baroness kennedy, good to talk to you- _ experience. baroness kennedy, good to talk to you. thank _ experience. baroness kennedy, good to talk to you. thank you _ experience. baroness kennedy, good to talk to you. thank you for - to talk to you. thank you for joining us on bbc news. the first ministers of northern ireland, scotland and wales have called on uk prime minister borisjohnson to reverse plans to end the top up to universal credit. people who claim the benefit have been getting an extra £20 a week as a temporary measure to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. the uplift is due to come to an end this week. the first ministers say there is "no rationale" for stopping the payments at a time when millions of people are facing what they describe as an "unprecedented squeeze on household budgets". the government has announced a household support fund worth half a billion pounds to help those affected. a 15—year—old girl from portsmouth has died from coronavirus on the day she was due to be vaccinated. jorja halliday died in hospital on tuesday, four days afte

helena kennedy, because in looking into this she said many have questioned whether it the possible to agree a clear deaf mission of conversion therapy, we recommend it is referred to as any practise that seeks to suppress cure or change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. this captures the practises of those who are intent on trying to heal people, to make them normal, as well as those so—called therapies whose purpose is to sup perez a person's gender identity. how do you see that and the broader debate? ~ ., , , , ,., debate? well, we would fully support that broad definition, _ debate? well, we would fully support that broad definition, gallup - that broad definition, gallup supports lgbtq victims and a significant proportion of young clients — significant proportion of young clients are currently going through conversion — clients are currently going through conversion therapy or at risk of being _ conversion therapy or at risk of being put— conversion therapy or at risk of being put through it in the uk today. — being put through it in the uk today, and we

joining us now is sue fish, former chief constable of nottingham police and baroness helena kennedy, a criminal barrister and labour peer. thank you very much forjoining us. you will be aware of the guidance that has been put out by the metropolitan police at how women in particular should approach the situation if they are approached by a serving police officer and proposed an arrest. do you agree with this guidance? i proposed an arrest. do you agree with this guidance?— proposed an arrest. do you agree with this guidance? i appreciate the met felt they _ with this guidance? i appreciate the met felt they need _ with this guidance? i appreciate the met felt they need to _ with this guidance? i appreciate the met felt they need to do _ with this guidance? i appreciate the | met felt they need to do something. they have _ met felt they need to do something. they have also had six months to think— they have also had six months to think about something, and this was the best— think about something, and this was the best they could do. flagging down _ the best they could do. flagg