas. the three railway lines that link london to the north were built over 100 years ago by private companies. london ended up with three separate stations nearly next to each other. what role if any that stagecoach should be playing in the running of those same three line today is the latest battlefront in an acrimonious debate about the future of our rail. slowing passenger growth has put the squeeze on britain's rail operators and senior industry figures privately concede that the franchising model just is not working very well. big complicated rigid contracts are not good for operat

as we heard yesterday's programme, lord adonis had proposed a motion regretting but not stopping theys of debate, and speeches by more than a peers, the bill received its second reading. it will begin his more detailed through lords in february. now a government minister in the lords house has dramatically resigned at the despatch box at making a heartfelt apology for failing to be and is placed to respond to a question. lord bates had been asked to respond from a lesser but failed to appear. at the end of questions, he apologised for what he described as his discourtesy. i've always believed that we should offer a ride to the highest possible standards of courtesy and respect. in responding on behalf of the government to be legitimate questions of the legislator. i am thoroughly ashamed of not being in my place and therefore i should be offering my recognition to the prime minister. with immediate... while he immediately walked out of the chamber, is that he forgot that the lord says send prayers in the morning before they resumed the second reading debate on the eu withdrawal bill.

we speak to former labour education minister lord adonis about government plans for a ‘sweeping reviewple awards — but it was equality and social activism that dominated the talk on the red carpet. # when a man loves a woman. # he can't keep his mind on nothing else. and three decades after his voice first graced uk airwaves, michael boltonjoins us as he prepares to tour his greatest hits. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the prime minister will admit today that students and their families have "serious concerns" about the cost of university. theresa may is set to launch a year—long independent review into higher education finance in england, saying many courses are notjudged to give value for money. the review will consider changing the level of fees, cutting loan interest rates and reintroducing maintenance grants. oxfa m oxfam has revealed the charity workers physically threatened witnesses in an investigation into sexual misconduct in haiti. it suggests that oxfam bosses ignored a recommendation that better ways should be found to inform other c

as you, would like you to reach out to remain a like lauda done this, so be nice to him. —— like lord adonisn resolved in decisions which are made resolved following decisions of all our viewpoints, but they shouldn't be made in brussels by people who don't elect. they shouldn't be made in brussels by people who don't electm they shouldn't be made in brussels by people who don't elect. it turns out thatjohn by people who don't elect. it turns out that john and i profoundly agree. before we started into this brexit businessjohn was in agree. before we started into this brexit business john was in favour of what he called it a double referendum, one on the principle on the other on the terms of brexit. what is abundantly clear now is that this... is this true? of course not, but i don't want to waste time debating this. we all agreed on the conservative manifesto would we would have a single referendum about leaving all remaining. but were you in favour of a double referendum? we originally proposed allowing people to decide whether they wanted a referendum or not, but we made that decision by

what we need to do is come together and ignore the arguments of people like lord adonis and nigel farageeed brexit to work and we don't need endless referendums. we need to come together as one nation and build a brighterfuture. together as one nation and build a brighter future. a quick response from the studio. that point that if you continue these arguments, you are simply increasing and continuing the divisions in the country? what the divisions in the country? what the biggest divisions is between families. many families don't talk about politics any more and i think the only way to bring people together is for people to say, my kids don't want the future that is being forced on them. let's unite in the fact that we know he is going to be most affected. let's vote with them and give them the future they want. thank you very much indeed. now the latest headlines. boris johnson has warned that derailing brexit would be disastrous, telling those that want to remain in the eu that brexit is about hope not fair. mounting pressure on jacob that brexit is about hope not fair. mounting pres