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On the 31st of october. My government intends to work towards a new partnership with the European Union, based on free trade and friendly cooperation. My ministers will work to implement new regimes for fisheries, agriculture and trade, seizing the opportunities that arise from leaving the European Union. A new immigration bill ending Free Movement will lay the foundation for a fair, modern and global immigration system. My government remains committed to ensuring that resident european citizens who have built their lives in, and contributed so much to, the United Kingdom, have the right to remain. Norman smithjoins norman smith joins us from westminster. What are your first thoughts on the queens speech. 50 much thoughts on the queens speech. So much of it is dominated by prebgt. Brexit. I counted a third of package. Measures to replace the Common Agricultural policy, to set up Common Agricultural policy, to set up an independent fisheries policy a trade bill, paving the way for an independent trade policy and the new immigration system, points based immigration system, points based immigration system, points based immigration system, and an eu withdrawal bill. But all of that is predicated on brexit. We have to leave for any of that to be releva nt. Leave for any of that to be relevant. It struck me this was to a considerable degree a queens speech on hold. We are waiting for brexit to be delivered. We are also waiting for a government to have a clear commons majority, because although you know there is a lot of measures in this which may be popular, there are bread and butter bills on law and order and the nhs, but mr johnson lacks a clear parliamentary majority to deliver any of these. So we have a situation where we have a chunky queens speech, but first off mrjohnson has to secure a majority in an election to implement it. And secondly brexit has got to be delivered. Because surely one of the lessons of past three years is that u nless lessons of past three years is that unless and until brexit is delivered, nothing is happening at westminster. Brexit takes off the table everything else. So, as i say, it struck me largely as a queens speech on hold. We are in, as you say, a holding position, because of the conversations still going on brussels on whether there will be a deal. If there is, is it likely to get the support of commons . Actually i think get the support of commons . Actually ithink mr get the support of commons . Actually i think mrjohnson can be a bit more optimistic. His difficulty is more in securing the agreement of the eu. At westminster, things do look more favourable. In part because of the intervention of people like Jacob Rees Mogg who said to hardline brexiteers, trust borisjohnson, he is our man. That gives borisjohnson afairamount of is our man. That gives borisjohnson a fair amount of breathing space, which theresa may never had. If you couple on to that signs that there could be a smattering of labour mps who, because theyre predominately in leave constituencies want to get brexit done, that too gives him space. So he could get a revised package through the house of commons. The difficulty i think is where he is now with time so short getting a worked through agreed text through the eu summit on thursday, friday in time to prevent to the commons on saturday. That is an enormous ask. It is not quite mission impossible, but when we are talking about this path way to a deal, it is looking like a mountainous road ahead. One anonymously quoted eu diplomat says you dont reinvent the wheel in five days, we are still looking at an extension. How hikely is that . Likely is that . I think it is likely. The problem with the proposals that we think, we dont know, we think borisjohnson is floating, this idea of a dual customs regime for Northern Ireland, whereby goods going into Northern Ireland would be under the uk customs regime and goods going into ireland and the eu would be under an eu regime. That is a new policy. It isa eu regime. That is a new policy. It is a slight reheat of an idea floated by theresa may. There is a lot of detail to be worked through on that. What do you do about goods which go into Northern Ireland, but then are part of another package which goes on into ireland . There are all sorts of Technical Details to be worked through. Whether you can bolt down all the legalities by wednesday night to present to the eu is an enormous ask. Although mr johnson keeps say we are leaving in october, it seems to be an extension is quite likely, because never mind the legal benn bill forcing him to extend, the practicalities of getting the legal text signed off will probably require more time. What would his position be in that event, he has said again and again sist event, he has said again and again 31st october and one thing that came up 31st october and one thing that came up during the tory Leadership Debate was that some of those who were standing for the leadership were saying, well, if the talks were almost there, but not quite we would agree an extension and borisjohnson was adamant that unless there was an actual deal there would be none. So would he be able to, i mean, what would he be able to, i mean, what would his position be . That is the great unknown and they dont know in downing street whether his pledge to do ordie to downing street whether his pledge to do or die to deliver by october 31s, if he failed that, if it one the die bit politically that would be the fate awaiting him. I wonder whether his stance and the way he has been prepared it seems to defy parliament, defy the courts, defy those tory rebels who stood out against him, the way he has been prepared to set his face against any delay, will slightly ensue late him in the minds of voters who may conclude, at least he had a good go, it was that blooming parliament which thwarted him. That is the impression he wants to leave. Whether that might just enable impression he wants to leave. Whether that mightjust enable him to get through an extension and blaming it on the courts, the mps, the remainers. In other words he could take an extension without actually getting the blame for it. Thank you very much norman. Hilary bennjoins u. S us. What did you think of the speech. They say they dont to get things done by 3 is october. But as things are, there is not an agreement with the eu. We are here on monday and the European Council meets on thursday. So the big question has to be, will agreement be reached . And if so what kind of agreement . It is possible the eu will say we have made progress and reached an outline agreement on a further path way to progress, but we havent yet agreed a legal text that can form part of a legally binding Withdrawal Agreement and therefore i think its almost ineverable that we are looking at more time whatever happens. Ineverable that we are looking at more time whatever happensm ineverable that we are looking at more time whatever happens. If there isa more time whatever happens. If there is a deal, will you back it . If it is a deal, will you back it . If it isa is a deal, will you back it . If it is a deal, will you back it . If it is a deal based on a canada style Free Trade Agreement, i wont, it is even worse than theresa mays deal and we saw last week the leaders of five important sectors of British Business saying just how damaging it would be if we didnt have a level Playing Field with the the eu and we we re Playing Field with the the eu and we were not members of organisations dealing with medicines and aviation and chemicals. No, iwould not dealing with medicines and aviation and chemicals. No, i would not vote for that, because it takes us in an even more unacceptable direction. It isa even more unacceptable direction. It is a very hard brexit. Your position is a very hard brexit. Your position is that the labour partys position has been wanting to be, to still have the customs union. That is indeed our position and that is what was put forward byjeremy corbyn. Indeed our position and that is what was put forward by jeremy corbyn. So in that case why didnt you back theresa mays deal . That would have led to that . Im afraid it would not. It was on that very point as you will remember that the cross party talks broke down, because the then government was not prepared to concede that issue on the customs union, which i think is the starting point for a reasonable future relationship and as we have seen in the last week and a bit, it is on the last week and a bit, it is on the question of customs that the proposals from Boris Johnson originally foundered. Now the government appears to be changing its position again and has proposed a complex arrangement in which Northern Ireland leaves the customs union, but in effect stays in one with the republic and the rest of the eu. The eu is saying we dont understand how this is going to work . How will you know which goods that come into Northern Ireland will stay into Northern Ireland, as opposed to those that go on to the republic. These are all the complications. What i think however, i Hope Parliament would be prepared to do is say, look, we may not like this deal, if they get one, but we are prepared to put it to the british people. Therefore Parliament Voting to say, we will allow this to go through provide it is put back to the people in a referendum. And a choice between a deal and remain. Do you believe that parliament will legislate for that on saturday . dont know. I hope very much that we will. Because otherwise, ifearwe will. Because otherwise, ifearwe will once again see deadlock in parliament, that would be the fourth time, the fourth occasion on which we failed to get agreement and we need to bring this to a conclusion. Because we have not started negotiating our future relationship with the eu. This isjust the divorce arrangement. You said you we re divorce arrangement. You said you were unhappy about theresa mays agreement, because it wasnt clear that it would leetd to a customs union. The reason the erg and others we re union. The reason the erg and others were opposed to, because that is where it would end up leaving the uk. In the event of a Labour Government, wouldnt theresa mays deal actually be exactly the right sort of Withdrawal Agreement that would pave the way for what labour wa nts . Would pave the way for what labour wants . Well we have made it clear that if we have a Labour Government andi that if we have a Labour Government and i hope we do, and we would negotiate a new political declaration, which would then be put to the british people in a referendum, but that depends on the outcome of the election result, parliament i hope will have the opportunity on saturday to say, look, we dont like aspects of your deal, if one is reached, and that is a very big if, but we are prepared to allow that go through and be put to allow that go through and be put to the people and they themselveses can make that judgment. To the people and they themselveses can make thatjudgment. Because if Parliament Continues to be unable to resolve this, i see no alternative other than to go back to the people, and say here is the real choice, a deal that has been done, here is remain, i dont know whether people have changed their mind or not, if they have, it wouldnt make much sense to leave the eu and if they havent, then presumably a majority would vote to leave with the deal that had been negotiated and that would bring the first phase of Brexit Process to an end. You know there is a long way to go on this. Not very long to do it. Hilary benn thank you. Now we will shortly speak to steve baker of the e erg. The queen laid out the governments plans onjustice, queen laid out the governments plans on justice, promising queen laid out the governments plans onjustice, promising to clamp down on Violent Crime. My government is committed to addressing Violent Crime and to strengthening Public Confidence in the criminal justice system. New sentencing laws will see that the most serious offenders spend longer in custody to reflect better the severity of their crimes. Measures will be introduced to improve the justice systems response to Foreign National offenders. My government will work to improve the safety and security in prisons, and to strengthen the rehabilitation of offenders. Proposals will be brought forward to ensure victims receive the support they need and the justice they deserve. Laws will be introduced to ensure that the parole system recognises the pain to victims and their families, caused by offenders refusing to disclose information relating to their crimes. A new duty will be placed on Public Sector bodies, ensuring they Work Together to address serious violence. Police officers will be provided with the protections they need to keep the population safe. They will also be awarded the power to arrest individuals who are wanted by trusted international partners. Lets get more reaction to the queens speech from conservative mp, steve baker, who is chair of the Eurosceptic European Research group. Thank you forjoining us. You are most welcome. A queens speech but obviously no government majority to get it through, so the focus very much on what happens this week with brexit. Would you back any gale that borisjohnson brexit. Would you back any gale that Boris Johnson gets . Well firstly, cani Boris Johnson gets . Well firstly, can i say that this was a Centre Ground queens speech . I am glad it was and it guarantees the rights of citizens in any circumstances, it is open, tolerant and outward looking andi open, tolerant and outward looking and i am very pleased with it. You are asking me about the gale. Until i have it to look at i cannot tell you. I know it is driving journalists mild but i am looking forward to seeing the text that has been agreed. We are open for voting for a tolerable gale and i hope that the eu delivers one and worked with the eu delivers one and worked with the Prime Minister to get it. On the basis that borisjohnson, one of those leading the brexit charge, we do not trust him to get a deal that would actually suit what you would like to see . I have every expectation that borisjohnson will get a brexit deal, which i will be able to vote for, but until we see the text, we cannot tell you what we will be doing. But i rely on Boris Johnson to deliver a brexit worth having and if he delivers it, i will be glad to vote for it. That is where we are but we need to get on, of course, to our other properties andi of course, to our other properties and i think the queens speech set them out brilliantly, in particular in relation to justice, them out brilliantly, in particular in relation tojustice, the health service. It puts us squarely on the Centre Ground territory that the public want us to be on. Isnt it a case that this deal or no brexit, it is the only way if there is a deal to keep that 3ist is the only way if there is a deal to keep that 31st of october pledge . Most of us, including me, overwhelmingly want a deal, we want to exit into a set of relationships to exit into a set of relationships to the character that the eu set out last year. But how do we get there . We must do so through a Withdrawal Agreement and the problem of the previous one was that it was capable of leaving us trapped any kind of regulatory orbit of the eu, a declining satellite of the eu, giving us no benefits of leaving. That was totally unacceptable. Boris has had a massive shift towards a Free Trade Agreement that would leave us a self governing nation, the devil is in the detail. We look forward to seeing the speech, we know that the eu has been constructive, although some of the briefing has been unhelpful, and i look forward to being able to vote for a tolerable deal. But until we get the text, i cannot tell you what we will do. What would you do if borisjohnson said, we are almost at the point of getting a deal but we will not do it by the 31st of october, so we will agree an extension . That question is hugely speculative and cuts across the promises boris has made. He is clear that we will leave with or without a deal on the 31st. So i am backing him to do that. If Parliament Comes together around a tolerable deal, legislates a. Sorry to interrupt, you are going to a point you have made already and i want to focus. Actually, it was a new point. But the point is about the extension, you have said it is speculation, but there is little time to do a deal and one unnamed senior diplomat has said you do not reinvent the wheel in five days, we are still looking atan in five days, we are still looking at an extension. Even if you have the best will in the world and the mines are on the same page, you have to think about these things. Would you consider an extension . If parliament looked at it with the same energy that it ran through the hilary benn act, with the same speed, then we will get it done. No, thatis speed, then we will get it done. No, that is not the point, if the deal is not there but borisjohnson says we believe there is the well and we can do it, we mayjust need a little bit longer to get it done, would you support that . I came on to talk about the queen speech and you are asking me questions which we have gone over now for weeks and months and years it feels like i am backing borisjohnson to get us out on the 31st, do or die, which is what he said. You can ask me that speckled the as much as you want but you will get the same answer. Steve baker, thank you very much. Plans to improve the nhs and specifically, Mental Health provisons, were laid out in the queens speech. Measures will be brought forward to support and strengthen the National Health service, its workforce and resources, enabling it to deliver the highest quality care. New laws will be taken forward to help implement the National Health Services Long term plan in england and to establish an independent body to investigate Serious Health care incidents. My government will bring forward proposals to reform Adult Social Care in england, to ensure dignity in old age. My ministers will continue work to reform the Mental Health act to improve respect for, and care of, those receiving treatment. We can speak now to Stewart Hosie from the snp. The snp have already said they will vote against the queens speech. Thank you forjoining us. The snp would vote against the queens speech. Where would that. If it was voted down, where would that leave us . Let us go back half a step. With a majority of 43, i think, the chance of any of the seeing the light of day is next to nothing. If the queens speech is defeated, they will have to be a confidence vote and it would have to bea confidence vote and it would have to be a general election. Intertwined with that is the requirement for the Prime Minister to get the extension from the European Union so we do not crash out of europe at the end of october with no deal. Does that then mean that actually there is not the prospect of a vote of no confidence, because it is too tricky right now with this deadline upon us . No, they will have to be a vote of no confidence at some point, whether it isa confidence at some point, whether it is a straight vote of no confidence or whether it is as a result of queens speech not being passed, but the key thing is the security of making sure no deal is off the table first, and then let us have the general election, and we can go through this with a new government any through this with a new government a ny few through this with a new government any few months, and have the queens speech of legislative programme that might stand some chance of being delivered. Do you not believe that no deal is firmly off the table with what has been done, both in parliament where the hilary benn act and then effectively backing it up with the court of session in scotland, the sort of session will look at it again, the most senior judge in scotland if the hilary benn act is not complied with, well look at it again on monday . That is a nice insurance policy, but i think we are all extraordinary frustrated and shocked that the Prime Minister and shocked that the Prime Minister and his ministers refused to say explicitly in the house of commons that they will write the letter seeking an extension. Once we get that off the table, let us have the election and then a queens speech, a legislative programme that mean something. Is there any way that you would vote for any deal that Boris Johnson gets . Well, remember in 2016, the snp brought forward a compromise which would have worked andi compromise which would have worked and i believe three years ago might have just commanded a majority. Sorry, i am talking about where we are now and if borisjohnson comes back with a deal this week, with the snp vote for it . No, because what he is offering up by what he might call a concession is no such thing. If we are out of the Single Market in the customs union, if we bizarrely enter Free Movement of people, incredibly damaging, then that is has idea of compromise, there is not a cats there is not a cat in hells chance that any sensible member of parliament or member of the snp could vote for that. The conservative party won an election, the majority of the tory party has been whittled down and is now in negative territory, as you have said, because of the government deciding to take away the whip from a number of its own mps. The position was, though, a government that was elected following a referendum that wanted to secure a breast agreement, that supported this country leaving the eu, and slowly, over time, mps have this country leaving the eu, and slowly, overtime, mps havejust thwarted that and thwarted that. this democracy in action . They have not thwarted it at all because there was never an it or a plan, and your question actually highlights the fundamental problem with the whole brexit project. The people who led campaign did not have a clue what it meant, or indeed how to deliver it. So all of the shambles we are seeing are as a result of the leadership of the leave campaign in 2016 not expecting to win and having no clue whatsoever about what it was the intended to deliver. They do that is being discussed is something that was previously looked at and it was discarded because of concerns around the sanctity of the union and of there being a border, albeit a de fa cto there being a border, albeit a de facto border in the irish sea between Northern Ireland and great britain. Do you believe that if this deal goes ahead we are on the brink of seeing the uk breaking up . think the demand for scotland to become independent is palpable. There are clearly pressures now in wales, and in Northern Ireland, goodness knows what this means, because the actual plan means two borders with potentially a north south regulatory border on the island of ireland and in east west border in the middle of the irish sea, and between the island of ireland and great britain. I cannot imagine people who wanted to see quotes the sanctity of the uk are going to be remotely enamoured with a plan that delivers to boundaries like that. Stewart hosie of the snp, thank you very much. Well, the queens speech will be debated this afternoon in parliament. The key question is, whether there can be a deal with the eu that will lead to brexit on the 31st of october. There is an eu summit this week which is the key moment to see whether a deal can be delivered. Time for the Business News now. Im alice baxter. In the Business News. Railways back on track. During the queens speech, we hear that a review into the state of britains railways will be brought forward as the government strives to ensure that the benefits of a prospering economy reach every corner of the United Kingdom. Vodafone has apologised after a technical error meant Customers Using the mobile network abroad were hit with roaming bills of up to £5,000. Customers took to twitter, saying they were unable to use their phones and could not reach the operator. Since 2017, uk consumers are able to use their mobile phone tariffs when travelling in the eu at no extra charge. The budget has been announced for 6th november, with chancellor sajid javid saying it will be, the first budget after leaving the eu. It will also be mrjavids first budget since he became chancellor in july. The date is normally announced in september, but in the event of a no deal brexit, the bbc understands that the full budget will be delayed and the 6th november announcement would be a simple economic statement. Within all the pomp and ceremony of the queens speech, we heard that proposals to reform the railways will be put to mps. This will come as welcome news to millions of commuters up and down the country who have to suffer delays, over crowding and ticket hikes on a depressingly routine basis. The issue has become so severe that the government commissioned a review into the state of britains railways six months ago. Under former British Airways boss, keith williams, it is expected to announce that the current franchising system is no longer fit for purpose and will be replaced by a new model focused on performance and reliability. Tom burridge is our transport correspondent. Whats this all going to mean for passengers . Well, alice, in the immediate term, not the huge amount because if you ripped up the rule book of the ra i lwa ys ripped up the rule book of the railways it will take a while to actually implement it. In the longer term, it could be fundamental. The main Political Parties disagree on what the solution is but what they do agree on is performance has not delivered. Franchises across the country are not delivering people the Reliable Service that they deserve for the price that they pay, and we also know that some franchises are losing money. The system itself is broken, i think is the message i get from people across the message i get from people across the industry, and from political sides as well. And what people do agree on is that it needs fixing. And as i said, the problem is so severe that the government issued and commissioned this williams review. We expected to come out sometime next month. What exactly is wrong with the Current System . We have a franchising system. A franchise essentially is a contract between the Train Company and the government, and what happens is. Then on the last seven years on the Train Company will commit to doing certain things, like bringing on x number of new trains by a certain year. For example, it can be quite detailed the agreement, it can be things like how many toilets should be placed in a station, how many ticket machine should be any train station by a certain date . So the view of the government is that that franchising system is too rigid and it has not been working. Over the last 20 years we have seen massive passenger growth. What has happened in the last few years, it has curtailed a little bit, it has gone co nsta nt curtailed a little bit, it has gone constant and in reverse, in some parts of the country, particularly the north of england, there have been problems on the franchises and what really the government has said is that the system is broken, it is too rigid, and because it is basically locked in these Train Companies into certain agreements, when the economic picture gets less favourable for them and the pasture numbers go down, essentially, the Train Company start to lose money, and that has been the case in at least two or three franchises that i am aware of. Therefore, the system is not working for the Train Companies and it is not working for the passengers, and therefore the government is at least thinking of not maybe getting rid of franchises perse not maybe getting rid of franchises per se but reforming it and the mantra of the government is to make it more performance related. So, it would be based on targets around whether or not the trains run on time, as opposed to the sort of specific targets and things that the Train Companies need to do in the franchising contract. So, general agreement that the Current System is not working for a myriad of reasons. Briefly, what can we expect to see in this review when it is published next month one thought i have heard about is a greater autonomy when it comes to inner City Transport around the country. What proposals could be expect to see . Over the last few weeks, the last few months, we have had clear signs from keith williams, the man reading this review, about what he wants to do, when it is getting rid of franchising. Also, as you alluded to, bringing more autonomy into the railways. At the moment in the north of england where things are really bad, there is transport for the north, it is a committee that oversees decisions on the railways, but power still rests in london with the department for transport. There is a move and i think there is a body of opinion within the industry that that is a goodidea within the industry that that is a good idea and around the United Kingdom there is more autonomy of course and control in scotland, for example with scotrail, the Scottish Government basically running the ra i lwa ys government basically running the railways there. So there is a move, i think, of opinion, towards a more devolved system. A system that functions for the passenger and really, a slightly more flexible system. Obviously, of course, the labour party wants to take the trains and their operation back into the hands of the government and they have got quite a clear policy proposal from the government, and therefore, going forward, this is obviously an issue that the voters kate about given the state of the trains today and therefore Political Parties are coming up with clear policy proposals and differences, too. Commuters across the country wait with bated breath for that report next march. Tom burridge, our transport corresponded, thank you. Correspondent. In other business stories, lego is looking at whether it could offer a rental service to fans of its brightly coloured plastic building bricks, in a sign of how traditional Business Models are evolving as consumers press for more environmentally friendly products. The scheme is one of several ideas being considered as part of a sustainability drive. Facebooks Libra Cryptocurrency must not go ahead until the firm proves it is safe and secure thats according to a report by the g7 group as seen by the bbc. The worlds biggest economies are warning that cryptocurrencies pose a risk to the Global Financial system. They warn that even if libras backers address concerns, the project may not get approvalfrom regulators. This comes just days after payments giants mastercard and visa pulled out of the libra project, citing regulatory uncertainty. And what does brexit mean for your half term Holiday Plans . Given that the governments planned exit day from the eu is 31 october the thursday slap bang in the middle of some schools autumn break what do you need to think about, assuming the uk does brexit on halloween . Will you still be able to travel home easily if youre aborad . Home easily if youre abroad . When would be the best time to exhange your pounds forforeign currency . Our personal finance correspondent kevin peachy has written a helpful feature on the bbc business website addressing many of your concerns. This is how markets have reacted to the queens speech, the ftse. And a quick up date on the pound. It has fallen back from the three month highs it hit at the end of last week on the back of mounting expectations that there could be a brexit deal. Sterling is down against the euro and dollar but still almost 4 cents above its level last wednesday prior to that surge. Thats all the Business News. Hundreds of people are attending the funeral of a Police Officer who was killed on duty. Pc Andrew Harper died from multiple injuries when he was dragged under a van, while attending a burglary on the outskirts of a berkshire village, in august. Our correspondent, Helena Wilkinson is there. The Funeral Service has in the last few minutes come to an end. It had taken place at Christ Church cathedral, not too far, round the corner from where we are. 800 people we re corner from where we are. 800 people were among the congregation at the service, including, of course, pc Andrew Harpers wife. They had been married just 28 days when he died. They were childhood sweethearts. They were childhood sweethearts. They had been together for 30 13 yea rs they had been together for 30 13 years and today she came to her husbands funeral along with other family members. And also friends of pc Andrew Harper and representatives from other Police Forces from right across the country. Earlier on, there was a funeral procession that went through the streets here in oxford, in the city centre. You can probably see some of the Police Officers who have lined the streets from Thames Valley police. That is the force that pc Andrew Harper worked for. As the cortege made its way through the seat streets in the city centre, officers and members of the public bowed their heads and respect. Many people came out who did not know this officer came out to pay their respects and if you talk to the Police Officers, they have felt his loss very deeply indeed, they see themselves as a police family, but the family are leaving the cathedral here and going ona leaving the cathedral here and going on a private crematorium for pc Andrew Harper. Thank you, helena. Kurds in Northern Syria say the countrys government has agreed to send soldiers to stop the turkish invasion of their territory. State media is also claiming the syrian army has been deployed along the border to help the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces. It follows the us decision to pull all its remaining troops from the area, to avoid them being caught between opposing armies. Our correspondent martin patience has been at the syria turkey border. Well, first of all, we just need to think about this, a week ago the kurds were allied with america. Now that americas pulled out, the kurds have gone over to the syrian regime. How, according to syrian officials, the syrian army will push up now, according to syrian officials, the syrian army will push up to the turkish border. But what we have to remember is a propaganda war is being fought here and the Syrian Military is utterly exhausted, but it is worth pointing out the Syrian Government is backed by russia and iran. So therefore if turkey is to attack kurdish forces, it would be in turn attacking russia and iran and i think thatjust gives you some idea of how dangerous this conflict can be. We are at a very dangerous moment. As for the situation in north east syria at the moment, we hear it is chaotic, the turkish advance is continuing right along this border, with around 150,000 civilians now having fled the violence. So it is a chaotic situation and many syrians are simply running for their lives at the moment. Families of People Killed by sepsis are warning that too many patients are being misdiagnosed. Last year, figures showed deaths in englands hospitals had risen by more than a third in two years. Thats despite awareness campaigns and guidelines for doctors to help them spot the signs. There are more than 250,000 cases of sepsis in the uk every year. 25,000 of those patients are children. Five people are killed by sepsis every hour in the uk. Ava mcfarlane was five when she died as a result of the condition in 2017. Our correspondent sian lloyd has been speaking to her family. Wejust thought, you know, were in the best place, this is it, shes going to be ok. But itjust didnt. It didnt happen. She was already going into toxic shock. Ava mcfarlane died from sepsis hours after being sent home from hospital. Her parents had been told that the five year old, who had downs syndrome, should be given calpol for a virus, but avas condition was much more serious. An inquest into her death found a number of opportunities to diagnose sepsis had been missed and that National Guidelines hadnt been followed. Im never going to see her get married, am i . And im never going to see her going to college, things like. Its those things i think people dont realise, its notjust what youve lost now, its what you have lost in the rest of your life. Sepsis is a leading cause of death in the uk, but there were serious concerns about the treatment that ava received here at the Queens Medical Centre in nottingham. Questions are being asked of the University Hospital trust. Its chief executive will give evidence before a special hearing to explain what changes have been made in the wake of her death to prevent similar in the future. Its two years since ava died. Her family are still devastated. Theres anger too that information about sepsis hadnt been made available to them. I think if id left with a leaflet, i probably wouldnt even have made it back to the car, i would have read the leaflet as we were walking out and just gone back in and gone, no, im not happy. Whereas at the time, i thought, youre telling me, youve trained for x amount of years and youre a doctor, you must be right, im just a mum. The hospital said patients are now given information to help identify sepsis and staff have been trained. But avas family want to know why guidelines already in existence to help doctors spot the condition were not followed. Sean lloyd, bbc news nottingham. The one oclock news is coming up shortly with all of the latest on the queens speech. The queen has outlined a programme for the next parliament and she outlined 26 bills, including seven relating to crime and justice and one third of the bills relating to brexit. We will have full coverage of that, live with Sophie Raworth from westminster, in just live with Sophie Raworth from westminster, injust a live with Sophie Raworth from westminster, in just a few moments. Now its time for a look at the weather. Here is darren bett. How go there. We have seen rain develop across many parts. The driest weather is in the east of scotland. And for the north of england where we will see sunshine for a while but even here cloud will tend to increase. Here is a satellite picture, areas of low pressure with weather fronts. This weather front and the cloud with it has been around pretty much all weekend, and that will bring most of the rain through the rest of the day, it is developing here towards the south and east of england. The rain will spread more widely. We have another area of rain across Northern Ireland and that will push into the west of scotland, increasing the cloud, too. England and wales is where the rain will turn more widespread and heavier, and perhaps thundery, too. Largely dry across the north of england, sunshine for the east of scotland and temperatures at 13, up to 16 degrees. Wet weather to end the day, particularly through the midlands, across the east of england, heavier, perhaps thundery rain. It is moving northwards come up towards the borders, the worst of the rain heading out to the north sea. Even across the west of the country the rain will peter out overnight. A lot of places become dry by the end of the night, not too chilly, though, with temperatures of between six and 11 degrees. Tomorrow, a chance to dry for many. Not much rain around tomorrow. A bit of sunshine coming through now and again. Some mist and fog to start today perhaps, the rain to clear from the borders, the north east of england. Maybe the osha were developing for Northern Ireland, wales, the south of england, but not many, many places will be dry, not promising huge amounts of sunshine but a decent today compared with what we have had and temperatures between 1a and 16 degrees. A band of ray lurking in the western that will make an impact, make inroads on tuesday evening and tuesday night. It will be anchored by that area of low pressure which comes into play next week. Some rain to clear on wednesday morning, it should clear from the east of england but rain lingering longer into the afternoon across the north of scotland. Elsewhere, plenty of sunshine coming through, most places are dry, if you shower is mainly for the west of scotla nd shower is mainly for the west of scotland and Northern Ireland, and temperatures 12 to 16 degrees. I mentioned that area of low pressure, here it is at the end of the week, that will strengthen the winds, keep the temperatures up at night but bring showers or even some long spells of rain. Lays out its agenda for the year ahead but opposition parties call this years queen speech a sham and a charade. Its the 65th time that the queen has come to parliament to unveil the governments agenda today the focus was firmly on crime, health and first and foremost delivering brexit. My governments priority has always been to secure the United Kingdoms departure from the European Union on the 31st of october. Its Boris Johnsons first queens speech but without a majority in the house of commons theres little chance of his plans becoming law. Well be looking at the governments agenda as mps prepare to debate it in parliament this afternoon. Also on the programme