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Of their policies. Despite all their promises, that is exactly what this queens speech shows. On the nhs in england, there was a committment that extra funding would be enshrined in law. And theres increased spending on thousands of schools in england. And promises of safer streets, with more Police Officers and tougher action against the most dangerous criminals. The debate on the speech has already started, well be taking a closer look at the range of measures being proposed and asking how realistic they are, so stay with us on bbc news at 5. Its 5pm, were live at westminster, where the queen has opened a new session of parliament, for the second time in the space of two months. But this time, there was less pageantry and far more politics, following the conservative victory in last weeks election. Some 30 bills were announced in the speech, billed as an Ambitious Programme of domestic reform, as well as delivering brexit. Indeed, the brexit legislation took centre stage, with the commitment to take the uk out of the European Union on the 31st of january. Seven of the 30 bills were brexit related. The nhs was also featured prominently, with guarantees on extra funding in england. And in education, thered be more cash for schools in england. There are also proposals for tougher sentencing laws for serious violent offenders, including terrorists. And the government says it wants to ensure that the whole of the uk can prosper, with plans for more infrastructure spending. But the notion of a conservative one nation approach has already been rejected by the Scottish National party. The first minister has called on the uk government to negotiate a transfer of powers to holyrood, to allow another referendum on independence. First this evening, our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Got a sense of deja vu . Its less than ten weeks since we last had a queens speech. This one is a bit different though. Scaled back, no golden carriage. No ceremonial dress for the queen. The biggest change is here in the house of commons. Black rod mr speaker, the queen commands this honourable house stop summoned mr speaker, the queen commands this honourable house. Summoned to the lords to hear the governments plan for the next year, led by a victorious Prime Minister, a small and weakened opposition. Look at the tension between them. Boris johnson can now make his promises reality and that means in a few weeks time, the uk will leave the eu. My governments priority is to deliver the united kingdoms departure from the European Union on the 31st of january. My ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the united kingdoms exit on that date. And to make the most of the opportunities this brings for all the people of the uk. But he wants to persuade you theres more to his government, a detailed agenda beyond brexit. The top domestic priority is the Health Service, enshrining in law the promise to spend 3a billion extra a year. To spend £34 billion extra a year. My government will embark on an Ambitious Programme of domestic reform that delivers on the peoples priorities. For the first time, the National Health Services Multi year funding settlement agreed earlier this year will be enshrined in law. There will be legislation to change the uks immigration system and improve broadband connectivity. And, after election promises, a pledge to change sentencing for serious crimes. New sentencing laws will ensure the most serious violent offenders, including terrorists, serve longer in custody. New laws will require schools, police, councils and Health Authorities to Work Together to prevent serious crime. Ministers say the programme shows they mean business. This five year ambitious plan, the £34 billion additional investment, is exactly what the nhs meets. Is is exactly what the nhs needs. This is a peoples queens speech. Opposition parties are still sceptical. We are deeply concerned about the headlines differentiating from the reality of peoples lives and that divide has got greater and greater over the last few years under this government. We are going to carry on being the real opposition as weve been over the last number of years and we will be focusing on protecting the nhs, focusing on ensuring the Social Security system is fair and actually catches people. The election may be over but the debate goes on. Borisjohnson promised during the campaign that a majority government would get the country moving again. His challenge now is to make that happen, notjust to deliver brexit but to fulfil those other key campaign pledges too, not least those made to people in the north who voted tory for the first time. A day of tradition in westminster but with a new government comes change and much of what happens around here will feel very different. The mps were making their way back into the house of commons ready for the traditional debate on the queens speech, which usually last for a few days, but it got off straightaway with Boris Johnson making the case for the programme and Jeremy Corbyn for labour. As we said earlier, it will be the last time, probably, thatJeremy Corbyn will be doing that, because there should be a new labour leader in place, certainly by much. With all of that in mind, letsjoin our chief Political Correspondent. Vicki young is inside the houses of parliament. For the conservatives, absolutely jubilant here in much larger numbers than many expected and much larger numbers than i have had for a very long time. So borisjohnson, able to look at that queens speech and know that this time, unlike a few weeks ago, he will be able to enact everything that is putting it. At the centre of it, that desire to deliver the Withdrawal Agreement bill and for the uk to leave the European Union at the end of january. Mrjohnson actually headed a golden age and it really feels as if he is planning, notjust forfive yea rs if he is planning, notjust forfive years in government, but maybe ten yea rs. Years in government, but maybe ten years. He said that he did not take for granted any years. He said that he did not take for gra nted a ny votes years. He said that he did not take for granted any votes that have been mounted to the conservative party and he feels that that queens speech will deliver four people in parts of the country that have not been represented by the conservatives for decades, sometimes not at all. This one nation government will enshrine in law record funding for our nhs, take back control of our borders with a wholly new immigration system, toughen our criminal Justice System with longer sentences for the most dangerous offenders, double investment in basic science research, and protect our environment with a bill so ambitious and so vast that there is no environmentally friendly way of printing it off. And mr speaker, this is not a programme for one year or one parliament it is a blueprint for the future of britain. In stark contrast, on the other side of the house, the despondency, the gloom written all over other labour mps and of the labour leader himself. There are many in his own party who, over the years, have not supported him or the direction he has tried to take the labour party in and today there was very little support, not much cheating from his own inside, but he had to battle through it not much cheering from his own side. That is what he had to say about the government. Its just two months ago that the Prime Minister made the queen come here in the rain as part of a pre election stunt. Since then, he has made many promises to many different parts of the country. His promise to address problems that are a result of his own partys actions in government and their Political Choice to impose austerity cuts on this country. There can no longer be any doubt that austerity has caused unnecessary suffering to millions of people all across this country. The communities to whom the Prime Minister made his promise will now judge him on whether he keeps them. It may not all be plain sailing for borisjohnson, one it may not all be plain sailing for Boris Johnson, one of it may not all be plain sailing for borisjohnson, one of the key issues he is going to have to deal with are the renewed calls for another independence referendum in scotland. The snp back here in very large numbers. This is what their westminster leader Ian Blackford had to say. This government thinks it can do what it wants to with scotland and get away with it. It will not happen on our watch. Hear, hear. The tories are risking our economy and reducing opportunities for citizens. Mr speaker, the choice is clear an outward looking country with a vision of tolerance, inclusiveness and prosperity for all, in contrast to this offering of a union run by a tory party who dont care about scotland. Borisjohnson Boris Johnson wants to borisjohnson wants to be seen to be getting on with things. Tomorrow the Withdrawal Agreement bill will come back to the house of commons for its second reading. It has been published and it really does tell the tale of how much less input, really, the parliament is going to happen all this process. There was room for parliament to have a say on whether the transition period, the implementation period, which runs to the end of next year could be extended, that power has been taken away. A sign that this parliament is not going to be like the one. Many thanks once again. The latest on the debate and the kind of point that have been made. With me is andrew bowie, vice chair of the conservative party. Thank you forjoining us. It is a big day, clearly. It felt as if a brand new government had come in, rather than a Prime Minister who has beenin rather than a Prime Minister who has been in powerfor the last rather than a Prime Minister who has been in power for the last several months. Absolutely. It is a very exciting day for many people it almost feels like the first day of the rest of our lives. We are finally shaking off the shackles of oui finally shaking off the shackles of our last parliament, the hung parliament, a minority government, trying desperately to get out of the mess that we were in and feeling at almost every time. Today we saw, with a large conservative majority, just exactly what we can do in the country. It was a very exciting day for many of us. When you return with a majority and you need lots of promises, you come up with a radical agenda which is packed with all kinds of things across a range of ages, you raise expectations. You raise voterss expectations to very high levels. The pressure for you to deliver is acute. Absolutely. The pressure is on but were determined to deliver. Were very clear that voters across the company across the country have not voted labour very long time have voted labour for a long time, it is ambitious and we intend to deliver. We have a majority in there and we intend to work through that and get those policies into law for the people of this country. It is difficult to find a group of experts on the Brexit Process in legal terms are political terms. I think most people think they are experts in there. There you go, how do you define expertise. But it is difficult to find people who, you know, take a rational view, think that the target of getting an agreement on our future relationship by the end of 2020 is a remotely realistic. Now, why is the government still insisting that this is possible . Because i think it is also absolutely realistic. We have the former Prime Minister theresa may reiterated today that she also believes it is achievable because so much of the groundwork has already been done. Were not starting from a standing start here, we practically wrote the bill book on how the European Union negotiate trade deals, so were going in there, having been a full member and contributor to firmer trade negotiations. I have absolute confidence that the spy minister, this government, will be able to deliver a trade agreement this Prime Minister will stop by the end of next year and on top of that we will be able to deliver a Security Agreement by the end of next year, so agreement by the end of next year, so it is very exciting, very demanding, very ambitious, a challenge, but were determined to do it. A question about the Health Service, some viewers today making this point that there is extra spending, it is welcome, youre simply making up for what you have have start the nhs of over the last nine years. That is what youre doing. So to try to claim credit for putting money in that you have already taken out is really a bit misleading. I dont accept that at all. We have increased the nhs budget in real terms every year since we came into office, pressing collection in 2010, then under theresa may and now under Boris Johnson. We have seen the largest cash base in the nhss history. I think it is a moment of celebration that were going to be investing so much new money into the Health Service, more than any government in history and i cannot wait to see the effect that is going to have on hospitals, gp surgeries across the country. You are a scot, is i want to put this question to you as a final point if any. This is about mandates, really, so clearly, you as a conservative government have a strong mandate with a majority of in the commons. Nicola sturgeons Scottish National party did very well. They will say, it was clear what we were selling, the prospect ofa what we were selling, the prospect of a second referendum on independence and we got a huge majority in the votes of scotland and we had a mandate. At some point, there is going to be a clash there. I was going to be resolved question i would dispute, first, the claim that the snp were going into that election claiming that a vote for the snp was a vote for a second independence referendum. Really . There was snp literature during that campaign is specifically said, but for us to stop brexit. A vote for us is not a vote for a second independence referendum. Even if it was, 45 of the Scottish Population is not an overwhelming mandate. We had a referendum, Nicola Sturgeon herself said it was once in a generation. She signed at the edinburgh agreement that said this was a good standard of referenda and should be respected and that referendum was only five years ago. We should respect that and move on for the good of the entire country. The letter has been sent and it is a formal letter, a former request, that has been sent to borisjohnson in the uk government today, but will it get short shrift . I cannot speak for the payments, but i would be inclined to think that he would unequivocally say no to any request by section 30 order and it is time to put to bed at the division of the last new decade in scotland and really move the country on. People voted for the Scottish National party for a whole variety of reasons, of course many voted for the snp because they wanted a second independence referendum, but that was not what the snp were offering at this election. It is time for the country to move on and i think youll some of the divisions divisions we have enjoyed over the latter huge few years. And you think rejecting that request is being a one nation conservative government questioning we are a one nation Party Standing up for all corners and all peoples and we are determined to level up, unite the country and by the country forward together. It is a busy day, thank you forjoining us. Thank you very much indeed. Andrew boy, conservative mp and vice chair of the party. Andrew bowie. The headlines on bbc news. The queen has opened a new session of parliament, brexit and the nhs are at the heart of the new governments legislative agenda. More than 30 bills have been announced, with seven covering the uks depature from the eu. A cash injection for the nhs is to be made law. There were also promises of safer streets with the recuitment of more Police Officers and tougher action on the most dangerous criminals. And in sport. Mikel arteta has said his goodbyes at Manchester City where hes assistant coach. Despite no official confirmation from city, arteta is expected to be announced as the arsenal manager tomorrow. Scotland rugby captain, greig laidlaw, has announced his retirement from International Rugby after nine years and 76 caps. And at the ipl auction, englands cup winning captain eoin morgan joined the calcuttas for more than half £1 million. 80 minutes past five here in westminster 18 minutes. As i was mentioning to the vice chair of the tory party on the scottish debate. In the last half hour, members of the Scottish Parliament have voted to create the Legal Framework for a second independence referendum. Scotlands first minister says more legislation would be needed before a referendum could be held. After the snp won 48 of the 59 seats in scotland at the general election, Nicola Sturgeon has now published a document laying out what she says is a detailed case for another referendum. Borisjohnson has repeatedly made clear his opposition to such a move. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is at holyrood. It was interesting that you talk about mandate. Scotlands first minister, leader the mp, about mandate. Scotlands first minister, leaderthe mp, we about mandate. Scotlands first minister, leader the mp, we argue strongly that she had a mandate to argue for a second referendum. Ask for a second referendum. She said it was clearly set out in the snps said it was clearly set out in the snps manifesto for the general election in scotland should have the right to decide its own constitutional future. She right to decide its own constitutionalfuture. She points to the big again that her party made in that election, winning 48 of the 59 Seats Available here in scotland. So, this afternoon, she sent a letter to the Prime Minister, asking for that section 30 order. Giving what she called a detailed democratic case of any transfer of powers from westminster to the Scottish Parliament to allow for an independence referendum that is beyond legal challenge. In that letter, she said, any conversation last friday, you reiterated the panellist rated his governments position and also committed to engaging seriously with the proposals that she has set out the Prime Ministers. What is his position on this . It is clear, unequivocal, and it can be summarised in just one word and that is no. He does not want another independence referendum. Is no. He does not want another independence referendumlj is no. He does not want another independence referendum. I think it was Nicola Sturgeon herself who said that the referendum in 2014 it was a once ina that the referendum in 2014 it was a once in a generation and i dont know about you mr speaker, but i feel like the Scottish National party should concentrate more on delivering a domestic priorities of the people of scotland and rather less on breaking up our united kingdom. So borisjohnson saying there that another independence referendum is not going to happen, but Nicola Sturgeon is a family of the opinion that that position will not hold stop she says she had a democratic mandate to ask for a referendum, she also says that she has momentum on her side and she is trying to build consensus amongst politicians here, and amongst the electorate, to support that position. She is working to persuade voters that they are being denied their democratic right and she is building the case, not just another vote, for independence itself. Many thanks again. With me now is pete wishart mp from the Scottish National party. Thank you forjoining us. We spoke to andrew bowie earlier and he could not have been clearer, really, which is that you can quote you like, but this is a Prime Minister with a majority of 80 in the commons and his view on this is clear. You can ask for a referendum until youre blue in the face, but it is not going to happen. We think it is. And there are a number of reasons why that will happen that i think that scotlands democratic voice has to be heard and it is unsustainable for the conservatives to continue to say no to the scottish people. They stood on a platform in scotland but with a different and distinct campaign north of the body than down here and every piece of the literature was a no to a second independence referendum, send a message to Nicola Sturgeon and that message to Nicola Sturgeon and that message was sent to Nicola Sturgeon that we want to determine and decide our own future and it is unsustainable and untenable for the conservatives to continue to say no. They might say very well, or for a few months, but at some point theyre going to have to recognise that we live mature democracy where peoples rights and peoples entitlements, the democratic desires and wishes need to be respected. He was trying to get the argument on to share the vote, really, to say that 45 of the vote is a very, very big share, but that, in view, was not a mandate, as a mandate should be defined. What would you say . It was a mandate. We won the election and be not just a mandate. We won the election and be notjust when it, we overwhelmingly won it. We got 45 share of the vote, which i believe is only second to the snp share of the vote in 2015, which was the biggest single share of the vote for any Political Party contesting any pa rt any Political Party contesting any part of the united kingdom, so it was not just a part of the united kingdom, so it was notjust a mandate, it was an overwhelming mandate. Ithink was notjust a mandate, it was an overwhelming mandate. I think weve got to remember that he hasjust overwhelming mandate. I think weve got to remember that he has just any greens speech and were all listening to the Prime Minister, mostly telling everybody that the nation had decided that this was an overwhelming mandate queens speech. He got less than 44 of the vote. If mandates are ok for some people in some institutions, there are good enough other people. That is your response that, youre very clear to that. Lets talk about the political reality. You did very well and the Scottish National party has and the Scottish National party has a big voice in this parliament. But because of the maths, you know, youre a veteran, you know what im going to say, there is not much you can do. There are lots of things that we can do. We will be coming back after the new year. Were getting through all this business of he is determined to get his patrol agreement bill, which will happen tomorrow, the queen speech has now been done, we will come back with a very clear and focused way forward that we will assert ourselves as a parliamentary group. 48 is quite a significant gripping, by far the Third Largest party the house of commons, and i think they got a taste of that they just might commons, and i think they got a taste of that theyjust might be determined and focused way that we we re determined and focused way that we were putting this case a taste of that they just might were putting this case a taste of that theyjust might be determined and focused way that we were putting this case are the payments. He refused, obviously, to take any interventions from us, other than one of my colleagues this case to the Prime Minister. It will be presented to the payments again and again until his absolute sake of this and we will be telling him clearly that he has to respect and acknowledge what happened in scotla nd acknowledge what happened in scotland the Prime Minister. And he will have to at some point start proper negotiations about how that is going to be acknowledged and respected. We believe that the only way that i can be respected is to let the people of scotland make the choice about the future. Weve decided as a nation that we do not buy into this, we do not want anything to do with theres a danger that has been determined from us being taken out of your opinion against a National Collective will. At some point he will have to come round the table and discuss this with us. In terms of the political cycle, which accept that nothing is likely to happen, possibly, until the next elections to the Scottish Parliament and, if the snp can claim after those elections, that it has increased in strength or that it can claim a stronger mandate in some form that then that might be the turning point . No, we are ready have a mandate and it was one in the last Scottish Parliamentary elections, which was scratch reaffirmed in the Scottish Parliament that we want to proceed with this. We had just passed a referendum bill in edinburgh, so there is a clear mandate already. I think that is what the government will do and if i have an inkling about how they will try to negotiate us and get themselves off, what is probably a very difficult hook for them, they will try to make sure it is part after park until after the scottish 2021 elections so that the conservative party can try to recover from the pounding they got. We will be leaving the eu on the 3ist we will be leaving the eu on the 31st of january, and we will be we will be leaving the eu on the 31st ofjanuary, and we will be in a transition period but if scotland has voted for independence to renegotiate a position within the eu, that will be taken on board with any conversations that we have had. That is why we have got to do it before we are taken out of this transition period and it will help to retain our place in the eu. Good to retain our place in the eu. Good to talk to you. Thank you very much again. Our thanks to him for his view on what is going on in that very important debate between edinburgh and london. Edinburgh and westminster. The nhs was a major focus of the queens speech, with promises on extra investment in the Health Service in england, obviously it is a devolved matter in scotland and in wales. And to spend an extra £1 billion a year on social care while attempts are made to tackle the issue long term. For the first time, the National Health Services Multi year funding settlement, agreed earlier this year, will be enshrined in law. Steps will be taken to grow and support the National Health Services Workforce and a new visa will ensure qualified doctors, nurses and Health Professionals have fast track entry to the united kingdom. My ministers will seek Cross Party Consensus on proposals for long term reform of social care. They will ensure that the social care system provides everyone with the dignity and security they deserve and that no one who needs care has to sell their home to pay for it. So what is the government promising for health and social care, and when will these promises be delivered . With me is helen buckingham, director of strategy at the nuffield trust, a charity focused on improving healthcare. It is good to have you with us. Thank you very much. From what we understand, then, of the direction of policy, lets talk about Health Spending first and we were going to social care and a second. What will this make any difference, this extra spending in england . Significant a difference will it make . It is significant if we look at any context of spending on nhs over the last few years. As people said, the nhs has had spending over the last four years, but a lot less than we we re four years, but a lot less than we were expecting and this marks a break with that austerity, but were seeing the nhs are struggling at the moment, to be honest. People have seen challenges even during the election campaign, so what we expected this money to do is to help get the nhs back to where it was, to be able to meet the standards that are set out in the constitution, that the public have a right to expect. What would that mean, in financial terms what would that mean . The £20 billion in realtime, £34 billion in cash terms it has been promised, equates to about three or 4 a year increase and what is key is how that is spent. It is about spending money on, as the payments are set out, improving the staffing in the nhs, filling the vacancies that weve got dash make the Prime Minister has set out. And that will get then it has a chance to hit the targets that it is missing at the moment. What we have not seen as resources to improve the infrastructure, the buildings and equipment. The Prime Minister has made any public commitments about new hospitals, but what we have not yet seen is where the money for those new hospitals is going to come from and that is a bit of a worry for us. You mentioned between three and 4 , and then i was reading that the average under labour had been as much as 6 , so there is clearly quite a much as 6 , so there is clearly quitea gap much as 6 , so there is clearly quite a gap there. Are you saying that this money is going to do quite a lot of valuable work, but it categorically will not return as to the position where we started off in this financial cycle several years ago and for that reason there is a huge amount of catching up to do, which is not possible with the settlement . There is a lot of catching up to do. The money that went in under the Blair Administration did what it did was, coupled with a lot of work in the nhs, was improve performance very, very significantly, so if you think back to the start of the blair area, waiting times for surgery were in yea rs, waiting times for surgery were in years, but it changed it to weeks. But we definitely need to see an improvement to where we are now. And when it comes to social care, clearly a huge issue, and theresa may tried to tackle that with some difficulty, to say the least, any ma nifesto difficulty, to say the least, any manifesto in 2017, people did not like the reality of maybe having to pay more for less. Where are we there and where is the debate on that and what is the direction of government policy on it . That is a really interesting question and what we saw today as the queens speech saying that were going to put a bit of money to social care, that is helpful, but that we want to seek a cross party helpful, but that we want to seek a Cross Party Consensus for changes in the future. That is understandable for the reason that you have sent out. Previous attempts have failed. But at the social care system is on its knees now and that is our concern. We have a government with quite a substantial majority and we think, actually, they could come forward with sums proposals. We do not need to have a lot of discussion about the proposals, the discussion has been heard, there are options on the table and the government to come forward with options now. The table and the government to come forward with options nowm the table and the government to come forward with options now. It is good to talk to you. Thank you for shedding light on that verse. On this blustery evening, lets join nick and ask him what the weather is doing. A very wet evening for some of us as well. It is looking drier next week, but right now, it is all about the rain. A number of flood warnings to parts of england in particular have been going up today. Its the first swathe of rain thats moved in overnight coasters, and end of Northern Ireland, yet more rain follows in from the south, again across areas that have got those flood warnings, saturated ground, difficult travelling conditions with this, some of this rain is going to be quite heavy. No frost going into tomorrow morning. Now, tomorrow we saw some outbreaks of rain and westerns, and, that is going to ease, this next rain may push into eastern most areas of scotland. It is looking drier, few fog patch is still too clear. More rain into parts of england and wales come into the afternoon, into the midlands, north east england, bit brighterfor wales in southwest england at this stage. Not as windy as its been, actually not as mild. Today temperatures are in almost double figures, those temperatures before the software tomorrow, whereas elsewhere we drop back into single figures. Still some rain across southern parts over the uk. Elsewhere, sun and showers, and, yes, it is looking drier next week. Thats all youre weather coming out all the sports with jane. Good evening. We understand mikel arteta has said his goodbyes at Manchester City where hes been assistant coach under Pep Guardiola for the past three years. Its because hes widesly expected to be announced its because hes widely expected to be announced as the arsenal manager tomorrow. Arsenal were scheduled to have their Pre Match Press Conference ahead of saturdays match against everton today, but thats been postponed until tomorrow, where we are expecting arteta to be confirmed as the new man in charge of arsenal. Well arsenals opponents on saturday are everton, who have confirmed that caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson will be in the dugout. Ferguson has been in temporary charge for the past three matches, overseeing a win against chelsea at goodison, a draw at Manchester United and a defeat on penalties against leicester in the carabao cup this week. The club continuie to be linked with former napoli manager carlo ancelotti. Scotland captain, greig laidlaw, has announced his retirement from International Rugby over nine years and 76 caps. He led the National Team 39 times, more than anyone else. The 34 year old scrum half made his last appearance for scotland in the Rugby World Cup defeat to japan in october. He ends his international career, second only to Chris Patterson on the all time points list for scotland with 714, mostly from kicking. The leeds rhinos and england scrum half, rob burrow, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. The 37 year old won eight grand finals, three world Club Challenges and two challenge cups in 17 years with the super league side. Burrow, who retired back in 2017, is now the head coach for the clubs reserve team. When we were in the room and he told me he had it it was a bit of a shock, and there is not any sort of prep for being told youve got something where you have got no cure, so really numb, but you know, it happened. And he can move on to be in a decent place. More on that story in sports day at half past six. Now, englands world cup winning captain, eoin morgan, has landed an ipl contract worth more than half a million pounds. Hell bejoining the Kolkatta Knight riders. Meanwhile, english batsman, alex hales helped his sydney thunder side beat melbourne renegades by six wickets in australias big bash. Hales scored 68 runs from 38 deliveries as thunder beat the reigning champions with two balls to spare. Eventually he was caught in the deep, by Kane Richardson off the bowling of harry gurney in the 17th over. The double Olympic Boxing champion, nicola adams says shes now looking to turn her hand to acting. She announced her retirement from the sport last month, after fears that she may lose her sight. It was tough at first, just to make the decision but now im quite happy. Ive achieved a lot of great things. Becoming a double olympic champion. Becoming a World Champion as a professional boxer as well, and im happy with that. Im content. Ive come out of boxing at the top of my game. When i look back i will be like, you know what . Ive done really well. I cant complain. Now, if you fancy trying another sport, the best thing to do is go to an expert. Well, Serena Williams is looking for a change from tennis and she wanted to give boxing a try. So here she is with the former world heavyweight champion mike tyson to get some training. You need a lot of stamina for boxing, and even Serena Williams gets tired after a short time two giants of their respective sports. Perhaps theyll swap and serena will give mike some tips for his forehand thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Thank you very much jane, thats very kind of you, and we will be backin very kind of you, and we will be back in the bbc sport centre and a short while. Now, this is all about the programme of government today, this queens speech, but, of course, one of the special features after a general election, just a week ago, it seems like much longer is of course that there are lots of new members of Parliament Getting to grips with not just members of Parliament Getting to grips with notjust how the Building Works and how the process works, but also how the house of commons deals with a debate on something as broad as the queens speech, and the fulcrum of debate, if you like him in to see how that works out. With the new speaker as well in charge. So, lots of things have changed. With me now are three of the new contingent of mps who entered parliament this week, Anthony Browne conservative mp for south cambridgeshire who replaced retiring liberal democrat mp heidi allen, daisy cooper, for st albans who unseated longstanding conservative mp anne main and nadia whittome, labour mp for nottingham east and parliaments youngest member. Well, thats quite something to be able to claim as well, isnt it . How are you feeling . About being here and about arriving and facing the reality of it. Well, it certainly weird place, isnt it . Westminster. Absolutely arcane, but im looking forward to holding the tories to account for the next five years, and to serving the people of nottingham east, which is thejob to serving the people of nottingham east, which is the job that ive been elected to do, and im very proud to do. So when you read the queens speech today, as a labour member of parliament, what for you is the thing that you most objected to, because it will be increased and a chest spending, surely, what were the things within the speech that you found them palatable . Well, i think to cut the nhs by billions and then to spring in a little bit of extra cash is an insult to people, particularly in the hospital that i was born in from of the q mc, which made the front page of the mirror, woman a of 88 years old, dementia, left to vanquish on a trolley, thats the reality of the nhs under the tories. For me, the total lack of regard for the Climate Crisis and the scale of the problem that we are fighting, 2050 is too late to cut down our carbon emissions. And we havent seen any plans from the tories about whats going to happen year on year. You know, if we had a labour government, we would be implementing immediately a programme to tackle the Climate Crisis. Two points on the nhs, first of all, nancy, how have you found it so far . It is fascinating. It was a political journalist it is fascinating. It was a politicaljournalist before, so its la st politicaljournalist before, so its last alien to me than most people, but its different being and becoming there so many strange practices and procedures, luckily, everybody is really friendly. Both the fellow conservative mps in labour and lived on, you ask what are they doing there . And they will explain it to you. Its been a really busy and amazing week. No surprise to you that a lot of the debate is about the extent of your governments commitment. We heard the phrase sprinkling some cash, which, im sure, people some are questioning in terms of the amount of money that borisjohnson says he wa nts to of money that borisjohnson says he wants to spend on the nhs. But do you accept that the nhs has an issue, has a been a point of vulnerability for the conservative party, and now that expectations have been raised you really do have to deliver in this area. Well, just one thing that nadia did mention, the key thing is getting brexit done, and delivering that. Thats the centrepiece, but everybody accepts that now after the election, thats going to happen. So thats the key thing, the bill is Going Forward tomorrow. Nhs, the conservatives are completely committed to the nhs. Its been around mostly under conservative governments in its 71 years of existence demand we are putting in law and legislation, £39 billion a year extra into it, why are we putting that and legislation or other changes doing its government to show that we are delivering, that the countries moving on, there are other bills, 30 different bills on the whole wide range of different and find with them in real sense from the debate earlier, the countries moving forward again after three years of gridlock and stasis, we are moving forward on health, education, law reform, constitutional reform and so on. Its a really dynamic change. Come to my constituency, or a month half of children living in poverty, and will spend christmas hungry and tell them that the countries moving forwards. The country is now moving forwards, we cannot pass legislation on a whole range of Different Things come in poverty is very important command we are absolutely as a country need to talk about. What the people have been asking for. How can they believe you when its your government that for the last ten yea rs your government that for the last ten years have put them in this very position. Well, i things like spending on the nhs, we are in and lava spending on the nhs for the first time ever. You will not just fund the nhs. But by putting in law, this is happening. She is also waiting patiently to contribute. The lib dems had a very challenging campaign, and you lost your leader as well. Where do you start to decide how you are going to oppose some of the contents of the queens speech or call for additions to it. When youve been weakened in parliamentary terms, how does that happen . How do you feel about that challenge . So, liberal democrats have led across party action on a whole range of issues over the previous years, and will continue to request pretty to hold the government to to account and scrutinise them everything will they. For me, the queens speech was utterly heartbreaking. There was nothing about tackling homelessness, nothing about tackling homelessness, nothing about tackling child poverty. No urgent action to tackle the Climate Crisis. You know, the commitment to 2050 is ten parliaments away. I mean, thats expo to connect absently extraordinary, there was a mention of business rates, but in st albans, my constituency, we have small independent clubs that have high rateable value, there doesnt appear to be enough detail in the queens speech, and it looks like there may not be anything to help them survive beyond the next few weeks. So, deeply heartbreaking. On the question of the nhs, which you know from other colleagues were discussing, the fact is, you know, this bold promise about more hospitals, its nonsense. You know, i know for a fact where i am in st albans constituents are local residents like me, they use the general hospital, there isnt a new hospital, its refurbishment of a hospital, its refurbishment of a hospital, the money thats been promised a slightly more that i had already been promised before the big announcements, and its not even cash. Its a loan. We know itsjust a loan from the government that has to be paid back from a savings and day to day nhs budgets at the cost of 60 million a year. So it isnt real money coming to our local nhs, there isnt really value coming. You might get one of the six hospitals being built. We want. We dont even have money for the refurbishment of a existing hospital. Its 5000 more gp appointments, the increase of 6. 3 increase is way above inflation, and the discussion here but the nhs, she confirmed that this is a big increase. |j here but the nhs, she confirmed that this is a big increase. I suppose the points you know, just to sort of try to summarise the kind of thing, there is going to be huge scrutiny about what you do and what you achieve. And that i think is going to be the point that has been made very strongly today. Which is that a government with a majority is clearly markedly different to a government which has no power and the house. For that reason, i will say this nicely, are far less forgiving, yes . Far less forgiving if you are really systematically failing than to deliver on promises he made. Absolutely right. Its normal in this country that we have governments with majorities to make you go back to Margaret Thatcher we re tony you go back to Margaret Thatcher were tony blair. Indeed, most of the la st were tony blair. Indeed, most of the last ten years have been hung parliaments, and its difficult to get a country moving with a hung parliament. Certain can the last three years, where we have had a minority government has been complete gridlock. There is a sense were getting going again now come and there is a huge sigh of relief breathed across the country, get brexit done, move on, children and the other priorities. Before i let you go, nadia, i must ask you one question. Will there be a new labour leader in place, lets say, within a couple of months, or what we wait until march, what is your sense of the timing . We are expecting the timetable to come out at the beginning of january when timetable to come out at the beginning ofjanuary when the National Executive committee meets. Do you have a preferred candidate yourself . We dont know who the candidates are going to be yet. You kind of know the range of them, dont you . Im looking forward to see what they propose command the things that im looking for from the next labour leader our commitments on climate, and proper serious investment in green energy, serious plan for decentralization to put power in peoples hands in every region in our country, and a commitment to antiracism. Rate. Is there a person who stands out who delivers all of those . Lets see who comes forward. You are being very cautious, are you . I dont blame you, but lets just say yes or no, do you know, do you have an idea of who you would like to back, without naming them . There are colleagues in the Parliamentary Labour Party who are immensely talented who i would like to see step forward. Spoken like to see step forward. Spoken like a true professional. Nobodys asking questions about our leader. Good to have you, look, just regardless of party, we hope you have a fulfilling time in westminster, and youve got some important work to do. So good luck to all. Thank you very much. We make and have a happy christmas. Good to have you with us, thank you very much. More from here in just a few minutes but first lets get some other news from my colleague, shaun ley. Thank you very much. Russias security services, the fsb, say one of their employees has been killed in a shooting incident at their headquarters in moscow. Eyewitnesses say a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon in the entrance lobby of the building. The person who was killed was a member of staff at the fsb. Five others have reportedly been injured. In the united states, the republican leader of the us senate, mitch mcconnell, has called the impeachment of President Trump the most rushed, least thorough and most unfair in history. Senator mcconnell was speaking after the house of represenatives, which is dominated by the democrats, voted to send donald trump fror trial ion the senate. Mr mcconnell has been accused l using his authority, and obstructing congress. He made it clear he would not support the attempt to remove the president from office. The houses conduct risks a deeply damaging. The institutions of american government. This particular house of representatives has led its partisan rage at this particular president creates a toxic new precedent that will echo well into the future. Mr mccconnnells democrat opposite number, chuck shumer gave this response. Leader mcconnell claimed the impeachment was motivated by partisan rage. This from the man who said proudly, i am not impartial, i have no intention to be impartial at all in the trial of President Trump. What hypocrisy. Leader mcconnell accused the House Democrats of an obsession to get rid of President Trump. This from the man who proudly declared his number one goal was to make president obama a one term president. Chuck schumer, the democratic leader. In washington, is our north america correspondent gary odonoghue. Yes, shawn, well, this morning, the speaker of the house nancy pelosi, has been giving her reaction to lesson as boat, shes been indicating that shes not prepared yet to send the articles of impeachment to the senate until she knows what the rules of the trial are going to be. The president has reacted pretty angrily to that, calling it a phoney impeachment, hopes, the senate has the ability to set the date anyway, which is nowhere in the constitution. Frank lee, there is not much caselaw in terms of impeaching president s to set any precedents as well. So theres a bit of a standoff at the moment between democrats and the host and republicans in the senate. Until they decide to send those articles to senate, it can begin the process of trial, but of course, there is also a time clock ticking here for the democrats themselves, because their primary begins at the beginning of february with the caucuses, so beginning of february with the caucuses, so they really want to get this over before all of that starts up. Gary odonoghue in washington, thank you very much. A 15 year old boy is in the care of social services after he was found walking on the central reservation of the m6 north of birmingham last night. Police say the boy is believed to be from iraq and became separated from his parents a few days ago. A six year old boy who was left fighting for his life after being thrown from the viewing platform of the tate modern art gallery in london has started to speak again. His family said his speech was very stilted but called it wonderful progress. The french boy was attacked by 18 year old jonty bravery. Bravey has admitted attempted murder and will be sentenced in february. A 16 year old boy who harassed and robbed a lesbian couple on a london night bus after they refused to kiss has had his sentence increased because of the homophobic nature of his attack. The teenager was given an eight month youth referral order and fined £120 at wimbledon magistrates court. Back now to my colleague, huw edwards, in westminster. We will be back with sean later on. So what can we expect from this parliaments first few weeks . Lets give it a decent time frame in these early days. With me are, geraldine scott, westminster correspondent at the yorkshire post, and daniel odonoghue, westminster correspondent at the press and journal. So good to talk to both them and thank you both forjoining us. I suppose i would start with you both by saying having heard some of the debate today on the queens speech and having heard the pitch of the Prime Minister, and indeed labours response, is it a new borisjohnson that weve seen today, somebody said to me, gosh, you know, he is kind of like a new guy at the dispatch box. Maybe thats not surprising, given the majority that he won a week ago. But did you get a sense that this is a man with a new sense of mission and a new level of energy . Yeah, and i think notjust borisjohnson, as well, as he walked around parliaments, the tory mps that you see have a bit of a swagger in their step. Looking pretty happy with themselves. I guess thats to be expected when theyve got the majority that they have. Especially you know, and patch is like mine in yorkshire, where they have com pletely yorkshire, where they have completely wiped out a lot of the labour mps. Completely wiped out a lot of the labour mp5. You can see why they are happy with themselves. When we think about the kind of premises hes made, lets start with brexit, yeah . So we have the withdrawal bill going through very quickly, and then we have this, i think its fair to say, ambitious target of getting everything tied up in terms of the future agreement by the end of next year. Theres a bit of debate about you know, how realistic that is. Whats your take on the level of confidence in government that that can be done . I thinkjudging from the atmosphere in the commons today, theyve got a huge majority, compared to the last couple of years that weve had and i think there will be very confident Going Forward over the next year, that they will be able to deliver on their promises to get those trade negotiations signed off in the next year. But going back to what you are saying about borisjohnson going back to what you are saying about Boris Johnson having going back to what you are saying about borisjohnson having a spring in his step i think the snp have a new spring in their step, as of once on the chamber, they were chomping at the bit to get in and interject, and having one of those seats themselves, they have a new spring in theirstep, i themselves, they have a new spring in their step, i think. Thats interesting, we were talking to some people earlier, and indeed, to andrew bowie before that, a scot, of course. I was going to come to about the, may be earlier than i thought, but you have raised enough, so i will bring it up straightaway, do you think we are going to reach a crunch points, given the fact that the first minister has taken you know, very assertive step today and said, look, you know, we have a mandate as well. We have a mandate in this general election as the Scottish National party, our policy was clear, it is to ask for a second referendum. Now, you must respect that. Boris johnsons referendum. Now, you must respect that. Borisjohnsons answer is no. Where does the crunch point come . think the line at the moment from the government is very much that no, there will not be a second independence referendum, it was a once ina independence referendum, it was a once in a generation question in 2014. But, privately, a lot of tory mps, particularly in the Scottish Party acknowledge that if the snp were to win another mp and holyrood in 2021, it would become irresistible to allow that referendum to take place, and theres not really much argument against it. Its a democratic point, i think the. So you think thats the most, 2020, the next election, Scottish Parliament, what do you think would be the most important . think would be the most important . think so, there is a broad private discussion at least at the moment, the fact that we will have to be there will have to be some kind of debate around that time. What you mention labour, the fact that they suffered heavy defeats, especially in your region. Of course the northeast, what is your sense of where labour is going in leadership terms, you know, people have been quite careful about not wanting to signal personal preferences at this stage, but do you sense that there an on labour benches to move towards an on labour benches to move towards a leadership which is really distanced very starkly from what corbyns been doing, or do you think that they will want more of the kind of same but just that they will want more of the kind of same butjust a different person doing it. Yeah, so thats the division, isnt it . Thats really where its going to decide if they can win back some of those seats in yorkshire, for example, at the next election. Because what people heard on the doorstep, activists i spoke to throughout the campaign, the big problem wasJeremy Corbyn. Itjust was, and brexit. AJeremy Corbyn came up was, and brexit. AJeremy Corbyn came up on was, and brexit. AJeremy Corbyn came up on most doorsteps. So if labour go through a leader which is a continuity leader, much of the same, i dont think thats going to play very well in yorkshire. You know, people want a bit of change. However, you know, we are talking about the government keeping their promises when people are voting on brexit lines, if the government dont deliver, those voters could swa p dont deliver, those voters could swap back to later next election, so its off to play for on both sides. The physiology is interesting, isnt it . We heard it again earlier, people have loaned us their vote. The assumption being that some you know, this is not a lifetime switch. They have not died at world tories, these are regions that are traditionally voting Labour Committee tends to be in the blood. The problem has been, for them, that labour has become a more, may be socialist focused party, which isnt necessarily what people in the heartlands have voted for, but, you know, lets see what happens in the next five years. Daniel, and your view, who will be the stars of this new government . I think you know, some of the standouts are that borisjohnson are some of the standouts are that Boris Johnson are promoted, some of the standouts are that borisjohnson are promoted, you know, i think is one thats up and coming in the party, ithink robert generally goes well, he is up and coming to another young tory, i think those that are outside the government at the moment, you mentioned andrew bowie, he was very popular in the party committed that operator, so i wouldnt be surprised to see people like that coming quite far over the next five years. And you are up and coming stars, what would you say to viewers at this time . Welcome i would like to see some women, really. There was a photo tweeted yesterday of the new tory intake from the north, and it was all white men, so i would really like to see some women and some prominent cabinet positions. In yorkshire we have miriam kate, she was very prominent at the tory conference this year, so i could see her being a bit of a star. We will be watching. Good to talk to both. Have a good christmas. A bit of a rest as well, yeah . Good to see you, thanks for coming. Thank you very much. How are things there to geraldine into daniel. In a few minutes, george is here with the bbc news at six p m. , but we are returning to nick now the weather. Hugh. Its all about the rain at the moment. It keeps on coming. Several bouts of rain coming in across england and wales in particular, this is the rainfall picture so far today, this warm area has a right the day of christmas in england, now its in Northern Ireland and parts of scotla nd its in Northern Ireland and parts of scotland commits continues to spread its way northwards as we go through the night. Flood warnings increasing across parts of england, so some flooding already more rain isnt going to help that situation from a difficult travel conditions as well. Here comes that batch of rain isnt going to help that situation from a difficult travel conditions as well. Here comes that batch of rain, Northern Ireland and scott and their into parts of england and wales, some of that is going to be quite heavy as well going to be quite heavy as well going into the morning. There is no frost overnight. This is the picture for tomorrow though, and a wet start through prince of wales, particularly central and eastern england. Some of that may spring to eastern scotland, and he rain and westerns, teasing, so much of scotla nd westerns, teasing, so much of scotland and Northern Ireland looking me in the dry by tomorrow afternoon to my few fog patches could be slow to clear Northern Ireland. In wales, southwest england, but still rain in the afternoon for the midlands, in northeast england, temperatures sinking down, but the wind isnt as strong compared with today. That ta kes strong compared with today. That takes us onto the weekend. For some of us, it is going to turn dryer, as low pressure really just of us, it is going to turn dryer, as low pressure reallyjust pushes across southern parts of the uk with more rain on saturday to a neck saturated ground, so thats not going to help. Elsewhere, we will see bright skies, but also if you show run. Lets take a look at saturday then. We start with these showers want to begin with, some bright spells as well. Some of the showers are going to fade, but in the next area of rainfall comes into the next area of rainfall comes into the soft, that will be persistent and happy for some of us, mayjust fringe into southwest is welcome to some uncertainty about then took back how far north that is going to get them as we going to sunday, that begins to police on these rates, behind that, some bright or sunny spells with a few showers and more especially across western parts of the uk on sunday. Temperatures now for the most part are in single figures. Looking into next week, there are weather changes on the way. We start with some showers around, but then actually its going to be turning dryer, a bit colder, i think more particularly cold and frost and fog around in other places well. Weather changes on the way into next week, and a very wet at the moment. It looks like that rain is going to be easing. Havent got much snow in the christmas forecast, budget, and important into the rain. No carriage, no crown. A slimmed down ceremony, but crammed full of bills from brexit to hospital car parks. All walk and no talk the winner and loser in the election, back together in the commons. This is not a programme for one year or one parliament it is a blueprint for the future of britain. As this government ploughs ahead with its programme of gimmicks and false promises, we will be holding them into account every step of the way. A new parliament, a new government with a new plan but leaving the eu comes first. Also in the programme tonight