Coming up the next half hour as theresa may sets out to brexit plans, in the commons mps are told both houses will have a vote on the final deal. The Northern Ireland secretary calls for a respectful election following the breakdown of the stormwater assembly. And is it time foran the stormwater assembly. And is it time for an overhaul of Business Rates 7 time for an overhaul of Business Rates . When you look at high streets, they are full of charity shops, Estate Agents and the odd copy shop. The Prime Minister says the uk will leave the eu Single Market as a result of brexit. Theresa may made the announcement during herfirst major speech, outlining her strategy for taking britain out of the eu. Mrs may said she wanted to build a stronger britain in charge of its own laws, in control of immigration and pursuing free trade and she warned europes leaders that no deal for europes leaders that no deal for europe was better than a bad deal. In the commons the brexit Secretary Set out the proposals to mp5. In the commons the brexit Secretary Set out the proposals to mps. The plan to build a strong, new partnership with european partners, while reaching beyond the borders of europe, forging deeper links with old allies and new ones. Today we set up 12 objectives for the negotiation to come. They answer the questions of those who ask what we intend up while not undermining the uks negotiating position. We are clear what we seek is that new partnership, not a partial eu membership. Not a partnership, not a partial eu membership. Nota model partnership, not a partial eu membership. Not a model adopted by other countries, not a position that means we are half in and half out. Our objectives are clear. The deliver certainty and clarity where we can, to take control of our laws, to protect and strengthen the union, to protect and strengthen the union, to maintain the common travel area with the republic of ireland, control immigration, detect the rights of eu nationals in the uk and uk National Scene eu, detect workers writes, allow free trade with european markets, forge new trade deals, boost science and innovation, detect and enhance cooperation of the crime and terrorism and make our exit smooth and orderly. It is the outline of an ambitious new partnership between the uk and the countries in the eu. We are under no illusions. Agreeing terms that work for both the uk and the 27 nations of the eu will be challenging and no doubt there will be bumps on the road once talks begin. We will embark on a negotiation clear however that no deal is better than a bad deal. The Prime Minister no setting out ambitions is the easy bit. Delivering is much more difficult. The Prime Minister has taken a precarious course of taking the uk out of simple Market Membership and changing the customs arrangement. This will cause concern to businesses and the trade unions and the Prime Minister should have been more ambitious. I think we should support the government. Will be Secretary Of State confirmed this that insisting of cot insisting on controlling her own borders and insisting on doing International Trade deals is inconsistent, not just International Trade deals is inconsistent, notjust with membership of the eu but also the Customs Union and the Single Market. Soi Customs Union and the Single Market. So i agree, after todays speech it isnt hard brexit, it is full brexit. In the first part of her speech the pm made a commitment to enhance and protect workers rights of art enhance and protect workers rights ofart in enhance and protect workers rights of art in the end was threatening to Ta Ke Of Art In The End was threatening to take them away and to undercut the re st of take them away and to undercut the rest of europe and rip up the British Economic model, if we dont get what we want. Can he now withdraw that brett and be clear that britain will not do that . Otherwise, if the government is willing to rip up workers rights, as soofi as willing to rip up workers rights, as soon as negotiations get difficult how can we trust them to ensure that the rest of britain was like interests are protected if the negotiations get difficult as well . I will say to her what i said to a couple of weeks ago, there is no circumstance under which we would whip up workers rights. In the unlikely event that we were to get a bad deal and the house were to vote against it, what would be the impact in terms of our status with the eu . Well, the referendum last year set in motion a circumstantial the uk will leave the eu. We wont change that. What we want is a vote so the house can be behind and support the policy with which we are quite sure they will approve off when we get there. What i dont understand when reading the Prime Ministers statement on listening to my right honourable friend is which country the world will enter into a Trade Agreement with country on the basis that the rules are entirely what the british say they will be on any particular day and if theres any dispute about the rules it will be sorted out the British Government . Well, my. My. Goes on outside have a short memory. I can forgive my right honourable friend. He didnt hear the first question. I a nswered didnt hear the first question. I answered it in the same way i will a nswer answered it in the same way i will answer this, which is of course there will be agreements between us and they will be arbitrated by an organisation which we agree between us, not normally the European Court ofjustice. Us, not normally the European Court ofjustice. Once the uk has left the eu there will be a £9 billion hole in uk finances. Why does the government believed that the eu will prioritise negotiating the trade deal with the uk over more lucrative markets such as the us or china . Im afraid she is wrong about the more lucrative market bit. Once we are outside the eu we are the largest market for the european union. Eu workers in scotland contributes 7. 5 billion pounds to our economy, not to mention the huge contribution they make to our social fabric. What is he going to do to protect their rights and protect scotlands race in europe . We will not be managing the Immigration Policy or the Migration Policy in a way which harms the national interest. That means not causing labour shortages, shortages of talent and so on. That applies globally and to each nation, the uk as well. The Northern Secretary is hoping campaigning in next months Assembly Election doesnt exacerbate tensions and division. Northern ireland is going to the polls on the second of march following the collapse of the executive in belfast. Thejeopardy first minister of Northern Ireland, martin mcguinness, resigned last week in protest at the handling of Renewable Energy scheme. That meant the first minister Arlene Foster was out of a job as well, meaning Northern Ireland executive was brought to a halt. They are hotly contested. This is part of the essence of our democracy. Nobody expects the debate around the key issues in Northern Ireland to be anything less than robust. I would however like to stress the following this election is about the future of Northern Ireland and its political institutions. Notjust the assembly, but all of the arrangement that are being put in place to reflect relationships through these islands. That is why it will be vital for the campaign to be conducted respectfully and in ways that do not simply exacerbate tensions and division. Ive been involved for more than three decades in Northern Ireland related issues. Ive learned one thing, a political vacuum ive learned one thing, a political vacuum should be avoided at all costs. You must make sure that you are not only willing to fill that vacuum, are not only willing to fill that vacuum, are you must are not only willing to fill that vacuum, are you must work with all parties to try to see a way forward, so we avoid the Nightmare Scenario of six weeks of campaigning, which results in the same place where we started, with less in place to deal the huge divide and bring together those who are elected to represent all of the people of Northern Ireland. Laurence robertson hadjust returned from londonderry. Ireland. Laurence robertson hadjust returned from londonderrylj ireland. Laurence robertson hadjust returned from londonderry. I did detect and witness a great sense of frustration about what is happening, and a great sense of disappointment that the assembly yet again was under threat, and indeed this time has fallen. Does the Secretary Of State therefore agree with me, and indeed the proposal made by the shadow Secretary Of State, that the coming weeks should perhaps be used to explore all possibilities . Because none of us do want to see a return to direct rule snow. Because none of us do want to see a return to direct rule snow. We are deeply disappointed and angered by the decision of sinn fein to walk away from the devolved government. It is very clear this election isnt about the rhi issue because had it been then it could have been sorted out and indeed this election will serve to disrupt and delay Sorting Thoseissues serve to disrupt and delay sorting those issues out. What it is about is sinn fein seeking opportunity with a advantage, seeking to overturn the result of the election held just a few months ago and seeking to gain a list of concessions from the government on legacy issues, such as rewriting the past and putting more soldiers and policemen in the dock and other issues and more concessions and other perversions from the dup. Lets be clear. We will work through selection to correct the devolved government. But let the people know thatjust as we government. But let the people know that just as we have not given government. But let the people know thatjust as we have not given into sinn fein demands in the past, we will not bow down and give into sinn feins unreasonable demands Going Forward , feins unreasonable demands Going Forward, because that is what this election is all about. They urged the Northern Ireland secretary to support an enquiry into the energy scheme. A public enquiry, Public Confidence will sink even further and make restoration of the executive even more difficult. That is what the people are telling me on the street of the last few days and last week, that they basically need to seek clarity. That we are having and election. The reply was that the issue was critical in re establishing the Publics Trust and confidence. Mps have been told that staffing is the biggest problem facing Maternity Services in england. The Health Committee heard that enough midwives are being trained but are necessarily being employed. Claire dearing followed a report from the National Childbirth trust, each blamed the shortage of midwives for women feeling as if they are being treated like cattle. The study of 2500 women found that half had experienced a red flag event, such as not getting timely access to Pain Relief Due to a lack of staff. Really workforce pressures on all the Health Disciplines associated with maternity care, and i would add Help Visitors who are incredible importance. Half of the people you serve eight were found to be clinically uncared for . We looked at events defined by nice macro as red flag event is and they are identified as those that do in most cases mean there is a Staffing Shortage and in this case mostly in midwifery. So it was mainly care, processes of ca re, midwifery. So it was mainly care, processes of care, but were delayed. It included medication being given, which might have been pain relief or antibiotics or other drugs needed by women, which was obviously should have been given a timely fashion, either because woman was in great pain and requested pain relief, or with antibiotics obviously they need to be taken as a course and it is important that they are taken on time. One woman reported that the bed she was given birth in, she wasnt helped it to wash or the sheets washed for 12 hours, which i imagine is really unpleasant and distressing for her and almost certainly a risk of greater infection. While we are training enough midwives and enough midwives are coming out into the system, the difficulty is that not enough of them are being employed. Although we have been seeing increases in midwifery numbers, over the last few years, were now seeing flatlining. The number of midwives is actually starting to look as though it is reducing in our services. The number has been quoted at about 2500, 2600 of the gap. Do you support that figure . Our current figure is 3500 midwives short. There are various issues. One is that we are seeing a rapidly increasing number of midwives retiring from the service, so the numberof midwives retiring from the service, so the number of midwives now aged over so the number of midwives now aged over 50 is very significant. So a need to replace as midwives leave and the numbergoing need to replace as midwives leave and the number going out is now pretty much equating to the number coming in. So youre getting flatlining of the workforce. The National Childbirth trust talking about findings from a recent survey that half of the women in the survey that half of the women in the survey received clinically unsafe ca re survey received clinically unsafe care because of Staffing Shortages. How can you respond to that . My understanding of what the assessment is, is as soon as we have had the nice Staffing Guidelines we have been clearer than before when we we re been clearer than before when we were not able to meet the safe, optimal guidelines we set for the units. A red flag essentially means that a Director Of Nursing or midwifery has sight of the fact there is a serious issue within a unit, which is a positive, because previously we didnt know if we were having a red flag event or not, and people were able to respond accordingly, and by and large they are safe places. That isnt a position we want to be in in the long term, which is why challenging ourselves Going Forward, having the right staff is absolutely critical it is also the reason why while the National Figures are reasonable, there are local scenarios as well, because some places find it hard to recruit than others, and we have to understand whether other places have models of working that midwives prefer and learn from some of that practice as well. You are watching tuesdayitin practice as well. You are watching tuesday it in parliament. At the same time that theresa may was on herfeet same time that theresa may was on her feet making her same time that theresa may was on herfeet making her big same time that theresa may was on her feet making her big speech the chancellor Philip Hammond was answering treasury questions. He explained the uk couldnt stay in the Single MarketFollowing Brexit because eu leaders made it clear they wouldnt allow perks on the Free Movement of people. Do you agree that the resilience of the economy would be best served by what the pm has said today, that britain will be leaving the Single Market with no ifs and no buts. We have for six months kept open as many options as possible while we look at the way forward in this negotiation with the eu. We have heard clearly the views of the political red lines expressed by other european leaders. We want to work with them, we want to recognise and respect their political red lines. That is why the Prime Minister is setting out right now the position that she is. That is that we will go forward understanding that we cannot be members of the Single Market. That is because of the political red lines around the freedoms that other european leaders have set. In the seven years to 2014 scotlands trade with the eu growth 20 , twice the rate in competitive the uk, and vital for a resilient economy. Todays hard tory brexit puts that at risk, but is it not also a kick in the teeth to many of those who voted to leave, believing they would bea voted to leave, believing they would be a eea arrangement in place to mitigate the