Now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. As ministers pull the plug on huaweis involvement in the uks high speed mobile networks. This means a cumulative delay to fight out of two to three years and costs of up to £2 billion. Mr speaker, this is a car crash for our Digital Economy but one which could have been visible from outer space. And plans to make shoppers in england wear Face Coverings get a lukewarm welcome from one conservative. Nothing could make me less likely to go shopping and the thought of having to mask up. But first the uks mobile providers are being banned from buying new huawei sg equipment after 31st december, and they must also remove all the chinese firms sg kit from their networks by 2027. Only six months ago, the government agreed huawei could have a limited role. The u turn follows sanctions imposed by washington, which claims the firm poses a National Security threat something huawei denies. It says the decision is bad news for anyone in the uk with a mobile phone. The move will delay the roll out of 56 by a year. The culture secretary, oliver dowden, told mps the uk could no longer be confident of being able to guarantee the security of future 56 equipment affected by the us sanctions. The government agrees with the National CyberSecurity Centre advice, the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei equipment to build the uks future 56 networks. So to be clear, from the end of this year, Telecoms Operators must not buy any 56 equipment from huawei and once the telecoms security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. This will delay our roll out of 56. Our decisions injanuary had already set back there rolled out by a year and cost up to £1 billion. The decision today to ban the agreement of new huawei sg equipment from the end of this year will delay roll out by a further year and will add up to half £1 billion to costs. Requiring operators in addition to remove huawei equipment from their 56 networks by 2027 will add hundreds of millions of pounds further to the cost and further delay roll out. This means a cumulative delay to sg roll out of two to three years and costs of up to £2 billion. This will have real consequences for the connections on which all our constituents rely. It has been clear for some time that there were serious questions over whether huawei should be allowed to control large sections of our countrys telecoms networks. Yet the government refused to face reality. Their approach to our 56 capability, huawei and our National Security has been incomprehensibly negligent. Mr speaker, this is a car crash for our Digital Economy, but one which could have been visible from outer space. Bt and other vendors have put the cost of this decision in the billions. He says 2 billion. What is the basis for this estimate and how will he ensure that the cost is not passed on to consumers . Well, well, well. Here we go again, mr speaker, sir. Another screeching handbrake turn. When we debated this injanuary, we on the s p benches want the government that huawei could not be trusted with our 5g mobile network. Security experts were clear, we should not open up the Central Nervous system of our modern society to a Company Owned by the Chinese Communist party. Conservative mps welcomed the decision, but some wanted the 2027 deadline brought forward. This does look like a long, slow goodbye to huawei, but does he understand the concerns of some people here that seven years is a very long time in politics, and it would be better to be done sooner . Can you also understand that maybe, the lesson from of this is that for a host of reason, economic, security, geopolitics, high risk vendors should not be in our Critical National infrastructure. In the end we made a balanced judgment about this, we believe that by having 2027 as the target, by the end of this parliament, we will put on an irreversible process for the removal of it. The risk on the other side of going faster related to the integrity of the network and the challenges around that. I would rather we got to a point where we got it out completely by 2027. I think that is a realistic timetable for doing so. If the government is to be clear eyed about china it must also be clear eyed about the Human Rights Violations that are reportedly being undertaken by huawei and their use of slave labour. It is not acceptable for a Global Britain to be involved in a company that is perpetually using slave labour in the supply chains. So will he work with us and members across this house to ensure we can bring forward that 2027 date . Well, i thank the honourable gentleman for his support, but i do think they are slick consist make separate questions about the timings on the issue of human rights. He is right to raise the issue of human rights abuses and i think thats something we are addressing through the modern slavery bill. We should not be having any Companies Operating in the uk relying on slavery. Others saw contradictions in the governments approach. If the government is banning a Chinese Tech Company for our Telecommunications Industry on the grounds of National Security, how come it is safe for them to participate in building a Nuclear Power station . Well, the advice we received today relates to the impact of the us sanctions foot of the us has imposed sanctions specifically on 5g for that we have analysed the impact of those sanctions and it is undermined the reliability of huawei equipment, which is why we are now advising, then we will set out in statute that mobile Network Operators must no longer purchase that equipment. And there was also a reminder of the limits of Current Technology for many people. Whilst for many of my constituents in rural buckinghamshire, 5g will be game changing, bluntly, any mobile signal that is reliable will be life changing. So what assurances can my right honourable friend give me that the incredible shared Rural Network can be pushed up the agenda and delivered faster than it is currently scheduled be . Well, as my honourable friend knows, we signed the deal for the shared Rural Network a few months ago, so that was incredible progress and we will continue to challenge them to go further and faster. And he also promised to have a look at faster broadband for rural areas. Now, from the end of next week, it will be compulsory to wearing a Face Covering in shops and supermarkets in england, with those failing to comply facing the possibility of a £100 fine. The move will bring england into line with scotland and other european nations like spain, italy, and germany. In a statement, the health secretary, matt hancock, explained to mps why he was taking the action now. We want to give people more confidence to shop safely and enhance protections for those who work in shops. Both of these can be done by the use of Face Coverings. Sadly, sales assistants, cashiers and security guards have suffered disproportionately in this crisis. The death rate of sales and retail assistants 75 higher amongst men and 60 higher amongst women than in the general population. So as we restore shopping, so we must keep our shopkeepers are safe. There is also evidence that Face Coverings increase confidence in people to shop. After days of ministerial model, we finally have a decision. I have long warned that this virus exploits ambiguity and that mixed messaging and a pandemic is so damaging. On friday we had the Prime Minister saying he favoured face masks. On sunday we of the duchy of lancaster said he didnt favour a face mask. Yesterday the justice secretary, unsure what to say, had to say in the end he was perhaps in favour of facemasks. It didnt have to be this way. We didnt have to have this confusion. Mr ashworth was also concerned by a new report from the academy of medical sciences warning of the potential for 120,000 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals during a reasonable worst Case Scenario this winter. Nhs staff need certainty now more than ever, so will he ensure the nhs and social care sector gets the winter funding it needs to prepare for a second wave . We will continue, mr deputy speaker, the work to control the virus, we will continue to bring in measures as they are appropriate, and i look forward to a return to the spirit of constructive engagement for which the honourable gentleman is so well known. One of the most sobering statistics in the report from the academy of medical sciences is that the number of people every day over winter who have covid symptoms will increase from 100,000 to 360,000. And it is obviously vital to know which one of them have coronavirus and which of them just have regular winter flu. They say it is essential to have a massive wrap up of testing and tracing capability before then. There was a welcome for announcement. It represents a welcome step towards preparing against any second wave of infections. The virus has not been eliminated so as we leave it locked in and people interact with one another we must use every tool we have to reduce the risk of a second way. The academy report states that july and august are critical months for intense preparations for a possible second surge. So specifically, what measures is he taking to stress test the ppe supply chain during that period, as the report recommends, given that recent improvements to supply have not taken place in worst Case Scenario conditions . And furthermore, will he be responding calls from care england to provide ppe to Adult Social Care free of charge . Will he commit to a rapid review, not to point the finger of blame but to stand ready to implement what weve learned for winter is upon us . This attempt to divide us is very unfortunate. The uk has put Testing Capacity into wales, that is bigger than the nhs waless own capacity and we do that in scotland as well with the same effect. We are working together in partnership across the united kingdom, and absolutely we are making the preparations now for winter, as she and every other members of this house would expect. Nothing would make me less likely to go shopping than the thought of having to mask up. Was this consultation with the police force, and particularly the chief constable of hampshire, for it is she that will have to enforce this monstrous imposition against myself and a number of outraged and reluctant constituents. Mr deputy speaker, the balance in the need to restrict the spread of the virus, whilst also allowing the ancient liberties of a gentleman to go shopping, is a difficult balance to strike. I think i can help the member with his problem about wearing a mask. He he is a knight of the realm, so he should consider it a visor. Chris bryant. Youre watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock. Still to come the house of lords has its say over a plan to move peers to york. Ministers have unveiled a new approach to combating floods in england with Natural Solutions backed by government cash. It includes funding for schemes such as creating sustainable drainage systems and building hollows in the ground to catch flood water in heavy rain, before storing it to tackle summer droughts. Insurers have also been asked to pay to improve flood hit homes so theyre more resilient. Appearing before mps, the Environment Agency bosses explained the new strategy. One of the main things its doing is lifting our horizon both geographically in scale, but also our time frame. So rather than it being a five year horizon for investment, starting to look at what our plans would be 50 years hence, and starting to realise that the infrastructure we build in this country now anywhere from road rail to brand New Buildings will exist in a completely different climate and be designing for the infrastructure, that new climate, rather than retrofitting flood schemes onto previous planning decisions. Might i ask what sort of period in time youre looking at . So is it a one in ioo years incident, or one in 500 years . Have you changed your thoughts on this as weve seen more flooding . So were trying to move away from that language im sure the chair will mention this, as well, because the return period language tends to confuse people. So if theyve have a someone said a one in 100 year flood they think they are immune for another 99 years, and thats not the case. So actually what weve talked people about is what their risk is. And we actually ran a project with communities about how to get across the language of flood risk, whether its probabilities, return periods, even betting odds. And rather interestingly, the community said, anything with probabilityjust confuses, sojust tell me am i at risk . And if so, what will you do, and what do i need to do . And he had an example of the new thinking from the flood hit calder valley. Theres a hairdressers they usually have these sorts of names, but its called headquarters, run by a lady called sue. She was badly flooded, her hairdressers is right next to the river. She was badly flooded in 2016, and it took nine months to get her business back on its feet. But what she did, which is absolutely essential to what we are saying today when she was flooded in 2016, instead of putting it back as it was, she invested money to tank the walls, pave the floor, lift the electrics, her kit can be bagged up really quickly when she gets a flood. She was unfortunately flooded during storm dennis, but instead of nine months, she was up and running in a week. One mp asked about building new homes on flood plains. You said that your advice on planning applications for new homes is usually followed. Well, does the system take enough account of the cumulative effects of developments, and how flood risk will change in the future . When Development Takes place in the flood plain and it will take place in the flood plain, because london is in the flood plain, we have the thames barrier providing some aspects of defence for london we know that this whole bringing in resilience measures will be absolutely key. But we need to make sure that those measures are fulfilled by the organisation, the developer, the Infrastructure Provider when we have given that advice. The author of a landmark report on funding social care in england says hed now recommend a cap on costs at around £45,000. Sir Andrew Dilnot published his report on paying for care in 2011. At the time, he recommended people needing care should pay a maximum of £35,000, after which the state would pick up the bill. The Coalition Government accepted the principles of the dilnot report, but it hasnt been implemented. Sir andrew told mps on the health and social Care Committee that not enough money was spent on care. We want to be a country where those who are most in need are looked after well. Weve seen the tragedy of whats happening in the last few months that has affected people receiving care mostly in care homes and receiving care in their own homes. We want to be a society where we look after people. And right now, the funding of social care is inadequate. And its inadequate both for the means tested system that simply looks after those who cannot look after themselves thats a stain on us as a nation. But we also have a social care funding system that doesnt help the rest of the population, that have some resource to prepare and look after themselves well. He explained why he thought a cap on care costs was the best option for all. We have, in most parts of the British Welfare state, a sense of social insurance, that we pull risks, we do things together. We see that in our Health Care System and our Social Security system, as well. And that has a long and wonderful history winston churchill, way back in 1911 when he was introducing social insurance, said that he thought social insurance brought the magic of averages to the rescue of millions. Although the government accepted the principle of a cap i know we havent got it yet, but the principle was accepted, which i think you set up 35,000 the government didnt go ahead with that, that wasnt the level that they were recommending. Can you explain the differences and, you know, who would benefit at certain levels of the cap, and what you would recommend to date as the right level to set the cap . So when we reported injuly 2011, nine years ago, we said we thought the cap should be set somewhere between £25 50,000 a year in the 2010 11 crisis. We picked 35,000 as the level it should be set at. That in current prices will be in the mid 40s, so a cap of about 45,000. The reason we argued for that is that we felt if we went much higher than that, for those with lower wealth, it didnt seem to be providing very generous support, very generous cover. If you went much below that, you were getting towards you would be paying money to a much larger group of the population. And if there is a budget constraint, that gets much more expensive. So we thought a level that in current prices would be about £45,000. In scotland, personal care help with things such as hygiene and getting dressed is free. Just so i understand this, this what is now called the dilnot route, and then theres this free personal care route. I dont want to put words into your mouth, but i think what youre saying is that free personal care is a very worthy thing to do. But if resources are constrained, the most socially equitable thing is a cap so that you help the people with the most catastrophic costs. Is that a fair reflection of your view . I think thats exactly right. I would be very happy if the treasury would come up with money for free personal care too. But the analogy i draw is, imagine that the Health Service were entirely mea ns tested as the social care system is now. Free personal care would be a bit like saying, lets move to making gp services free. That would be a good thing to do, but it would still leave somebody who contracted a serious cancer or some other chronic disease very, very exposed to the much more catastrophic costs of a catastrophic illness. Sir Andrew Dilnot. Now, does the government want the house of lords to move to york . The story wont go away, and further speculation about the idea prompted an urgent question in the upper chamber. A piece of disused land in the city has apparently been identified as a possible site. Injanuary, ministers said the idea was part of a range of options being considered to reconnect politics with voters outside the capital. At the weekend, the Cabinet Office minister, michael gove, said it was vitally important that Decision Makers were close to the people, but that the proposal would be a matter for parliament. A conservative peer wanted to know what was going on. In the words of an exasperated lord speaker, here we go again. And its all very well to say its a matter for parliament, but it is the executive, not parliament, that keeps this running. My lords, government policy was set out in may last year. I quote, we agree with the committee that the R R Programme should ensure that the palace at westminster is fit to serve as the home of the Uk Parliament in the future. Has government policy now in primary legislation changed . And have Civil Service resources been considering moving your lordships house to york . And if so, who authorised it, and what is the remit and cost so far . This is a matter which would, in the end, be resolved by parliament and in parliament. I would say to my noble friend, who i greatly respect, that, given the circumstances, it is reasonable i think for all of us to examine how every part of Parliament May find itself closer to the people. Moving the house of lords in york will not Bring Parliament closer to the people. Could my noble friend answer lord youngs question . Has Civil Service time, and hence, public funds, been devoted considering a move of the house of lords . My lords, i am not in a position to answer that question. But i will provide information both to the noble lord, lord young, and to my noble friend. This is about the executive and the relationship with each house. Does not simple courtesy and constitutional propriety oblige the executive immediately to consult either house about any proposal to relocate the house . My lords, id recommend courtesy on the part of everybody, executive or otherwise, in dealing with colleagues and dealing with parliament. My lords, henry viii sought to placate his rebels with a parliament in york. So could the noble lord, the minister, let us know who this time they are trying to placate by suggestions of a parliament in york . It sounds as if hes trying to rid himself of these pesky lords. And he should be careful what happened to an earlier henry when that happened. Given the various attempts by number ten to emasculate the scrutiny work of our lordships house, can we take it that this proposal to banish us to york is simply a threat to cut off the house from mps, ministers, cabinets, civil servants, and to weaken our constitutional row . I reject any contention that this government at any time would want to weaken parliamentary scrutiny. York is seen as something of an Outer Mongolia by the general public, who view the house of lords as something of an outdated institution. The reality is that it is packed with experts in every field of life. Would the noble lord, the minister, agree that we need to be more proactive in publicising what we do in our central work . The house should not present itself as in a state of shock horror at the idea that some of its proceedings and some of its activities might take place outside london. Lord true, facing a distinct lack of enthusiasm over the idea of moving the house of lords. Finally, to the Culture Committee and another case of virtual parliamentary proceedings being interrupted by uninvited guests. The snpsJohn Nicolson was asking media executives why they didnt automatically put subtitles on childrens tv. Kids do it, youtube kids do it, and the bbc are also now embracing this. Why and i apologise for my cats tail. Laughter. Why are you not doing this by default . Rocco, could you tell them . Laughter. Rocco and John Nicolson bringing us to the end of tuesday in parliament. Thank you for watching. I do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for wednesday in parliament. Until then from rocco and me bye for now. Hello there. If anything, tuesday is looking a little grayer than wednesday. We did manage some sunshine on tuesday, across the midlands, across parts of scotland. But this was a general picture for most of the country, that of a lot of cloud. Now, weve got thicker cloud courtesy of this weather front toppling in. Its been bringing rain and drizzle through the night across northern and western areas. It continues to progress further southwards and eastwards. So, under the clear skies further south and east, its not going to be particularly chilly. We could start with a little bit of sunshine here. But well have thicker cloud and rain for many areas, and as a result, itll be a mild night, but a misty one. A lot of this low cloud will sit on the hills and around the coasts as well, hence the fact itll be grey and damp to start for many. That drizzly rain makes its way towards east anglia and the south east for the afternoon, whilst tending to ease further west. We may see some brightness for Northern Ireland and for wales and the south west later. And for shetland, we may hold onto some sunshine until quite late in the day. But for most, theres more cloud, still some patchy drizzle, and itll feel a little bit cooler. Theres a gentle north westerly breeze, the exception perhaps being Northern Ireland seeing temperatures just a little higher here. Now, as we go through the evening and overnight, that cloud continues to thin out a little bit. So its going to be another mild night, misty and murky again, but without those weather fronts. As they move away on thursday, it promises a better chance of seeing some brighter weather, even a little sunshine, and so thatll help to lift the temperatures. Its just the far north west where well see some rain coming in on this weather front late in the day. So a better chance of some brightness on thursday. High pressures still with us then, building through those weather fronts, weakening them all the time. But i think for scotland, and potentially Northern Ireland, friday will bring some more rain, and its cooler air that follows behind. Whereas theres a good chance that well see some decent spells of sunshine for many other areas on friday, and that will really elevate the temperatures 23 26 degrees celsius. Now, as we go into the weekend, that weather front will progress further southwards. So it will introduce potentially more cloud, some patchy rain for Northern Ireland, southern scotland, northern england. Brighter but cooler weather follows on behind. But weve still got that warming air further south, so the potentialfor something much warmer still to form across southern and eastern areas. But, during the day on wednesday, it does look potentially very cloudy for many of us. As ever, theres more on the website. Welcome to bbc news. Our top stories President Trump signs an executive order that he says will hold china accountable for its actions in hong kong. Hong kong will now be treated the same as mainland china. No special privileges, no a special economic treatment, and no export of sensitive technologies. 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