Transcripts For BBCNEWS Victoria Derbyshire 20200211 : compa

Transcripts For BBCNEWS Victoria Derbyshire 20200211

Donor and we Stay Together and he then resents me . I dont know. Well be joined by the Health Minister, who has launched a consultation on the time limit today. The whole of the h52 rail project will go ahead, the pm is set to announce today, despite concerns about the cost and the environmental impact. Are you for it or against it . Let me know. A flight deporting a group of jamaican born offenders, has taken off this morning, despite attempts to stop it. This programme understands about half of those due to be on the plane have not been put on it. Whats it like to come out at school in the republic of ireland . Our reporter simon oleary has been home to dublin to reflect on his own very personal story. To hear you so openly and comfortably talk about your experience in school and ifelt i could relate to it in a way and i was like, this is so weird. From, like, hearing you. Like, id always think about, like, seeing you so confident and, like, confident yourself when you are in sixth year, so id be in my second or third year and id be like, i need to catch up. Like, i need to be that kind of, like, confident when im his age. Hi, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Have you frozen your eggs or sperm and, if so, what would your message to the government be . They have announced they will be launching a consultation on the current ten year time limit for freezing. Let me know what you think. Also, hs2s going to potentially cost £130 billion. 106 106 billion p, may even more. Do you think thats right . Will it solve your travel issues . The goverment is spending another £5 billion on buses. Has the government got its priorities right . Let me know. Use the hashtag victorialive, email victoria bbc. Co. Uk, text 61124 itll cost the Standard Network rate. First annita has the news. Good morning, joanna. Good morning, everyone. Police in Northern Ireland investigating the murder ofjournalist lyra mckee say they have arrested four men. Ms mckee was shot dead in the creggan area of londonderry on the 18th april last year. The four men aged 20, 27, 29 and 52 were detained in derry this morning. The arrests were made under the terrorism act after the new ira claimed responsibility for ms mckees murder. Boris johnson will today approve the whole of the h52 high speed rail project, despite a warning that its cost could reach £106 billion. The scheme, which will link london, birmingham, manchester and leeds, has been fiercely opposed by environmental campaigners, and been hit by construction delays and spiralling costs. But an independent review has recommended that it should go ahead. The Prime Minister will also announce a £5 billion overhaul of bus and cycle links across england. The plans include more frequent bus services, more affordable, simpler fares, and the provision of 4,000 new, zero emissions buses in regions outside london. Emergency legislation will be presented to Parliament Today to end the release of convicted terror offenders half way through their sentences. The measures, which would apply to england, scotland and wales, were drawn up after the stabbings in south london by sudesh amman, whod been freed from prison ten days earlier. Officials are working to trace patients of two gps who are among eight people in the uk to be diagnosed with coronavirus. The surgery in brighton where one of them worked, had to be shut down yesterday for cleaning. Meanwhile, Public Health england is contacting passengers who were on board an easyjet flight from geneva to London Gatwick on 28th january, after a person on the flight has since been diagnosed the virus. The period of time for which eggs, sperm and embryos can be frozen could be extended, as the government calls for views on the current 10 year limit. It said womens choices on when to have children were being restricted, despite advances in freezing technology. Only the eggs of people whose fertility may be affected by disease can be kept for longer up to 55 years. The regulator said the time was right to consider a more appropriate storage limit. The home office has said that a planned deportation flight to jamaica has left the uk despite a last minute challenge. The flight was originally scheduled to leave last night but was delayed after the detainees were unable to get access to legal advice. Last night protesters took to whitehall to call on the government to stop the action. It was claimed that problems with mobile phone signals prevented those set to be flown to kingston from speaking to their lawyers. The home office says it makes no apology for trying to protect the public from serious, violent and persistent Foreign National offenders. Sinn fein has emerged as the Second Biggest Party in the Irish Parliament after all votes were counted from saturdays election. The left wing Republican Party has 37 seats, one behind fianna fail. Fine gael came third. The sinn fein president Mary Lou Mcdonald now wants to form a left wing coalition. The queens grandson Peter Phillips and his wife autumn have confirmed they have separated. A Statement Issued on their behalf said the decision to divorce was the best course of action for their two children and ongoing friendship. It said they will share custody of their children savannah, nine, and isla, seven. Both of their families were sad but fully supportive of the decision to co parent, the statement added. That is a summary of the news so far. Back to you, joanna. Thank you very much. We will start with the news thatjo people could have their frozen eggs, sperm and embryos stored for longer to give more people the opportunity to start a family. At the moment, the storage period is limited to a maximum of ten years, after which people must choose whether to undergo fertility treatment, or have their frozen eggs, sperm and embryos destroyed. Only those stored for medical reasons, such as cancer treatment, and premature infertility can be preserved for longer up to 55 years in total. But now the government has announced it will undergo a consultation to consider whether the limit should be extended. Weve been following this issue on the programme for many months, speaking to women who have frozen their eggs, and have faced a dilemma as their 10 year limit approached. Last year we spoke to emma not her real name who froze her eggs nine and a half years ago because of polycystic ovaries and was facing having them destroyed. She was contemplating asking her new partner to fertilise them. I finally met someone really nice. I paid £4. 99 to go on match just once. And he was my first date, and thats it, and then weve been together. Hes the nicest man youve ever met. I kind of shock myself sometimes how nice he is. Hes got a really nice job, hes really clever. But, you know, weve not been together very long. So im asking him the question, do you want to do this, or not . And this is a lifetime decision for him, the poor bloke. And its a really difficult situation. So my situation is, is that. Do i go ahead and use his sperm to fertilise these eggs . And who knows what will happen we may split up, i dont know. If we split up and i have embryos with him, he has every right to get them destroyed, so i lose them. And then, if not, do i use a sperm donor and we Stay Together and then he resents me . I dont know. Well, that was emma, not her real name. Many people have been affected by the time limits, and the government has announced a consultation. Well, we can start the government consultation right now as weve got Caroline Caroline dinenage, the Health Minister who has announced it, along with sabrina maydew, who weve spoken to on the programme before. She was facing having to choose a donor before her eggs were due to be destroyed at the ten year time limit. She did manage to get a reprieve. Also with us is fertility expert geeta nargund. Welcome, all of you. Caroline, this has caused lots of heartache for many people. Why have you decided to review this . It seems that china is right, i have spoken to a number of ladies who have been in a position where the ten year limit comes upon them very quickly and they are not in the position, it seems like an arbitrator time period to suddenly be faced with making that decision. It felt unfair. We are at a stage where the technology has advanced, we know you can keep eggs for longer and the medical evidence seems to suggest there is no impact on the quality of them, so it felt like a really good time to reopen that and have a consultation on whether we should extend the limit. It is a six month consultation . Should extend the limit. It is a sixmonth consultation . It concludes in may the 5th. Is it effectively a guarantee that time limit will be lengthened, because of the factors you have outlined . Lengthened, because of the factors you have outlined . To change government legislation you have to consult, that is how that happens. You have to take on board peoples feelings and have due regard for them and take on all the evidence from medical professionals and individuals, there will be certain faith groups and some people with moral and ethical concerns, there will be people with lived and professional experience of theirs and we want to take everybodys evidence. Would anybody facing an imminent deadline how they stay on that, pending this review . Not at the moment, but it is something we can look at. It would be awful timing. But if they were coming right up to it . So they can potentially be reassured . Right up to it . So they can potentially be reassured . We will at it. Sabrina, you were on the programme last year, what have you been through on yourjourney . programme last year, what have you been through on yourjourney . I had my eggs frozen quite early so was coming up to my ten year limit a couple of years ago, i was not in a position to use the eggs at that time, soi position to use the eggs at that time, so i faced a choice of having them moved abroad or fertilised by donor sperm. I was not able to move them abroad in the time limit so i was facing using jonah sperm to create embryos, which felt arbitrary and unfair. Iwas create embryos, which felt arbitrary and unfair. I was facing using doner sperm. It seems absurd, there was not a clinical limit butjust a ten year element which was imposed, i was not reaching the age limit for treatment. I got what i call a stay of execution because i was deemed prematurely infertile, which is not really helpful if you want to have children later but it meant i could keep the eggs for longer. Why in your 20s did you freeze your eggs . |j had your 20s did you freeze your eggs . had a cancer scare, both my mother and sister had a similar lymphoma and sister had a similar lymphoma and the results of the treatment would make even fertile and i would have had to delay treatment by three months and also to have eggs frozen. I was lucky that i did not have to go through the treatment then but i decided it would be wise to go through egg freezing so i would not have to delay any treatment when the time came. Geeta, it is such a reminder to anyone that can get pregnant easily how lucky that is and the hoops that people have to go through. With your patients, what difference would extending the time limits may . A huge difference. Caroline, i limits may . A huge difference. Caroline, lam limits may . A huge difference. Caroline, i am delighted you have launched this long overdue consultation and i hope more people will respond to the consultation, because at the moment the current limit to store eggs is discouraging younger women from freezing eggs when they are most fertile, when their success is higher later. It defeats the objective, because we wa nt defeats the objective, because we want younger women. Defeats the objective, because we want younger women. They want to delay having children for the right reason, we want them to be able to freeze eggs when they are younger. People put it off until they are later. The age at which you freeze your eggs matters when it comes to success later, so this extension is mohsni most needed so i am delighted and i hope more people will respond to the consultation and we can get this done. What with the ideal situation be, as far as you are concerned . I am not in favour of are concerned . I am not in favour of a blanket extension or a rolling time extension, five or ten years, rather than a blanket extension, i worry about a blanket extension potentially leading to some women using them in their 60s and 70s, there are more medical risks and concerns about the long term welfare of the children. I would like to see a five or ten year extension, and clinicaljudgment a five or ten year extension, and clinical judgment and opinion a five or ten year extension, and clinicaljudgment and opinion can be considered on of a case by case basis. I am considered on of a case by case basis. Lam behind considered on of a case by case basis. I am behind on this one and i am delighted that the government is taking forward. You have said the words that i would like to say, for the right reasons we need to change the right reasons we need to change the law. Is the government considering a blanket extension . We are looking at every option and to hero the evidence, we are not making any pre judgements, the consultation has to be genuine. We know the number of women using this service has gone up massively, over 250 over the five year period between 2012 and 2017, there is a demand and now is the time to get it right. Would you expect an uptake in the number of people doing it . Either think so, because we would want women who feel the need to freeze eggs to do it earlier rather than later, because now the average is around 38, we want women to freeze before 35 to get the best success they deserve, and i would expect that to happen. Caroline, i know you have not been in the brief that along and government policy has changed in that time, it is something you looked at, you have also been looking at ending the Postcode Lottery on fertility. How much of a concern of these issues and how close to your heart is this . Iam very and how close to your heart is this . I am very lucky, i have to sons and i feel that is a blessing that people should not be denied because of either where they live also mandatory limits over how long eggs should be allowed to be frozen, so thatis should be allowed to be frozen, so that is why it is really important to consult on these things and see if we can change the law. Thank you. I want to bring an update on coronavirus, we havejust had i want to bring an update on coronavirus, we have just had a statement through. The so called super spreader, the businessman from brighton who caught a coronavirus in singapore and came back via france and five people were infected in the alps having come in contact with him, he then came back to this country and four others have been infected in this country as a result of co nta ct infected in this country as a result of contact with him, he has been named. He is steve walsh. He says, i would like to thank the nhs for their help and care. Whilst i have fully recovered, my thoughts are with others who had contracted coronavirus. As with others who had contracted coronavirus. As soon with others who had contracted coronavirus. As soon assign you i was exposed to a confirmed case, i contacted my gp, nhs111 and Public Health england. I was advised to attend an isolated unit in a hospital despite showing no systems and then self isolated. When the diagnosis was concerned, i was sent to an Isolation Unit in hospital, where i remain, and my family was asked to isolate themselves as a precaution. I thank friends, family and colleagues for their support and i ask the media to respect our privacy. That statement is through from steve walsh, we have just been calling him the businessman who contracted it in singapore, in the media he was described as a super spreader, youve winced at that phrase. The concern is that of the people were contaminated to having come into contact with him when he was not showing symptoms, how worrying is that . I dont want to talk about individual cases, it is not fair, but i think the nhs and Public Health england are really prepared for this sort of thing. When i was an Education Minister two or three years ago i sat on a practice run for a widespread potential virus just to see how every element of government would work in such a case. Every part of government is ready, Public Health england has been tracking down, well over 1000 people have been tested and nhs england is very prepared to deal with the consequences. My boss, matt hancock, has made additional regulations available so we can keep people quarantined for Public Protection if necessary, we are taking every step in the public needs to be reassured. The laws that came into effect yesterday to enable people to be. To quarantine are draconian, we have seen nothing like this before. How would that work in practice . We do not anticipate needing this but you need to have all of these things as a precautionary measure, it is about keeping the public safe and making sure we have everything we need from a Public Health perspective to be able to do it. These are unprecedented measures, one expert virology is has said he believes that the spread of coronavirus in china is far greater than we are being told. The public seeing these extraordinary measures coming into place on one hand its reassuring, on the other edge make something, how worried should we be . on the other edge make something, how worried should we be . I dont think people should be worried, they should be assured we are taking every necessary step to protect the public from any possible threat, and thatis public from any possible threat, and that is what a responsible government does, makes sure we are com pletely government does, makes sure we are completely prepared, working very closely in partnership with the Foreign Commonwealth Office and partners overseas, working closely with the Chinese Government to make sure we are fully up to speed on what is happening and taking every necessary precaution. Thank you very much, caroline, sabrina and geeta. Keep getting i

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