Now on bbc news, monday in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to monday in parliament. As labour tells the government to come clean on brexit. The only party insisting on secrecy is the uk government. So the question is obvious. What is the government hiding . But conservative say its time Opposition Mps saw things their way. Now is the moment to speak up, get behind the government, and support the government in getting that deal. Also in this programme, if the arguments havent driven you to drink yet, what will britains departure from the eu mean for Scotch Whisky exports . 21 of all of our food and drink exports, 41 bottles a second. Mr speaker, thats faster than i can drink it. But first, a minister has denied hiding anything about the governments new brexit proposals, butjames duddridge rejected calls to publish the full legal text of the plan unveiled by Boris Johnson last week. Under the Prime Ministers plan, the whole of the uk, including Northern Ireland would leave the eus customs union. Northern ireland would remain in the Single Market for goods, following eu rules. The minister came to the commons to face an urgent question from labour. Discussions with the commission are ongoing and are sensitive, and we must ensure that we as a Government Act in a way that maximises our chance of success in these negotiations. We will of course keep the house informed as these discussions continue. The legal text which we have shared with the commission will only be published when doing so will assist the negotiations. We hope that brussels will decide to work with us over the upcoming days. If they do, we will leave with a new deal. If they dont want to talk, then we are prepared to leave without a deal. We need to get a new deal, or a deal, but no more delays. We must get brexit done, so the country can move forward and focus on other issues, such as the cost of living, the nhs, and other domestic priorities. Labour said they spotted a contradiction between what borisjohnson told mps last week and what ireland had said. Does the full legal text bear out the Prime Ministers assertion to this house that his proposals do not entail physical infrastructure at the border, near the border, or any other place . Because thats what he said, and thats what prompted the taoiseach to say the full text had been published. This goes to the heart of the only defence the minister has put forward, that of confidentiality. Because both the taoiseach and the president of the Eu Commission have called for the legal text to be published. That shoots through the confidentiality argument. They want us to see the text so that we can properly debate and scrutinise what the government is putting forward. The only party insisting on secrecy is the uk government. So the question is obvious. What is the government hiding . And then theres the question of a level playing field. As this house knows, no labour mp could support a deal that strips away or undermines workers rights, environmental protections, or consumer rights. Were not hiding anything. We do not wish to undermine workers rights. We will keep those workers rights. And truth will tell over time when the honourable gentleman sees the results of the delegation. But it is absolutely critical. The honourable gentleman wants a deal, i want a deal. We generally dont think that sharing the full text now will make doing a deal more likely. Its simply not acceptable for us to be asked to commit to supporting something based on the Prime Ministers version of what it says, because none of us can trust what the Prime Minister tells us. Surely the public have a right to know if the Prime Minister is prepared to sacrifice the quality of food on the shelves in supermarkets, the rights of workers to take holiday, and the rights of our children to breathe clean air. Were supposed to be temperate in our language, mr speaker, but quite frankly that is a load of rubbish. That is not our intention and our constituents, if theyre worried and scared as a result of what the liberal democrats say, that is a terrible thing. Itjust simply is not true. Conservative mps rallied to the governments cause. We hear month after month after month that people wa nt the government to negotiate a deal. So can i ask those members on the opposite benches that like me want a deal, now is the moment to speak up, get behind the government and support the government and get that deal. What i would say to my honourable friend is i think that the British Public now are wise to the way in which parliament has frustrated the governments negotiating position. Would it be possible for the government to strengthen its negotiating hand by actually holding a vote on these proposals in the way that we did on the brady amendment injanuary and show there is a majority in this place for it . The minister said he would discuss that i deal with colleagues, but labour mps continue to press for details. Can the minister confirm whether the full legal text has been shown to the dup, and if so, why is it reasonable for one party to make an informed judgement about government proposals whilst everyone else is kept in the dark . Im not going to get into the detail of. As soon as. People opposite that have been ministers will realise a lot of people see documents. Ministers do not constantly want to be in the position of saying who has seen what documents and which versions and when. Labours angela eagle tried a short question. Has the minister seen the documents himself . I have already said i will not comment on which documents i have and have not seen. The reason why we want to know about the detail of these custom arrangements and the structures and the infrastructure is because there are other countries, notably norway and sweden, sweden a member of the Single Market and customs union, norway in a Single Market but not the customs union, and they have a hard border. So can we have these uniform details please . Well, i must say, mr speaker, whilst reaching out across the floor, i have given up on reaching out to the honourable lady. There are many people opposite theres still hope for, people that will support a plan. But i suspect under no circumstances will she support a plan. James duddridge. A senior conservative says a report into the met polices handling of false claims about a vip paedophile ring has failed miserably to identify the forces failures. Operation midland was the investigation into accusations by carl beech, previously known as nick. His claims led to inquiries into three prominent people. The former conservative mp harvey proctor, a former chief of the defence staff, lord bramhall, and the late conservative former home secretary leon britton. Beechs allegations were later found to be entirely false, and he was jailed for 18 years. The independent office for police conduct, the iopc, found no evidence of misconduct of the met, but said the investigation revealed gaps and shortcomings. High profile figures investigated under operation midland have had their reputations disgracefully and unjustly tarnished. And the iopc, whose report was published this morning, has failed miserably to identify the mets failures, identify the culpable people, or resolve the issues. But its notjust the met. Other Police Forces across the country follow policy guidelines automatically believing all allegations brought by complainants, and therefore disbelieving the defendants. And this has damaged the reputations of cliff richard, jim davidson, nigel evans, and many other less well known defendants. So he wanted a review of the procedures in all those cases too. The minister said changes had been made. It is the case that the college of policing that looks at these guidelines consider, for example, the tendency or the policy that had been adopted for victims always to be believed, and has clarified, or we have clarified, the guidance that is available to Police Officers in those circumstances. Such that, while victims allegations must be heard with integrity and be recorded, once an investigation has been done, it must be done with impartiality. A 2016 report into operation midland by retired high courtjudge sir richard henriques, which was partly published by Scotland Yard last week, found the searches of the three mens homes should not have taken place, and warrants were unlawfully obtained. He also said the iopc report was flawed, and fell well short of an effective investigation. Officers failed to present the whole picture when seeking search warrants, the investigation into lord britain went on far too long. Of this, there is no question. The question for the iopc is whether the five officers involved acted deliberately or criminally. They have made mistakes, that the process has failed, but they were not guilty of gross misconduct. Indeed, sir richard himself acknowledges, notwithstanding the many mistakes made, the officers had conducted the investigation in a conscientious manner with propriety and with honesty. The question therefore for the police, for the home office and for us as parliament is what needs to change organisationally and culturally in order to ensure that investigations are properly, objectively, and successfully pursued. So does the minister agree with me that the police owe it both of the victims of sexual crime and to the principle of innocent until Proven Guilty to carry out their investigations professionally and thoroughly, without fear or favour . And what steps will the minister be taking to reassure the victims of sexual crime that the mess the met have made of this case wontjeopardise their cases in the future. Well, the right honourable and learned lady raises an important point about the continuing confidence of victims to come forward, and where she quite rightly says false allegations are made, that they not only betray those against whom the allegations are made, but those who come afterwards with similar allegations, who will naturally feel in the wake of a large and difficult situation like this that they are less likely to believe. That is absolutely not the case. Several conservatives raised the involvement of mps whod taken up they carl beech case. I think what this house needs to do also is to look at ourselves and the role played by members in this house. The police themselves admit they were encouraged to pursue these matters by various members of this house, so id ask the minister, if we cant control the outcome of some of these investigations into the police, and seemingly we cant, we can do something to make sure that no one in this house has fallen short of the high standards expected by members of parliament by exerting undue pressure on the police, and hastening the death of lord brittan, and the misery of many people who have served this country, rather better than some members in this house. Sir hugo swire. You are watching monday in parliament with me david cornock, dont forget, that if you miss ourdaily round up, or you would like to watch the week in parliament, you can do so by the bbc iplayer. Now, last week, the High Court Ruled it was legal for the government to raise the state pension age for millions of women born in the 1950s. The so called waspy women. Up until 2010, women received their state pensions at 60, but the qualifying age has been increasing since then. A measure approved by successive governments to achieve gender equality when it comes to the state pension. The retirement age of both men and women will increase steadily to 67 by 2028. But campaigners say many women have lost out because they couldnt plan for their retirement properly. It was the dominant theme when Therese Coffey appeared at the despatch box for the first time as work and pensions secretary. They are 6,500 women in Edinburgh West who were born in the 1950s and have been affected by last weeks courtjudgement. Can the secretary of state tell me of the meeting which she has now agreed to with the chairs of the aapc there will be a meaningful attempt to address the issue, the poverty, that these women face, and notjust sweep it under the carpet like an inconvenient problem . I refer to the lady to the judgement. As my honourable friend has already pointed out, she may also wish to speak to her party leader because of course she joined me in the division a lot recently made the changes that we did in the 2011 pension act. And one of the things i wish to make sure, or at least the Coalition Government did. I wish to make sure we do have a sensible conversation going forward, that the judgement does stand, and that is open for the ladies to appeal. But i can assure the house that we have made every effort as a Labour Government before us in making sure people knew about these changes. Now much of westminster found itself under siege from hundreds of colourful and noisy protesters. Armed with tents, drums and banners, the Extinction Rebellion activists blocked roads, chained themselves to vehicles, and filled trafalgar square. Their call to action on what they say are Global Climate and wildlife emergencies was echoed within the palace of westminster. Where mps debated a petition calling for the eu and un to impose sanctions on brazil over its deforestation of the amazon rain forest. What a Natural Environment this petition refers to. The amazon rainforest, 5. 5 square million of rainforest surrounding the amazon river. 60 of it is contained in brazil, as the honourable member has drawn attention to. It is home to about a quarter of the worlds species and accounts for about 15 of terrestrial photosynthesis and is a major carbon sink. The World Wildlife fund report its home to perhaps 3a million people, including 385 indigenous groups. It is integral to notjust to the habitats of the people, plants and animals it provides a lot to, but the global ecosystem. So it is very, very precious. But we also know that the amazon rainforest has been under threat from deforestation for some years. Between 2001 2018, brazil lost almost 55 million hectares of tree cover. That is a staggering amount. Very happy to give way. I am grateful to him for giving way. Would he agree with me that the word lost makes it look like an accident but in actual fact what happened is that these are the deliberate actions of the president of brazil who wants to basically open up more and more of the amazon rainforest and agree with me that we should not be entering trade talks with bolsonaro unless and until he upholds a strong Environmental Standards and stops this action in the amazon . Mps were divided about whether sanctions would help stop deforestation. And also, another reason why we should not be going down the path of sanctions or threaten sanctions and that is brazil is also a global superpower when it comes to the potential it has for renewable energy, both solar and wind. With its enormous coast and also tremendous access to the sun. But uk companies are now the biggest investors in brazil. When it comes to solar generation. The city of london, through access to green finance and green insurance markets, are fundamental in unlocking some of that sustained renewable power. I think the situation that were facing now is far too serious to adopt such approaches. Weve heard the amazon is being willfully destroyed, it remains the biggest rainforest in the world and a vital check on climate change. The seriousness of this cannot be underestimated and, as the member for cambridge said, there are people gathered outside this building today that want us to take it seriously. Some mps did refer to the protests around westminster. Extinction rebellion have been clear that human activity is causing irreparable harm to life on this planet and, as a result, we are facing a Global Climate emergency and mass extinction. Lets remember this is happening both here at home in the uk, as well as across the planet. It is very appropriate that we are debating this while Extinction Rebellion demonstrate outside and i have to say i find it absolutely incredible that some people seem to think that the big problem is that Westminster Bridge is blocked. The big problem is that the amazon has been on fire and we need to get these things into proportion. I do not think that threatening brazil is going to encourage president bolsonaro or his government to talk to us about how we can collaboratively tackle this problem. It is better that we engage sensitively and sensibly rather than engaging in megaphone diplomacy from afar. The Foreign Office minister, chris pincher. Now, at the weekend, antigovernment marches in hong kong ended in rioting, with attacks on government offices, a metro station, and businesses with ties to mainland china. Police used water cannons, tear gas, and truncheons, reportedly removing masks from demonstrators they arrested, and a number of people were injured. Tens of thousands of protesters have turned out in the rain, spurred to act by a ban on Wearing Masks at rallies. In the lords, a former governor of hong kong urged government caution in dealing with the unrest. Lord wilson of tillyorn described recent events as deeply depressing and very worrying. It is understandable that the Hong Kong Government should be willing to deal with people who are wearing mask and being accused of violence. That this move could be widesly disregarded and seen as weakness on the side of the Hong Kong Government. That said, and given that these situations are all very worrying indeed, and we must all here be concerned about the direction of travel in hong kong, would the noble lord the minister except that her majestys government would be well advised to be cautious about the way they deal with this publicly. Lest it build up a picture, which some people would like to paint, of a lot of this being due to outside interference and that is not something that we would wish to do. It is also right that around the world when we do see human rights being userped, that we also stand up for those rights and with those countries and with which we have a relationship and that includes china, we make those views known. Labours lord mcnichol raised a question hed asked last week. Could the minister confirm if the foreign secretary has in fact spoke into the hong kong chief executive and expressed the concerns that were raised across this house over the potential infringements on human rights . As i said in my earlier answer, the foreign secretary has spoken to carrie lam. He has not spoken to her since that question was asked. We are certainly seeking urgent calls, not only with carrie lam, but also, as i said, with the foreign minister. The Foreign Office minister, lord arwhey. Now, mps have called on borisjohnson to appeal directly to donald trump to stop the United States imposing tariffs on the Scotch Whisky. The taxes on whisky and an array of other products are the result of a long standing trade dispute between the us and the european union. The World Trade Organisation has ruled that the us can impose retaliatory tariffs on eu goods after finding that the European Firm airbus received illegal subsidies. There are ten days left until the us proposes to introduce tariffs of 25 on scotch malt whisky. And that represents 60 of the uk origin goods included included on that list and 10 of the non aviation goods on the list across europe. He recalled meeting the us president. It was my duty to welcome President Donald Trump to scotland last year and during the course of that event, he told me that he loved scotland. Now, i am sure if the Prime Minister was able to convey directly to President Trump the damage that these proposals will do to scotland, particularly rural scotland, that could have an impact. We would urge the United States to think again. These tariffs are in no ones interest. The president of the United States prides himself on being the champion of the little guy, the little business. Well, its the little guy and the little business who will be harmed most directly if these tariffs come in to play. Its no secret that the american president has sought to define his administration as one of trade warfare, seeing to put the interests of America First and repatriate jobs and industry to the us. He believes a trade war is one that the us can win. Does the minister agree that nobody wins in a trade war . The Scotch Whisky exports from this country are 6 billion a year. 21 of all our food and drink exports, 41 bottles a second. Thats faster than i can drink it. It is so important to our exports. I think its the Third Largest export that we have. And this government needs to do all it can to protect it. We think the proposed tariff is unfair, we think it is wrong, we think it is unjust. And if we can demonstrate that we are now in compliance in this very long running dispute and have taken the necessary measures, i hope that we could engage calmly with the United States. To find out it is rather quality and not quantity that counts when it comes to Scotch Whisky. As the chair of the aapg on Scotch Whisky, ive absolutely no doubt that these tariffs have a hugely negative impact on one of our most important, successful and growing industries. Is it not the case that a post brexit isolated uk would have much less negotiating power than it currently does have as part of one of the Worlds Largest trade blocs when it comes to fending off someone like donald trump . Well, im going to resist the temptation to launch on the last point. Id rather try and keep a degree of consensus on the issue, tempting as it is. What i would say to the honourable gentleman, he opened by saying that its quality, not quantity that counts and that has been the cry of many down the generations. A trade war would be in no ones interest, there will be no winners in trade war. One mp pointed out that not all whisky is scotch. I happen to have with me a bottle. A bottle of this, which is a yorkshires first whisky, which was released on saturday after the requisite three years and a day. This is from the spirit of yorkshire distillery in my constituency. And he hoped the government would support whisky producers everywhere. Thats last orders for us. I do hope you canjoin Christina Cooper at the same time tomorrow for the latest from westminster. Parliaments then due to be prorouged or suspended ahead of the queens speech. The last time that happened, you may remember, there were rather noisy protests in the commons, and it all ended up in the supreme court. So do tune in to see if tuesdays ceremony goes off without a hitch. Thank you for watching monday in parliament. Bye for now. Hello there. This week is looking typically autumnal, quite unsettled, windy at times and there will be plenty of showers in the forecast. Also, some sunshine, it wont be a washout all the time, but when you catch one of these showers, they will often be quite heavy. Maybe with a rumble of thunder and some hail mixed in too. All down to low pressure, which will be just to the north west or to the north of the uk over the next few days and indeed for much of the week. So our air will be coming in off the atlantic with these weather fronts bringing in bands of showers. One thing you will notice, though, its not going to feel particularly cold, we will have our air source coming in off the atlantic from a west or a south westerly direction most of the time. So that means around average temperatures through the day. And at night, it should keep the frost and fog at bay. So for tuesday, its going to be a bright, sunny start across many central and eastern areas, but plenty of showers across to the west will tend to work their way through, and theyll be blown in on a strong wind. So theyll move through quite quickly despite them being quite heavy in places. Like i said, with thunder and hail. And the winds will be gusty, very squally, 40 50mph in places, so the showerse wont be with you for long. Temperature wise, highs of 16 or 17 degrees, generally the low to mid teens further north, particularly where you hold on to frequent showers. As we head to tuesday night, it looks like those hours, blustery, continue across northern and Western Areas, central and eastern areas may tend to turn drier, in fact, with clear skies. Most temperatures no lower than around 7 10 degrees. For wednesday then, low pressure still with us just to the north of the uk, tightly packed isoba rs, so another windy day, and these weather fronts producing bands of showers. There will be one heading into parts of england and wales, i think, through wednesday morning. So well see an enhancement of showers across Western Areas through the morning into the afternoon. There could be a cluster of some heavy, maybe thundery ones pushing across south wales and southern england. Again, further north, closer to that area of low pressure, this is where well see most of the showers across western scotland. Temperatures on wednesday probably a notch down on tuesdays values. On into thursday, low pressure again to the north of the uk, its going to be another pretty windy day. Bands of showers moving from west to east, most of them against across the north and the west of the country. Eastern areas may tend to stay dry with some showers arriving through the afternoon later on. Temperatures again 13 16, maybe 17 degrees in the south east. And it remains unsettled from thursday onwards, you can see sunshine and showers, those temperatures around the seasonal average, and it remains windy as well. Welcome to bbc news, im mike embley. Our top stories us forces are pulled back from northern syria, as President Trump warns turkey he will obliterate its economy if it attacks the kurds. Hundreds of arrests as activists worldwide begin a two Week Campaign of disruption demanding action on climate change. The fallout from hong kongs demonstrations reaches the basketball courts of america, igniting a debate about free speech and commercial relations with china. 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