m.p. run not a coup lost a member of the green party serves on the committee she was also the federal agriculture minister from 2001 to 2005. you might think it's an odd the committee has been discussing the important issues that the agriculture industry faces some members press the fact that they are farmers but these people don't act like m.p.'s because they make decisions based on business interests like these on a go on. and indeed a majority of the agriculture committee members own farms and are members of the farmers association these m.p.'s have the political clout to block any efforts at reform. says that committee members should not put personal business interests ahead of the public interest she wants the e.u. to develop a new system for allocating farm subsidies. i this just as i can put some of this public money should be used to finance public services. i believe that a large part of the subsidies at least 15000000000 euros should be invested in a nature conservation fund that far

m.p.'s have just voted for an amendment that will ensure parliament stays open in the run up to the october 31st deadline for braggs it joan how joins us live from london journos so they've basically further tied what is frankly to be the next prime minister boris johnson's hands right. yes exactly this is a crucial moment i think for the house of commons particularly for opponents of a no deal breaks it these 2 amendments passed by a comfortable majority they're both pretty similar amendments including senior ministers abstaining in other words not voting with the government including the chancellor for the pam and and all of this happening as the conservative party leadership contest and does its final days boris johnson all but assured of taking over from to reserve a next week and with his every public utterance johnson seems to be pushing this country further and further down the road towards a no deal breaker which many warned would be economically disastrous for this country and this was the last opportunity m.p.'s had before the summer recess to do anything about that now let me str

m.p.'s debating what to do with frozen funds in the accounts of the ousted libyan leader moammar gadhafi. has more. if you run a business say one of these offices or shop before 2011 then your landlord what do you mean one colonel gaddafi he liked to be known as the king of kings and his big bank reflected that before his downfall and death in 2011 exactly as libyan investment authority had amassed some 12000000000 pounds worth of assets in the u.k. alone among them in portland house on london's oxford street the 2011 un back to libyan intervention came with a un backed libyan asset freeze 2 that meant that any libyan accounts in the u.k. were frozen and according to a report by a government committee the u.k. tax man could be scooping tax from those frozen assets the government said make good that is and 17000000 pounds in tax on the frozen libyan assets in the past 3 years h.m. revenue and customs that the tax man here won't reveal any more than mt and now some british politicians want that tax revenue to be put to good use the deputy head of northern ireland party has urged the prime minister to use those

m.p.'s have just voted for an amendment that would ensure parliament stays open in the run up so. the 31st deadline for briggs is jonah how joins us now from london so basically what has happened here jonah is that they've just tied up a little bit more boris johnson's hands who's expected to be the next prime minister right. yes well they've scuppered what seems to be a key part of boris johnson's plan which would have been should he be put in place after to reserve a next week to suspend or prorogue parliament send m.p.'s home during the course of september and october in order to force through or no deal breaks it on october 31st against the wishes of many m.p.'s a crucial victory this ahead of the summer recess for opponents of no deal a much bigger victory against the government than anyone expected 17 conservative party m.p.'s rebelling against the government a number of senior ministers abstaining failing to vote with the government they won't have a place in a future boris johnson cabinet that's for sure and of course all of this happening as boris johnson with every utter

m.p.'s have just voted for an amendment that will ensure that parliament stays open and the run up to the october 31st deadline for bracks it our correspondent and how has the details from london. what a crucial moment this for the house of commons and particularly for opponents of a no deal breaks it 2 amendments going through by a pretty comfortable majority 41 and 42 votes defeating the government's among people voting in support or rather abstaining senior government ministers including the chancellor for the time and not voting with the government all of this taking place as the conservative leadership campaign nears its end boris johnson the former foreign secretary all but assured of taking over from theresa may next week and with every public utterances johnson makes these days he seems to be pushing this country further and further down the road towards a no deal bragg's it which many warn could be economically disastrous this was the last chance before the summer recess and he's had to do anything at all about that to be clear they have not managed to prevent no deal altogether

m.p.'s have just very said for an amendment that will ensure that parliament stays open and the run up to the october 31st deadline for breakfast but our correspondent joins us now live from london so john i even though we don't yet have a confirmed prime minister we do now know what he can't. while we know some of what he can do and as you say this amendment a crucial victory really for opponents in parliament to no deal curtails the future prime minister probably boris johnson let's face it ability to probe or unilaterally suspend parliament in order to force through the sort of brics that he wants by all accounts and no deal breaks it would not be a problem for him unopposed with m.p.'s no longer sitting that's a big big deal to be sure it doesn't rule out no deal all together that would require an act of parliament but it's a big step in the right direction for m.p.'s as a say opposed to a no deal a big victory this by a much bigger margin than anyone expected 17 conservative party m.p.'s rebelling against the government a number of senior ministers abstaining all of that a sign to bo

m.p.'s minds if we don't get this right my party will be pushed into the abyss for a decade we will not be in power generating the coal bin will be running number 10 and that scares many many people tell me this on a separate angle together the situation with iran the tank a crisis has become is crucial it's a crucial area that needs immediate attention it's possible that the the post johnson may make an early appointment of a foreign secretary do you think that james hunt has this for. the saudis the jeremy hunt would be prepared to take that pose to think that this could be some sort of white flag i'm slack i'm sure it will be i think obviously for the new prime minister to determine his team but you touched on something very important we are entering a new period of instability and this is been prompted by the sanctions battle that we're seeing with the united states itself self of now spilled into threats against our tankers we're sending assets to the region we're working with our european partners as well to make sure any british flag ships are safe but ultimately it's a bigger question for the new incoming prime minister what role

and may is that 1st of all there were a number of candidates around 16 that were running then they were voted down by m.p.'s one by one and in the end 2 candidates remained those which the current foreign minister and boris johnson the former foreign minister so those 2 went through a series of debates and 2 and a half weeks ago and then the conservative members 160002 be exact to vote paper ballot that was sent in to the conservative party headquarters. 2 days ago and then yesterday since yesterday those votes have been counted and we're expecting the results to come out momentarily that announcement of who will be the next conservative leader and of course with that tomorrow will be appointed the new prime minister here and the united kingdom in fact we're looking at live pictures coming off a queen elizabeth cause that's where the result is going to be announced and we've been seeing a lot of people awaiting the anxiously to hear rich off the 2 contenders. likely to become prime minister but clearly in the lead up to this everyone is said boris johnson is the clear favorite what makes him the clear fa