Now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to thursday in parliament. Coming up after the suicide of his father, an mp calls for a change in the law to allow assisted dying. What drove him to end his life at that point was the fear that if he didnt act when he could and was still able to do so, then he would lose the opportunity to act at all. Ministers are accused of potential cover up or incompetence over documents relating to the deaths of disability benefits claimants. A governments first duty is to protect its people all its people. But they are failing the sick and disabled, and this reveals the enormity of this failure. And peers press the government to force muslim couples to have a civil marriage, as well as a religious ceremony. Where human rights are concerned, there is no room for cultural exceptions. But first an mp has made an emotional plea for the laws on assisted dying to be changed on the anniversary of his fathers suicide. Labours Paul Blomfield told
Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. And it was a week that was remarkably brexit heavy, and we havent had one of those for ages. The chancellor started it. Preparing for no deal is not the same as avoiding the effects of no deal. Jeremy corbyn and theresa may picked up the baton. The best thing to do would be to go back to the people, and let them decide which way we go labour wants to block brexit, and that would be a betrayal of the many by the few also on the programme. The go to guide for parliament goes online, forfree. But first, it wasnt so long ago that you couldnt get through a single parliamentary debate without brexit coming up. Little else was talked about in westminster. But since the deadline was extended until the end of october, its gone a bit quiet. But all that changed this week. The two conservative leadership candidates were responsible by both saying they were willing to allow the uk to leave without a deal. With ren
From the eu a fake debate claiming he would deliver brexit sooner than Boris Johnson. The shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell conceded hes frustrated by labours lack of progress on its brexit position while the head of the unite union asks thatjeremy corbyn is given more time. Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Politicians may have been getting on with the business at hand, but theres definitely been an elephant in the chamber the conservative leadership contest. Scarcely a debate went by without some reference. For example, argy bargy when this Prime Ministerfaced questions about the next one. Will she finally act in the best interest of these islands, not the conservative party, and admit that neither of the candidates for office should ever be elected Prime Minister . But shes wasnt having any of that. Either of the candidates for this high office would do a darn sight betterjob than anybody sitting on any of those benches. Well be d
It is 2 30 in the morning. Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Politicians may have been getting on with the business at hand, but theres definitely been an elephant in the chamber the conservative leadership contest. Scarcely a debate went by without some reference. For example, argy bargy when this Prime Minister faced questions about the next one. Will she finally act in the best interest of these islands, not the conservative party, and admit that neither of the candidates for office should ever be elected Prime Minister . But shes wasnt having any of that. Either of the candidates for this high office would do a darn sight betterjob than anybody sitting on any of those benches. Well be discussing how Prime Ministers questions might look under the new Prime Minister. Reminds me of the tale of the sort of rather extravagant eccentric young army recruit who is told by his Commanding Officer the men will follow you if only out of morbi