This is bbc news, the headlines as its Tourist Attractions stay shut, india has overtaken russia to become the country with the worlds third highest number of coronavirus infections. A sharp rise in new cases has taken the confirmed total to around 690,000. More than 19,000 people have died so far. The authorities in the North Western spanish region of galicia have imposed restrictions on about seventy thousand people after a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus. It comes a day after catalonia also introduced a local lockdown to curb the spread of covid 19. In the australian state of victoria, several breaches of hotel quarantine, are being blamed for a spike in coronavirus cases. In melbourne, over 30 suburbs have been locked down, and three thousand residents living in Public Housing will not be able to leave their flats
for the next two weeks. Now on bbc news lets look back at the week in parliament hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up in the next half hour borisjohnson promises to build, build, build to boost the uks economy after coronavirus but the labour leader reckons the plans are nothing new, and the governments got one more opportunity to stop mass redundancies. Next weeks Financial Statement could be the last chance to save millions ofjobs. But the Prime Minister remains positive. We are the builders, theyre the blockers. Were the doers, theyre the ditherers. Were going to get on with it and take this country forward also on this programme, the government announces that up
to 3 million hong kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the uk. The education secretary announces plans to get all of englands children back to school in september. And one mp reflects on how her life might have been different. My mum, who has regularly said, katherine, ive been saying since you were two youll either be a stripper, a social worker or a scientist but first, Boris Johnson was in bullish form as he set out what he called an ambitious post coronavirus recovery plan. In a speech in the west midlands, the pm vowed to use this moment to fix longstanding economic problems and promised a £5 billion new deal to build homes and infrastructure. It was also confirmed that the chancellor would deliver an economic update onjuly 8. Critics argued there was little new in the plans or the funding. At pmqs, the labour leader reckoned there had been one striking line in borisjohnsons speech. The Prime Minister said, we know that the jobs many people had injanuary are not coming back. I fear that this is the equivalent
line to the line in the Prime Ministers speech of march 12, when he said, i must level with you. Many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time. And we know what happened next. Thats why there needs to be a laser like focus on protecting jobs. So how manyjobs does the Prime Minister think yesterdays announcement will protect . Mr speaker, i think he first of all might pay tribute to the work of this government in protecting 11 million jobs throughout this crisis. He might draw attention to the fact that we have supported huge sectors of the uk economy at a cost of £120 billion. And im not going to give a figure for the number ofjob losses that may or may not take place but, of course, the risk is very, very serious, as he rightly says. But that is why were proceeding with the new deal,
the fair deal for the british people, which will be notjust massive investment in our National Health service £34 billion in our nhs, £14 billion more into our schools but an investment in infrastructure going up to £100 billion. We are going to build, build, build and deliver jobs, jobs, jobs for the people of this country. But keir starmer said what had been announced had amounted to £100 per person. Not much of this announcement was new, and it certainly wasnt much of a deal. Meanwhile, as the Prime Minister was speaking, airbus announced 1,700 job losses, easyjet, 1,300 job losses, tm lewin and harveys, 800 job losses. Thats just yesterday. And there was nothing in the Prime Ministers speech for the 3. 2 Million People in hospitality or the 2. 9 million in retail. Next weeks Financial Statement could be the last chance to save millions ofjobs. Will the Prime Minister start now by extending the furlough scheme
for those parts of the economy that are still most at risk . Borisjohnson said the package hed announced was worth £600 billion of investment, but the best thing would be to get people back to work and get the virus under control. The best thing, actually, that the opposition could do is stop equivocating and doing one thing one week and one thing another week and decide that they emphatically support ending the lockdown, they emphatically support kids being back in school rather than being bossed around by the unions. Mr speaker, we are the builders, theyre the blockers. Were the doers, theyre the ditherers. Were going to get on with it and take this country forward. There was not a single penny for scotland out of what was supposed to be a reset speech from the Prime Minister yesterday. This was a speech devoid of action, devoid of ambition and devoid of any support for the most
vulnerable in our society. There will be plenty of wonderful things that we want to do with him, working with him, working with the Scottish Administration to improve transport and other infrastructure across the whole of the united kingdom, including scotland. Borisjohnson. Well, the reality of coronavirus job cuts was brought home to people in wales, when airbus announced 1,700 job losses in the uk. It was later confirmed thatjust over 1,400 of those would be at the firms factory at broughton in north wales. A total of 15,000 jobs are to be cut globally. The Company Hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies. At first ministers questions, Mark Drakeford pledged to stand by the firm. I want to be absolutely clear that the Welsh Government will do all we can to support the company and its workforce in these very difficult times, but the Global Nature of the Current Crisis in aviation means that local solutions will not be sufficient by themselves to ensure the future of this important strategic industry. I am absolutely furious and, frankly, upset. For months now, i have been telling the uk government that they must intervene to support jobs in the aviation and aerospace sector. Honestly, ive heard nothing back this is an industry that had furloughed jobs. This is not the fault of the company, nor its workforce. We may find ourselves in a situation where there will be some airbus jobs that will be lost and, obviously, our priority must be ensuring minimising the number of those jobs that are lost here herein wales, and so, to a certain extent, theres an element of competition there. Mark drakeford said the plant at broughton had always had to compete with other sites in europe, but it was at the leading edge of production, efficiency and health and safety. Meanwhile in Northern Ireland, there was a funding boost for the health service. Its to receive almost £90 million as part of a £250 million reallocation of funds. The so called monitoring round reallocates unspent money within stormont departments. The total also includes £12 million for Free School Meal payments for children over the summer months. These allocations help our public services, including the health service. They assist in economic recovery and they protect the most vulnerable in our society, including children entitled to Free School Meals, and the homeless. Scotlands first minister announced that face coverings will become mandatory in shops in scotland from july 9 as coronavirus restrictions are eased. Nicola sturgeon also said the two metre physical distancing rule would be eased for some premises onjuly 10. Back in the commons, in an attempt to kick start at least one bit of the economy, mps fast tracked legislation to allow pubs and restaurants in england and wales to turn pavements, terraces and even car parks into outdoor areas. Under temporary measures, pubs and restaurants would be able to apply for pavement licences more easily so they could put tables and chairs outside. The law would cut the time to receive approvalfor a licence from an average of 42
working days to just ten. The application fee would also be lowered to £100. But some mps had concerns about bad behaviour. The business secretary told mps he wanted to see businesses bounce back from a period of enforced hibernation. 127,000 pubs, restaurants and cafes, employing around two Million People, are the lifeblood of our high streets and town centres. Social distancing guidelines significantly affect capacity to accommodate customers. Food and Beverage Service activity has fallen by nearly 90 in the last quarter. The bill introduces a temporary fast track process for pubs, cafes and restaurants to obtain local Council Permission to place tables and chairs on the Pavement Outside their premises. This measure, with seven days notice, allows an enormous amount of off sales, which is already causing havoc in my constituency, with people defecating, urinating and leaving problems in parks. People talking about fake glastonbury. This is going to cost a lot of money to my borough, to police. We are not Party Poopers but we dont want the other kind of pooping, either, so would the secretary of state make sure that there is some provision in this to allow councils to have some discretion where, particularly, there is a problem with a licensed premises causing anti social behaviour . I cautiously welcome the governments move to lift restrictions on people visiting pubs, cafes and restaurants, although, like many of my constituents, i remain anxious about how this can be achieved while maintaining social distancing guidelines. This virus remains far from beaten and i am dismayed about the mixed messages from the government about how people should conduct themselves in the face of what is still a major threat both to our health and the economy. Labours shadow business minister wanted to look at the wider context, and particularly the furlough scheme, which will end by october. We are not asking the impossible of
government, but what we are saying is look at what other countries are doing. Whether its spain or italy or new zealand or france or germany, they are taking a sectoral approach to the furlough. They are saying that there are specific sectors that are more affected by the Public Health measures and therefore, the economic measures have to match that. Ed miliband there. Well, any hopes of going to a pub or bar in leicester were dashed when the Health Secretary said people in the city would have to continue with the tighter restrictions for at least two weeks, due to a surge in coronavirus cases. Unfortunately, while cases in most parts of the country have fallen since the peak, in leicester, theyve continued to rise. The seven day infection rate in leicester is 135 cases per 100,000 people, which is three times higher than the next highest city. Non essential retail and schools would close and the relaxation
of shielding wouldnt go ahead. Labour thought the government had been slow to respond. The Prime Minister talks of his whack a mole strategy to suppress local outbreaks. We were alerted to the situation in leicester 11 days ago, and now we have got, from the secretary of state tonight, the whack a mole strategy. But doesnt he agree that if we are as a nation to ease from lockdown smoothly, then those areas who do see flare ups will need greater speed in the response . Otherwise we risk no moles getting whacked. If were going to rely on local authorities and local Public Health officials to manage this outbreak, we need postcode based data so that outbreaks on a street, on an estate, in a ward can be picked up very early and dealt with and, preferably, broken down by ethnicity. That data is available to directors of Public Health in local councils who have signed a Data Protection record, and im committing to the house to publish it
at as local a level as possible so that everybody will be able to see and analyse that data. Matt hancock. The Prime Minister announced that up to 3 million hong kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the uk and ultimately apply for citizenship following chinas introduction of new National Security measures in the former british colony. Hong kong police have made their first arrests under a strict new anti protest law, including one for possessing a Pro Independence flag. More than 300 others were detained at a banned rally. The law targets secession, subversion and terrorism with punishments up to life in prison. Borisjohnson said the change threatened freedoms and breached thejoint declaration between the uk and china agreed at hong kongs handover. We made clear, mr speaker, that if china continue down this path, we would reintroduce a new route for those
with British National overseas status to enter the uk, granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the uk and thereafter, to apply for citizenship, and that is precisely what we will do now. Later, the foreign secretary made a statement. Today, i have the depressing but necessary duty to report to the house that the enactment of this legislation imposed by the authorities in beijing on the people of hong kong constitutes a clear and serious breach of the joint declaration. Beijing has ripped this treaty up in the foreign secretarys face, in full view of the international community. No amount of shiny new planes can disguise the fact that this is a humiliating affront, both for Global Britain and for the foreign secretary personally. I remain deeply concerned that while this announcement is to be welcomed, his counterparts
at the treasury see Chinese Investment as a central plank of the uk recovery and that the governments approach remains deeply confused. For too long in relation to china, we have had no strategy at home and no strategy abroad. The basic difference is that we believe that freedom of expression and peaceful protest supports social stability, where as the Chinese Government thinks it undermines social stability. Surely all countries and all institutions must understand that this is a moment where we have to pick a side. Either you can be on the side and stand with hong kong and the joint declaration or else you choose to stand with the Chinese Communist party. Staying with china, the government saw off for now at least a measure designed to stall the involvement of chinese firm, huawei, in the uks telecommunications network. Several senior conservatives have already warned that the firms involvement in the uks next Generation MobileInternet Network poses
a security risk. Huawei insists its independent of the Chinese State and a world leader in 5g. In the lords, a crossbench or independent peer put forward an amendment to a telecoms bill preventing companies from using uk Telecommunications Infrastructure to facilitate human rights abuses. If companies supplying our leasehold infrastructure with Internet Services are also abusing human rights, our infrastructure, therefore, becomes a tool in that abuse. My lords, the notion that we can carve up a Digital Company into the parts which are abusing human rights, and the parts which are is palpably absurd. But the minister argued this bill wasnt the right place for the proposed change. We dont believe the amendment will achieve the aims of the noble lords who support it. And secondly, i absolutely understand that is not your lordships intent, but that it
will wreck, we believe, the purpose of the bill, namely to facilitate the provision of fibre broadband to leasehold properties, starting with blocks of flats, and perhaps i should repeat at this point this bill is about broadband and not about 56. At the end of that debate, lord alton withdrew his amendment, but warned he could come back if progress wasnt made. The education secretary, gavin williamson, set out plans to fully reopen schools in england in september, telling mps it was critical that children were able to resume their education. Limits on class sizes will be scrapped, while all schools will be supplied with testing kits if pupils or staff show symptoms of coronavirus. Schools will continue minimising contact between children, including through grouping Children Together in bubbles and encouraging older children to distance. At a minimum, this will mean keeping whole year groups in schools and colleges separate. In these challenging times, we are committed to ensuring the nations children have notjust a safe education, but also, an excellent one. From september, we are asking schools and colleges to return to a broad and balanced curriculum. We expect exams to go ahead in the summer of 2021. Labours new shadow education secretary welcomed some of the measures, but said. For too long, the government has been asleep at the wheel. The announcement today comes just three weeks before the end of term. And an immense amount needs to be done to prepare. A senior official in the secretary of states own department has warned the attainment gap could widen by as much as 75 as a result of the crisis. The new shadow education secretary, kate green. The Prime Ministers decision to appoint the chief negotiator
in the brexit talks, david frost, as the new National Security adviser came underfire in both the commons and the lords with Boris Johnson accused of politicising a key whitehall role. David frosts appointment was part of a wider shake up at the top of government, which saw the current National Security adviser, sir mark sedwill, who is also the cabinet secretary and the countrys top civil servant, standing down. Answering an urgent question from labour, the ministerfor the cabinet office, michael gove, defended the move. He is now the uks brexit negotiator, shaping our future relationship with the eu, covering issues from trade and tariffs to security and defence corporation. As nsa, david frost will help to deliver this governments vision for britains place in the world, supporting the Prime Minister in reinvigorating our National Security architecture and ensuring that we defend our interests and values across the globe. But labour questioned the appointment. Now, the first duty of any government is to keep people safe. In carrying out that duty, any government should have objective and, at times, challenging advice from its National Security advisers. It is why making a political appointment takes this government into such dangerous territory. Weak Prime Ministers take advice only from those who agree with them. A former Prime Minister also questioned the appointment. I served on the National Security council for nine years. Six years as home secretary and three as Prime Minister. During that time, i listened to the expert independent advice from National Security advisers. On saturday, my honourable friend said we must be able to promote those with Proven Expertise. Why then is the new National Security adviser a political appointee with a no Proven Expertise in National Security . We have had previous National Security advisers, all of them excellent, not all of them necessarily people who were steeped
in the security world, some of whom were distinguished diplomats in their own right. David frost is a distinguished diplomat in his own right and is entirely appropriate that the Prime Minister of the day should choose an adviser appropriate to the needs of the hour. David frost is to be made a peer, but there was disquiet about his appointment in the lords too, including from the first ever National Security adviser. Since mr frost has not, as far as i know, worked on defence or security or Intelligence Matters in the way each of his predecessors have done, how is mr goves dictum about reform of this to be read in the light of mr frosts appointment . Display all his skills. Now, the governments been accused of only implementing the spirit of recommendations from a review into bias against ethnic minorities in the Justice System in england and wales. Labours david lammy,
who carried out the report for former Prime Minister, david cameron, wanted all 35 of his recommendations implemented. The minister insisted action was being taken. So the position now is that 16 recommendations have been completed, 2 have been rejected and 17 are in progress. Of those 17 in progress, 11 will be completed within 12 months and 6 thereafter. Let me close by saying this, madam deputy speaker. Enormous progress has been made, particularly in respect to the functioning and fairness of prison. The government needs to go further than my review went, not cover up for those recommendations it ignored. Change will only happen when you look in the mirror honestly. Change will only happen when you tell the truth. Change will only happen when we recognise that black lives matter. Do not take the Community Involved for fools. The government has seen off attempts by some of its own and Opposition Mps to make changes to its immigration bill. The proposals will see the end of the Free Movement of people into the uk from the European Union when the brexit transition period expires at the end of the year and paves the way for a points based system. But during detailed debate, a former conservative cabinet minister led calls for immigration detention to be limited to 28 days, saying those being held were more often victims, not villains. I have in front of me cases of people who have suffered human trafficking, torture, rape, forced prostitution and modern slavery. Many are damaged people whom the world has dealt a very, very rough hand. And what do we do when they come here for our help . We lock them up for an indefinite period. 97 of people currently in detention are Foreign National offenders. They have committed some of the most serious and heinous disgraceful crimes. Crimes like murder, rape and child abuse. But by implementing an arbitrary time limit on immigration detention, this could make it much more difficult for these offenders to be removed from our country. Opposition mps had their own demands for changes. Several wanted the system allowing unaccompanied asylum seeking children to be united with Family Living in the uk to remain unchanged. Consider the case of a 14 year old stuck in the awful camp on lesbos whose older sister or whose aunt may be living here and could care for them. If the home office loses, ignores or refuses that greek request for a transfer to the uk to join family, there will be nothing that the child or the family or anyone else can do. Well, thats wrong. It is plain to see that despite its talking a good game,
the government proposals mean there is backsliding on earlier requests made to the house, it means fewer safety routes for children to get to family here and that means more children risking dangerous, unsafe routes. It stands as a boon is for traffickers and people smugglers and a disaster for children. Others called the bill as it stood damaging. If, however, instead, we accepted this jigsaw of amendments, which we have before us, we could turn that bill on its head and it could become a positive, welcoming piece of legislation. Which would value people who come to this country and make a contribution. Christine jardine. Finally, six months after the general election, westminsters new mps are continuing to make their first or maiden speeches in the commons. These are traditionally more personal contributions, focusing on an mps constituency and background. Katherine fletcher, the mp for south ribble, shared her story. My mum, the woman who said, no, you cant go and knock on and go
out and play, youve to do this next practice paper for your exams. My mum, who has regularly said, katherine, ive been saying since you were two, youll either be a stripper, a social worker or a scientist. Well, mum. Laughter. Given i have a biology degree, and the nature of modern politics, theres a very good chance ill achieved all three. Laughter thank you, mum. You were right about the exams. Katherine fletcher. And that career advice brings us to the end of the week in parliament, but dojoin me on Bbc Parliament on monday night at 11 for the start of the New Westminster week. But for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. Hello. Monday looks set to be a rather breezy day, but not quite as windy as it was on sunday, when we had scenes like this gusts of 50mph or more across some parts of the uk, the sorts of winds that we would expect during autumn, but are pretty unusual during summer. The area of low pressure responsible still not too far away, sliding towards scandinavia. High pressure trying to build in from the south west, but its not going to be quite as windy as it has been through monday. Still pretty blustery out there, i have to say. Fewer showers but still some showers. Those particularly affecting parts of scotland, northern england, maybe clipping into east wales, the midlands, certainly the eastern side of england and some for Northern Ireland as well. The further south and west you are, not as many showers, more dry weather and some spells of sunshine here. Still, a noticeable north westerly breeze. These are the wind gusts were expecting. They are just a notch or two lower
than the wind speeds we saw during sunday. But it will still feel cool out there, i suspect, with top temperatures between 1a and 21 degrees, and it will remain fairly cool and fresh as we head through monday night. Many of the daytime showers will continue to fade. I think we will see some showery rain drifting across the far north of scotland and cloud amounts increasing across Northern Ireland through the early hours of tuesday morning. Temperature wise, we start the day between 8 and 12 degrees. So, High Pressure just about in charge as we begin tuesday. You can see this little bump in the isobars here. However, there is a frontal system that will be working in very quickly to Northern Ireland. I showed you increasing amounts of cloud, and rain will set in through the morning and then spread its way eastwards. There is a bit of uncertainty aboutjust how far north or how far south this wet weather will get. There is likely to be a swathe of dry weather through the southern counties of england and certainly the channel islands, and also some dry conditions with just showers in the northern half of scotland, but still,
those temperatures in a range of 1a to 21 degrees. Now, that frontal system is not finished with us as we head towards wednesday, another pulse of energy, another wave holding it in place with more rain across southern counties. And to the north of that frontal system, the air will never get particularly warm. We can expect temperatures to stayjust a touch below the average for the time of year. Some rain at times through the middle part of the week. The driest of the weather is likely to be across the north. Welcome to bbc news. Im aaron safir. Our top stories the taj mahal stays shut as indias coronavirus cases reach a record high. Galicia in the north west of spain becomes the second region to impose a local lockdown after a fresh outbreak. The australian state of victoria closes its border with neighbouring New South Wales as a spike in cases forces further restrictions. And the show must go on republicans say they will hold their annual convention in florida despite its infection rate