Mr. Speaker, today marks five years since this country voted to leave the European Union and to take back control of the issues that matter if of the united kingdom. It has given us freedom to establish across the country, driving new investments, the Vaccine Rollout in europe to protect us best in jobs and renewal of every part of the u. K. , to control our immigration system and to sign an historic Trade Deal with australia. It will allow us to shape a better future or for our children. Of the 5. 6 million e. U. Citizens who have already applied to our settlement scheme, and i would encourage everyone who is eligible to apply before the next week. This week armed forces week, and im sure colleagues across the house will wish to join me in thanking our fantastic armed forces for their service to the country. I have meetings with ministerial meetings. Prime minister, to achieve our target will acquire policies and a free market approach. Making solar panels compulsory [inaudible] we cr
Each week the house of commons is in session, we bring you prime Minister Boris Johnson taking questions from members of the house of commons live Wednesday Mornings here on cspan 2. Now live to the floor of the british house of commons. Ahead of improving scotlands economy. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues successfully pursued the Twoer Year Campaign Twoyear Campaign calling on the government to publish the reresults of to ask scotland how they feel about the union. Can they will be published in the next few weeks as the tribunal [inaudible] well, as the honorable lady makes a point, the Cabinet Officers are very clear they do not spend money on political polling or research. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Ill move on to the answer because today the government has actually used Emergency Covid Funding to publicly fund several polls on the union and a contract including source ors of the sources of the [inaudible] so would the minister say this is an appropriate use of emergency funds, and will he
the wildfires, blamed on climate change, that raged this summer in california we have a special report from one town that was engulfed in flames and burned to the ground. it s running down the road towards you. get out now. we grabbed the dogs, and we grabbed our suitcases. and we got in the truck, and we left. i m ben mundy with today s other main stories. a new record for the number of migrants crossing the english channel in a single day a thousand people made the journey on thursday. the latest ons covid survey shows infections are falling in england and wales. but the trend is uncertain in northern ireland. good afternoon from glasgow and bbc news coverage of cop26 the united nations climate change conference. a new draft agreement was published this morning it hasn t been signed off yet but it s our latest update on where negotiations, going on behind me, appear to be heading. one change in the new draft is an apparent softening of government requirements to r
you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another conservative mp calls on the prime minister to resign over downing street lockdown parties. and former cabinet minister andrea leadsom criticises him for unacceptable failures of leadership. mega chippy. and the once humble chip shop in coventry, that s now at tiktok sensation. there are calls today to give more children in england free school meals to help tackle the cost of living crisis. teaching unions say all children from families on universal credit should be eligible forfree meals as part of an urgent expansion of the scheme. the cost of food, fuel and other goods has surged in recent months, pushing inflation to a ao year high. here s our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. more children than ever are coming through the doors. at capacity. we opened 11 minutes ago, we ve only got a small room, we are going to be busy. at this free half term