there is speculation he was suffering from covid 19. now on bbc news: wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament, as sarah everard s killing fuels calls for justice for women. i have parliamentary privilege. i can name the men who have hurt me, but millions of women in this country don t even have that. we have to address the fundamental issue of the casual everyday sexism and apathy. also in this programme, borisjohnson s former aide returns to the political fray with a damning verdict on how covid was managed. in spring 2020, we had - a situation where department of health was just a smoking ruin in terms of procurement and ppe. and the speaker tells a welsh mp to mind her language. she speaks welsh more on that story later. but first, prime minister s questions, dominated this week by the killing of sarah everard and the issue of women s safety. sarah went missing while walking home from a friend s house earlier this month. a police officer has b
Coming up after her brexit speech The Labour Leader challenges theresa may on her eu exit plan. Can i urge her to stop the threats of the Bargain Basement brexit . I have a plan, he does not have a clue. Mps demand the government do more to help a persecuted minority in myanmar. According to reports the Minority Group have been subject to arson, rape and murder. Mps try to find out why we waste so much food. And pretty much everyone hates theirs but could we be about to enter a new era for the Passport Photo . Any of us can send essentially a selfie to the Passport Office for our passport. But first thered been mutterings in the Commons On Tuesday after theresa may decided to make her Big Brexit Speech not in the chamber but to an outside audience. So Prime Ministers questions was the first chance for mps to grill her directly on her 12 point plan. In her speech theresa may made clear that the uk would not stay in the Single Market, that mps and peers would get a vote on the final exit
Parliament. The main news from westminster the Prime Minister vows to demands for a Policy Document on brexit. I can confirm to the house that our plan will be set out in a white paper published this month. The Labour Leader is worried about what the government has in mind for brexit britain. The Prime Minister, mr speaker, is threatening the eu that unless they give in to her demands she will turn britain into a Bargain Basement tax haven of the coast of europe. Also on the programme rousing words from the Chief Minister of gibraltar. My blood is red but im red, White And Blue inside out and so is that rock and we will never ever come to us changing that countenance. Come and see for yourself but first, when the brexit secretary david davis came to the commons on tuesday after the government lost its case in the Supreme Court, mps from all parties call for a white paper, setting out a strategy for brexit. David davis batted away their requests, pointing to a speech the Prime Minister
Wednesday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. On this programme, the bill that triggers the uks Eu Departure Process finally clears the commons and heads for the lords. The ayes to the right, 494. The noes to the left, 122. As a local authority abandons a Large Council tax rise to pay for social care, The Labour Leader presses theresa may on whether a deal was done. Is the same Sweetheart Deal on offer to every council facing the social care crisis created by her government . The last thing Social Care Providers need is another one of labours Bouncing Cheques and crisis, what crisis . A minister in the lords calms fears about those absent vegetables in the supermarkets. The only shortage will be of Iceberg Lettuce, which we think will be for about a few months and there is a wonderful variety called cos, which is even better. But first, the bill that authorises ministers to trigger article 50, the process by which the uk starts its departure fro
The main news from westminster The Labour Leader says the government has put englands nhs and social care in a state of emergency. We need a government that puts the nhs first, and will invest in our nhs. But the Prime Minister says Labour Policies would leave no money to pay for anything. That doesnt help doctors and nurses, it doesnt help patients, it doesnt help the nhs, and it doesnt help ordinary, Working Families up and down this country. Also on the programme the local government secretary says he understands only too well the pain caused by increases to Business Rates. Growing up above the family shop, i saw for myself the impact an increase in rates can have on Small Businesses. A rise in the costs lowered the mood of the whole family. Even as a child, i knew it wasnt good when i found a stack of bright red final reminders hidden away at the back of the drawer. A fortnight ago, The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn sprang a surprise on theresa may at Prime Ministers questions. He re