Up next testimony from dacts lien kraniger. She talks about her agencys role in protecting consumers during the pandemic. This hearing will come to order. This hearing is another remote video hearing. Ill go through quickly some of the standard reminders to remind everybody, once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your picture shows on the screen. To minimize background noise, please remember to click the mute button until it is your and if theres a technology issue, weve move on until it gets resolved. The fiveminute time still some senators say they dont seem to be able to find that. If you go to the righthand side of the screen and move your mouse, some options will show up. One of them is the grid view. If you click grid view, you will see a grid of everybody, and one of the things youll see is the clock. Ill try to gently remind people, because some senator have asked for the reminder because they cant see the clock. Again senator brown and i have agreed to go
The heat. Meanwhile, today the conservatives and labour are set to clash on their energy policies. Would cheaper bills steal your vote . It and farages final throw of the dice. Nigel says he has one more big car to play in politics, but didnt have time to prepare for this summer election. Whats going on . I had to be honest with you. Put in place some preparations to launch next week and chaos in majorca. At least at least four dead and others are trapped under the rubble after a restaurant Building Collapses. Well bring you the latest. Yes, were going to be very busy all this sort of electioneering, i mean, keir starmer, weve got rishi sunak sunak and all the other parties as well. I mean, well, thats right. Britain loves an underdog. Does that help sunak . Are labour ready for power. So much to get the underdog. So who is the underdog. Thats the question. The electorate i think. The electorate i think. I think we are the losers. Well, as ever, wed love to hear what you think. So send
Figure was that one of them dies every four days on average, so for them getting conver5ation every four days on average, so for them getting conversation is of course an important matter. I think the government will come under pressure to be precise about a timeframe. Rishi sunak wa5 pressure to be precise about a timeframe. Rishi sunak was asked yesterday by diana johnson, labour mp yesterday by diana john5on, labour mp whos been campaigning on it was a boy year5, mp whos been campaigning on it was a boy years, she asked the Prime Minister whether he can guarantee the victims would get compensation by the end of the year. He didnt do that but i guess google find out if it is because he cant guarantee it will happen or simply because the government want to leave all questions of timeframe for this statement from john glenn today. Reminders what happened yesterday with the releasing of this report into a seven year inquiry and the Prime Minister calling it a day of shame acro55 Prime M
States to manage migration, and the g7 summit being hosted in italy this summer. Italy, a growing partner of the United Kingdom, one of those countries thats also looking to do deals like rwanda. Its very interesting, isnt it . Its its very interesting, isnt it. 7 its almost like were leading the way when it comes to this issue. I mean, we were reporting over the last couple of months how ursula von der euanne of months how ursula von der elianne herself is moving towards these things. You had president macron in france saying that these type of schemes are beyond the pale. They do not match with our European Values and the like. I wont do a french accent. You do a very. I started and ended quickly. I dont want i dont want to offend anyone. But yes, it seems like the mood music is changing a little and actually people are realising you cant have returns agreements or with every single country around the world and that actually doing a deal with a third country maybe is the only way to
Good morning. It is a cold start in some parts of the north of the country, temperatures close to freezing. For many, it will cloud over with scattered showers developing and some of those will be heavy and thundery. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its tuesday 21st may. Rishi sunak says the government will pay whatever it takes to compensate the victims of the the Infected Blood Scandal. Details of the scheme are expected to be announced later today. Its been described as the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs. Yesterday a Public Inquiry highlighted a catalogue of failures over many years, which it said had catastrophic consequences. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Cheering and applause. A moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger. Sir Brian Langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the Infected Blood Scandal. Outside, some of them reflected