Life and i very naively, im american, we dont have that they are. Two big legal changes in Northern Ireland are looming with abortion and same sex marriage becoming legal at midnight. It has prompted stormont to assemble for the first time in three years. Coming up one afternoon live, lizzie with all the sport. Hello, simon. We have squad news for the Rugby World Cup semifinals this weekend, there is good news for england but bad news for wales. 0k, back to you later. And we have the whether with matt taylor. Thanks, simon, half term week for some of you and some of you would appreciate something drier but rain will never be too far away from the forecast and i will tell you where that will be in around half an hours time. Good afternoon from westminster, where borisjohnson will this afternoon try again to get the backing of mps for his brexit deal with the European Union, after he abandoned his bid to secure parliamentary approval during a special sitting on saturday. The government i
Have not yet been told whether we will be hearing from the defence secretary from one of the military commanders who was involved in that raid. Several generals are with the president in the situation room in the white house as they watch that unfolding. Will bring that with you as soon as we can. Now unfolding. Will bring that with you as soon as we can. Now it is time for the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, where, for the first time, mps back a deal to leave the European Union. The ayes to the right, 329, the noes to the left, 299. So, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. Unlock but mps also throw out borisjohnsons plans to rush the bill through parliament in time for a halloween brexit. We spent, my wife and i spent longer choosing a sofa than we had to debate this incredibly important bail. The government says the best option now is a general election in december. Offering an election is not playing games, it is trusting the people. But first. It wa
The week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, where, for the first time, mps back a deal to leave the European Union. The ayes to the right, 329, the noes to the left, 299. So, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. Unlock but mps also throw out borisjohnsons plans to rush the bill through parliament in time for a halloween brexit. We spent, my wife and i spent longer choosing a sofa than we had to debate this incredibly important bail. The government says the best option now is a general election in december. Offering an election is not playing games, it is trusting the people. But first. It was a parliamentary week that ended as it began with no one quite certain exactly what was going to happen next. A rare saturday sitting had seen mps decide to delay voting to approve borisjohnsons eu divorce plan, until the legislation putting it in place had gone through parliament. So on tuesday, the Prime Minister presented his Withdrawal Agreement bill to mps which would
Prime minister began his speech by saying how rare it has been for the people to support federalism and the United States as well. I entirely agreement federalism and the belief in the superstate are as rare in this country nowadays as it is in every member of the other 27 states. Will he accept that for the last 50 years, the conservative party, the vast majority of the conservative party and all four conservative Prime Ministers in whose governments i served believed that membership of the European Union gave us a stronger voice politically in the world as one of the flee leading members of the European Union and gave us access to a free trade market but enabled us to build a strong and combative economy. So would he reassure me, as i assure him i will vote for his deal once we are given when he goes on to negotiate the eventual longterm arrangements, he will seek a conclusion solution where well the same completely open access across the channel, across the irish boarder to trade an
Are as rare in this country nowadays as it is in every member of the other 27 states. Will he accept that for the last 50 years, the conservative party, the vast majority of the conservative party and all four conservative Prime Ministers in whose governments i served believed that membership of the European Union gave us a stronger voice politically in the world as one of the flee leading members of the European Union and gave us access to a free trade market but enabled us to build a strong and combative economy. So would he reassure me, as i assure him i will vote for his deal once we are given when he goes on to negotiate the eventual longterm arrangements, he will seek a conclusion solution where well the same completely open access across the channel, across the irish boarder to trade and investment in both directions with the European Union that we have now, even if we have to sacrifice the political benefitles weve hitherto enjoyed from membership of the union . Mr. Johnson tha