stella creasy is on her feet.t showed what the government was trying to do was read today's debate. they have done that by removing part of the standard orders of this has which allows the chair proceedings the right to select any amendment, new clause or new schedule for vote. to do that late at night without any consultation with the opposition and in the hope that nobody notices, is frankly, and i hope the leader of the house understand this concept, not cricket. it is to admit that rather than when the case for this bill as it stands, the executive wa nts bill as it stands, the executive wants no challenge to it at all. and that, whether you think this is a good thing or not, should be a concern for all of us in this house because if we let this lie, it will become standard practice in the future. this is not the first time the government, when backed into a corner, has tried such a measure. it didn't also on the 24th of october last year with legislation on northern ireland. thankfully, then the government sa

stella creasy looked directly at the democratic unionist benches when she said she'd been accused ofp mps. john bercow said the question of the organisation's funding was not a matterfor him. but he had strong words on what was happening to the mp. there is a major difference and it is important that we should be clear about this, between putting a point of view with considerable force and insistence on the matter of abortion or any other matter of public dispute, on the one hand and putting it in a extreme and provocative terms and in doing so we will go on doing so until you stop exercising your right as a member of parliament to campaign for what you want. get into our intimidation and our threats and our bullying or it will be the worse for you. that, to mean colleagues, i hope i carry the support of the majority of the house and saying this, is unacceptable. having discussed this matterjust this morning with the honourable lady the government is similarly concerned about the nature of the campaign against her and indeed my honourable friend on the treasury bench who the treasury

stella creasy? her testimony is absolutely compelling, about how horrific this situation is. bernie, with respect, i listened to you. you might want to shout me down. your organisation might think it is acceptable to do that but you are not going to shout me down because women like sarah ewart deserve better from the uk government and it is terrible that this has had to go to court. i think it is really, really important that we listen to the real stories and the reality of the situation is because what you are doing a second guessing the doctors. no doctor gives a diagnosis of a fatal foetal abnormality likely. it is a horrific and tragic situation and to compound the suffering of those women in that situation by saying that they cannot chooseif situation by saying that they cannot choose if they wish to terminate that pregnancy as a way of responding to the situation is cruel punishment. that is what our courts have decided and by the government needs to act. i hope when it comes to the 22nd if th

well, in a vote later mps backed stella creasy meaning they were now free to put down amendments to the bill calling for a december general election opening the door to attempts to extend the vote to 16 and 17—year—olds, and eu nationals. after all that it was finally time to move on to the bill itself. borisjohnson blamed opposition mps for as he put it delaying brexit. i think that this delay is becoming seriously damaging to the national interest. because families can't plan, businesses can't plan, as the climate of uncertainty is not only corroding trust in politics but is beginning to hold everybody back from making vital everyday decisions. my right honourable friend was one of those who delayed briggs in march by voting against departure than on the deal in negotiation. he did to get a majority of 30 for his deal in principle last week, and if the subsequent time of this house had been devoted to the committee and report stage of the house following this, we would be well on our way to leaving in the middle of november. so, can i respect or say to my right honourable friend, can

stella creasy is on her feet. part of the standard orders of this has which allows the chair proceedings the right to select any amendment, new clause or new schedule for vote. to do that late at night without

the labour mp stella creasy was behind this amendment.esn't encourage any particular selection to be made. it simply puts back the concept of fair play in this house by restoring our standing orders as they would be for any other piece of legislation. and in doing so, if repairs both our rule book and frankly our reputation. because letting this programme motion go through, without the foremost of rules is like letting lance armstrong keep his metals, maradona benefit from the hand of god and accepting major ingram as a winnerof who wants to be a millionaire. it was a close vote, but it got through. that meant changes to the bill could be proposed. five were suggested in total — three of them involved moving the election date from december 12. another looked to extended voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds. one more sought to give european union citizens who have settled status in the uk the right to vote. if either of those last two had been voted through the whole thing may have been off. in the end, only one amendment was selected — it

stella creasy is calling for better maternity rights for mp5.place there. the a4 piccadilly underpass is also close because of gas mains repairs. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. you'll notice just how much milder it feels this morning compared to yesterday. we've got temperatures in double figures to start off the morning. it's a rather breezy sort of day, plenty of cloud around, and there will be some showers for most of us as we head through the afternoon. now, it was raining overnight, so a bit of a damp feel to things this morning, but we've got some early bright spells. temperatures will tend to be a bit higher than they were yesterday. the cloud will thicken as we head through the morning, and we'll see some outbreaks of rain just push down from the north—west as we head into the afternoon, most of it fairly light, but there could be the odd heavier burst at times. those top temperatures 14—16 degrees celsius. now, as we head through this evening and overnight, it should stay dry. always plenty of cloud, but s