What is the latest we are hearing . Jake sullivan meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu. First and foremost, reiterating the us insistence that the Military Offensive Around Rafah remains restricted. The warning has been if israel steps up that military operations there, it will put even more palestinian lives at risk. We know already there are 800,000 palestinians who have fled that city in the last ten days or so, since israels military moved in there. The consistent warning from there. The consistent warning from the us has been not to launch an all out assault, that would put even more palestinians on the move and at risk. There are also calls for more aid to get into gaza, To Feed Palestinians in need of shelter and diplomatic aid. There are efforts going to try to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu into laying out some sort of plan as to what will happen next in gaza once the fighting is over. Who will represent the Palestinian People . Who will coordinate the rebuilding of homes and infrastr
yeah, well, you know, listening to nick s account there, i it really made me think maybe a helpful bit of context - is the whipping system. so these are the people in the government who are responsible for party discipline, - so getting all these mps to vote in the correct way. and what an odd system that really is. so essentially these - whips are kind of shadowy figures in the background. they don t have much of a public profile, - unlike other members of the government. . they collect all of this gossip and dirt on all these mp5, i the kind of gossip that we would love to heat we only hear probably a tiny amount of what they get to know. and then they essentially, - on the one hand, they say that they re there for pastoral care, |that they re there for support. | and they re, you know, - being an mp is a difficultjob. they really understand it. they re able to make arrangements if an mp needs to nip- home because their child is sick and they can arrange a pairing arrangement
while the whipping system is long established, it is, of course, a contempt to obstruct members in the discharge of their duty or to attempt to intimidate a member in their parliamentary conduct by threats. there is a clear process for raising such matters and referring them for investigation to determine whether the conduct in question is a contempt. in the first instance, members raising such concerns should write to me, and i hope these general observations will assist the house in going forward. the speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle. south africa found itself at the epicentre of the omicron variant last year, but now scientists in the country are confident it s on the way out. they accuse the developed world of ignoring their advice that the variant was less harmful than feared.
must ask you about what we re hearing this morning, in particular from your colleague william wragg. very striking language, talking about intimidation and potential breaches of the ministerial code? it is a very serious matter for the chair is a very serious matter for the chair of is a very serious matter for the chair of the is a very serious matter for the chair of the committee to raise. clearly. chair of the committee to raise. clearly. i chair of the committee to raise. clearly, i think everybody needs to be mindfui clearly, i think everybody needs to be mindful in is rather febrile times be mindful in is rather febrile times that individual mps have to make times that individual mps have to make decisions according to their own consciences. whilst it is important that we have a whipping system important that we have a whipping system to important that we have a whipping system to make sure that the reasonable expectation of the public, reasonable expectation of
might be able to bring into the number ten operation. that is absolutely essential. there s been a lot of chatter in recent weeks about the failure of the whipping system. his inability to read the mood of the house of commons. there is no doubting his mps mood now and he has to act on it. it’s doubting his mps mood now and he has to act on it. has to act on it. it s striking that he appeared has to act on it. it s striking that he appeared before has to act on it. it s striking that he appeared before the - has to act on it. it s striking that he appeared before the 1922 - he appeared before the 1922 committee, but he did appear. he was in the commons teams rooms this afternoon. not necessarily seen very often. the prime minister s often don t have the time. is there something about the relationship tween the prime minister and the backbenchers that he needs to think about as well? this