:00:00. > :00:00.commissioned. It is a very thorough report, and we will now see that
:00:00. > :00:10.report when it is published before Christmas. Would the leader of the
:00:11. > :00:19.house give us the business for next week, please? The business for next
:00:20. > :00:22.week will be on Monday the 04th of December, consideration in committee
:00:23. > :00:28.and remaining stages of the European Union approval Bill, followdd by a
:00:29. > :00:32.debate on a European document relating to the communication of
:00:33. > :00:37.migrants in need of international protection, followed by a ddbate on
:00:38. > :00:42.European documents on migration On Tuesday the 15th of December, we
:00:43. > :00:46.will have an opposition day, starting with a debate on climate
:00:47. > :00:53.change and flooding and followed by a debate on the government's housing
:00:54. > :00:56.record. At the end of that day, if necessary, there will be a
:00:57. > :01:00.consideration of lords amendments. And Webster the 16th of Decdmber,
:01:01. > :01:08.consideration of the armed Forces Bill, followed by a debate on a
:01:09. > :01:17.motion related to the welfare cap. Followed by consideration of Lords
:01:18. > :01:24.amendments. On Thursday the 17th of December, a debate on the protection
:01:25. > :01:31.of 16 and 17-year-olds from child sexual lactation. -- child sex
:01:32. > :01:47.expectation. -- exploitation. On Tuesday the 5th of January, we
:01:48. > :01:53.will have the remaining stages of the housing and planning Bill, and
:01:54. > :01:59.third reading. It might be helpful if I remind colleagues at the house
:02:00. > :02:02.will sit at 2:30pm that day and that Westminster Hall business whll be
:02:03. > :02:17.scheduled between 9:30am and 2: 0 p.m.. Further details will `ppear. I
:02:18. > :02:20.would also like to remind you that plans for statements next wdek,
:02:21. > :02:27.there will be statements on the outcome of the climate talks in
:02:28. > :02:28.Paris, and local government finance and an update statement on the
:02:29. > :02:41.situation in Syria. This Tuesday saw the 50th
:02:42. > :02:46.anniversary into force of the race relations act 1965. It was by no
:02:47. > :02:50.means perfect but it was thd first time that the government, a Labour
:02:51. > :02:56.government, attempted to tackle racism in this country and ht only
:02:57. > :03:00.got through by 261 votes by 249 because of all of the Conservative
:03:01. > :03:05.MPs voting against. Mr Speaker, when I was curate in high Wycombd, I
:03:06. > :03:08.remember clearly one of our churchwardens, the wonderful Ellie
:03:09. > :03:13.Hector, who used to tell me how it felt when she and her familx were
:03:14. > :03:18.absolutely shocked at the r`ces and they experienced when they `rrived
:03:19. > :03:23.in this country from St Vincent in the 1950s. It was not just the no
:03:24. > :03:29.blacks, no dogs, no Irish shgns it was also, she said, we had `ll been
:03:30. > :03:33.taught in Sunday school by Dnglish Sunday school teachers that we were
:03:34. > :03:38.all created intelligent -- dqual. But in England, even in church,
:03:39. > :03:43.people would move to another pew if they found themselves sitting next
:03:44. > :03:47.to somebody because they were black. How thank God labour legisl`tion
:03:48. > :03:51.helped change things. I'm ddlighted that this afternoon the House will
:03:52. > :04:01.be debating the internation`l human rights Day which celebrates the
:04:02. > :04:06.international Human Rights @ct, we will fight to defend that bdcause we
:04:07. > :04:11.are proud of our labour leg`cy. Unlike, of course, the Torids. They
:04:12. > :04:16.seem intent on abolishing every single best each of the Graxling
:04:17. > :04:21.legacy. After all, I predicted the new Justice Secretary would get rid
:04:22. > :04:25.of the ludicrous court charges and it has come to pass. The prhsoner
:04:26. > :04:32.book ban, the Saudi execution centres, the secure college, all
:04:33. > :04:36.scrapped. So terribly sad. @nd now the information Commissioner has
:04:37. > :04:40.described the leader's views on freedom of information as a return
:04:41. > :04:44.to the dark ages. I know I `m in danger of becoming the love child of
:04:45. > :04:51.Russell Grant and Mystic Meg, but I hereby predict another U-turn on
:04:52. > :04:54.this. Would it not be better if the leader of the House did his own
:04:55. > :04:58.U-turn rather than allow thd Justice Secretary to do one for him? The
:04:59. > :05:01.petition to Bandon tram frol entry into the UK has now reached more
:05:02. > :05:05.than 400,000 signatures which means that we will end up having ` debate
:05:06. > :05:12.on this house with it. Sony signatures that the website has
:05:13. > :05:16.crashed. -- the petition to ban Donald Trump. I am sure we would all
:05:17. > :05:23.want to tell him, you are a nasty mendacious bigot and your r`cist
:05:24. > :05:28.views are dangerous. All -- obviously, the real answer hs to
:05:29. > :05:43.vote Hillary Clinton, I will say to Hansard, that has got to Ls INIT! In
:05:44. > :05:51.case the -- Donald Trump coles in, I think the Home Secretary should turn
:05:52. > :05:57.up dressed as Gloria Gaynor and say, just turn around now, you are not
:05:58. > :06:01.welcome any more. Can I urgd the government to consider a new clause
:06:02. > :06:04.six for the bill on Wednesd`y, which will require the government to
:06:05. > :06:09.institute a review of compensation for former members of the armed
:06:10. > :06:12.services who suffer from mesothelioma? It is a scand`l that
:06:13. > :06:20.members of our Armed Forces only get a small proportion of the stpport
:06:21. > :06:24.available to civilians with the same condition. It is a hideous disease
:06:25. > :06:27.and most sufferers die withhn a few months of contracting it, so surely
:06:28. > :06:32.we as a country can do bettdr than this. You would think that hn
:06:33. > :06:35.Advent, the government would want to do everything to ensure that
:06:36. > :06:41.everybody has a stable home. I'm not a home in a stable. But on the very
:06:42. > :06:51.-- and not a home in the st`ble But on the very last day of
:06:52. > :06:55.consultation, there is an alendment saying that council home tenants
:06:56. > :06:58.will be forced out of their homes in five years. Is that the Torx
:06:59. > :07:01.message, do they not understand home is where the heart is? Can the
:07:02. > :07:07.leader guaranteed that it comes to the final stages of the bill, we
:07:08. > :07:11.will have two days for report, legislative complaints and third
:07:12. > :07:15.Reading? Can we also have a debate on the sanctions regime affdcting
:07:16. > :07:20.benefits claimants? If the claimant arrives even one minute latd for an
:07:21. > :07:25.appointment or interview, hd or she will be sanctioned, often as much a
:07:26. > :07:27.three-month benefits. This week the Work and Pensions Secretary turned
:07:28. > :07:34.up the league 15 minutes late for an interview himself. And the latest
:07:35. > :07:39.figures suggest that his grdat universal credit scheme, whhch was
:07:40. > :07:44.meant to have been rolled ott to 7 million people, has only got to 140
:07:45. > :07:48.1000. At this rate, he will be six generations later because it will
:07:49. > :07:53.take 150 years to get there. Surely he should practice what he preaches.
:07:54. > :07:58.Should he not be sanctioned and have three-month salary doctor from his
:07:59. > :08:02.ministerial pay? -- taken from his pay? We know the government is
:08:03. > :08:05.determined to meet as many changes in through the back door through
:08:06. > :08:10.secondary legislation possible. That is why we need an oral statdment
:08:11. > :08:17.before on Lord Strathclyde's report on the powers of the House of Lords.
:08:18. > :08:20.The latest piece of skulduggery is the education and student
:08:21. > :08:25.legislation of 2015 which whll scrap maintenance grants for the poorest
:08:26. > :08:28.students. The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that this me`ns
:08:29. > :08:31.students from poorest backgrounds will leave university with
:08:32. > :08:36.substantially higher debt than their better off peers. Surely th`t is
:08:37. > :08:39.wrong's because of the way the government is doing this, there is
:08:40. > :08:42.no guarantee we would even have a debate on this enormous change and
:08:43. > :08:47.drastic measure, so could the leader agreed to an early day motion 8 9
:08:48. > :08:54.and grant us a debate as early as possible? We also want an oral
:08:55. > :08:57.statement on airport capacity. To be honest, Mr Speaker, we would prefer
:08:58. > :09:02.a decision of course, as with the whole British business, but if the
:09:03. > :09:07.government is still in a holding operation 30,000 feet above Richmond
:09:08. > :09:10.Park, we would make do with a statement. Will the leader of the
:09:11. > :09:14.House guarantee that there hs not going to be some press confdrence in
:09:15. > :09:20.which the non-decision is announced, the announcement will be made in
:09:21. > :09:26.this house first. Mr Speaker, I was ordained deacon 29 years ago on
:09:27. > :09:29.Monday. So I hope you will `llow me to revert to type just for ` very
:09:30. > :09:35.brief moment. I hereby publhsh the bands of marriage between Ltke Jones
:09:36. > :09:39.Sullivan of this parish, thd opposition Chief Whip's polhtical
:09:40. > :09:43.adviser, and Gemma Louise stocks of the parish of Ashington at St
:09:44. > :09:46.Maurice is church in ending in Northumberland this Saturdax. If any
:09:47. > :09:50.of you know any reason why they may not marry each other, you are to
:09:51. > :10:00.declare it. Speak now or forever hold your peace. We wish thdm well.
:10:01. > :10:04.At least we know he can... Hn unfortunate circumstances, he can go
:10:05. > :10:07.to his old career in the chtrch Amassed up by congratulating the
:10:08. > :10:13.honourable mention on his award by ITV Wales as MP of the year. I am
:10:14. > :10:21.sure it is an award that will be very well received on his own
:10:22. > :10:25.party's ventures. Can I -- benches. Can I say to members on all sides, I
:10:26. > :10:29.hope everyone is aware for the call for evidence from the restoration of
:10:30. > :10:33.renewal committee, that has been circulated to all members. There
:10:34. > :10:36.will be a number of informal discussions, drop-in sessions whilst
:10:37. > :10:41.the joint committee does its work. I know the shadow leader is doing work
:10:42. > :10:45.with people on this side and that side. It is designed to invhte
:10:46. > :10:49.responses from any member who has an interest in these matters and I
:10:50. > :10:58.would encourage anyone to t`ke part. On the issue of the comments made by
:10:59. > :11:02.Donald Trump, Mr Speaker, m`y I make two things clear. I believe the
:11:03. > :11:06.Muslim community in this cotntry is a valuable part of the commtnity, it
:11:07. > :11:09.is made up of decent hard-working law-abiding citizens who have
:11:10. > :11:15.nothing to do with a tiny extremist sect within the Islamic world that
:11:16. > :11:19.is threatening deeply unple`sant things, not simply to the pdople of
:11:20. > :11:24.this country but to Muslims in the Middle East as well. I actu`lly
:11:25. > :11:28.reject any suggestion that our Muslim community is to blamd for the
:11:29. > :11:32.terrorist threat the world faces. But I also say in relation to Donald
:11:33. > :11:37.Trump, Mr Speaker, I do belheve it is better to deal with this in a
:11:38. > :11:40.democratic debate, for us to reject those of you is absolutely come and
:11:41. > :11:48.make it go to everyone that they have no place in a modern -, reject
:11:49. > :11:52.those views absolutely. And so they have no place in a modern society.
:11:53. > :11:55.With respect to mesotheliom`, I will take a look at that point. H am not
:11:56. > :11:59.sure he was listening to my statement of the Housing Bill,
:12:00. > :12:03.because I was announcing thd first of two days of debate for the report
:12:04. > :12:08.stage and so he will have plenty of time to debate these matters. On the
:12:09. > :12:12.subject of being late, he w`s talking about being late for work
:12:13. > :12:15.and pensions matters, I nothced last week that the Leader of the
:12:16. > :12:21.Opposition was late for the wind-up speeches on the Syria debatd, the
:12:22. > :12:29.most important debate of thhs session, after the shadow sdcretary
:12:30. > :12:35.has started his speech, it was five minutes before the Leader of the
:12:36. > :12:45.Opposition had shuffled in, so he should not talk about being late. If
:12:46. > :12:52.he wants a prayer against it, he should do it, I do not know when
:12:53. > :12:55.that has not led to a debatd. On airport, I am sure, when a decision
:12:56. > :13:01.has been taken which it has not at this moment in time, I will discuss
:13:02. > :13:09.with my colleagues how we c`n bring the right information to thhs House.
:13:10. > :13:15.I echo the wishes of the happy couple this weekend. I am proud of
:13:16. > :13:21.what the government has dond by the rear bill of ocean of offenders
:13:22. > :13:25.started by the -- the rehabhlitation of offenders. It is the casd today
:13:26. > :13:31.that if you go to jail for less than 12 months, you received 12 lonths
:13:32. > :13:34.support after you have left. Under the party opposite, you are released
:13:35. > :13:39.onto the streets with ?46 in your pocket and left to walk the streets
:13:40. > :13:42.of nowhere necessary to go, no support or guidance, no nothing I
:13:43. > :13:47.will take no lessons from hhm about the legacies of the justice system.
:13:48. > :13:50.I am very proud of mine. Just to remind him, he talks about the
:13:51. > :13:57.ludicrous criminal Court judge, she voted for it. I am delighted to join
:13:58. > :14:01.the congratulations to Luke and Gemma, we had to have a wonderful
:14:02. > :14:06.day at the weekend and a grdat life thereafter. -- we hope they have.
:14:07. > :14:10.Thank you, Mr Speaker, happx Hannukah. The chairman of the batch
:14:11. > :14:18.bench committee has been called away on urgent constituency is this, and
:14:19. > :14:24.he asked me to step in. We `dvertise the normal pre-recess Gemma debate
:14:25. > :14:28.but by the close of business of -- adjournment debate, but by the close
:14:29. > :14:32.of business on Monday, only five minutes had requested to spdak, so
:14:33. > :14:37.on Tuesday, we took the dechsion to alligator debating time to two items
:14:38. > :14:42.-- allocate debating time to two items that have more than 30 members
:14:43. > :14:48.wishing to speak. I hope thd members will understand the rationale for
:14:49. > :14:50.the decision. This week, Harrow Council have announced that they are
:14:51. > :14:55.going to slash public health funding by 60% over the next three xears.
:14:56. > :15:01.This very short-sighted dechsion will mean that programmes on smoking
:15:02. > :15:03.cessation, tackling the big city, diabetes, diabetes, sexuallx
:15:04. > :15:08.transmitted diseases and other aspects of public house will go
:15:09. > :15:14.awry. Clearly, there may be other councils deciding to do this. I want
:15:15. > :15:20.at the time when this money was allocated to councils that this was
:15:21. > :15:24.a risk if it was not increased and ring fenced. Can we have a debate on
:15:25. > :15:32.the issues of public house because in the long time, this will take
:15:33. > :15:40.millions of pounds to address. Can I thank him for explaining thd debate
:15:41. > :15:43.next Thursday, I know I was disappointed about not having a
:15:44. > :15:49.standard adjournment debate, we should take the opportunity to send
:15:50. > :15:52.the message across the Housd, members do need to put in a request
:15:53. > :16:00.to make sure demand is therd for the debate otherwise we end up with the
:16:01. > :16:04.kind of debate that he described. He makes a good point about public
:16:05. > :16:12.house, it is often a full economy to cover eyes on that. He is vdry well
:16:13. > :16:20.placed to secure such a deb`te on something which is so important As
:16:21. > :16:33.we have heard, over 400,000 people have now signed that petition to
:16:34. > :16:38.have Donald Trump and from dntering -- banned from entering the UK.
:16:39. > :16:43.After his terrible comments. He has been stripped of an honorarx degree
:16:44. > :16:45.in Aberdeen. I would hope the leader of the House would find somd
:16:46. > :16:51.leadership and it comes to this giving a strong sense and fdeling
:16:52. > :16:56.that there is need in the whole of this country, why not bring this
:16:57. > :17:01.petition to government so that these things can be debated? I thhnk the
:17:02. > :17:06.public would debate that we do that, Mr Speaker, given same any have
:17:07. > :17:10.signed this petition. I notd that we have got two days for the Housing
:17:11. > :17:15.and planning Bill. We could not get two days for the Syria debate that
:17:16. > :17:19.we got two days for English only business, and I do not how xou can
:17:20. > :17:25.start to equate and conflatd these things together. Surely we should be
:17:26. > :17:28.discussing two days on issuds to do with Syria. I am glad he has
:17:29. > :17:30.announced that there will bd a statement before the House rises
:17:31. > :17:34.before Christmas. I want to make sure that it is the Prime Mhnister
:17:35. > :17:38.that will be leading the st`tement because we need to hear frol him
:17:39. > :17:48.about the efficacy of the United Kingdom action thus far. None of us
:17:49. > :17:50.-- we have great concerns about what is happening, what about thdse
:17:51. > :17:56.targets that have been that up by the UK, and I think a lot of us have
:17:57. > :18:01.got questions. 12 countries are currently bombing Syria. Having
:18:02. > :18:03.difficulty in identifying t`rgets. But they neglect this big ohl field
:18:04. > :18:19.in the UK decided to get involved. I know the leader of the hotse like
:18:20. > :18:22.this anniversary is, some sobriety hasn't mentioned that it has been
:18:23. > :18:29.ten years as the Prime Minister has led the Conservative Party. What a
:18:30. > :18:33.legacy so far. It is the sc`ndal of hunger today, armies of people going
:18:34. > :18:40.hungry in the UK today. Children going for days without a me`l. Isn't
:18:41. > :18:45.there something wrong, in hhs reign, when we can spend obscene alounts of
:18:46. > :18:49.money and weapons of mass destruction and we can find money at
:18:50. > :18:52.the drop of a hat that all conceived military action, but childrdn are
:18:53. > :19:02.going hungry in every consthtuency in the UK. I am sure the whole house
:19:03. > :19:16.is interested in how it the government intends to deal with the
:19:17. > :19:28.House of Lords, isn't it tile that we think at this time of ye`r of the
:19:29. > :19:31.Peer? What I would gently rdmind him is that Lord Strathclyde sahd he
:19:32. > :19:38.hoped to complete his work before Christmas. I hope that will continue
:19:39. > :19:42.to be the case. I will bring a further update to the house. He
:19:43. > :19:46.talked about the remarks of Donald Trump. I can only reiterate what I
:19:47. > :19:52.said earlier, that I wholehdartedly disapprove of what he said. I think
:19:53. > :19:56.it was nonsense and I am aw`re of the petitioners is growing hn size.
:19:57. > :20:03.But it is not for me how to handle the petition. We have a pethtions
:20:04. > :20:07.committee, that is right proper I have no doubt he will make his
:20:08. > :20:12.representations to the membdrs of that committee. I have a slhght
:20:13. > :20:15.sense he is trying to reopen the debate on Syria. Can I remind him
:20:16. > :20:22.that the hose debated this for a level hours as part of over 20 hours
:20:23. > :20:29.of debate and questions over a nine-day period. I think it should
:20:30. > :20:31.this house at its best. We had some really fantastic, thoughtful, well
:20:32. > :20:36.articulated speeches, setting out both sides of the argument. We have
:20:37. > :20:41.had insightful comments frol his benches. We had a magnificent speech
:20:42. > :20:46.from the Shadow Foreign Secretary, got full speeches from the side of
:20:47. > :20:52.the house. The house voted `nd decided overwhelmingly to extend the
:20:53. > :20:56.action from Iraq to Syria. Xou will also recognise the need to tpdate
:20:57. > :21:01.the hose on two other important areas. The humanitarian work of the
:21:02. > :21:06.peace process I hope for thdm about a lasting political solution for
:21:07. > :21:10.Syria and we will keep the house updated on all those matters. We
:21:11. > :21:15.will have a full update before Christmas. He talks about food
:21:16. > :21:19.banks. And hunger. I will shmply remind him that under this
:21:20. > :21:24.government, unemployment has fallen sharply, and I think crucially, the
:21:25. > :21:28.number of children growing tp in workless households has fallen by
:21:29. > :21:31.hundreds of thousands, and H think that will make a transformational
:21:32. > :21:37.difference to many of the most deprived communities in this
:21:38. > :21:42.country. I simply remind hil that, he said I should draw attention to
:21:43. > :21:46.the Prime Minister's ten ye`r anniversary as we drop the
:21:47. > :21:53.Conservative Party. He was here last week, he must remember that I did it
:21:54. > :22:01.then. Foolish and mean-spirhted decision to end the debate `llowing
:22:02. > :22:05.15 and 20 members to raise latters of a general nature. Would he
:22:06. > :22:11.consider setting government time aside for the debate and sed it as a
:22:12. > :22:15.Christmas present to the hotse? One of the disappointments about the
:22:16. > :22:20.decision of the back end good midi took is that the house would have
:22:21. > :22:25.the opportunity to hear his customary, magnificent, inshghtful
:22:26. > :22:28.and thoughtful speech beford the start of the recess. That is a
:22:29. > :22:31.tradition I would not wish to lose and I think the house would not wish
:22:32. > :22:38.to lose. It is very much my hope that the backbench is this committee
:22:39. > :22:42.will be swamped our requests for the debate to take place and in the next
:22:43. > :22:49.recess, will be able to go `head with this important tradition in the
:22:50. > :22:53.future. On the 17th of Tilbtrg, the government held a steel stolach in
:22:54. > :22:57.Rotherham and the outcome of that day was the government admitted to
:22:58. > :23:00.having three working groups who would report before Christm`s. We
:23:01. > :23:04.have one more week to go and I would be delighted to have a commhtment
:23:05. > :23:08.that they will report back to this house either verbally or in written
:23:09. > :23:14.form on the outcome of thosd three working groups they pledged to have
:23:15. > :23:19.her. It is coincidental that the minister concerned is sitting next
:23:20. > :23:29.to me. She says, we will, and I gave her that assurance. As he knows I
:23:30. > :23:34.have been campaigning for some while now about a decriminalisation of
:23:35. > :23:39.prescription errors made by community pharmacies. Beford the
:23:40. > :23:43.election, we were told the government could be publishhng
:23:44. > :23:46.legislation by the end of the year. I now understand this is unlikely to
:23:47. > :23:54.come forward before the sprhng. Could we please have a statdment on
:23:55. > :23:58.this very frustrating delay? I know how assiduous he has been in
:23:59. > :24:04.pursuing this matter, as he has been on a number of other import`nt
:24:05. > :24:07.issues. What I would say to him is aware is moving ahead as rapidly as
:24:08. > :24:11.possible and it doesn't tend to bring forward changes at an early
:24:12. > :24:15.date. But the Health Secret`ry will be back in this house on thd date
:24:16. > :24:20.that we return in January, `nd I advise him to take advantagd of that
:24:21. > :24:29.opportunity to make sure th`t momentum continues apace. Thank you.
:24:30. > :24:35.In my constituency, an award-winning company risks losing an orddr to
:24:36. > :24:40.Russia, worth ?80 million, because it can't get an export licence under
:24:41. > :24:47.government trade sanctions. About the order, there will be large job
:24:48. > :24:50.losses, so this week, the company's redundancy consultation grotp
:24:51. > :24:54.delivered a letter to Downing Street, because that is possibility
:24:55. > :25:01.the problem could be overcole with government support. Will he please
:25:02. > :25:04.urge the Prime Minister to give it their serious and urgent attention.
:25:05. > :25:10.This is an important issue. We all want to make sure we take advantage
:25:11. > :25:12.of international business opportunities where possibld. Make
:25:13. > :25:20.sure the Prime Minister is `ware of her concern and the minister
:25:21. > :25:24.concerned is alongside me. She is very up for having a discussion with
:25:25. > :25:29.you about this matter. Loneliness remains the biggest killer of
:25:30. > :25:33.elderly people, and Christm`s is a reminder of that, so can we have a
:25:34. > :25:37.debate at some point of a strategy to tackle loneliness in olddr
:25:38. > :25:45.people, and would he also use your opportunity to be tribute to cap
:25:46. > :25:49.back community Christmas, who are making sure that all the people in
:25:50. > :25:56.Scunthorpe will not be on the road this Christmas. I think he lakes a
:25:57. > :26:00.very important point. Community Christmas to a very important job. I
:26:01. > :26:06.think I'd send a message to everyone in this country, who might have a
:26:07. > :26:12.neighbour on their own, who might spend part of this Christmas alone.
:26:13. > :26:14.It's not a big hassle for us to invite them round for a drink over
:26:15. > :26:20.the Christmas period and hope everyone will think of doing that.
:26:21. > :26:27.In view of the appalling news today that the NHS has missed varhous
:26:28. > :26:36.targets, can we have a debate on the government's failure to man`ge the
:26:37. > :26:43.NHS properly? I would reject what he says. The NHS is doing a very good
:26:44. > :26:48.job in challenging circumst`nces, facing rising demand, incre`sed
:26:49. > :26:51.treatment opportunities, and we continue to increase the money
:26:52. > :26:55.available to the National Hdalth Service to deliver those trdatments
:26:56. > :26:59.to patients. It is interesthng that while we have made that comlitment,
:27:00. > :27:03.we have heard no such commitment from the party opposite. In Wales,
:27:04. > :27:11.where there are in control of the NHS, we seeing things go backwards.
:27:12. > :27:18.It is about time we had a ddbate on the unsuitability and the arcane
:27:19. > :27:22.hybrid process in this housd that is currently the subject of HS2. I have
:27:23. > :27:26.been contacted by many of mx constituents, who are petithoning
:27:27. > :27:33.against the new proposals ptt forward by the government. Hnstead
:27:34. > :27:38.of just hearing those petithons 75% of those petitioning on the
:27:39. > :27:44.Chilterns, have now had that challenged by HS2 and must now
:27:45. > :27:48.defend their decision to give evidence to the HS2 committde or
:27:49. > :27:52.lose their right to petition. I think this shows that the process is
:27:53. > :27:55.complicated, in equitable and frustrating, not only for a
:27:56. > :28:01.parliament and the members sitting on this committee for 18 months but
:28:02. > :28:06.for the very people whose lhves are impacted by this absolutely horrible
:28:07. > :28:17.project. Can we not find a less cruel and more easily understandable
:28:18. > :28:20.process in 2015? I know she has been an assiduous representative for her
:28:21. > :28:23.constituency over what I know has been a difficult issue for her and
:28:24. > :28:28.her constituents locally, and I commend her for the work shd has
:28:29. > :28:32.done and is doing, but I thhnk she makes an important point of the
:28:33. > :28:36.complexity of the process. This may be something the procedures
:28:37. > :28:47.committee or the chair of the Constitution committee might look
:28:48. > :28:50.at. It's an interesting point about the use of hybrid bills and how they
:28:51. > :28:59.work and it might be somethhng he would like to talk about. Vdry
:29:00. > :29:02.useful that when a celebratdd denizen of the houses referred to,
:29:03. > :29:07.he is just about still imagd chamber.
:29:08. > :29:13.Many members will have seen a report into day's Garage and about the
:29:14. > :29:20.exploitative work practices in Sports Direct, which includd being
:29:21. > :29:23.less than the minimum wage `nd doing body searches. Can we have ` debate
:29:24. > :29:30.on exploitative work practices and the failure of national minhmum wage
:29:31. > :29:37.enforcement? Firstly, it is illegal to pay less than minimum wage and
:29:38. > :29:41.saw that as a matter should be brought to the relevant authorities'
:29:42. > :29:44.attention. The Secretary of State will be here on Tuesday the
:29:45. > :29:54.questions and this is something she might like to address with him. I
:29:55. > :30:00.congratulate the Prime Minister on his visit to Iceland at the end of
:30:01. > :30:02.October for bringing up the unacceptability of that country
:30:03. > :30:08.carrying out commercial whaling Can we have consideration of a debate to
:30:09. > :30:12.put further pressure on those fortunate few countries that still
:30:13. > :30:20.carry on this outdated and cruel practice? He makes an important
:30:21. > :30:24.point. Those of us who belidve in conservation deplore whaling when it
:30:25. > :30:28.takes place. The whales are magnificent creatures, it would be a
:30:29. > :30:34.tragedy if any of the specids of whale were to become extinct. I
:30:35. > :30:38.don't support the hunting of whales and I think the Prime Minister was
:30:39. > :30:43.right in Iceland to raise the issue. What I would say is that thhs area
:30:44. > :30:47.of conservation, like many others, are matters that should be brought
:30:48. > :30:53.before this house regularly. I hope he will use a different avenues
:30:54. > :30:55.available to make sure this and other conservation areas ard
:30:56. > :31:12.continually on the agenda of this house. You will recall that on the
:31:13. > :31:17.29th of job, ... Will the government make a statement about what
:31:18. > :31:26.discussions and statements `re being made on this matter? I will seek to
:31:27. > :31:35.follow up and get a robber response for him. Last week, there w`s a
:31:36. > :31:46.debate on changes to the pension age, and the disproportionate effect
:31:47. > :31:50.on women. It would appear to affect a great many more constituents than
:31:51. > :31:55.we thought. Given that yestdrday, the former pension earnest said it
:31:56. > :32:02.was a decision that the govdrnment got wrong and they were not properly
:32:03. > :32:05.briefed, will you urge the Linister to come to the house and explain the
:32:06. > :32:13.process is behind it and explain what transition might now bd taken.
:32:14. > :32:21.This issue has been raised by members before by members on all
:32:22. > :32:25.sides of the House. I commend him on the spread of his pod cast. He is
:32:26. > :32:31.clearly having a wide infludnce I will make sure his concerns are
:32:32. > :32:36.drawn to the Secretary of State These are difficult decisions. At
:32:37. > :32:40.the life expectancy of this country rises, which is a good thing, it
:32:41. > :32:43.brings particular pressures on the public purse and challenges that we
:32:44. > :32:47.and the previous government have had to face but I will make surd his
:32:48. > :32:54.concerns are drawn to the Sdcretary of State. Can we have short answers
:32:55. > :33:03.and questions please? Will the leader in sure that it is m`de clear
:33:04. > :33:08.in the TTIP debate, that it will not hurt public services, and the
:33:09. > :33:14.government will look for investment in TTIP which insure that the
:33:15. > :33:22.government will not be sued as a result of policy changes. Hd has put
:33:23. > :33:26.on record his concerns in this area. He will be welcome to stay for
:33:27. > :33:31.debate. What I would say to him is he is right, there at being a huge
:33:32. > :33:34.amount of inappropriate scaremongering about TTIP, ht is
:33:35. > :33:38.being used as a vehicle by left wing pressure groups to make an
:33:39. > :33:43.anti-government campaign more widespread. It is about timd these
:33:44. > :33:49.groups acted more responsibly and stop telling people things that are
:33:50. > :33:54.not true. My constituents s`w their GP surgery closed on the 17th of
:33:55. > :33:57.April this year and many now have to take a bus to see a doctor. NHS
:33:58. > :34:00.England are in the process of arranging for a new surgery to be
:34:01. > :34:04.developed but the project h`s been beset by delayed and there hs no
:34:05. > :34:11.clear indication of when it may be delivered. Can we have a debate to
:34:12. > :34:16.consider what may be done to get my constituents the service thdy
:34:17. > :34:19.deserve? Certainly, Mr Speaker, particularly in the winter lonths,
:34:20. > :34:24.no error can afford to do whthout GP services for any length of time --
:34:25. > :34:28.no area. I suspect his point will be noticed by those in the health
:34:29. > :34:31.service, as they tend to be when they are raised in this house, but
:34:32. > :34:33.the Secretary of State will also be here on the first day after
:34:34. > :34:40.Christmas and I suggest that if things have not moved forward, he
:34:41. > :34:45.raised that issue them. If there was to be debate on the deeply bigoted
:34:46. > :34:55.matter, would it be not useful to make these points, one, we have
:34:56. > :34:59.legislation about registry ,- against racial incitement, which I
:35:00. > :35:02.hope will remain, and secondly, in most importantly, we have a
:35:03. > :35:10.effective gun controls which would not do any harm if they existed in
:35:11. > :35:13.the United States. Mr Speakdr, it is unusual for me to be in complete
:35:14. > :35:17.agreement with the honourable gentleman but in terms of hhs
:35:18. > :35:20.remarks, I am with him on that. My only concern is that I do not think
:35:21. > :35:24.we should give the oxygen of publicity to these remarks, because
:35:25. > :35:29.it helps rather than hinders him. They are unacceptable, unrelated to
:35:30. > :35:34.the real world, we have a Mtslim community who deplore what hs
:35:35. > :35:37.happening internationally, `nd play an important role in our society and
:35:38. > :35:41.economy and we should value them for what we do. -- what they do.
:35:42. > :35:48.Christmas is coming and so, apparently, is a statement on
:35:49. > :35:51.airport expansion in London. Whilst I had the Secretary of Statd for
:35:52. > :35:54.Transport today saying he h`d not made a decision, Radio 4 was
:35:55. > :36:00.spreading a wicked rumour that he is about to fudge that decision. Will
:36:01. > :36:03.the leader of the House ple`se remind the Secretary of State for
:36:04. > :36:10.Transport before he makes this decision, too much fudge is bad for
:36:11. > :36:12.you? Mr Speaker, I am sure the Secretary of State has noted the
:36:13. > :36:17.comments of my honourable friend. I can tell him that the decishon has
:36:18. > :36:21.not been taken. There is pldnty of speculation in the media about it
:36:22. > :36:24.but as we stand, no decision has been taken about how to respond to
:36:25. > :36:28.the report. It would be right and proper that is such a decishon is
:36:29. > :36:34.taken, there will be a statdment to the House. I had the opporttnity to
:36:35. > :36:39.meet members of the workforce from Heathrow, yesterday afternoon, when
:36:40. > :36:49.they told us not just about the benefit it would be for thel but
:36:50. > :36:52.also to the British economy. I read this running at the Prime Mhnister
:36:53. > :36:58.is going to announce somewhdre today that there is going to be a
:36:59. > :37:01.six-month delay. Is he really more concerned at -- is the government
:37:02. > :37:06.really more concerned about the outcome to the mayoral elections
:37:07. > :37:10.than the outcome of the dechsion for the British economy? He has to wait,
:37:11. > :37:14.despite what is being said hn the media, I can say again that no
:37:15. > :37:17.decision has been taken on how to respond to that report and when it
:37:18. > :37:25.is, we will respond the House immediately. It is now one xear
:37:26. > :37:32.since the report from the ntisance calls and texts task force, led by
:37:33. > :37:35.Which, was issued. Can we h`ve a statement on what progress has been
:37:36. > :37:40.made in in preventing its recommendations and what more
:37:41. > :37:44.implementing its relations. I will implementing its relations. I will
:37:45. > :37:51.make sure that his concerns are parted -- passed onto the rdlevant
:37:52. > :37:58.authorities. I will update him on what is happening. Last week during
:37:59. > :38:01.the Syria debate, I asked the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary
:38:02. > :38:06.and important question regarding warning systems and whether RAF
:38:07. > :38:11.planes flying over Iraq and Syria were equipped with the latest
:38:12. > :38:16.technology. I got no answer. So can we have a statement or debate on
:38:17. > :38:20.this very important issue? Our air people deserve the best kit possible
:38:21. > :38:24.so that they confide our interests. To really # Chris O'Day can serve
:38:25. > :38:32.our interests. -- so they will serve our interests.
:38:33. > :38:37.There will be a debate next week where he can raise that isste. A
:38:38. > :38:43.councillor on Medway Council, who was born in Nigeria, has rated me
:38:44. > :38:47.the threat Boko Haram poses to people in Nigeria. Can we h`ve an
:38:48. > :38:49.urgent statement on what thd government and the internathonal
:38:50. > :38:53.community is doing to address the terrorist threat in Nigeria, and
:38:54. > :38:57.what we are doing to assist the template 5 million children not in
:38:58. > :39:03.education access -- who are susceptible to radicalisation? We
:39:04. > :39:05.have been actively engaged hn discussions with the Nigeri`n
:39:06. > :39:09.government about how we can help them in the struggle against Boca
:39:10. > :39:15.her arm. Deeply unpleasant group that has committed some serhous
:39:16. > :39:18.atrocities. -- Boko Haram. Particularly against the Christian
:39:19. > :39:21.community in Nigeria. We sh`ll do everything we can to help the
:39:22. > :39:28.Nigerian government resist what is a very opposite movement. Nursery in
:39:29. > :39:32.my constituency which been rated outstanding by Ofsted for nhne years
:39:33. > :39:36.could face closure by Rochd`le council because of massive cuts to
:39:37. > :39:40.their budget by this Conservative government. Should we not h`ve a
:39:41. > :39:47.debate on how this government has added 30 impacted on childc`re
:39:48. > :39:53.provision? -- has added 30 hmpacted? The best councils around thd country
:39:54. > :39:56.have adapted to a more challenging financial environment well `nd have
:39:57. > :40:00.continued to support servicds. I cannot comment on Rochdale Council
:40:01. > :40:06.suffice to say many other councils have done things differentlx without
:40:07. > :40:13.those cuts. We will have a statement between now and Christmas and he can
:40:14. > :40:26.raise this book -- concerns there. A spouse as a constituent of line
:40:27. > :40:34.lives with their child to f`ce very -- in a very badly affected by
:40:35. > :40:39.terrorism place, she has bedn denied a visitor Visa to visit, can we have
:40:40. > :40:45.a debate on this issue? I c`nnot comment on individual issues. I am
:40:46. > :40:48.sure the Home Office will look as carefully as it can applications but
:40:49. > :40:52.they have to take difficult decisions sometimes, and without
:40:53. > :40:59.looking at the second sentence, it is difficult to say whether this is
:41:00. > :41:02.right or. 20 MPs covering shx parties in this house appro`ch to
:41:03. > :41:11.the Chancellor before the CSR seeking further resources for those
:41:12. > :41:16.affected by contaminated blood and we have had no response. In a
:41:17. > :41:19.meeting on the 5th of November, the statement was promised before the
:41:20. > :41:25.recess about the consultation about for the any resources will be
:41:26. > :41:30.available. Can we be assured that we will have an oral statement before
:41:31. > :41:33.next Thursday? It is the intention of government departments who have
:41:34. > :41:37.made a number of commitment to update the House on a whole variety
:41:38. > :41:40.of matters before Christmas, I consider you give an assurance that
:41:41. > :41:46.every government department is working hard to fulfil thosd
:41:47. > :41:51.commitments. I would like to reiterate the question asked by my
:41:52. > :41:55.honourable friend for Cardiff Central, sports direct has 450
:41:56. > :42:01.stores nationwide and should be an exemplar employer. Can we h`ve an
:42:02. > :42:08.urgent debate on how the closure of HMRC offices will help us in force a
:42:09. > :42:12.national minimum wage? The changes in the HMRC structure simplx because
:42:13. > :42:17.more and more of the work they do is done online, we deal with otr tax
:42:18. > :42:22.affairs electronically, so maintaining a network of 170 offices
:42:23. > :42:24.does not make sense. We are taking a decision to rationalise into
:42:25. > :42:30.specialist centres and we bdlieve that will enhance rather th`n
:42:31. > :42:37.detract from what HMRC does. The decision to remove ?1 billion from
:42:38. > :42:42.the carbon capture storage opticians is the latest in a number of kicks
:42:43. > :42:49.in the teeth to the green and low carbon sectors. Can we have a debate
:42:50. > :42:55.or statement from the secretary of state; tease out why this dhsastrous
:42:56. > :42:59.decision was made? I know that the honourable gentleman has rahsed this
:43:00. > :43:03.issue before. I would say that I am not embarrassed by our record on
:43:04. > :43:08.renewables. In the last quarter in the summer, more than 25% of energy
:43:09. > :43:16.generation came from renewable energy, that is a step change where
:43:17. > :43:19.we were previously. The previous government and this governmdnt has
:43:20. > :43:24.moved to develop renewable dnergy but we do not have unlimited funds
:43:25. > :43:30.and we have to use them cardfully. We are not moving away from carbon
:43:31. > :43:34.capture in the long term but the mix on energy generation was thd right
:43:35. > :43:38.one. She will be back again in the House on the 7th of January and he
:43:39. > :43:45.will be able to ask again about his issues. Less than 10% of people in
:43:46. > :43:47.this country any longer makd anything, manufacturing and the
:43:48. > :43:55.vibrancy and health of manufacturing is crucial to the future of our
:43:56. > :44:01.country. There is a celebrating of manufacturing tonight, I know we can
:44:02. > :44:04.speak about this in the TTIP debate, but can we have debate soon about
:44:05. > :44:09.the borders of manufacture `nd how we support the manufacturing sector?
:44:10. > :44:13.I agree with the honourable gentleman about the importance of
:44:14. > :44:16.manufacturing, I wish you wdll for the event this evening. It hs a
:44:17. > :44:19.matter that can certainly bd brought to the attention of the backbench
:44:20. > :44:24.business committee, to have a backbench debate on manufacturing. I
:44:25. > :44:29.would gently remind him, more directed at his front bench than him
:44:30. > :44:32.himself, there is a popular myth in this country that it is unddr
:44:33. > :44:38.Conservative have meant in the 980s that manufacturing fell sharply In
:44:39. > :44:46.the 1980s it barely changed at all as a total of national incole, but
:44:47. > :44:53.under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, it almost halved. Last Tuesday, when
:44:54. > :45:01.the leader of the House announced an urgency Syria debate, he sahd he was
:45:02. > :45:05.not aware of any reason why the Prime Minister would not be able to
:45:06. > :45:10.hear on Thursday for a second day of debate, is it standard practice for
:45:11. > :45:14.him to be kept in the dark `bout his Cabinet colleagues and his
:45:15. > :45:18.appointments? I do not watch every inch of the Prime Minister's diary.
:45:19. > :45:21.If the matter is sufficiently important for the Prime Minhster to
:45:22. > :45:25.be in the House, then he will be in the House. It was a matter of
:45:26. > :45:28.importance for him to be in the House, he was to lead the ddbate on
:45:29. > :45:32.Wednesday, we had 11 and a half hours of debate, and I think that
:45:33. > :45:37.with this house at its best and the right way to do things. My
:45:38. > :45:41.constituents Mr and Mrs Peacock art register to TPS, but at company
:45:42. > :45:49.called real-time claims continually caresses -- Hamas is them over the
:45:50. > :45:55.phone, citing the Data Protdction Act as a means to harass thdm. When
:45:56. > :46:00.will a statement be made to the south about the report last year
:46:01. > :46:04.into nuisance calls and texts? This is clearly a matter of concdrn on
:46:05. > :46:09.both sides today so I would say to my honourable friend that I will
:46:10. > :46:11.talk to the department and get them a response before the Christmas
:46:12. > :46:16.recess about what is happenhng on that front. He has raised the matter
:46:17. > :46:21.today which is important and I would also encourage him to talk to the
:46:22. > :46:25.data protection regulators `bout an individual business which is
:46:26. > :46:30.misbehaving. There are mech`nisms to deal with that and they shotld be
:46:31. > :46:35.used. It is worth reflecting on the comments that were made eye the
:46:36. > :46:38.previous pension Minister and his remarks yesterday. He said, we made
:46:39. > :46:45.a bad decision on state pension age rises. I think he is right `nd
:46:46. > :46:50.hundreds and thousands of potential pensioners in this country `re going
:46:51. > :46:54.to be discriminated against. Will: urgent debate and will the
:46:55. > :46:55.government to reflect on thd -- mistakes it has made in pension
:46:56. > :47:05.provision? Of course, there are plenty of
:47:06. > :47:10.avenues to call such a debate. We have had to take difficult decisions
:47:11. > :47:14.about pension age, we have had to take those decisions against the
:47:15. > :47:19.background of an ever ageing population. The previous government
:47:20. > :47:22.took similar decisions. It hs a reality that people will retire
:47:23. > :47:27.later than they have done in the past. We will continue to h`ve
:47:28. > :47:32.discussions with members about the detail, but we can't escape the
:47:33. > :47:51.reality we are facing. Pity tell me when the next meeting of thd Welsh
:47:52. > :47:59.committee? He does talk a lot of nonsense sometimes. As he knows I
:48:00. > :48:03.have never sought to excludd Welsh MPs from speaking in English
:48:04. > :48:08.debates. The whole essence of the reform is precisely not to dxclude
:48:09. > :48:13.Welsh Scottish MPs from spe`king in debates on English matters. The same
:48:14. > :48:16.doesn't work the other way. The Welsh committee will have a lesser
:48:17. > :48:21.role in future because we are now in the process of devolving exhsting
:48:22. > :48:27.powers to Cardiff. I will h`ve a look at what is happening in the
:48:28. > :48:31.committee and write to him. Mr DJ doing the debate on the economy the
:48:32. > :48:37.economic secretary that to the Treasury, in response to qudries on
:48:38. > :48:43.domestic violence refuges, hnformed the house that the figures were from
:48:44. > :48:46.the online system. But the leader of the house because statement on the
:48:47. > :48:52.roll out of this new font of all knowledge the government sedms to be
:48:53. > :48:59.using? I think he has made his point. Can we have a debate about
:49:00. > :49:03.disclosure and barring servhce checks on how individuals c`n be
:49:04. > :49:07.better supported for their wait for those checks to be completed? I have
:49:08. > :49:10.a number of constituents hurt who have lost out in employment because
:49:11. > :49:17.checks have not been carried out on time. I have had a similar
:49:18. > :49:24.experience in my own constituency, I have it in situ zoo member who has
:49:25. > :49:28.had to give the service a good push to get a response for a constituent
:49:29. > :49:32.who was waiting for a job offer He makes an important point, I'll make
:49:33. > :49:34.sure that is really to my colleagues. There is no exctse for
:49:35. > :49:41.leaving people in the posithon where they might lose a job offer because
:49:42. > :49:46.of this. This week, I received three letters from Downing Street, all
:49:47. > :49:50.hand. Each letter was telling me that a written question sublitted
:49:51. > :49:55.was being transferred. By the time I received the letters, I had the
:49:56. > :50:01.answer from the Foreign Offhce. It is an archaic waste of time. If this
:50:02. > :50:09.government is serious about cutting the cost of politics, Cammy have a
:50:10. > :50:14.debate where we discussed the archaic processes of this place It
:50:15. > :50:17.is hard to criticise both the team at number ten Dennis St and the
:50:18. > :50:24.Foreign Office for being extremely quick and responding to his
:50:25. > :50:30.questions. We aim to please. By capping the number of occup`nts that
:50:31. > :50:38.buy and renting properties rather than buying them, which is happened
:50:39. > :50:40.in my constituency, the company who are contacted by the Home Office,
:50:41. > :50:51.avoids planning and licensing requirements relating to HMOs will
:50:52. > :50:54.stop. This sharp practice rhsks undermining both public confidence
:50:55. > :51:00.and community relations that none of us want to see. We have comlunities
:51:01. > :51:05.and local government questions coming up shortly in this house but
:51:06. > :51:09.what I would say to him is H would never support inappropriate
:51:10. > :51:12.practices, but it may be thd case that not putting large numbdrs of
:51:13. > :51:19.asylum seekers in the same place and allowing them to blend into the
:51:20. > :51:24.community is the right thing to do. This morning at a transport
:51:25. > :51:28.questions, in response to mx question about airport expansion,
:51:29. > :51:32.the Secretary of State said, when an announcement is to be made, I will
:51:33. > :51:35.make it in the house. Howevdr, it has also been reported that there
:51:36. > :51:40.will be a press conference setting out the government's new position
:51:41. > :51:44.later this evening. Would it be in order for the Transport Secretary to
:51:45. > :51:49.commit to making a statement in this house first, or met then proceed to
:51:50. > :51:53.announce a policy in the prdss when the house is not sitting, and at the
:51:54. > :51:56.very least, would it not be a great discourtesy to their size to do so?
:51:57. > :51:57.The