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going around the country as I am doing to talk with young people | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
about their priorities and how we can ensure they are fully involved | :00:00. | :00:11. | |
in the democratic process. Puestions to the Prime Minister. Mr Stephen | :00:12. | :00:19. | |
Dowty. Thank you, Mr Speaker. This morning I had meetings with | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
ministerial colleagues. I whll have further meetings later todax. | :00:24. | :00:32. | |
Foreign steel is being used in our key defence projects. We know the | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
Prime Minister likes to channel the iron Lady, but when will shd show | :00:38. | :00:44. | |
some metal in standing up for some British made steel? This government | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
has stood up for British made steel and we have made a number of | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
measures for the steel industry But the honourable gentleman saxs there | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
is no clarity in relation to Brexit. I am clear that what we want to | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
achieve is the best possibld deal for businesses in the United Kingdom | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
to be able to trade and operate within the single European larket. | :01:06. | :01:12. | |
Prime Minister, I applaud the government's continued commhtment to | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
infrastructure development with 6000 projects in the pipeline worth 80 | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
billion. Can the government is quickly take forward the lower | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
Thames crossing, and extra investment in roads that will help | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
to build more homes, jobs and businesses in the Thames Gateway | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
area? I am grateful to my honourable friend I'm grateful to him for | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
recognising the contribution the government has made. The importance | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
of that investment, we have consulted on proposals around the | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
lower Thames crossing. Therd were more than 47,000 responses `nd those | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
are being considered and thd Secretary of State for Transport | :01:54. | :01:55. | |
will make his response in dte course. Jeremy Corbyn. Could I take | :01:56. | :02:09. | |
this opportunity of welcoming Mesa Constance McGinn and hope the | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
evidently effective crash course in midwifery undertaken by my | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
honourable friend, the membdr for Saint Helens Norton isn't assigned | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
to the government we believd in midwifery training. -- downgrading | :02:23. | :02:35. | |
midwifery training. Mr Speaker, a few months ago on the steps of | :02:36. | :02:43. | |
Downing Street, the Prime Mhnister promised to stand up for falilies | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
who are just managing to get by However, however, we now know these | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
were just empty words as thhs government plans to cut work | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
allowances for exactly thosd families who are just getting by. | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
Isn't it the case her cuts to universal credit will leave millions | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
worse off? First of all can I congratulate the right honotrable | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
gentleman on the birth of I understand, his granddaughtdr. No? | :03:14. | :03:28. | |
Then, I completely missed the point. In that case... | :03:29. | :03:43. | |
Wait for it. In that case, can I just say perhaps one should never | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
trust a former Chief Whip! LAUGHTER. | :03:49. | :04:12. | |
And on the point the right honourable gentleman has rahsed in | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
relation to universal credit, the introduction of universal credit was | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
an important reform brought about in the welfare system. It is more | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
simple so people can see much more easily where they stand in relation | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
to benefits. Crucially, the point about universal credit is m`king | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
short work always pays. As people work more, they earn more. Ht is | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
right we don't want to see people just written off to a life on | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
benefits, but we are encour`ging people to get into the workplace. It | :04:47. | :04:53. | |
is unfair to blame a former Chief Whip for some confusion. Not a very | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
gallant. Can we not just Adlir the member for Saint Helen 's North for | :05:00. | :05:14. | |
his work? Mr Speaker, Mr Spdaker, it is extremely rude to point! Mr | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
Speaker, her predecessor ab`ndoned these same cuts to working people | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
through the tax credit systdm. Now she is enacting them through | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
universal credit. The Centrd for Social Justice says these ctts will | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
leave 3 million families ?1000 a year worse off. Why is the Prime | :05:35. | :05:43. | |
Minister slipping the same cuts in through the back door? I have to say | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
to the right honourable gentleman, at least my Chief Whip has ` job. On | :05:48. | :05:59. | |
the serious point he raises about universal credit, I repeat what I | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
have just said. It is important to look at why universal credit was | :06:06. | :06:08. | |
introduced. Under the benefhts system under the Labour govdrnment, | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
what we saw was too many people finding they were better off on | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
benefits than they were in work What is important is the value work, | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
we value getting people into work, where they are able to work. But we | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
want a system that is fair `nd it is a system that is fair both to those | :06:29. | :06:36. | |
who need the benefits, but `lso fair to those who pay for the benefits | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
through their taxes. There `re many families struggling to make ends | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
meet who are paying for the benefits of others. I want a system that is | :06:44. | :06:52. | |
fair to them as well. This week Mr Speaker, Oxford University studies | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
found that there is a direct link between rising benefit sanctions and | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
rising demand for food banks. A million people accessed a foodbank | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
last year to receive parcel. Only 40,000 did so in 2010. I welcome the | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
government's promised to review the workplace assessment for disabled | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
people, but will she reassess the whole punitive sanctions regime It | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
is absolutely right that in our welfare system, we have a sxstem | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
that make sure those people who receive benefits, are those who it | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
is right to receive benefits. That's why we have assessments in our | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
welfare system. It is also hmportant in our welfare system, we ensure | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
those who are able to get into the workplace, are making every effort | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
to get into the workplace. That s why we have sanctions. What the | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
right honourable gentleman wants is no assessments, no sanctions and | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
unlimited welfare. That's not fair to the people accessing the welfare | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
system and it's not fair to the tax payers who are paying for it. | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
According to Sheffield Hall`m University study, one in five | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
claimants who have been sanctioned became homeless as a result. Many of | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
those included families with children. Could I recommend the | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
Prime Minister supports British cinema and takes herself along to | :08:23. | :08:30. | |
the cinema to see a film called I, Daniel Blaikie. And perhaps she | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
could take the Work and Pensions Secretary with her because he | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
described the film as unfair and then went on to admit he had never | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
seen it. He has a very fair sense of judgment. But I will tell hdr what | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
is unfair, Annex servicemen dying without food in his own due to the | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
government's sanction regimd. It is time we ended this instituthonalised | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
barbarity against often, very vulnerable people. I have to say to | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
the right honourable gentlelan, of course it is important that in our | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
welfare system we ensure those who need the support the state hs giving | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
them to the benefit system `re able to access the bat. But it is | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
important in our system, those who are paying for it feels the system | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
is fair to them as well. Th`t is right, that is why we need to have | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
work capability assessments, it is why we need to have sanctions in our | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
system. The right honourabld gentleman has a view there should be | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
no sanctions and unlimited welfare. I have to say to him, the L`bour | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
Party is drifting away from the views of Labour voters. It hs this | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
party that understands workhng-class people. Mr Speaker, the housing | :09:51. | :09:57. | |
benefit bill has gone up by more than ?4 billion because of high | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
levels of friends and the ndcessity of supporting people in that. Is | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
that a sensible use of publhc money? I think not. In response to the | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
March budget, I asked the Chancellor to abandon... I asked the | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
Chancellor, Mr Speaker, to `bandon the ?30 cut for disabled people on | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
Employment and Support Allowance, unable to work. But with support may | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
be able to work in the future. They want to be able to get into work. | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
What evidence does the Primd Minister have that imposing poverty | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
on people with disabilities actually helps them into work? I am pleased | :10:35. | :10:41. | |
to say, what we have seen under this government is nearly half a million | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
disabled people now in the workplace. The Secretary of State | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
for Work and Pensions has l`unched a Green paper on work which is looking | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
at how we can continue to provide and increase support for those who | :10:55. | :10:57. | |
regard the tables and want to get into the workplace. But he started | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
by asking me about the incrdased in housing benefit. If he thinks the | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
amount of money spent on hotsing benefit, is so important, why did he | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
opposed the changes we proposed the housing benefit is to introduce the | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
housing benefit bill? As thd Prime Minister knows, my concern `nd those | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
of my party is the incredible amount of money being paid into thd private | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
rented sector by excessive rent and that could be brought under control | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
and handled much better. Mr Speaker, many people in this House whll have | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
been deeply moved by my honourable friend, the member of the Swansea | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
East's article about the tr`gic death of her son and having to take | :11:45. | :11:48. | |
out a bank loan for the cost of the funeral. The Sunday Mirror with the | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
support of the Labour Party are calling for an end to cancel charges | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
the parent is laying a child to rest. It would cost ?10 million a | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
year, a small proportion of government expenditure to ensure | :12:03. | :12:10. | |
every Council could ensure those laying a child to rest could not | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
have a bill imposed on them by the local authority. I hope the Prime | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
Minister can act on this? I recognise those issues, there are | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
facilities available through the social fund social scheme the | :12:26. | :12:32. | |
payments for people who meet those eligibility conditions. It hs | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
difficult for anybody when they have to go through the tragedy of losing | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
a child and then facing the consequences of the sorts the right | :12:42. | :12:44. | |
honourable gentleman makes. We are making sure, in relation to local | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
authorities, they now have the extra revenue available to them to | :12:49. | :12:50. | |
business rates under the local revenues. It is up to counchls to | :12:51. | :12:57. | |
consider what they wish to do in this. But I say there are f`cilities | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
available through the social fund funeral expenses to deal with the | :13:02. | :13:08. | |
issue he raises. David McIntosh Northamptonshire has, for a long | :13:09. | :13:12. | |
time, been affected by a growing population without the right level | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
of funding for public services. Can my right honourable friend `ssure | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
meet the current reviews into the funding formulas for school, | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
policing and health will reflect the population growth in Northalpton and | :13:25. | :13:28. | |
the rest of the county so sdrvices get the funding they need? | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
I can say we have protected the schools budget in relation to | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
funding per pupil and we have protected the police budget. As we | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
look at various ways we are funding public services in the constituency | :13:46. | :13:48. | |
and County of Northampton, we will look at the very issue of what is | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
right in terms of the need of the local area and the numbers. Angus | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
Robertson. It is with sadness we learn of the death... No dotbt the | :13:59. | :14:08. | |
Prime Minister and right honourable colleagues will extend their | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of a servicelan who | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
has died so tragically. The Prime Minister says she wants to tackle | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
international and domestic tax avoidance and serious criminality. | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
On these benches we support this. If she were told that specific UK | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
financial vehicles are being used for tax avoidance and other serious | :14:32. | :14:34. | |
commonality, what would you do about it? -- criminality. Can I fhrst of | :14:35. | :14:45. | |
all say, I'm sure the whole House would wish to pass on condolences of | :14:46. | :14:51. | |
the friends and family of the service man who died. We have done a | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
significant amount in terms of tax avoidance. What should anybody do if | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
they have evidence of peopld avoiding tax? I suggest he speaks to | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
HMRC. Scottish limited partnerships were established by this Hotse in | :15:07. | :15:13. | |
1907 are now being aggressively marketed internationally, especially | :15:14. | :15:16. | |
in Eastern Europe. The International Monetary Fund has warned on the risk | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
imposed and the fight against global money laundering and against | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
organised crime. It is a matter of public record that SLP 's affected | :15:26. | :15:35. | |
as France for child abuse and have been part of corruption in Tkraine, | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
Uzbekistan and Moldova and hnclude the arms industry. Given thd | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
seriousness of this industrx and the Prime Minister's and to deal with | :15:47. | :15:50. | |
criminality but the lack of progress, will she agreed to meet | :15:51. | :15:53. | |
with me to discuss a joint way forward? The right honourable | :15:54. | :16:01. | |
gentleman raises issues arotnd criminality and investigations into | :16:02. | :16:03. | |
criminal activity that is t`king place and he talks about thd issue | :16:04. | :16:09. | |
of websites peddling child `buse and child sexual exploitation. Ht is in | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
order to increase our ability to deal with this criminal acthvity | :16:14. | :16:17. | |
that we created the National Crime Agency, we have been ensuring we | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
have been working on other hssues with the city like money-latndering, | :16:22. | :16:24. | |
and we are looking at the whole question of how we can ensure we are | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
taking effective action on criminal activity. I am pleased to s`y, he | :16:30. | :16:40. | |
keeps saying, well I meet whth him? As he knows, I do meet with him on | :16:41. | :16:43. | |
occasions. I am always happx to meet the right honourable gentlelan. If | :16:44. | :16:45. | |
he wants to talk to me about dealing with criminal activity, I whll be a | :16:46. | :16:49. | |
good tell him about the work that has been done under this government | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
working with the city on money-laundering and enhanchng our | :16:55. | :16:57. | |
ability to deal with the sort of criminal activity he is talking | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
about. Does the Prime Minister agree it is disappointed with it. Here | :17:02. | :17:04. | |
from the Leader of the Opposition any welcome for the huge boost to | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
manufacturing and employment that have come from the Nissan ddcision? | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
Does she agree that demonstrates great confidence in the UK with | :17:17. | :17:21. | |
benefits throughout the supply change, including companies like | :17:22. | :17:29. | |
Automotive Installations, in my constituency. It is extremely | :17:30. | :17:32. | |
disappointing that the leaddr of the position has not actually wdlcomed, | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
unlike his colleague, the honourable member for Sunderland West `nd | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
Washington, who has welcomed the fact that these jobs have bden saved | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
in her constituency and in the supply chain around the country It | :17:48. | :17:52. | |
is that supply chain which hs every bit as important. I know th`t | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
Automotive Installations ard receiving money and I wish them all | :17:59. | :18:06. | |
the best for the future. Wh`t assurances can the Prime Minister | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
give to the agri- food sector right across the United Kingdom that it | :18:13. | :18:15. | |
would be given the important status that is required when it coles to | :18:16. | :18:23. | |
any Brexit negotiations? I can absolutely assure the honourable | :18:24. | :18:26. | |
gentleman that we are deterlined, first of all, to get the best | :18:27. | :18:30. | |
possible deal on exiting thd European Union for the Brithsh | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
people. We're looking at thd various sectors. We are very conscious of | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
the importance of food in the agricultural sector across the | :18:40. | :18:43. | |
United Kingdom and particul`rly of the importance to that sector to | :18:44. | :18:46. | |
Northern Ireland. We will bd doing all we can to listen to the | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
representations made by the Northern Ireland Executive and make sure we | :18:51. | :18:54. | |
have the best deal possible for agri- food sector. Last week's | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
announcement on accelerated access to medicines report will make a | :19:00. | :19:02. | |
positive impact to the lives of children and adults with a rare | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
genetic and un-diagnosed condition. Decades patients have struggled to | :19:08. | :19:10. | |
get access to this medicine. The progress made but I honourable | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
friend from Mid Norfolk will make massive progress on that. Whll the | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
Prime Minister confirmed th`t if the programme is successful to the first | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
five to ten drugs in the first year it will be extended further drugs in | :19:23. | :19:28. | |
the following years? You ard right to welcome the accelerated `ccess | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
you and to pay tribute for our honourable member for Mid Norfolk | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
who has placed life sciences in the UK on the agenda and ensure we are | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
able to sue the UK developing at best possible place to develop new | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
drugs. That is what we want to see. With regard to the recommendations | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
from the review, the Departlent of Health will be responding to those | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
shortly. I think this is an important element in terms of our | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
ability to accelerate that `ccess to drugs, which is to the benefit of | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
patients. Recent weeks have seen three government ministers dxpress | :20:05. | :20:07. | |
three different views on wh`t will happen while industry cries out for | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
clarity. Not Brexit, surprisingly enough but the oil and gas hndustry. | :20:13. | :20:16. | |
Can I asked the Prime Minister will she bring forward additional support | :20:17. | :20:19. | |
for this industry in the Autumn Statement or is she happy to sit | :20:20. | :20:26. | |
back and see more jobs lost? I say to the honourable gentleman, of | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
course we understand the ch`llenges the UK oil and gas industry are | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
facing and we take those very seriously. I also say to hil that is | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
why we have established the oil and gas authority and why we have taken | :20:39. | :20:43. | |
action. The 2.3 billion package of measures in the last two budgets to | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
make sure the North Sea continues to attract investment and safeguard the | :20:49. | :20:51. | |
future of this vital nation`l asset. We have taken a range of me`sures. | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
We understand the concerns `bout the oil and gas industry and assess what | :20:57. | :21:03. | |
the Government has taken action -- and that is why. Watch as the | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
airport and the Medway industrial estate are home to a number of | :21:09. | :21:16. | |
science SMEs which are doing wonders to our economy. I would likd to | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
congratulate the decision to take a cohort of SMEs to help incrdase | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
trading relationships with dmerging economies. Can I ask if her | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
dedication will continue in ensuring all parts of our economy ard able to | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
seize the opportunities that present themselves as we leave be you? You | :21:34. | :21:43. | |
are right about the importance of small and medium-sized businesses | :21:44. | :21:46. | |
and obviously as she has referenced in the technology industry. That is | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
why I am pleased in my trip to India I will be taking leading sm`ll and | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
medium-sized businesses in life sciences and technology sectors It | :21:56. | :21:59. | |
is important to get them to forge trading links with India. As we look | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
at the races for leaving thd European Union we will be t`king the | :22:06. | :22:10. | |
interests of all sectors into account. -- the arrangements. Tartar | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
speciality is a big employer in my constituency. It's workforcd is | :22:17. | :22:21. | |
worried by the period of uncertainty and acted by Tata Steel. With the | :22:22. | :22:30. | |
Prime Minister use her tradd visit to India to secure the future | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
production of steel in Brit`in and convey the importance of Tata Steel | :22:35. | :22:41. | |
acting as a responsible owndr and seller of its UK assets? I can | :22:42. | :22:48. | |
assure the honourable lady we recognise the importance of steel | :22:49. | :22:54. | |
and the importance of temper macro in the United Kingdom. That is why | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
we have had discussions with Tata in the United Kingdom and we whll | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
continue to sow do. -- the importance of Tata. My constituency | :23:06. | :23:12. | |
apparently contains more powers than any other. This means world class | :23:13. | :23:23. | |
cheese. Can the Prime Minister ensure West Country farmers that in | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
best deal for Britain the interests of the agricultural industrx and | :23:30. | :23:33. | |
farming community will be foremost in her mind question that whll she | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
popped down to Somerset soon for perhaps a chunk of cheddar `nd drop | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
of cider? We are grateful to the honourable gentleman. The Prime | :23:44. | :23:48. | |
Minister. His invitation for West Country cheese and cider is an | :23:49. | :23:51. | |
invitation which is difficult to refuse. I look forward at some stage | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
of coming down into Somerset and being able to sample those products. | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
He is absolutely right about the importance of our agricultural | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
sector to economies across the UK, but particular parts of the UK rely | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
heavily on the agricultural sector. We will be taking their needs and | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
considerations into account as we negotiate the best possible deal for | :24:17. | :24:23. | |
this country leaving the EU. This morning, the High Court ruldd that | :24:24. | :24:26. | |
the Government has comprehensively failed to properly tackle ahr | :24:27. | :24:30. | |
pollution. Which does the Prime Minister feel is worse? The | :24:31. | :24:34. | |
Government losing in the High Court for a second time or the 40,000 | :24:35. | :24:38. | |
early deaths that may result from air pollution every year in the UK? | :24:39. | :24:45. | |
I have been asked about equhty in this chamber previously at PMQs -- | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
air quality. We always recognise there is more for the Government to | :24:52. | :24:55. | |
do. We have been doing a lot in this area. We have been putting dxtra | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
money into actions that will relieve the issues around are quality. We | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
recognise that Defra needs to look at the judgment made by the courts | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
and we had to look again at the proposals we will bring forward | :25:10. | :25:12. | |
Nobly in this Has doubts thd importance of the issue of `ir | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
quality. There is more to do and we will do it. Thank you, Mr Speaker. | :25:18. | :25:28. | |
The Prime Minister will remdmber visiting the Witney constittency | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
recently. Chipping Norton h`s been short listed for the great British | :25:34. | :25:37. | |
high street awards. Does shd join me in congratulating the small | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
businesses on Chipping Norton and Tammy what support the Government | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
offers to the small businesses in our market towns? -- and tell me. | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
Can I take this opportunity, my first opportunity in this chamber, | :25:53. | :25:55. | |
to welcome my honourable frhend to this chamber and for his excellent | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
result in the by-election? Can I just say, his question brings back | :26:01. | :26:09. | |
many happy memories for me. As a child, Chipping Norton was our local | :26:10. | :26:12. | |
town and I use together and spend my pocket money assiduously in the | :26:13. | :26:15. | |
shops in Chipping Norton, so I have done my bit for his high-street and | :26:16. | :26:18. | |
we are clear, as the Governlent that business rates and isstes | :26:19. | :26:25. | |
regarding that will support local businesses. We are always grateful | :26:26. | :26:28. | |
for extra information and wd have now had it. This government's record | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
on immigration detention is disgraceful. Amid concern over plans | :26:35. | :26:44. | |
to get a short-term detention centre near Glasgow airport, will she use | :26:45. | :26:53. | |
this as an bush unity to rethink her detention policy? -- and | :26:54. | :27:00. | |
opportunity. A lot of work has been done by the Government on the issue | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
of immigration detention and the number of changes have taken place. | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
An Independent review took place the year or so ago on the questhon of | :27:09. | :27:16. | |
detention of people. I would say, it is important that where there are | :27:17. | :27:19. | |
people who are due to be reloved from this country, and the prospect | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
is that actually they could be lost in the system if they are not being | :27:25. | :27:28. | |
detained, there are circumstances in which it is right to detain people | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
in the immigration estate. We need to make sure we have got th`t right | :27:34. | :27:37. | |
and that is why a lot of work has been bananas. The fundament`l point, | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
I suspect he does not think we should detain anybody in relation to | :27:42. | :27:46. | |
immigration enforcement but we believe they should rightfully be | :27:47. | :27:50. | |
detained before they are reloved from this country. When people make | :27:51. | :27:57. | |
fun of Christianity in this country, it rightly turns the other cheek. | :27:58. | :28:03. | |
When a young gymnast, Louis Smith, makes fun of another religion widely | :28:04. | :28:07. | |
practised in this country, he is hounded on Twitter by the mddia and | :28:08. | :28:14. | |
suspended by his association. For goodness sake, this man recdived | :28:15. | :28:17. | |
death threats and we have all looked the other way. My question to the | :28:18. | :28:22. | |
Prime Minister is, what is going on in this country? I no longer | :28:23. | :28:29. | |
understand the rules. I unddrstand the level of concern my honourable | :28:30. | :28:33. | |
friend has raised in relation to this matter. This is a balance that | :28:34. | :28:39. | |
we need to find. We value freedom of expression and freedom of its buses | :28:40. | :28:44. | |
like a speech in this country. That is essential in underpinning our | :28:45. | :28:49. | |
democracy. We also value tolerance to others, tolerance in rel`tion to | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
religion. This is one of thd issues we have looked at in the cotnter | :28:55. | :28:58. | |
extremism strategy the Government has produced. I think we nedd to | :28:59. | :29:02. | |
ensure it is right that people can have that freedom of expression but | :29:03. | :29:08. | |
in so doing that right has ` responsibility as well. That is a | :29:09. | :29:12. | |
responsibility recognise thd importance of tolerance to others. | :29:13. | :29:19. | |
Mr Speaker, today's daily rdcord leads on DWP issues. Is the Prime | :29:20. | :29:23. | |
Minister aware Telephone call to the Department for Work and Pensions by | :29:24. | :29:27. | |
a severely disabled person of a carer can cost up to 45p a linute. | :29:28. | :29:35. | |
This is a considerable sum from the Social Security entitlement. Should | :29:36. | :29:38. | |
a disabled citizen pay this price or does the Prime Minister agrde with | :29:39. | :29:42. | |
me that we should end this telephone tax on the most honourable hn our | :29:43. | :29:46. | |
society? The honourable gentleman raises an issue that has bedn raised | :29:47. | :29:52. | |
on a number of occasions in this House. The Government is in | :29:53. | :29:55. | |
promoting new guidelines in relation to the operation of these tdlephone | :29:56. | :30:00. | |
lines and a number of lines are being reduced. The Government has | :30:01. | :30:04. | |
recognised this issue and is taking action. The last 18 months have been | :30:05. | :30:11. | |
hell for commuters in my constituency in Lewis at ushng the | :30:12. | :30:15. | |
southern row network. Last night a journey which should have t`ken an | :30:16. | :30:19. | |
hour took over four hours. @nd I begged the Prime Minister to | :30:20. | :30:23. | |
intervene on the southern ndtwork? Why we have a country that works for | :30:24. | :30:27. | |
everyone we have a railway that works for no one. I feel for my | :30:28. | :30:32. | |
honourable friend in relation to the journey she had to go through last | :30:33. | :30:36. | |
night and the extended time that tip. We have my right honourable | :30:37. | :30:41. | |
friend, the Secretary of St`te transport, who has taken action in | :30:42. | :30:45. | |
recent weeks in relation to the improvements are necessary. We have | :30:46. | :30:49. | |
stepped in to invest ?20 million to tackle the breakdown on the southern | :30:50. | :30:54. | |
row network that has proven so difficult to passengers. -- southern | :30:55. | :30:59. | |
rail. I recognise the degred of concern. The Secretary of State | :31:00. | :31:04. | |
transport is working on this to ensure those improvements. Has the | :31:05. | :31:12. | |
Prime Minister spotted the ludicrous refusal by Fifa, the footballing | :31:13. | :31:17. | |
federation, to let our playdrs wear poppies at the forthcoming Scotland | :31:18. | :31:22. | |
- England game? Will he tell the respective associations that in this | :31:23. | :31:25. | |
country we decide when to wdar poppies? And they will be wdaring | :31:26. | :31:33. | |
them at Wembley. I think thd stance that has been taken by Fifa is | :31:34. | :31:38. | |
utterly outrageous. Our football players want to recognise and | :31:39. | :31:43. | |
respect those who have given their lives for our safety and security. I | :31:44. | :31:47. | |
think it is absolutely right they should be able to do so. It is for | :31:48. | :31:52. | |
our football associations btt a clear message is going from this | :31:53. | :31:56. | |
House. We want our players to be able to wear those poppies. I have | :31:57. | :32:01. | |
to say two feet, before thex start telling us what to do, they ought to | :32:02. | :32:07. | |
sort their own house out. -, I have to say to Fifa. Could I congratulate | :32:08. | :32:17. | |
my right honourable friend on her recent announcement of a task force | :32:18. | :32:23. | |
to stamp out the file busindss of modern slavery? Would she join me in | :32:24. | :32:29. | |
congratulating my constituents, Mike Emberson, and the men I trust on | :32:30. | :32:34. | |
their ten years of work with the victims and the 70 places they now | :32:35. | :32:39. | |
provide across their homes for these most unfortunate women? -- Lenai. I | :32:40. | :32:50. | |
have met with representativds from the Menai Trust. It is right we | :32:51. | :32:56. | |
continue our momentum in thd fight against modern slavery. Too much | :32:57. | :33:01. | |
slavery is taking place on the streets and in the towns and | :33:02. | :33:05. | |
villages of this country. That is why the task force I have sdtup will | :33:06. | :33:10. | |
continue that momentum. We will be relentless in our pursuit of | :33:11. | :33:13. | |
ensuring we eradicate modern slavery. Thank you, Mr Speaker. In | :33:14. | :33:20. | |
July, the Armed Forces charhty published an in-depth survex of | :33:21. | :33:24. | |
nearly 1000 working age vetdrans. 85% thought the UK did not give them | :33:25. | :33:31. | |
enough support. Only 16% thought the Armed Forces covenant was bding | :33:32. | :33:35. | |
implemented effectively. Wh`t is the Prime Minister doing person`lly to | :33:36. | :33:41. | |
change this? We absolutely recognise the debt we owe to our veterans | :33:42. | :33:50. | |
That is why we have the Armdd Forces covenant. We recognise the support | :33:51. | :33:54. | |
necessary for veterans. He talks about what we can do. One thing we | :33:55. | :33:58. | |
can do is to help people coling out of the Armed Forces actuallx find | :33:59. | :34:02. | |
their way into the world of work. That is quite is important that we | :34:03. | :34:06. | |
have a system which helps them to find a support necessary to get into | :34:07. | :34:10. | |
the world of work and we have an economy providing jobs that people | :34:11. | :34:17. | |
need. This week it is wind dnergy week. The devell at the offshore | :34:18. | :34:22. | |
wind sector is vital to my Cleethorpes constituency. C`n you | :34:23. | :34:28. | |
ensure the governor will continue to work with the industry to ddvelop | :34:29. | :34:32. | |
future jobs for young peopld with emphasis on training? I am happy to | :34:33. | :34:38. | |
reassure my honourable friend that the Government will continud to work | :34:39. | :34:43. | |
with this industry. It has been an important development for the United | :34:44. | :34:46. | |
Kingdom and an important part of the amount of energy we are now | :34:47. | :34:52. | |
generating from renewables. As he said it does provide jobs and we | :34:53. | :34:55. | |
need to ensure we look at training for people to be able to take up | :34:56. | :34:59. | |
those jobs. That is why skills is part of the work we are doing on our | :35:00. | :35:06. | |
future industrial strategy. Will the Prime Minister agree with md that it | :35:07. | :35:09. | |
is highly irresponsible and dangerous for people to talk up the | :35:10. | :35:14. | |
prospects of increased violdnce in Northern Ireland as a result of us | :35:15. | :35:18. | |
are leaving the U? People should used the agreed institutions set up | :35:19. | :35:24. | |
under various agreements, not stand outside them or create new ones Can | :35:25. | :35:31. | |
she assure me it will not rdsult in an impeding of the way that people | :35:32. | :35:35. | |
in countries within the UK connect with each other? I am very happy to | :35:36. | :35:40. | |
get the right honourable gentleman that assurance in relation to | :35:41. | :35:44. | |
movement around the United Kingdom. No change will take place. Ht is | :35:45. | :35:50. | |
right that what we will do hn Brexit is ensure it is a good deal for the | :35:51. | :35:55. | |
whole of the United Kingdom. Those who wish to encourage violence off | :35:56. | :35:59. | |
the back of that frankly should be ashamed of themselves. It is | :36:00. | :36:01. | |
absolutely essential that wd all work together to make a success of | :36:02. | :36:06. | |
this and get the best possible opportunities for people across the | :36:07. | :36:09. | |
whole of the United Kingdom. Will she join me in praising | :36:10. | :36:17. | |
Henley-on-Thames for receivhng its first tranche of community | :36:18. | :36:20. | |
infrastructure money at the higher rate because it has a neighbourhood | :36:21. | :36:25. | |
plan? Will she join me in s`ying this is the best means of ghving | :36:26. | :36:30. | |
communities a say over planning issues? I am very happy to | :36:31. | :36:37. | |
congratulate both my neighbouring MP and congratulate Henley-on-Thames | :36:38. | :36:41. | |
for achieving that. He is rhght Neighbourhood plans are a crucial | :36:42. | :36:45. | |
part of the planning system. That is the way in which a local people can | :36:46. | :36:49. | |
have a real say over what is happening in their local arda. Thank | :36:50. | :37:03. | |
you, Mr Speaker. Can I add ly congratulations to my honourable | :37:04. | :37:07. | |
friend and member for St Helens Moving swiftly from midwives to | :37:08. | :37:12. | |
doctors, is the Prime Minister aware that doctors in Doncaster are facing | :37:13. | :37:18. | |
a crisis in primary care? As GPs retire, it is proving almost | :37:19. | :37:23. | |
impossible to get new ones to take over their practices. Because of | :37:24. | :37:27. | |
restrictions in the health `nd social care act, NHS bodies cannot | :37:28. | :37:32. | |
take necessary action, for dxample to put in salaried GPs. Will she do | :37:33. | :37:36. | |
something about this quicklx because otherwise many of my constituents | :37:37. | :37:42. | |
will be left without a doctor? Mr Speaker, can I say, because I did | :37:43. | :37:49. | |
not after my unfortunate mistake I made earlier about the right | :37:50. | :37:53. | |
honourable gentleman, I failed to add my congratulations to hdr | :37:54. | :37:56. | |
honourable friend, the membdr for St Helens. I am happy now to do. On the | :37:57. | :38:05. | |
point of GPs, it is important that we see the number of GPs coling | :38:06. | :38:10. | |
through so that we can repl`ce those who are retiring. Over the last six | :38:11. | :38:14. | |
years we have seen thousands more GPs in our NHS that is why ly right | :38:15. | :38:19. | |
honourable friend, the Secrdtary of State for Health, is ensuring we | :38:20. | :38:23. | |
have a programme to bring forward more GPs, more doctors into | :38:24. | :38:27. | |
training, so we can ensure places like her constituency and others | :38:28. | :38:33. | |
around this House actually have GPs in the numbers they need. | :38:34. | :38:36. |