Good evening and welcome to bbc news. As the House Of Lords began debating the brexit bill today, they had a rare visitor. Theresa may sat in on the session, the first time in nearly 20 years that a Prime Minister has done so. No. That have a hue people with cvs that have a huge weight of experience. They are leading people in various fields. Probably not intimidated, but at the same time, they would be the tff to n, fifgf the tff to be fifgf the tff to be hearing the tff to be hearing the g did not even need to be hearing the message articulated out loud by the Prime Minister making such a rare visit to sit there and watch. The whole tenor of the discussion of the debate building up to the House Of Lords scrutiny of the bill has all been about the legitimacy of the House Of Lords. There is the question of revising the Second Chamber that is not elected. And given the will of the people in the referendum, and given the overwhelming endorsement of the bill in the House Of Commons, the
At the day in parliament. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament, our look at the day at westminster. The headlines. Peers start debate on the brexit bill with the leader in the lords warning them not to slow things down. The government is determined to trigger article 50 by the Slst Of March in order to deliver on the decision of the british people. The bill before us is a procedural part of that withdrawal process. Mps debate two petitions on donald trump one calling for his state visit to be cancelled, the other welcoming it. One labour mp said it went against everything shed come into politics for. By allowing donald trump a state visit and rolling out the red carpet we are endorsing all of those views, all of those things ive fought hard against, and saying, do you know what . Its ok. And the Business Secretary pledges to do all he can to safeguard jobs at vauxhall, amid speculation a French Motor Group could buy its parent company. Every part of britain has a stake in vauxhall
Transparency. One of the things its much too widespread. And that leverage is one of the things that grows out of the derivatives and other highly structured complaints. But they do a better job within the industry and trying to get more effective disclosure particularly as it surrounds the concept of leverage. Getting the fiscal house in order he also said Monetary Policy only accomplishes so mu much. We have to do it in a way thats fiscally possible. Those are the kind of discussions we need to be having if we need fiscal policy to get more robust growth in our economy. I wish the congress with all of the unemployment there isnt a greater focus on jobs in the economy i dont know but i think that is a benefit for everybody including the Banking Sector to get this economy going in a way that we have been used to in the past. For Financial Service providers i think things for the long term in terms of the longterm Customer Relationships, think of making money by providing the value not
But im proud of the work this government has done to devolve spending powers and real powers to local authorities through the city deals, the devolution of some Decision Making and spending to local enterprise partnerships through the local growth deals, i think these are really good moves. Im delighted that were going to see in Greater Manchester a new Greater Manchester metro there. This is great news. But i dont see the need for a lot of extra tax power, no, im a bit skeptical of it. But who controls the tax . And in reality in england is less than 5 , around 2 of total taxation is actually controlled by local councils. Thats the council tax. Can you have real devolution of powers to local communities unless they have some say over the taxation thats raised in their areas, the rates of it and the amounts . Can the people of england well, if you take away the system works now, what weve tried to do as a government is to make sure theres a better connection between decisions made loca
But im proud of the work this government has done to devolve spending powers and real powers to local authorities through the city deals, the devolution of some Decision Making and spending to local enterprise partnerships through the local growth deals, i think these are really good moves. Im delighted that were going to see in Greater Manchester a new Greater Manchester metro there. This is great news. But i dont see the need for a lot of extra tax power, no, im a bit skeptical of it. But who controls the tax . And in reality in england is less than 5 , around 2 of total taxation is actually controlled by local councils. Thats the council tax. Can you have real devolution of powers to local communities unless they have some say over the taxation thats raised in their areas, the rates of it and the amounts . Can the people of england well, if you take away the system works now, what weve tried to do as a government is to make sure theres a better connection between decisions made loca