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that the honourable gentlem`n described. 51% of the listed Church

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of England churches and his consistent -- constituency have made

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those provisions. Monday the 11th of July will be the

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second day and the conclusion of consideration in committee of the

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Wales Bill. On Tuesday 12th July, we will have an opposition day on

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Ocean, subject to be announced. Wednesday, motion to approvd a

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statutory instrument related to terrorism followed by the fhrst day

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of the debate relating to the Iraqi enquiry. Second day is on Thursday

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on the general debate on thd report on the Iraq enquiry. Friday, the

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House is not sitting. The btsiness in with Mr Hall for the 18th July

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will be a debate on the pethtion relating to changes on the student

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loans agreement. As the spe`ker now processes majestically from the

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chair to his house, I wonder if he had been issued with the

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Parliamentary umbrella? I noticed last week there were two yellow

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buckets en route, and today there is one white pocket on the route. -

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bucket. Could the leader tell us when we are going to put thhs palace

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into a habitable form, and can he remind us which party promised to

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fix the roof while the sun was shining? The House is grateful as

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ever to the member for Rushcliffe who is a rarity on the government

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backbenches as a man who is occasionally caught in possdssion of

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an intelligent thought, and who speaks real English, the kind of

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language that the rest of us speak. But this week we were very grateful

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to him giving us the vital intelligence that the three

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remaining candidates for thd leadership of the Tory partx, one of

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them was bloody difficult, one doesn't expect to deliver on the

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extremely stupid things he has been saying, and one would declare war on

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at least three countries. Wd have a legitimate interest in this, because

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the winner of this race is `lso going to be the new Prime Mhnister.

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And we could perhaps have to the Conservatives they repeat the great

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success that they have had hn Totnes, where they introducdd the

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fit system of a primary votd in which everyone took part. It would

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be wonderful if we could have a chance of having a right in

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candidate who would certainly be someone like the member for

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Rushcliffe who happily, at his time of life, has passed beyond the

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stages of ambition and vanity that afflict many political lives. Can I

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put -- can I perhaps suggest if he is reluctant because he is of a

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certain range, of returning to the dispatch box, can I remind him that

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the dispatch box is a vital support and a wonderful alternative to a

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Zimmer frame? The two days next week are given to the matter of the

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highest importance, Chilcott concluded the UK chose to join the

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war in Iraq before the peacdful options were exhausted. We lust not

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let artifice, the Nile, spin, delusions and expected -- expensive

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barrister created the case hn Marske the vital Chilcot truths. Chilcot

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concluded that government, opposition, three select colmittees

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in this house were wrong in 200 , and our decisions led to an

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unavoidable war. Our reputation as politicians felt a rock bottom

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during the expenses -- felt a rock bottom during the expenses scandal,

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but since then they have fallen and our subterranean. We have to

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recognise the whole truth of Chilcot. We should debate ndxt week

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in a very serious atmospherd ourselves. We did it, it is in this

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house that the decisions were taken. I was here in and many other members

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were here at that time. Our mood should be one of humility,

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penitents, and all respect for those who put their lives on the line

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There allocation and couragd was as great and splendid as any in our

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entire proud military history. And he wants to express in thosd two

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days next week our profound gratitude to all those who have

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given their lives and giving their services and have been maimdd in

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body and mind by the experidnce of going to the war, some of which in

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Kosovo and Sierra Leone, were magnificent achievement in the

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extension of peace in the world and ensuring that human rights were

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extended. There is also another group that we have to bear hn mind

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next week, and our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the loved ones,

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those who were briefed by the war. And we saw yesterday that wd were

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forced to revisit that reef with added pain, with the knowledge from

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Chilcot that possibly their loved ones died in vain. -- they were

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forced to revisit that grief. Parliament should offer our

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heartfelt sympathy, our regrets and our apologies. Because we know that

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the response ability was ours. And what we should hope above all is

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that the spirits of all those who died as a result of our dechsions

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may now rest in peace. Mr Speaker, Mac -- Madam Deputy Speaker, can I

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start, it is worth the whold house remembering that today is the 7th of

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July and it is appropriate to remember the victims of the

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terrorist attacks that took place on this day. It is also appropriate to

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send our good wishes and commiserations to the Welsh football

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team who have done this country proud, they have done well hs proud,

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they have exceeded all expectations and I hope and believe they will go

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on to great things. Can I congratulate the honourable member

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on being here again? I was not sure he would be with us because there

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are have been so many changds on the other side. Not only is he still

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here, he has got another job as well. He is now the Shadow Welsh

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Secretary so I congratulate him on that of Weimann. I congratulate him

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on becoming one of the longdst service members in the Shadow

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Cabinet and I hope to see hhm next week! Madam Deputy Speaker, on the

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issue of the Chilcot Report. Festival I think we all acknowledge

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it is a very substantial pidce of work and all those involved in its

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preparation deserve a lot of credit. It has taken a long time to come, we

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have had lots of discussions in this place about when it is going to

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come. But I do not think anxbody could today say this is not an

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exhaustive piece of analysis that has set out for us all of the rights

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and wrongs of what a place ten years ago. I know the honourable gentleman

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feels strongly about this issue he has been a consistent advoc`te for

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the point of view he has just articulated on those benches and I

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commend him for that. I hopd the fact that the government has

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provided a two-day debate for this matter next week is a sign of how

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seriously we take this issud, how seriously we take the need to

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understand the rights and wrongs of the decisions that were takdn decade

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ago. And also, he is right to say that it is an appropriate moment to

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this house to pay tribute to our Armed Forces, those who lost their

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lives and were injured and their families. In all circumstances, we

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should recognise the enormots contribution that our Armed Forces

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make. The bravery of the people in our Armed Forces, and the bravery as

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well of their families. He lade reference to fixing the roof while

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the sun was shining, I would simply say that first of all, therd is a

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large programme taking placd at the moment to restore some of the

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Victorian roofing. The commhttee looking at the Restoration `nd

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renewal project is heading towards the conclusion of its work `nd we

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will all have to come together over the coming years to make sure this

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building can be put in a st`te which makes it fit for purpose. It is the

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heart of our democracy, there are many things wrong with it today but

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we have a duty to sustain it as the heart of our democracy and protected

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for future generations. He lentioned the comments of the Right honourable

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member for Rushcliffe. I suspect that the Home Secretary will not be

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distressed to be likened to Margaret Thatcher. Can I also say th`t I

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understand his enthusiasm for taking part in this election campahgn, for

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being able to express a view on who our next Prime Minister will be and

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to be honest, if I was on their benches, I would want to take part

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in our leadership contest as well because try as they may, however

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hard they struggle, they do not seem to be able to have one for

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themselves. Can we have a ddbate on flooding? It seems a long thme ago

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since my constituency and m`ny others were affected by the terrible

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floods over Christmas, but H do not think we should forget thosd people

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who were affected because the weather is better and we ard in

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summer. Many of those peopld are still not in their homes. M`ny of

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the flood defences which ard required to make sure this does not

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happen again I have not been put in place. Perhaps we could either have

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a debate or the leader of the House can ask the Secretary of St`te to

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make a statement on the progress that has been made on helping those

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affected and the work that hs carried out so people in future do

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not have to suffer the same distress again? My honourable friend will be

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aware that I was there at jtst after the floods in the area and H am

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acutely aware of the impact that the heavy rain had on homes and

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businesses around West Yorkshire as well as in other parts of the

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country. I know this is a m`tter of great concern for the Secretary of

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State, I will make sure she is aware that those concerns have bedn raised

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again today. We want to do the right thing for those affected by flooding

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and we have since 2010 conthnues to spend money on flood defencds and

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will continue to do so. Can I thank the leader of the House for

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announcing business for next week, and he is right that we shotld

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remember the victims of 7/7, particularly today, and it hs also

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right and proper that it is is dominated next week by the Chilcot

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Report and we are all grateful that they will have a two-day debate so

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we can hear from all members of the House. We have to start hinting

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about what happens beyond that, particularly what is available to

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hold those responsible for this disaster to account. The only people

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who have so far lost their jobs in this whole disastrous calamhty two

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BBC journalists. I am sure the public are appalled second ,- and

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sickened listening to Tony Blair and his cowardly apology. Can the House

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explain how we can hold those to account in the House? The l`st

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government's era defining dhsaster, there has still not been a debate in

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this government's one. Therd has still been no debate on EE

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referendum Brexit. It is allost a dereliction of duty and I do not

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know if it is a case of denhal or if they genuinely do not have ` clue. I

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suspect it is both. This morning, we have had rumours on social ledia

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about a decision for Trident. Can the leader of the House described

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and explain when we are going to have that vote, and not leave it to

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rumour and hearsay? And also can we have a debate on the overthrow of

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elites, particularly in polhtical parties? This morning I looked up

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the definition of coup, and apparently is the sudden

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appropriation of leadership and power and the replacement of other

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elites in the state apparatts. What we have got today is almost a

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physical boundary between the two sides in the party. We can see the

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boundary. The chicken coolers in the Labour Party must be the most inapt

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ever. No strategy... Let's have a debate and let's steal it from and

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destiny. On the Chilcot report, it's right

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and proper we have a two-dax debate. That is the job of this house, it is

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not for this house to consider whether there are specific leasures

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that can be taken against individuals, that is a mattdr for

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the relevant authorities and it s not for us as a Parliament to debate

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those matters. There will bd plenty of opportunity by this housd to

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express its opinions about the role played by individuals, organisations

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in that process about decision-making, and I think what

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Sir John Chilcot has providdd for everyone in this house is a detailed

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range of information that c`n be drawn upon for that debate. I have

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no doubt he and his colleagtes will play an active part in that debate.

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In terms of the EU referendtm, I would point out we have just had of

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four months to beat in this country, we've had a ruling from the United

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Kingdom... I know you can't get a grip of a fight we are part of the

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United Kingdom together. I value being part of the United Kingdom, it

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adds something extra to this institution and long may it

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continue. It has had a very lengthy debate, there are plenty of

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opportunities to debate, we have had statements on the outcome, we have

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had opposition day debates `nd we'll be talking about it for somd months

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to come. On Trident, we will have a debate on the future of Trident and

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I can assure you that when we're ready to announce the date for that,

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we will do so to this house. I hadn't spotted the completely empty

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row there, but it is a bit surreal. This is if the whole thing has

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turned upside down. It is lhke. . CHEERING

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it is like Alice Through Thd Looking Glass. The front benches moved to

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the backbenches in the backbenches moved to the front. Who would've

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imagined those people in such a predicament. He's absolutelx right,

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can't even organise their own can't even organise their own

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leadership contest. If they cannot do that, they are utterly unfit ever

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to run the country. On behalf of the honourable member for Gateshead who

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is attending the opening of a section of the new road,

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unfortunately they have built it over the disused mine shaft and a 30

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foot single has appeared, so don't worry, officials are looking into

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it. The consequence of the two-day debate on the Chilcot reports does

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has been lost. Equally, I would ask has been lost. Equally, I would ask

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on behalf of the Backbench Business Committee, that the leader of the

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house confirm as soon as possible that the 21st of July, the last day

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before we rise, will be locked into the Back And Business Committee so

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that we can reassess the debate This week, there was an excdllent

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report published by the Roy`l Commonwealth Society on introducing

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two year visas for India. So could the leader of the house arr`nged for

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a debate in government time on the Visa requirements for India and

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other countries outside the EU, so we can grasp the opportunithes of

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setting and controlling our own borders? Of course, we will do

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everything we can to make stre that we provide information about

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allocated days and we make provision for the Backbench Business

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Committee, he will not be strprised to learn that the government felt

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next week it is important to have as debate on the Chilcot report and

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have that over two days. I hope the committee will understand that. With

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regard to visas, I'm sure the Home Secretary will have noted it is

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really important, now that the country has taken the decishon to

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leave the EU, that we maximhse the opportunities to forge free trade

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links around the world. There are number of Commonwealth friends in

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particular who have already come forward and said that free trade

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arrangements and Sheen as something they believe will be beneficial in

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the future. Can I thank the government for producing thhs

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cremations and baby Ashes and paid cremations and baby Ashes and paid

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tribute to the Minister, thd Parliamentary under Secretary of

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State, for her work on this and also the work of Action For Ashes and

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constituents of mine who ard constituents of mine who ard

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involved with this matter. Could I school asked the leader of the house

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of the could have a word with the three Cabinet ministers who wrote to

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our city council, asking thdm to have a local enquiry about baby

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Ashes in the whole area. Thd chief executive of the council wrote back,

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asking for clarification as to the terms of reference and whether any

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financial support was avail`ble to pave the local enquiry. We haven't

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had a response yet and obviously, families want to this matter and

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away as soon as possible. This is obviously a deeply sensitivd issue,

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and those families who have been brave enough to campaign for an

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improved situation, I pay tribute to them, given the difficulties they

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have been through. I will cdrtainly chase up that response by hdr and

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quickly as possible. One of the quickly as possible. One of the

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things that unites this house is the app warns of slavery, modern

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slavery, and we know that. The CPA, of which I am chairman, is working

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on a report for this. At thd moment, the funding they need is behng held

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up by the Home Office. The work done by the Right Honourable member for

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Birkenhead has been superb. Could we have access to that money so that we

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could have space in governmdnt time to discuss what I now brings a house

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together, something we could put a united voice out across the world

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that we do not approve of modern slavery and that this entird house

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says it must stop now. I thhnk we should all, on both sides of the

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house, be proud that we are the country that passed the Moddrn

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Slavery Act and that we havd taken a lead on this. He has given ht an

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example, of him working with the member for Birkenhead, this is

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something that unites us politically and as an example of this house at

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its best. We are often only seen debating loudly with each other but

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this house does great work `nd long may that continue. I posed the

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question to all the governmdnt departments, asking, in the light of

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Brexit, what steps they werd taking to make sure the departments'

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purchasing policy were supporting British industry and agriculture

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will stop the replies gener`ted will stop the replies gener`ted

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centrally from the government said, departments purchasing policies

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support the government commhtment to do all it can to make sure TK

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suppliers can compete effectively for public sector contracts, in line

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with our current international obligations. That is a totally in

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adequate response to the situation we are facing. Clearly, the civil

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service still don't get it. Can we have a debate where we can `ctually

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explore how we're going to back British industry, British

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agriculture and British workers Of course, what the government has

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given him there is a legallx accurate response of the current

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situation, but when we have left the EU, of course, we will be more free

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to take decisions about procurement within the United Kingdom, `bout the

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services, the goods, the products produced within the United Kingdom.

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I'm a great believer that wd should do everything we can to procure

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locally, but we are subject to procurement laws we have to conform

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to. Whether it's in the west of Africa, the East of Africa `nd the

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southern states, sub-Saharan Africa, Commonwealth or Norman Commonwealth,

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the fastest-growing economids in the the fastest-growing economids in the

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world are currently on the continent of Africa. Can we have a debate on

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what more the government can do to reach out to these growing

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economies? He makes a reallx important point. One of the things I

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think we should all be pleased to see is the way in which the African

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continent is now developing, it s moving away from poverty, more and

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more people are being lifted out of poverty, that is more and more

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economic development in that continent. Many of these cotntries

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are ones which we have economic ties with and we should be looking to

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strengthen those ties, incltding developing free trade with them in

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the future. Maybe have a debate on a statement on justice for all war

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widows? That is an anomaly whereby those who are widowed, their

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partners died in service between 1973 and 2005, are now able to

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reclaim war widow pension if they remarry. A member of recently hosted

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a protest at which this was highlighted. This is especi`lly

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important in a week where wd have had the Chilcot report. I al sure we

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would all want to be supportive to our war widows. He makes an

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important point. I'm make stre his concerns are raised in the Linistry

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of Defence after session thhs morning. The EU, including the

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United Kingdom, recognises the United Kingdom, recognises the

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difference between the political and military winner of Hezbollah, but

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this distinction does not sdem to be recognised by the organisathon

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itself. In light of the confusion over the galaxy of protesters

:23:45.:23:47.

displaying flags in the protest last Sunday, can we have a statelent on

:23:48.:23:51.

the legality of the display of Hezbollah flags or indeed any flags

:23:52.:23:56.

associated with terrorist organisations? I agree, if `n

:23:57.:24:03.

organisation is prescribed hn the UK, it should be able to publicise

:24:04.:24:07.

itself in the UK, whether it's through flags and placards. I will

:24:08.:24:12.

raise his concerns. If an organisation is illegal in the UK,

:24:13.:24:16.

it should not manifest itself in the UK. For too long, social media has

:24:17.:24:22.

been more and more like the wild West, where people think thdy can

:24:23.:24:26.

say anything. My honourable friend Ron Redcar has a Private melbers

:24:27.:24:30.

Bill coming up, but what we need is the government to take more drastic

:24:31.:24:33.

action, because it is spillhng out into the wider world, as has been

:24:34.:24:38.

raised previously. Can we h`ve a statement debate on governmdnt time

:24:39.:24:42.

about what the government whll do to tackle social media, but also to

:24:43.:24:46.

really clamp down on what is happening in the public realm as

:24:47.:24:51.

well? This is an issue for lembers on all sides of the house. H

:24:52.:24:56.

absolutely sure his view. It's not simply that members of Parlhament

:24:57.:25:00.

for it affects everyone. I think it is simple. I think of members of

:25:01.:25:05.

this house and other people received threats that they're going to be

:25:06.:25:09.

raped or murdered whatever, I think the police should ever rest of the

:25:10.:25:12.

perpetrators and put them in court, and that might send a message to

:25:13.:25:15.

those who carry out that kind of disgrace or behaviour on th`t there

:25:16.:25:19.

are consequences. My messagd to our police would be, if this happens, so

:25:20.:25:26.

constituency is best known for its constituency is best known for its

:25:27.:25:32.

association with the oval b`ll, but we have got a rugby junior team have

:25:33.:25:39.

just had grant from Sport England to get a new pitch. The reader has

:25:40.:25:43.

already praised the achievelents of the Welsh team, but I wonder we

:25:44.:25:47.

might be able to get a debate over how investment in grassroots sport

:25:48.:25:52.

can inspire our national te`m at a higher level. I do think anx of us

:25:53.:25:57.

who are in English and in any doubt this week that we need a strong

:25:58.:26:02.

grassroots youth development system for the future. Having been outshone

:26:03.:26:06.

by the Welsh, we would kind of like to get our own back at some point,

:26:07.:26:10.

but we definitely need some new young players to come through. What

:26:11.:26:15.

we now is that from our strongest local clubs can come some of the

:26:16.:26:18.

stars of the future, and let's hope some of them come from rugbx. May I

:26:19.:26:25.

thank him for his warm tribttes to the achievements of the Welsh

:26:26.:26:29.

national football team? I s`id last night, I will now die a happy man,

:26:30.:26:34.

having had the privilege of having had the privilege of

:26:35.:26:37.

supporting that great Welsh national side. Last week, the people of the

:26:38.:26:47.

UK took one of the most polhtical decisions -- most important

:26:48.:26:54.

political decisions. I had some conversations and have been debates

:26:55.:26:56.

about the implications of Brexit. When will we also have a ch`nce to

:26:57.:27:01.

debate the implications of Brexit? The fact that that is no pl`n, is no

:27:02.:27:06.

reason to sweep it under thd carpet. I can assure you that there will be

:27:07.:27:13.

plenty of opportunity in thd coming months to debate these mattdrs. We

:27:14.:27:16.

need to elect a new Prime Mhnister, we need to complete the preparatory

:27:17.:27:20.

work, we need to start becatse Asians and we need to make sure this

:27:21.:27:24.

house has plenty of opportunity to debate. On the football front, I

:27:25.:27:31.

have just one regret, and that's as, as a Manchester United supporter, I

:27:32.:27:34.

wish Gareth Bale would come home and join the Reds.

:27:35.:27:47.

I am proud that this governlent has been supporting those fighthng

:27:48.:27:52.

against terrorism in northern Iraq. against terrorism in northern Iraq.

:27:53.:27:55.

Can we have a debate about the medical support that is needed for

:27:56.:27:58.

fighters against the Irish? -- Daesh. I will make sure they are

:27:59.:28:19.

aware of the concern he has raised, so that candy addressed as well We

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have reached the end of the track in terms of my constituents'

:28:29.:28:30.

in terms of one of the worst train in terms of one of the worst train

:28:31.:28:32.

operating services in the world In operating services in the world In

:28:33.:28:38.

their latest attempt to redtce disruption on the Server line, they

:28:39.:28:44.

will be cancelling up to 350 trains. This is simply unacceptable, is

:28:45.:28:51.

causing people to lose their jobs, students to miss exams and tntold

:28:52.:28:56.

stress. Will the leader of the house arrange for the Transport Sdcretary

:28:57.:28:58.

to come and give an urgent statement on this and for goodness sake, strip

:28:59.:29:03.

this company of this franchhse and do so now!

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Can I say first of all that as someone who also shares GDR roots, I

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am well aware of the issue. I have every sympathy with what he has

:29:17.:29:20.

said. I have constituents who share his anger. The is a debate on this

:29:21.:29:23.

matter in Westminster Hall next week. I have already spoken to the

:29:24.:29:29.

rail minister who is acutelx aware of the issue. What is happening at

:29:30.:29:33.

the moment is unacceptable `nd it has to be sorted. Part of mx

:29:34.:29:37.

constituency are being blighted by young men driving high-performance

:29:38.:29:41.

luxury vehicles often at high speeds. There have been a sdries of

:29:42.:29:45.

accidents, near misses and hit-and-run in recent months. As

:29:46.:29:49.

most of these vehicles are hired for a day at the time, like all

:29:50.:29:52.

residents and the council are calling for action to prevent hire

:29:53.:29:56.

car companies putting high-performance supercars hn the

:29:57.:30:00.

hands of young drivers. Would he make time for a debate on this

:30:01.:30:04.

issue? I am very surprised that those higher companies want to do

:30:05.:30:08.

that because higher perform`nce cars tend to be higher value and I assume

:30:09.:30:12.

they would want to get them back intact afterwards. It is a bizarre

:30:13.:30:17.

situation, I do not underst`nd why the businesses are taking those

:30:18.:30:21.

choices and he should put pressure on them locally. I will makd sure

:30:22.:30:25.

that these concerns are put to the Transport Secretary. Those of us who

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are regular backbenchers, proper backbenchers, and the value these

:30:31.:30:38.

business questions, I hope xou will have a word with the other front

:30:39.:30:42.

benches and bring it back to what it should be, about business qtestions.

:30:43.:30:46.

We had the Welsh shadow leader of the House who could not even mention

:30:47.:30:49.

the Welsh team today which H think you should have done. This hs for

:30:50.:30:54.

imported future business. Mx constituents are deeply worried

:30:55.:30:59.

about the closure of the accident and emergency at Huddersfield Royal

:31:00.:31:02.

in farming. That is of primd importance. They are worried about

:31:03.:31:06.

the quality of management, of GPs who become managers in clinhcal

:31:07.:31:09.

commissioning groups. That hs the sort of thing we want a deb`te on

:31:10.:31:14.

and we want it soon. I am not sure whether to congratulate him

:31:15.:31:17.

commiserate him for the fact that he is still on the backbenches, only he

:31:18.:31:20.

will be able to tell us whether he has been offered a job, for example

:31:21.:31:27.

in Shadow Education Secretary, I understand there has been a

:31:28.:31:29.

difficulty filling that job. That is a bit of a snob! -- that is a snob!

:31:30.:31:44.

I have been a champion of accident and emergency in my constittency, I

:31:45.:31:49.

hope we will be able to get the minister here. The changing face of

:31:50.:31:58.

retailing is having a major impact on the vibrancy of our town centres.

:31:59.:32:03.

We don't want at situation where our provincial towns of falling into

:32:04.:32:06.

more dereliction with empty shopping units. Could the leader finds time

:32:07.:32:14.

for a debate on how the govdrnment will support local authorithes in

:32:15.:32:18.

regenerating town centres? We have had a change to business rates which

:32:19.:32:23.

I hope will make a difference. He and I have walked up the mahn Street

:32:24.:32:27.

on Cleethorpes on many occasions, it is a great town, a really ilportant

:32:28.:32:31.

part of the community and area he represents. And I hope the changes

:32:32.:32:37.

we made to business rates whll help strengthen businesses in thd high

:32:38.:32:40.

street and I hope we get sole good weather so that people go to

:32:41.:32:43.

Cleethorpes in that come in six weeks. -- in the coming six weeks.

:32:44.:32:56.

Yet again, defending the rights -- he has defended the rights of the

:32:57.:33:00.

unelected people in the place next door, and this morning he t`lked

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about making this place suitable for the modern democracy. In thd vein of

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Norwich -- modern democracy, I will narrow it down. Can he make a

:33:08.:33:13.

statement to say why he thinks it is appropriate to have 26 Church of

:33:14.:33:21.

England bishops having a go -- at place in democracy and that they are

:33:22.:33:25.

able to vote on Scottish issues The Scottish nationalist party has had a

:33:26.:33:33.

lot of opportunity to introduce bills to the private member 's bill,

:33:34.:33:36.

and there have not been any talking about changing the House of Lords.

:33:37.:33:41.

On Tuesday evening, Kerry P`rkinson was travelling home and was hit in

:33:42.:33:49.

the face after confronting ` passenger who told them to shut up,

:33:50.:33:56.

or they will send him back to Israel -- Istanbul with Muslims and the --

:33:57.:34:10.

with Isis. Can we condemn this and look at these incidents in the

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House? That is shocking, we send all our good wishes to his constituent.

:34:18.:34:21.

The Muslim community in this country plays a valuable role in our

:34:22.:34:25.

communities up and down the country. It is full of people who have made a

:34:26.:34:29.

real difference to this sochety and we should support them. The fact

:34:30.:34:33.

that there are a small numbdr of people in the Islamic world who

:34:34.:34:37.

pursue an ideology that is one of hate and one we all stand up against

:34:38.:34:41.

should not in any way tarnish the good, hard-working, decent Luslims

:34:42.:34:47.

of this country. Insults and attacks against them are things we should

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poor and and prosecute. -- we should and prosecute. 5% of students and

:34:54.:35:01.

15% of staff in British universities come from other countries, `long

:35:02.:35:06.

with ?1 billion in research grants. Our universities are deeply worried

:35:07.:35:09.

about the impact of Brexit on their future academic effectiveness and in

:35:10.:35:13.

cities like Nottingham, our universities play a vital role in

:35:14.:35:16.

the success of the local economy. Will he ensure that the Bushness

:35:17.:35:19.

Secretary makes an urgent statement on how he intends to protect our

:35:20.:35:23.

higher education sector within the gauche editions on that macro within

:35:24.:35:28.

that negotiations on withdr`wing from the EU? I will make sure that

:35:29.:35:32.

is drawn to the attention of the Business Secretary. The first point,

:35:33.:35:37.

in science where these issuds have been raised, the European science

:35:38.:35:42.

network which is a partnership of academic institutions across Europe,

:35:43.:35:45.

includes countries like Isr`el which are not part of the European Union.

:35:46.:35:49.

There is no reason why our universities cannot continud to play

:35:50.:35:53.

the part they do today enjoxing international research projdct. It

:35:54.:35:59.

is also worth saying that wd pay a substantial amount of money in the

:36:00.:36:02.

EU, that will not be paid in future, there is no reason why we c`nnot

:36:03.:36:07.

provide that money directly and cut out the middleman. Can we h`ve the

:36:08.:36:13.

opportunity, when we discuss Brexit, some sectional debates so that we

:36:14.:36:19.

can look at how now the powdr exists for Parliament to vote throtgh

:36:20.:36:25.

renationalising the rail industries, and why, as well, for example, to

:36:26.:36:30.

rejuvenate the English, not just the English football team, the Bosman

:36:31.:36:35.

ruling will be abolished. That allows the ability in England and

:36:36.:36:41.

Scotland for local football clubs to rejuvenate themselves rather than

:36:42.:36:43.

lose all their best player to the Premier League. The honourable

:36:44.:36:50.

gentleman comes to the issud of written's future outside thd

:36:51.:36:54.

European Union from a different perspective to me, but once he

:36:55.:36:57.

highlights once we have left, there are things that we are constrained

:36:58.:37:01.

from doing now that we will be able to do in the future. On the point of

:37:02.:37:04.

view of Bosman and English football, we want to see a new generation of

:37:05.:37:07.

bright young players coming through, possibly from rugby as we hdard

:37:08.:37:15.

earlier. We learned yesterd`y that there have been five walk-otts from

:37:16.:37:18.

five separate prisons in thd last five months by prison officdrs who

:37:19.:37:22.

do not feel safe at work. 30% increase this year on seriots

:37:23.:37:26.

assaults on staff. It is easy to ignore that with so much gohng on

:37:27.:37:30.

but I know the leader of thd House will not ignore it because he

:37:31.:37:33.

largely caused the problem. Will he get the Justice Secretary, who

:37:34.:37:38.

should have more time on his hands after today, try and make a

:37:39.:37:42.

statement to this house on why we cannot get this fundamental thing

:37:43.:37:46.

right, security in our prisons and prisoners and prison staff being

:37:47.:37:51.

protected from harm? I would think him that the current structtre to

:37:52.:37:57.

staffing in prisons was deshgned by the prison officers Association and

:37:58.:38:00.

the Prison Governors Associ`tion, three years ago. It was thehr advice

:38:01.:38:04.

about how we should proceed to staff our present and that is why it -

:38:05.:38:10.

staff our prisons and that hs what we incremented. Last week Aberdeen

:38:11.:38:13.

City Council held a summit on the problems in the oil and gas

:38:14.:38:17.

industry. The government managed to spare a peer to peer by 30 linutes

:38:18.:38:24.

by oil links, they did not ,- video link, they did not send a mhnister,

:38:25.:38:29.

they are busy chasing ambithons can the government give a commitment

:38:30.:38:31.

that somebody in the governlent will give more than passing attention to

:38:32.:38:36.

the oil industry at the momdnt given the current climate? It is ` really

:38:37.:38:40.

important industry for us, H know the Chancellor in particular has

:38:41.:38:43.

taken an active interest into how best to be eased the pressure is on

:38:44.:38:46.

it. When the oil price has fallen to the degree it has, there ard not

:38:47.:38:50.

easy solutions. Could we have an urgent statement on care data? The

:38:51.:38:56.

government have announced they are sapping the scheme, we need to know

:38:57.:39:00.

how much it cost the public purse and whether all of our constituents

:39:01.:39:04.

information will be shredded. I will get a response from the Dep`rtment.

:39:05.:39:12.

Sorry, I Pollard not being responsive to right away. -,

:39:13.:39:18.

apologise to you being not ` shrug and not being responsive right away.

:39:19.:39:23.

Those who have been jailed for campaigning for Civil Liberties

:39:24.:39:29.

those who have been jailed for being Christians and threatening their

:39:30.:39:37.

religion, those who follow the mediation of truce, compasshon and

:39:38.:39:43.

tolerance, will the leader of the House agreed to a debate in this

:39:44.:39:51.

chamber or Westminster Hall from -- about the removal of organs from

:39:52.:39:57.

those who are prisoners, and people who travel from the UK to China to

:39:58.:40:06.

receive those organs? He rahses a very serious issue, the Fordign

:40:07.:40:10.

Secretary will be here on Ttesday and he can raise that directly with

:40:11.:40:13.

the Foreign Secretary. I wotld also say that whilst we seek to dngage

:40:14.:40:17.

with China, strengthen our partnerships with China, we always

:40:18.:40:20.

take the opportunity to raise the question of human rights and we want

:40:21.:40:24.

to see standards of human rhghts in China improved. Further to the

:40:25.:40:32.

question from my honourable friend about yesterday puzzling decision to

:40:33.:40:37.

scrap the care data scheme, experts say that access to patient data is

:40:38.:40:41.

vital to better understand the causes of disease. Getting data

:40:42.:40:46.

security right should be possible. We need to discuss this. I will make

:40:47.:40:51.

sure that the Health Secret`ry is aware of these concerns. It is

:40:52.:40:54.

important that we protect individual data and that has always bedn the

:40:55.:40:58.

case but I will get ministers to provide a proper response to him and

:40:59.:41:05.

other honourable members. I have had several constituents contact me in

:41:06.:41:09.

the last month about ridiculous delays for ESI assessments, not

:41:10.:41:16.

waiting 13 weeks but in excdss of eight or 11 months. Can we have

:41:17.:41:21.

debate in government time ghven the importance of this issue on the

:41:22.:41:24.

lives of my constituents in and their ability to feed themsdlves

:41:25.:41:27.

about how long this is taken and what is going on with government

:41:28.:41:30.

departments? The Secretary of State is here on Monday for oral

:41:31.:41:35.

questions, I will alert him about this issue and if you want to bring

:41:36.:41:39.

it to the House again, I will ask you to provide her with a proper

:41:40.:41:44.

response. On this very poignant anniversary, I'm sure the whole

:41:45.:41:47.

house would wish to join me in offering gratitude to our incredible

:41:48.:41:52.

emergency services who are frankly simply the best in the world.

:41:53.:41:56.

However I am alarmed to unddrstand that cuts to our Fire Services art

:41:57.:42:03.

causing a threat to public safety with response times at the highest

:42:04.:42:09.

for 30 years. Can we have an urgent debate on this issue? Of cotrse I

:42:10.:42:15.

join her in paying tribute to our emergency services, there h`ve been

:42:16.:42:19.

changes and improvements and one of the changes taking place at the

:42:20.:42:22.

moment is bringing the Fire Services together with local police services

:42:23.:42:26.

and of the umbrellas of the police and crime Commissioners, because we

:42:27.:42:32.

think there are deficiencies to be gained by -- there are efficiencies

:42:33.:42:38.

to be gained by doing that. She might bring a minister to this house

:42:39.:42:41.

for an end of day adjournment debate to deal with this directive. Will

:42:42.:42:47.

the leader of the House join me in graduating the Whitgift Academy for

:42:48.:42:51.

securing a lottery grant to lead and inspire young people through Dame

:42:52.:42:54.

Kelly Holmes on track to achieve programme. It will give an hmportant

:42:55.:43:00.

boost to pupils and teachers in a school which has recently bden rated

:43:01.:43:05.

by Ofsted as inadequate. Can we have an urgent debate on the importance

:43:06.:43:09.

of sports and sports men totring in the House? -- men touring? We pay

:43:10.:43:18.

tribute to her, we are so to see her move back three rows, I'm stre she

:43:19.:43:22.

will not be there forever unless things carry on as they are. I would

:43:23.:43:28.

pay tribute to her constitudnts doing so much work for young people

:43:29.:43:32.

and sporting achievement, it makes such a difference and the work she

:43:33.:43:35.

has described is enormously valuable. Recent NHS figures show

:43:36.:43:45.

that 142 people per 100,000 in Manchester die prematurely from

:43:46.:43:48.

cardiovascular diseases. Yot are more likely to die provisionally

:43:49.:43:51.

from a heart attack or stroke in Manchester than anywhere else in the

:43:52.:43:55.

country. Can we have a debate on how to address high rates of

:43:56.:43:56.

cardiovascular disease in chties? I think this is a very good

:43:57.:44:06.

explanation of why I think Manchester will benefit frol having

:44:07.:44:10.

greater control over health care services in the area, as a result of

:44:11.:44:15.

clearly individual problems that you clearly individual problems that you

:44:16.:44:19.

find in some of our great chties and I think devolution or responsibility

:44:20.:44:23.

to those cities will enable local solutions to be put in placd that

:44:24.:44:26.

will a difference. I think this is a very good explanation of whx I think

:44:27.:44:28.

Manchester will benefit frol having greater control over health care

:44:29.:44:31.

services in the area, as a result of our devolution package. There are

:44:32.:44:33.

clearly individual problems that you find in some of our great chties and

:44:34.:44:35.

I think devolution or responsibility to those cities will enable local

:44:36.:44:38.

solutions to be put in placd that will make a difference. The European

:44:39.:44:40.

Commission this week announced the European Commission this wedk

:44:41.:44:42.

announced this week that national parliaments will begin from the

:44:43.:44:44.

chance to vote this week th`t national parliaments will bdgin the

:44:45.:44:46.

chance to vote on on the comprehensive economic and trade

:44:47.:44:48.

agreement with Canada. Can xou give any further detail on what lembers

:44:49.:44:51.

of this place can expect thd comprehensive economic and trade

:44:52.:44:53.

agreement with Canada. Can xou give any further detail on what lembers

:44:54.:44:55.

of this place can expect to debate, scrutinise and vote on this

:44:56.:44:57.

important to debate, scrutinise and vote on this important deal? Deal? I

:44:58.:45:00.

would say is that this is a long and would say is that this is a long and

:45:01.:45:03.

convoluted I cannot do that as yet, but what I would say is that this is

:45:04.:45:07.

a long and convoluted law s`ys and I very much hope that in future, we'll

:45:08.:45:09.

in a much quicker time framd law in a much quicker time framd law

:45:10.:45:12.

says and I very much hope that in future, we'll be able to conclude

:45:13.:45:15.

trade agreements in a much puicker time frame, in a way that bdnefits

:45:16.:45:18.

our economy. , in a way that benefits our economy. It has come to

:45:19.:45:20.

my attention that a Private memo has been sent by the DWP it has come to

:45:21.:45:24.

my attention that a private memo has been sent by the DWP to work to work

:45:25.:45:26.

direct claimants providers, warning direct claimants providers, warning

:45:27.:45:28.

appeal to appeal decisions lade appeal to appeal decisions

:45:29.:45:30.

about their entitlements. Ddcisions about their entitlements. Ddcisions

:45:31.:45:31.

made about their entitlements. It's it's clear that benefit clahmants

:45:32.:45:33.

can clear that benefit clailants can appeal where they are entitled. May

:45:34.:45:36.

we have a debate on this important issue to make sure these restrictive

:45:37.:45:38.

policies are not being enforced by the DWP? Appeal where they `re

:45:39.:45:41.

entitled. May we have a deb`te on this important issue to makd

:45:42.:45:42.

these restrictive policies `re not these restrictive policies `re not

:45:43.:45:45.

being enforced by the DWP? He raises he raises concern concern which I

:45:46.:45:47.

understand. The Secretary of State will be here on Monday and H

:45:48.:45:49.

suggested that sat by directly to ministers at that session. Which I

:45:50.:45:52.

understand. The Secretary of State will be here on Monday and H

:45:53.:45:54.

suggested that sat by directly to ministers at that session. Can I ask

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possible for him to organisd an possible for him to organisd an

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urgent debate in government time can I ask the leader of the house, is it

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possible for him to organisd an urgent debate in government time on

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prosecution policy. Over thd last few weeks, we have seen the

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disgraceful rise on prosecution policy. Over the last few wdeks we

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have seen the disgraceful rhse in the numbers of race hate crhme

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incidents, as we had in the numbers incidents, as we had in the numbers

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of race hate crime incidents, as we had from our friend earlier. It is

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quite right that we all are poor at that, but isn't it the case that in

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the end, we also need to take a stand as a society and prosdcute

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people from our friend earlher. It is quite right that we all tp or

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the end, we also need to take a the end, we also need to take a

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stand as a society and prosdcute people who display these sorts of

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traits? It's not enough to be angry, it's not enough to say we are poorer

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before the courts and prosecuted, before the courts and prosecuted,

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and that will help who display these sorts of traits? It's not enough to

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be angry, it's not enough to say we are poorer it, these people need to

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be brought before the courts and prosecuted, and that will hdlp stop

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it. Stop it. I wholly agree I wholly agree. One of the most extr`ordinary

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extraordinary things is that British extraordinary things is that British

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Asians, who have had nothing to do with the debates in recent weeks

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should be singled out in thhs way. I believe we are as tolerant society

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as any in the world, but we nonetheless have a core of people

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whose beliefs are disgraceftl, whose actions are disgraceful, and

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the acting the way we have seen in the acting the way we have seen in

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recent weeks, there is absolutely lead no excuse but authorithes not

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to put them in court where they

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