so what does the health secretary, matt hancock, make of all this? appens next, it is now very clear that those people who want to deliver on the referendum, the best option is the prime minister's deal. and i have been saying that on this programme for months. but it is increasingly clear that that is the case. sorry to interrupt, i really don't understand how you can still say that the prime minister's deal is the way forward. surely this is the death of that deal. no, certainly not. and in fact, it demonstrates that the alternatives to that deal are not as good, and it demonstrates that the house of commons is going to make sure that its voice is heard. for instance, i think it is now very clear that, even for colleagues of mine who want to go down the no deal route, the house of commons is not going to let that happen. and so for those colleagues, the best option available is the prime minister's deal. you know, there house of commons has had indicative votes over the last couple of months, it has had a vote on the customs union which it rejected,

matt hancock saying even in the event of no deal, the nhs will be fine, there is no need to worry. k, but you don't live my life or my husband's life. when you hear them talking about contingency planning, it is often about medication. so the likes of my husband's equipment, you don't hear that being mentioned and yet for all of us, these things are literally life—saving. it's not something you can do without. so until they start talking about this equipment, i don't feel reassured. let's not pretend this is not all a mess. so who do you trust? i agree that this equipment is not medicines. i don't trust mr hancock or anyone as far as this goes. let's get through it and see what happens. in the meantime, ifiam see what happens. in the meantime, if i am stockpiling stuff, that is tough. clearly, you arejust being sensible. dawn on twitter says, i would like to stockpile insulin to keep my son alive. that would be great, but we can't. neither do we have guarantees of sustained supply after whatever brexit ends up as. but let's listen to the numpties filling their freezers with fish fin

we will have to see how many of matt hancock's colleagues agree with him that will be the way forwardosceptics on the backbenches today saying they would not vote with this deal, come what may. they want substantial changes to it. now there were a series of other votes tonight on proposed amendments to the government's motion. the first, put forward by sarah wolloston of the independent group, called for a delay, to allow time for a second referendum. that was overwhelmingly defeated by 249 votes. only 85 mps voting for it. the second was an amendment put forward by the chair of the brexit committee hilary benn, would have set aside time for a debate on the alternative ways forward. controversial, because it would have wrested control and the business of the house away from the government — but that too was defeated. albeit narrowly, by two votes. 314-312. i should say that david lidington indicated this afternoon that if theresa may's deal is defeated in the coming weeks, then the government will itself create time in the parliamentary calendar, two weeks after the eu summit, to disc

s health secretary matt hancock has written to doctors and hospitals outlining the government's plans to ensure britain has an additional six weeks of supplies in the event of a no deal breck's it thousands of extra fridges have been bought to stockpile drugs the u.k.'s preparing for a possible national emergency many of the country's leading doctors say the diagnosis isn't good joining us now from edinburgh adam ramsey adam is the coeditor of open democracy u.k. good to have you with us adam we hear a lot about project fear surrounding great happiness suppose you could argue that the report we've seen is perhaps a classic example of that even though it's based on the government's own findings what do you make of project fear. i suppose i think that often they're not afraid of the right things with me the big concern about the n.h.s. with brax it is that one of the stories we've been following democracy dot net is the way that a key think tank which has been influenced in government policy very heavily around break system which is pushing very hard bracket is funded by an american tru

they have an interview with matt hancock this morning, saying that it is much more about youth workers knife victims end up, i where some of the knife victims end ose where some of the knife victims end up, i suppose if they are lucky! and educating and addressing the problem much more early on, before it even gets that far. we have had the debate this week about police numbers and if there is a link between the fall in police numbers and knife crime, what is your view? i think there are a number of issues. i think the fall in police numbers is obviously a factor. i think it's impossible to say you can ta ke think it's impossible to say you can take 20,000 police off the streets and there not be a link. the prime minister says not. yes but the police and crime commissioner says the opposite. and schools are excluding children more than they we re excluding children more than they were expelling children, the numbers of expulsions have gone up and i think that is a factor. when these children are expelled, they sometimesjust end children are expelled, they sometimes just end up children

the health secretary, matt hancock, is to meet officials from a drug firm in the hope of breaking thee pricing of cystic fibrosis medicines. talks between vertex pharmaceuticals and england's nhs on the cost of orkambi, have gone on for months with no breakthrough. campaigners gathered in westminster to demand access to the drug for people with the condition in england. mps on the health committee heard from sufferers, senior nhs officials and vertex about the impasse. we do our treatments every day, i think, almost in the hope that we will be around for it when there is a better drug that actually helps and opens up a better life, so it's very difficult to deal with, and for three years, it's been as well as unnecessary irreversible damage, there's the psychological impact. cystic fibrosis causes sticky mucus to build up, leading to digestive problems and recurring chest infections. lung function gets slowly worse, until infection sets in and only a transplant can extend life. if you don't get a transplant, then at that point you're looking at maybe not very long left on the planet.

s health secretary matt hancock has written to doctors and hospitals outlining the government's plans to ensure britain has an additional six weeks of supplies in the event of a no deal breck's it thousands of extra fridges have been bought to stockpile drugs the u.k.'s preparing for a possible national emergency many of the country's leading doctors say the diagnosis isn't good joining us now from edinburgh adam ramsey is the coeditor of open democracy u.k. good to have you with us adam we hear a lot about project fear surrounding iraq how do i suppose you could argue that the report we've seen is perhaps a classic example of that even though it's based on the government's own findings what do you make of project fear. i suppose i think that often they're not afraid of the right things with me the big concern about the n.h.s. with brax it is that one of the stories we've been following democracy dot net is the way that a key think tank which has been implementing government policy very heavily around back system which is pushing very hard it is funded by an american trust called the

required to remove content which promotes misinformation about vaccines, the health secretary matt hancockaders are concerned about campaigns against vaccinations including measles, mumps and rubella. the uptake of mmr has been falling in england and last year there were more than 80,000 measles cases in europe, the highest in a decade. now it's time for a special programme with your views on brexit. as mps vote to look at alternatives. hello, i'm nicky campbell and welcome to this special edition of your call — today we're broadcasting notjust on bbc radio 5 live but also on the bbc news channel. we arejoining forces to hear your views on brexit, and to take comments and questions from you — our viewers and listeners. brexit was due to happen this friday but is now delayed, and it's not entirely clear what happens next. so how are you feeling about it? are we nearer or further away from the brexit you want? good morning, nikki. i'm annita mcveigh. you can get your comments and questions in now — on twitter use the hashtag #bbcaskthis or @bbc5live. joining us to help answer those questions

the health secretary matt hancock told the bbc social media companies could be required to remove contenton about vaccines. nhs leaders are concerned about campaigns against vaccinations including measles, mumps and rubella. the uptake has been falling in england and last year there were more than 80,000 measles cases in europe, the highest in a decade. coroners in england and wales may be given new powers to investigate stillbirths so that each baby's death is independently assessed. the government is consulting on the move to help bereaved parents gain a nswe i’s to help bereaved parents gain answers on what went wrong and why, and to help prevent more baby deaths. nine babies are stillborn every day, that's one in every 225 births although rates have been falling. ex poachers are being asked to protect snow leopards in russia. conservationists estimate there are only 4000 left in the wild and hunting them is banned worldwide, but over the last 30 years poachers in russia almost wiped out the population. their knowledge of the animals has now been reclaimed to monitor snow leopard popul

you will need a bigger one for matt hancock. thank you for joining us.ne abbott, as ‘coloured' in an interview on bbc radio two. given that all people in the public eye seem to get horrible tweets from strangers, whether it is worse if you are a woman, that is the key question. it definitely is worse if you are a woman, and worst of all if you are a coloured woman, i know that diane abbott gets a huge amount of abuse, and i think that is something we need to continue to call out. diane abbott responded to her comments on twitter. she said ‘the term ‘coloured' is an outdated, offensive and revealing choice of words'. shortly afterwards, amber rudd issued an apology, also via twitter. she said... the war in syria, which has so far claimed about half a million lives, has been raging for eight years this month. president bassar al—assad has presided over a conflict which has displaced more people than in any other crisis in modern times. among the victims, the innocent children who've grown up knowing only conflict. we ve been following two of them — childre

the health secretary, matt hancock, there. our chief political correspondent vicki young is here.and the legal issues, the defeat of the boat, last night, and no deal being taking up the table tonight, in the course of the week, we have come a long way on brexit actually. we have had months and months when i think seem to happen at all, but we are getting toys that deadline, things are speeding upa toys that deadline, things are speeding up a bit. tonight, has been added and they would have helped up about the idea that they would win all of those votes, and has not been wrestled from them by mps as they ta ke wrestled from them by mps as they take control of the process. in the end, theresa may has been pushing to something that she did not want to do. she has been defeated again, and she is going to be asking for brexit to be delayed. having set so many times that we are leaving the 29th of march, at the moment, it does not look like it will be happening, she has that really difficult task to persuade her own mps to come over to her. there are lots of signs that many of them wel

matt hancock was asked about the competence of chris grayling.s a very important agreement that we have come to is a government as a whole, it is very important that whatever the brexit scenario we have the unhindered supply of medicines andl the unhindered supply of medicines and i cannot emphasise enough how important the agreement that we have reached today is because it allows us reached today is because it allows us to have confidence that we will have the unhindered supply of medicines which everyone would like to see. chris grayling has defended the procurement process and the decision around the settlement and says this is all about preparing for the eventuality of a no—deal brexit, number ten says as i often do that chris grayling has the full confidence of the prime minister. —— as they often do. it is worth noting that theresa may can ill afford to lose what is a very loyal minister from her cabinet. alex, thanks for joining us. the high court has ruled that part of the government's immigration policy, brought in when theresa may was h

scolds the mps for trying to seize control from the government, echoing some of the language from matt hancockows mps a free vote, and if she doesn't allow them a free vote, do we see more ministers walking, it promises to be an absolutely pivotal moment in the whole brexit saga. at the same time, we have parliament desperately trying to get a grip on the process by trying to, with some coherent alternative. they probably won't get it tomorrow, it may take two or three days of votes to come up two or three days of votes to come up with a plan. then they have got you somehow strong—arm the government would do it. if the government would do it. if the government says, no, we are not interested , government says, no, we are not interested, they have got to find a way to legislate to make them do it. it's never been done before. no one knows how practical it is. and after that, you have got to say to the eu, we have got a new plan, what do you think? do you like it? so there are a whole lot of hurdles they have got to get over and i think the view of many mps is that something frankly has to give