:00:00. > :00:00.Order. Business question. Chris Bryant. Will the Leader of the House
:00:00. > :00:10.give us the forthcoming business, please? Mr Speaker, the business for
:00:11. > :00:14.next week on Monday the 25th of April, we will have consideration of
:00:15. > :00:16.Lords amendments to the Immigration Bill, followed by a debate on
:00:17. > :00:22.education funding in London determined by the Backbench Business
:00:23. > :00:26.Committee. On Tuesday 26 of April, that'll be the first day of the
:00:27. > :00:30.remaining stages of the policing and crime Bill. On Wednesday the 27th,
:00:31. > :00:36.we will consider Lords amendments to the Trade Union Bill. On Thursday
:00:37. > :00:40.the 28th of April, two further backbench business debates. The
:00:41. > :00:46.first on the subject of World Autism Awareness Week Than Double. On
:00:47. > :00:53.Friday The 29th, The House Is Not Sitting. On Monday the 22nd of May,
:00:54. > :00:57.it is a bank holiday and the House will not be sitting. On Tuesday the
:00:58. > :01:00.3rd of May, we will consider Lords amendments to the housing and
:01:01. > :01:03.planning Bill. I remember how is that that Tuesday will be sitting
:01:04. > :01:10.according to the normal Monday that go. -- timetable.
:01:11. > :01:13.Today is the birthday of a towering figure in British public life who
:01:14. > :01:18.has served the country for decades and is a pillar of the Constitution.
:01:19. > :01:25.So can I wish the chairman of the Backbench Business Committee and
:01:26. > :01:28.very happy birthday? And can I also pay one tribute to Victoria Wood. I
:01:29. > :01:32.don't know what your favourite line was, Mr Speaker. Mine was her
:01:33. > :01:54.definition of middle age. It is when you walk past a Dr Schole shop and
:01:55. > :01:57.say, those look comfy. I had expected that when the leader
:01:58. > :02:01.arrived today, he would have had some kind of musical complement.
:02:02. > :02:08.After all, when he bounced up at the Leaves rally in Stoke on Tuesday,
:02:09. > :02:12.they pump out the theme tune from a Hollywood Western. I must confess
:02:13. > :02:24.that I thought it was The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, but it was Ray-ban
:02:25. > :02:34.Bettison Seven. -- The Magnificent Seven. I can just imagine the two of
:02:35. > :02:39.them, the only remaining ones alive at the end, sitting on their horses
:02:40. > :02:45.on the day after the E referendum on to into 4th of June, acting out the
:02:46. > :02:50.final scene of The Magnificent seven. Chris gets the magnificent
:02:51. > :02:56.words, we lost, we always lose. I hope that will be the case. Did you
:02:57. > :03:02.hear the sound of silence that evening, which was a great silence
:03:03. > :03:15.descending on the Leaves campaign when they asked to describe what
:03:16. > :03:18.Brexit will look like. The Lord Chancellor seems to think you can
:03:19. > :03:24.have free trade with the EU without free movement. Let me just point out
:03:25. > :03:36.that in the 500 years since the former Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas
:03:37. > :03:45.mirror Moore published utopia, no-one has found it. -- Moore. We
:03:46. > :03:46.think this is as buzz than the chancellors and last Chancellor on.
:03:47. > :03:49.I noticed the comments from the Deputy Leader who seemed hesitant
:03:50. > :03:55.about reform and a leader who seemed more towards reform. Will the leader
:03:56. > :03:59.guaranteed a house will get a proper chance to debate changes to standing
:04:00. > :04:05.orders? I don't just mean some insubstantial debate but a proper
:04:06. > :04:07.debate that can lead to change. The leader announced that we should
:04:08. > :04:13.consider Lords amendments to the Trade Union Bill and Wednesday. You
:04:14. > :04:16.will know that the Lords committee on Trade Union Bill tickle funds,
:04:17. > :04:24.which is a cross-party committee, has made important suggestions. Can
:04:25. > :04:27.I have the Government to act on these? Otherwise, people may
:04:28. > :04:29.conclude the Government is engaged in a nasty, partisan attempt to
:04:30. > :04:37.hobble anyone who disagrees with them. Can the leader clarify the
:04:38. > :04:47.Government's position on genocide... ? The deliberate massacre of
:04:48. > :04:53.thousands is barbarity. An honourable member carried the vote
:04:54. > :04:56.unanimously yesterday with 270 votes but surely the Government should act
:04:57. > :05:02.upon it. The Government satellites and mysteriously last night and has
:05:03. > :05:07.a habit of ignoring anonymous motions. -- the Government sat on
:05:08. > :05:12.its hands mysteriously. Just this once, can the Government take the
:05:13. > :05:19.House of Lords reform seriously and that? The bizarre Lib Dem hereditary
:05:20. > :05:29.by-election on Tuesday brought back by Kent Thurso -- Viscount Thurso.
:05:30. > :05:33.He was a member of the House of Lords, collected in essays, then
:05:34. > :05:38.thrown out, and will now be an elected hereditary peer for life. We
:05:39. > :05:42.have had 29 elected period by-elections. My favourite was
:05:43. > :05:51.Lassad timbre, when the ninth get of Wellington one. There are no four
:05:52. > :05:54.times as many Dukes in Parliament under Queen Elizabeth II than 450
:05:55. > :06:10.years ago under Queen Elizabeth the force. Wellington defeated the Earl
:06:11. > :06:15.of Limerick. Mr Speaker, I am particularly disappointed in the
:06:16. > :06:20.Leader of the House because the Saturday is the 400th anniversary of
:06:21. > :06:24.Shakespeare's death. Apart from a production of Richard the second and
:06:25. > :06:29.members' dining room the other night, this is building knowledge is
:06:30. > :06:34.it. Or St George's Day. This is profoundly unpatriotic and she
:06:35. > :06:41.should hang her head in shame. -- he should hang his head. To those
:06:42. > :06:45.strange bedfellows, Boris and Nigel, on the European Union. This is not a
:06:46. > :06:52.foregone conclusion and I don't want to let on the trial. If we leave the
:06:53. > :06:59.EU we will be in a pickle and all your... I say this in sorrow rather
:07:00. > :07:02.than anger but your pomp and circumstance offers a full's
:07:03. > :07:08.paradise because that way madness lies. More fool you. No-one wants
:07:09. > :07:22.the UK to leave the EU more than President Putin of Russia. Brexit
:07:23. > :07:29.Burr sued by a bear. -- Burr. Can I start on this occasion by expressing
:07:30. > :07:34.my own wishes. The Prime Minister will be here shortly to speak on
:07:35. > :07:38.behalf of the Government on this occasion of the Queen's 90th
:07:39. > :07:41.birthday. But what I would like to see today, as a lot of President of
:07:42. > :07:46.the Kent is a comedy person who provides although the Privy Council
:07:47. > :07:48.previously Lord Chancellor, I have had extensive dealings with her mad
:07:49. > :07:58.is the last few years. She is fantastic and an example to us all.
:07:59. > :08:01.-- Her Majesty. I am sure I will be joined by the whole house in wishing
:08:02. > :08:04.her a very happy birthday. And also happy birthday to the chairman of
:08:05. > :08:10.the Backbench Business Committee. And to everybody this weekend, a
:08:11. > :08:17.happy St George's Day. And it is appropriate wish to say all the very
:08:18. > :08:21.best of the Members of the House doing the London Marathon this
:08:22. > :08:25.weekend. It is a feat of injuries and we should be proud of all of
:08:26. > :08:33.them on all sides of the House. -- endurance. On the points he raised
:08:34. > :08:37.specifically on private members bills, as I said earlier, this is a
:08:38. > :08:40.thoughtful report. It is a welcome report with a lot of food for
:08:41. > :08:48.thought and we will respond in due course. I want to read it carefully
:08:49. > :08:54.and site how best to respond. My honourable friend, I have mentioned
:08:55. > :08:57.I am sympathetic to many things in it. We don't want to raise false
:08:58. > :09:05.expectations and the public but I will respond in due course. It is
:09:06. > :09:10.worth reminding people of two things. This is about protecting
:09:11. > :09:15.workers who find lives disrupted by strikes... It is right and proper
:09:16. > :09:19.that we should not allow citizens' lives to be disrupted by
:09:20. > :09:21.inappropriate shrike action. Dissolves about choice and making
:09:22. > :09:32.contributions to political parties on our side of the House, people who
:09:33. > :09:37.want to contribute do so willingly. All others in the South would
:09:38. > :09:41.recognise the offence... Events in northern Iraq have been horrendous.
:09:42. > :09:44.Scenes of brutality that are inexplicable, indefensible and
:09:45. > :09:49.should be condemned. I am certain I right or will friend would look
:09:50. > :09:52.carefully at what was said yes in the end of use of the size. -- this
:09:53. > :10:03.House. And endangered minorities, the
:10:04. > :10:09.Liberal Democrats, that I would remind him that is the Labour Party
:10:10. > :10:13.that brought in elected peers back in the late 1990s when they reformed
:10:14. > :10:19.House of Lords. They were in Government with a majority of about
:10:20. > :10:23.250. They are the ones who took the decisions they did about the reforms
:10:24. > :10:27.that are in place. On the European issue, I will never take seriously
:10:28. > :10:30.the views of a man who a few years ago was expressing himself with such
:10:31. > :10:33.dismay about the fact that Britain has not joined the euro. I will
:10:34. > :10:38.never take his views seriously having listened to what he said
:10:39. > :10:42.then. Mrs Baker, the shadow leader also gave an interview a few days
:10:43. > :10:47.ago when he accused me of making the same joke five weeks in a row. I can
:10:48. > :10:53.only say that when I kept asking why he was on that front bench, I was
:10:54. > :10:59.not joking. He sits to represent a party that wants nothing to do with
:11:00. > :11:05.the largest producer of conditions. He and our Paoli wants to support
:11:06. > :11:09.out group that wants to dismantle our nation's defences led by a man
:11:10. > :11:13.who believes we haven't had enough immigration into this country
:11:14. > :11:16.already and despite his own wise words and I pay tribute to him, he
:11:17. > :11:21.still represented a party that is clearly bundled with anti-Semitism.
:11:22. > :11:25.The people of the... The people of principle in his party are now
:11:26. > :11:30.sitting on his backbenchers. The fact that he is to all the front
:11:31. > :11:34.bench himself speaks volumes. But, Mr Speaker, there is good news for
:11:35. > :11:38.those people of principle on the Labour backbenchers because you may
:11:39. > :11:44.not have seen the adverts that appeared yesterday for a position in
:11:45. > :11:48.the office as his media spokesperson and it said, duration, and I quote,
:11:49. > :11:56.fixed term contract for the period only that Jeremy Corbyn is the
:11:57. > :12:01.member leader of the Labour Party or until a date in 2016, whichever is
:12:02. > :12:07.sooner. Will our right honourable friend find time for a debate on the
:12:08. > :12:11.status of politicians with coming to this country. I am not referring to
:12:12. > :12:21.Barrett glamour. The Moldovan High Commissioner told a that members of
:12:22. > :12:26.the NDP party are visiting this country who are facing high level
:12:27. > :12:29.criminal proceedings at home and I don't understand what they are doing
:12:30. > :12:32.here. I will make sure these concerns are drawn to the attention
:12:33. > :12:36.of the Home Office and Foreign Office. When we admit people to this
:12:37. > :12:44.country, we must understand the context of their arrival here, who
:12:45. > :12:51.they are and what doing. Can I also thank the four announcement the
:12:52. > :12:55.business for next week. I also want to bring up the Queen's Macy's
:12:56. > :12:59.birthday. There can be nothing more significance than her birthday. I
:13:00. > :13:02.know it will have an debate following the session but I would
:13:03. > :13:11.like to recognise her lifetime of duty and service. It's good to see
:13:12. > :13:15.the Leader of the House back following his jokes with most of a
:13:16. > :13:18.rash. It was not the two robberies but the two cronies. I'm sure when
:13:19. > :13:24.the referendum is over it will be good night from him. The debate
:13:25. > :13:28.about the referendum has been utterly appalling. I think for most
:13:29. > :13:33.people in Scotland, it seems like two old Tories fighting over a cold.
:13:34. > :13:44.As we go forward, can we drop project fear, the UK running of the
:13:45. > :13:47.league campaign and and how we take forward this agenda the future. Can
:13:48. > :13:57.I also welcome our newest parliamentarian, the noble Lords,
:13:58. > :14:00.Viscount Thurso who managed to get three votes from the Labour
:14:01. > :14:06.aristocracy. May I suggest to the Labour Party that they do something
:14:07. > :14:10.about your Labour appears. The second biggest group down there and
:14:11. > :14:16.they are Aristocats too. Do not forget about that. The moment you
:14:17. > :14:22.join asked in trying to address this, that when progress will be
:14:23. > :14:25.made. Thurso was Bridget out of that place, out of this place but he's
:14:26. > :14:28.still here as an elected parliamentarian. Is there no way to
:14:29. > :14:35.get rid of these people? I appeal to the Tories, join us in reading this
:14:36. > :14:39.place of these are Aristocats, Church of England bishops, donors
:14:40. > :14:43.and cronies, unless corrected and liberals and let's get rid of that
:14:44. > :14:50.embarrassing surplus and bring democracy to this country. --
:14:51. > :14:56.aristocrats. Cat we have a debate about ambition in this protein
:14:57. > :14:59.country. Two weeks today, the Scottish will go to the polls to
:15:00. > :15:03.elect a new Scottish parliament and there is a fight to the death going
:15:04. > :15:07.on amongst the UK parties, not to win, but to see who could become the
:15:08. > :15:14.best placed loser. Such is their ambition in this election. That is
:15:15. > :15:20.their acknowledgement of the impressive SNP record who are
:15:21. > :15:24.battling and doubt about who can be opposition. Can I appeal to the
:15:25. > :15:30.Blairites and Corbyn nights and the Tories, come to Scotland, add some
:15:31. > :15:36.fortification to your colleagues and perhaps encourage them to take this
:15:37. > :15:40.context seriously. Can I start by thanking him for his kind words
:15:41. > :15:42.about the Queen and I think notwithstanding the fact that we
:15:43. > :15:48.have different views about the future of the United Kingdom, we
:15:49. > :15:56.share the view on the importance of Her Majesty over 90 years and all of
:15:57. > :15:59.us celebrate today's happy occasion. He talked about platforms, me
:16:00. > :16:03.earlier in the week. I also shared a platform on Monday night in
:16:04. > :16:07.Stoke-on-Trent with someone who the party opposite would regard as a
:16:08. > :16:11.dangerous right-wing extremist, the Labour member for Vauxhall, who also
:16:12. > :16:15.stood alongside me and made an impassioned speech. On the issue of
:16:16. > :16:20.the election in the House of Lords, I think we have two Liberal Democrat
:16:21. > :16:24.colleagues there who are sitting in diminished numbers and I think we
:16:25. > :16:27.should not be unduly unkind about them about the election that has
:16:28. > :16:31.taken place in the House of Lords. The reality is that the House of
:16:32. > :16:34.lords overwhelmingly is made up by people who have made a significant
:16:35. > :16:38.contribution to public life in this country or have developed great
:16:39. > :16:41.expertise in their fields and I'm afraid I am a defender of the House
:16:42. > :16:44.of Lords and I think it adds something to our democratic process
:16:45. > :16:50.even though I know he does not agree and neither does the shadow leader.
:16:51. > :16:55.On political ambition in Scotland, can I say, yes, we have clear
:16:56. > :16:59.political ambition is gone. Ruth Davidson would be the best First
:17:00. > :17:03.Minister in Scotland and what the interesting is to see how if the SNP
:17:04. > :17:07.are successful in May, how they adapt to having actual pal is that
:17:08. > :17:14.they have two wheeled and decisions to wield. So far, they have avoided
:17:15. > :17:17.taking tough decisions in Scotland but have demanded more powers that
:17:18. > :17:20.they hardly ever use and have tried to convince us that they can rise
:17:21. > :17:24.above the practicalities of Government were you have to do tough
:17:25. > :17:27.things. If they are successful in May, we will see whether they are up
:17:28. > :17:43.to governing and I think we may find them wanting. This week, yon signed
:17:44. > :17:49.up to work for my constituents campaign to prevent the unfair
:17:50. > :17:53.dismissal of terminally ill workers. What can we do to make people sign
:17:54. > :17:58.up to this much-needed work change? This is an important point. She has
:17:59. > :18:02.reasons issue before. The Secretary of State for business is going to be
:18:03. > :18:05.in the House in ten days' time. I will vote on to the fact that she
:18:06. > :18:08.has raised the issue today and she might want to bring it up with him
:18:09. > :18:13.as it is a matter for his department. Could we have an urgent
:18:14. > :18:19.debate on the junior doctors' contract. On Monday, two legal cases
:18:20. > :18:23.against him that he is defending, this would be a time to suspend the
:18:24. > :18:28.implication of the contract after all, the Secretary of State is not
:18:29. > :18:32.above the law. Of course, this was a matter that was discussed in this
:18:33. > :18:35.House on Monday. It was an urgent question but the secretary of the
:18:36. > :18:39.was here and do take questions and I have no doubt that he will be back
:18:40. > :18:44.in this House to address this issue in due course. It is my hope that a
:18:45. > :18:47.resolution can be reached. He and his colleagues in the department
:18:48. > :18:51.have put in extensive efforts and had 75 meetings with junior doctors'
:18:52. > :18:57.representatives. None of us want to see a strike that involves emergency
:18:58. > :18:59.services. I would call upon all doctors not to take industrial
:19:00. > :19:05.action next week and I hope a resolution can be reached quickly.
:19:06. > :19:10.Just weeks after the co-chairman of the chair and union club stepped
:19:11. > :19:15.down after he said both large numbers the students left have some
:19:16. > :19:23.kind of problem with Jews, I assure you find it incredulous that
:19:24. > :19:25.students who attended the NUS conference debate is boycotting
:19:26. > :19:32.Holocaust Memorial Day and then went on to elect a leader who describes
:19:33. > :19:40.the whole cousin resume as a Zionist outpost. Can we have the Minister
:19:41. > :19:44.come to the box and address this rise in anti-Semitism that is found
:19:45. > :19:47.in university campuses? It is unacceptable in our society. The
:19:48. > :19:51.views expressed yesterday are not acceptable. The shadow leader was
:19:52. > :19:54.absently right when he talked about anti-Semitism in his own party. It
:19:55. > :20:00.is something that Alsop sight of Parliament we should start out in
:20:01. > :20:03.our society. It is unacceptable. With the leader of the housemates
:20:04. > :20:09.I'm available for a debate in which we can hear the views of those who
:20:10. > :20:14.have decided to support our nebbish above the EU such as Barack Obama
:20:15. > :20:22.and those who have decided is a port the view to come out such as
:20:23. > :20:24.marrying a pan of beef Front National in France. We could secure
:20:25. > :20:28.the views of the Scottish National party who as far as I can tell want
:20:29. > :20:34.Scotland to stay in the European Union but not the United Kingdom.
:20:35. > :20:37.Well, she and I will have the opportunity to debate these matters
:20:38. > :20:44.in my constituency shortly and I'm glad for his taking part in that
:20:45. > :20:53.debate. It is a lively debate and the people will bestow decision on
:20:54. > :20:56.June 23. Local parish councils our invaluable to bringing together
:20:57. > :21:00.communities and representing communities at that very local
:21:01. > :21:05.issues. Can I ask the reader if we can have a debate on the rear but
:21:06. > :21:10.concerning occasions when one person sits on multiple parish councils as
:21:11. > :21:14.well as district or borough councils, therefore reducing fraud
:21:15. > :21:19.and effective participation and those local parish councils? Mr
:21:20. > :21:24.Speaker, this is an important point as ever and I am aware of the
:21:25. > :21:27.situation in her constituency. I pay tribute to her work in Eastleigh. Of
:21:28. > :21:31.course, she is right to say that those who enter public life should
:21:32. > :21:33.take their response abilities seriously and should commit to the
:21:34. > :21:40.organisation that they are part of. They should be active in the
:21:41. > :21:48.community according to their part parish for essential local matters
:21:49. > :21:54.are not the full list of their work. I am very grateful, Mr Speaker and
:21:55. > :22:00.can I ask thank everyone for birthday wishes. I share a birthday
:22:01. > :22:03.with Her Majesty every year! I'm afraid to say, I'm getting to a
:22:04. > :22:08.state of play where the candles are costing more than the cake so we
:22:09. > :22:13.will be going down that road. Can I point out to the Leader of the House
:22:14. > :22:18.that on occasions, members from these benches from around the House
:22:19. > :22:24.as Kim and request him for a debate in Government time and almost always
:22:25. > :22:28.refers that member to the backbench business committee but some of those
:22:29. > :22:32.requests come from members who are not backbenchers. That makes life
:22:33. > :22:35.rather difficult for the backbench business committee to deal with
:22:36. > :22:38.those requests so can I ask him to bear that in mind for future
:22:39. > :22:44.business and I think on a personal note, I represent the constituency
:22:45. > :22:48.of Gateshead and I live in the heart of the community there where there
:22:49. > :22:53.is a very orthodox and Bernard Jewish community and I'm very proud
:22:54. > :23:02.to represent that community. -- learn it. -- learned. I would
:23:03. > :23:05.support what he is just said. The allocation of time, of course the
:23:06. > :23:09.challenge for the Government is that we have now allocated to the
:23:10. > :23:12.opposition and to the backbench committee have the time in a
:23:13. > :23:16.particular week and it is about ensuring that the Government can
:23:17. > :23:19.also push its business so of course, opposition frontbenchers would
:23:20. > :23:26.typically have is central block of time each stop the backbench
:23:27. > :23:29.committee has time each year. So we do at attempt to achieve the right
:23:30. > :23:35.balance according to the standing orders are agreed by this House.
:23:36. > :23:41.Could my right honourable friend arrange a statement about the
:23:42. > :23:45.efficiency and speed with which leases are granted particularly to
:23:46. > :23:50.business people from African countries? We are trying to expand
:23:51. > :23:56.business in those areas and often find that they are delayed for weeks
:23:57. > :24:03.particularly when embassies in their own countries give us visas in an
:24:04. > :24:08.matter of days. I'm sure at the Home Secretary will of been heard. There
:24:09. > :24:11.are exciting economic development happening across the common wealth
:24:12. > :24:14.and it is important is that we are able to maximise those opportunities
:24:15. > :24:21.to trade, do business, invest. I will make sure she is aware of the
:24:22. > :24:31.concerns raised. Can we have a debate on the importance of teaching
:24:32. > :24:38.STEM subjects in schools? At a pro-Israel in my constituency they
:24:39. > :24:47.have a Formula 1 team. -- at a primary school. These children have
:24:48. > :24:51.designed a car and won second place in South Wales and are going forward
:24:52. > :24:55.to a large competition across the UK. Is it is not absolutely creative
:24:56. > :25:00.work that creates possibilities of us having the scientists at
:25:01. > :25:01.mathematicians and technicians of the country that this country so
:25:02. > :25:08.desperately needs? She makes an important point, and
:25:09. > :25:12.what a great project. Congratulations to the young people
:25:13. > :25:15.involved, who will no doubt go on to great things and season great
:25:16. > :25:18.innovations for the future as well as possibly competing in the near
:25:19. > :25:22.future as well. But the point I would make to her is that they are
:25:23. > :25:26.absolutely agree on STEM subjects. It is of paramount importance to us.
:25:27. > :25:31.I am proud of the work this Government has done to increase the
:25:32. > :25:34.teaching of STEM subjects. It is something we should encourage for
:25:35. > :25:41.the future on both sides of the House. On Tuesday, I will be
:25:42. > :25:47.coasting an event with my honourable friend, along with Brian May from
:25:48. > :25:54.Queen, to promote the Amazing Grace Hedgehog Challenge. This, along with
:25:55. > :25:59.Mike petition to save the hedgehog, will go a long way to solving the
:26:00. > :26:07.plight of Mr and Mrs Mizen Tiggywinkle. I would like the
:26:08. > :26:15.members to join us at ten o'clock on Tuesday. Unfortunate, I will be in
:26:16. > :26:19.the Cabinet at the time. But all the Best wishes for this event. The work
:26:20. > :26:28.he has done is tremendous. The petition has passed the 30,000
:26:29. > :26:32.point. One slight concern - he might just remind Brian May that
:26:33. > :26:37.occasionally badgers do kill hedgehogs.
:26:38. > :26:43.The Government has recently opened a consultation which aims to reform
:26:44. > :26:46.the Civil Service compensation scheme. Proposed changes would see
:26:47. > :26:52.the average compensation payment drop by over 16,000 and compulsory
:26:53. > :26:59.redundancy dropped by nearly ?7,000. It will affect every single civil
:27:00. > :27:03.servant and has yet to be subjected to an impact assessment. Will the
:27:04. > :27:06.Leader of the House please encourage and stills from both the Treasury
:27:07. > :27:10.and Cabinet Office to conduct these assessments and allow time for it to
:27:11. > :27:19.be debated with these very worrying reforms? Mr Speaker, the situation
:27:20. > :27:22.be inherited in 2010 was civil servants' severance agreement was 1
:27:23. > :27:26.million miles away from what would be the norm. What we inherited from
:27:27. > :27:31.the party opposite was enormous payoffs, sometimes people taking
:27:32. > :27:35.those payoffs and coming back soon afterwards. We have tried to put in
:27:36. > :27:42.place a system that is realistic for the taxpayer, consistent in the
:27:43. > :27:46.private sector. I think that is better the country. In view of the
:27:47. > :27:53.anticipated intervention by the American president into the EU
:27:54. > :27:59.referendum, could the leader arrange for a statement for our Government
:28:00. > :28:03.setting it who would be the preferred candidate for the US
:28:04. > :28:07.presidency and who they would like to win in November? Well, Mr
:28:08. > :28:14.Speaker, my honourable friend tempts me but it is my view that this
:28:15. > :28:16.country should and will work with whoever becomes President of the
:28:17. > :28:24.United States. They are closest allies. Our longest standing allies.
:28:25. > :28:27.I am absolutely certain that we will work with them regardless of who is
:28:28. > :28:35.president and they will work with us regardless of whether we are inside
:28:36. > :28:40.and outside the European Union. The civil servants of the Cabinet Office
:28:41. > :28:45.do our very -- took a very unusual decision last year and they publicly
:28:46. > :29:00.published their advice, saying that ministers should not give a grant to
:29:01. > :29:06.kids company, run by Kamal about -- run by its figurehead. As the money
:29:07. > :29:12.has been lost presumably irretrievably, shouldn't this matter
:29:13. > :29:17.be reported to the adviser of ministerial conduct responsible for
:29:18. > :29:24.dealing with the egregious breaches of ministerial conduct of this kind.
:29:25. > :29:26.Mr Speaker, this matter is being investigated in detail by the
:29:27. > :29:30.appropriate select committee. Any member of this House and any member
:29:31. > :29:39.of the public can lodge any complaint they wish to lodge.
:29:40. > :29:45.Can we please have a field day's debate on Government time on the
:29:46. > :29:50.Treasury's analysis of the effect of the UK leaving the European Union?
:29:51. > :29:53.This will give all members the opportunity to explore the various
:29:54. > :29:58.forecasts made in this document and the opportunity, for example, to
:29:59. > :30:02.explore how likely it is that the prediction as to how well the UK
:30:03. > :30:10.economy will be doing in 15 years' time is likely to be accurate. Well,
:30:11. > :30:13.Mr Speaker, as you will know, there is a debate in Westminster Hall on
:30:14. > :30:17.the issue of Government communications around the referendum
:30:18. > :30:21.on me the ninth. And I am sure that the chairperson of that debate will
:30:22. > :30:30.be happy to allow my honourable friend to debate those matters as
:30:31. > :30:33.well. Can we have a statement or the
:30:34. > :30:39.debate on life changing drugs availability to members of the
:30:40. > :30:42.public? I have constituents who have great difficulties in getting those
:30:43. > :30:50.drugs because of lack of funding. Can we have a debate or statement on
:30:51. > :30:54.that? Through the National as of clinical excellence, we provide
:30:55. > :30:59.access to new drugs. -- the nationalistic of clinical evidence.
:31:00. > :31:03.It is right and proper the Health Service considers the merits of new
:31:04. > :31:06.drugs coming onto the market and forms of you as to whether it can
:31:07. > :31:16.actually make a difference, which is originators would claim. Thank you,
:31:17. > :31:20.Mr Speaker. To the question for the honourable member for play fort, the
:31:21. > :31:27.United States would rightly never cede its sovereignty to a
:31:28. > :31:29.supranational body, so can we have a debate on the protocol that
:31:30. > :31:35.international leaders should not involve themselves in commenting on
:31:36. > :31:38.domestic elections? Your Mac well, Mr Speaker, I respect that whatever
:31:39. > :31:42.else around its current debate, President Obama will have picked up
:31:43. > :31:47.the size of this item before your eyes and be always with interest to
:31:48. > :31:53.see what he says. Before Christmas in the last debate, this House
:31:54. > :32:00.debated and agreed a nuclear agreement with Iran. One of those
:32:01. > :32:04.conditions was human rights would be protected and those of religious
:32:05. > :32:13.persuasion as well. In January 2016, a court in Iran reportedly sentenced
:32:14. > :32:19.people to 140 years in prison. Another 80 people reported detained
:32:20. > :32:27.in December 20 15. The Government said that people should enjoy
:32:28. > :32:31.citizen's rights pursuant to laws that is quite clearly, that is not
:32:32. > :32:35.the case will stop with the Leader of the House agreed to a statement
:32:36. > :32:41.or debate on this issue? The engagement we have had with Iran,
:32:42. > :32:44.the agreement was reached, it was the view of the Government was
:32:45. > :32:47.better to engage with Iran to address the nuclear issue. But by
:32:48. > :32:50.engaging with them, we can try and influence them on human rights
:32:51. > :32:54.issues as well. Of course there are human rights concerns. The Foreign
:32:55. > :32:59.Secretary would always raise concerns about this with countries
:33:00. > :33:04.where such concerns existed. But it is better to engage and stand away
:33:05. > :33:10.from a rant, in a hope we can influence improvement there. --
:33:11. > :33:17.rather than stand away from Iran. It is ironic that the Holocaust
:33:18. > :33:29.Educational Trust And Ogle Our Holding An Educational Session In
:33:30. > :33:32.This Place At The Same Time As... Speakers were applauded for saying
:33:33. > :33:37.that Holocaust Memorial Day was not inclusive enough. Clearly there is a
:33:38. > :33:43.great you have work to be done on education to combat the scourge of
:33:44. > :33:49.anti-says in -- anti-Semitism. Can we have a debate on what action we
:33:50. > :33:55.will take to route this out once and for almost all political parties and
:33:56. > :33:58.all sections of society? My friend is absolutely right. We see this
:33:59. > :34:03.happen time and time again. Statements about the Jewish
:34:04. > :34:06.population in this country, statements about Israel that is
:34:07. > :34:10.simply unacceptable in a democratic society. Of course, there are
:34:11. > :34:14.legitimate debate is to be had about the future of Israel and Palestine
:34:15. > :34:18.and the peace process, but some of the anti-Semitic views appearing in
:34:19. > :34:24.our society are simply unacceptable. The party opposite mentions
:34:25. > :34:25.Islamophobia. I have stood your again and again and condemned
:34:26. > :34:29.Islamophobia in this country but that is not a reason for not any
:34:30. > :34:32.attention to the issue of anti-Semitism, which is becoming
:34:33. > :34:35.more and more of a problem and has to be addressed head-on now by all
:34:36. > :34:46.those in public life, including the party opposite.
:34:47. > :34:50.My constituent arrived in the UK 40 years ago -- 48 years ago in 1968 as
:34:51. > :34:56.an eight-year-old child with his parents and siblings. He has lived
:34:57. > :35:01.his whole life in the UK, been educated year, has married and has
:35:02. > :35:04.two grown-up children. When applying for a new job last year, he was
:35:05. > :35:09.asked to produce a passport, something he had never had before.
:35:10. > :35:17.And here's been told he is here illegally. I have written to the
:35:18. > :35:22.Home Secretary about this. I am yet to receive a response. The Home
:35:23. > :35:29.Office response seems to centre around his parents' marriage
:35:30. > :35:42.certificate in rural tenure in the late 1950s. -- rural Kenya. All the
:35:43. > :35:43.siblings have passports. My constituent cannot apply to any
:35:44. > :35:49.benefits because he's here illegally. I see very generously
:35:50. > :35:54.that I realise this is it grimly serious, but this is by way of a tip
:35:55. > :35:59.to her and other members. It is or was a good idea, whatever the matter
:36:00. > :36:04.at hand, to get in the request for a debate or statement early in one's
:36:05. > :36:10.enquiry. In any case, I feel modestly optimistic that the
:36:11. > :36:16.question mark is on its way. Thank you for your tip, Mr Speaker. Will
:36:17. > :36:22.the Leader of the House agree to a debate on the residential status of
:36:23. > :36:25.historical immigrants? I clearly can't give details now about the
:36:26. > :36:30.case concerned. But she would like to write to me with more details
:36:31. > :36:33.about her constituent, I will make sure that is passed directly to the
:36:34. > :36:37.Home Secretary. I understand the concern she is raising and I'm sure
:36:38. > :36:43.this is a matter we would want to resolve quickly. Can I associate
:36:44. > :36:46.myself with the birthday congratulations to Her Majesty The
:36:47. > :36:50.Queen, on my behalf and my constituents. I was going to have
:36:51. > :36:55.fought a debate on manufacturing in this House after silly remarks on
:36:56. > :36:59.the today programme saying that manufacturing in our country is
:37:00. > :37:03.finished. But after his unfortunate remarks about the Labour Party being
:37:04. > :37:08.riddled with that is Senator is, as someone who has fought anti-Semitism
:37:09. > :37:14.all my life in this country, could we have an early debate on this? It
:37:15. > :37:19.is so important, on a day when Marie le pen has been invited to come here
:37:20. > :37:25.speak. I would encourage the Labour Party
:37:26. > :37:28.to have that debate. The shadow leader is right to have written the
:37:29. > :37:31.article he did, saying that it is not acceptable. But his words have
:37:32. > :37:37.to be actioned by the party opposite.
:37:38. > :37:44.Mr Speaker, one of my constituents would be delighted to become
:37:45. > :37:48.unemployed from his current job. Your Scotland's Network Manager for
:37:49. > :37:53.the Trussell Trust and has published the latest figures... Thousands of
:37:54. > :38:00.people depending on food banks. Twice filling Murrayfield Stadium.
:38:01. > :38:06.In my constituency, we are seen a 20% increase in the last year alone
:38:07. > :38:10.where one constituent has just been sanctioned for an appalling three
:38:11. > :38:15.whole years, depending on ?36 per week. Can we have an urgent debate
:38:16. > :38:20.in this House to discuss his Dickensian situation, to make food
:38:21. > :38:23.banks of thing of the past, so that my constituent can move on to new
:38:24. > :38:31.employment? His constituent can only have been sanctioned for a
:38:32. > :38:35.periodicity is tongued and reasonable job offers. He has
:38:36. > :38:38.refused to work. In a society that is compassionate but bullies Google
:38:39. > :38:41.should get back to work, that is unacceptable. On the subject of food
:38:42. > :38:45.banks, there are fantastic project around the country in food banks
:38:46. > :38:49.lend to churches where people are doing really good working committee.
:38:50. > :38:51.It is worth seeing that the use of food banks in this country is much
:38:52. > :38:56.lower than other countries like Germany. Of course, I pay tribute to
:38:57. > :39:01.those who work on behalf of those going through things and allies. It
:39:02. > :39:09.is like that we have a strong voluntary sector to do that. --
:39:10. > :39:12.things in their lives. Could we have a debate about the length of time at
:39:13. > :39:22.the stake in the Department of work and is to determine whether to
:39:23. > :39:28.include a specific disease... There was a recommendation on the 14th of
:39:29. > :39:31.May nearly two years ago and the ministering correspondent said a
:39:32. > :39:39.decision would be forthcoming with an idea. It is now April. Can the
:39:40. > :39:43.Leader of the House and -- see if he can speed up the decision and give
:39:44. > :39:48.support to the necessary former miners of my I will happily give a
:39:49. > :39:49.nudge to the new Secretary of State on that subject. I'm sure that he
:39:50. > :40:01.will not want to a promise made. An determine the birdies in these
:40:02. > :40:05.matters. If someone wants to contribute to the next series of
:40:06. > :40:10.exchanges, who was aboard apparently meant to be serving on an SIs
:40:11. > :40:18.committee. BSI committee can wait if you want to contribute. There is
:40:19. > :40:23.huge excitement in your sure that local hero and world champion Lizzie
:40:24. > :40:26.Armistead is lining up in the women's tour of Yorkshire week on
:40:27. > :40:29.Saturday. Just as significant, this will be the most lucrative women's
:40:30. > :40:36.cycling race in the calendar and the whole event will be set televised.
:40:37. > :40:40.Can we have a debate on how we do more to support the women's sport,
:40:41. > :40:48.give it the same parity of coverage and financial reward as men sport?
:40:49. > :40:52.Well, this is an important point. Of course, we would congratulate her on
:40:53. > :40:56.her extraordinary success in the sport. She has been a pride of our
:40:57. > :41:01.nation and a pride of Yorkshire and I hope will go on to success in the
:41:02. > :41:04.Olympics this summer. I think what we have learnt from the last few
:41:05. > :41:09.years is the extraordinary impact that cycling has had across our
:41:10. > :41:11.society and I speak as someone who represents the constituency next
:41:12. > :41:15.door to the cycle course for the Olympics which is now every weekend
:41:16. > :41:19.full of cyclists going across the same route that the Olympic cyclists
:41:20. > :41:23.followed. It's a sport that is contribute into fitness to in this
:41:24. > :41:28.country and bring in money and that we should all be proud of. Something
:41:29. > :41:32.wrong with them microphone. I could not hear the honourable gentleman as
:41:33. > :41:39.much as I want to. He was banging on about cycling I just wish I could
:41:40. > :41:44.have heard it properly! My constituents have to pay over ?13
:41:45. > :41:50.return fare to Southport when they live just down the road they play
:41:51. > :41:58.have of that for a superior service. Can we have a debate to how to
:41:59. > :42:07.create a more fair system of real fears? The Transport Secretary will
:42:08. > :42:20.be here next week and he is very concerned about real fears and wants
:42:21. > :42:23.a transparent system. -- rail fares. In January I asked why disability
:42:24. > :42:29.discrimination had been allowed to take hold in civil service. Recent
:42:30. > :42:32.analysis has found that in all departments, disabled staff were
:42:33. > :42:39.less likely to exceed performance ratings than the norm to fit tables
:42:40. > :42:42.colleagues meaning disabled workers are 74% more likely to be in the
:42:43. > :42:47.bottom performance management category which puts their jobs at
:42:48. > :42:51.risk. Can a Leader of the House please now push for a statement to
:42:52. > :42:55.explain why his Government is content to allow disability
:42:56. > :42:59.discrimination to continue? Whatever the research may show, I do not
:43:00. > :43:04.accept that. I have been Secretary of State in one Department and my
:43:05. > :43:08.experience of the way that we work with people with disabilities and
:43:09. > :43:11.the role they play in our department is nothing but positive. We have
:43:12. > :43:15.some find a stable civil servants who are role models to others with
:43:16. > :43:19.disabilities and to make a real service to this Government of hope
:43:20. > :43:25.they will continue to do so in the years ahead. We now come to the
:43:26. > :43:28.motion for an address to Her Majesty on the occasion of her 90th
:43:29. > :43:29.birthday. To move