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:00:00. > :00:00.Significantly, 14% increase in visits to cathedrals, showing how

:00:00. > :00:10.cathedrals appeal to all generations. Thank you. Is on this

:00:11. > :00:14.question, Mr Chris Bryant. Will the Leader of the House give as the

:00:15. > :00:18.future business, please? The business for next week, on Monday

:00:19. > :00:22.the 21st of March, we have the continuation of the budget of eight.

:00:23. > :00:29.On Tuesday we have the conclusion of the budget they'd. On Wednesday

:00:30. > :00:33.proceedings on the high-speed rail London to West Midlands bill,

:00:34. > :00:40.followed by consideration of Lords amendments, followed by a motion of

:00:41. > :00:45.the European communities amendments act, followed by a motion related to

:00:46. > :00:51.short money. On Thursday there will be a debate relating to court

:00:52. > :00:58.closures, followed by a debate on matters to be decided before the

:00:59. > :01:04.forthcoming Easter recess adjournment, and I might also say

:01:05. > :01:17.that next Thursday we will be told... We look forward to that. The

:01:18. > :01:22.business for the week commencing the 11th of April, when we return from

:01:23. > :01:26.the Easter recess, Monday the 11th of April will be the second reading

:01:27. > :01:31.of the Finance Bill. Tuesday the 12th will be a debate on reform and

:01:32. > :01:35.support arrangements for people with contaminated blood, a subject

:01:36. > :01:39.determined by the backbench business committee, and the chairman of ways

:01:40. > :01:44.and Means is expected to name a proposed Private business for

:01:45. > :01:48.consideration. Wednesday will be an opposition day, and Thursday will be

:01:49. > :01:52.a further day nominated by the backbench business committee. Friday

:01:53. > :01:57.the 15th of April we are not sitting. The business in Westminster

:01:58. > :02:04.Hall for the 24th of March will be a general debate on the NHS in London.

:02:05. > :02:09.He means that I'm not going to be here next week, so my eminently

:02:10. > :02:18.capable deputy will be taking this up on our behalf. What a dreadful

:02:19. > :02:22.two fingers budget. Two fingers up to the most vulnerable in the land,

:02:23. > :02:25.those who cannot dress clean themselves, and two fingers crossed

:02:26. > :02:31.behind our back in the hope that the black hole will come right by the

:02:32. > :02:35.end of the Parliament. What a turnaround. Only weeks ago the

:02:36. > :02:40.Chancellor told us that the future was sunny. Now he says that storm

:02:41. > :02:45.clouds are on this horizon. That is a routine that Dame Edna haired wage

:02:46. > :02:50.would be proud of. Every single target missed. He's no William Tell

:02:51. > :02:55.either! Growth figures, wrong, product over the, wrong. The deficit

:02:56. > :03:00.was meant to be abolished by 2015, and now he hopes beyond hope to have

:03:01. > :03:13.a surplus by 2020. Does anyone really believe this? Isn't this

:03:14. > :03:18.another pledge not worth development is not printed on? More leaks than

:03:19. > :03:22.Wales, more spin than a whirling dervish in a washing machine. He

:03:23. > :03:27.boasted yesterday about extra money for school sports, when he cut it in

:03:28. > :03:31.the first place. That is like a burglar going to the police and

:03:32. > :03:39.begging for a reward for turning himself in. Frankly, burglars can't

:03:40. > :03:45.be choosers! Can the leader explained for us the commitment to

:03:46. > :03:53.turn every school into an academy? There are 15,632 schools in England,

:03:54. > :04:00.which are not yet academies. The cost for the conversion is ?44,837,

:04:01. > :04:04.which comes to ?700 million. But the Chancellor wrongly allocated ?140

:04:05. > :04:11.million to academy changing. Where is the shortfall of ?560 million

:04:12. > :04:14.coming from? I have to say that there were some things to rejoice

:04:15. > :04:19.about. I am glad that the Severn Bridge tolls will be cut in half,

:04:20. > :04:28.thanks to the campaign by my honourable friend for Newport East.

:04:29. > :04:32.Last week, I'm sure you will I announced that the obesity strategy

:04:33. > :04:37.will be out soon, and now we have it, or at least part of it, the

:04:38. > :04:41.sugar tax. I am delighted that finally the Chancellor has realised

:04:42. > :04:51.the dangers of Cork. LAUGHTER -- Coke.

:04:52. > :05:04.It is just a shame that he could not have said call -- cola instead.

:05:05. > :05:08.Regarding independence payments, how can he tell us how they will be

:05:09. > :05:17.brought in? Surely they should be in primary legislation. Surely the

:05:18. > :05:22.changes should be brought in in primary legislation so there can be

:05:23. > :05:27.proper scrutiny in both houses. Give another recent cuts to disability

:05:28. > :05:33.benefits, will the government produced an impact assessment? There

:05:34. > :05:36.is something deeply distasteful about a cut per person to the

:05:37. > :05:42.200,000 most vulnerable people in our country, while the richest get a

:05:43. > :05:47.?200 tax hand-out. I am not surprised that Graham Ellis, a

:05:48. > :05:51.disability campaigner, has resigned from the Tory party. We will fight

:05:52. > :05:56.these changes, but I warned the leader before not to try to pull a

:05:57. > :05:59.fast one on working tax credits by using secondary legislation that

:06:00. > :06:03.cannot be amended, and I do it again now. Yesterday saw the government

:06:04. > :06:12.defeated three times in the House of Lords. By big majorities as well.

:06:13. > :06:16.Nearly two to one in every case. There is more to come. Isn't it time

:06:17. > :06:24.the government gave up on this didn't it than piece of legislation?

:06:25. > :06:32.I have told to become. -- be more calm. We have the debate for short

:06:33. > :06:35.money next week. Our usual discussions have been productive,

:06:36. > :06:41.and I thank the leader for the part he has played. I am hopeful that

:06:42. > :06:47.these will be published soon, this afternoon, or on Monday? Many

:06:48. > :06:54.members have had real difficulties recently, with banks which have in

:06:55. > :07:00.dealing with money laundering in a disproportionately. We all want to

:07:01. > :07:05.tackle money-laundering, but it must be crazy that people are being

:07:06. > :07:11.denied bank accounts simply because they are connected to a politically

:07:12. > :07:15.exposed person. Can the government ensure there will be a debate on

:07:16. > :07:20.this in government times we can get the balance right and tell the banks

:07:21. > :07:30.where to go. Holy Week starts on Sunday, so I wish all members and

:07:31. > :07:36.families a happy Easter. Next week Jewish people remember the attempt

:07:37. > :07:41.of Jews to be killed in Persia. That was not the last annihilation of

:07:42. > :07:50.them. 74 years ago today the first Polish Jews were gassed in an

:07:51. > :07:55.extermination camp. Anti-Semitism is still alive today, and we must do

:07:56. > :07:57.everything in our power to stop religious intolerance and racial

:07:58. > :08:04.hatred affecting our political parties. That means calling out

:08:05. > :08:08.anti-Semitism wherever we find it, even if it is inconvenient to

:08:09. > :08:12.ourselves, and expelling those who continue these file arguments from

:08:13. > :08:16.our political parties. I hope the leader would also agree that all

:08:17. > :08:20.religious prejudice is equally despicable, and would frankly this

:08:21. > :08:26.on the Tory campaign against Labour's candidate for Mayor of

:08:27. > :08:28.London, which is the most desperate, divisive and racially charged

:08:29. > :08:36.campaign London has ever seen. They should the ashamed. Can I also echo

:08:37. > :08:41.the words that the Shadow leader has said about wishing happy Easter

:08:42. > :08:48.period to all of those who work in this House. Can I start by

:08:49. > :08:52.addressing the issue of member security. There were a number of

:08:53. > :08:57.incidents following a recent vote. This will always be completely

:08:58. > :09:01.unacceptable. I hope the police will deal with them strongly. Can I

:09:02. > :09:09.remind members that the new security packages available to them and their

:09:10. > :09:14.staff, if any member experiences teething problems with this new

:09:15. > :09:18.package, with the police tell myself or the chairman of ways and Means,

:09:19. > :09:27.and we will address these issues. We have heard a lot about the budget.

:09:28. > :09:31.You can tell when the opposition are maddest. Normally it is easy to

:09:32. > :09:35.catch the eye of the Shadow leader, he is always chatting across the

:09:36. > :09:40.chamber. But yesterday I could not catch his eye for the moment because

:09:41. > :09:45.he knew just how bad it was. Next week, we will see a continuation of

:09:46. > :09:51.the budget debate. I could not make head nor tail of what the Leader of

:09:52. > :09:57.the Opposition was saying he would do yesterday, but at least this week

:09:58. > :10:00.we had another insight into Labour's economic policy. It turns out that

:10:01. > :10:14.the Shadow Chancellor draws his inspiration from Marks, Trotsky and

:10:15. > :10:24.-- to. Labour's policies would crush the middle classes and working class

:10:25. > :10:26.people. This morning the Shadow Chancellor could not even said he

:10:27. > :10:33.supported capitalism. That is where they have got to as a party. He

:10:34. > :10:35.raised a question about the changes to independence payments. We will

:10:36. > :10:42.publish details in due course. All members are produced with an impact

:10:43. > :10:45.assessment. He mentioned the trade union bill in the Lords, I would

:10:46. > :10:49.remind the House that we are seeking to give trade union members the

:10:50. > :10:55.choice about whether they contribute to the Labour Party or not. Two

:10:56. > :10:58.nations to our party are from people who choose to donate to our side of

:10:59. > :11:01.the political spectrum. They have to depend on people who are obliged to.

:11:02. > :11:10.That is what has the change. I am also grateful for the

:11:11. > :11:14.collaborative discussions that have taken place on the short money

:11:15. > :11:16.motion. The motion will be published before next week. On the

:11:17. > :11:24.money-laundering points, I agree with him. This concern is shared on

:11:25. > :11:27.all sides of the House. We cannot have a situation, not just when

:11:28. > :11:33.individual members, but members of their families are affected by a

:11:34. > :11:36.change that is unacceptable. We have discussed it with the Treasury and

:11:37. > :11:41.have received assurances that they believe people should not be

:11:42. > :11:45.affected, but clearly, they are. I therefore will treat this as a

:11:46. > :11:52.matter of great importance and I think we all should. He made a point

:11:53. > :11:56.about anti-Semitism. Of course, anti-Semitism has featured recently

:11:57. > :12:03.in a number of political activities, and that is unacceptable and should

:12:04. > :12:07.always be so. But I should remind him. He makes a comment about the

:12:08. > :12:12.election in London today. I would also remind him that anti-Semitism

:12:13. > :12:15.was also present in elections a year ago in the general election in

:12:16. > :12:20.London, and not from our side of the political spectrum. I hope he takes

:12:21. > :12:24.the words he has said today and makes sure they are properly put

:12:25. > :12:32.into route in his party. It is not acceptable in any part of life. It

:12:33. > :12:36.should not happen. Finally, this week we had the revelation that the

:12:37. > :12:40.shadow leader doesn't want to be shadow leader. He wants to be

:12:41. > :12:44.Speaker, so much so that he appears to be even preparing a campaign

:12:45. > :12:51.team. Of course, there is not a vacancy for your job. But I did have

:12:52. > :12:56.an idea for him. This week is apprenticeship week, and I wondered

:12:57. > :13:00.if you might consider taking him on as an apprentice Speaker. But there

:13:01. > :13:05.is one small problem. If the honourable gentleman wants to be the

:13:06. > :13:09.next Speaker, he needs to remember one thing. You need to be popular

:13:10. > :13:20.and respected across the House, and he still has some work to do.

:13:21. > :13:23.Could we have a debate on the TUC's dying to work campaign, which

:13:24. > :13:27.focuses on strengthening legal protections for terminally ill

:13:28. > :13:31.employees like my constituents Jackie Woodcock, who has been

:13:32. > :13:39.treated badly by her employer, which tried to force her to resign? Mr

:13:40. > :13:45.Speaker, my honourable friend raised this issue yesterday. She's right to

:13:46. > :13:49.bring forward a case like this. I would hope every employer would

:13:50. > :13:52.treat with respect and care anybody in such a terrible situation,

:13:53. > :14:01.whether in the public or private sector. We expect decency from

:14:02. > :14:05.employers in this country. Can I also thank the Leader of the House

:14:06. > :14:09.for announcing next week's business. It is the usual day after the Budget

:14:10. > :14:13.night before, and already, the wheels are coming off and the

:14:14. > :14:18.smattering of fiscal fairy dust is wearing thin, revealing the useless

:14:19. > :14:22.old banger underneath. I think all of us who listened to the Today

:14:23. > :14:25.programme this morning enjoyed greatly the evisceration of the

:14:26. > :14:31.Chancellor of the Exchequer when he was asked, to gentle enquiring from

:14:32. > :14:37.John Humphrys, what does it take to get sacked from his job? As he

:14:38. > :14:42.defiantly tried to defend his own targets. We also have to commend

:14:43. > :14:46.some of the conservative disabled activists who have made their voices

:14:47. > :14:50.heard in the last 24 hours, particularly with that website. Even

:14:51. > :14:54.conservative members are recognising in this Budget the redistribution

:14:55. > :15:01.aspect of it from the poorest to the wealthiest. That is what

:15:02. > :15:04.characterises this Budget more than anything else. The Leader of the

:15:05. > :15:08.House often talks about him and I wandering through the same lobby.

:15:09. > :15:13.Maybe next week, we will have this opportunity with the tampon tax. I

:15:14. > :15:18.opposed this because of women being taxed for their biology. Leader of

:15:19. > :15:22.the House, come on. You and I can much through the lobby together to

:15:23. > :15:28.oppose the Chancellor and his EU politicised Budget. Regulations that

:15:29. > :15:34.deprive overseas pensioners of the operating to the pension has been

:15:35. > :15:41.forced through this House without any debate. Some 550,000 pensioners

:15:42. > :15:46.will be included in this with so many people involved, half a

:15:47. > :15:49.million, surely you have to have some sort of statement from the

:15:50. > :15:56.government about their intent in this regard and I hope the Leader of

:15:57. > :15:59.the House will give with this. Last week, my constituents got in touch

:16:00. > :16:03.with my office, watching the spectacle in this place. They were

:16:04. > :16:10.appalled at the behaviour of a small number of politically motivated,

:16:11. > :16:12.predominantly conservative members filibustering on private members'

:16:13. > :16:18.bills, just to stop consideration of bills that they don't personally

:16:19. > :16:22.like. We saw an almost destructive glory in the way they filibuster

:16:23. > :16:27.against the NHS bill. Of course, they are entitled to do this

:16:28. > :16:30.according to the rules and boy, did they take advantage. But why is it

:16:31. > :16:36.only private members' bills that this applies to? The rest of the

:16:37. > :16:41.debates in this House are properly timetabled and regulated. This has

:16:42. > :16:45.to end. Our constituents are taking an increasing interest in these

:16:46. > :16:48.private members' bills. There is a procedural committee looking at

:16:49. > :16:52.this, I accept that. A strong we worded message from the leader of

:16:53. > :16:57.saying this cannot go on would be helpful. Lastly, tugged away in the

:16:58. > :17:03.Budget statement yesterday were plans to extend English modes for

:17:04. > :17:07.English law to income tax. But apparently, legislation is quiet for

:17:08. > :17:12.this. With the Leader of the House explain how this will be progressed

:17:13. > :17:15.what type of legislation will be put in place, and will it give us the

:17:16. > :17:22.opportunity to properly scrutinise this dog's breakfast that is Evel? I

:17:23. > :17:29.would love to hear the leader's remarks on that. First up, the

:17:30. > :17:33.honourable gentleman talked about evisceration is in interviews. I

:17:34. > :17:36.presume he heard the interview with Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First

:17:37. > :17:41.Minister, on the Sunday Politics last week, which could not expect

:17:42. > :17:44.how her sums added up she could not explain how it was possible for

:17:45. > :17:47.Scotland to carry on spending the same amount of money without tax

:17:48. > :17:51.increases or how she would deal with the huge Budget deficit without

:17:52. > :17:57.spending cuts. So if we are talking about people with no idea how to

:17:58. > :18:01.manage an economy, no idea how to manage finances, we just have to

:18:02. > :18:06.look to Edinburgh. He talked about the Budget more broadly. He talked

:18:07. > :18:11.about people on low incomes. Our policy since 2010 has taken the

:18:12. > :18:15.lives of people back into work and lifted more than half a million

:18:16. > :18:19.children out of households where no one works into an environment where

:18:20. > :18:22.people get up in the morning and go to work and bring a sense of

:18:23. > :18:28.responsibility to their lives. By 2019, the top 20% of our population

:18:29. > :18:31.will pay 50% of all taxes. This is a government that is proud of its

:18:32. > :18:33.record, that has made a difference to this country. All we hear from

:18:34. > :18:41.the party opposite is carping about success. He talked about the bill

:18:42. > :18:46.last Friday. I find it baffling that he is complaining about the handling

:18:47. > :18:52.in this house of an NHS bill. The last time I looked, the NHS in

:18:53. > :18:57.Scotland was devolved. So why is the SNP so concerned about debates in

:18:58. > :19:01.this House about the National Health Service, when this House has nothing

:19:02. > :19:05.to do with the National Health Service in Scotland? Surely it is

:19:06. > :19:11.another example of SNP opportunism. And he talks about English votes for

:19:12. > :19:15.in just laws. -- English votes for English laws. We were clear that

:19:16. > :19:24.this would apply to tax measures which do not apply in Scotland. It

:19:25. > :19:28.seems not fair to me that the SNP should be able to impose increased

:19:29. > :19:34.taxes upon the English if they gang up with others to do so. That is

:19:35. > :19:38.what we sought to avoid. That is what our reforms will make sure

:19:39. > :19:41.cannot happen in future. Can I follow up with my right honourable

:19:42. > :19:45.friend his response on money-laundering? When are we going

:19:46. > :19:49.to have a debate about this? Will the government commit to voting

:19:50. > :19:52.against these proposals, and does my right honourable friend agree that

:19:53. > :19:58.the current proposals show that we are being contaminated in our public

:19:59. > :20:03.life by the corruption in the rest of the European Union? This is an

:20:04. > :20:09.important point. I am looking into this as a matter of urgency. It is

:20:10. > :20:15.important not just for people in this House, but for members of

:20:16. > :20:21.families as well. We will need to discuss this on a cross-party basis.

:20:22. > :20:23.We want to make sure this cannot affect our only members, our

:20:24. > :20:34.parents, children and siblings as well as ourselves. The Leader of the

:20:35. > :20:38.House and myself are becoming very good pen friends, writing to each

:20:39. > :20:41.other on a regular basis. Following our recent correspondence, I welcome

:20:42. > :20:45.the leader's commitment to ensuring sufficient chamber time to be found

:20:46. > :20:48.for the number of days allocated to the backbench business committee.

:20:49. > :20:54.That is provided for in standing order 14. However, I note our views

:20:55. > :21:00.are not aligned on the nub of days that are to be allocated this

:21:01. > :21:02.session. Standing order 14 is clear that only days when backbench

:21:03. > :21:07.business have presidents should count towards the allocation. I

:21:08. > :21:14.think there is a dispute about the number of days that remain to us.

:21:15. > :21:17.Might I suggest that there might be merit, touting the clerks of our

:21:18. > :21:21.committee to make sure there is clarity on the amount of backbench

:21:22. > :21:24.time remaining so that the government does not find itself in

:21:25. > :21:28.the unfortunate position of falling short of the amount of time required

:21:29. > :21:32.to provide the backbench community on the floor of the house? I did not

:21:33. > :21:37.realise they have so much influence. Last week, when I spoke in my

:21:38. > :21:44.exasperation about Newcastle United, within 24 hours, there was a change

:21:45. > :21:52.of management! Office chair of the backbench business committee.

:21:53. > :21:55.Exercises and influence beyond what we previously knew! The Leader of

:21:56. > :22:00.the House. I hope for his sake that the result of a change is that his

:22:01. > :22:04.team marches to survival in the Premier League, although I notice

:22:05. > :22:10.they did not manage it last week in their match against Leicester. But I

:22:11. > :22:14.suspect that most of us who support other teams, perhaps not Tottenham

:22:15. > :22:18.supporters, but the rest of us, for at least the last eight weeks have

:22:19. > :22:22.been Leicester City supporters. We wish them well for the remainder of

:22:23. > :22:27.the season. I hope the honourable gentleman manages to turn up at St

:22:28. > :22:32.James' Park next season cheering on a Premier League team. In terms of

:22:33. > :22:36.the allocation of time, the difference between us is that there

:22:37. > :22:38.was a period of time at the start of this session after the general

:22:39. > :22:43.election before the backbench business committee could be formed,

:22:44. > :22:48.so a number of days were set aside for general debates. I am happy to

:22:49. > :22:51.meet him to talk about that, but if the backbench committee is only

:22:52. > :22:55.there for a part of a session, there are time pressures that we have to

:22:56. > :22:59.cater for. I remember making sure there was time for general debates

:23:00. > :23:08.in that period before his committee was formed and I am happy to talk to

:23:09. > :23:11.him about it. Would my right honourable friend find time for a

:23:12. > :23:16.debate on the erecting of statues in the centre of London? I find it

:23:17. > :23:21.extraordinary that in Westminster Square, there is no statue of the

:23:22. > :23:24.first female Prime Minister and more pertinently, that there is no statue

:23:25. > :23:27.of Her Majesty The Queen, the longest reigning monarch ever and

:23:28. > :23:34.about to celebrate her 90th birthday. First of all, on the

:23:35. > :23:38.Queen, I think we all look forward to celebrating her 90th birthday. We

:23:39. > :23:44.look forward to activities up and down the country and of course, we

:23:45. > :23:47.should all be thankful to my honourable friend the Mayor of

:23:48. > :23:51.London and the Secretary of State for Transport for deciding that

:23:52. > :23:54.Crossrail should be named the Elizabeth line, a fitting tribute to

:23:55. > :24:00.the Queen. On the subject of a statue of Margaret Thatcher, I know

:24:01. > :24:03.the shadow leader, a champion of equality and opportunities for

:24:04. > :24:06.women, would join me in thinking it is appropriate for Britain's first

:24:07. > :24:16.female Prime Minister to be celebrated in such a way. Didn't the

:24:17. > :24:20.House reach a historic low in political opportunism yesterday,

:24:21. > :24:25.when the Prime Minister defended himself and his lamb a double record

:24:26. > :24:28.on air pollution by claiming credit for the clean air act, which was

:24:29. > :24:36.passed by this House ten years before he was born? The subject is a

:24:37. > :24:40.serious one and I recently had a debate that was pulled because the

:24:41. > :24:47.government didn't have us suitable blister available. -- did not have a

:24:48. > :24:52.suitable minister available. 9000 people die every year because of

:24:53. > :24:56.abolition, 70 in the city I represent -- because of air

:24:57. > :24:59.pollution, and there are no plans to make our policies even legal. This

:25:00. > :25:06.is a scandal that should be addressed. I would make two points.

:25:07. > :25:10.Firstly, it is an issue that we are dressing, for example through the

:25:11. > :25:14.work we have put in to incentivise hybrid and electric cars and looking

:25:15. > :25:18.at ways to cut emissions from power stations. We have done as much as

:25:19. > :25:21.any previous government. The point that and macro misses that we on

:25:22. > :25:25.this side of the House are proud to be part of a party that over the

:25:26. > :25:30.last 200 years has been responsible for most of this country's great

:25:31. > :25:33.social reforms. That is a track record but we regard as a foundation

:25:34. > :25:38.upon which we should build for the future.

:25:39. > :25:56.Cross Cani Chase there are many voluntary groups supporting families

:25:57. > :25:59.with dementia. -- cannot chase. Will my right honourable friend join me

:26:00. > :26:04.in commending the work of this group as well as the others who provide

:26:05. > :26:08.this incredibly valuable support, and can we have a debate in

:26:09. > :26:16.government time to discuss what further support will be provided to

:26:17. > :26:19.those families affected by dementia? As my honourable friend may know,

:26:20. > :26:25.members of the Cabinet went through the training module to be a dementia

:26:26. > :26:29.friend couple of years ago, and it was enlightening. I have experienced

:26:30. > :26:32.dementia and my family and it taught me things I did not previously now,

:26:33. > :26:38.so the work that is done by these groups make a real difference to

:26:39. > :26:42.those who are suffering and also to those who are helping those who are

:26:43. > :26:49.suffering. I commend her, her colleagues and those involved in

:26:50. > :26:52.this area of the work. While I welcome the budget news regarding

:26:53. > :26:59.further small business rate relief, I am concerned with the impact this

:27:00. > :27:02.will have on local authorities, such as my own. Can we have a debate to

:27:03. > :27:09.discuss what measures will be put in place to ease the burden on

:27:10. > :27:16.cash-strapped councils, many of whom are already struggling to balance

:27:17. > :27:19.books? First of all, as we heard last week there have been people on

:27:20. > :27:24.those benches who say that we need to do something about the business

:27:25. > :27:27.rate impact on small businesses. I am delighted the Chancellor did that

:27:28. > :27:33.in his budget statements. I did not notice I mentioned to that in the

:27:34. > :27:40.remarks earlier. Next Monday and Tuesday she will have the

:27:41. > :27:47.opportunity to put those discussions in place. The front page of the

:27:48. > :27:50.Jewish Chronicle today gives a litany of the anti-Semitism that

:27:51. > :27:56.sadly we are beginning to see more and more frequently in the ranks of

:27:57. > :27:59.the Labour Party, and in other institutions like universities in

:28:00. > :28:06.this country. Can we have a debate on the subject of the increasing

:28:07. > :28:12.anti-Semitism in public bodies and institutions? This is an important

:28:13. > :28:17.point, where I agree with the Shadow leader and my honourable friend,

:28:18. > :28:20.anti-Semitism has no place in our society, and when we hear words from

:28:21. > :28:26.the parties opposite, we have heard of too many occasions in the past 12

:28:27. > :28:32.months where they have tolerated tolerated anti-Semitism in their

:28:33. > :28:38.ranks. That is unacceptable and something they should change.

:28:39. > :28:49.I was shocked to learn the House has still been using Betamax tapes for

:28:50. > :28:51.parliamentary recordings, and they now have to stop because they are

:28:52. > :28:56.not being produced any longer. Technological adaptation is slow,

:28:57. > :29:03.can he do this and update on steps being taken to update this?

:29:04. > :29:11.Honourable members will be aware that trials have been taking place

:29:12. > :29:13.on the use of tablets in division lobbies. Those trials are now

:29:14. > :29:15.beginning to show distinct improvements, which is likely to be

:29:16. > :29:25.the way we record in the future, which allows us to publish things

:29:26. > :29:28.quickly. I do not support going further on swipe cards, as the

:29:29. > :29:41.opportunities we have to go through the division lobby... HMS

:29:42. > :29:47.Shropshire, a heavy cruiser, was completed for the Royal Navy and

:29:48. > :29:55.served with distinction until 1942. Can we have a debate on when the

:29:56. > :30:03.Royal Navy will once again name and naval ship after Shropshire? He

:30:04. > :30:10.makes his point in his customary way, and I'm sure the Ministry of

:30:11. > :30:18.Defence will have noted his comments. There will be plenty of

:30:19. > :30:24.opportunities for ships to carry the name of his county. Could the leader

:30:25. > :30:29.help honourable members who are keen to meet the young constituents

:30:30. > :30:32.coming to the excellent new education centre, but find getting

:30:33. > :30:37.into the education centre quite a trial. It is easier to get into Fort

:30:38. > :30:44.Knox and it is to get into the education centre with the level of

:30:45. > :30:49.security. As you know this is a subject which is of concern to me.

:30:50. > :30:52.This is a matter that is subject to discussion. We have to take

:30:53. > :31:00.appropriate steps for child protection and make sure common

:31:01. > :31:06.sense applies. Sometimes with the budget you have to read the redbrick

:31:07. > :31:12.to see what it was really about and to see what the Chancellor meant, --

:31:13. > :31:19.the Redbook. There was a lot of loading of debt reduction, and I

:31:20. > :31:24.understand that on the 24th of June, when we come out of the EU, he will

:31:25. > :31:31.have ?15 billion a year to reduce the public debt. So in regard to

:31:32. > :31:38.that, we had a tie produced for him with his initials on it. I think it

:31:39. > :31:43.does to jobs. That the Chancellor wants to come out of the EU, and he

:31:44. > :31:50.can promote it himself. Could we have a written statement on that?

:31:51. > :31:54.Yes, far be it from me to comment on the aesthetic virtues or otherwise

:31:55. > :32:00.of the tie, but the use of props in this place is generally deprecated.

:32:01. > :32:08.The honourable gentleman has got away with it. He is always ingenious

:32:09. > :32:13.in a variety of different ways. He makes his point in his effective

:32:14. > :32:18.way, and I know he is playing an active part in the campaign to leave

:32:19. > :32:22.the European Union. I suspect he may have more of a challenge than he

:32:23. > :32:28.thinks to change the Chancellor's mind on this. And maybe more of a

:32:29. > :32:35.challenge to ask the Chancellor to a tie of that colour. The Leader of

:32:36. > :32:41.the House might not know this, but it is estimated that autism costs

:32:42. > :32:47.this country ?23 billion a year. Today after the budget it is worth

:32:48. > :32:54.about that some. You're a great supporter of autism charities and

:32:55. > :32:58.often host events in your rooms. But isn't it the fact that we have

:32:59. > :33:05.recently found we have taken away the educational element of the

:33:06. > :33:08.personal allowance by people on the autism spectrum received, which

:33:09. > :33:16.means they cannot get education. Can we have a debate on this? First of

:33:17. > :33:22.all, I share his understanding and his view on the issue of autism.

:33:23. > :33:27.There is some fantastic work done in society to help young people on the

:33:28. > :33:30.autistic spectrum, and I pay tribute to a school in my constituency and

:33:31. > :33:37.its counterparts around the country that do a fantastic job working with

:33:38. > :33:42.young people. I would say to him that as a government we have looked

:33:43. > :33:46.more money into education, more money into the support we provide

:33:47. > :33:54.for people with disabilities, and there is enormously good work being

:33:55. > :33:58.done around the country. The Leader of the House may be aware that the

:33:59. > :34:03.new leader furnished hospital in Henley has now reopened and treated

:34:04. > :34:07.its first patient. Would he agree to have a debate on the future of

:34:08. > :34:13.community and local hospitals will be can reinforce the message that

:34:14. > :34:20.this clear is in the best interest of patients? I remember when I was

:34:21. > :34:23.helping with the campaign to get my honourable friend elected for the

:34:24. > :34:28.first time, so I am the weighted to see that the work he has done since

:34:29. > :34:32.then has come to fruition and his town has a great new facility. On

:34:33. > :34:35.Tuesday he will have the opportunity to tell the Secretary of State how

:34:36. > :34:44.much difference it will make to his constituency. Given that recesses

:34:45. > :34:48.approaching, the upcoming regulations that will deprive

:34:49. > :34:52.550,000 overseas pensioners will be enacted when we return to this

:34:53. > :34:58.House. Will the government bring forward a debate to allow us to

:34:59. > :35:07.consider this? This issue has been raised on many occasions, and when

:35:08. > :35:10.these pensions were moved, they were aware of the arrangements. It would

:35:11. > :35:24.cost many hundreds of millions to sort this out. The government has no

:35:25. > :35:33.plans to do so. Could the Leader of the House seek that Treasury

:35:34. > :35:39.Minister attends the chamber to discuss the decision about Lloyds

:35:40. > :35:45.bank to redeem notes early rather than waiting until they reached

:35:46. > :35:48.maturity? We will have the debate over the next three days in the

:35:49. > :35:54.budget, -- on the budget, and we will discuss this. The Chief

:35:55. > :36:02.secretary will be here on Tuesday to make sure he raises the point. I

:36:03. > :36:08.welcomed the Prime Minister's statement about universal superfast

:36:09. > :36:13.broadband. That was a few months ago. Can we have a debate in

:36:14. > :36:17.government time so we can see the mechanisms for it going forward? We

:36:18. > :36:21.are all in favour of it, it should be debated, we should know exactly

:36:22. > :36:27.what to do, and I could offer Anglesey as a pilot scheme. It is a

:36:28. > :36:34.priority for the government to provide superfast broadband and

:36:35. > :36:38.connectivity to all rural areas. I would want to see Anglesey included

:36:39. > :36:42.in that. We have made good progress, we have got as far as any other

:36:43. > :36:50.country in Europe in developing modern communication networks, but

:36:51. > :36:55.there is work to do. In the last Parliament, the government tasked

:36:56. > :37:04.the Law Commission with drafting a wildlife Bill. That may -- they have

:37:05. > :37:12.done. Could he say when such legislation might come forward? We

:37:13. > :37:18.cannot give advanced notice of what will be in the Queens speech in May,

:37:19. > :37:20.but I have spoken to the ministers involved, who tell me they are

:37:21. > :37:24.looking at the issue carefully and have to respond over the course of

:37:25. > :37:30.this year, and Law Commission bills are normally given a parliamentary

:37:31. > :37:36.slot, but I cannot commit to an exact timetable. Yesterday the

:37:37. > :37:39.government claimed to be on the side of both the workers and the Next

:37:40. > :37:43.Generation. Could be there for half action beyond the rhetoric and have

:37:44. > :37:48.an urgent debate on the irony that workers aged under 25 are excluded

:37:49. > :37:55.from the government's new national living wage? The evidence we are on

:37:56. > :38:00.the side of workers and young people is in the number of apprenticeships,

:38:01. > :38:03.the deep crease in the number of unemployed junk people, we are

:38:04. > :38:09.making real progress. When I took over as employment Minister in 2010,

:38:10. > :38:12.I regarded with some trepidation though sessions I had with six

:38:13. > :38:18.formers and college students talking about their future prospects. I

:38:19. > :38:24.would not have such trepidation today. They have business

:38:25. > :38:30.investment, opportunities. It is a transformed picture compared to six

:38:31. > :38:32.years ago. For the last two decades, the level of transport

:38:33. > :38:38.infrastructure spend in London has dwarfed that of the regions. Perhaps

:38:39. > :38:44.in the region of ten to one. That the government has come forward to

:38:45. > :38:49.build Crossrail two, which so far has received no scrutiny in this

:38:50. > :38:58.House. Could we have a debate in government time regarding this? He

:38:59. > :39:01.is right to talk about the need to provide balance across the country

:39:02. > :39:04.in investment and infrastructure. But if we look back at the years of

:39:05. > :39:25.Labour government can do project that sat on the shelf, they are

:39:26. > :39:28.being built. -- project that sat on the shelf, they are now being built,

:39:29. > :39:36.which I did not see happening when the opposition were in power. Can we

:39:37. > :39:43.have a debate on the withdrawal of mobility cars, which is preventing

:39:44. > :39:47.disabled people carrying out jobs they have secured. Does it make any

:39:48. > :39:54.sense to put disabled people out of work in this way? There will be

:39:55. > :39:59.debates on the budget and on any changes in the welfare system, but I

:40:00. > :40:02.will remind him that it is important for government to ensure we provide

:40:03. > :40:09.support with that is needed, when it is needed, but we also get the best

:40:10. > :40:15.value for taxpayers money. Trees are important to us all, some might say

:40:16. > :40:28.in transforming much of the hot air that we expend, but particularly

:40:29. > :40:35.ancient trees are bio by the, and there are only 2% left in the

:40:36. > :40:37.country. Bio diverse. Can we have a debate about the protection of

:40:38. > :40:46.ancient woodland? We must protect ancient woodland and

:40:47. > :40:49.also create woodlands for the future. One of the most exciting

:40:50. > :40:55.developments over the last few years have been the Woodland Trust's plan

:40:56. > :40:57.for new forests in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to

:40:58. > :41:02.commemorate the centenary of the First World War by turning farmland

:41:03. > :41:05.into a Forest that will be enjoyed by generations to come. My

:41:06. > :41:09.honourable friend is right, we need to protect what we have got, but we

:41:10. > :41:15.need to create the ancient woodlands of the future as well. I have yet to

:41:16. > :41:19.hear a satisfactory response to previous pensions questions I have

:41:20. > :41:22.asked. So it is no surprise that the government is trying to force

:41:23. > :41:26.through operating regulations which will have a devastating impact on

:41:27. > :41:29.fully paid-up UK pensioners living overseas. The government cannot keep

:41:30. > :41:33.ignoring these groups of people who have done the right thing. Surely we

:41:34. > :41:39.must have an urgent debate to allow this to be properly discussed. There

:41:40. > :41:42.has just been a debate on the issue of women's pensions. But the

:41:43. > :41:46.honourable lady does not accept is that we do not agree with her. My

:41:47. > :41:51.view on the issue of women's pensions is that it is a difficult

:41:52. > :41:55.one. Putting any transition in place is always difficult because someone

:41:56. > :41:59.is always affected by the changes, but if we are to have an affordable

:42:00. > :42:03.and fair pension system for the future, we have to put through some

:42:04. > :42:11.of these changes and sometimes not make changes, even though people may

:42:12. > :42:15.want them. Many of my constituents are concerned about post Office

:42:16. > :42:20.plans to move their local branch, despite strong local objections.

:42:21. > :42:24.Given that many such changes, good and bad, will be made by the Post

:42:25. > :42:26.Office in constituencies across the country in the coming years, can we

:42:27. > :42:32.have a debate on the post office's approach to its branch modernisation

:42:33. > :42:34.programme and on its approach to consultation and taking into

:42:35. > :42:40.consideration the views of local people? This is something that is

:42:41. > :42:44.visible to members across the country. As my honourable friend

:42:45. > :42:48.says, there has been a range of changes within the post office. I

:42:49. > :42:54.would say that at least this is about upgrading post offices. We

:42:55. > :42:57.have often battled to save post offices from closures. Now there is

:42:58. > :43:01.an opportunity for them. We have seen sadly in the past, the

:43:02. > :43:05.disappearance of many local bank branches. Of course, the post office

:43:06. > :43:08.offers an alternative to many small businesses and I hope that will help

:43:09. > :43:14.secure its future in many communities. This probably does not

:43:15. > :43:17.need a debate, but this morning my question to DEFRA was

:43:18. > :43:22.unceremoniously dumped by the department. Could the Leader of the

:43:23. > :43:29.House looked at the possibility of ensuring that when such a thing

:43:30. > :43:32.happens, that the department contact the table office rather than letting

:43:33. > :43:40.them know by letter, which I only received yesterday? The honourable

:43:41. > :43:44.lady once a statement on the matter. I am happy to give her a short one.

:43:45. > :43:47.The question concerned was transferred between departments

:43:48. > :43:51.because it was judged to be the best place for the question to be

:43:52. > :43:55.answered. I have ensured that her question will be answered today. I

:43:56. > :43:58.do think the department concerned did the right thing in telling her

:43:59. > :44:06.that, but I will pass on the message that they might consider telling the

:44:07. > :44:09.table office as well. Can we have a debate on inward investment? This

:44:10. > :44:14.will give the House the opportunity to consider the announcements in the

:44:15. > :44:17.past few days from Avon products, who intend to move their worldwide

:44:18. > :44:23.headquarters from the United States of America to the UK, and from the

:44:24. > :44:33.South African owned company who plan to create 6000 jobs in South Wales.

:44:34. > :44:39.Those are two really good announcements which we welcome.

:44:40. > :44:42.Given all the pressures in the steel industry, we want to see as many new

:44:43. > :44:47.investments in Wales as possible. The honourable gentleman says it is

:44:48. > :44:50.labour. Actually, it is because this government made the UK a strong

:44:51. > :44:55.place for international businesses to invest. We also saw the decision

:44:56. > :45:01.to build a new factory to build Aston Martin cars in south Wales. It

:45:02. > :45:06.is reassuring to see that even in a difficult time internationally, the

:45:07. > :45:15.UK is still seen as a strong place for international investment in the

:45:16. > :45:21.long term. As of today, 78 members of this house, from seven parties

:45:22. > :45:23.including the government party, have signed an EDM seeking to know a

:45:24. > :45:30.statutory instrument freezing pensions. Regulations that deprive

:45:31. > :45:34.overseas pensioners of blue uprating adjustment to their state pension

:45:35. > :45:37.have been forced through this House without a debate. Will the

:45:38. > :45:40.government hid the cross-party initiative to annul this revelation

:45:41. > :45:44.and bring forward a debate urgently to assess the devastating impact

:45:45. > :45:47.these changes will have on UK pensioners living abroad and perhaps

:45:48. > :45:53.this time, he might answer the question. I have answered the

:45:54. > :45:56.question. I have been the work and pensions minister and have looked at

:45:57. > :46:00.this issue before. The government has no intention of changing the

:46:01. > :46:03.current situation. The cost of doing so would be enormous and the

:46:04. > :46:09.situation these pensioners face has been in place for decades. Horlick

:46:10. > :46:15.nationwide Limited are a recruitment business in rugby who have developed

:46:16. > :46:19.IT software to much HGV drivers with haulage contractors. Last year, the

:46:20. > :46:24.NHS spent 3.3 billion on agency staff and ministers are working to

:46:25. > :46:27.reduce this figure. The owner of Katmai College believes he can match

:46:28. > :46:31.available medical staff with hospital trusts and has outed

:46:32. > :46:34.talking to the NHS innovations team. May we have a debate to consider how

:46:35. > :46:39.companies in the private sector can share innovative ideas with the

:46:40. > :46:44.public sector? My honourable friend talks about what sounds like a very

:46:45. > :46:48.interesting opportunity. One of the tragedies of the argument that comes

:46:49. > :46:51.particularly from those benches about removing the private sector

:46:52. > :47:04.from the NHS is that we would lose the opportunity to see that kind of

:47:05. > :47:07.innovation. People in my constituency of Halifax are under

:47:08. > :47:12.pressure and facing hospital reconfiguration. We understand that

:47:13. > :47:15.pharmacies are facing a cut of 6%, which the government expects will

:47:16. > :47:20.see up to 3000 closed nationally. Can we have a debate to discuss the

:47:21. > :47:24.role of pharmacies, the role they play in alleviating the pressures on

:47:25. > :47:27.GP surgeries and our A departments and how those pressures would get

:47:28. > :47:33.worse if we saw up to 3000 closed nationwide? I know this is an issue

:47:34. > :47:37.of concern. The government is sticking to ensure we use the money

:47:38. > :47:42.we have as effectively as possible, that we are funding the right mix of

:47:43. > :47:46.pharmacies. We want to see pharmacies in all those communities

:47:47. > :47:50.where they are required. I have no doubt this will be brought before

:47:51. > :47:55.the House in due course. The minister responsible, my honourable

:47:56. > :47:58.friend for North East Bedfordshire, is sensitive to the concerns she has

:47:59. > :48:02.raised and he will seek to do the right thing in making sure we have a

:48:03. > :48:07.balance between spending money wisely and maintaining the right mix

:48:08. > :48:10.of pharmacy services. Will the Leader of the House make time for a

:48:11. > :48:16.debate on the effect of sodium valproate, a drug given to treat

:48:17. > :48:20.epilepsy and other neurological conditions, but which has an impact

:48:21. > :48:26.on unborn babies? My constituent is campaigning for years following the

:48:27. > :48:32.birth of her two sons, who were affected by this drug, which is

:48:33. > :48:35.still being prescribed today. This is obviously a difficult and

:48:36. > :48:40.sensitive issue. I don't know enough about the drug, but I will make sure

:48:41. > :48:43.the Health Secretary is aware of the concerns she has raised. He is here

:48:44. > :48:50.next week and I would ask her to consider bringing it up with health

:48:51. > :48:54.minister is then as well. I previously asked the Leader of the

:48:55. > :48:57.House if this House would have a debate on the disproportionate size

:48:58. > :49:00.of the House of Lords compared to the House of Commons, but it was

:49:01. > :49:05.dismissed, so I will try again. Can we have a debate on the role of a

:49:06. > :49:08.bicameral parliament in a representative moxie in the 21st

:49:09. > :49:12.century in order to consider whether it is appropriate that more than

:49:13. > :49:15.half of the members of the UK Parliament are appointed by the

:49:16. > :49:20.Prime Minister, rather than elected by the people? Last week, I remember

:49:21. > :49:23.that the party opposite were praising the House of Lords for one

:49:24. > :49:30.of the votes they had passed through. Right now, this country has

:49:31. > :49:38.greater priorities than sorting out changing and reforming the House of

:49:39. > :49:42.Lords. The Leader of the House didn't and so one of the points

:49:43. > :49:44.raised by the honourable member for Perth and North Perthshire. There is

:49:45. > :49:52.an amendment on the order paper today timetabled by colleagues from

:49:53. > :49:56.Berwick-upon-Tweed, asking as a Budget amendment to remove the

:49:57. > :50:02.tampon tax. Will he support this in solidarity with members Brexit women

:50:03. > :50:06.across the country? Of course, the imposition of VAT on women's

:50:07. > :50:08.sanitary products is a matter for the European Commission. We have

:50:09. > :50:12.made representations as a government and are expecting a response

:50:13. > :50:16.shortly. I hope the commission will agree with every person in this

:50:17. > :50:25.House that this tax is inappropriate. If no one has yet

:50:26. > :50:32.done so, may I wish you, Mr Speaker, with a certain amount of Irish blood

:50:33. > :50:36.in me, a happy St Patrick's Day to you and a whole House? Mr Speaker,

:50:37. > :50:39.it is unacceptable that this government should choose to do

:50:40. > :50:43.nothing, not even allow a debate on the hugely important issue of the

:50:44. > :50:51.uprating regulations of state pensions. It will affect half a

:50:52. > :50:55.million or more overseas pensioners and will lead to them having their

:50:56. > :50:59.pensions frozen. The Leader of the House is aware that this is due in

:51:00. > :51:04.to come into force while this House is in recess, and given the depth of

:51:05. > :51:10.feeling across this House, surely this is an issue worthy of an urgent

:51:11. > :51:13.debate? This issue has been considered many times over the

:51:14. > :51:23.years. The government position on it has not changed. The First Minister

:51:24. > :51:26.of Scotland is committed to not 95 or any other figure, but 100%

:51:27. > :51:32.coverage for superfast broadband for Scotland. Given that the UK controls

:51:33. > :51:36.the regulations over mobile signals, can we have a debate on how the UK

:51:37. > :51:43.Government might achieve that for mobile signals across the UK? We are

:51:44. > :51:47.working to achieve that and we are looking ahead to the reduction of

:51:48. > :51:53.five GN this country. I wait with interest to see how successful the

:51:54. > :51:57.First Minister of Scotland is, having made a substantial promise.

:51:58. > :52:04.Some of her promises in the past have not come to fruition. This

:52:05. > :52:13.House rightly celebrates community champions. One group organised a

:52:14. > :52:17.lunch for disabled people who would otherwise have spent Christmas Day

:52:18. > :52:25.on their own. Isolation affects millions. Can I ask if we can debate

:52:26. > :52:29.this serious issue? It is clearly a big challenge for our society and

:52:30. > :52:32.something that can only be dealt with in local communities and by the

:52:33. > :52:38.kind of work he has described, which I praise. As he will know, I have

:52:39. > :52:43.suggested to the backbench business community that they might set aside

:52:44. > :52:46.a day for the whole House to debate the work of voluntary sector groups

:52:47. > :52:54.that can make such a difference to people like those he describes.

:52:55. > :52:59.Given the well-known views of the Leader of the House on matters

:53:00. > :53:04.European, can I urge him to come to the aid of the thousands of UK

:53:05. > :53:11.citizens living in the EU who face being deprived of their pension

:53:12. > :53:16.upgrade, a move which is not even going to be discussed in this House?

:53:17. > :53:24.And I urge him to overcome the European democratic deficit and

:53:25. > :53:30.organise such a debate? That does not apply in the EU. On that same

:53:31. > :53:34.theme, apart from the general unfairness of the frozen pensions,

:53:35. > :53:39.analysis has shown that the frozen pensions prevent some pensioners

:53:40. > :53:45.from emigrating and forces others to return to the country. So reversing

:53:46. > :53:49.that would save money on health, welfare and housing, which should

:53:50. > :53:54.appeal to the Leader of the House. Therefore, I will try again. Can we

:53:55. > :53:58.have a debate on this? I am not of the view that government policy

:53:59. > :54:06.should be about getting pensioners to move to other countries. The

:54:07. > :54:13.Leader of the House wrote to me on the 24th of February in relation to

:54:14. > :54:16.the issue of the pension fund of employees of the Commonwealth War

:54:17. > :54:21.Graves Commission and said to me on the 24th of February that no

:54:22. > :54:24.decision had been made. Yet on the 29th of February, ministers had said

:54:25. > :54:29.a final decision was made in September. Could the Leader of the

:54:30. > :54:33.House provide a statement as to why he gave such inaccurate information?

:54:34. > :54:36.I would not have made that comment without having been told by the

:54:37. > :54:42.Ministry of Defence that that was the case, so I will have to ask them

:54:43. > :54:51.to respond to him. Order. Statement, the Secretary of State for Wales.

:54:52. > :54:55.Secretary Stephen Crabb. I will make a statement on the publication of

:54:56. > :55:00.the report of the mercury view. On the 5th of November 2012, the Prime

:55:01. > :55:04.Minister announced the stubs of an independent review into the scope

:55:05. > :55:08.and conduct of Sir Ronald Waterhouse inquiry into allegations of child

:55:09. > :55:16.abuse in care homes include between 1974 and 1990. We are talking about

:55:17. > :55:20.dark and shameful events that are stain on our nation. These were

:55:21. > :55:21.children in the care of the state because they were vulnerable and the

:55:22. > :55:33.state let them down. Our first thought will always be the

:55:34. > :55:35.victims, supporting them in bringing the perpetrators to justice. A

:55:36. > :55:36.review