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UK politics live: Rayner accuses Tories of ‘wallowing in sleaze’ after Speaker allows vote on move to stop Paterson suspension UK politics live: Rayner accuses Tories of ‘wallowing in sleaze’ after Speaker allows vote on move to stop Paterson suspension
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Latest updates: crunch vote – which will see Tory MPs told to shelve a report from the cross-party standards committee – will go ahead after 3pmLatest updates: crunch vote – which will see Tory MPs told to shelve a report from the cross-party standards committee – will go ahead after 3pm
Robert Barrington, professor of anti-corruption practice at the University of Sussex, has posted a thread on Twitter strongly critical of the government’s stance in the Owen Paterson case. It starts here.
From the FT’s George Parker
These are from Patrick Maguire from the Times on the 59 Tory MPs who have signed the Andrea Leadsom amendment.
And this is from Sam Bright from Byline Times on the same group of MPs.
Of course, now it is not just the 59 Tories named on the order paper (pdf) who are backing the amendment; all Conservatives have been told to vote for it.
Prospect, a union representing many workers in the public sector, has condemned the proposal to vote down the Commons standards committee report into Owen Paterson. Garry Graham, its deputy general secretary, said:
Angela Rayner is responding for Labour. She says the next week and a half will be crucial.
She says Labour wants Cop26 to be a success.
But there is some cause for concern, she says. The G20 needed to be a springboard for Cop26. But it did not achieve that, she says. She says the PM is failing to persuade world leaders that more needs to be done. She says commitments for the distant future are not enough.
She says the government should have followed the example of Wales, and ruled out new coal mines. And the government is agreeing a trade deal with Australia that excludes climate pledges.
Turning to vaccines, she says in some of the poorest countries only 3% of people have been vaccinated. The UK is lagging behind all G7 countries bar one in sharing vaccines. That is “shameful”, she says.
Boris Johnson is making a statement on the G20 summit in Rome and Cop26.
He says at Paris the world agreed to keep the increase in global temperature to 1.5C.
Now is the moment of global reckoning, he says.
If we fail, Paris will have been a failure, and every other summit too, he says.
He says if global temperatures were to rise by 2C, coral reefs would be destroyed. There would be an ever warming and acidic ocean.
He says the G20 summit provided “encouraging evidence” of that will to deal with this.
Britain was the first G20 country to commit to net zero. Now 18 of the G20 countries have done that, he says.
He says the G20, including China, agreed to stop funding international coal projects.
The G20 also agreed to levy corporation tax at 15%.
It adopted a target of vaccinating 70% of the world’s population against Covid by next year, he says.
And the G20 agreed to work together to address supply chain problems, he says.
Johnson says far more needs to be done to spare humanity from catastrophic climate change.
So the biggest summit ever hosted by the UK is now underway in Glasgow, he says. It is trying to keep the aspiration of 1.5C alive, he says.
He says for millions of people the outcome is literally a matter of life or death.
The negotiations have two weeks to run. But we can take heart from what has been achieved so far, he says. He says 90% of the world’s economies are now committed to net zero. There have been agreements on methane and deforestation. India has set a target for half its energy to come from renewable sources.
Johnson says he asked the world for action on coal, cars, cash and trees. Progress is being made on three out of four of these, he says. He says the government will press on with this until the last hour.
Ruth Edwards (Con) asks if the PM supports her campaign for new healthcare centre in Rushcliffe.Ruth Edwards (Con) asks if the PM supports her campaign for new healthcare centre in Rushcliffe.
Johnson says he is sure the health secretary will do his utmost to help.Johnson says he is sure the health secretary will do his utmost to help.
Johnson says he would oppose a “checkpoint Chigwell” proposal to charge cars coming into London.Johnson says he would oppose a “checkpoint Chigwell” proposal to charge cars coming into London.
Johnson says the government has helped people on universal credit with a “£1bn tax cut”.Johnson says the government has helped people on universal credit with a “£1bn tax cut”.
He is referring to the lowering of the taper rate, which is a benefit increase not a tax cut.He is referring to the lowering of the taper rate, which is a benefit increase not a tax cut.
Johnson says it would be massively in the interests of Iran and its people it it were to return to the international nuclear energy agreement.Johnson says it would be massively in the interests of Iran and its people it it were to return to the international nuclear energy agreement.
Mike Wood (Con) asks if the PM agrees stop and search is necessary to keep the streets safe.
Johnson says he made this point recently in a meeting with Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London. He says Khan did not share his support for stop and search.
Paul Blomfield (Lab) asks about a constituent who is a victim of the cladding crisis. When asked about her case recently, the PM said she had an unnecessary sense of anxiety. Will the PM meet her to explain this?
Johnson says he has every sympathy for this person. But it is unfair if people are made to feel anxious unnecessarily. He says systems like waking watches are making people worried. Many millions of homes are not unsafe. Blomfield should have the courage to say so, he says.
Sarah Green (Lib Dem) says global warming makes epileptic seizures more common.
Johnson says this issue is very interesting. The government will look into it, he says.
Jill Mortimer (Con) asks about a constituent whose two-year-old daughter went missing almost 40 years ago. Will the PM meet the father and reassure him this case has not been forgotten?
Johnson says he will have this meeting “father to father”.
Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative chair of the health committee, asks if the PM agrees that Health Education England should do regular forecasts of the number of new medics who need to be trained.
Johnson says the government is already hiring more doctors and nurses.
Florence Eshalomi (Lab) asks about a constituent who killed herself after being abused. But her abusive partner is set to inherit her estate because she had not got divorced when she died. Will the government fix this loophole?
Johnson says MPs will share Eshalomi’s revulsion at this. He agrees to a meeting to consider this loophole.
Andrea Leadsom (Con) welcomes the support for early years development in the budget.
Johnson says Leadsom, who has been campaigning for better early years spending for many years, is entirely right.
Kate Osborne (Lab) asks when the PM will get serious about levelling up in the north-east.
Johnson says the north-east will benefit from the biggest investment in rail, outside HS2, for a century.
Peter Gibson (Con) asks about the eastern leg of HS2.
Johnson says Gibson should wait until the integrated rail plan comes out.
Neale Hanvey (Alba) says the rest of the UK is dependent on Scotland for carbon capture and storage. Does the PM realise that his rejection of this is seen in Scotland as an act of deliberate vandalism.
Johnson says the government will come back to the Scottish cluster bid. The spirit of cooperation and joint enterprise on display across the whole of the UK is encouraging, he says.