Accident that nearly killed him, Robert Kubica is returning to formula one with williams. Thanks steve and thomasz has the weather. Ita it a mixed picture, very frosty today, coldest night since february. Might be turning milder into next week, but for the time being, it will stay pretty chilly. Thanks thomasz. Also coming up well have more on the report which warns that young lives are being ruined with one in eight children and teenagers having a Mental Health disorder, with too many going on to self harm or attempt suicide. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. This is the right deal and its within our grasp the words of the Prime Minister as she pitched her Draft Agreement on the future relationship with the eu. Negotiators from london and brussels agreed to the 26 page text overnight. But, as we all know, agreement in europe is one thing. Getting it through parliament here is going to be her biggest battle. And that fight continues when she addresses the commons this afternoon. European leaders will now be going through the text with a fine tooth comb theresa may is hoping they will sign it off at a summit on sunday. The deal says both the eu and the uk are determind to replace the ireland backstop with alternative arrangements to ensure there is no hard border. It leaves open the possiblity of using Technological Solutions to solve the problem. The new text says the future relationship will respect the result of the referendum with regards to ending Free Movement. It also says the uk will be able to develop an independent trade policy. After fishing rights became a potential stumbling block, the agreement acknowledges that the uk will be an independent coastal state. But in a move that could anger brexiteers, the text gives a continuing role for the European Court ofjustice in the interpretation of eu law. Lets have a look at some of the key lines from the draft of the future relationship between the uk and eu. The future relationship will be based on a balance of rights and obligations, taking into account the principles of each party. It must also ensure the sovereignty of each party. Paragraph 22 the parties envisage comprehensive arrangements that will create a free trade area, combining deep regulartory and customs cooperation, underpinned by provisions ensuring a level Playing Field for open and fair competition. And finally onto paragraph 87 the parties should considerfurther arrangements appropiate to the uks future status for data exchange, such as exchange of information on wanted or missing persons and objects and of criminal records, which means both parties will try and keep the relationship as close as possible to what it is now, but the eu has made clear that the uk might not have access to all the databases it currently uses. Our Political Correspondent iain watson has the latest. After apparent uncertainty clarity. The Prime Minister said shed now agreed a political declaration with brussels thats the road map to a future relationship with the eu. The text of that declaration has been agreed between the European Union and the United Kingdom. I have just updated the cabinet on progress and ill be making a statement to the house of commons later this afternoon. This is the right dealfor the uk. The british people want this to be settled. They want a good deal that sets us on course for a brighter future. That deal is within our grasp. It all looked a lot rockier overnight spain sounded off about gibraltars future trading relationship, but it now looks like that wont stand in the way of a deal. A draft document setting out britains future relationship with the eu was agreed in brussels. The Prime Minister will be pleased it makes clear that the uk can develop an independent trade policy. And a deal would see the ending of Free Movement of people between the union the United Kingdom. It delivers on the vote of the referendum, it brings back control of our borders, our money and our laws. And it does so while protecting jobs, our security, and the integrity of the United Kingdom. Both the dup and some cabinet critics were unhappy about the arrangements to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland the controversial backstop that would keep the uk closely aligned to eu rules. So, todays document states, there is a determination to replace the backstop solution in Northern Ireland by a subsequent agreement that establishes alternative arrangements. But there are some things long standing brexiteers wont like a commitment to keep deep regulatory and customs cooperation with the eu. So we are going to be tied into the Customs Union, tied into all the laws that the eu want on trade, and i assume, be governed by the European Court on it. So its worse than many people had anticipated. And it certainly is not the clear cut declaration that we were promised and it seems to me that the eus got everything they want and weve got nothing that we want. So clearly, there are some controversial phrases contained in this political declaration, but if you go through all of its 26 pages, whats also striking is just how much is left to be sorted out after brexit. No new fisheries policy, for example, until 2020. And the recurring phrase the parties should consider appropriate arrangements about various things. In other words, lets kick that particular can down the road. Getting agreement in brussels is just the first step. Getting agreement here at westminster could be far more difficult. In a moment well speak to our Political Correspondent, nick eardley, in westminster. But first, lets cross to our brussels reporter, adam fleming. You brussels reporter, adam fleming. Have the docum pages. You have the document as well, 26 pages. Which of the paragraph that may still cause a problem theres one of the problems will rather than say the problem is, i want to ta ke than say the problem is, i want to take you through the key bits about this document. We are all document geeks today. Lets look at paragraph four, this is on page one. This is basically the big picture about how this future relationship will work. On the one hand, you have the eu position, which is, there has got to have its own autonomy for rules and regulations and principles, the Single Market and Customs Union is the best thing since sliced bread. The Free Movement of goods, people, capital and services, you cannot touch that. The uk cannot have anything as good as that. However, thatis anything as good as that. However, that is balanced by what the uk once after the referendum, which is an independent trade policy and ending Free Movement. That is the key thing that this relationship will come down to. In a summary, that is it there. Lets go to paragraph 22. |j can see the best thing since sliced bread written anywhere . That is my interpretation of it watching the stock and go from nothing to 26 ages. Lets go to paragraph 22. Yes, 0k. Ages. Lets go to paragraph 22. Yes, ok. This is in the bit about free trade and goods. It says, with a view to facilitating the movement of goods across borders, the parties envisage comprehensive arrangements that will create a free trade area, combining deep regulatory and customs cooperation, underpinned by provisions, ensuring a level Playing Field for open and fair accommodation. That is a little of the Prime Ministers so called chequers plan, how about creating a free trade area for goods. What it does not have is the idea of a common rule book, where the two side would share the same rules. That hasnt made it in there. What has made it in there is something that france was keen about, something called a level Playing Field for open and fair competition. That is basically saying to the uk, the quality of your access to the Single Market will be based on how closely you stick to our rules and regulations on environmental policy, social policy, taxation and how the government intervenes in the economy. In other words, to sell your goods to europe, there will be strings attached. That is what france was pushing for in the last few days. This is like bingo, paragraph 27 it says. Keepin keep in mind that this bit, the backstop for avoiding a hard border in Northern Ireland, where that would effectively mean that Northern Ireland was in a uk eu Customs Union, and the eus and Customs Union, and the eus and Customs Union, which loads of brexiteers absolutely hate the idea of their backstop. This is for them, saying, if this Technology Comes along in the future, it doesnt exist, but if it does and exist in the future, and it does and exist in the future, and it works, we will use that, instead of the backstop, rather than the political, it legal, controversial, complicated idea in the Withdrawal Agreement. That is something the brexiteers will be happy to see and it isa brexiteers will be happy to see and it is a victory for them that probably only was put in in the last couple of days. But again, it will be on couple of days. But again, it will beona couple of days. But again, it will be on a permanent fitting, and it has to work. So there is no guarantee that there is a technological based solution instead. Right, 87 0h, technological based solution instead. Right, 87 oh, im on this is in the section about security, which doesnt get that much attention in this hold of it. People thought it is was in everyones interest to collaborate about security, it is about their lives, safety a nd security, it is about their lives, safety and stopping terrorism. But it wasnt smooth sailing getting this in their and getting this agreed. Paragraph 87 says, i wont read it all out, but it basically says that what the two sides will do is try and replicate lots of the stuff that they have now when it comes to co operating on security. So, access to criminal records databases for so, access to criminal records data bases for example, or the passenger and names records database when you get on a plane, and sharing dna and fingerprints etc. The key thing that the uk will be pleased about is the line that says, with the view to delivering capabilities that approximate those enabled by the Relevant Union mechanisms. That basically says, the european arrest warrant, lets copy and paste it and keep it in place for a post brexit world as. But thats colin Something Different. In the last 24 hours, we have had issues about trouble to refer the french. Fishing for the french and gibraltarfor the spanish. Do these go away . Was nothing in here about to boulder, and the eu is not prepared to rewrite the divorce treaty, which is the bit that got the Spanish Government upset. This makes me suspect, i dont know it for definite, but i suspect there will bea definite, but i suspect there will be a separate political process to solve that to bolster issue. In other words, you dont need to re write a bit of this document, the political declaration, he dont need to rewrite the Withdrawal Agreement, the legal text of that, this can be solved by a few words exchanged by Prime Ministers and leaders. I wonder if this will be solved on saturday night when theresa may is backin saturday night when theresa may is back in brussels, or on sunday when she is with eu leaders. There are people talking about whether wearing there will be issues resolved from there will be issues resolved from the meetings rather than putting them in documents. There is a line saying there will be a separate fisheries agreement, which will look at what access eu fishing boats get to uk waters. The uk is saying it is worded in a way that is different from the eus original pitch, which will come as a surprise to some of those big fishing nations like france and denmark, because i think they think theyve got something a bit stronger than that. The truth is, it doesnt really matter at the moment, because like lots of the document, it is saved for another day. There will be some kind of the fisheries agreement, hopefully, negotiated by summer 2020. So we are ina negotiated by summer 2020. So we are in a world now where both sides can see exactly what they want in that paragraph, and it will be in the detail of the negotiations that will ta ke detail of the negotiations that will take place after brexit. The main thing that strikes me about this whole document is that you and i will be doing this for years, potentially even decades. There is so much to negotiate after brexit bay, and this will be like a living agreement, because the uk will still be there, and the eu will still be here, there will still be trade and dealing with each other, the world will keep telling, and that. Have to be managed. This is a lot about how you manage that forever. You might be doing it in decades time, ill be doing it in decades time, ill be watching you in my retirement home possibly in a few weeks adam, thank you very much. Lets go to westminster now. For theresa may, you are in the place where she faces the biggest battle, that gets under way at 3pm, she is coming in and will start selling this. She has to try and sell it to many inherent party, but also to try and win over summer, perhaps on the opposition benches, whose shoe who she could wrestle over and accept this is the best thing. What is interesting about this document is that there is something in there for everybody, perhaps not those on the more extreme the sides of both organs, but for those closer to the centre, there are real attempts to appeal to them. For example, the deep and flexible relationship on customs that the uk will have, according to this document with the eu in the future. There will be some on the remain side who think, yeah, that is all right, i can sign up to some of that. On the brexiteer side, this idea that Technological Solutions on the border could perhaps be found to avoid the backstop. The truth is, there is no specifics, we dont know what that is, but some on the brexiteer side have been fighting ha rd brexiteer side have been fighting hard for that, because they want something to measure the backstop against, a point in which you could say, we dont need the backstop, or we can get out of it. There is something in theirfour we can get out of it. There is something in their four people on both sides, butjust wondering this place and chatting to a few people, there are lots of folk with concerns. A lot of the concerns we saw last week s own party, people on the conservative benches say, we will not vote for this in any circumstance, they have not gone away, they are still there. They are concerned over the things like the court ofjustice still having some role in the uk. They are really worried about fishing and the idea that the common fisheries policy could go in name, but not in practice is not so she has a lot of work to do. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines theresa may has confirmed that the government and the eu have agreed the text on britains future relationship with europe. Mi5 admits for the first time that it failed to track the Manchester Arena bomber, salman abedi. The attacker blew himself up at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017, killing 22 people. The wife of matthew hedges, jailed for spying in the United Arab Emirates, accuses the government of putting british interests above her husbands fate. In sport, the completion of an astonishing sporting comeback as Robert Kubica returns to formula 18 yea rs Robert Kubica returns to formula 18 years after a crash that almost claimed his life. Manager lennie manu tuilagi has been named on the bench against australia at twickenham on saturday. And great britains olympic gold medal winnings hockey team have been beaten 4 0 by the netherlands. They must now beat argentina to have any chance of winning the bronze medal. Ill be back with more on those stories and much more after half past. Mi5 has admitted for the first time that it made a mistake in failing to track the manchester bomber salman abedi, whose attack last year killed 22 people. A report by mps on the intelligence and Security Committee says mi5 missed potential opportunites to stop the attack. The mps say mi5 admits it moved too slowly in establishing how dangerous salman abedi really was. Daniel sandford reports. Salman abedi killed 22 people when he detonated a suicide bomb at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in may last year. He was known to mi5 and Counter Terrorism policing, and had visited a hardened extremist in prison. His case was even under review at the time of the attack, but mi5 had not asked border staff to notify them when he left or entered the country. We learned today that mi5 now admits that was a mistake. He returned from libya just before the attack. Abedi had made his bomb by buying chemicals often used to make explosives. But the system for retailers Warning Police about the purchase of chemicals has not been modernised, and dates back to the ira era of fertiliser bombs. In its enquiry, held behind closed doors, parliaments intelligence and Security Committee looked at the secret files and spoke to mi5 and concluded there had been failures in how abedi was handled, and potential opportunities to prevent the Manchester Attack had been missed. It is possible that if some of the clues had been picked up, there might have been a different outcome, but i think its very important to emphasise that you can never have certainty in these matters. Abedi was a subject of interest to the intelligence services, but the difficulty was that he didnt rise to a level where he became of such interest where he was being very closely monitored. The Manchester Bombing was the worst of five terrorist attacks last year and the Committee Found problems in how the attackers in four of them were handled. It said there were still problems in information sharing between mi5 and police and other Public Services. The Westminster Bridge attacker, khalid masood, and the London Bridge attackers hired vehicles for their attacks, but the committee is concerned that a proposed new system for Car Hire Companies providing information to police may not go far enough. The Committee Also wanted to look at what it saw as fundamental failures in how ahmed hassan, the Parsons Green bomber, was handled by the police and Surrey County council, but they didnt get the evidence from the home office until this morning. The Committee Chair said today that that was completely unacceptable. Lets speak to peter williams, lecturer in policing and terrorism at liverpooljonh moores university. Good afternoon. It is all about accountability here, isnt it . I wondered, do you think mi5, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but did they muck up . I wouldnt go perhaps to describe it in those terms, i think it is a positive step in relation to how the Security Services have traditionally operated and the fact that they have actually admitted that this has been a mistake on their behalf in relation to their performance. So information to their performance. So information to their performance. So information to the accountability of the Security Services, by the fact they have admitted that, this is a step forward. I would also note that while they are very much involved in our structure of counterterrorism with counterterrorism units, which are multi agency, which are police led but they also have an involvement of the Security Services, for example, regionally, there are four in the country in addition to london. They are multi agency and of course, we have got mi5 security staff working alongside police. Police are on a different accountability system with the chief officers being accountable to police and Crime Commission that is not the case with the Security Service, so perhaps when the contents service, so perhaps when the co nte nts of service, so perhaps when the contents of this report have been considered, there may well be some implications that will need to be considered by those in parliament. What i would say, though, on a positive note, if we look at what happened in salisbury in march of this year, which was an investigation, although it happened in wiltshire, led by counterterrorism command, which would have involved both Security Services, that certainly has had a positive outcome in the fact that cbs have recommended charges against two particular individuals. Cps. So it indicates that the police and mis so it indicates that the police and mi5 can Work Together successfully, but as this report is indicates, there are serious lessons to be taken on board by those agencies and the government from what Dominic Grieve and his colleagues have produced today. How does this differ . There has been a previous report, but what have we learned today that wasnt already being highlighted . I think this has been far ride ranging. Anderson didnt pick up on extremist prisoners who are incarcerated in the prison system. Grieve and his colleagues have identified that perhaps for the reasons of resorting within the prison system itself, only those other category a screened at the system below that, b, c and d category systems, the system is haphazard. It has been identified previously that prisons can be seen to be an integratorfor this previously that prisons can be seen to be an integrator for this type of extremism. So that is certainly something that needs to be addressed. I also think that this report has gone a little further in relation to the exchange of information. You mentioned previously, but the worry for the headline is that there may be serious implications, and when we actually leave the eu, and we lose to some extent the access of the exchange of information with. Let me pick up on that, because we have just heard at the moment, and some might say that it is a bit wishy washy, but some people say, lets leave things as they are, and we will work through it as we move on. That will presumably please people like you who dont want it to change . As it stands, europol is known as 28 eu members. The uk wont be on the 29th of march. All that appears to me that we can best negotiate with them is what is called an operational or a strategic agreement, for example, which switzerland has. If you look at what those conditions are in these contracts, it is only certain specified categories of offences where information can be exchanged. Even then, it is exchanged via a third party or stop the downside to thatis, third party or stop the downside to that is, i am sure you will be aware of, crime changes and categories of crime change so quickly. The contracts can easily become dated. That is the problem, and it is a serious implication weve got here when we exit europol. We will lose out on the key information. Information becomes intelligence, which is what the Security Services need. We will talk about this and other time again im sure. But come it will come back briefly to the mis report . On that basis, we keep hearing that lessons need to be learned, but there is somewhere, mi5 officers are thinking, if i maybe had done this, that attack never happen. Isnt that the biggest lesson anybody learns in life . Were talking about human beings, mystics are completely. Mistakes are made. Of course, andersens report in 2015 was a review of the internal enquiries by the met police and m15 into these tragic attacks that we have heard of. As an organisation, they have reflected and alert the lessons from it, hopefully, and that will affect the individuals that have been involved. Learned the lessons from it. We also need to be aware that between 2010 and 2014, the threat level in the uk was at substantial, not at severe. Between 2005 and 2017, there has been no mass casualties attacks in the uk. We had the case of lee rigby, and of course that ofjo cox, but by and large, we have been safe. I would argue that the structures we put in place of the regional counterterrorism units except, and thejoint working counterterrorism units except, and the joint working between the security and the police, this has been a workable model. It needs improving, but clearly, it is one that has worked to date. Peter, thank you forjoining us. The wife of a British Academic jailed for life in the United Arab Emirates says the way the Foreign Office has handled the case has been appalling. Mathew hedges, from durham university, is accused of spying but his wife Daniela Tejada insists hes innocent and says the british govenment has failed to take a firm enough stance over his ordeal. Richard galpin reports. Daniela tejada, on the right here, returning to london this morning after witnessing yesterdays Court Hearing in abu dhabi which she said lasted less than five minutes. Her husband shaking when he heard how he now faced up to 25 years in prison. In a bbc radio interview, she said charges were trumped up. It shouldnt have had to get to this instance. His innocence is evident, and every evidence against him is completely fabricated. He was put through so much pain for six months that absolutely nothing that he said could be used against him. Her husband, matthew hedges, was arrested in may after a trip to the uae doing research for his ph. D. His wife says he was held in solitary confinement for months and subjected to intense interrogation, and said she had repeatedly called on the Foreign Office to take action. I was under the impression that they were putting their interests with the uae above a british citizens right forfreedom. They were stepping on eggshells. But this morning the uae ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office for what had been described as frank discussions with jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, who had earlier warned this case would have repercussions for relations between the two countries. Thousands of british people live in the uae and many come on holiday here but several have fallen foul of the law, including david haig who spent almost two years in prison forfraud before being acquitted. He said his experience was terrifying. The phone was pretty much broken all the time so you couldnt phone anyone come you couldnt talk to your lawyers, there was meetings and abuse, you could hear a break from the other cells, horror a sickly. Matthew hedges was now starting his long prison sentence, he and his wife pinning their hopes on the possibility of an appeal and the action that the Foreign Office is now taking. You are watching afternoon live. We are about to have the afternoon love section because tomas is here with the weather. A warning about cold weather, ice and snow. Be careful how you cook. Yes, i was hoping you would not bring this up. When the weather turns cold, we want nice hearty, healthy soups full of nice vegetables. This is what happens when you fail to use a potato peeler. I didnt slip on the ice. It is just peeler. I didnt slip on the ice. It isjust a peeler. I didnt slip on the ice. It is just a potato peeler. I didnt slip on the ice. It isjust a potato peeler. As long as it is all right. Some lovely weather watchers pictures coming in. Nice frosty ones. Lets go through them. Incidentally, we had the coldest night last night for novemberfor a had the coldest night last night for november for a couple of years. Had the coldest night last night for novemberfor a couple of years. It really was chilly. Minus seven degrees. Freezing fog in some places. This one is from warrington. Beautiful there. Iorfa this time of the year when we these lovely scenes. the year when we these lovely scenes. I love. This was london this morning. You said something about a fountain, didnt you . Yes, i saw fountains frozen this morning. You wouldnt want to dip into that, would you . You wouldnt want to dip into that, would you . That you wouldnt want to dip into that, would you . That is just off suffolk. You wouldnt, obviously. What happens at this time of the year is when we get there cold, clear nights, the temperatures drop. Then you get clouds drifting off the north sea, which is what has been happening today in the eastern counties. It sits on top of the cold air. At the moment some part of the country barely above freezing. Really raw day. I want to show you what is happening in the next few days. There are signs the weather may change into next week quite dramatically. This is an animation for the next few days. Here comes a big change in the weather. I am going to animate that once more. The cold air. Then a bit of a lull. Then we are thinking tuesday to wednesday, the atlantic will turn a lot stormier. Gale force winds sweeping across the uk, potentially. That may be preceded with a spell of snow across the pennines. What happens is when you get the transition from cold to mild and you get these low pressures coming in, these weather fronts bashing to the cold air. That is real rain in the south west. Yes, rain and Gale Force Winds. We are talking about wednesday. It could change. It feels like winter now but there probably will be a change in the next five to six days. Be careful of the finger. I know, it isjust a guard to help me get through the day. Anyway, the next few days. The weather is possibly turning a little bit milder. When i say milder i say that because there is some warmth leaking into south western parts of the uk. You can see the cold air across the uk mostly. The easterlies coming out of central europe. Slightly less cold air heading our way for the weekend before the really mild and really windy weather arrives sometime next week. This is what we have got right now. This is pretty optimistic for some. I bet it is colder than that even as i speak in some areas. Tonight, with the clouds drifting off the north sea, the cloud acts like a blanket and stops the heat from escaping. That means the heat from escaping. That means the temperatures are not going to drop as low tonight. This morning was frosty. Tomorrow morning, probably not as frosty. Here is fridays weather map. A weather front approaching south western part of the uk. Some warmth leaking into the south west. Probably milder with showers at the tip of cornwall. Temperatures getting into double figures. For the rest of us it is still staying chilly, variable sunshine. There is tropical plymouth. 12 celsius. Elsewhere across the uk were into single figures. On saturday we have got a weather front aligned along the south coast. The thinking is that the counties south of the m4 will probably be fairly overcast. Rain from penzance to dover. Not all the time. Some of the time. It comes and goes. The rest of the country, brighter. Belfast and glasgow in for a pretty good day on saturday. Temperatures up to seven to 8 degrees. For many of us it will be a decent day on saturday. The key is in those wind hours. That wind arrows. As long as they are pointing from the east, that is an easterly wind. These numbers, the eighths, nines, they cant go up. Next week when the low comes in, these arrows will turn south westerly, and the temperatures will rise. Then we get the wind and rain. Sort of like the union and the yang. And down. This is bbc news our latest headlines. The Prime Minister hails a Draft Agreement on post Brexit Relations with the eu as the right deal. She says it delivers on the referendum and will bring back control. M15 admits for the first time that it failed to track the Manchester Arena bomber, salman abedi. The attacker blew himself up at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017, killing 22 people. The wife of matthew hedges, jailed for spying in the World Meteorological organisation says Greenhouse Gases have reached record levels, and there are concerns that time is running out to deal with the problem. Now the sport with steve. Steven, weve got news of a remarkable sporting comeback this afternoon . Indeed. Cast your mind back eight yea rs indeed. Cast your mind back eight years when polish racing driver Robert Kubica nearly lost his life ina Robert Kubica nearly lost his life in a rallying accident. He was one of the emerging stars of f1 when it happened, and he was left with a partially severed arm, amongst other injuries. However, hell be back in f1 with williams for 2019, with kubica saying its a story that probably nobody has believed, but shows nothing is impossible. It has been mooted for some time that kubica would return. He has tested with renault in the past. He nearly joined williams. Now tested with renault in the past. He nearlyjoined williams. Now he is making his return. All the very best of luck to him. Englands Rugby Union Team have also got someone making a comeback on saturday . Yes indeed. Manu tuilagis in line to make his first appearance for england in more than two years. Hes been named on the bench for the final Autumn International against australia at twickenham on saturday. Hell be joined amongst the replacements by co captain dylan hartley. Jamie george will start at hooker instead. Liam williams will start at full back for wales against south africa on saturday. Hes the only survivor from the side that thrashed tonga, moving from the wing to replace leigh halfpenny, whos injured. And the man in charge of world rugby says referees need to hand out more cards to stop dangerous tackles. Theres been plenty of controversial hits during the autumn series, none more so that this one from englands owen farrell against south africa, which went unpunished. Zlatan ibrahimovic is not a man whos short on confidence, and doesnt often pass up the opportunity to tell us how good he is. Hes been talking to the bbc about loads of things, including his time at manchester united. He spent a couple of years there in the twilight of his career, and says the rest of the premier league is lucky that he didnt move there earlier in his career. I was old, i was not old enough. I felt like benjamin button. I was getting younger and younger, every game that went. And then, unfortunately, i got my injury. The only thing i have to say is the premier league should be happy i didnt come before i came. It would bea didnt come before i came. It would be a different story. And great britains olympic gold medal winning womens hockey team have been beaten again at the champions trophy in china. World champions the netherlands scored a goal in each quarter to win 4 0. It was the first meeting between the sides since the rio 2016 final. Britain must beat argentina in their final group game to have any chance of winning the bronze medal. Its a big day for englands cricketers at the womens world t20 in antigua. They play india in the semi finals later tonight. If they win, theyll have the chance to become double world champions having won the one day title last year. Nobody ever remembers the semifinal. When you make it to the final you can relax. Yes, semifinals can be difficult. But we have to make sure we put in a strong performance, we start well. We need some of the girls to step up in twenty20 cricket. We have got lots of players that are capable of putting that performance. Thats all the sport for now. Steve, thank you. Lets return to brexit, and theresa may has hailed the eu Draft Agreement on post Brexit Relations as right for the whole of the uk, in a statement in downing street. Negotiators have cleared the way for a summit of european leaders this weekend, after agreeing a draft political declaration on the future relationship between britain and the eu. The government hopes the document will be finalised by the other eu countries at the meeting on sunday, although spain has warned it still has concerns about the future of gibraltar. Speaking earlier, the Prime Minister said she was confident the spanish would agree to a deal. Chris morris is here from the bbc reality check. Loads in there on security and other areas. But lets drill down on trade. Yes, its what people have cared most about. A lot of the controversy has been about that in recent weeks. Very early on it says this. It sets out the red lines on both sides. For the European Union, the integrity of the European Union, the integrity of the Single Market, the Customs Union and the four freedoms, the free of goods, services, capital and people. It also must ensure this political declaration any feature arrangement, the sovereignty of the United Kingdom. And it goes on to say we should express their wishes expressed in the 2016 referendum, whatever their work. Basically the idea that brexit is going to happen. What does it say in terms of the economic relationship . Obviously a lot of the attention has been on what happens in trading. It says the pa rt what happens in trading. It says the part it is envisaged having a trading relationship on goods that is as close as possible. It doesnt say frictionless. There was some dispute about whether the word frictionless, which pertains to the irish border, whether that would be in there. As close as possible is not the same as friction. It is a reminder that this is a political declaration which is not legally binding for negotiations that only formally start after we have left. When the outline of this came out, a lot of brexiteers said this doesnt go far enough. What has changed . There was one sentence from the 7 page outline that emerged last week. One sentence they didnt like. It is still there. It talks about ambitious customs relations which build and improve on the single customs territory provided for in the agreement. That basically refers to the potential single customs territory in the backstop for Northern Ireland. Why they dont like this sentence, and this is one of the sentences that dominic raab mentioned specifically when he resigned, is they fear it contains the implication that temporarily customs arrangements could become a permanent Customs Union in the future and prevent the uk from doing trade deals around the world. The government says that is nonsense. It points out this document talks about in an independent trade policy for the uk. Nevertheless, those concerns will be raised again because of that sentence. There is something throwing a bone to the brexiteers. Facilitative arrangement and technologies will be considered in developing annie alternative arrangements to the backstop. A lot of brexiteers have been saying, why cant we use technology to make sure there is an open border in Northern Ireland . There is an open border in Northern Ireland . Part of there is an open border in Northern Ireland . Part of the problem is there is no technology yet in operation anywhere in the world which provides for a completely open borders. A lot of people say it is coming. Others say fine, its not here yet. It may be here in theory but not in operation. Those are the kinds of issues we are talking about in terms of customs arrangements. There is a lot about regulation. The one sentence i picked out of the Prime Ministers statement was, this is an agreement between the uk and the European Commission, acknowledging that the other 27 eu countries have been consulted but they still have to have their say. There is some nervousness on some of these Economic Issues on gibraltar and other things. They may be some haggling and bargaining. Thank you. Lets show you what is happening in the house of commons. We will go there in the next 15 minutes because theresa may is giving a statement to the house of commons at three oclock. She will face questions. It is the moment following that statement in downing street this morning received presents this proposal, this negotiation, to the house. We will take you over to that at three. A major new report has highlighted the scale of Mental Illness suffered by children and young people in england. Data collected by nhs digital shows one in eight five to 19 year olds had a mental disorder last year. Dominic hughes reports. For years emma has struggled with a range of Mental Health problems. From the age of 13, she suffered from anxiety and panic attacks and then an eating disorder robbed her of her teenage years. I felt like i didnt deserve anything really. Deserve help off people who care about me. I hate what i see in the mirror. And i hate eating. And i hate feeling like healthy. And its the one thats taken the most from me. Its the one thats caused me to be in hospital so much. But emma is far from alone. Todays Research Suggests a growing number of young people are experiencing problems with Mental Health. More people recognising there is a problem and seeking help is not a bad thing, because we have effective treatments. We just need to ensure that we can get those that come forward into those effective treatments. This new research reflects the changed Digital World we now live in and the pressures that brings, but the underlying causes of Mental Health problems are complex and varied friendships, family and schools all present challenges. Clearly there is progress being made, but it is baby steps, it is only in recent years that there has been a recognition that this is such a scale of issue. In my view, it wont be enough, it needs to be an absolute National Priority and we need to just stretch every sinew to really offer all children the help they need. The Health Secretary in england says he wants Mental Health problems to be treated in the same way as physical illnesses and has promised a greater proportion of nhs budget will be spent on childrens Mental Health. I really care about making sure that children who have Mental Health problems can get the treatment and the support and help that they need close to home, close to school. Meanwhile, emma is continuing her recovery. But her generation seems to be struggling with the growing pressures of modern life. Lets speak to emma thomas, ceo of the youth Mental Health charity, young minds. Pratt is not for you but from many of us these figures are a shocking . Yes, i think for all of us it is a demonstration ofjust how widespread the need among young people to get Mental Health support. The pressures of modern life, it is an easy phrase to use. Do we know what is going on, why this is . I think young people are facing unprecedented challenges. Some of the factors they have always faced. Living in poverty, challenges around work. Undoubtedly we have seen social media having an impact. For a lot of young people, they are seeing real pressures around school and academic. Some of the things on gender stereotyping and body image are things young women are facing. Does social media have a positive role for some young people . We definitely hear from young people that it has a definite positive. It is the only place they can get the right support and connect with a community. What research has shown is there is a definite correlation between those who have Mental Health connected to the amount of time they are spending, how affected they are by the number of likes they received. It is not a direct causal link. It is one of a number of factors. If you take different age groups, one in four young woman has a Mental Health problem. Younger boys. What are the ages where there are real problems . This is what is starting this report. For those boys between five and ten, they are double the likelihood of young girls at that age to have a problem. It is showing very early. When you move from 11 to 16, then 17 to 19, i think we are seeing 23 of young women experiencing Mental Health disorder. There are the problems in figure terms. What are these solutions . Is it just figure terms. What are these solutions . Is itjust spotting it much earlier . I think we have welcomed a lot of the investment that has gone into schools and would welcome more of that. What we know is the majority of Mental Health issues do emerge by the age of 14. It isa issues do emerge by the age of 14. It is a prime place. But we also must see through the nhs Long Term Plan. We need proportionate investment to meet young peoples need. The majority of young people cannot get the help of the moment. Three quarters of young people waiting to get support feel they are deteriorating, getting worse, in that time. We have to invest through specialist treatment. But i think we would also say that the early intervention, what we do with our communities, enabling young people to open up to more adult interventions within the community and to make a difference, can stop it escalating. You talk about positive adults getting involved. Where are the parents in this . When we talk about young people with Mental Health issues, its the pa rents Mental Health issues, its the parents who are going to see something changing in their children. Many children, young people might say, they may say, it is because of my parents i feel like this. What is the parental role . We hear every day from parents who are almost out of their wits end in terms of supporting. I think it is absolutely about a societal role. They need to be getting good specialist intervention through the nhs. But of course parents need, and it the family around them to provide that support, it is often critical in terms of how a young person can learn to cope with at or live through it. It is about how we provide support for parents so they can be the best support for their children. That isjust can be the best support for their children. That is just as can be the best support for their children. That isjust as important as the specialist care. Thank you for coming in. Climate experts have warned that the window of opportunity to tackle rising Global Temperatures is almost closed. The World Meteorological organisation says Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere reached record levels last year. It says that without immediate action to cut them, the impact on life on earth will be irreversible. Our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, reports. The world is warming because the amount of some gases in the earths atmosphere have been steadily increasing since the industrial revolution. These so called Greenhouse Gases are now at record levels, higher than theyve been for 3 million years will stop its its extremely critical to take actions now and not wait until we are half the wonderful solutions because we we do not act now all these gases, especially Carbon Dioxide, will stay in the atmosphere for thousands of years and theres nothing we could do about that. Since 1990 concentrations of Greenhouse Gases have increased by 40 . In that time, levels of co2 increased sharply to 400 ppm. The last time that concentrations were so high, the planet was between two and three degrees warmer. Computer models indicate that warming is likely to be repeated resulting in damaging and irreversible Climate Change. A group of britains leading scientists has called for radical action. I think its transparent that we need really substantial transformation across all parts of society and industrial sectors, so we need transformation to our energy production, we need to move transport towards electrification more rapidly, we need to be thinking about removing the Carbon Dioxide and putting it under the ground, so Carbon Capture and storage. We need to see change across every sector. At a time when china and india are growing their economies, the planets net emissions of co2 will need to be zero by 2050 to prevent damaging Climate Change. A two degree rise will mean that the world will have no coral. The message to the worlds political leaders when they meet in poland next month is that time is running out. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. Jamie is here. First headlines. Theresa may has confirmed that the government and the eu have agreed the text on britains future relationship with europe. M15 admits for the first time that it failed to track the Manchester Arena bomber, salman abedi. The attacker blew himself up at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017, killing 22 people. The wife of matthew hedges, jailed for spying in the United Arab Emirates, accuses the government of putting british interests above her husbands fate. Heres your business headlines on afternoon live. The board of nissan has sacked its chairman, carlos ghosn, following allegations of financial misconduct. He has been accused by nissan of under reporting his salary and using Company Assets for personal use. The board also voted to remove Senior Executive greg kelly. Regulators promise to crack down on rent to own retailers. New rules will be introduced to prevent companies from overcharging vulnerable customers for household goods. The Financial Condust Authority said it had seen cases when people paid over £1,500 for essentials like an electric cooker, that could be bought in a shop for less than £300. Majestic is starting to stockpile wine ahead of brexit. The merchant will spend up to £8 million buying more stock as a buffer against any disruption. The company is warning that profits will be lower as a result of a weaker uk market. Not Rocket Science carlos ghosn has gone given what he was to . Absolutely. There could be more to it than this. This is the man who brought together nissan, mitsubishi and renault. Ithink brought together nissan, mitsubishi and renault. I think there might be more going on under the surface. Under the bonnet. Dunne very good. Very good. Under the bonnet. Dunne very good. Very good. We talked to professor david bailey. There are huge fault lines within the group. Renault had a 43 stake in this, nissan a 15 stake in renault yet nissan was a Bigger Company generating profits. Huge tensions were emerging. Carlos ghosn was trying to increase that control and merge them. I think this has all the hallmarks of basically a coup we re the hallmarks of basically a coup were nissan have taken carlos ghosn out. There will be an attempt, i think, by nissan to assert some control. The finance ministers from france and japan will meet at the weekend. There are huge stakes about whether they can hold this together. Carlos ghosn did the deal with mrs may about keeping nissan here after the referendum. He came here, had a talk with her and there was an arrangement between them. We do not know what it was. That could have it . Over at now. Know what it was. That could have it . Overat now. He know what it was. That could have it . Over at now. He is gone. Thank you. All up yesterday, all down today. Thank you very much. The weather. Its a nippy afternoon out there. That is how it is going to stay for the rest of the day. Tomorrow is looking fairly chilly. There are signs that crabs as we go through the next couple of days it will turn that little bit less cold. We know overall, for as long as the weather is coming out of the east, you can see the motion of the cloud broadly out of the east, that weather will stay chilly. The milder conditions are out in the atlantic. That would be potentially heading our way but not until sometime next week. Single figure temperatures for many. Quite a lot of cloud through this afternoon and this evening. In fact, the clouds tonight will help the temperatures from dropping too low. Not quite as cold this coming night. Still pretty nippy. 2 degrees. Part of the midlands and the south west. Theresa may is in the commons talking about brexit. I also updated the house on the outline political declaration that set out a framework for the future relationship we want between the uk and the eu. Last night i met with with president juncker in brussels to work through the details of the full political declaration on the future relationship. We had good discussions in which ive is clear about what we need to ensure the best possible deal for the United Kingdom. We task our negotiating teams to work through the remaining issues and as a result of the text of the political declaration has now been agreed between the uk and European Commission. I updated the cabinet this morning. Mr speaker, the draft text we have agreed with the draft text we have agreed with the commission is a good dealfor our country and for our partners in the eu. It honours the vault of the british people by taking back control of our borders, our laws and our money. While protecting jobs, security and the integrity of our precious United Kingdom. It ends Free Movement once and for all, instead, we will introduce a new skills based immigration system, based not on the country people come from, but what they can contribute to the uk. It ends thejurisdiction what they can contribute to the uk. It ends the jurisdiction of the European Court of justice it ends the jurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice in the uk. We will make our own laws in our own parliaments here in westminster, and in edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. They will be adjudicated on by uk courts full stop it means an end to sending vast sums of money to the eu. So we can take full control of our money to spend on priorities, including our Long Term Plan for the nhs, to which we have committed to spending over £394 million more per week by 2023 24. Just this morning, i was able to announce a new investment in primary and community ca Re Investment in primary and Community Care worth £3. 5 billion a year by 2023, 24. The text we have now agreed would create a new free trade area with the eu, with no tariffs, fees, charges or quantitative restrictions. This will be the first such a restrictions. This will be the first sucha grim restrictions. This will be the first such a grim and between the eu and any advanced economy in the world, which would be good forjobs. First agreement. The eu said the choice was binary, norway canada. Biblical decoration recognise there isa biblical decoration recognise there is a spectrum with the extent of our commitments taken into account in deciding the level of checks and controls. Crucially, the text we have greed has a specific reference to create a dependent trade policy. We would have the ability to sign new trade deals with other countries and capitalise on the opportunities in the Fastest Growing economies around the world. We will be able to get on with this, negotiating deals during the implementation period and putting them in place immediately afterwards. The deal would mean we leave the Common Agricultural policy and the common fisheries policy. Mr speaker, let me be absolutely clear about what this would mean profession. We would become an independent coastal state, with control over our waters, so our fishermen get a fairer share in the fishermen get a fairer share in the fish in our waters. We have firmly rejected. We have firmly rejected a link between access to our waters and access to markets. The fisheries agreement is not something we will be trading off against any other priorities. We are clear that we will negotiate access and quotas on an annual basis, as, for example, do other independent coastal states like norway and iceland. The trade agreement with the eu would also Cover Services and investment that would go further than any other recent eu agreement. It would secure new arrangements for our Financial Services sector, ensuring that Market Access cannot be withdrawn on a whim, and providing stability and certainty for our world leading industry. We would also have a cutting edge game and on digital, helping to facilitate e commerce and reduce unjustified barriers to trade by electronic means. There would be strong rules in place to keep trade fairand ensure strong rules in place to keep trade fair and ensure that neither side can unfairly subsidise their industries against the other. A text we have agreed with the European Commission also includes a new security partnership, with a close relationship on defence and tackling crime and terrorism to keep our people safe. There would be a surrender agreement to bring candles to justice, no matter surrender agreement to bring candles tojustice, no matter where in europe they break the law. Bring a criminal is to justice. Europe they break the law. Bring a criminal is tojustice. There would be arrangements for sharing data, dna, fingerprints and passport records. Visitjudy data, dna, fingerprints and passport records. Visit judy partnership would ensure Close Corporation between our Police Forces and other Law Enforcement bodies. We will work on sanctions against those who violate International Rules. There would bejoint working on meeting Cyber Security threats, Money Laundering and the financing of terrorists. As i set out for the house last week, the draft with logan and will ensure we can stress and draft Withdrawal Agreement will ensure we transition in a smooth and orderly way. It will deliver a 20 month limitation period so we have time with our new future relationship in place and businesses have time to repair for it. Relationship in place and businesses have time to repairfor it. Prepare for it full stop it will protect the rights of eu citizens living in the uk and uk citizens living in the uk and uk citizens living in the eu, so there can carry on living as before. It will ensure afair on living as before. It will ensure a fair settlement on our financial obligations, less than half what some originally expected. It will meet our commitment to ensure there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and ireland, and no Customs Border in the irish sea. The text we have agreed is expected about the determination of both sides to avoid the backstop altogether by getting the backstop altogether by getting the future relationship in place on the future relationship in place on the 1st of january, 2021. The future relationship in place on the 1st ofjanuary, 2021. In the future relationship in place on the 1st of january, 2021. In the unlikely event that we ever did in the backstop, to ensure it is quickly superseded, either by the future relationship or alternative arrangements. As part of this, there is an exquisite commitment to consider facilitative arrangements and technologies which can avoid a ha rd and technologies which can avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. Iam hard border on the island of ireland. I am grateful to my right honourable friends for their ideas on this. Booing preparatory work on alternative arrangements. Preparatory work on alternative arrangements to avoid the backstop would begin before we leave enabling rapid process after our withdrawal. I want to be very clear about the stage we have reached in these negotiations and the scale of what is now at stake. We have an agreed text between the uk and the European Commission. The text is today being shared with the leaders of the other 27 Member States, head of the special eu council on sunday. The negotiations are critical, and our efforts must be focused on working with our European Partners to bring this process to a final conclusion in the interests of all our people. Last night, i spoke to Prime Minister sanchez of spain. We have been working constructively with the governments of spain and to bolt in the negotiations on the Withdrawal Agreement. And gibraltar. We want to work to continue, but i was absolutely clear that gibraltars british sovereignty will be protected and that the future relationship we agree must work for the whole uk family. Today, i met the whole uk family. Today, i met the chancellor of austria, which currently holds the eus presidency. Later today and tomorrow, i will speak to other european leaders ahead of returning to on saturday. The british people want brexits to be settled. They want a good deal that sets us on a course for a brighterfuture. And that sets us on a course for a brighter future. And they want us to come together as a country and to move on, to focus on the big issue is, like our nhs. The deal that will enable us to do this is now within our enable us to do this is now within s. Enable us to do this is now within ourgrasp. In enable us to do this is now within our grasp. In these crucial 72 hours ahead, i will do Everything Possible to deliver it for the biggest people, and i commend this statement to the house. To the british people. Thank you mr speaker, i would like to thank the Prime Minister for the advanced copy of her statement. These 26 pages are a testament to the failure of the tories bundled negotiations. 19 extra pages, but nothing has changed. The only certainty contained within these pages is that the transition period will have to be extended, or youll end up with a backstop no exit. It represents the worst of all worlds no say over the rule that will continue to apply, and no certainty of the future. There is no change to the Withdrawal Agreement, no unilateral pull out mechanism, though concessions on the backstop, which would create a new regulatory border down the irish sea. Mr speaker, did the eu not receive the amendments and improvements promised by the leader of the house . A little over a year ago, we were told by the government that by the end of the article 50 period, we would have a trade deal. The International Trade secretary said it would be the easiest in human history. Instead, we have 26 pages of waffle. This. This empty document could have been written at two years ago. It is peppered with phrases such as, the parties will look at, the parties will explore, what on earth has the government been doing for the last two years . Theyve managed less than one page a month since the referendum. Laughing the Prime Minister said, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. It is clear from this document that indeed, nothing is agreed. This is the blindfold brexit we all feared, a leap in the dark. It falls short of our labours six tests. Cheering and applause this government could have negotiated a new comprehensive customer union, giving certainty to business and securing Manufacturing Industry and Manufacturing Industry jobs. Instead, they are more interested with dog whistling on immigration. I hope. Order, when the Prime Minister delivered her statement, she delivered it to a largely attentive and courteous house. Order i couldnt care less what somebody largely, in orderly, and certainly irreleva ntly what somebody largely, in orderly, and certainly irrelevantly shouts from a sedentary position. The Prime Minister was heard in courtesy. The right honourable gentleman, the leader of the opposition, will likewise be heard in courtesy. If it requires the process to take a bit longer, so be it. If it requires it to take a lot longer, so be it. If it takes several hours, so be it. So, give up, be quiet, behave, on bedside, and lets hear people speak. Jeremy corbyn. Bedside, and lets hear people speak. Jeremy corbynlj bedside, and lets hear people speak. Jeremy corbyn. I hope the Prime Minister will abandon the sort ofa Prime Minister will abandon the sort of a poisonous and divisive rhetoric about eu nationals jumping of a poisonous and divisive rhetoric about eu nationalsjumping the queue. European Union Nationals have the tribute to this country come across all industry and Public Services. It is this government and this Prime Minister as home secretary who built a hostile environment for non eu immigrants. Chequers has been trapped, there is no common rule book, and no mention of frictionless trade. Our participation is downgraded in a numberof participation is downgraded in a number of european agencies, or, we are out of them in their entirety. After more than two years of negotiations, there is no clarity over our estate with a range of european wide agencies. The rasmus scheme, the erasmus scheme, the european chemicals agency, the european chemicals agency, the European Aviation industry. Amongst others. Ona European Aviation industry. Amongst others. On a none of these do we know our final status. Take, for example, section 107 of the document. It says, and i wish to quote, the parties should consider appropriate arrangements for cooperation on space. Well, what a remarkable and negotiating achievement that is after two years, they are going to consider appropriate arrangements. Mr speaker, this is waffle. The blindfold brexit of a government that has spent more time arguing with itself than negotiating for britain. On fisheries, the Prime Ministerand britain. On fisheries, the Prime Minister and the environment secretary has been saying that britain will leave the common fisheries policy and become an independent coastal nation. Yet, this agreement sets an aspiration to establish a new fisheries agreement on access to waters and quota shares by summer2020. On access to waters and quota shares by summer 2020. That sounds to me like we are replacing membership of the common fisheries policy with a new common fisheries policy. It is clear, absolutely clear, that during what will now inevitably be an extended transition period, there will be no control of our money, laws, borders, or indeed, of fishing stocks for a very long time to come. The Prime Minister stood on the steps of downing street and said, a deal had been agreed between the uk and the European Commission, and it was now up and the European Commission, and it was now up to the eu 27. Until this parliament has debated and voted, there is no uk agreement. This half baked deal is a product of two years of botched negotiations. In which the Prime Ministers red lines have been torn up, cabinet resignations have been racked up and chequers has been chucked. This is a vague venue of options, not a plan for the future, and, not capable of bringing our country together Prime Minister. Can i say to the right honourable gentleman, i have to say to him, that on virtually everything he said in response, he couldnt be more wrong. Cheering indeed, i didnt believe that he had actually read the political declaration that we published today, like the withdrawal limit. He did quote one sentence from it, in an attempt to suggest that he had actually read the document. Which was an example, he said, of lack of detail. Perhaps if he had read some of the other aspects of this document, he would know there is a significant detail in this document. Note harris, fees, charges or quantitative restrictions across all goods sectors. Know it harris. Liberalisation in trade in services, beyond the partys wto commitments, and equivalence decision on Financial Services, a copper heads ofair Financial Services, a copper heads of air transport agreement, reciprocal arrangements for timely, effective and efficient exchange of passenger name records, and of dna, fingerprints and vehicle registration data. Enabling the uk to participate on a case by case basis on Common Security and defence policy, missions and operations. There is a demand, i could go on, but the right honourable gentleman should begin to get the message about this. He also talked about where he thought that somehow we hadnt achieved any changes. Let me be clear on some of those changes. I referred to it is one of them in my statement. The eu said that the choice was binary norway or canada. The political declaration concedes there is a spectrum, the extent of our commitment is taken into account and deciding the level of checks and controls. The eu said we couldnt share is pretty capabilities as a non member state, outside of Free Movement and the schengen area. The political declaration grant us direct access to some and enables us many others. Further commitments and they have made to any other nonmember said. They said we couldnt preserve the visible Customs Border between ireland and Northern Ireland without spitting our customs territory. This maintains the customs territory. He talks about the common fisheries policy, this is where i began to think that maybe the right honourable gentleman had read the document but not understood the document but not understood the document or what lies behind it. If we are going to ensure that we are able to continue to have access to the waters of other european Member States, and european Member States, as we do at the moment, we will need to negotiate as other non eu Member States do, and annual agreement on access to waters between the uk and the eu. The point at the moment is that we are not able to do that as an independent coastal state and in the future, we will be able to do that as an independent coastal state. I also have to say to the right honourable gentleman, what i have been doing throughout this is looking at what the best interests are of the United Kingdom. Lets go through his other challenge to this, which was the six labour tests on brexit. Doesnt ensure a strong and collaborative future religion with the eu . Yes. Relationship. Doesnt ensure a fair management of migration in the interests of the economy . Yes. Does it ensure. Does it defend rights and protections . Yes. Does it protect National Security and our capacity to tackle. Yes it does. Inaudible and does it deliver. Does it deliver. We dont need you to shout and, you are not a football referee or i lines present calm yourself. And does it ensure that it delivers a deal that is good for every pa rt delivers a deal that is good for every part of the uk . Yes it does. Cani every part of the uk . Yes it does. Can ijust every part of the uk . Yes it does. Can i just say to the right honourable gentleman, this is a good dealfor the uk, honourable gentleman, this is a good deal for the uk, it honourable gentleman, this is a good dealfor the uk, it delivers on honourable gentleman, this is a good deal for the uk, it delivers on the vote of the british people, it brings back control of our borders, our money and laws. It protects jobs, it protects security, it protect the integrity of the United Kingdom. He may want to play party politics, im working in the National Interest booing mr iain duncan smith. List is bigger, can i say to my right honourable friend but i of course appreciate enormously the huge endeavour she has made to deal with what is now emerged as a particularly toxic issue, that of the Northern Irish backstop now bound into the Withdrawal Agreement. Ido bound into the Withdrawal Agreement. I do say to my right honourable friend, for all the effort and work, the reality is that this is not the Withdrawal Agreement. The Withdrawal Agreement will make it very clear that should read, even under these terms, struggle with in negotiation for a free trade arrangement and not complete that process, we will fall into the Northern Ireland backstop as it exists at the moment. That will mean, simply, that we will be bound by those restrictions that force Northern Ireland through a separate arrangement and us into the Customs Union. I simply say, therefore, i would Customs Union. I simply say, therefore, iwould hope Customs Union. I simply say, therefore, i would hope that she would now consider that none of this isa would now consider that none of this is a tall workable, unless we get the Withdrawal Agreement now amended, so that any arrangements we make strip out that backstop and leave us with that positive, open the border that we talked about. Can i say to my right honourable friend, first of all, he based his question on the future relationship not being in place by the 1st of january, 2021, and if, in some sense, there needs to be an interim arrangement, we would automatically go into the backstop. That is not the case will stop the Withdrawal Agreement makes clear that there is the alternative ofan clear that there is the alternative of an extension to the implementation period, but it also refers to the alternative arrangements. As i said, i am grateful to him for the proposals he has put forward in relation to that matter. We are working on those alternative arrangements. It is simply not the case that automatically, we fall into a backstop that is described in the Withdrawal Agreement. Secondly, there are many ways in the document where it is clear that that arrangement, whether it is the extension of the ip, an alternative arrangement, or a backstop, extension of the ip, an alternative arrangement, ora backstop, is therefore a temporary period come before the future relationship would before the future relationship would be put into base. What the backstop and the alternative arrangements and proposals amount to what i think my right honourable friend was talking about at the end of this question, which is our commitment to the people of Northern Ireland that there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and ireland. And there will be able to carry on their business, much as they do today. That, i hope, is what we are all striving to achieve information to this matter. There are a number of ways in which we can achieve that and the Withdrawal Agreement of political declaration make clear there are a number of ways we can achieve that and we are working on all of those. Can i thank the Prime Minister for advanced copy of her statement. This government is spluttering forward in a haphazard, chaotic way. There are outstanding political concerns still to be addressed by the eu27 this sunday. Central to this political declaration remains the matter of the fishing rights a matter critical to scotland. A week ago, scottish conservative members in this place wrote to the Prime Minister saying, at the end of the implementation period, we must be able to negotiate access and quota shares with the eu and other third countries independently. This means that access and quota shares cannot be included in the future Economic Partnership. The political declaration agreed today, paragraph 75 on estates, within the context of the Overall Economic partnership, the Overall Economic partnership, the parties should establish a new fisheries agreement on inter ally access to waters and quota shares. There we have it, scotlands Fishing Community is once again a bargaining chip used by a tory government in brussels. Worse, the detail in the d raft brussels. Worse, the detail in the draft withdrawal limit has pitied fishing against agriculture, access to water versus access to trade. Making plain, once again, that scottish interests are expendable. Just as was the case when the uk entered the then eec, when the conservatives traded away our fishing rights, they have continually done so. Mr speaker, scotlands fishing rights thrown overboard as if they were discarded fish. So much for taking back control, more like trading away in scotlands interests. This is an absolute dereliction of the promises scottish conservative members and the secretary of the state of the environment for the rule affairs have made to scotland. Shame on them. Will the Prime Minister tell them. Will the Prime Minister tell the house if her scottish mps and secretary of state has agreed to this political declaration . Is it not the case that she has just lost further critical votes on the deal because at the scottish tory mps could not possibly vote in favour of this sell out of scottish fishing interests . I think it would be helped off for the right honourable gentleman if i repeated what i said in the statement. We would become an independent coastal state with control over our waters, so our fishermen get a fairer share of the fishermen get a fairer share of the fish in our waters. We have firmly rejected a link between access to our waters and access to markets. The fisheries agreement is not something we will be trading off against any other priorities, we are clear that we will negotiate access and quota has on an annual basis as, for example, do other independent coastal states, like norway and iceland. Will the right honourable gentleman dues to shout at me, but he devoted all of his response to my statement. Order, i understand the right honourable gentleman adheres strongly to his position, it is in the nature of holding an opinion, but he must hear the response from the Prime Minister. The right honourable gentleman devoted all of his response to the issue of fishing. He is sitting there chuntering from a sedentary position, that this is a sell out of the Scottish Fishermen. I will tell him what a sell out of Scottish Fishermen would be, it is the policy of the scottish nationalists to stay ina cfp of the scottish nationalists to stay in a cfp does my right honourable friend accept that this declaration is self contradictory in that it insists on both the sovereignty of both the eu and the United Kingdom legal orders . Also, without control of our own laws, and by surrendering to binding rulings of the European Court, this declaration cannot be reconciled with a repeal of the 1972 act, nor the referendum vote, and will she further note that the European Scrutiny Committee has resolved to hold an enquiry into the governments handling and outcome of these negotiations . Can i say to my honourable friend that this political declaration asserts the sovereignty of both sides of this agreement, of the uk and the eu. Because that is exactly what will persist. We will be a sovereign nation, we will no longer be under the jurisdiction nation, we will no longer be under thejurisdiction of nation, we will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice. There will be. There are circumstances where a point that is being looked at, for example, in arbitration, is considered to be a matter of the interpretation of European Union law. There is one body that interprets eu law, that is the European Court of justice. Interprets eu law, that is the European Court ofjustice. What may we make clear is that in those circumstances, the Arbitration Panel may ask the European Court of justice for an opinion on the interpretation of European Union law. They will then consider their decision, as an Arbitration Panel, in the light of that opinion. Lam i am grateful to the right honourable lady for her movement. In paragraphs 26 and 27, taken on board our proposals, to use modern techniques used elsewhere on the irish border. But, there is a big but in this, as long as the backstop is in existence in a legally binding document, there is a danger that should talks fail, the backstop becomes accepted, we have the horror of the Customs Union, the horror of Northern Ireland being split off, and as Northern Ireland being split off, and as i saw in washington this week, we cannot control our tariffs andl week, we cannot control our tariffs and i were a regulatory regime, we cannot do free trade deals with other countries. So at this late stage, which she consider withdrawing the backstop from the legally binding draft document and replacing it with the draft trade facilitation and protocol which we gave her earlier this week and making that legally binding so that could become the new backstop . Cani can i say to my right honourable friend, i am grateful to him and the right honourable friend from chingford and Woodford Green for the work they have been doing on this issue, what we negotiated was the specific reference to alternative arrangements that enabled us to work out those arrangements such that they would be what the title suggests, an alternative to the arrangements for the backstop, or would enable us to come out of the backstop would enable us to come out of the ba cksto p of would enable us to come out of the backstop of the backstop hadnt started, but we had been started down the route been in the backstop. I continue to say to my honourable friend and right honourable friends, it is the determination of this government and the European Union that we will work to ensure that we have the future relationship are arranged and able to be in place by the 1st of january, 2021. Arranged and able to be in place by the 1st ofjanuary, 2021. It arranged and able to be in place by the 1st of january, 2021. It is arranged and able to be in place by the 1st ofjanuary, 2021. It is not the 1st ofjanuary, 2021. It is not the case, and is indeed is not the case, that there is a sense in which the backstop is automatic. The backstop is not automatic. There are alternatives to the backstop. And the United Kingdom can choose those alternatives. There are pros and cons in these. And when the time comes, busy that the choice will measure those pros and cons. But what matters is that it will not be the case that the only way to deal with that interim period is through the backstop. It can be dealt with through alternative arrangements or by extension to the implementation period. Mr speaker, this is essentially an agreement to have an agreement and is full of worryingly vague aspirations. How will the Prime Minister justify. We aspirations. How will the Prime Ministerjustify. We currently have strong agreed co operative standards. The Prime Minister has managed to negotiate an agreement where we quote, explore the possibility of cooperation. That is pathetically weak. It will cause great anxiety to millions of people who depend on high standards of safety. When we leave the European Union we will cease to be a member of certain agencies that the European Union has at the moment. What we will be doing is ensuring, and he might have noticed there is a strong reference to close cooperation in the text in relation to diaz, which already permits a third country to have that access to the agency. That is not the case with the dma and the eca. It will be necessary to work on what those access arrangements to those agencies could and should be. There is already a model that can be used. The other two agencies do not. I say to the right honourable gentleman that i think in relation to these negotiations, we are not able to put legal text together until we have left the European Union and are no longer a member of the European Union. That is what we will be able to do when we leave on the 29th of march, 2019. The backstop ties the uk to the Customs Union and Single Market rules with no voice and an eu veto over our exit. Paragraph 23 of the political declaration makes that the starting point for future political declaration makes that the starting point forfuture relations. The top reason people voted to leave the eu was to take back democratic control over our laws. Isnt it the reg retta ble control over our laws. Isnt it the regrettable but inescapable reality that this deal gives even more aware . Away. Can i say to my right honourable friend, and i think this is the first opportunity i have had to be able to thank you for the work that he did as brexit secretary. Very unseemly. Everybody will get a chance to ask a question. The right honourable gentleman has asked a question. The Prime Minister is asking it. Lets try to show each other some courtesy. Cani other some courtesy. Can i say to my right honourable friend that as i have explained in response to other of our right honourable and honourable members of this house, the point about the backstop, the point that the backstop, the point that the backstop is not the automatic route for dealing with the temporary period in relation to any gap that exists between the end of the into mentation period and the future relationship. The political declaration, the political declaration, the political declaration is about that future relationship. There are important points that have been agreed within the Withdrawal Agreement that will ensure that we can get a good agreement in relation to borders and in relation to our trade area, when we become that independent state outside the European Union. My right honourable friend will be aware, as is reflected in this political declaration, there is a balance between willingness to abide by rules and the necessity for change. Checks at the border. That is what continues to be our ambition. To get the frictionless trade at the border. We believe that is important. Sir jeffrey important. Sirjeffrey donaldson. Mr speaker, the chancellor of the exchequer said last night he didnt like the backstop. He doesnt think that the backstop. He doesnt think that the backstop is a good arrangement for our economy. And he doesnt think it isa our economy. And he doesnt think it is a good arrangement for our union. We agree with the chancellor of the exchequer. In light of the political declaration, paragraph 27, to which the Prime Minister referred, it is now clear the eu are beginning to accept there are alternative arrangements that can be put in place without the need for the backstop. I would say to the Prime Minister that if she wants to have the support of my party for the Withdrawal Agreement, then we need to see the end to the backstop and those alternative arrangements put in place. I thank the gentleman for his comments. He started off by reflecting the comments the chancellor had made. As i have said in this chamber and others have said, none of us want to see the backstop being used. The best way to ensure the backstop is not used is to get the future relationship into place. There are all those alternative arrangements and we will be working on those alternative arrangements. I am be working on those alternative arrangements. Iam happy be working on those alternative arrangements. I am happy to discuss with the right honourable gentleman and his colleagues what those alternative arrangements could be. But what is important is that we have within the document means in which we can guarantee to the people of Northern Ireland, and the eu want the guarantee in relation to ardent, that the trade across the border between Northern Ireland and ireland can continue as it does today. That is the commitment we made. No hard border. That is what we will continue to provide. Outside of this house, there is a much higher appreciation of the tenacity of the Prime Minister than we sometimes hear inside it. One of the principal worries has been that in some way we would be trapped forever either in the backstop or in a Customs Union. What is there in this declaration and in the Withdrawal Agreement to calm those fears . There are several elements that i would suggest to my right honourable friend would calm those fears. First of all, there are many statements within the withdrawal of agreement and the political declaration which specifically recognise the backstop, should it be necessary, would only bea should it be necessary, would only be a temporary arrangement. Indeed, article 50, which is the legal basis for the Withdrawal Agreement, cannot establish a permanent relationship. That is reflected in the text. And thatis that is reflected in the text. And that is accepted by the European Union. There are also, as i have just explained, the alternative arrangements that can be put in place. And the possible extension to the into mentation period. The best route to ensuring those concerned art camp is to ensure that we work towards the future relationship and getting in place by the 1st of january 2021, so there is no need for a temporary arrangement. Unlike the Withdrawal Agreement, this declaration is not legally binding. And although it may now be 26 pages as opposed to seven, it still does not provide this house with clarity and certainty about our future economic relationship with our biggest, nearest and most important trading partner. Is it really going to take the defeat of her deal to persuade the Prime Minister that she cannot achieve frictionless trade while leaving the Customs Union and the Single Market, and that therefore, sooner or later, and that therefore, sooner or later, a different approach is going to have to be found in order to secure the future of our economy and the jobs that depend upon it . Of course we have put forward proposals which would enable frictionless trade to be achieved outside of the Customs Union and outside of the Single Market. That is not something that is accepted by everyone in the European Union. I fully is accepted by everyone in the European Union. Ifully accept is accepted by everyone in the European Union. I fully accept that. What we have within the future negotiations is the ability to continue to work for our objective of achieving that frictionless trade. He talks about a concern about uncertainty into the future. I have to say to the right honourable gentleman, the thing that would create most uncertainty in the future is a failure to take and agree a deal which is going to be good for the uk, which delivers on the vote of the people in the referendum and does so while protecting peoples dogs and security. Cani security. Can i regretfully point out to my right honourable friend that of course nothing in this political declaration changes the hard reality of the Withdrawal Agreement. It gives the eu a continuing the tao over the unilateral power of the entire United Kingdom to do free trade deals, or to take back control of our laws. Can i therefore respectfully suggest it would be better, we can accept the generalities and the self contradictions contained in this political declaration, but we should junk fought with the backstop, upon which the future Economic Partnership, according to this political declaration, is to be based, and which makes a complete nonsense of brexit. Unsure my right honourable friend will recall the discussions we had earlier in the year when we were agreeing the temporary customs arrangement as our proposal for the basis on which we would ensure we guarantee the commitment to the people of Northern Ireland and indeed obviously elements that have been reflected, given what we see in the withdrawal arrangement. There are various the withdrawal arrangement. There are various arrangements we can put in place, as i have said to others who have questioned me so far, in relation to the backstop. Can i say to my right honourable friend, the future relationship we have set out in the political declaration ends Free Movement, ends sending vast sums of money to the European Union every year, and ends the jurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice here in the United Kingdom. And it enables us to hold an independent trade policy and to negotiate trade deals around the whole of the world. I know that my right honourable friend has expressed his desire in the past to have all of those elements available for the United Kingdom and that is what this deal delivers. As has been said, this is a declaration of aspiration and a charter for years of uncertainty. It is not the comprehensive free trade deal she promised we would have before exit day in our lancaster house speeds. So having broken that promise, can she now guarantee that that comprehensive free trade deal will be finalised by the end of the transition period . Because so far this gives no certainty whatsoever to business. On the contrary, i think if the honourable gentleman looks at the comments made by business in relation to the declaration, that were made in relation to the outline political declaration last week, Small Businesses are very clear about the certainty that is provided looking into the future for businesses. As it will also see when he looks through the political declaration, andindeedin through the political declaration, and indeed in the Withdrawal Agreement, the Firm Commitments on both sides to ensure we put in place that legal text. We cant have the legal text on the future agreement until we have left the European Union. And one of the elements within the political declaration towards the end of the political declaration as he will have seen, sets out the commitments in relation to working with that for the future. But if i say to the honourable gentleman, what is important is that we have here an outline, a political declaration, which is fuller than the outline we published last week, which sets out clearly a deal for the uk that is good for the United Kingdom and good forjobs. I dont believe this is a good deal for britain and i dont think many young people in this country think it isa young people in this country think it is a good dealfor britain young people in this country think it is a good deal for britain at all. Does the Prime Minister except that if the meaningful vault is lost, and if this house vaults also against exiting the eu with no deal, that the only right option then is to go back to the people and allow them to have a final say. People should not be shouting out. The right honourable lady is asking her question. Have the manners to listen. Justine greening. Thank you, mr speaker. And i think young people would like to be listened to in this debate as well. I was asking if the meaningful bowled is lost and if this house, as i believe it will, votes against no deal as an exit from the eu, does the government intend to come back with an alternative proposal on how to break the deadlock . Why would that not include going back to the british people to ask them their views . Of course we have set out in legislation the procedure that will be followed were the meaningful vault lost in this house. But she asks about going back to the people in terms of a second referendum. I will say to my right honourable friend as i have said on many occasions in this house. This house and this parliament overwhelmingly gave the british people the choice as to whether or not to leave the European Union. The people of britain voted to leave. I believe it is important that politicians dont turn around and say, what do you think now . Would you like to think ain . Think now . Would you like to think again . But we actually say, you voted to leave and we will deliver that brexit, that leaving of the European Union. The Prime Minister told us in her concluding remarks that she wants to move on, to focus on the big issues like our National Health service. How does she expect to move on when she has signed a up to a deal that does nothing for the Services Sector . It comprises 80 of our economy. Can the Prime Minister give our country a guarantee that our uk Service Sector will enjoy the same access to the Single Market that it enjoys today . Cani enjoys today . Can i say to the honourable lady that if she looks at the sections that if she looks at the sections that we have on the Services Sector, she will see that these arrangements that we have in the political declaration go beyond any that have been offered to any other nonmember of the European Union. Cani of the European Union. Can i say to my right honourable friend that the number of people i speak to are fully in admiration of the determination with which the Prime Minister is presiding over these very difficult negotiations, doing something that no Prime Minister has ever been tasked with doing. Would you like to explain to the house little bit more that if this agreement, which is 585 pages ofa this agreement, which is 585 pages of a Withdrawal Agreement, has been agreed with the commission is rejected, does she think the six paragraphs offered by the opposition are an alternative . Can i thank emperor s opening remarks and secondly so no. What we see from the opposition as they set these six tests but no state have they set out what their plan for an alternative arrangement would be. When questioned over whether any deal is financially worse than eu membership, the chancellor said last night, its not only about economics. I have news for the Prime Minister. We say it is all about the economics. The people can now see that the British Government is swivel eyed in its determination to rid the uk out of the Single Market and the Customs Union. Isnt it time to ta ke and the Customs Union. Isnt it time to take the deal back to the people and let them decide what happens most . I have responded, when i responded to the member for putney, on the issue of the second referendum. On the question of the economy, this is a deal that protects jobs and livelihoods across the whole of the United Kingdom. Isnt the lesson of this long negotiation that when you try to unravel yourself from an International Rules based system because you dont like the rules, u nless because you dont like the rules, unless you want chaos, you start creating a completely new set of rules, many of which are in fact as binding and onerous on this country as any which we had before . And in that context, the backstop, i have to say this, is a constitutional anomaly of the first order because it makes the eu the guarantor of a bilateral treaty between ourselves and ireland, of which the people have never been consulted. And i would urge her in those circumstances if she wants to go ahead with this, to put her deal to the people of this country and to offer to them the alternative of remaining, because the one big eye opener onesies from this is that however ha rd eye opener onesies from this is that however hard she has tried, at the end of the day we will be in an International Rules based system because that in fact is where our National Interests lie. My National Interests lie. My right honourable friend has heard me respond to the issue, asking the people in a second referendum what their views are. I would also say to my right honourable friend what they have negotiated here is an arrangement with the European Union which does contain a Close Partnership between the United Kingdom and the eu. I believe it is the right thing to do. Coming out of the right thing to do. Coming out of the eu will enable us to develop closer partnerships with other countries around the world through trade deals and through other support and work we will be able to do with them on security and defence. I think it is also important, given our geographical position, given that the eu is our nearest neighbour in terms of trading, that we continue to have that Good Relationship with the eu and that is what this delivers. Mr speaker, will the Prime Minister now admit that extending the aspirations into a political declaration that is 19 pages longer than the original series of vague aspirations isnt actually a deal . And when will she actually get to having a deal so that when we vote to leave on the withdrawal act, we need to know where were leaving to . And will see tell the house whatever happened to frictionless trade . It is not mentioned at all in her list of aspirations. Cani of aspirations. Can i say to the honourable lady that the position as i mentioned to others is that of course it is not possible for us to read the legal text of the future relationship with the European Union until we have left. And she might like to look, if she looks once again at the text, she looks once again at the text, she will see that it very clearly ex presses she will see that it very clearly expresses what we have expressed previously in relation to trade. There is a spectrum, there is a balance between commitments given on rules and the issue of the text that ta ke rules and the issue of the text that take place at the border. It remains our intention as a government to work towards that frictionless trade. Thank you, mr speaker, i fully appreciate that there are clearly parts of the document which are positive and which i welcome. But my grave worry with it is that it will never come into effect anyway. The eu is unlikely to agree anyway. The eu is unlikely to agree a new Economic Partnership with us because the Withdrawal Agreement locks us into paying 38 billion and also commits us to a backstop which has us playing their rules and applying their customs rules without any say. I recognise the concern that she has expressed in relation to the backstop. But actually, the reality of the position from the European Union is the complete opposite. There are those in the European Union who actively believe the backstop would be an advantageous place for the United Kingdom to be. Advantageous because in their eyes it has the access to the market of the European Union without any payment and without Free Movement. That is not something they actively want us to be in. That this by both sides have made clear throughout this document that we dont want the backstop to come into place at all. In worried to come into place it would only be temporary. And wore it to come into place. The Prime Minister has managed to satisfy. Isnt it a case that what we do to the eu, they will do onto us . They will provide visa treat visa free travel only for a short term visits to the eu. Isnt it the case that the rights you and i enjoy in a continent of 27 nations will be denied to the next generations of young people . As he knows full well what we will be doing in relation to immigration is bringing an end to Free Movement once and for all. We will have an immigration system which will be based not on where somebody comes from but on the contribution they are able to make to this economy. That will be good for the whole of the United Kingdom, including scotland. May i welcome this political declaration, in particular paragraph 77 on Global Cooperation enshrined in this agreement. With she agree that we must now continue to work closer than ever with our European Partners, even when we leave the European Union, on transborder issues leave the European Union, on tra nsborder issues like leave the European Union, on transborder issues like Climate Change, protectionism and all the other issues we have to do with together and cannot do with singlet . I would say to my right honourable friend i think is absolutely right and that is why it is important we have that section in this political declaration. We are leaving the European Union. Were not leaving europe. It will make sense for us to continue to cooperate with our European Partners on a whole range of issues which affect us, which affect the whole world and on which our being able to Work Together will be important in terms of how we can address those issues and resolve them on issues like Climate Change. Pourer with less control and years and years of more uncertainty. In her heart of hearts, does he honestly think people were voting for two and a half years ago . |j think for two and a half years ago . think when he started talking about poorer and poorer uncertainty, i thought it was describing a labour government. I think what people voted for was to bring an end to Free Movement, to take control of our borders, our money and our laws, and they wanted us to do it in the weather protected jobs, security and the United Kingdom. That is exactly what this deal does. When my constituents on the other side of the referendum vote and wrote to me today to say that he wa nts to wrote to me today to say that he wants to applaud the Prime Minister and her team for the negotiation. He says anybody who fought against this deal will be actually voting against the referendum result and the interest in the of the country. He is representative of many people in all parties across the country. I thank my honourable friend for bringing his constituents views to the house. When every member of this house looks at the vote and meaningful vote they will have to ask themselves the question that this constituent has asked, does it deliver on the vote in a way that is good for the United Kingdom . I think the answer is unequivocally yes. The Prime Minister seems to imply in clause 27 that these new facilities of arrangements and technologies to prevent a hard border are somehow knew. These have been around for and the Customs Officials have written about this. The fact is the Prime Ministers team has not looked at this seriously until very recently. Even at this late stage could i say the backstop has no need to be in a legal agreement. It should be taken out and we should get on with getting these kinds of changes that would make a hard border impossible. She is right that of course there have been ideas around for some in relation to the idea that the way the treatment of customs is developing with todays technology. Further Technological Solutions will be available. The question of the no ha rd be available. The question of the no hard border, we have a commitment to no hard border. I believe it is important that we also try to work to ensure that businesses and people in Northern Ireland are able to carry on their business and their daily life much as they do today. This is about no hard border. It is about our overall commitment to the people of Northern Ireland as well. Thank you, mr speaker. May i refer my right honourable friend to paragraph 134 of the proposals on the question of interpretation of union law, which gives authority to the court ofjustice of the European Union. Why is there not a similar paragraph giving the right of interpretation of uk law to the uk courts . Is an implicit that European Union law is senior . Is it union law is senior . Is it implicit. Can i say, it is not the case that European Union law is senior. It is the case that we have consistently said threw out all of the negotiations and made clear at various points that the court of one party cannot have jurisdiction over the other party. But the only body that interprets, the body that interprets european law is the cj eu. The Arbitration Panel can decide that they asked the cj eu foreign opinion on the interpretation of eu law. Uk law is interpreted by United Kingdom courts. The Arbitration Panel, when it comes to making a decision, its decision, had referred an opinion, would take a decision in the light of that opinion. The Prime Minister knows that this isa the Prime Minister knows that this is a complicated and a very historic time for all of us. This is the future of our country that we are deciding. But she also knows that most honest mps will say we havent had a chance yet really to evaluate this. And she knows that by sunday many people, the economists, the pundits, the think tanks, they will have evaluated it. Why is that possible . Why cant the british people have a chance of a proper evaluation when they know whether it isa evaluation when they know whether it is a good deal or not . I think he has heard my answer to that question in response to a number of questions earlier and i refer him to that answer. Can my right honourable friend please confirm that she intends to ensure that the treaty that is envisaged by this political declaration will include a provision to article 50 on the treaty of European Union that will enable the United Kingdom should so it should wish to withdraw from that arrangement . My right honourable friend will know that we have already said that in looking at the treaty for the future we do think it is an important thing to doa think it is an important thing to do a couple of things. I think it is also important because we accept that over the years trade relationships change and develop common administrative arrangements change, to have a mechanism in place so that as those changes take place, we can change the agreement. Was not herfundamental we can change the agreement. Was not her fundamental mistake triggering article 50 without getting that commitment to conclude a future trade agreement before excellent day and asa trade agreement before excellent day and as a result, she is asking the country to trust her, take a leap in the dark, entirely on the basis of this flimsy and enforceable set of political words . It is year after year after year of further negotiations. Can the Prime Minister now tell us when the negotiations on the future trade arrangement would conclude . He has also said heard me say in response to other questions, the determination and commitment that both sides have two ensure that knows those negotiations take place so that the future framework is in place at the end of december 2020. He complains that we triggered article 50 at the point at which we did, the leader of the opposition wa nted did, the leader of the opposition wanted to trigger article 50. The leader of the opposition wanted to trigger article 50 the day after the referendum. The federation of Small Businesses, the cbi, the vast majority of members of the institute of directors, even the ulsterfarmers union, they are all saying they support the Withdrawal Agreement. For those of us who touched care aboutjobs for those of us who touched care about jobs and economic for those of us who touched care aboutjobs and Economic Security of our constituents, shouldnt we be supporting it . I agree with my honourable friend. I think it is important that what this deal does is it delivers on the referendum but it protects jobs and livelihoods up and down the country. Can we be clear what a deal is and what it is not . A deal is what we have at the moment. I happen to think it is a very good deal. It is simply a piece of paper, full of meaningless waffle, it is not legally binding, it does not have anything about frictionless trade in it. It has lots about the ecj in it, even though the Prime Minister claims it does not. The benches are emptying out behind the Prime Minister. Well we she realise that the new way out of this crisis is to put this back to the british people in a peoples vote . The honourable gentleman says what we have at the moment is a deal, we have membership of the European Union and the British Public voted for us to cease that membership and leave the European Union. I would like to welcome paragraph 53, that talks about research, training and youth exchanges, which is incredibly important for the young people in my constituency. Another issue that is very close, thatis another issue that is very close, that is leaving the cep and that we will have close and frictionless trade in agriculture. I think the exchanges he has referred to are indeed important for young people and Young Professionals and we will be leaving the Common Agricultural policy and putting in place our alternative proposals for the agricultural sector. We will be looking to ensure that for Agricultural Products as well as goods we have that ability to move product across the border as easily as possible. The Prime Minister wont apologise to eu citizens for accusing them of queuejumping, to eu citizens for accusing them of queue jumping, so i to eu citizens for accusing them of queuejumping, so i do so on her behalf. Will she confirm that there are no circumstances in which she shall inflict no deal on the country and will she offer everyone a peoples vote to get us out of this brexit quagmire that she has created . I refer the right honourable gentleman to the answer i have given. Paragraphs 23 makes provision for us to be in the single customs territory provided for in a Withdrawal Agreement. Paragraph 135 makes provision that we could be fined for not following eu law. Which normal independent country has an ambition to enter into this kind of relationship with European Union, what other country would want to submit to these kinds of arrangements . He will also see in paragraph 23 that we say that this is an Economic Partnership that will ensure no tariffs, fees, charges or quantitative restrictions across all sectors. That is exactly something that as i said in my statement, no other country has been offered by the European Union. This is a deal that delivers on the vote but also protects jobs and security around the uk. We are going to leave that sitting at the house of commons. If you want to keep watching, Bbc Parliament is the place that continues coverage of theresa may s statement to the house and the question she is facing about that Draft Agreement on the uks future relationship with the eu. She hasjust presented uks future relationship with the eu. She has just presented that two mps in the house of commons. The majority of the reaction has been pretty negative. The dup says they will not support the government if that backstop stays. Theresa may saying it was a good dealfor britain and the eu, ending Free Movement, giving britain the opportunity to sign new trade deals. Jeremy corbyn said the document was 26 pages of waffle. That is the scene in westminster. Negotiators working overnight to agree that text. Lets look in more detail whats in the Draft Agreement. The deal says both the eu and the uk are determined to replace the ireland backstop with alternative arrangements to ensure there is no hard border. It leaves open the possiblity of using Technological Solutions to solve the problem. The new text says the future relationship will respect the result of the referendum and will end Free Movement. It also says the uk will be able to develop an independent trade policy. After fishing rights became a potential stumbling block, the agreement acknowledges that the uk will be an independent coastal state. But in a move that could anger brexiteers, the text gives a continuing role for the European Court ofjustice, in the interpretation of eu rules. Our Political Correspondent, nick eardley, is in westminster. Asign of a sign of how difficult theresa may mightfind it a sign of how difficult theresa may might find it to get this through parliament. It took almost 40 minutes before anybody got on their feetin minutes before anybody got on their feet in the commons to stick up what she is planning. Lets mull it over with a of mps. She is planning. Lets mull it over with a of mp5. You are broadly supportive. Chuka umunna, you want another referendum on the deal. It took a long time for theresa may to get any support in there. Big concerns on the backstop, big concerns on the backstop, big concerns on the legal system, big concerns on the legal system, big concerns on the legal system, big concerns on fishing. How on earth is she going to get this through . When you look at this deal, there were concerns we would never get to this stage in the first place. We have a deal on the table that i believe is in the best interests of not only the country but businesses and Manufacturing Companies that are planning their financial year, they need certainty and security Going Forward and that is one of those ambitious free trade agreements, the Prime Minister has been very clear, this is a new bespoke trade deal thatis this is a new bespoke trade deal that is unparalleled, i think, in its scope and access. It should be welcomed and there are plenty of conservative backbenchers like me who are often seen as the silent majority, who do believe this is in our best interests. What chance do you think this has of heart winning enough support in the commons . What sort of percentage would you give it a chance of getting through . On sunday, there is a meeting. We have to get through issues that other countries may have and then when we have been meaningful vote in december, we have a period of time now well we have to get out and sell the deal. I think we can see theres pressure, lets stop playing party politics. We have got to make sure we have a plan in place. When it comes to that period of time when we have that vote, that is a long period of time between now and then. There are conservative colleagues who are resident be opposed because they want no deal as opposed to any deal. And they have set their stall a pretty clearly. Within that group of people who previously may have opposed the chequers can over the summer, i hope they will look at the consequence of what happens with no deal and make their decision accordingly. Chuka umunna, was there not always good to be some level of compromise in these negotiations, this is it . This is not a deal. I agree with chris that businesses and different sectors are looking for certainty but they are not going to get that in this political declaration of aspiration. It is not the comprehensive free trade deal that the Prime Minister promised we would have in her lancaster house speech last year. She said we would have that by the time of day and thatis have that by the time of day and that is not going to happen. I think one of the biggest problems with this kind of aspiration agreement, if we call it that, and as i said, this is not a deal, it is not really do anything for 80 of the british economy, which is services. All we do know that has been agreed is this £40 million divorce bill, we are basically paying £40 million without a guarantee on our future trading relationship. Whether your view is to leave or remain, i dont think anybody voted for this and that is why it has to go back to the people because there is no agreement in parliament. We know the deal we have at the moment delivers for british jobs and british businesses and that is why i want remain to be on the ballot in that if we have another referendum, a peoples vote. What i do know as well is i am certain ultimately the people did not vote for this mess and that is what we have got at the moment. Chris can talk about party politics, he is here as vice chairman of the conservative party. I have a different on this to my party. I am speaking as a constituency mp and this is not a deal to the extent it does provide an outline, it is not the right thing for mod my constituents. I am certain of that. Thank you very much. The debate here is going to continue, i suspect, over the next month or so in the run up to that meaningful vote. We will have a lot of conversations like this about what happens next. I know thank you very much. M15 has admitted for the first time that it made a mistake in failing to track the manchester bomber salman abedi, whose attack last year killed 22 people. A report by mps on the intelligence and Security Committee says m15 missed potential opportunites to stop the attack. The mps say m15 admits it moved too slowly in establishing how dangerous salman abedi really was. Lets speak to andy burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but this report does seem to make some very wide ranging criticisms. This report does seem to make some very wide ranging criticismsm does. It is very hard to read and it will certainly be painful reading for the families who have lost loved ones and those recovering from their injuries and everybody affected by the Manchester Arena attack and there were many thousands of those such people. It does point to things that could and should have been done differently and done better. But you are right to say hindsight is a wonderful thing. It is not fair, i dont think, to the Security Services to point the finger. The threat to the country is rising all of the time and there is only so many hours in the day and summary resources that they have, so it is a very difficultjob that they do. The purpose of a report like this is to ta ke purpose of a report like this is to take that honest look at what happened so that we can tighten the net and make the country safer Going Forward. It is that phrase, lessons need to be learned, are you confident they will be . need to be learned, are you confident they will be . I wish i could say 100 confident but of course the Committee Point out in their report that they have made similar recommendations in the past and they were not acted upon. I think it is for the government and mi5 to think it is for the government and m15 to explain why that is the case but i make that point not in any Party Political sense, just simply dont understand the pressures that are on counterterrorism in this country. They cannot do everything andi country. They cannot do everything and i accept that. But i am, i think, under a duty speaking for those who lost loved ones and those affected by the Manchester Arena attack, i am entitled to ask, why was not more done and is it now going to be done to ensure we are safer Going Forward . The man responsible for this was salman abedi. To what level do you believe the people of manchester were let down by the authorities who are there to protect them . It is difficult for me to say because i commissioned the report into our own local response to what happened and Greater Manchester stood up very well and what was very brutally tested on the night but there were nevertheless failings. There never can bea nevertheless failings. There never can be a perfect response and i think ina can be a perfect response and i think in a similar way, this is an honest look at what the National Agencies could and should have done better. I think they have admitted that there are things that should have been done differently, perhaps travel restrictions placed upon him. There is also the question of the regulation of the sale of chemicals and there are questions for the government to answer. But i think it is not really fair to say whether people have been let down because that implies finger pointing on our part. We have got to recognise unprecedented pressure on the Security Services at a National Level and everything that is in this report has to be seen in that context. And a blame game, i dont think, will necessarily help move us forward. Particularly because there will be men and women of the Security Service and of the police who may well think themselves they may be able to have done Something Different that would have changed the course of history. But we are all human beings and that is the biggest lesson of all and a very difficult one for them to deal with personally. I think so. And i think they must agonise actually about the decisions that they made. I think they do the hardestjob to be honest of any Public Service in the country public servant. As one family who lost a granddaughter said today, no one goes to work to do a bad job badly deliberately. There are so many hours in the day. Judgments have to be made in the moment that sometimes will be right and maybe sometimes will be right and maybe sometimes not. It is a very difficultjob and it is why i am taking the toll that i am because i recognise that. We have taken an honest look at ourselves and we have had to implement some recommendations to improve things and as painful as it is at National Level, the Security Services have to do the same because that is the only way we can tighten the net, make ourselves safer as a country, but we do so knowing that we should be very proud of our Security Services and counterterrorism police. They do an exceptionaljob in difficult circumstances and i would want to put that on record today. We in the media and politics use this dreadful word, closure. For the media and politics use this dreadful word, closure. Forthe families there will never be closure on this. As we as near to that in terms of knowing what went wrong with the build up to this as we can be and move on learn from it . No, i would say, in that it is an easy word that is thrown around, as is the phrase lessons learned, i have possibly used it in this interview. There is something much more difficult underneath those phrases. The process never ends actually. I think it is a long, long journey. But what i learned in my past, dealing with people affected by the hillsborough disaster, is that the best thing you can do is be as honest as possible, as early as possible. Give people information, give the glances. It is what we try to do when i commissioned the kerslake review to do when i commissioned the kersla ke review and to do when i commissioned the kerslake review and obviously this is now doing the same. There is a high degree of honesty here from the Security Services at a National Level and that has not always been the case in the past. It is a welcome change. We still have the inquest process to go through. And obviously a potential criminal trial. There will be many more opportunities for more questions to be answered and this will be an ongoing process of healing. Quite frankly, i do not think it does lead to closure but itjust means people will move into different faces. All ican will move into different faces. All i can say is i will support the families who lost loved ones, those recovering, everyone affected, for as long as it takes. We will always be there for them. The wife of a British Academic, jailed for life in the United Arab Emirates, says the way the Foreign Office has handled the case has been appalling. Matthew hedges, from durham university, is accused of spying but his wife daniela tehada insists hes innocent and says the british govenment has failed to take a firm enough stance over his ordeal. Daniela returning to london today after witnessing the Court Hearing in abu dhabi, which she said lasse jensen five minutes. Her husband was shaking as he heard he now faces up to 25 years in prison. She says the charges were trumped up. To 25 years in prison. She says the charges were trumped upm to 25 years in prison. She says the charges were trumped up. It should not have got to this incident. Every evidence against him is completely fabricated and he was put through so much strain for six months but absolutely nothing that he said or didnt could be used against him. Her husband matthew hedges was arrested in may at the end of a trip to the uae, researching Foreign Policy issues for his ph. D. His wife says he was held in solitary confinement for mansant wife says he was held in solitary confinement for mansa nt subjected wife says he was held in solitary confinement for mansant subjected to intense interrogation and says she repeatedly called on the Foreign Office to take firm action. repeatedly called on the Foreign Office to take firm action. I was under the impression that they were putting their interests with the uae above a british citizen s right to freedom. They were stepping on eggshells instead of taking a firm stance. But this morning the foreign secretaryjeremy stance. But this morning the foreign secretary jeremy hunt stance. But this morning the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt held a meeting with the uae ambassador. Their discussion described as very frank. Jeremy hunt has already warned this case could have repercussions for relations between the two countries. Thousands of british people live in the uae and many come on holiday here. But several have fallen foul of the law, including david haig, who spent almost two years in prison forfraud who spent almost two years in prison for fraud before who spent almost two years in prison forfraud before being acquitted. His experience he says in prison was terrifying. The telephone was pretty much broken all the time, you are not allowed to see your lawyers. There were meetings, tortures, abuse. You would hear people being raped in other cells. Are basically. Matthew hedges is now starting his long prison sentence. He and his wife are pinning their hopes on an appeal and the action at the Foreign Office is now taking. Lets get more now on brexit. Our reality check correspondent told me what the agreement means for trade between the uk and the eu, including what details theresa may will be hoping appeases concerns about the two close relationship. It says this, it sets out the red lines of both sides, for the European Union, the integrity of the Single Market, the integrity of the Single Market, the Customs Union, the four freedoms, freedom of goods, capital, goods, services, capital and people, but also it must ensure this political declaration any future arrangement the sovereignty of the United Kingdom and should respect the wishes expressed in the 2016 referendum, whatever they were. But basically the idea that brexit is going to happen. What is it actually say in terms of the economic relationship . A lot of the attention has been on what happens to the trade in goods because that is what happens at borders and what it says is this, the parties envisage having a trading relationship on goods that is as close as possible. It does not say frictionless. There was some dispute about whether the word frictionless which pertains a lot of the irish border, was going to be in there. As close as possible is not there. As close as possible is not the same as frictionless. It is a reminder that this is a political declaration which is not legally binding for negotiations that only formally start up after we have left. A lot of brexiteers were saying, hang on a minute, this does not go nearly far enough. What has changed . There was one sentence when the seven page outline emerged last week. That sentence is still there. It talks about ambitions customs arrangements that build and improve on the single customs territory provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement. But basically refers to the potential single customs territory and the backstop for Northern Ireland. Why they dont like this sentence and this is one of the sentences dominic raab mentions the secretary when he resigned, they fear it contains the implications that temporary customs arrangements could become a permanent Customs Union the future and prevent the uk doing trade deals around the world. The government says that is nonsense and points out the document talks about an independent trade policy for the uk. But those concerns will be raised again because of that sentence. There is something that is throwing a bone to the brexiteers and that is this sentence. As you know, a lot of brexiteers have been saying, why cant we just use technology to make sure there is an open border in Northern Ireland . Pa rt an open border in Northern Ireland . Part of the problem is there is no technology yet in operation anywhere in the world which provides for com pletely in the world which provides for completely open borders. A lot of people say, it is cunning and others say, fine column that is not here yet. Those are the kind of issues we are talking about in terms of customs arrangements. Obviously also a lot in there about regulation. Interesting, the one sentence i picked out of the statement at downing street, this is an arrangement between the. An agreement rather between the uk and the European Commission, acknowledging the other 27 countries who have been consulted have still got to have their say on this. There is some nervousness on these issues and there still may be some haggling and there still may be some haggling and bargaining to be done. Chris morris talking to me little earlier. Lets get our words in orderfor the earlier. Lets get our words in order for the weather forecast. Last night it was the coldest november night in a couple of years. It was 6. 7 degrees. Also the cold est it was 6. 7 degrees. Also the coldest night we have had since last february. A hint of winter out there. It is more than a hint it was cold. You are right. We talked about that last time. A lot of people wont know. We had better explain. This is a weather related injury. I was doing a nice suit for a cold winter s day and a potato peel went a bit awry. Nice suit. We are admiring some wintry scenes, evenin we are admiring some wintry scenes, even in Central London this morning. It really did look like january, i suppose. The east coast is also very cold. They actually do in the dayton, temperatures were barely above freezing today. We had that frosty morning. And in the cloud rolled off the north sea and no sunshine this time of year. We are stuck underneath that cloud. Not a day for a dip no there could be a change away. The thinking is over the next five or six days the weather is going to reverse. It is coming out of the east. That is the cold direction. By the time we get to a roundabout wednesday, we start to see the much milder weather coming in. This is monday, tuesday. And then wednesday, you can see Gale Force Winds and on top of that, we have also got rain affecting the south west. This is a long way off. This could look almost like anything. That is the trend. There are some suggestions it will hit within the next 36 hours. think that is a little too early. We are expecting rain over the weekend in the south but this is not until around wednesday or thursday. From the east, we get the cold and next week looks like the atlantic is going to turn a bit more stormy. This evening, i have forgotten what the headline is, there we go. It looks like itll be a less cold. Very chilly right now. Barely above freezing in some areas. In the coming days, we are going to see some slightly, slightly milder air coming in. You can see it here. This pa rt coming in. You can see it here. This part of the country is getting the wind out of the east, out of the north sea. In the south west it is coming from areas like ebay of biscay. Cornwall, devon, slightly less cold. This is what it is looking like right now. In some areas, quite a bit colder than that. One thing areas, quite a bit colder than that. One thing i will say is tonight, because there is good to be a lot of cloud across the uk, the temperatures are not going to dip as low. Last night we had minus six degrees in the countryside. Tonight may a touch of frost here and there. Falling close to zero. Here is fridays weather forecast. Simon was mentioning that perhaps the weather will be going downhill around the weekend. There is a bit of a low heading our way. Some rain showers here. A bit of a breeze. For most of us, friday is not looking too bad. There will be a little bit more bright weather poking in between the clouds. Temperatures may recover a little bit to double figures in the south. Tomorrow we might feel that weather turning milder. South. Tomorrow we might feel that weatherturning milder. Here south. Tomorrow we might feel that weather turning milder. Here is the really bad weather. You cannot see it, it is so far off the screen. We have a weather front that is straddling the south coast on saturday and that means cloud and some rain for cornwall, devon, hampshire, sussex and possibly kent as well. Further north, we have brighter weather. I suspect belfast, glasgow in for some sunshine on saturday. Temperatures around 9 degrees, that sort of range across most of the country and then into sunday and monday the winds are still easterly, that means the weather is still going to stay pretty cold, single figures and then tuesday, wednesday, that is when we start to see that mild weather coming in but it could be very, very windy as well. We are going to the Foreign Office for a statement. Daniela will read a statement. Thank you for your continued support. This has been an incredibly difficult time for myself. Above all, format. He is an innocent victim and others. We really appreciate all the support that has been shown and you cannot imagine what he has been through. Seeing him shaking in court after being handed a life sentence and then being made to leave was beyond heartbreaking. We did not even get to say goodbye. I really appreciate the foreign secretary taking the time to meet me at this Crucial Point in our life. He has assured me that he and his team are doing everything in their power to get that free and return him home to me. This is not a fight i can win alone andi this is not a fight i can win alone and i thank the Foreign Office and the British Public for now standing up the British Public for now standing upfor the British Public for now standing up for theirfirst the British Public for now standing up for their first citizen. I am sorry i cannot graduate individual interviewers but i am sure you understand how difficult a time that has been for me. That is the wife of matthew hedges who was sentenced to life in the United Arab Emirates. Earlier on radio four she was seeing the British Government had put uk interests above her husband right to freedom. A little more conciliatory having thanked jeremy hunt for his time, she said this is not a fight i can win alone and thanked those who had supported her and her husband in what at the moment looks like a long battle. That is the scene at the Foreign Office. As you sort, she is not giving individual interviewers as she continues the fight to free her husband. We will bring you more on that story later. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines the Prime Minister hails a Draft Agreement on post Brexit Relations with the eu as right for the whole of the uk. She says it delivers on the referendum and will bring back control. The European Council says the declaration has been agreed in principle. It outlines how trade, security and other issues will work. After a review looking into the Manchester Arena terror attack, m15 admits for the first time it failed to track the bomber. The World Meteorological organisation says Greenhouse Gases have reached record levels, and there are concerns that time is running out to deal with the problem. Sport now on afternoon live with steven wyeth, and weve got news of a remarkable sporting comeback this afternoon. Yes, polish racing driver Robert Kubica nearly lost his life in a rallying accident in 2011. He was one of the emerging stars of f1 at the time. The crash left him with serious injuries, including a partially severed arm. However, hell be back in f1 with williams next year, two years after tests with former team renault failed to end in a comeback. Kubica said its a story that probably nobody has believed but shows nothing is impossible. Another comeback for england. This has been long anticipated, manu tuilagi back in an england shirt after more than two years. Hes been named on the bench for the final Autumn International against australia at twickenham on saturday. Hell be joined amongst the replacements by co captain dylan hartley. Jamie george will start at hooker instead. Liam williams will start at full back for wales against south africa on saturday. Hes the only survivor from the side that thrashed tonga, moving from the wing to replace leigh halfpenny, whos injured. And the man in charge of world rugby says referees need to hand out more cards to stop dangerous tackles. Theres been plenty of controversial hits during the autumn series, none more so than this one from englands owen farrell against south africa, which went unpunished. Zlatan ibrahimovic is not a man whos short on confidence and he doesnt often pass up the opportunity to tell us how good he is. Hes been talking to the bbc about loads of things, including his time at manchester united. He spent a couple of years there in the twilight of his career, and says the rest of the premier league is lucky that he didnt move there earlier in his career. I was old, but i was not old enough. I was young. They made me feel like benjamin button. I was getting younger and younger. Every game that went. And then unfortunately i got my injury. The only thing i have to say is the premier league should be happy i didnt come ten years ago before i came. Because . It would be a different story. Its a big day for englands cricketers at the womens world t20 in antigua. They play india in the semi finals later tonight. If they win, theyll have the chance to become double world champions, having won the one day title last year. Nobody ever remembers the semifinal. When you make it to the final you can relax. Yes, semifinals can be difficult. But we have to make sure we put in a strong performance, we start well. We need some of the girls to step up in twenty20 cricket. We have got lots of players that are capable of putting that performance. The england captainjoe root says the lack of a settled number three test batsman isnt the perfect scenario ahead of their final test against sri lanka tomorrow. Jonny bairstow will be the fourth player to bat at three against sri lanka in three matches when the final test starts in colombo. Bairstow missed the first test with an ankle injury playing football in training, and is back in the team but wont keep wicket. We now going into the ashes next year and the west indies you want to have a settled line up and for people to be in their positions for a period of time learning to craft the innings in those positions. It is exciting for us as the team because you have people who can bat in different positions and we have shown that this tour and also it is good that you have a group of players who are flexible enough to do so. Thats all the sport for now. Well have more for you in the next hour. Now on afternoon live, lets go nationwide and see whats happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. Lets go to leanne lawless in dover, where 14 suspected migrants have been rescued from two dinghies off the kent coast. In southampton is laura trant, with the extraordinary story ofjo berry, who befriended the ira man who killed her father. So leanne, what more do we know . It has definitely been another day of high drama. Border force officials were called out to the coast around 1 30am this morning to reports there were migrants in a bolt stranded. There were seven migrants on board that any including one woman and they have all presented as iranian nationals. Around 8 30am Border Force Officials we re around 8 30am Border Force Officials were called out to get another incident, again seven different migrants ona incident, again seven different migrants on a different boat had to be rescued, seven men. On the other side of the channel the french authorities were dealing with a separate incident rescuing 11 migrants, fourof separate incident rescuing 11 migrants, four of them had to be taken to hospital with hypothermia. I went out on a boat to get a sense of what is crossing is like and one expert was telling me how dangerous this is in terms of attempting to do it on this is in terms of attempting to do itona this is in terms of attempting to do it on a small inflatable dinghy. Very small thingies, it on a small inflatable dinghy. Very smallthingies, more it on a small inflatable dinghy. Very small thingies, more than likely overcrowded, so stability is not as good as it should be. The busiest shipping lane in the world. The size of those vessels, the size of the dinghies, they will not show up of the dinghies, they will not show up on radar, and very risky from a safety point of view. There are concerns more migrants will be trying to make this journey in the next couple of days. Yes. At the beginning of the week it was turbulent weather with lots of wind and rain so it seemed to put some migrants from trying to get across but to day and in the forecast there is some clearer weather with sunny spells so to speak so it is feared that some migrants will be tempted again, even possibly in the next few hours as it is dark now, to make another crossing. If things do not change, if they are not stopped, we could see a judy because temperatures are plummeting and we have seen those incidents already with people suffering from hypothermia. The home office have confirmed that the migrants rescued here in dover are being processed through the standard immigration rules. Someone whose father was murdered by the ira, she has befriended the colour. Her father was an mp who was tragically killed during an ira bombing in 1884 during a Party Conference in brighton at the grand hotel. Five people were killed and 30 were injured. She has dedicated herself to Restorative Justice. Pat mcgee served 14 years in jail for the bombing and about a year after his release he agreed to meetjaw and discuss things with her with a view to Restorative Justice. And discuss things with her with a view to restorativejustice. Since then they have met more than 300 times and in terms of their relationship and where they are no ir study she considered the man who killed her father to be ir study she considered the man who killed herfather to be a ir study she considered the man who killed her father to be a friend. Yes. He is my friend. I do care about him. Yes, he is the man who planted the bomb who killed my father, obviously you never get over that, but he is also, it is about carriage, he has had the carriage to hear the effect of what he did and to travel to different places and people give him a hard time and he is respectful. It is remarkable. Talking about Restorative Justice, explain what that is. The purpose of Restorative Justice is to give the vector opportunity to tell the offender about the impact of their prime and to ask any questions they wa nt prime and to ask any questions they want answered. It holds the offender accountable for their actions and helps them to all responsibility for what they have done with the aim of moving forward and maybe apologising and making amends. It is bringing together the victim of the crime at the offenderfor a together the victim of the crime at the offender for a positive way of moving forward. I was talking to Wiltshire Police who explained that everybody is supposed to be offered the option of Restorative Justice but actually it is all the offered in about 10 of cases and they are one of the Police Forces in the country appealing for volunteers to come forward to help facilitate Restorative Justice. Apologies, we have kept you standing there. I know how cold it is. You can access those stories on the bbc iplayer. Climate experts have warned that the window of opportunity to tackle rising Global Temperatures is almost closed. The World Meteorological organisation says Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere reached record levels last year. It says that without immediate action to cut them, the impact on life on earth will be irreversible. Our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. The world is warming because the amount of some gases have been steadily increasing since the industrial revolution. These so called Greenhouse Gases are at record levels, higher than they have been for 3 million years. It is extremely critical to take actions now and not wait until we have the wonderful solutions because if we do not act now then all these gases, especially Carbon Dioxide, will stay in the atmosphere for thousands of yea rs in the atmosphere for thousands of years and there is nothing we can do about that. Since 1990 concentrations of Greenhouse Gases have increased by 40 . In that time levels of co2 increased sharply to 400 ppm. The last time concentrations were so high the planet was between two and three degrees warmer. Computer models indicate that warming is likely to be repeated resulting in damaging and irreversible Climate Change. A group of britains leading scientists has called for radical action. It is transparent that we need substantial transformation across all parts of society and industrial sectors so we need transformation to our energy production, we need to move transport towards a electrification more rapidly, we need to be thinking about removing the Carbon Dioxide and putting it under the ground, we need to see change across every sector. At a time when china and india are growing their economies the planets net commissions of co2 will need to be zero by 2015 to prevent damaging Climate Change that 2050. The world will have no coral. Time is running out. Jamie is here and in a moment he will be telling us whats hot and whats not in the business news. First a look at the headlines on afternoon live. The Prime Minister hails a Draft Agreement on post Brexit Relations with the eu as right for the whole of the uk she says it delivers on the referendum and will bring back control. After a review looking into the Manchester Arena terror attack, m15 admits for the first time it failed to track the bomber. The wife of matthew hedges, jailed for spying in the United Arab Emirates, holds talks with Foreign Office ministers. The board of nissan has sacked its chairman carlos ghosn following allegations of financial misconduct. He has been accused by nissan of under reporting his salary and using Company Assets for personal use. The board also voted to remove Senior Executive greg kelly. Regulators promise to crack down on rent to own retailers. New rules will be introduced to prevent companies from overcharging vulnerable customers for household goods. The Financial Conduct Authority said it had seen cases when people paid over £1,500 for essentials like an electric cooker that could be bought in a shop for less than £300. Majestic is starting to stockpile wine ahead of brexit. The merchant will spend up to £8 million buying more stock as a buffer against any disruption. The company is warning that profits will be lower as a result of a weaker uk market. I have been stockpiling booze for a long time so gohsn is gone how big a deal is that . He isa he is a huge figure, part lebanese, pa rt he is a huge figure, part lebanese, part brazilian, part french. They asked him in lebanon on to be president at one point, he is such an extraordinary achieve. He brought together renault and nissan and mitsubishi. I cannot do the accent we heard that. Produces 10 million ca rs we heard that. Produces 10 million cars a we heard that. Produces 10 million ca rs a year we heard that. Produces 10 million carsa yearand we heard that. Produces 10 million cars a year and he is out. A p pa re ntly cars a year and he is out. Apparently he was behaving badly with money and there may be more to it. There are cute fault lines within the group. Renault had the 43 stake in nissan. Nissan was a Bigger Company generating profits, huge tensions were emerging. Ghosn was trying to merge them and it is effectively a coup where he has been taken out. Effectively a coup where he has been ta ken out. The effectively a coup where he has been taken out. The sun are going to try to assert control. The finance ministers are going to be meeting at the weekend but there are cute sta kes the weekend but there are cute stakes as to whether they can hold this together. New rules limiting the amount of interest that can be charged, it must never be more than the cost of the goods itself. It means buying something worth £300 in the shop could end up costing you £600. For many people it is the only way they do it. It is true. They are not blocking off the possibility but stopping the amount that can be charged. The actual cost of the items themselves have to be within the medium of three of the main retailers prices. Centrica facing caps. It is going to cost. Not a huge amount. The sharp price was down about 70 . Sorry, 7 . huge amount. The sharp price was down about 70 . Sorry, 7 . I was going to say, that would shut down the company it is going to go spend £70 million. There we go. They have had a very hard time in that they have lost Something Like 1 had a very hard time in that they have lost Something Like million customers over the last year. Because of people perceiving them to be overcharging and they say this is going to cost them more. The market has got it in for them which is why these shares are down. Mothercare are still having problems. It is in the middle of the restructuring process , the middle of the restructuring process, it has recorded a loss, the chief executive has left and come back again, negative publicity over that which has put off shoppers, closing shops. Lets talk to sophie kilvert, Senior Investment manager, seven investment management. Mothercare having a problem going through this restructuring process. It is not going that well. No. They are going to close about 36 stores in total i think. It is part of the problems of the british high street but what has happened is the negative publicity they have had has put people off buying them and exacerbated the problem. If you are going to buy a reasonably expensive item like a pram you do not necessarily want to buy it from a company that you do not know is going to be around in a few months and it is that sort of public city that has put people off. Centrica saying the share price falling, it is going to lose them £70 million. That is not a huge amount of money for them. No. It is a reflection of where the Energy Industry is and the big players, centrica and in power, that have been used to customers flocking to them, that is not the case any more with Price Comparison sites, smaller players are attracting customers, it is much easier to compare what to pm and much easier to switch. It is a reflection of that and centrica are not going to have the monopoly they once had. Rent to own, it cannot but bea once had. Rent to own, it cannot but be a good thing that these companies are being forced into line because they have been ripping people off terribly. They have. It is difficult for people trapped in that situation who cannot access normal types of debt and cannot afford to buy things out right and unfortunately some of the companies have taken advantage of that that these Companies Take a risk when they make these quite risky lending decisions and to take that risk they have to charge higher interest to try to make their money back. So it is the tale of two sides but at the moment the price gap is on the consumer side which is probably right. Thank you. Markets . Iam probably right. Thank you. Markets . I am told not to. We do not have time. Marine biologists are turning to usual solutions in an effort to boost oyster stocks off the essex coast. I expect i mean unusual ones. Its a place where richard the lion heart first granted oyster fishing rights but forfishermen there, keeping the stocks high is as important to their livelihoods as harvesting them. Scientists think magnets will help as our correspondent Richard Westcott reports. Off the windswept essex coast, a 1000 year old industry is still grappling with an age old problem. To boost oyster stocks, fishermen need to know exactly when the animals are reproducing. In a much warmer lab at essex university, scientists think theyve found an answer. You can see the magnet is connected to the top half there, so then we can measure the amount of opening, the amount of gaping that the oysters do. When female oysters release their eggs, they do something strange. She shows the behaviour for 45 minutes, one hour, Something Like that, where the valves go pump, pump, pump in a very steady rhythm. And you can see the eggs coming out from this rare footage shot by scientists in alabama. Using a magnet and a sensor, the essex team can monitor that opening and closing. Now they are testing it at sea. So, tom, it is quite an office youve got here, on a raft in the middle of the estuary. It absolutely is. A bit colder today but we do get to work out here. The purpose of the sensor is to tell us when 50 or more of the oysters, down here in the water attached to wires, have already spawned. We can actually see the spawning behaviour through the dynamics of the valves of the oysters opening and closing, sending that signal up the wire, into the data hub, up to a 4g connectivity transmitter, that will send a signal back to the mobile phone connected computer in the office of the oystermen. Once they get that signal, colchester oyster fishery has just a matter of days to lay tons of crushed shells onto the seafloor. The baby oysters love to settle on the shells and grow, but lay them too early and they get covered in mud, lay them too late and the larvae get washed away. The oyster data could bring other benefits too. This estuary is experiencing Climate Change. It has changing temperature regimes so we have seen warmer coastal seas here, warmer than weve had before, and warmer environments more often than weve had before. And it would be great to be able to use this tool to get more rich information on how species are responding to the new environment here in the wild. Richard the lionheart granted the first rights to fish these waters. Now, the latest science is keeping one of our oldest industries alive. Richard westcott, bbc news, Mersea Island in essex. Thats it from your afternoon live team. It is nippy and that is how it is going to stay but there are signs that as we go over the next two or three days it is going to turn less cold. As long as the weather is coming out of the east, you can see the motion of the cloud, that webber will stay chilly, the milder conditions are in the atlantic. That will potentially head our way next week. Single figure temperatures for many of us with quite a lot of cloud through this afternoon and this evening. The cloud will help the temperatures from dropping to low. Not as cold this coming night as last night. Still pretty nippy two degrees in parts of the midlands. Tomorrow just degrees in parts of the midlands. Tomorrowjust a degrees in parts of the midlands. Tomorrow just a slight degrees in parts of the midlands. Tomorrowjust a slight recovery, nudging up to 10 degrees in london. Belfast around eight. Today at five the uk and the European Union agree a draft declaration on their future relationship after brexit. Theresa may says its the right deal for the country, but eu leaders still have to sign it off and she says the next 72 hours will be crucial. The british people want this to be settled. They want a good deal that settled. They want a good deal that set us on course for a brighter future. That deal is within our grasp. And i am determined to deliver it. In the commons, the declaration draws sharp criticism from labours leader, jerermy corbyn, saying it represented the worst of all possible worlds. We have 26 pages of waffle. Well have the latest from here and brussels and well be talking to our Reality Check Team about what it all means. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm