You are up to date with the headlines. Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. The main news from westminster. The government insists its still trying to reach a deal with the eu and accuses the labour party of Holding Things up. Faced with a delaying, disruptive and denying tactics of the opposition, we say on behalf of the 17. 4 million, enough, enough, enough we need to leave. Theres irritation over the disruption at westminster caused by the Climate Change protests. It seems to me that the demonstrators are already in control of the police. And when is that going to change we are going to have sensible methods of getting into our work and carrying on the democratic process in this building . And as parliament is suspended, one mp hopes there wont be a repeat of the angry scenes at the last prorogation ceremony. I sat here and in the end, walked out so disgusted to have members opposite on their feet screaming shame at memb
Tuesday in parliament. The main news from westminster. Hurricane irma has affected 500,000 british people, a minister says the government is working round the clock to help them. Hundred of dedicated British Public servants are doing their utmost to help and they will not relent in their efforts. But compared to other countries, has the uk done too little, too late . It is the british who are left stuck with the only commercial Plane Services available charging extortionate rates to get them out. Also on the programme. The culture secretary is referring 21st century foxs planned takeover of sky to the competition watchdog. And nice work if you can get it condemnation of big pay packets for university bosses. Should we not collectively, irrespective of party in this house, condemn this kind of approach and remind our vice chancellors thatuniversities are a team effort. But first, the Foreign Office minister, sir alan duncan, has rejected criticism of the governments efforts to help brit
The week in parliament. A controversial bill that turns all eu law into british law has passed its first parliamentary test but the battle is far from over. It actually represents the biggest peace time power grab by the executive over the legislature, by the government over parliament, in 100 years. The government rejects accusations that it is riding roughshod over the democratic process. The government of the day must have a realistic opportunity to make progress with its business through the house. The motion that the house is being asked to agree today guarantees that the party with a working majority is able to do exactly that. And for mps worried about a government power grab, theres a lesson in how to tame the executive. I am no friend of the front bench. I thrash them and i lash them thwack, thwack, thwack on a regular basis but first, mps voted on the eu withdrawal bill in the early hours of tuesday morning. A strange time of day to be making big decisions, but the timing pro
The week in parliament. A controversial bill that turns all eu law into british law has passed its first parliamentary test but the battle is far from over. It actually represents the biggest peace time power grab by the executive over the legislature, by the government over parliament, in 100 years. The government rejects accusations that it is riding roughshod over the democratic process. The government of the day must have a realistic opportunity to make progress with its business through the house. The motion that the house is being asked to agree today guarantees that the party with a working majority is able to do exactly that. And for mps worried about a government power grab, theres a lesson in how to tame the executive. I am no friend of the front bench. I thrash them and i lash them thwack, thwack, thwack on a regular basis but first, mps voted on the eu withdrawal bill in the early hours of tuesday morning. A strange time of day to be making big decisions, but the timing pro
Monday in parliament. The main news from westminster after the 620 summit, the Prime Minister is confident about the uks position in the world but dismayed at americas position on climate change. I spoke personally to President Trump to encourage them to rejoin the Paris Agreement and i continue to hope that is exactly what he will do. Theresa may is reaching out to other parties on Big Policy Issues Labour says her government has run out of steam. If the Prime Minister would like it i am very happy to furnish her with a copy of our election manifesto, or better still an early election so that the people of this country can decide. Also on the programme the Falkland Islander who travelled 8,000 miles to raise concerns about brexit. We may well lose the support of the rest of europe and may well see spain and possibly other members of europe giving greater support to argentina over its mistaken and a legal claim to the falkland islands. When the leaders of the 620 countries the worlds l