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questions from members of house of commons and the first question time session of the new year. he answered a range of questions focus mainly on the government s response to the coronavirus pendant and oppose brexit trade agreement. this runs 45 minutes. we are not committee questions to the prime minister. i will first call the prime minister to once, engagement question want and then i will call his supplementary. prime minister. mr. speaker, i m sure members of when want to join and offering our condolences to the family and friends of our former colleague brian findley who died over christmas eve. mr. speaker, today with publishing our proposals for reforming the mental health act. for too long we seen rising rates of the tension that not only had a little bit of affect but left some worse off not better off. that s why we re making sure the act works better for some of the most vulnerable in our society and gives them more every legal f right in deciding ....
radical campaign for real change in this country. i look forward to campaigning ina this country. i look forward to campaigning in a general election all over the country. now, the wrangling in the house of commons is over what day the public will vote. meanwhile, 10 of the 21 tory mps expelled by the conservative party have personally been invited back into the fold by prime ministerjohnson. a warm welcome to viewers here in the uk and around the world. the united kingdom is heading towards its first december general election in almost a century as mps finally agree to the prime minister s call to go to the polls. the conservatives, labour, scottish national party and liberal democrats have all come out in favour of holding that december poll. this is borisjohnson‘s fourth attempt to call a snap election and crucially, it s the first time the labour party has removed it s objections. as ever with brexit there are still question marks and the path to an early el ....
yet to have its say. as for what s next borisjohnson warns he will seek to trigger a general election if the bill passes later this evening. hello and welcome. british mps have only been back from their summer break for two days and have already inflicted two defeats on the government most recently in a vote to prevent boris johnson from taking the uk out of the european union without a deal. and it was during that vote that another conversative mp caroline spelman joining 21 other members of the group called the rebel alliance who all voted against the government. the night is young and the main events on the house of commons‘ floor are still to come borisjohnson is expected to challenged the opposition to hold a new election something jeremy corbyn says the labour party will not support. that show you the live pictures in the chamber. they‘ re just that show you the live pictures in the chamber. they re just breaking for a vote on one of the amendmen ....
hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning s papers in a moment first the headlines. philip hammond says he ll resign as chancellor on wednesday if borisjohnson becomes prime minister. it s very important that a prime minister is able to have a chancellor who is closely aligned with him in terms of policy. i therefore intend to resign to theresa may before she goes to the palace to tender her own resignation on wednesday. ireland s foreign minister warns the uk s next prime minister that if they tear up the brexit withdrawal agreement we re all in trouble . more violent clashes in hong kong police fire tear gas at protesters during another huge pro democracy rally. iran hoists its flag on the masthead of the captured uk registered tanker in the gulf. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rob merrick, who s the deputy political editor at the independent, and a ....
the european parliament is to consider whether nigel farage, the leader of the brexit party, broke rules by accepting funding from the leave campaigner arron banks. and tributes to a formula 1 legend niki lauda who s died at the age of 70, after a hugely successful career, despite one of the worst crashes in the sport s history. it s five o clock. our top story in the last hour, the prime minister, theresa may, has set out details of her new deal on brexit. parliament will vote on whether there s to be a second referendum, and also a temporary customs union. mrs may will make a statement to the commons tomorrow but this was her last chance to get the backing of mps and allow her withdrawal agreement bill to go through the house of commons early next month. the prime minister promised mps a vote on a second referendum if they pass her withdrawal agreement next month. she also unveiled plans for a temporary customs union and a new workers‘ rights bill to e ....