kind and mr. welsh, mr. levin i have to ask you too, in your serving on this committee has there ever been a bill of this magnitude or proportion that's been brought out without a public hearing? without expert witnesses? mr. thompson had a raging fire in his district that you heard him from his own lips what it did, how it devastated sonoma and napa valley and no hearings. is there a precedent for this? mr. levin: i don't think so. mr. neal has spelled out, and you have, the atrocious approach here, so i think we can sum it up, the process has been terrible. the proukt is worse. -- the product is worse. what happens when you have a terrible process. mr. larson: mr. kind stood up and talked about the fact the other side who claimed to be deficit hawks, all of a sudden, they are an endangered species. i don't know if the the gentleman from wisconsin wants to expand on that and further ask the gentleman from california and i yield to him. mr. thompson: reclaiming my time. and thank you for drawing attention to

thank you for that reminder, mr. welsh. are there anymore questions from members of the committee? i think we still have the trends . >> right. oh, are we now going on to my part of the presentation on housing costs? >> we might be. supervisor tang? >> thank you. thank you for this report. every time i look at it, of course i look for district four and it is horrible. but in terms of housing balance, so recently the mayor had announced his executive directive around housing goal each year, 5,000 units. annually. and so, you know, he brought together all sorts of different department folks trying to ensure that the permiting process would be done more quickly, more efficiently. i just want to make sure that, especially when we look at the housing imbalance and in district four, for example, that as parz of that directive, the permiting process for smaller project, whether it is a.d.u.s or home extension that those are all included as part of it because i think that that is, you know, smaller-type units that are being added. they do add up over time and that is the only way, frankly,

mr. speaker. will feel like the scottish sector promised the welsh assembly -- following prexy? if so i'd like to sector kenny name one power that will be devolved? >> mr. speaker, i mentioned there were 60 were areas officials are working on. we want to move forward with the powers of the scottish government as was the welsh government will be extended but we also need to maintain the integrity of the uk market. we need remember everything were doing needs to do business. we want business to continue to export. also one business to have the opportunity to take maybe some of the scottish market. >> order. questions to the prime minister. dennis skinner. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i know members across the house will have been appalled by last night cowardly terrorist attack in new york. our thoughts are with all those affected and we stand united with the people of new york. >> here, here. >> mr. speaker, mims on both sides of the house have been deeply concerned about allegations of the treatment in westminster. my right honorable friend the leader of the

the first member of the welsh government to give an interview since mr sergeant‘s dev said more timeotion? and how do you deal with them with honesty? the difficulty is there things you can't say because of course you have to be able to have a line of communication with the family to understand where they want to go. mr gething would not be drawn on allegations of bullying in the cabinet up to last year. on tuesday assembly business will resume after being cancelled last week following the death. they will be tributes followed by questions to the first minister. it will also be an emotional meeting as members see for the first time the empty chair left by carl sargeant. in other news, police have carried out a multi—agency operation to clamp down on the increasing use of illegal motorbikes on dartmoor. officers say these bikers are causing serious damage to livestock and the landscape. anna varle reports. a problem which is on the rise. and causing serious damage. you will see ahead of this various different tracks where we have had problems with 4x4 vehicles and motorbikes, scrambli

ten minutes later mr sargeant received an e—mail from louise magee, general secretary of the welsh labouruspended from the party. according to a spokesman, there was to be an investigation into allegations received. on monday, mr sargeant‘s solicitor, hugh bowden, wrote to the labour party requesting details of the allegations made against him. the letter makes it clear that mr sargeant was aware of the broad nature of these. they concerned "unwanted attention, inappropriate touching or grouping." the letter also expressed "the anxiety and distress caused to our client, particularly since he is yet to receive any details of the allegations." carwynjones then did a series of interviews discussing these allegations, saying that a number had been made against mr sargeant. mr sargea nt‘s solicitor then e—mails the party again, complaining, these comments were "clearly prejudicing what is allegedly an independent inquiry by your office." the next day, carl sargeant was found dead. it was a pale and visibly upset first minister who arrived at a press conference this afternoon. carl was my frien

mr trump's tune. in a leader who prides himself on his deal—making, it sees the opportunity to drive a hard bargain. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. the welshstions about the sacking of the former minister carl sargeant, following allegations from a number of women about his personal conduct. 49—year—old mr sargeant was found dead at his home yesterday, days after he was dismissed and suspended from the labour party. our wales correspondent, sian lloyd, is in cardiff. his friends and colleagues have spoken of their shock following his death, what is the mood there now? indeed. and the work of the welsh assembly has been suspended for the rest of the week as a mark of respect to carl sargeant and members from across the political divide have paid tribute. they have left m essa g es have paid tribute. they have left messages in a book of condolence that was opened earlier this morning. but amongst the feelings of sadness, there is a growing sense of anger amongst some welsh labour assembly members about the way the thing was handled. carl sargeant was sacked from his cabinet role on friday by the first minister of wales, ca rwyn friday by the

an inquest has heard that a former minister in the welsh government, carl sargeant, hanged himself. mrr party, because of allegations of "inappropriate touching" by a number of women. the coroner said he would examine carefully the steps the welsh assembly took to monitor carl sargea nt‘s mental health. the chair of parliament's spending watching has called for a police investigation after bbc panorama uncovered evidence of fraud in the student—loan system. panorama has uncovered scams that could be costing the taxpayer millions of pounds. richard watson reports. imran shaikh is an education agent who we were told was up to his neck in fraud. he offered to get panorama's undercover students thousands of pounds of student—loan money we were not entitled to. the fee for faking attendance and supplying assignments — £1500 paid out of our student—loan money every year we are on the course. from the evidence you have shown me, there is clearfraud going on, and it needs to be referred to the police. he arranged for us to get on an hnd diploma course at grafton college in central london. but

of carl sargeant — the former welsh government minister who's thought to have taken his own life yesterday — have said he was denied common courtesy and natural justice. mrallegations of sexual harassment. sian lloyd is in cardiff. this is clearly extremely harrowing for the family and has shaken the welsh assembly. indeed, and business at the welsh assembly has been suspended for the week as a mark of respect to carl sargeant. assembly members paid tribute and have left messages on a book of condolence. amongst this great sense of sorrow, we are also feeling the anchor of the family today, because they released a series of letters sent by carl sa rg ea nt‘s series of letters sent by carl sargeant‘s solicitor to the head of disputes that the labour party and they show before his death, carl sa rg ea nt they show before his death, carl sargeant had they show before his death, carl sargea nt had knowledge they show before his death, carl sargeant had knowledge of a broad area of the allegations made against him, they fell into the category of unwarranted attention, inappropriate attention or grouping. but he was distressed he could not defend himself becau

he told mr sargeant to leave his post last week because of unspecified allegations about his behaviour. 0ne labour member of the welshith that wales correspondent who is in cardiff. tell us more about this unease and do we expect to hear any more from the first minister? that is the question at the moment i better‘s blitz. there was a deep sense of shock and sadness in the assembly was the news broke yesterday lunchtime that police had found carl sargea nt‘s yesterday lunchtime that police had found carl sargeant‘s body at his home in the north—east of wales at 11:30am yesterday and as we understand it he did take his own life. i had never seen the assembly like it was yesterday, it has been rocked by this story. the flags are at half—mast at all business has been suspended for the rest of the week. sadness yesterday but there is a growing sense of concern and some angerfrom some a growing sense of concern and some anger from some people about the process that led to carl sargeant losing hisjob as process that led to carl sargeant losing his job as the welsh government's committee secretary. last monday some accusati

he told mr sargeant to leave his post last week because of unspecified allegations about his behaviour. one labour member of the welsh have issued a statement. our wales political correspondent james williams is at the welsh assembly in cardiff. what have the family said? last monday a number of allegations we re last monday a number of allegations were made to carwynjones‘s office. his office contacted the women who made allegations about carl sa rg ea nt‘s made allegations about carl sargeant‘s behaviour. on his return from holiday on friday last week, he met carwyn jones from holiday on friday last week, he met carwynjones who was conducting a wider government reshuffle at the time, and was told by the first minister about the allegations, and that he was sacked from his job as the communities secretary. now, carl sa rg ea nt the communities secretary. now, carl sargeant issued the communities secretary. now, carl sargea nt issued a the communities secretary. now, carl sargeant issued a twitter statement saying that it was right that he should step aside while this investigation was underway, but that he didn't kn

in the welsh assembly flags have been lowered and tributes being paid from members of every party. but there are questions about how mrur. it's accusations about his behaviour. it‘s understood that even this morning, carl sergeant did not know what the allegations were. all business here at the national assembly has been suspended as a mark of respect to carl sergeant. the mood here is sombre, as members reflect on the man they knew and questions remain about the personal turmoil that surrounded him. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, faced calls to apologise, and even resign, today over comments he made about a british woman who‘s being held in iran. nazaneen zargari—ratcliffe was arrested last year for allegedly being part of a plot to overthrow the government in tehran. borisjohnson told mps last week that she was in iran to train journalists. but her family insist she was just on a family visit. they say the foreign secretary‘s comments could add years to her prison sentence. this afternoon, mrjohnson said he was sorry of his remarks had been "misconstrued". lucy manning reports. she has been held for 584 days,

welsh first minister carwynjones defends his handling of misconduct allegations against carl sargeant, saying he had no choice but to sack him. mrly did all i could to make sure everything was being done by the book. i had no alternative but to ta ke the book. i had no alternative but to take the action i did, and i hope people will understand that. figures from the home office reveal children as young as nine are among the thousands being referred to the government's anti—radicalisation programme. the actor kevin spacey is being edited out of a completed film after a string of sexual harassment allegations against him. his scenes in "all the money in the world" will be re—shot with another actor. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... at seven o'clock, beyond 100 days has the latest from china as president trump discusses trade with president xijinping. a large—scale anti—corruption drive continues in saudi arabia —

has heard that welsh government minister carl sergeant — who was sacked after allegations about his conduct — hanged himself. his body was discovered at his home in flintshire last week. mrf women. bob geldof has returned his honour granting him freedom of the city of dublin in protest at the myanmar leader aung san suu kyi receiving the same award. she has faced criticism for the treatment of the rohingya minority in her country. mps in westminster have been debating a budget for northern ireland, ten months after the power—sharing government at stormont collapsed. despite talks, the dup and sinn fein have failed to agree a deal to restore devolution since then. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris buckler, is at stormont tonight. chris, this is not something westminster wa nted. but not having a budget has had an effect. yes, public services have been running out of cash without a power—sharing executive westminster has had to step in and the announcement tonight the promise of announcement tonight the promise of an extra 15 million for health and education, money that has come from the million pound deal the dup did to support the tories at westminster but relationships t

leighton andrews, a former member of the welsh government and a friend of mr sargeant, said people didn'tis doing television interviews elaborating on the allegations, that is not buy the bookin allegations, that is not buy the book in my view. the actor and producer steven seagal is the latest hollywood figure to be accused of sexual harassment. the actor portia de rossi, married to the host and generous, made the allegation in a tweet. she claims that during a film audition, stevenson told her how important it was to have chemistry of screen before unzipping his trousers. mr cigar‘s manager told the told the bbc the actor had no comment. earlier, a show business journalist told of how news of the latest allegations had been received in hollywood. i think people are depressed and repulsed by these stories because they are not romantic, they are not sexy, they are, for the most part, abusive and unseemly and not consensual. it is really one kind of ugly details story after another. facebook's founding president has said he's worried about the effect the site is having on society. sean par

welsh deputy first minister carwyn jones defends his handling of misconduct allegations against carl sargeant, saying he had no choice but to sack him. mruld to make sure that everything was being done by the book. i had no alternative but to take the action that i did and i hope that people will understand that. figures from the home office reveal children as young as nine are among the thousands being referred to the government's anti—radicalisation programme. the actor kevin spacey is being edited out of a completed film after a string of sexual harassment allegations against him. his scenes in "all the money in the world" will be re—shot with another actor. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect and fraud by detectives investigating the deaths of 12 care home residents. at least nine homes run by a private company called sussex health care are under investigation. earlier our social affairs correspondent alison holt gave us this update. the woman who lives in west sussex has been arrested and is currently in custody and being questioned about fraud and neglect. this is part of an ongoing investigation into nine care homes

mr sargeant left his post and was suspended by the labour party, pending an investigation into allegations made by a number of women. it is understood there is now deep unease within the welshthe treatment he received. five rail operators are facing disruption due to strike action by the rail, maritime and transport union. workers on southern, greater anglia, and south—western railway are striking for 48 hours, while staff on merseyrail and northern have walked out for 2h hours. the union is in dispute over driver—only—operated trains. the body which tackles doping in sport in the uk fears it could be made insolvent, or require a government bailout, over a dispute with boxer tyson fury. sources close to uk anti—doping have told bbc sport it may face serious financial issues if it loses a long—running case against fury and his boxer cousin hughie. our sport news correspondent richard conwayjoins us from our london newsroom. what is the background to this case? yes, tyson fury and his cousin were found to have an adverse doping test backin found to have an adverse doping test back in june 2016 found to have an adverse doping test back injune 2016 for a band anabolic steroid.

mr. flannery greets wall street today. log chart, the curvature here is the wonderment of jack welsh and the expansion of ge.h, eight months thing here. we go with the crash. clear, expanded out, you can see the recent --ny of general election general electric rolling down. that is an ugly chart. that is mr. flannery's number one task today, get confidence in the market. he also says he expects to be supportive of a u.s. rate hike next month. >> i have to look at all of the data. if we saw the continued weakness, that is why we penciled it in. if we saw the weakness, i would be ok waiting a little bit. i don't think i would be supportive of an increase in december. joining us now, nan -- nand garage mattel dini and viraj. the 10-year has not responded in the way you would expect. we expect a december rate hike, to three. two it has not been coming through for the curve. francine: how much is this the fed's fault? notj: shorts in policy have said through in support of financial conditions. looking at the flat yield high --. -- for there is something bigger in the u.s. economy the fed cannot control. the flatt

of the welsh government, carl sargeant, has stood down after allegations were made about his personal conduct. he has also been suspended from the labour party while an investigation takes place. mrhe cabinet secretary for communities and children, said he didn't know the details of the claims, but he hoped to return to the government "after being allowed to clear his name". let's talk to our political correspondent chris mason. those allegations that have come in over the last half an hour against clive lewis, he's denied them. can you provide details? as if to illustrate the point thatjohn pienaar was making there about the drip feed of accusations and allegations, flowing almost by the hour. there's a collective trepidation in westminster over next bulletin bringing fresh revelations. this regard is clive lewis, the labourmp and a this regard is clive lewis, the labour mp and a claim made by the independent, relating to an incident at the labour party conference, an activist saying that they had a hug with clive lewis. "we had a hug and while we were having it he gave my bum a squeeze. my friend a fellow delegate looked at each other and oui’ delegate looked at each other and

the welsh government, carl sargeant, has stood down after allegations were made about his personal conduct. he has also been suspended from the labour party while an investigation takes places. mret secretary for communities and children —— said he didn't know the details of the claims, but he hoped to return to the government "after being allowed to clear his name". the hollywood actor kevin spacey is being investigated by the metropolitan police in connection with an alleged sexual assault. it is understood that officers from the sexual offences, and are looking into claims that the actor sexually assaulted a man in lambeth in 2008. let us get more on this from our correspondent who is outside the old vic theatre where kevin spacey was artistic director for quite a few yea rs. artistic director for quite a few years. what more do we know about this? as you say, kevin spacey was artistic director here between 2004 and 2015, he attracted some much—needed funding and some much needed critically acclaimed plays. he was highly praised when he was here. we understand that this allegation pertains to an attack that happened in the london borough of lambeth back in 2008, a 32—year—ol

of the welsh government, carl sargeant, has stood down after allegations were made about his personal conduct. he has also been suspended from the labour party while an investigation takes place. mrinet secretary for communities and children, said he didn't know the details of the claims, but he hoped to return to the government "after being allowed to clear his name". let's talk to our political correspondent, chris mason. chris, those allegations have come about concerning clive lewis in the last half—hour, but we have also today heard back from kelvin hopkins, he has been quiet all day, what has he been sink was make there had been no word until now from kelvin hopkins in the nearly 2a hours that elapsed and the labour party announcing his suspension, and removal of the whip, he was not returning calls or text messages last night, when the story first broke or indeed during the course of the day. but in the last hour or so, we have had a pretty extensive statement rummage around 1000 words, issue via mr hopkins' solicitor. in it, it is a pretty thorough account of his side of the story in terms of his interactions with the woman who has made the allegations against him. iwill

welsh assembly member carl sargeant is found dead days after being sacked as a minister, because of allegations about his personal conduct. it's thought mrin prison in iran caused her family anxiety. he suggested nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe had been training journalists, remarks her husband says could have harmed her case. ajudge has spared a 90—year—old man from jail after he knocked down and killed two women in his car last year. relatives of the victims say they're outraged at the decision. and conservationists celebrate the arrival of a babyjavan gibbon, the first to be born in the wild to parents rescued from the pet trade. more now on the emerging revelations from the paradise papers, the leaked documents showing the inner, secret workings of the rich and powerful. tonight it has emerged that a major investor in britain's commercial property market avoids paying uk tax. blackstone is one of the richest companies in the world and, among many other properties, owns the st enoch shopping centre in glasgow. bbc scotland's investigations correspondent, mark daly, reports. st enoch‘s centre in glasgow, one of the best known shopping centre

the welsh first minister, carwynjones, is facing questions about the sacking of the former minister, carl sargeant, following allegations from a number of women about mrmissed from his post as cabinet secretary for communities and children. our wales political correspondent james williams is in cardiff we have heard a brief statement from ca rwyn we have heard a brief statement from carwyn jones just we have heard a brief statement from carwynjonesjust in we have heard a brief statement from carwynjones just in the last hour. what has been said? we received a lot of statement this afternoon. starting with the family who have told us in a statement, i will read it, the family wish to disclose the fa ct it, the family wish to disclose the fact that carl sargent maintained his innocence and categorically denied any wrongdoing. the stress not been able to defend himself properly against these unspecified allegations meant that he was not accorded common courtesy, decency or natural justice. and to accorded common courtesy, decency or naturaljustice. and to back up their case they have released sent between carl sargent himself, his solicitor and the uk la

welsh government last week. mrjones said he had no alternative to doing what he did and this he'd fold the rules by the book, he said. anotherformer labour minister leighton andrews has alleged that mrc atmosphere" among ministers and officials in cardiff bay. mr sargeant‘s family say he was never given details of the allegations against him and couldn't defend himself. i'm speaking to you this evening at an awful time for everyone. i want to talk about carl and his family. we were all very shocked by what happened last week, there is great hurt, anger and bewilderment. carl was my friend. in all the years that i knew was my friend. in all the years that iknew him, was my friend. in all the years that i knew him, i never had a cross word with him. i never argued with him. for 14 years we worked together. he was a great chief whip and a minister who served his country with distinction. i'm sure we can all agree that it is difficult to conceive of what bernie and the family must be going through at the moment. there are a lot of inaccuracies in the press and many of you will have questions to ask about what happened last week. everybody is grieving and it's not appropriate for me to g

he told mr sargeant to leave his post last week because of unspecified allegations about his behaviour. one labour member of the welshid there was "deep unease" in the group. thousands of people with the most advanced cancers in england are now surviving for several years after diagnosis, according to new research. macmillan cancer support said this is down to the success of new treatments but it warned living longer with advanced cancer can bring its own difficulties. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. carol fenton has lived with stage four breast cancer for the past two years. the tumour has spread from where it started to another organ. she says living with this level of disease has meant a lot of uncertainty. the breast cancer has actually spread to my spine, my right and left hip and also in my liver. and it's incredibly devastating to hear that when, you know, i was doing so well. today, the charity macmillan cancer support says thousands of people are now living longer with advanced cancer. figures from england's national cancer register from 2015 suggest at least 17,000 people survived for tw

the welsh government, carl sargeant, has stood down after allegations were made about his personal conduct and he has also been suspended from the labour party while an investigation takes places. mrrgeant accused of trying to kill his wife by sabotaging her parachute has begun giving evidence in his defence. victoria cilliers suffered multiple injuries when her parachute failed to open during a jump in wiltshire in 2015. emile cilliers denies all the charges. helena lee is following the case at winchester crown court. this is the first time the man at the centre of the trial at winchester crown court has spoken in court in front of the jury. he is alleged to have tried to kill his wife on two separate occasions. he took to the witness box. he wore a navy suit and a yellow tie. his hands were clasped in front of him. he stood up as he gave his evidence, and faced the jury. he was questioned by his defence solicitor elizabeth marsh qc, who essentially wanted to paint a picture of his life before these alleged incidents took place. what he told the court was that he was born in south africa. he had two children in south africa. he then moved over to the uk seven years ago. he met hi