Summer recess. Members returned to the house of commons on september 1. We took a look back at the major events in British Parliament the spring, including the lead up to the Scottish Independence referendum. Hanges to the house of lords the malaysian airliner that was shot down in ukraine. Alicia mccarthy hosts the program. Hello and welcome to westminster in review, a look back at all the big events in Parliament Since easter. Coming up, the government gets a stamp of disapproval as tens of thousands of people are forced to wait weeks. This is a sorry shamble. The government will do everything he can while maintaining the security to make sure people get their passports in time. Sexual abuse of patients, children, and the vulnerable is revealed. A callous, opportunistic, wicked predator. The rights and wrongs of assisted dying. And after the european elections, we ask what now . First, they might still have been munching the final fragments of their easter eggs. Everything was far fr
The rights and wrongs of assisted dying. And after the european elections, we ask what now . Still have might been munching the final fragments of their easter eggs. Everything was far from business thetwo ministers were forced to defend the weatherization of royal mail. Shares went up by more than one third. The National Audit office criticized the handling of the selloff, accusing the Business Department of rushing. Insisted thef mps selloff had been a success. These shares were undervalued when they were floated. Successful a flotation. We expected it to go to a premium on the first day. You would have been critical if it had been wrongly writes priced and people lost a great deal of money, including the people who worked for the company. The approach seemed to do everything to ensure that it was sold. Money for the taxpayers was a secondary interest. No. The strong advice that we received was if we had attempted d thesh the price beyon upper end of the range, there was a possibilit
Debate. Sara sidner is joining me from Ronald Reagan president ial library in simi valley. An incredible list of dignitaries on hand. Is it right, relatives of every president going back to kennedy there today . It is. We have quite a few former first lady and the current first lady expected to be here. We are expecting to see laura bush, Rosalynn Carter, as well as Michelle Obama and of course Hillary Clinton, whos a former first lady and of course a president ial candidate. We have been seeing people stream in the last couple of hours. We saw tom selleck. You have hollywood stars here, as well. Melissa rivers is here, bo derek is here. A lot of people here including the former Prime Minister of canada brian mor roney. We saw him come in. He is particularly special because he will be reading a letter written from one of the reagans to the other reagan, ronald and nancy and these love letters, everyone is familiar with the love story between the husband and wife who happened to be the
Christopher Howse is travelling the nation to speak to local people about their high street. How it has changed and what they miss… This week, Christopher explores Waterlooville in Hampshire.