Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. A week when the queen set out boris johnsons plans for the new political year. My government will level up opportunities across all parts of the United Kingdom, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth. Also, in this Program Ex Prime Ministers question time. Mps Grill David Cameron over the greensill affair. This is a painful day, coming back to a place that i love and respect so much. Britains top Police Officer defends the handling of a vigilfor sarah everard. I think its an extremely hard thing to second guess when you are looking back at it but im proud of the way they responded, and i do think they took these issues into account. And 80 years on, the speaker recalls the night the luftwaffe bombed westminster. As a bomb was dropping on The Lords, in westminster hall, elizabeth tower, but the big bomb that caused the real damage was in this chamber. But first, the State Opening of parliament was a Dressed Down and socially distance
OverlookIng the river thames, our home for the next couple of hours, as we mark the openIng of a new parliamentary session. Its been a time of national crisis sInce the last State OpenIng, back In december 2019, and the governments new programme will No Doubt Include measures to recover from the effects of the terrible pandemic. The queen will attend todays event, her first major event sInce the death of the duke of edInburgh. Her majesty will be accompanied this mornIng by the PrInce Of Wales, but the usual display of Ceremonial Splendour will be more or less absent because of the current restrictions. The other big difference is that the number of mps and peers here today is rather limited. The Queens Speech is beIng delivered jUst A few days after the extensive elections In scotland, wales and england, which gave new impetus to the debate on the constitutional future of the United KIngdom. Earlier this mornIng, the prime MInister Borisjohnson left number 10 for the Houses Of Parliam
Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up more questions for Borisjohnson Over who paid for the revamp of his downing Street Flat. Dont the brItish people deserve a Prime Minister they can trust and a government that isnt mired in sleaze, Cronyism And Scandal . But the Prime Minister insists he picked up the bill. He should know that i paid for downing Street Refurbishment personally, Mr Speaker. Also on this programme fresh demands by help for india as It struggles wIth Its covid crisis. And peers fail in an attempt to stop the cost of Fire Safety works being passed on to leaseholders. Here we are today, wIth perhaps A Million of our fellow cItizens being thrown to the ravages of financial bankruptcy. But first, Its been dubbed cash curtains, the row over just who fItted the inItial bill for the revamp of the Prime Ministers downing Street Flat has Daubed Borisjohnson all week. The news that the Election Watchdog was launching a formal enquiry into the funding of t
At the week in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up more questions for Borisjohnson Over who paid for the revamp of his downing Street Flat. Dont the british people deserve a Prime Minister they can trust and a government that isnt mired in sleaze, Cronyism And Scandal . But the Prime Minister insists he picked up the bill. He should know that i paid for downing Street Refurbishment personally, Mr Speaker. Also on this programme fresh demands by help for india as it struggles with its covid crisis. And peers fail in an attempt to stop the cost of Fire Safety Work being passed on to leaseholders. Here we are today, with perhaps A Million of our fellow citizens being thrown to the ravages of financial bankruptcy. But first, its been dubbed cash curtains, the row over just who fitted the initial bill for the revamp of the Prime Ministers downing Street Flat has Daubed Borisjohnson all week. The news that the Election Watchdog was launching a formal enq
I will be back at the top of the hour with the very latest, including the situation in israel. Its time to take a look back at the week in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to the we can parliament. Coming up, more questions for Boris Johnson over who paid for the revamp of his downing Street Lap has two dont the british people deserve a Prime Minister they can trust and a government that isnt mired in sleaze, Cronyism And Scandal . But the Prime Minister insists he picked up the bill. He should know that picked up the bill. He should know that i picked up the bill. He should know that i paid know that i paid for downing Street Refurbishment personally, Mr Speaker. Also on this programme. Personally, Mr Speaker. Also on this programme. Demands personally, Mr Speaker. Also on this programme. Demands by i personally, Mr Speaker. Also on i this programme. Demands by help for india as it struggles with its covid crisis. And peers fail in an attempt to stop the cost of Fire Safety works