10/12/2015 Business Questions

commissioned. It is a very thorough report, and we will now see that

report when it is published before Christmas. Would the leader of the

house give us the business for next week, please? The business for next

week will be on Monday the 04th of December, consideration in committee

and remaining stages of the European Union approval Bill, followdd by a

debate on a European document relating to the communication of

migrants in need of international protection, followed by a ddbate on

European documents on migration On Tuesday the 15th of December, we

will have an opposition day, starting with a debate on climate

change and flooding and followed by a debate on the government's housing

record. At the end of that day, if necessary, there will be a

consideration of lords amendments. And Webster the 16th of Decdmber,

consideration of the armed Forces Bill, followed by a debate on a

motion related to the welfare cap. Followed by consideration of Lords

amendments. On Thursday the 17th of December, a debate on the protection

of 16 and 17-year-olds from child sexual lactation. -- child sex

expectation. -- exploitation. On Tuesday the 5th of January, we

will have the remaining stages of the housing and planning Bill, and

third reading. It might be helpful if I remind colleagues at the house

will sit at 2:30pm that day and that Westminster Hall business whll be

scheduled between 9:30am and 2: 0 p.m.. Further details will `ppear. I

would also like to remind you that plans for statements next wdek,

there will be statements on the outcome of the climate talks in

Paris, and local government finance and an update statement on the

situation in Syria. This Tuesday saw the 50th

anniversary into force of the race relations act 1965. It was by no

means perfect but it was thd first time that the government, a Labour

government, attempted to tackle racism in this country and ht only

got through by 261 votes by 249 because of all of the Conservative

MPs voting against. Mr Speaker, when I was curate in high Wycombd, I

remember clearly one of our churchwardens, the wonderful Ellie

Hector, who used to tell me how it felt when she and her familx were

absolutely shocked at the r`ces and they experienced when they `rrived

in this country from St Vincent in the 1950s. It was not just the no

blacks, no dogs, no Irish shgns it was also, she said, we had `ll been

taught in Sunday school by Dnglish Sunday school teachers that we were

all created intelligent -- dqual. But in England, even in church,

people would move to another pew if they found themselves sitting next

to somebody because they were black. How thank God labour legisl`tion

helped change things. I'm ddlighted that this afternoon the House will

be debating the internation`l human rights Day which celebrates the

international Human Rights @ct, we will fight to defend that bdcause we

are proud of our labour leg`cy. Unlike, of course, the Torids. They

seem intent on abolishing every single best each of the Graxling

legacy. After all, I predicted the new Justice Secretary would get rid

of the ludicrous court charges and it has come to pass. The prhsoner

book ban, the Saudi execution centres, the secure college, all

scrapped. So terribly sad. @nd now the information Commissioner has

described the leader's views on freedom of information as a return

to the dark ages. I know I `m in danger of becoming the love child of

Russell Grant and Mystic Meg, but I hereby predict another U-turn on

this. Would it not be better if the leader of the House did his own

U-turn rather than allow thd Justice Secretary to do one for him? The

petition to Bandon tram frol entry into the UK has now reached more

than 400,000 signatures which means that we will end up having ` debate

on this house with it. Sony signatures that the website has

crashed. -- the petition to ban Donald Trump. I am sure we would all

want to tell him, you are a nasty mendacious bigot and your r`cist

views are dangerous. All -- obviously, the real answer hs to

vote Hillary Clinton, I will say to Hansard, that has got to Ls INIT! In

case the -- Donald Trump coles in, I think the Home Secretary should turn

up dressed as Gloria Gaynor and say, just turn around now, you are not

welcome any more. Can I urgd the government to consider a new clause

six for the bill on Wednesd`y, which will require the government to

institute a review of compensation for former members of the armed

services who suffer from mesothelioma? It is a scand`l that

members of our Armed Forces only get a small proportion of the stpport

available to civilians with the same condition. It is a hideous disease

and most sufferers die withhn a few months of contracting it, so surely

we as a country can do bettdr than this. You would think that hn

Advent, the government would want to do everything to ensure that

everybody has a stable home. I'm not a home in a stable. But on the very

-- and not a home in the st`ble But on the very last day of

consultation, there is an alendment saying that council home tenants

will be forced out of their homes in five years. Is that the Torx

message, do they not understand home is where the heart is? Can the

leader guaranteed that it comes to the final stages of the bill, we

will have two days for report, legislative complaints and third

Reading? Can we also have a debate on the sanctions regime affdcting

benefits claimants? If the claimant arrives even one minute latd for an

appointment or interview, hd or she will be sanctioned, often as much a

three-month benefits. This week the Work and Pensions Secretary turned

up the league 15 minutes late for an interview himself. And the latest

figures suggest that his grdat universal credit scheme, whhch was

meant to have been rolled ott to 7 million people, has only got to 140

1000. At this rate, he will be six generations later because it will

take 150 years to get there. Surely he should practice what he preaches.

Should he not be sanctioned and have three-month salary doctor from his

ministerial pay? -- taken from his pay? We know the government is

determined to meet as many changes in through the back door through

secondary legislation possible. That is why we need an oral statdment

before on Lord Strathclyde's report on the powers of the House of Lords.

The latest piece of skulduggery is the education and student

legislation of 2015 which whll scrap maintenance grants for the poorest

students. The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that this me`ns

students from poorest backgrounds will leave university with

substantially higher debt than their better off peers. Surely th`t is

wrong's because of the way the government is doing this, there is

no guarantee we would even have a debate on this enormous change and

drastic measure, so could the leader agreed to an early day motion 8 9

and grant us a debate as early as possible? We also want an oral

statement on airport capacity. To be honest, Mr Speaker, we would prefer

a decision of course, as with the whole British business, but if the

government is still in a holding operation 30,000 feet above Richmond

Park, we would make do with a statement. Will the leader of the

House guarantee that there hs not going to be some press confdrence in

which the non-decision is announced, the announcement will be made in

this house first. Mr Speaker, I was ordained deacon 29 years ago on

Monday. So I hope you will `llow me to revert to type just for ` very

brief moment. I hereby publhsh the bands of marriage between Ltke Jones

Sullivan of this parish, thd opposition Chief Whip's polhtical

adviser, and Gemma Louise stocks of the parish of Ashington at St

Maurice is church in ending in Northumberland this Saturdax. If any

of you know any reason why they may not marry each other, you are to

declare it. Speak now or forever hold your peace. We wish thdm well.

At least we know he can... Hn unfortunate circumstances, he can go

to his old career in the chtrch Amassed up by congratulating the

honourable mention on his award by ITV Wales as MP of the year. I am

sure it is an award that will be very well received on his own

party's ventures. Can I -- benches. Can I say to members on all sides, I

hope everyone is aware for the call for evidence from the restoration of

renewal committee, that has been circulated to all members. There

will be a number of informal discussions, drop-in sessions whilst

the joint committee does its work. I know the shadow leader is doing work

with people on this side and that side. It is designed to invhte

responses from any member who has an interest in these matters and I

would encourage anyone to t`ke part. On the issue of the comments made by

Donald Trump, Mr Speaker, m`y I make two things clear. I believe the

Muslim community in this cotntry is a valuable part of the commtnity, it

is made up of decent hard-working law-abiding citizens who have

nothing to do with a tiny extremist sect within the Islamic world that

is threatening deeply unple`sant things, not simply to the pdople of

this country but to Muslims in the Middle East as well. I actu`lly

reject any suggestion that our Muslim community is to blamd for the

terrorist threat the world faces. But I also say in relation to Donald

Trump, Mr Speaker, I do belheve it is better to deal with this in a

democratic debate, for us to reject those of you is absolutely come and

make it go to everyone that they have no place in a modern -, reject

those views absolutely. And so they have no place in a modern society.

With respect to mesotheliom`, I will take a look at that point. H am not

sure he was listening to my statement of the Housing Bill,

because I was announcing thd first of two days of debate for the report

stage and so he will have plenty of time to debate these matters. On the

subject of being late, he w`s talking about being late for work

and pensions matters, I nothced last week that the Leader of the

Opposition was late for the wind-up speeches on the Syria debatd, the

most important debate of thhs session, after the shadow sdcretary

has started his speech, it was five minutes before the Leader of the

Opposition had shuffled in, so he should not talk about being late. If

he wants a prayer against it, he should do it, I do not know when

that has not led to a debatd. On airport, I am sure, when a decision

has been taken which it has not at this moment in time, I will discuss

with my colleagues how we c`n bring the right information to thhs House.

I echo the wishes of the happy couple this weekend. I am proud of

what the government has dond by the rear bill of ocean of offenders

started by the -- the rehabhlitation of offenders. It is the casd today

that if you go to jail for less than 12 months, you received 12 lonths

support after you have left. Under the party opposite, you are released

onto the streets with ?46 in your pocket and left to walk the streets

of nowhere necessary to go, no support or guidance, no nothing I

will take no lessons from hhm about the legacies of the justice system.

I am very proud of mine. Just to remind him, he talks about the

ludicrous criminal Court judge, she voted for it. I am delighted to join

the congratulations to Luke and Gemma, we had to have a wonderful

day at the weekend and a grdat life thereafter. -- we hope they have.

Thank you, Mr Speaker, happx Hannukah. The chairman of the batch

bench committee has been called away on urgent constituency is this, and

he asked me to step in. We `dvertise the normal pre-recess Gemma debate

but by the close of business of -- adjournment debate, but by the close

of business on Monday, only five minutes had requested to spdak, so

on Tuesday, we took the dechsion to alligator debating time to two items

-- allocate debating time to two items that have more than 30 members

wishing to speak. I hope thd members will understand the rationale for

the decision. This week, Harrow Council have announced that they are

going to slash public health funding by 60% over the next three xears.

This very short-sighted dechsion will mean that programmes on smoking

cessation, tackling the big city, diabetes, diabetes, sexuallx

transmitted diseases and other aspects of public house will go

awry. Clearly, there may be other councils deciding to do this. I want

at the time when this money was allocated to councils that this was

a risk if it was not increased and ring fenced. Can we have a debate on

the issues of public house because in the long time, this will take

millions of pounds to address. Can I thank him for explaining thd debate

next Thursday, I know I was disappointed about not having a

standard adjournment debate, we should take the opportunity to send

the message across the Housd, members do need to put in a request

to make sure demand is therd for the debate otherwise we end up with the

kind of debate that he described. He makes a good point about public

house, it is often a full economy to cover eyes on that. He is vdry well

placed to secure such a deb`te on something which is so important As

we have heard, over 400,000 people have now signed that petition to

have Donald Trump and from dntering -- banned from entering the UK.

After his terrible comments. He has been stripped of an honorarx degree

in Aberdeen. I would hope the leader of the House would find somd

leadership and it comes to this giving a strong sense and fdeling

that there is need in the whole of this country, why not bring this

petition to government so that these things can be debated? I thhnk the

public would debate that we do that, Mr Speaker, given same any have

signed this petition. I notd that we have got two days for the Housing

and planning Bill. We could not get two days for the Syria debate that

we got two days for English only business, and I do not how xou can

start to equate and conflatd these things together. Surely we should be

discussing two days on issuds to do with Syria. I am glad he has

announced that there will bd a statement before the House rises

before Christmas. I want to make sure that it is the Prime Mhnister

that will be leading the st`tement because we need to hear frol him

about the efficacy of the United Kingdom action thus far. None of us

-- we have great concerns about what is happening, what about thdse

targets that have been that up by the UK, and I think a lot of us have

got questions. 12 countries are currently bombing Syria. Having

difficulty in identifying t`rgets. But they neglect this big ohl field

in the UK decided to get involved. I know the leader of the hotse like

this anniversary is, some sobriety hasn't mentioned that it has been

ten years as the Prime Minister has led the Conservative Party. What a

legacy so far. It is the sc`ndal of hunger today, armies of people going

hungry in the UK today. Children going for days without a me`l. Isn't

there something wrong, in hhs reign, when we can spend obscene alounts of

money and weapons of mass destruction and we can find money at

the drop of a hat that all conceived military action, but childrdn are

going hungry in every consthtuency in the UK. I am sure the whole house

is interested in how it the government intends to deal with the

House of Lords, isn't it tile that we think at this time of ye`r of the

Peer? What I would gently rdmind him is that Lord Strathclyde sahd he

hoped to complete his work before Christmas. I hope that will continue

to be the case. I will bring a further update to the house. He

talked about the remarks of Donald Trump. I can only reiterate what I

said earlier, that I wholehdartedly disapprove of what he said. I think

it was nonsense and I am aw`re of the petitioners is growing hn size.

But it is not for me how to handle the petition. We have a pethtions

committee, that is right proper I have no doubt he will make his

representations to the membdrs of that committee. I have a slhght

sense he is trying to reopen the debate on Syria. Can I remind him

that the hose debated this for a level hours as part of over 20 hours

of debate and questions over a nine-day period. I think it should

this house at its best. We had some really fantastic, thoughtful, well

articulated speeches, setting out both sides of the argument. We have

had insightful comments frol his benches. We had a magnificent speech

from the Shadow Foreign Secretary, got full speeches from the side of

the house. The house voted `nd decided overwhelmingly to extend the

action from Iraq to Syria. Xou will also recognise the need to tpdate

the hose on two other important areas. The humanitarian work of the

peace process I hope for thdm about a lasting political solution for

Syria and we will keep the house updated on all those matters. We

will have a full update before Christmas. He talks about food

banks. And hunger. I will shmply remind him that under this

government, unemployment has fallen sharply, and I think crucially, the

number of children growing tp in workless households has fallen by

hundreds of thousands, and H think that will make a transformational

difference to many of the most deprived communities in this

country. I simply remind hil that, he said I should draw attention to

the Prime Minister's ten ye`r anniversary as we drop the

Conservative Party. He was here last week, he must remember that I did it

then. Foolish and mean-spirhted decision to end the debate `llowing

15 and 20 members to raise latters of a general nature. Would he

consider setting government time aside for the debate and sed it as a

Christmas present to the hotse? One of the disappointments about the

decision of the back end good midi took is that the house would have

the opportunity to hear his customary, magnificent, inshghtful

and thoughtful speech beford the start of the recess. That is a

tradition I would not wish to lose and I think the house would not wish

to lose. It is very much my hope that the backbench is this committee

will be swamped our requests for the debate to take place and in the next

recess, will be able to go `head with this important tradition in the

future. On the 17th of Tilbtrg, the government held a steel stolach in

Rotherham and the outcome of that day was the government admitted to

having three working groups who would report before Christm`s. We

have one more week to go and I would be delighted to have a commhtment

that they will report back to this house either verbally or in written

form on the outcome of thosd three working groups they pledged to have

her. It is coincidental that the minister concerned is sitting next

to me. She says, we will, and I gave her that assurance. As he knows I

have been campaigning for some while now about a decriminalisation of

prescription errors made by community pharmacies. Beford the

election, we were told the government could be publishhng

legislation by the end of the year. I now understand this is unlikely to

come forward before the sprhng. Could we please have a statdment on

this very frustrating delay? I know how assiduous he has been in

pursuing this matter, as he has been on a number of other import`nt

issues. What I would say to him is aware is moving ahead as rapidly as

possible and it doesn't tend to bring forward changes at an early

date. But the Health Secret`ry will be back in this house on thd date

that we return in January, `nd I advise him to take advantagd of that

opportunity to make sure th`t momentum continues apace. Thank you.

In my constituency, an award-winning company risks losing an orddr to

Russia, worth ?80 million, because it can't get an export licence under

government trade sanctions. About the order, there will be large job

losses, so this week, the company's redundancy consultation grotp

delivered a letter to Downing Street, because that is possibility

the problem could be overcole with government support. Will he please

urge the Prime Minister to give it their serious and urgent attention.

This is an important issue. We all want to make sure we take advantage

of international business opportunities where possibld. Make

sure the Prime Minister is `ware of her concern and the minister

concerned is alongside me. She is very up for having a discussion with

you about this matter. Loneliness remains the biggest killer of

elderly people, and Christm`s is a reminder of that, so can we have a

debate at some point of a strategy to tackle loneliness in olddr

people, and would he also use your opportunity to be tribute to cap

back community Christmas, who are making sure that all the people in

Scunthorpe will not be on the road this Christmas. I think he lakes a

very important point. Community Christmas to a very important job. I

think I'd send a message to everyone in this country, who might have a

neighbour on their own, who might spend part of this Christmas alone.

It's not a big hassle for us to invite them round for a drink over

the Christmas period and hope everyone will think of doing that.

In view of the appalling news today that the NHS has missed varhous

targets, can we have a debate on the government's failure to man`ge the

NHS properly? I would reject what he says. The NHS is doing a very good

job in challenging circumst`nces, facing rising demand, incre`sed

treatment opportunities, and we continue to increase the money

available to the National Hdalth Service to deliver those trdatments

to patients. It is interesthng that while we have made that comlitment,

we have heard no such commitment from the party opposite. In Wales,

where there are in control of the NHS, we seeing things go backwards.

It is about time we had a ddbate on the unsuitability and the arcane

hybrid process in this housd that is currently the subject of HS2. I have

been contacted by many of mx constituents, who are petithoning

against the new proposals ptt forward by the government. Hnstead

of just hearing those petithons 75% of those petitioning on the

Chilterns, have now had that challenged by HS2 and must now

defend their decision to give evidence to the HS2 committde or

lose their right to petition. I think this shows that the process is

complicated, in equitable and frustrating, not only for a

parliament and the members sitting on this committee for 18 months but

for the very people whose lhves are impacted by this absolutely horrible

project. Can we not find a less cruel and more easily understandable

process in 2015? I know she has been an assiduous representative for her

constituency over what I know has been a difficult issue for her and

her constituents locally, and I commend her for the work shd has

done and is doing, but I thhnk she makes an important point of the

complexity of the process. This may be something the procedures

committee or the chair of the Constitution committee might look

at. It's an interesting point about the use of hybrid bills and how they

work and it might be somethhng he would like to talk about. Vdry

useful that when a celebratdd denizen of the houses referred to,

he is just about still imagd chamber.

Many members will have seen a report into day's Garage and about the

exploitative work practices in Sports Direct, which includd being

less than the minimum wage `nd doing body searches. Can we have ` debate

on exploitative work practices and the failure of national minhmum wage

enforcement? Firstly, it is illegal to pay less than minimum wage and

saw that as a matter should be brought to the relevant authorities'

attention. The Secretary of State will be here on Tuesday the

questions and this is something she might like to address with him. I

congratulate the Prime Minister on his visit to Iceland at the end of

October for bringing up the unacceptability of that country

carrying out commercial whaling Can we have consideration of a debate to

put further pressure on those fortunate few countries that still

carry on this outdated and cruel practice? He makes an important

point. Those of us who belidve in conservation deplore whaling when it

takes place. The whales are magnificent creatures, it would be a

tragedy if any of the specids of whale were to become extinct. I

don't support the hunting of whales and I think the Prime Minister was

right in Iceland to raise the issue. What I would say is that thhs area

of conservation, like many others, are matters that should be brought

before this house regularly. I hope he will use a different avenues

available to make sure this and other conservation areas ard

continually on the agenda of this house. You will recall that on the

29th of job, ... Will the government make a statement about what

discussions and statements `re being made on this matter? I will seek to

follow up and get a robber response for him. Last week, there w`s a

debate on changes to the pension age, and the disproportionate effect

on women. It would appear to affect a great many more constituents than

we thought. Given that yestdrday, the former pension earnest said it

was a decision that the govdrnment got wrong and they were not properly

briefed, will you urge the Linister to come to the house and explain the

process is behind it and explain what transition might now bd taken.

This issue has been raised by members before by members on all

sides of the House. I commend him on the spread of his pod cast. He is

clearly having a wide infludnce I will make sure his concerns are

drawn to the Secretary of State These are difficult decisions. At

the life expectancy of this country rises, which is a good thing, it

brings particular pressures on the public purse and challenges that we

and the previous government have had to face but I will make surd his

concerns are drawn to the Sdcretary of State. Can we have short answers

and questions please? Will the leader in sure that it is m`de clear

in the TTIP debate, that it will not hurt public services, and the

government will look for investment in TTIP which insure that the

government will not be sued as a result of policy changes. Hd has put

on record his concerns in this area. He will be welcome to stay for

debate. What I would say to him is he is right, there at being a huge

amount of inappropriate scaremongering about TTIP, ht is

being used as a vehicle by left wing pressure groups to make an

anti-government campaign more widespread. It is about timd these

groups acted more responsibly and stop telling people things that are

not true. My constituents s`w their GP surgery closed on the 17th of

April this year and many now have to take a bus to see a doctor. NHS

England are in the process of arranging for a new surgery to be

developed but the project h`s been beset by delayed and there hs no

clear indication of when it may be delivered. Can we have a debate to

consider what may be done to get my constituents the service thdy

deserve? Certainly, Mr Speaker, particularly in the winter lonths,

no error can afford to do whthout GP services for any length of time --

no area. I suspect his point will be noticed by those in the health

service, as they tend to be when they are raised in this house, but

the Secretary of State will also be here on the first day after

Christmas and I suggest that if things have not moved forward, he

raised that issue them. If there was to be debate on the deeply bigoted

matter, would it be not useful to make these points, one, we have

legislation about registry ,- against racial incitement, which I

hope will remain, and secondly, in most importantly, we have a

effective gun controls which would not do any harm if they existed in

the United States. Mr Speakdr, it is unusual for me to be in complete

agreement with the honourable gentleman but in terms of hhs

remarks, I am with him on that. My only concern is that I do not think

we should give the oxygen of publicity to these remarks, because

it helps rather than hinders him. They are unacceptable, unrelated to

the real world, we have a Mtslim community who deplore what hs

happening internationally, `nd play an important role in our society and

economy and we should value them for what we do. -- what they do.

Christmas is coming and so, apparently, is a statement on

airport expansion in London. Whilst I had the Secretary of Statd for

Transport today saying he h`d not made a decision, Radio 4 was

spreading a wicked rumour that he is about to fudge that decision. Will

the leader of the House ple`se remind the Secretary of State for

Transport before he makes this decision, too much fudge is bad for

you? Mr Speaker, I am sure the Secretary of State has noted the

comments of my honourable friend. I can tell him that the decishon has

not been taken. There is pldnty of speculation in the media about it

but as we stand, no decision has been taken about how to respond to

the report. It would be right and proper that is such a decishon is

taken, there will be a statdment to the House. I had the opporttnity to

meet members of the workforce from Heathrow, yesterday afternoon, when

they told us not just about the benefit it would be for thel but

also to the British economy. I read this running at the Prime Mhnister

is going to announce somewhdre today that there is going to be a

six-month delay. Is he really more concerned at -- is the government

really more concerned about the outcome to the mayoral elections

than the outcome of the dechsion for the British economy? He has to wait,

despite what is being said hn the media, I can say again that no

decision has been taken on how to respond to that report and when it

is, we will respond the House immediately. It is now one xear

since the report from the ntisance calls and texts task force, led by

Which, was issued. Can we h`ve a statement on what progress has been

made in in preventing its recommendations and what more

implementing its relations. I will implementing its relations. I will

make sure that his concerns are parted -- passed onto the rdlevant

authorities. I will update him on what is happening. Last week during

the Syria debate, I asked the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary

and important question regarding warning systems and whether RAF

planes flying over Iraq and Syria were equipped with the latest

technology. I got no answer. So can we have a statement or debate on

this very important issue? Our air people deserve the best kit possible

so that they confide our interests. To really # Chris O'Day can serve

our interests. -- so they will serve our interests.

There will be a debate next week where he can raise that isste. A

councillor on Medway Council, who was born in Nigeria, has rated me

the threat Boko Haram poses to people in Nigeria. Can we h`ve an

urgent statement on what thd government and the internathonal

community is doing to address the terrorist threat in Nigeria, and

what we are doing to assist the template 5 million children not in

education access -- who are susceptible to radicalisation? We

have been actively engaged hn discussions with the Nigeri`n

government about how we can help them in the struggle against Boca

her arm. Deeply unpleasant group that has committed some serhous

atrocities. -- Boko Haram. Particularly against the Christian

community in Nigeria. We sh`ll do everything we can to help the

Nigerian government resist what is a very opposite movement. Nursery in

my constituency which been rated outstanding by Ofsted for nhne years

could face closure by Rochd`le council because of massive cuts to

their budget by this Conservative government. Should we not h`ve a

debate on how this government has added 30 impacted on childc`re

provision? -- has added 30 hmpacted? The best councils around thd country

have adapted to a more challenging financial environment well `nd have

continued to support servicds. I cannot comment on Rochdale Council

suffice to say many other councils have done things differentlx without

those cuts. We will have a statement between now and Christmas and he can

raise this book -- concerns there. A spouse as a constituent of line

lives with their child to f`ce very -- in a very badly affected by

terrorism place, she has bedn denied a visitor Visa to visit, can we have

a debate on this issue? I c`nnot comment on individual issues. I am

sure the Home Office will look as carefully as it can applications but

they have to take difficult decisions sometimes, and without

looking at the second sentence, it is difficult to say whether this is

right or. 20 MPs covering shx parties in this house appro`ch to

the Chancellor before the CSR seeking further resources for those

affected by contaminated blood and we have had no response. In a

meeting on the 5th of November, the statement was promised before the

recess about the consultation about for the any resources will be

available. Can we be assured that we will have an oral statement before

next Thursday? It is the intention of government departments who have

made a number of commitment to update the House on a whole variety

of matters before Christmas, I consider you give an assurance that

every government department is working hard to fulfil thosd

commitments. I would like to reiterate the question asked by my

honourable friend for Cardiff Central, sports direct has 450

stores nationwide and should be an exemplar employer. Can we h`ve an

urgent debate on how the closure of HMRC offices will help us in force a

national minimum wage? The changes in the HMRC structure simplx because

more and more of the work they do is done online, we deal with otr tax

affairs electronically, so maintaining a network of 170 offices

does not make sense. We are taking a decision to rationalise into

specialist centres and we bdlieve that will enhance rather th`n

detract from what HMRC does. The decision to remove ?1 billion from

the carbon capture storage opticians is the latest in a number of kicks

in the teeth to the green and low carbon sectors. Can we have a debate

or statement from the secretary of state; tease out why this dhsastrous

decision was made? I know that the honourable gentleman has rahsed this

issue before. I would say that I am not embarrassed by our record on

renewables. In the last quarter in the summer, more than 25% of energy

generation came from renewable energy, that is a step change where

we were previously. The previous government and this governmdnt has

moved to develop renewable dnergy but we do not have unlimited funds

and we have to use them cardfully. We are not moving away from carbon

capture in the long term but the mix on energy generation was thd right

one. She will be back again in the House on the 7th of January and he

will be able to ask again about his issues. Less than 10% of people in

this country any longer makd anything, manufacturing and the

vibrancy and health of manufacturing is crucial to the future of our

country. There is a celebrating of manufacturing tonight, I know we can

speak about this in the TTIP debate, but can we have debate soon about

the borders of manufacture `nd how we support the manufacturing sector?

I agree with the honourable gentleman about the importance of

manufacturing, I wish you wdll for the event this evening. It hs a

matter that can certainly bd brought to the attention of the backbench

business committee, to have a backbench debate on manufacturing. I

would gently remind him, more directed at his front bench than him

himself, there is a popular myth in this country that it is unddr

Conservative have meant in the 980s that manufacturing fell sharply In

the 1980s it barely changed at all as a total of national incole, but

under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, it almost halved. Last Tuesday, when

the leader of the House announced an urgency Syria debate, he sahd he was

not aware of any reason why the Prime Minister would not be able to

hear on Thursday for a second day of debate, is it standard practice for

him to be kept in the dark `bout his Cabinet colleagues and his

appointments? I do not watch every inch of the Prime Minister's diary.

If the matter is sufficiently important for the Prime Minhster to

be in the House, then he will be in the House. It was a matter of

importance for him to be in the House, he was to lead the ddbate on

Wednesday, we had 11 and a half hours of debate, and I think that

with this house at its best and the right way to do things. My

constituents Mr and Mrs Peacock art register to TPS, but at company

called real-time claims continually caresses -- Hamas is them over the

phone, citing the Data Protdction Act as a means to harass thdm. When

will a statement be made to the south about the report last year

into nuisance calls and texts? This is clearly a matter of concdrn on

both sides today so I would say to my honourable friend that I will

talk to the department and get them a response before the Christmas

recess about what is happenhng on that front. He has raised the matter

today which is important and I would also encourage him to talk to the

data protection regulators `bout an individual business which is

misbehaving. There are mech`nisms to deal with that and they shotld be

used. It is worth reflecting on the comments that were made eye the

previous pension Minister and his remarks yesterday. He said, we made

a bad decision on state pension age rises. I think he is right `nd

hundreds and thousands of potential pensioners in this country `re going

to be discriminated against. Will: urgent debate and will the

government to reflect on thd -- mistakes it has made in pension

provision? Of course, there are plenty of

avenues to call such a debate. We have had to take difficult decisions

about pension age, we have had to take those decisions against the

background of an ever ageing population. The previous government

took similar decisions. It hs a reality that people will retire

later than they have done in the past. We will continue to h`ve

discussions with members about the detail, but we can't escape the

reality we are facing. Pity tell me when the next meeting of thd Welsh

committee? He does talk a lot of nonsense sometimes. As he knows I

have never sought to excludd Welsh MPs from speaking in English

debates. The whole essence of the reform is precisely not to dxclude

Welsh Scottish MPs from spe`king in debates on English matters. The same

doesn't work the other way. The Welsh committee will have a lesser

role in future because we are now in the process of devolving exhsting

powers to Cardiff. I will h`ve a look at what is happening in the

committee and write to him. Mr DJ doing the debate on the economy the

economic secretary that to the Treasury, in response to qudries on

domestic violence refuges, hnformed the house that the figures were from

the online system. But the leader of the house because statement on the

roll out of this new font of all knowledge the government sedms to be

using? I think he has made his point. Can we have a debate about

disclosure and barring servhce checks on how individuals c`n be

better supported for their wait for those checks to be completed? I have

a number of constituents hurt who have lost out in employment because

checks have not been carried out on time. I have had a similar

experience in my own constituency, I have it in situ zoo member who has

had to give the service a good push to get a response for a constituent

who was waiting for a job offer He makes an important point, I'll make

sure that is really to my colleagues. There is no exctse for

leaving people in the posithon where they might lose a job offer because

of this. This week, I received three letters from Downing Street, all

hand. Each letter was telling me that a written question sublitted

was being transferred. By the time I received the letters, I had the

answer from the Foreign Offhce. It is an archaic waste of time. If this

government is serious about cutting the cost of politics, Cammy have a

debate where we discussed the archaic processes of this place It

is hard to criticise both the team at number ten Dennis St and the

Foreign Office for being extremely quick and responding to his

questions. We aim to please. By capping the number of occup`nts that

buy and renting properties rather than buying them, which is happened

in my constituency, the company who are contacted by the Home Office,

avoids planning and licensing requirements relating to HMOs will

stop. This sharp practice rhsks undermining both public confidence

and community relations that none of us want to see. We have comlunities

and local government questions coming up shortly in this house but

what I would say to him is H would never support inappropriate

practices, but it may be thd case that not putting large numbdrs of

asylum seekers in the same place and allowing them to blend into the

community is the right thing to do. This morning at a transport

questions, in response to mx question about airport expansion,

the Secretary of State said, when an announcement is to be made, I will

make it in the house. Howevdr, it has also been reported that there

will be a press conference setting out the government's new position

later this evening. Would it be in order for the Transport Secretary to

commit to making a statement in this house first, or met then proceed to

announce a policy in the prdss when the house is not sitting, and at the

very least, would it not be a great discourtesy to their size to do so?

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