Mps get down to their line by line scrutiny of the bill putting eu law into the statutory regulations. Scrutiny of the bill putting eu law into the statutory regulationsm is about one main question and it is democracy. I asked the government to reconsider silly amendments thrown out because they have a good article in the Daily Telegraph. Also calls for more to be done to tackle tax avoidance and questions for the government over whether Islamic State extremists were allowed to free the city of raqqa. On this release of fighters, our ability to hold these criminals to account. Release of fighters, our ability to hold these criminals to accountm was time for mps to finally get down to the detailed scrutiny of the bill putting eu law into uk law to avoid a legislative black hole come brexit. The bill is being scrutinised in committee, line by line, by all mps. Scrutinised in committee, line by line, by allmps. It scrutinised in committee, line by line, by all mps. It is a mammoth piece of legislation running 260 pages, add another 200 pages of amendments propose. So start relu cta nt amendments propose. So start reluctant brexiteer frank field proposed the build should propose a date of except of march three, 2019. The brexit secretary wants to build two feet except date on 11pm march 29 2019. While the government is introducing its own timetable, set by the european bureaucrats whoever they are, i think we should actually make a decision today it and leave on our terms and on our time. I have never bought a house without having in the contract that date when it is mine, wheni in the contract that date when it is mine, when i can actually get in. In the contract that date when it is mine, when i can actually get inli think is an allergy about buying a house falls down at its first hurdle. Nobody commits to buying a house before knowing what they are buying. It is possible that negotiations may go to the 59th minute of the 11th hour. In those circumstances, does it really make sense to bind the hands of the country, of those who are negotiating on the heart of the country to get the best possible deal we can get, which is also the weakness of the government 5 amendment. This argument falls when you look at article 50 itself. It was very specific for a very simple reason and that is, in that time scale it is therefore determined on those negotiating to reach an agreement or agreed not to reach an agreement. Just changing that timescale does not allow you to reach an agreement. That is the whole point of compression, to get an agreement. We recognise the importance of being Crystal Clear on the setting of except date and the government is keen to provide the certainty that people are seeking. In light of these, three at one amendment has been brought forward with amendments three 100 and 82 11pm 29th of march 2019. Of course, this is slightly different to the amendment of the honourable member in that it also sets a time. Under article 50 there is a date but also it has in itself provisions for the possible extension of the period if thatis possible extension of the period if that is what is actually needed to conclude an agreement and that is what i have to say, this amendment by the government is is a very strange because it seems to me to add nothing to the strength of the government negotiating position and, in fact potentially create a very great problem that could be brought back to visit us at a later stage. The government has had months to repair this deeply flawed deals. Environmental protection, and limiting the scope of delegated powers etc, but instead, they have chosen to come to this house with the gimmick on the departure date, a gimmick that is about the Prime Minister negotiating with her party rather than trying to get a brexit deal that prioritises job, the economy and the livelihood of our people. The majority wanted to leave the European Union. It settled nothing else. Nobody expected lead to win, including the leave campaign as laughter he would have taken no notice of the referendum had they notice, nobody actually paid any attention to what leaving actually meant. There are some very, very serious issues to be settled in this bill and a half the government to reconsider the silly amendment thrown out because they have a good article in the Daily Telegraph which actually might do harm. Cheering and applause. Actually might do harm. Cheering and applause. It actually might do harm. Cheering and applause. It is an absolute privilege to follow the right honourable member and i welcome the applause from the labour party benches as well. Some of the benches. We will seek to find common cause with colleagues from across the house. However, we know that what we are trying to achieve, even if we achieve common ground, is to make the situation in not better but less bad and that is not a situation that any member should ever find themselves in when they come to this house. I would urge members to reconsider, i would urge the government to press the reset clause, there is far more at stake than the future of this government all members of this house. These are built, this whole issue is about one main question and the word is a democracy. Whether or not we have the right to govern ourselves in this sacred house of commons which is the basis on which the people of this country in general elections make decisions of their own free choice, whether it is to vote for the labour party or the liberal democrats or the snp or the conservative party, and then had to make a decision in this house as to how they going to be governed. The end of that debate, frank field withdrew his proposal that brexit should happen on march 30, 2019. They will vote on the government s preferred date later in the process. The government should compel British Overseas Territories and crown dependencies such as bermuda and the isle of man to do away with secret tax arrangements. Debate on tax avoidance, Dave Margaret hodge, she said it was one way to ensure rich firms and individuals who fill their duty to pay tax in the uk. The culture of powerful corporation and the wealthiest in a society, as revealed in the paradise papers, constitution and national and international disgrace. Constitutes. It is notjust a trivial or return practised by a small number of greedy individuals and co operation but a widely accepted behaviour of too many of those who were rich and influential. There is no such thing as a magic money tree the Prime Minister told a nurse who had not had an increase in eight years. Do they grow on the cayman islands, bermuda and tax dodging to be picked and put into our public services, we would not have Police Services and teachers facing the sack. I completely agree with their remarks which are very pertinent to what we will be discussing in the debate. An tax is an essential part of the social contract into which we all enter as members of the community. As members of society we agree to abide by a set of rules and regulations that make all our lives better. She said several things i agree with, the incident everyone should pay their fairshare to incident everyone should pay their fair share to the tax system and that tax avoidance is something we should Work Together on, yet, she not feel a little ashamed about her partys not feel a little ashamed about her pa rtys attempts to not feel a little ashamed about her partys attempts to block steps before the most recent election that would have reduced some of the tax avoidance . I am trying not to make this overly partisan but i feel more ashamed as a member of a limit at her party s reluctance to adopt a very clear and simple measure that could actually tackle tax avoidance. She said transparency would change behaviour. We should compel our overseas territories to publish Public Registers in all their territories. In the past, a conservative government has used its powers to outlaw Capital Punishment in our territories and the Labour Government used the same powers will skim a nation against gay people. Today we should Work Together to our rule of the secrecy of these jurisdictions that leads to such massive tax injustices. The minister defended the governments records. We have raised £160 billion in additional revenue as a consequence of clamping down on tax avoidance, invasion and non compliant since 2010. We have brought in to point £1 billion tracking down those who would soar to inappropriately hide their finances would soar to inappropriately hide theirfinances in would soar to inappropriately hide their finances in overseas tax jurisdictions. 2. 8. A further 35 measures will come in from 2015 are raising 18. 5 billion pounds and one of the problems is we have been so active bringing in so many measures that, unfortunately, not all of them have been notice. A significant tax return, would it be better if we we re return, would it be better if we were to invest tax officers and go after the multi billion dollar tax avoidance . The minister insisted the government was going after the tax cuts. You are watching tuesday in parliament. Dont forget, you can find previous editions of this programme by going to the bbc iplayer. Committee has been questioning why there is a need for the review of security capabilities. The conservative mp, johnny mercer, himself orfor me conservative mp, johnny mercer, himself or for me former army lieutenant, ask the question. Is it ha rd to accept lieutenant, ask the question. Is it hard to accept and we are so appalled a booking at board threats that we have to do the thing again two years later. The whole package includes the strategic decision by the nation to leave the eu and to change by implication the nature of our posture in the world. So thats a very good start to a review reconsideration. And the finances associated with that including the fundamentals such as the fundamental shift in the pound dollar balance. General Sir Richard Barron s was the head ofjoint forces command for three years. If defence officials we re three years. If defence officials were here they could show you pages of analysis showing we are in a different climate with russia and we need to worry about north korea and various tensions in the middle east and they would also begin to describe just in terms of military capability, there are reasons to be uk homeland which armed forces can deal with. We are very close in the commercial sector to huge advances in al which will change the nature of the human machine performance and that will change incredibly quickly without the law being in place for military conflict. Itsjust, i think, i would guess between five and ten years and now, which is within the horizon, we are going to have a wholly different approach to the nature of the human in warfare and there is not a whisper of debate on the subject. Which areas to see this first and foremost coming into defence thinking and operationally within the mod or rather forces . Any area that has very rapid Decision Making associated with r. Decision making associated with weaponry. So if the human in the loop is in a Decision Making loop is slower than the enemy, you will lose. You have to do, in a darwinian way, accelerate your utility of ai at least as fast if not faster than the enemy. Sir Mark Lyall Grant was a National Security adviser who helped put together the Strategic Defence review in 2015, telling the committee why there had to be another reviewer now. A number of things have happened since then which call into question the affordability of the review. There is obviously an extra element which is obviously an extra element which is the referendum to leave the European Union but that does not have a very Significant Impact on either the threat assessment or the commitment made. 0nly either the threat assessment or the commitment made. Only one of the 89 commitments in the review mentions the European Union at all. So i dont think that development fundamentally changes the properties of the review but as i mentioned since then, partly perhaps linked to the referendum decision, the pound has gone down. Some of that money can be hedged and has been hedged by the ministry of defence and not all of it. Some of the costs have gone up of it. Some of the costs have gone up and that is fairly normal process. We should be fairly familiar. All those issues are there. As i mentioned, some of the efficiency savings have not come through as fully as they liked. There is an issue in the budget. That review is due to be published next month. This week, the bbc learned that several hundred Islamic State fighters and their family members were allowed to leave the syrian city of raqqa when it fell to us syrian city of raqqa when it fell to us backed forces. Labours collings was concerned. These fighters have gone somewhere. There is a threat to neighbouring countries. What assessment has the government done in terms of the threat to neighbouring countries and particularly countries that are fighting daesh and what assessment has the minister made on fighters on our ability to hold the kernel these criminals to account . The withdrawal from the city happened under the gaze of the coalition. Britain was said not to have been involved in the agreement with the aim had been to minimise civilian casualties. We are continuing to work with the coalition, 73 countries including several neighbouring countries, to ensure that those are seeking to leave. But they are held accountable. And that those foreign fighters seek to return to the uk, that there is due process. That they are held to account for their crimes abroad. The government should honour the controversial promise on the side of the birch leave campaign bus, saying millions of pounds would be available for the health service. Simon stephens insisted ministers needed to scrap the cost of the pay nhs workers, a point raised by the Shadow Health secretary. Does he agree with Simon Stephens who says it would be an own goal not to fully fund the scrapping of the pay cut in the budget next week and expected to be paid for by a productivity gains . The government is willing to be flexible in terms of funding additional pay. We do want some important reforms and if those negotiations do well and we have had very constructive discussions, im hopeful we can get a deal everyone is happy with. So he doesnt agree with Simon Stephens. Can i ask him about his comments last week that it that underfunding continues, the waiting lists will rise from 4 million to 5 million, cancer care will deteriorate and the Mental Health pledges wont be met, the 18 week target will be permanently abandoned. Is it not the case that in the budget next week, if the chancellor doesnt allocate at least an extra £6 billion a year, but he will have failed the secretary of state . Will have failed the secretary of state . What Simon Stephens noticed, when he came up with this plan in 2014, labour refused to back it. What we were prepared to put on his side of the house. And what he also said as he is quoting Simon Stephens is that when the british economy sneezes, the nhs catches a cold and it will be far worse than a cold to the nhs if we have labours run on the nhs if we have labours run on the prowl. Later a bill to address address another service bugbear, car Parking Charges at hospitals. Hospital car Parking Charges are a stealth tax on the nhs. We cannot say in good faith that the nhs is free at the point of access paid by general taxation if people with cars basics tourjune extortionate fees to go to hospital appointments and work and visit sick relatives. The bill had support from across the house but one mp was concerned about course. I am house but one mp was concerned about course. | am concerned house but one mp was concerned about course. I am concerned about the funding stream. 200 million was mentioned. It is certainly more than 162 million mentions. That would be afunding gap 162 million mentions. That would be a funding gap that would need to be provided. If we have 162 million, we would be better spending on hospital ca re would be better spending on hospital care rather than hospital parking. That bill will go onto the next stage of consideration but it stands no real chance of becoming law. The Football Association needs to take a long hard look at itself in the light of allegations of bullying and races in womens football according to the sports minister, tracey crouch. A barrister last month ruled the former england womens coach mark sampson had made unacceptable remarks to two england players. At a committee session, one of the players accused the fa of behaviour bordering on blackmail when it dismissed complaints. A labour mp, julie elliott, took up the issue. 0ne julie elliott, took up the issue. One of the things claimed about the fa investigation, one of the things she said was she felt it was co nsta ntly she said was she felt it was constantly protecting the reputation of the fa and that came across to the committee very clearly in the a nswer the committee very clearly in the answer is that the employees do. Dancing on the head of a pin. Rather thanif dancing on the head of a pin. Rather than if they admitted they had done wrong. You think that is a realistic claim that it was all about protecting the reputation of the fa . Ido protecting the reputation of the fa . I do think its right to me to sit there. I think it is right but to your opinion. I said i thought the fa handled the incident really badly. In a way, it has quite rightly ta ken badly. In a way, it has quite rightly taken the shine off the work thatis rightly taken the shine off the work that is the fa has done on reform of the government. I think that the fa have to take a long hard look at itself. What about the gaps it showed an acknowledgement . Lastly, there was good news for bees. A ban on neo nicotinoid pesticides will be banned in the uk. It can cause bees to lose their bars. Why do bees matter . First, they are exceptional animals in the roman rite and although there are over 250 speeches of bees including 25 species of bumblebee, they have some remarkable characteristics. They can navigate their way in characteristics. They can navigate theirway in an characteristics. They can navigate their way in an astonishingly sophisticated way with a combination of using the angular angle of the sun, counting landmarks and exploiting electrical fields and they can Exchange Information with other bees about the precise location of a perfect flower known asa location of a perfect flower known as a waggle dance. Beyond are intrigued to value, they play a vital role in the border environment and that was summarised beautifully bya and that was summarised beautifully by a poet stating, to be, the flower is the fountain of life and to the flour, is the messenger of life. The role of pollinating is that it is fundamental to our agricultural way of life and its in the interest of farmers as well of those with an interest in pollinating that we get this done together. One in every three mouthful of food depends on pollinators. The minister said he had consulted the Expert Committee on pesticides. There may also be a persistence of neo nicotinoid in soils which may have a wider effect on as soils which may have a wider effect onasa soils which may have a wider effect on as a precautionary basis, we have decided to act on that. They were clear in their recent advice. The evidence is not that clear at the moment. It is, they believe, reason to extend the restrictions further and thats why weve taken the restrictions we have. That is it from either now but do join restrictions we have. That is it from either now but dojoin me tomorrow for a round up of the best of the day in westminster including the highlights from Prime Ministers questions but the knee, for now, goodbye. Hi there. For many of us, wednesday is going to dawn on a pretty grey and cloudy day. Competing weather stories, really, for wednesday. Weve got a big ridge of High Pressure keeping the weather quiet across much of the uk, however a small area of low pressure has just trickled underneath the high and has brought us a lot of cloud across england, thick enough to bring us some outbreaks of patchy rain and drizzle particularly across Eastern England first thing in the morning. Elsewhere, a few fog patches up over high ground, notably across the higher parts of wales and South West England so one way or another, for many of us, its going to be quite a cloudy start but at the least that Early Morning patchy rain across Eastern England will be clearing out of the way. So with a bit more detail, the morning forecast a bit grey over the tops of the brecon beacons, the moors of South West England with some hill fog patches here. Could have a bit of fog over the salisbury plain, perhaps a bit misty for the downs and the chilterns first thing, otherwise well have this thick cloud continuing to bring some patchy outbreaks of rain just for the first part of the morning. But that rain will clear away pretty quickly. A few fog patches in the valleys of Northern Ireland where its going to be a chilly start to the day. Some sunshine for scotland, yes, but its cold temperatures low enough for a touch of frost across sheltered northern areas. As we go on through the rest of wednesday, that rain should clear out of the way but it will stay cloudy across the midlands and Eastern England for most of the day. The weather brightens up for north west england and wales with some sunny spells here but no doubt about it, the best of the sunshine will be across scotland, particularly eastern areas. Rain, though, threatening the Western Isles as we go on through the afternoon. Now, through wednesday evening and overnight, well see rain becoming a bit more extensive across western areas. Always rather patchy in nature nevertheless, but nevertheless, some damp weather pushes its way in. This is the cold front reaching scotland and Northern Ireland, bringing further heavier rain towards the end of the night. So, turning wet here. Now, looking at the weather charts through thursday, this cold front will be sliding its way southwards across england, bringing a spell of heavy rain. Round about unchtime across northern england, heading into the midlands and across wales too. To the south of this, a lot of cloud. Behind the front, thats where were going to see a big clearance. And much more in the way sunshine moving into Northern Ireland, scotland and the north of england. It might be sunny, yes, but its also colder. Notice the temperatures into single figures. For friday, many of us having a decent day, bright with sunny spells however therell be a number of blustery showers affecting the far north of scotland. Those showers could merge together to give us some lengthier spells of rain at times. Now, this weekend, sunny spells around. Showers across northern and western areas. And at times, there will be quite a chilly wind, particularly on saturday, the wind falling a bit lighter by sunday. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. My name is mike embley. Our top stories the military in zimbabwe say president mugabe is safe as loud explosions and gunfire are heard in the capital, harare. Children caught in yemens conflict. The un warns millions of lives are at risk from fighting and famine. Australians say yes to same sex marriage. More than 61 back the move in an Historic National vote. And are these two really a threat to western values . French president Emmanuel Macron thinks they are. 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