mr speaken base into the future. hon. member for braintree, initiated sovereignty negotiations. we all knew about it. it's also why it's also why. mr speaker, my predecessor, lord cameron of chipping norton, ultimately continued with those deals . it continued with those deals. it is how shocking . mr speaker, is how shocking. mr speaker, under the previous government, there were 11 rounds of negotiations that not the 11 that the last one held just weeks before the general election was called. exactly. so in july, this government inherited unfinished business where the threat was real and inaction was not a strategy. inaction posed several acute risks to the united kingdom. first, it threatened the uk, us base from countering malign iranian activity in the middle east to ensuring a free and open indo—pacific. it is critical for our national security. without surety of tenure, no base can operate effectively nor truly deter our enemies. critical investment decisions are already being delayed. second, it impacted on ou

mr speaken of pounds of investment. mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house.i addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> guy anker mahendra. thank you, mr speaker. the commitment of £400 million in funding for a new hospital at watford general was one of the many brilliant things that the previous conservative government and my good friend, the former member of parliament for watford, dean russell, did and would have been life changing as well as life saving. so for so many of my constituents, why is the prime minister cancelling this funding commitment and spending billions of pounds giving pay rises to train drivers instead .7 prime train drivers instead? prime minister , because the promise of minister, because the promise of 40 new hospitals did not involve 40, did not involve hospitals, they weren't new and they weren't funded. >> sarah homes. >> sarah homes. >> the biggest issues in my west br

this, mr speaken are not comparable.ell, back to my panel. >> i understand that people were giggling at lammy earlier. i mean, this is a complete surrender. surrender to china and we're going to pay for the privilege. it's absolutely outrageous. >> a lot of people have been saying someone like you surely would support the sovereignty of the chagos islands. >> being british, yes, but it's not british, is it? yes it is. nobody has ever held it before. britain wasn't occupied before britain wasn't occupied before britain got it in 1814. it was held by the french. >> and we got who occupied it, who were knocked out 50 years ago, now reside in mauritius. those people were originally east africans. some of them. there's nothing to do with reside in the uk. some of them reside in the uk. some of them reside in the uk, some of them reside in the uk, some of them reside in the uk, some of them reside in seychelles. >> some of them reside pretty much empty islands. in the early 19th century, because we hoisted everybody out and we

cleverly, he's a good speaken nice guys.verly, he's a good speaker, but it's just it's a pointless direction for the party. so kemi and gemma were the only serious contenders and i think gemma is the best option. >> the unpopular thing to say around here would be if you become like a version of reform, you could win those five seats back, but you're not winning back, but you're not winning back the 60 seats lost to lib dems. maybe they do need a little sprinkling of lib dems in there. >> yeah, and that's the tack to the centre argument, but it just doesn't really stack up historically as people like jacob rees—mogg have pointed out. thatcher, there are many other examples . it doesn't seem other examples. it doesn't seem to work for the tories trying to trying to be the lib dems. i mean, they even did a coalition, didn't they? that worked out okay for them, but it doesn't generally work for them. i think they've got to i think they've got to take that conservative ground, be strong on immigration and just generally wants to

so look, you know, kemi is a is a feisty speaken you know, kemi is a is a feisty speaker.ay we heard that 973 people crossed the channel. this is the largest number in a single day i think for a year or more. >> it is it's a it's a record for the year. yeah. >> right . so for the year. yeah. >> right. so one of for the year. yeah. >> right . so one of the for the year. yeah. >> right. so one of the reasons i was attracted to vote for robert and i didn't dive in with both feet straight away, is that of the four candidates. i think it is true to say he has the clearest position on the echr. >> there you go. it looks like the echr could swing it. mark, i wish we had longer. we'll catch up soon. next up , gary lineker up soon. next up, gary lineker and match of the day. should he stay or should he go? i'll be giving my verdict in my take at ten. >> a nice bright morning will generate a lovely warm day. right through to the evening. boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good evening and welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. as we go ahead into mond

if i'm a speaker, as we found out at an external speaken we found out at an external speaker, as we foundgher education freedom of speech act, it needs to be implemented. and i think the, you know, if i was going to give one message, it's kind of like it's a non—partisan issue that needs to be implemented because universities cannot and will not sort themselves out. >> professor joe phoenix, thanks >> professorjoe phoenix, thanks so much forjoining me tonight. so much for joining me tonight. thank you . and next on free thank you. and next on free speech nation chief political writer at spiked, brendan o'neill, will join me to talk about his new book that documents the reaction to the october seventh massacre yeah year. don't go anywhere welcome back to free speech nation. later in the show, i'll be turning agony uncle with the help of my panel, josh howie and jojo sutherland will help you deal with your unfiltered dilemmas. so if you've got a problem, just message us gbnews.com/yoursay. we'll help you deal with all of your problems. one year on from the 7th october attacks on israel , 7t

mr speaken train crash in paris.eaker, what is the deputy prime minister's definition of working people? >> yeah, deputy prime minister. well, first of all, let me start by welcoming the honourable gentleman to his new place. >> today's our first exchange, mr speaker, since he pushed for a july general election . and if a july general election. and if his own side hasn't offered him a peerage, i definitely would have. and mr speaker, the definition of working people are the people that the tory party have failed for the last 14 years. oliver dowden well, the deputy prime minister , stood on deputy prime minister, stood on a manifesto promising not to raise taxes on working people. >> it now appears she can't even define who working people are. so let i'll i'll give her another go. there are 5 million small business owners in this country. are they working people? >> yeah. yeah, yeah . >> yeah. yeah, yeah. >> yeah. yeah, yeah. >> deputy prime minister, mr speaken >> deputy prime minister, mr speaker, i do not know how

but as you said, mr speaken act.ut as you said, mr speaker, today is my last appearance at pmqs and i'm to happy confirm reports that i will now be spending more time in the greatest place on earth where the scenery is worthy. the scenery is indeed worthy of a movie set, and everyone is a character. that's right, mr speaken character. that's right, mr speaker. if anyone needs me, i will be in yorkshire. so. and as and as an adopted yorkshireman, i'm particularly looking forward to doing the coast to coast walk that runs through my constituency and many others. since 2015 we have made significant progress with the campaign to make it a national trail and indeed natural england are close to concluding their work. so could i ask the prime minister to ensure that the coast to coast does indeed become britain's greatest national trail ? and in national trail? and in preparation for my return to the backbenches, would he meet with me to discuss it ? prime minister ? me to discuss it? prime minister? >> mr speaker, i though

mr speaken served with distinction.r speaker, i know the whole house will join me in wishing the best of luck to the new england manager. thomas tuchel. i won't hold his old job against him, but i wish him well in the new one. mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . in colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house.i addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> not to change. thank you, mr speaken >> not to change. thank you, mr speaker. in last week's maternity services debate, we heard of the devastating impact of the removal of consultant led maternity services from a hospital now under the previous government's unfunded new hospital programme, there were proposals to remove consultant led maternity services from our hospital in winchester. could the prime minister reassure me and my constituents that under the new government that maternity and consultant led maternity and consultant led maternity services and a&e servi

i'm joined down the line by sadiq khan, a former young offender and now motivational speaken offendernd now motivational speaker. as you know. we're letting all these people out. it seems to me we've no idea where they're going to go. >> well, that's exactly it. i mean, i don't think anybody does. and i think i was watching the issue. we've got nigel is firstly, thank you very much for having me on the issue. we've got nigel is that we've got more prisoners than we have prison spaces, you see. and it's a big crisis. and the. it's not a funny thing to suggest at all. but what i am going to say is that when i was going, going backwards and forwards from my trial and to the prison, even at the age of 16, i could see that the age of 16, i could see that the numbers were increasing all the numbers were increasing all the time. it was very rare that this number was going to drop. there was always on the increase and year on year. after my seven years in prison, i saw this number increase. so if the numbers are increasing and it's going up year in, year out for seven years consistently, and

. >> ben maguire, thank you, mr speaken >> north cornwall is an amazing place to live and work, but ap down approach from westminster has failed us. pubuc westminster has failed us. public services are chronically underfunded . young people forced underfunded. young people forced to move away to pursue careers elsewhere, and affordable housing is a promise that is simply never kept. will the prime minister meet with all six cornish mps to discuss devolution for cornwall with a cornish assembly that recognises our unique culture, language and national minority status so we can finally unleash cornwall's economic potential ? economic potential? >> i'm grateful to the member for raising this. i do believe in transferring power out of westminster and into the hands of leaders who know their communities best. those with skin in the game know what's best for their communities. we are already making steps in the south west by signing the devolution agreement for devon and torbay. actually encourage local authorities to work with their neighbours to pursue deeper and wider devolution for thei

and much to the speaken wage rise.and much to the speaker, lindsay hoyle dismay, there was another budget announcement last night, this time from the chief secretary to the treasury, darren jones . the treasury, darren jones. >> national living wage will increase by nearly 7%, which for a full time worker will mean an increase of over £1,400. a year . increase of over £1,400. a year. >> in other news, the suspect accused of murdering three girls in southport is in court today charged with a new terrorism offence. we'll have the latest . offence. we'll have the latest. and breaking overnight. two people have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a nuclear submarine base in cumbria. police confirmed there is no nuclear risk and fatal flash floods in valencia. at least 51 people, some of which are children, have died in spain as rainfall batters valencia, derailing trains, damaging cars and buildings. derailing trains, damaging cars and buildings . with more bad and buildings. with more bad weather to come . we