now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello again and welcome to monday in parliament. why are nurses only getting a i% pay rise? most of the public sector is having a pay freeze, even against this backdrop we will continue to provide pay rises for nhs workers. but some conservatives think ministers should go further. will she reconsider and at least, at least propose a larger increase for lower paid nhs workers? and on international women's day, an appeal for better health care. it's shocking that women are up 50% more likely to be _ misdiagnosed following a heart attack simply because our- symptoms differ| to those of men. but first. the prime minister has defended plans to give some nhs staff in england a i% pay rise. borisjohnson said the government is giving workers "as much as we can" in the "tough times" of the covid pandemic. the increase, which is being considered by an independent panel, would cover most hospital staff. in the commons, a health minister brushed off calls from labour and several conservative mps to offer a more generous pay rise. this pandemic has asked of much of our health care system in the hole country recognises how her nhs workforce has performed with distinction and how they have gone the extra mile throughout this crisis. it has also had a huge impact on our economy. it has been a tough time for businesses and all of those who work in them. and as honourable members will be aware, most of the public sector is having a pay freeze even against this backdrop we will continue to provide pay raises for nhs workers. labour's shadow health secretary, who'd asked an urgent question, wanted to know why matt hancock wasn't answering it. where is the secretary of state, mr speaker? why isn't the secretary of state here to defend a budget that puts up tax for hard—working families and cuts pay for hard—working nurses? the secretary of state has stood at that dispatch box repeatedly waxing lyrical describing nhs staff as heroes saying they are the very best of us, and now he is cutting nurses pay. a former health secretary had noticed another gap in the plans. as a lack of funding for nextl year for annual vaccinations, protest and trace for long . covid and millions of catchup operations delayed by the pandemic. i what discussions has this health secretary had - with the chancellor about this i gap in funding and where's that money going to come from? there's an extra 22 billion set aside for number one cost out of the nhs budget, and also 3 billion specifically for recovery and bringing down waiting lists. senior nurses already earn up to £1000 less than their scottish counterparts while the removal of the nursing bursary and imposition of tuition fees has settled recently qualified nurses with up to £50,000 of debt. i'm sure she knows that shops don't accept claps instead of cash, so will the government not give health and social care staff a decent pay rise and consider it one of thank you payment as in scotland? the minister said a pay rise had to be paid for. she should remember in the context that very sadly many people have lost theirjobs. millions of people have lost theirjobs in the pandemic, so we are in a time of huge economic uncertainty. and while much of the public sector is going to have a pay freeze by contrast the nhs workforce are going to have a pay rise. and i urge her, too during this review period open up discussions with the treasury to look at what more we can do for our nhs staff commit be that a one—off additional payment or other support is giving people more rest and recuperation time, and we should do everything we can and make every effort to go further than what has so far been recommended. as we have done through the pandemic there's been lots of extra support for the workforce whether it's with practicalities or hot food and drink thatjust make things work long as more manageable. also so crucial for those that have experience and actually looking at what continued support we have in place in the months ahead. does the minister realised . there's a sense of enormous anger across the country? nurses have seen us - through this crisis of saving many lives, and yet - they are offered a pay cut as a result of it? to survive and a third i are thinking of leaving the profession unless they get a decent pay rise. _ surely to goodness, if 37 i billion can be found to pay for a failed track and trace - system, surely the money must be available to pay| nhs staff properly. you can't clap for them then i cut their pay at the same time. surely we should just pay them properly so that we can - have a national health service that we can all be proud - of and all rely on for. all time in the future. talking of anger i think one thing that is not very helpful is probably from many of those on the benches opposite to be feeling a level of anger by calling a pay rise a pay cut. but what we are being absolutely clear about is the nhs staff are getting a pay rise. whilst organising the kind of economic constraints and the £2 trillion debt that our country owes them will she reconsider and at least propose a larger increase for lower paid nhs workers? as i have said we have submitted the pay review envelope for funding, the i% the government says it can afford it we will be looking at the recommendations when they come back. one things i should also say is that for lower paid workforce there was a commitment for lower paid staff at least get a £250 pay rise that applies to those in the nhs as well. on international women's day, ministers have put out a call for women to share their experiences of the health and care system. the information gathered over the next three months will form the basis of a new women's health strategy. the health minister explained why it was needed. today is international women's day. and on the it's important day we must acknowledge that the generations women have lived with a health care system that is designed by men for men. as a result, women have been underrepresented in research. despite making 51% of the population, we still know little about some female specific issues. and there is less evidence and data on how conditions affect women and men differently. she appealed for women from all backgrounds and areas to get in touch. this strategy marks a turning point for women in this country. we are making women's forces heard and we are putting them at the very centre of their own care. we can make sure that our nations health system truly works for the whole nation. labour referred to the interview the duchess of sussex gave on american television. today is huge news that women of colour has spoken about her own mental health struggles during pregnancy. many women face difficulties but stay silent afraid to seek help. with the stigma attached to mental illness the government must ensure that evidence is collected from all over ethnically diverse communities. women are still being misdiagnosed in 2021. with male bodies being seen as the default body is a huge historical data gap in understanding women public health needs. it's shocking that women are 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed following a heart attack civilly because our symptoms different to those of men. several mps were concerned about the effect of the pandemic. eating disorders are tragically on the rise with high - levels of morbidity. where young women to - proportionately struggle to be referred to treatment due - to an integrated medical model based on bmi to identify eating disorders rather. than a psychological model treating the whole person. | eating disorders are the mental health disorder but the highest mortality rate. and while eating disorders don't discriminate they affect women disproportionately. the longer the disorder is untreated the longer and work obligated it is to recover. there are many women who struggle to get anyone to listen, to understand that they have an eating disorder. we struggled to identify it early enough, we struggle to pick it up and that evidence, we still need to gather. because at that point of contact and recognition is really health care professionals don't realise that they are dealing with an eating disorder. that's the kind of evidence that we think we could get fresh evidence from women who can come again, click on the link and let us know. the welfare system does not currently provide adequate support for many of these conditions. for example, statutory sick pay is only available to an employee for a maximum of three years. which penalises those people, women of course, chronic will administer commit with women that come forward with evidence that she will work with the department for work and pensions to resolve these issues? nadine dorries said she would. a conservative complained about the provision of fertility treatment. as contact by my constituentl who is seeking to have a child through ivf but was rejected - nhs treatment in county durham because her partner has children from a past - relationship. they have lived under itl difference ecg should be eligible. on my honourable friend _ encouraged women undergoing ivf to share their experiences to this review or another i review to ensure that more . equalise provision of services is there right - across the country? its national endometriosis month and camping groups are asking for commitment to reduce average diagnosis times to four years or less. and i'm concerned if we wait for the strategy that is delaying action on it, so what reassurance can she get that the government is acting to reduce waiting times now? we can't really go any quicker than putting the call out now for 12 weeks, doing what we can to perform recess to make sure we get the data and work on over the summer recess, and then have a strategy before the end of the year. i think our timetable is actually tight and quick but we wanted to be because we don't want to lose the momentum i want to get this report out before the end of the year. you're watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock. now, don't forget that if you're looking for some lockdown tv to feast upon, you can catch up on our daily round up of westminster life on the bbc iplayer. just search for "parliament". mps have called for a ban on lgbt conversion therapy after more than a quarter of a million people signed a petition calling for it to be outlawed. the debate was led by a conservative member of the petitions committee and included a number of very personal speeches. so—called conversion therapy is is an umbrella term used to took tried interventions of a ride raising nature all of which have in common of person's '5 sexual orientation can and should be changed. these so—called therapies can manifest in many forms and pseudo— psychological treatments. such as purification and fasting, and its most extreme, there's been evidence that this can also involve physical and sexual violence, including so—called corrective rape. it would seem like an obvious, nantes a contentious step - when considering the mistake —— non—contentious. _ that sexual orientation can be changed. - that lgbt people are a threat| to a society, that lgbt people are ill or sick or can be - cured, that lgbt plus people can be persuaded or forced to become heterosexual. by undergoing treatment or counselling. _ this sounds almost mediaeval in its approach, that's - because it is. every day, people in our- country are having their lives and their mental well—being put at serious risk by being - subjected to attempts by people who have power over them - to change their sexual orientation. _ we have to keep the term therapy with the contempt it deserves. contempt because he must be clear, this is not therapy, it's a pseudo—psychiatric 20th century snake oil. i think there's nothing more pernicious than to label someone sick and try and coerce them into treatment for something that is right at the core of who they are and who they love. i was well into my 305 when i came out. part of why i didn't come out so soon will always be a mystery to me, but a big part was because i was from a single parent family and i grew up in a loving family that i knew accepted me for who i was, but i didn't grow up in a who would. in a society who would. having a parent of each gender was the ideal, and i couldn't face up to being a lesbian. as a daughter of a single mother and a private out lesbian, i realised be on my strengths, my superpowers. but that's not the case for so many in the lgbt community. hannah ba rdell. the debate on the budget has continued in the commmons to by the government protect the uk's cultural sector. opposition mps accused ministers of doing too little to help workers in the creative industries. if last year's package - was a package of support, a package that was vaccine against economic ruin, - this budget - is the booster shot. these measures allow us to put covid in the rear—view mirror. and start looking forward to a brighter future. - the 1.7 billion pound arts recovery fund, he said, was the biggest intervention in the arts in the history of the uk. we are now preparing them for the spring and summerl of reopening with another £390 million in this budget to help i museums, galleries and theatres open their doors when _ restrictions finally ease. likewise, this budget extends are hugely successful film - and tv restart scheme, - which during the pandemic has a more than 200 productions up and down the united kingdom. i labour accused the conservatives of "a decade of misrule". now, this budget, on top of all that which describes all the secretary of state says, i suspect in the long term will neither be used nor ornament at this time of economic peril. because this is a diabolical record. the many self—employed people. the analysis the musicians union suggests a brown tweed 3% of their members are left out in the cold, and i understand that whilst the fifth round of the scheme may run from may to september, it replied provides three months of support. the self—employed haven't had any support at all. i cannot be the only member in this house who has constant amounts of constituents asking for support. if the treasury could perhaps look at seeing if there is a way to help resolve that, many of those self—employed companies are in the creative industries, and it will be a great thing if we could find some way of helping them. but to stop that at the 30th - of september is not going to be as helpful as it could be, and this should continue | for the full year. i don't know about you, but i look not to the opposition front bit for the judgment, but to the business community, who are the people who drive the investment that create prosperity. this budget... and all of the key trade bodies. that speaks volumes from the confidence of this country in this chancellor and this budget. but a former shadow chancellor took aim at the prime minister. the hypocrisy of standing on doorsteps clapping for nurses are now slapping them in the face by cutting their pay of our nhs heroes... as for the prime minister, i didn't clap those... - and then say to them - but you will have a pay cut as a result of that. it would've been hypocritical of me to have done that. - unemployment is now expected to peak at six and a half percent instead of nearly 12% as last summer. 1.8 million people fewer are expected to be out of work than was first forecast. that isn't a bit of luck, that is a government that has reduced one of the best financial responses to support its systems and the entire world. instinctively, i believe in low taxes and small government. but in a crisis situation like this, measures of this kind, unwelcome but necessary tax increases, are likely. as i'm afraid, pay freezes in the nhs. chris grayling. to stormont now, where northern ireland's first minister has faced more questions about problems with the post—brexit trading rules known as the northern ireland protocol. a dup member of the northern ireland assembly warned that the jewish community is struggling to get kosher meat in time for the passover festival which begins towards the end of this month. he blamed the protocol, which has led to checks on some goods coming into northern ireland from the rest of the uk, one reason why the dup wants to scrap it. the synagogue in my- constituency, as we reach passover this is something that's become particularlyl acute. is this government aware of the scale and depth i of the problems of this - protocol, that this isn't some sort of pick—up? i thank the member for those very real and tangible examples of the impact of the protocol, and i note his remarks about thejewish community, something which is very concerning, i have to say. we have a very smalljewish community in northern ireland, and the fact that they can't access kosher meat is something that would cause me a great deal of concern. i want to touch on another aspect about the protocol. you will be aware that the executive is actively engaged to eradicate... through its paramilitary task force. do you not think the fact that you met these representatives of these that are actively now involved in criminalisty, drug dealing and murder? no, not at all. because the members that we met are committed to peaceful and democratic means, and ifind it astounding to hear criticism when the army council is still in existence. that's not my assessment, that's the assessment of the chief constable. arlene foster. peers have called for sanctions to be imposed on china following the arrest of 47 pro democracy campaigners in hong kong last week. the activists were charged under national security laws, introduced last year. critics say the legislation is designed to silence political opponents. they also say it contravenes the uk's deal with china when hong kong was handed over in 1997 that the territory would have a separate political system. the decision to charge 47 politicians and activists under the national security law is another deeply disturbing step. it demonstrates in the starkest way that the law is being used to stifle political consent rather than restore security, which china claimed was the purpose. officials in hong kong brings concerns with the chinese ministry on the 2nd of march and with the hong kong administrative government on the 5th of march. the 47 he referred to bringsl over 100 arrests made under the chinese communist party's draconian national security law. - all of hong kong's - pro—democracy leaders are either injail, l in exile or on trial. does he agree with the noble lord, who said that this wave | of mass arrests is a continuing and brutal danger to all- who believe in free and open speech? i and he will relate to - the foreign secretary that this house want to see i sanctions imposed? british judges have continued to sit in hong hong kong, and the chinese government continued to point to them as proof that they hong kong legal system is valid and independent. increasingly repressive legislation and arrests hundred, what is her majesty's government view of the appropriateness? the law imposes real questions from the rule of law and the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms. it's therefore right that the supreme court continues to assess the situation in hong kong and is doing so in direct discussion with the government. the government has in the lastl month announced asset freezes and travel bans and government figures following the military coup last month. - why aren't we doing at least as much in response - to the abuses by - china and hong kong? sanctions will come and must come, and when they do, - will he agree it won't be a moment too early. - the minister wouldn't comment on sanctions, a process known as designating an individual or country. i can't speculate but i do share the view that sanctions are important. may i ask the minister what is his assessment of the indications of national security education in hong kong schools? as widespread concern... the heart of the curriculum and what steps has he taken to respond to those concerns? week continue to confer upon the chinese government we continue to confer upon the chinese government to ensure inclusive education for all in hong kong. the agreement with - the government actions, i would like to highlight the length of british - involvement in hong kong and close connections- with its political leaders. many of whom were educated in this country. _ i asked the noble lord - the minister whether in order to fulfil our responsibility to maintain our valuablel friendship, but time has come to invite an official _ delegation of hong kong - to the country, but to express delegation of hong kong - to the country, both to express our concerns but also to hear from them how they see - the future and how we can establish a sensible - relationship which benefits both sides going forward. i i note his suggestion, but i do fear that what we've seen from the national congress about future legislative control within hong kong and the actions recently taken within hong kong as to how much leverage we would gain from such an interaction. but lord ahmad promised to consider his suggestion with colleagues in the foreign office. that's it for monday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for tuesday in parliament. until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello. the weather is pretty quiet out there at the moment, and tuesday promises to be a fine day on the whole. the rest of the week, though, oh, my goodness, it's going to get significantly livelier. a deep area of low pressure forming out to the west at the moment, in the atlantic, will come hurtling towards the uk for wednesday and thursday. expect some very strong and gusty winds, and some spells of heavy rain. so, in contrast, for tuesday, yes, some showery light rain affecting northern reaches of the uk, but overall a lot of fine weather. some sunny spells and light winds. a quiet enough day. temperatures just about making it into the lower end of double figures. through the afternoon, however, and into the evening, the wind starts to strengthen in the west, as this weather front pushes in. wet conditions for northern ireland and scotland, through the evening. overnight, the rain sinks further south, into england and wales, and the gusty winds will follow that band of rain. but the wind, the rain and the cloud do make for a milder night tuesday into wednesday. wednesday daytime, the cloud and rain tends to hang back across england and wales, as our next front bumps into scotland and northern ireland. generally a lot of cloud around, some heavy rain, but the wind the key factor again, i think, through wednesday. across the board, strong gusty winds. those are the figures in the black arrows. we're looking at 50mph and inland 35—40mph. this is the area of low pressure wednesday into thursday. the fronts run off into the continent. the low centre, though, stays to the north. thursday actually brighter for many, but a lot of showers coming in, and just don't underestimate that wind. behind the fronts, actually, it could be stronger on thursday than it was on wednesday. certainly will feel colder. i think we could see some snow showers across the highest ground, and the winds at exposure in excess of 60 mph, inland 40—45 mph. so a really windy 48 hours. winds slacken back a bit, perhaps friday, but bands of showers sweep across the uk. and then for saturday, it looks like we'll see a more organised band of rain spreading into all areas. and still a fairly blustery story into the early part the weekend. welcome to bbc news, i'm mike embley. our top stories. silent so far — buckingham palace is yet to reply to the duke and duchess of sussex's explosive interview with oprah winfrey. the broadcast has shaken the royals and divided viewers — allegations include a member of the royal family expressing concerns over what colour the couple's child would be. we have interned in the conversation of he would be given security, he will not be given security, he will not be given a title, and also, concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born. more gunfire and chaos as protests grip myanmar, but there's a moment of reconciliation as one roman catholic nun joins demonstrators, and prays with police.