Parliament. Hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. At 11pm hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. At pm the uk left the European Union. In the European Parliament, its backpacks, flags and five are just the uks meps bow out from brussels. No more financial contributions, no more European Court ofjustice, no more common fishing policies, no more being talked down to, no more being bullied. As the clock ticks down to brexit, the commons remains divided. We are celebrating us leaving the European Union on friday with a big brexit bash. Tomorrow is not the end of brexit, it is only the beginning. Also on this programme, there is a iow also on this programme, there is a row over allowing Chinese Tech Firm huawei to have a role in our mobile telecoms. And what is a government doing to tackle the deadly coronavirus . There are 1460 people we are seeking to locate boss. We are seeking to locate but first. Were out. At westminster, the government was keen not to appear t
Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello, and welcome to monday in parliament. Coming up on the programme the home secretary calls on uk businesses to boost pay for british workers. No longer will employers be able to rely on cutprice eu workers. Instead, we are calling on them rightly to invest in british people. But Opposition Mps think the changes to the immigration system are insulting. There is no such thing as low skill work, just low paid work. All work is skilled when its done well. Labour tells the government to wake up to the reality of extreme weather events. Im disappointed by the slow and pedestrian approach weve seen from ministers since the flooding hit. Where was the Prime Minister . Where was he . And concerns in the lords over changing the rules on the automatic Early Release of terror offenders. We know that this will result in the continued incarceration, without regard to their personal circumstances, of some prisoners who were sentenced on the
Its monday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to monday in parliament. The main news from westminster. Theres a sombre mood in the commons, and also a spirit of co operation, as the government announces tougher measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. We will fight this virus with everything weve got. We are in a war against an invisible killer and weve got to do everything we can to stop it. This virus spreads rapidly. It exploits ambivalence. It demands clarity of purpose. And it demands government efforts like we have never seen before in peacetime. And there are searching questions from mps about the consequences for constituents. Who exactly is going to be tested . There is clear concern from hospital staff and the public alike about the transparency of the plan to tackle the virus. The secretary of state needs to tell us now when he will come before us with a package of financial benefits for businesses and people, because it is getting too late. There is, obviously, one
Hello, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. Parliament gets back to work after the christmas break amid a crisis in the middle east. The defence secretary calls on iran to show restraint after one of its senior commanders was killed by the us. Her majestys government urges iran to return to the normal behaviour of the country it aspires to be and resist the urge to retaliate. The labour leader says Boris Johnson is too scared to stand up to President Trump. At this highly dangerous moment, we find the government giving cover and even expressing sympathy for what is widely regarded as an illegal act. Also on the programme a message of solidarity to the australian people as they face ravaging bushfires. The magnitude of the disaster unfolding in australia should shock us all, with human and animal lives and precious species of fauna being destroyed. This is a wake up call for the world. The festivities are over. The new year began for mps returning to westminster with a serious crisis i
Now on bbc news, its time for a look back at the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. What does borisjohnsons brexit deal mean for child refugees . The conditions are desperate. These young people are vulnerable to criminality, to prostitution, and to trafficking. Whats it like starting a newjob weeks before you lose it . We hearfrom britains newest mep. We will be asking the European Union to keep our seats warm, well do everything we can to gain our independence and rejoin the European Union as soon as possible. Also in this programme the big Ben Brexit Bong ding dong. It seems to me with regard to bunging a bob for big ben bongs, one shouldnt look gift horses in the mouth. All that to come and more from the palace of westminster, possibly the only palace where people arent talking about you know who. This was a week when borisjohnsons brexit deal continued its journey through parliament with the house of lords subjecting the Withdrawal Agreement bill to l