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mr speaker, i thank the honourable gentleman for all of the comments, and what i would say to him is he should hear what they have to say about him, mr speaker! after a day of wrangling with mps on the right of his party, rishi sunak emerged victorious last night, in a vote on the cotentious legislation to rescue his rwanda scheme. in the end, not a single tory mp voted against it, although many abstained, which means a showdown at later readings of the bill, still likely in the new year. but while it was all merriment and myrth in the chamber, over at the home affairs select committ...

but on paper, the deal secured in dubai this morning is hugely significant. for the first time ever, there is language and a commitment to move away from fossil fuels. its impact, of course, will depend in large part on whether the signatories actually take steps to implement what they have agreed in the coming decade. after all, some of those countries included the united states, australia, canada, norway, who right now are expanding their already significant oil and gas production. there are many who had wanted a strongerform of words — particularly the smaller island states, who...

he has, well, it's an ongoing saga about his activity on twitter, or x. the bbc had to change its entire social media guidelines because he always seems to be... well, people were asking if he crossed the lines politically. this latest drama is all about a letter, criticising the government's policy about asylum seekers. he signed the letter, and then there was some criticism from conservative mps, and he responded to those mps — for instance, lee anderson. he said if he lost his seat at the next election, he could put a word in for him at a well—known crystal factory in the uk. ...

the president of cop28 sultan al—jabar said it's an "historic" agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a stronger form of words, calling for the "phasing out" of coal, oil and gas. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has been following the negotiations around the demands and interests of various groups. we waited and we waited and then... hearing no objection, it is so decided. ..with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here in dubai, and that is the fastest that an agreement...

discussion— seen whether that is part of the discussion next year when we are having _ discussion next year when we are having our— discussion next year when we are having our general election, but it is certainly — having our general election, but it is certainly the case there is a lot of debate — is certainly the case there is a lot of debate about how we translate national — of debate about how we translate national commitments to tackle climate — national commitments to tackle climate change into concrete action, so we _ climate change into concrete action, so we are...