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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 3pm | Latest updates: crunch vote – which will see Tory MPs told to shelve a report from the cross-party standards committee – will go ahead after 3pm |
| The UK’s ability to cope with new Brexit checks for the export of food to the Europe has been hit by a dramatic fall in the number of EU vets coming to the UK, MPs have heard. | |
| Demand for vets, now required to sign off export health certificates, has rocketed since Brexit. | |
| But James Russell, senior vice president of the British Veterinary Association, told the international trade committee that since Brexit the numbers of EU vets registering in the first eight months of the year had fallen to 250 from 757 in the equivalent period in 2019. The drop was significant given that EU vets represented 50% of the register before Brexit. | |
| “We’re less than a third of the vets coming into the country,” he said. | |
| At the post-PMQs lobby briefing No 10 claimed that its backing for the Andrea Leadsom amendment is not about letting Owen Paterson off the hook, the Mirror’s Pippa Crerar reports. | |
| No 10 also said this was not a case of MPs marking their own homework, the Mail’s Jason Groves reports. | |
| The Public Relations and Communications Association, which represents the PR industry, has said in a statement the Owen Paterson affair shows the need for tougher lobbying legislation. “This dispute stems from a lack of effective lobbying legislation,” it said. “The row over Owen Paterson’s activity offers unequivocal proof that our lobbying laws need to be overhauled.” | |
| Sir Peter Bottomley, the Conservative MP and father of the Commons, told the World at One that he would not be voting for the Leadsom amendment, Sky’s Tamara Cohen reports. | |
| Here are two of the leading newspaper political columnists on the Owen Paterson debate. | |
| From the FT’s Robert Shrimsley | |
| From my colleague Rafael Behr | |
| You can read the Leadsom amendment in full here. | |
| Boris Johnson accused Labour of “playing politics” with the Owen Paterson case during PMQs. He was responding to Angela Rayner, the deputy Labour leader, who said the Tories are now “wallowing in sleaze”. | |
| Rayner asked about the Paterson case in her opening question, and Johnson started off by saying “paid lobbying, paid advocacy in this house is wrong”. But this case was about the fairness of the inquiry, he claimed. | |
| Rayner claimed that in no other profession would someone found guilty of misconduct be let off just because their friends were supporting them. She said: | |
| She also said: “While [the Conservatives] are wallowing in sleaze, the rest of the country faces higher bills, rising costs and damaging tax rises.” | |
| But Johnson claimed that Paterson had been denied a right of appeal. He said: | |
| The claim that Paterson was denied natural justice was strongly denied by Labour’s Chris Bryant, chair of the standards committee, in his article for the Daily Telegraph. See 10.57am. | |
| 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. | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | He says the G20, including China, agreed to stop funding international coal projects. |
| The G20 also agreed to levy corporation tax at 15%. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |