:00:00. > :00:00.his constituents. We're working to make sure that these schemes are
:00:00. > :00:15.delivered as soon as possible. I will keep them informed of progress.
:00:16. > :00:21.Business question, Paul Flynn. World leader given a House the business
:00:22. > :00:25.for next week? -- world leader. The Leader of the House of Commons Chris
:00:26. > :00:29.Grayling. The business for next week, on Monday fourth July we'll
:00:30. > :00:36.have the first awarded estimates day when they debate important tribunal
:00:37. > :00:39.fee is followed by a debate on impacts on investors and consumers.
:00:40. > :00:44.Details will be given in the official report. At 10pm the House
:00:45. > :00:50.will be asked to agree all outstanding estimates. On Tuesday
:00:51. > :00:54.fifth July, we will have proceedings on the supply and probation Main
:00:55. > :00:58.estimates Bill followed by consideration in committee, the
:00:59. > :01:01.first day of consideration. Wednesday 6th of July, opposition
:01:02. > :01:09.day on a motion to be announced and decided by the opposition. On
:01:10. > :01:13.Thursday seventh, a statement on a publication of the defence
:01:14. > :01:17.committee, Russia, implications for UK defence and security, followed by
:01:18. > :01:20.a debate on a motion on online abuse, followed by a general debate
:01:21. > :01:25.on support for the UK creative industries and their contribution to
:01:26. > :01:30.the economy. All decided by the backbench business committee. Friday
:01:31. > :01:35.in July, we are not sitting. The provisional business for the week
:01:36. > :01:40.commencing the 11th July will be on the final day of consideration of
:01:41. > :01:44.committee of the Wales Bill. I would like to inform the House the
:01:45. > :01:49.business in Westminster Hall on the 11th and 14th of July will be on the
:01:50. > :01:52.debate on the new petition relating to school penalty fines and
:01:53. > :01:56.authorised absence from schools and on 14th July a debate on the
:01:57. > :02:04.consultation of cooperatives to the economy forward by a debate in
:02:05. > :02:10.general terms on dissemination. You may be a tad surprised to see me in
:02:11. > :02:15.this position. Because the past 26 years I've been backbencher by
:02:16. > :02:22.choice. That wasn't just my choice. It was the choice of the past five
:02:23. > :02:26.leaders of my party! Today, for very positive reasons as part of our
:02:27. > :02:31.diversity project in my party, of which we have done splendidly, we
:02:32. > :02:35.have far more women in the front bench and in Parliament than ever
:02:36. > :02:41.before. Far more ethnic minorities and an absence in the front bench of
:02:42. > :02:51.octogenarians. And I believe that my appointment to this post will be a
:02:52. > :02:55.trailblazer one. It will lead to all octogenarians in the party and the
:02:56. > :03:00.experience and wisdom amongst my fellow octogenarians being available
:03:01. > :03:04.to the House. It is important that we have people in the House who can
:03:05. > :03:13.remember life before there was a health service. The Wales Bill is
:03:14. > :03:17.back on Tuesday. I hope that the leader of the has lost his
:03:18. > :03:21.curmudgeonly attitude to it, because to dismiss the idea that both the
:03:22. > :03:27.beautiful languages of the House should be allowed to be spoken here
:03:28. > :03:32.also Welsh has the same status as spitting on the carpet. It is
:03:33. > :03:37.disorderly behaviour. Welsh has been used in committees of the House when
:03:38. > :03:48.they are held in Wales. And it can be done here at little cost. There
:03:49. > :03:52.is no reason to oppose the will of the Welsh Conservative Labour MPs.
:03:53. > :03:57.We have a total number of frontbenchers of Conservative Party,
:03:58. > :04:01.party, nor Welsh speaking now and it is a sign of the great health of the
:04:02. > :04:07.language and it is marvellous to recall that Welsh was an ancient,
:04:08. > :04:14.sophisticated language, centuries before English existed. In fact it
:04:15. > :04:19.was spoken as was Gaelic at the time when the ancestors of those who
:04:20. > :04:30.created English were pagan barbarians who dressed in woad,
:04:31. > :04:34.painting themselves blue, and went on top of mountains howling at the
:04:35. > :04:39.moon! Desperately must be taken seriously. There is also lessons
:04:40. > :04:47.from the football field about leaving Europe, that the government
:04:48. > :04:53.would well he'd. The English team Brexited swiftly and ignominiously.
:04:54. > :04:59.Wales and domains with honour. I would appeal to the leader of the
:05:00. > :05:05.for his party not to dismiss the very sensible idea of having a
:05:06. > :05:10.second referendum supported by one of the candidates in the election in
:05:11. > :05:15.his party. They are good precedents for this. In the European Union,
:05:16. > :05:21.which has a splendid tradition of keeping voting until you reach the
:05:22. > :05:25.right decision. It happened in Denmark and in two other countries
:05:26. > :05:30.where they held a referendum and one year later reversed that decision
:05:31. > :05:39.and the reason is, people voted on false agendas, and were is the ?365
:05:40. > :05:45.million for the health service? Where is the emergency budget? And
:05:46. > :05:50.the public are rightly outraged by the mysteries that they were told by
:05:51. > :05:55.the propagandists on both sides. It's not a surprise that we have a
:05:56. > :06:02.position -- petition of historic by mentions, as big as the petitions
:06:03. > :06:04.for the chartists and the suffragettes, 4 million signatures
:06:05. > :06:10.and counting people who said that they were deceived by the boat, by
:06:11. > :06:15.the propaganda which was largely determined by the proprietors of the
:06:16. > :06:19.daily newspapers rather than by a sensible realisation of the horrors
:06:20. > :06:25.to come. So it is quite reasonable that, after the issue has settled
:06:26. > :06:30.down, when, we are told that it is going to take five years, that the
:06:31. > :06:36.public should have the right to consider on that. It is timely, now,
:06:37. > :06:38.to look at the role of the independent adviser on ministerial
:06:39. > :06:43.interests. This man is virtually unemployed. He has only looked at
:06:44. > :06:49.one case in the last five years. That involved a baroness who
:06:50. > :06:52.confessed to a minor misdemeanour. There have been six other cases
:06:53. > :06:57.since that have not been reported to the adviser. Because the only person
:06:58. > :07:03.who had been reported is the Prime Minister. Two of them occurred a
:07:04. > :07:12.year ago. The involve the Cabinet Office ministers who gave ?3 million
:07:13. > :07:19.to kids company in spite of the advice of civil servants not to do
:07:20. > :07:26.it, published advice and in fact kids company went bankrupt three
:07:27. > :07:35.days later. There is another far more serious matter, which is of
:07:36. > :07:43.current concern. And it is one case in some five years ago when the
:07:44. > :07:49.Secretary of State for Defence stood down and the adviser on ministerial
:07:50. > :07:57.interest recommended, he recommended that the case should be heard by
:07:58. > :08:04.him. And the minister involved achieved absolution by resignation.
:08:05. > :08:08.He got out of a job and nobody knows what he did, what was so serious
:08:09. > :08:12.that occurred, that meant he had to leave office. The problem is that
:08:13. > :08:17.now that person is offering himself not only as leader of the
:08:18. > :08:21.Conservative Party but as Prime Minister. It is a matter of concern
:08:22. > :08:28.to all of us that we know what happened and why he left that job.
:08:29. > :08:31.The first question you would ask anyone applying for the job of Prime
:08:32. > :08:40.Minister is why do you leave your last job, and we don't know. This
:08:41. > :08:45.week is going to be dominated by one event, and that is the publication
:08:46. > :08:50.of the children report. There was no information available yesterday. And
:08:51. > :08:58.the answer given by the Prime Minister to the member for Gordon.
:08:59. > :09:02.And we must remember that when this report is coming out, Parliament is
:09:03. > :09:09.on trial. It wasn't just one man. It was hundreds of MPs. Because the
:09:10. > :09:15.three Select Committees of this House, the military and the press
:09:16. > :09:19.were in favour of joining a war in pursuit of nonexistent weapons of
:09:20. > :09:28.mass destruction. Those who saw the very moving programme on BBC Two,
:09:29. > :09:32.which featured Reg Keyes will understand the true costs of war.
:09:33. > :09:38.Here was a man who for the last seven years has not been able to...
:09:39. > :09:42.Let me just very gently say to the honourable gentleman, who is an
:09:43. > :09:45.immensely experienced parliamentarian, I know that he is
:09:46. > :09:49.beginning his apprenticeship in this role, and I always enjoy listening
:09:50. > :09:57.to him, because he speaks with great experience. He has exceeded his
:09:58. > :10:01.time. It is the first time he is at the box and I don't wish to cut him
:10:02. > :10:06.off. He must now bring his remarks toward a conclusion, maybe with a
:10:07. > :10:14.couple of pithy questions. And we will have had our dose for today. Mr
:10:15. > :10:18.Paul Flynn. I am grateful to Mr Speaker. The question is, what is a
:10:19. > :10:22.programme that will allow the loved ones of the 179 soldiers who died
:10:23. > :10:29.the opportunity to present their case? We know that those who are
:10:30. > :10:35.likely to be accused by the Chilcott report have employed lawyers to go
:10:36. > :10:40.over their defences. We want to make sure that Parliament takes
:10:41. > :10:49.responsibility for a decision taken in This Place in 2003, that resulted
:10:50. > :10:52.in the deaths of 179 of our brave soldiers, probably in vain, and an
:10:53. > :10:58.uncounted number of deaths from other people. The Chilcott report
:10:59. > :11:05.must be debated fairly. What are the arrangements for doing it? Gary Stal
:11:06. > :11:08.by welcoming the honourable gentleman to his place on the
:11:09. > :11:12.opposition front bench and congratulate him on an extraordinary
:11:13. > :11:17.comeback. It is 26 years since he last sat than those benches. What he
:11:18. > :11:20.has in common with his immediate predecessor, indeed, quite a lot of
:11:21. > :11:24.people on those benches is that the last time he sat on that seat he
:11:25. > :11:29.also resign. Since then he has become a distinct backbencher. So
:11:30. > :11:34.much so, writing books on how to be a backbencher, which contain some
:11:35. > :11:38.substantial words of wisdom. For example, his advice to the Minister
:11:39. > :11:52.and waiting. Cultivate the virtues of dullness and safety. And... And,
:11:53. > :11:58.Mr Speaker, some advice for a job title called the Speaker in waiting
:11:59. > :12:01.which, of course, is something that may be entirely appropriate. The
:12:02. > :12:08.honourable gentleman who has now got time to concentrate on preparing his
:12:09. > :12:14.campaign, he's got plenty of time, although we know he is already
:12:15. > :12:18.getting his campaign team together. Mr Speaker, at one point, I
:12:19. > :12:23.absolutely agree with the honourable gentleman. I suspect even our good
:12:24. > :12:30.friends of the SNP benches, where all, this week, Welsh. With regret
:12:31. > :12:33.for the result last week and the Scottish side for the qualification
:12:34. > :12:37.period, we are all gunning for Wales to get to the final and do us all
:12:38. > :12:40.proud as a nation. We wish the team well and we are all keeping our
:12:41. > :12:47.fingers crossed. We are all absolutely the iron them. -- behind
:12:48. > :12:50.them. I take his point about the history and traditions of the Welsh
:12:51. > :12:55.language, but I have to say to them, the language of This Place has
:12:56. > :12:58.decided over the years many times that it is English and I do not
:12:59. > :13:01.propose to make any changes as I indicated previously. About the
:13:02. > :13:07.second referendum, it just does not work like that. Any more than I am
:13:08. > :13:10.going to ask for a rematch between Iceland and England. The people have
:13:11. > :13:15.spoken. We have had a referendum and the result. That is democracy. If we
:13:16. > :13:18.have a general election and our side loses we don't get another about a
:13:19. > :13:22.month later. We had arguments put on both sides. Huge amount of
:13:23. > :13:25.information set before the nations of the public decide one way or the
:13:26. > :13:29.other and they have reached their decision and it is our job to follow
:13:30. > :13:34.that and deliver the will of the people. It is nice, after four
:13:35. > :13:37.months of hedging my bets on these benches, and not always speaking to
:13:38. > :13:40.the government, to be back in a clear way speaking for the whole
:13:41. > :13:42.government and saying that we, now, need to get on with the job that the
:13:43. > :13:52.British people have given us. Now, they could be that there has
:13:53. > :13:56.not been the basis for investigations. If Members of the
:13:57. > :13:58.House have concerns about the conduct of other members, ways and
:13:59. > :14:02.means are available within procedures of this House. If the
:14:03. > :14:05.honourable gentleman has concern about what has happened, you can use
:14:06. > :14:09.those channels. They should only be used when it is a genuine matter to
:14:10. > :14:15.investigate. It is for the Prime Minister and advisers to decide what
:14:16. > :14:19.should happen. On the Chilcot report... Of course this is a matter
:14:20. > :14:22.of great seriousness and of course we understand how important it is we
:14:23. > :14:27.understand what happened and what went on. I don't think anyone can
:14:28. > :14:32.set the stage this has not been an exhaustive process. I wish it had
:14:33. > :14:35.been published years ago. Angry with the honourable member that I have
:14:36. > :14:39.wanted to see this report published for a long time. It is now
:14:40. > :14:42.happening, not before time. Not a single person on these benches does
:14:43. > :14:46.not wish it could not have happened a long time ago. It will come next
:14:47. > :14:49.week. We will have a plan file will be debated in this House. It is
:14:50. > :14:53.right and proper that lesson should be learned and what happened should
:14:54. > :14:58.be considered and this should be fully debated. I am proud to have
:14:59. > :15:00.written the preface and hosted the launch of the most recent
:15:01. > :15:03.publication by the honourable gentleman, the member for Newport
:15:04. > :15:10.West. That was a very happy occasion indeed. The chairman of the
:15:11. > :15:14.Backbench Business Committee is unfortunately unable to be here. He
:15:15. > :15:22.has asked me to convey the message to the Leader of the House that
:15:23. > :15:26.through our great queue of backbench business, we now have sufficient
:15:27. > :15:33.debates, including the one has announced, for six days before
:15:34. > :15:38.recess. I trust that the leader will allocate more time to the Backbench
:15:39. > :15:43.Business Committee. For my side, Mr Speaker, this weekend sees the
:15:44. > :15:50.demonstration, the annual demonstration ending in London which
:15:51. > :15:55.has increasingly become anti-Semitic with slogans which are absolutely
:15:56. > :15:58.disgraceful. With flags of terrorist organisations shown on British
:15:59. > :16:01.streets, on the streets of London. And I do think it is paramount and
:16:02. > :16:08.the Government to actually make sure that if anyone commits hate crime in
:16:09. > :16:10.this way, if anyone is guilty of that, those people should be
:16:11. > :16:15.arrested and face the thought force of the law. And they would seek the
:16:16. > :16:21.Leader of the House to ensure that that happens this weekend. Can I
:16:22. > :16:23.start by saying that we will do our best for the Backbench Business
:16:24. > :16:31.Committee. It seems like they are quite ambitious but we will see what
:16:32. > :16:34.we can do. I echo the words of my honourable friend about hate crime
:16:35. > :16:38.in this country. It is really important to say that. As someone
:16:39. > :16:41.who campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union, I did not
:16:42. > :16:47.campaign for Britain to become an intolerant, racist nation. Any
:16:48. > :16:51.comments that are racist or intolerant are utterly unacceptable.
:16:52. > :16:58.I deplore them and they should be dealt with with the full force of
:16:59. > :17:02.the war. Can I also finally to the House for announcing the business
:17:03. > :17:06.for next week. We sought for the cameras are now ago, and there was a
:17:07. > :17:10.whole nation hoping and praying he would throw his hat into the ring
:17:11. > :17:13.instead of becoming just a cheerleader for the Home Secretary
:17:14. > :17:17.with a friend winning message of divisive nationalists. Wish it was
:17:18. > :17:23.as referring to me and my honourable friends. I congratulate the
:17:24. > :17:29.honourable member... I am very fond of the honourable gentleman. Can I
:17:30. > :17:33.say ever so charitably to him, he wasn't exactly the first choice for
:17:34. > :17:38.this post and I know that Labour have been scrambling around all week
:17:39. > :17:42.to try and get this sorted, so regardless with what happens in this
:17:43. > :17:49.awful, raging civil war, Parliamentary Party versus
:17:50. > :17:53.membership, I'll things turn out well when this is all finished. To
:17:54. > :17:59.the Leader of the House, well done. Well done. This is as much his Leave
:18:00. > :18:03.the victory as it is the right honourable gentleman, Nigel Farage
:18:04. > :18:10.and Ukip's to the victor belongs the spoils. And what a spoils he has. A
:18:11. > :18:14.divided economy, ugly, racist attacks on the streets, a nation
:18:15. > :18:18.baffled and confused about this result and a Government without an
:18:19. > :18:21.idea or plan. The nation has every right to feel internally grateful to
:18:22. > :18:28.the right honourable gentleman in his stunning victory last week. So
:18:29. > :18:32.when do we get the debate which clarifies when this free and ?50
:18:33. > :18:36.million come back to the NHS, as promised by the honourable gentleman
:18:37. > :18:40.and his friends? When do we get the debate about control over the
:18:41. > :18:45.borders, again missed by the honourable gentleman friends? When
:18:46. > :18:50.we get the debate that this is a Government that has no clue about
:18:51. > :18:54.this to take it forward. We need a debate about the nations of the
:18:55. > :19:01.nation 's of the UK and how they will fit in with this. Scotland will
:19:02. > :19:04.not be getting out of the European Union against our collective will.
:19:05. > :19:08.We were forced to choose in a referendum that we did not want, we
:19:09. > :19:11.were forced to make a decision, we have given that decision. It is
:19:12. > :19:17.abundantly clear what Scotland once. When will he now respect the
:19:18. > :19:24.decision of the Scottish people? -- Scotland wants. Well, Mr Speaker, I
:19:25. > :19:27.see the honourable gentleman is back on form. We didn't have the
:19:28. > :19:33.opportunity of forming the dream ticket to leave this country, since
:19:34. > :19:37.he is so determined to not be part of it. I would simply say that
:19:38. > :19:44.Scotland voted to be part of the mighty kingdom. The United Kingdom
:19:45. > :19:52.voted to leave the European Union. That, I am afraid, is democracy. And
:19:53. > :19:58.we as a Government are Democrats, we listen to the will of the people
:19:59. > :20:01.across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as supported in that
:20:02. > :20:04.Scottish referendum, and I simply say to them that we will carry on
:20:05. > :20:08.Government for the whole United Kingdom and listen to the people of
:20:09. > :20:12.the whole United Kingdom. We will do the right thing for the whole United
:20:13. > :20:23.Kingdom and Scotland is a part of the United Kingdom. Thank you, Mr
:20:24. > :20:26.Speaker. If you indulge me, I would like to congratulate the honourable
:20:27. > :20:30.member for Newport West on his position in front bench. There is
:20:31. > :20:35.clearly hold for us all, Mr Speaker, if the honourable gentleman can make
:20:36. > :20:39.it onto the front bench. It seems anyone can make it on a front bench.
:20:40. > :20:42.He is an inspiration to us all. Could the Leader of the House... Can
:20:43. > :20:48.we have a debate on the status of the referendum result so that we can
:20:49. > :20:55.find out who in this House our are true Democrats and who are not? On
:20:56. > :20:58.the Government website, it said the result of the referendum on the UK's
:20:59. > :21:07.membership in the European Union will be final. The Government will
:21:08. > :21:14.have a democratic duty to implement the result. The BBC's hysterical
:21:15. > :21:17.coverage since their referendum has been nothing short of a disgrace.
:21:18. > :21:22.But we should reassure people that the have had the result, there is
:21:23. > :21:25.money for any more campaigning, and we must get together to implement
:21:26. > :21:29.the will of the public. Does you except that every member of the
:21:30. > :21:33.Government should accept the result of the referendum and implement the
:21:34. > :21:39.will of the people? It is very simple. We are democracy. We
:21:40. > :21:43.thought. The result stands. If we have a general election, and we have
:21:44. > :21:47.experienced years when we have not been successful, we sit on the
:21:48. > :21:50.opposition benches and do our best to oppose. We don't demand another
:21:51. > :21:54.general election one month later. That is a the democracy works. The
:21:55. > :22:03.people are spoken, the Government will act. The contribution of my
:22:04. > :22:15.Parliamentary colleague is an illustration of how we are willing
:22:16. > :22:20.to give assistance when necessary, when firm leadership is needed on
:22:21. > :22:26.both sides. We do not be more useful, arising from the various
:22:27. > :22:32.exchanges since the referendum result, to have a debate on the
:22:33. > :22:40.alienation and resentment felt on so many parts of the country. Certainly
:22:41. > :22:49.in the Black Country Boroughs, which voted to a slight majority to leave
:22:50. > :22:52.the EU. The House of Commons is not understood sufficiently in the past
:22:53. > :22:59.few months, perhaps longer, that feeling of resentment and
:23:00. > :23:01.alienation. I ought really to congratulate, somewhat belatedly,
:23:02. > :23:06.the honourable gentleman on his recent birthday. Off the top of my
:23:07. > :23:13.head, and if I am wrong, you will tell me, I think his birthday was
:23:14. > :23:18.last Sunday. The Leader of the House. The honourable gentleman was
:23:19. > :23:25.perhaps a bit too pessimistic about his prospects. It looks like there
:23:26. > :23:29.could be a Labour leadership contest shortly. And judging by the
:23:30. > :23:33.commitment coming from the octogenarian is on the benches
:23:34. > :23:39.opposite, maybe one of them should put their hats in the ring. On the
:23:40. > :23:43.subject of the impact of changes in recent years on the economy of the
:23:44. > :23:46.country and individual communities up and down the country, what I
:23:47. > :23:49.would say to him is that one of the things I'm proudest of that this
:23:50. > :23:56.Government has achieved is the huge fall, more than 500,000, growing up
:23:57. > :23:59.in workers' councils. That'll make a transformational difference to the
:24:00. > :24:02.lives of children. Parents getting up in the morning and going to work
:24:03. > :24:05.with a sense of purpose and direction. It is something I am
:24:06. > :24:09.proud that my party has contributed to achieving in Government. Mr
:24:10. > :24:13.Speaker, I thank the leader in the House for announcing that we will
:24:14. > :24:21.have a debate on online abuse next week. Does he agree that we all need
:24:22. > :24:24.to view the result of the referendum with respect and good grace? We all
:24:25. > :24:27.may need to work together to get the best result for Britain and we must
:24:28. > :24:32.all stand up against racism, extremism and abuse from all sides
:24:33. > :24:39.of the political divide and referendum divides.
:24:40. > :24:48.I will reiterate that, I am absolutely condemn any racist
:24:49. > :24:51.attacks and abuse, any xenophobic abuse in this country. It is not
:24:52. > :24:57.acceptable and should not be permitted. It is illegal and should
:24:58. > :25:00.be dealt with accordingly. I did not make reference in my remarks to
:25:01. > :25:06.security for members. Just to say two things. The first is that since
:25:07. > :25:12.the tragic loss of Jo Cox, work is taking place on this important issue
:25:13. > :25:14.and I and the chairman of ways and Means will bring back further. The
:25:15. > :25:20.House shortly but I want to reassure members that that is very much a
:25:21. > :25:23.matter of concern and attention. Particularly given the point from My
:25:24. > :25:25.Honourable Friend, it is a matter of concern that members continue to be
:25:26. > :25:31.subject to some pretty unpleasant abuse on social media. But that is
:25:32. > :25:36.also something being discussed by the police and where I want to see
:25:37. > :25:39.firm action. It is not acceptable in any shape or form, particularly that
:25:40. > :25:42.female colleagues get the kind of abuse that they have been. It must
:25:43. > :25:49.stop and we must deal with appropriately. Another aspect of the
:25:50. > :25:54.league campaign that of the leader allows was part of force to wrongly
:25:55. > :25:59.state that decisions of the EU are taken by unelected bureaucrats. When
:26:00. > :26:02.will the leader of the commit to get rid of the more than 800 lifelong
:26:03. > :26:12.peers who are unelected bureaucrats next door? Mr Speaker, I know the
:26:13. > :26:15.SNP feel deeply committed to abolishing the House of Lords but
:26:16. > :26:27.right now I'm afraid we have other priorities as a nation. As the only
:26:28. > :26:35.Welsh member currently sitting in This Place at the moment, may I
:26:36. > :26:42.offer on this side of the House, may I, my congratulations for the
:26:43. > :26:48.honourable member for Newport West on his great elevation and I wish
:26:49. > :26:59.many long hours and years ahead and many happy years ahead in that role.
:27:00. > :27:06.Mr Speaker, areas such as mine which has had large numbers of tourists to
:27:07. > :27:09.the Hay literary festival and the Royal wish show our hotbeds for the
:27:10. > :27:15.industry but this industry is being held back by high VAT rates. Can we
:27:16. > :27:19.have a debate about what can be done about lowering VAT for the tourism
:27:20. > :27:23.ministry to make sure that the British tourist industry is among
:27:24. > :27:28.the most competitive in the world? Regardless of 1's views on the
:27:29. > :27:32.random, we will ask that the government be able to make
:27:33. > :27:36.modifications to Reg Keyes race in ways not previously permissible so
:27:37. > :27:39.the future of the tourism industry is something that the government
:27:40. > :27:44.will be able to focus on to a greater degree than has been a case
:27:45. > :27:49.in the past. My constituent has a severely disabled mother and works
:27:50. > :27:57.16 hours a week. Due to the increase in the minimum wage and the trees on
:27:58. > :28:02.the early threshold, he's now ?3200 a year worse off. Many thousands are
:28:03. > :28:05.in the same position. The government claims to get the most vulnerable in
:28:06. > :28:09.society and say that they want to make work pay but this clearly
:28:10. > :28:16.isn't. Can we have an urgent debate on this issue? This is the purpose
:28:17. > :28:19.of Universal Credit. There have been some extraordinary cliff edges in
:28:20. > :28:24.the welfare system. We are now implementing Universal Credit being
:28:25. > :28:28.rolled out in geographic areas and different categories of claimants.
:28:29. > :28:32.When it is pennies, it will make a transformation difference to the
:28:33. > :28:39.type of site stands she has described. -- when it is finished.
:28:40. > :28:43.In a week that has seen the start of the Hennelly regards, can we have a
:28:44. > :28:47.debate on the important role that growing plays in national life and
:28:48. > :28:50.contrary to the image that is created, the contribution that it
:28:51. > :28:56.makes to young people's sporting activities? Meilleroux will friend
:28:57. > :29:00.makes an important point. I commend everyone in his constituency for the
:29:01. > :29:04.work they put in to make the Henley Regatta such a successful event. It
:29:05. > :29:07.is a sport we should be proud of. We have excelled at it and you'll have
:29:08. > :29:13.the games. I hope that when the Rio games start, again, be successful
:29:14. > :29:16.and win large numbers of medals and be proud of the athletes to make a
:29:17. > :29:20.difference to our country and our sport. I commend those in Henley
:29:21. > :29:26.because that regard is part of the success that this sport has enjoyed
:29:27. > :29:30.in recent years. It is with regret that we learned of yet another
:29:31. > :29:36.deferral on the decision about capacity in the South-East of
:29:37. > :29:39.England. We understand the context in which this is happening. Surely
:29:40. > :29:44.decisions about the security and events of the country cannot be
:29:45. > :29:51.deferred. Can the leader of the syndicate when we are likely to get
:29:52. > :29:59.a vote on the renewal of Triton? -- the Leader of the House indicate. --
:30:00. > :30:05.Trident. I understand the concern. That many members want to have that
:30:06. > :30:13.vote. It is certainly on the government 's mind. The crisis
:30:14. > :30:17.facing North Middlesex Hospital is aggravated by a tale of two health
:30:18. > :30:24.cities within London. Borrowers like Camden and Islington received the
:30:25. > :30:28.lion share whilst government support for Enfield continues to go. We in
:30:29. > :30:33.Enfield need fair funding and we need it now. My Honourable Friend is
:30:34. > :30:36.a fierce advocate for his constituency. The Secretary of State
:30:37. > :30:40.will be taking questions on Tuesday and will be happy to respond to that
:30:41. > :30:46.issue. I understand it as a matter of concern to him. Mr Speaker, may I
:30:47. > :30:50.follow the unanswered question from my friend for Perth and North
:30:51. > :30:56.Perthshire, and can we have a debate on the Scotland will get the Barnett
:30:57. > :30:59.Consequentials of the three ?50 million promised to the English NHS
:31:00. > :31:04.and it is not coming to Scotland as promised on the side of the league
:31:05. > :31:08.campaign bus, would My Honourable Friend like to apologise to the
:31:09. > :31:12.country now? Two points to make. First of all, can I express my good
:31:13. > :31:16.wishes do the honourable gentleman after his change of role this week?
:31:17. > :31:19.I'm sure that he will return to his position as shadow Scottish
:31:20. > :31:25.secretary, but I pay tribute to him for the bravery he has shown. What I
:31:26. > :31:31.would say is two things, first, the government position is that we have
:31:32. > :31:35.to negotiate carefully now that we're out of the European Union, and
:31:36. > :31:43.until we have done so, we carry on making contributions as normal. Can
:31:44. > :31:46.we have a debate in government time on the involvement of celebrities
:31:47. > :31:53.and politics? On referendum night a week ago, the pro-remain American
:31:54. > :31:58.actress Lindsay Lohan, in a series of bizarre cleats, slapped off areas
:31:59. > :32:03.of this country that voted to leave the European Union. At one point she
:32:04. > :32:08.directed a fierce, offensive to at Kettering, claiming she had never
:32:09. > :32:11.heard of it and implying that no one knew where it was. Apart from the
:32:12. > :32:15.fact that it might be the most average down in the country,
:32:16. > :32:22.everybody knows where Kettering is. It is famous as the home of Weetabix
:32:23. > :32:28.breakfast cereal, and Loakes shoes and Kettering town football club has
:32:29. > :32:34.scored more goals in the FA Cup on any other team in history the
:32:35. > :32:37.country, so would he support my invitation to Lindsay Lohan to come
:32:38. > :32:42.and switch on the Christmas lights Kettering thus redeeming her
:32:43. > :32:46.political reputation and raising money for good causes? And Kettering
:32:47. > :32:53.is principally famous for the honourable gentleman. Mr Speaker, as
:32:54. > :32:59.those of us who have children will know, over the years, Lindsay Lohan
:33:00. > :33:05.has been a star child and the movies, a very entertaining actress
:33:06. > :33:08.of the time, but she has not necessarily fulfil the professional
:33:09. > :33:13.potential. That's now we know the reason why. As she visited
:33:14. > :33:16.Kettering, she might have seen her career turnaround, and I think the
:33:17. > :33:21.invitation My Honourable Friend has made to her today is one she should
:33:22. > :33:25.accept that she should visit the fine town of Kettering and find
:33:26. > :33:29.herself return to stardom. Mr Alex Salmond. Can we have a week-long
:33:30. > :33:36.debate on the political backstabbing? We're going to need a
:33:37. > :33:41.week, because all of the PLP will want to take part, but they are like
:33:42. > :33:47.amateurs compared to the right on all member for Surrey Heath, the
:33:48. > :33:49.Lord Macbeth of this Chamber, who, having dispatched the Prime
:33:50. > :33:58.Minister, today is despatching the Prime Minister 's greatest rival.
:33:59. > :34:01.What makes the leader of the Houston that Lord Macbeth 's draggable not
:34:02. > :34:07.soon be turned to him and I'm secretary? The honourable member for
:34:08. > :34:09.Surrey Heath has been, in my view, an excellent Education Secretary,
:34:10. > :34:15.excellent Chief Whip and is now doing an excellent job in the role I
:34:16. > :34:18.used to perform as Lord Chancellor. He has friends on the side of the
:34:19. > :34:29.House and he is for the Scottish National Party... Woodville leader
:34:30. > :34:32.about reassure us that two strands of particular interest to the
:34:33. > :34:35.business community will be discussed at some length? Firstly something
:34:36. > :34:39.that has been brought up, that the rover will be a confirmation that
:34:40. > :34:42.you will carry on with correctness to large-scale infrastructure
:34:43. > :34:46.projects up and down the country to ensure that stability, calmness and
:34:47. > :34:50.jobs continue, and then secondly that a special Cabinet department
:34:51. > :34:55.for the EU is making full use of industry experts and leaders outside
:34:56. > :34:59.of government in key areas in order to ensure that our negotiators will
:35:00. > :35:05.be fully briefed, have clear objectives and be good to go when
:35:06. > :35:13.required? Let's be absolutely clear. We may be electing a new leader and
:35:14. > :35:16.the new Prime Minister but quite apart from containing to pursue a
:35:17. > :35:20.one nation agenda, this government will continue the modernisation of
:35:21. > :35:24.infrastructure, where we have made a real difference. I remember when I
:35:25. > :35:28.was Shadow Transport Secretary a decade ago, campaigning around the
:35:29. > :35:34.country for infrastructure improvements they said were
:35:35. > :35:36.desperately needed. Now when I drive round the country, those projects
:35:37. > :35:41.are finished or are being built at the moment. I am proud of what we're
:35:42. > :35:45.doing for infrastructure. In terms of team negotiating for the future
:35:46. > :35:49.outside the EU, it is the government view that we should draw from the
:35:50. > :35:54.broadest possible expertise to make sure that the strategy we have is
:35:55. > :36:00.the right one for this country. Mr Speaker, the leader of that is said
:36:01. > :36:05.huge amount of information was sent before the country in the Europe in
:36:06. > :36:08.them. This is one piece of that information, about league campaign
:36:09. > :36:14.leaflet that says the EU costs us ?350 million bill week, we could
:36:15. > :36:17.spend that on the NHS instead. Isn't the truth that there was a huge
:36:18. > :36:21.amount of misinformation placed before the country? When can we
:36:22. > :36:26.debate when we are getting that ?350 million? Let's be clear. The
:36:27. > :36:29.government has this week set out in this House the first steps we are
:36:30. > :36:33.taking towards negotiating our exit from the EU. He will know that
:36:34. > :36:37.whilst we remain members of the EU, and we are today, normal
:36:38. > :36:40.contributions will continue. When we leave, we will no longer make
:36:41. > :36:47.attributions in the way that we do now. Given the recess periods we
:36:48. > :36:54.have had in the last two weeks, can we have a statement next week from
:36:55. > :36:58.ministers about the situation in relation to the steel industry? It
:36:59. > :37:05.is important, as steelworkers and MPs know that exactly what is
:37:06. > :37:08.happening in those situations. I understand My Honourable Friend 's
:37:09. > :37:13.concerns and they will make sure that they are past the Business
:37:14. > :37:16.Secretary today. It is helpful for MPs representing steel producing
:37:17. > :37:23.areas to get updates and I will see if that can be done. We should
:37:24. > :37:30.provide closure of the families of Armed Forces personnel on a and
:37:31. > :37:32.murky passage in our history. Am convinced hundreds of members will
:37:33. > :37:37.want an extended debate on this report. Will the Leader of the House
:37:38. > :37:41.ensure that two consecutive days are made available to debate the
:37:42. > :37:45.Chilcott report before the summer recess? I understand the desire to
:37:46. > :37:50.debate the Chilcott report. We are discussing that and we will set out
:37:51. > :37:54.plans shortly. I have only a nice business on till Monday week. I am
:37:55. > :38:02.very aware of the issues he raises. -- announced business. Last weekend
:38:03. > :38:05.was a 130,000 people visited Cleethorpes for events connected
:38:06. > :38:09.with the national Armed Forces event. It clearly demonstrates the
:38:10. > :38:11.commitment and support of our local communities for those who serve in
:38:12. > :38:16.the military past and present. Could we have a debate to look at further
:38:17. > :38:23.developments of the military covenant and how we support the
:38:24. > :38:27.welfare of those concerned? I absolutely agree with my aunt will
:38:28. > :38:30.friend. I pay tribute to the people of Cleethorpes for organising such
:38:31. > :38:36.an important event last week. I pay tribute to all of those who are this
:38:37. > :38:40.week celebrating commemorating, with poignancy, the anniversary of the
:38:41. > :38:44.Battle of the Somme. We should always value the people who serve
:38:45. > :38:48.this country in Armed Forces. We should always continue to do so. I
:38:49. > :38:55.have to say also, it is my hope that the weather brightens up and the
:38:56. > :38:59.prospects for Cleethorpes this summer grows rather than diminishes.
:39:00. > :39:02.Now that we know according to what he has just said that the National
:39:03. > :39:08.Health Service will get no money, will he tell the Hardwicke
:39:09. > :39:10.commissioning group, make a statement, till the Secretary of
:39:11. > :39:15.State for Health, that the Hardwicke commissioning group in Derbyshire
:39:16. > :39:21.that proposes to close the Bolsover and Bakewell hospitals should now
:39:22. > :39:31.keep them open, because we have got the money? It would be a bold person
:39:32. > :39:35.who try to make changes in his constituency. I don't know about the
:39:36. > :39:40.local circumstances. I can say to him, regardless of the process for
:39:41. > :39:42.negotiation of our exit for the EU, we will continue to spend more money
:39:43. > :39:52.on the National Health Service. Can we please have a debate on what
:39:53. > :39:56.we can do to improve the understanding of the way that
:39:57. > :40:00.democracy works? Including, it seems, even amongst some members of
:40:01. > :40:05.this House. It really is quite simple. In a referendum, when one
:40:06. > :40:15.side gets more than 1 million votes more than the other, that site has
:40:16. > :40:19.one. -- that side has won the referendum. We shouldn't pursue the
:40:20. > :40:25.illusion that you simply rewrite democracy because you simply Almagro
:40:26. > :40:28.not like the result. The right thing for the country is negotiating a
:40:29. > :40:32.Brexit, planning it for the best interest of the country, but taking
:40:33. > :40:36.advantage of the opportunity this now brings to the country. Forging
:40:37. > :40:40.new free-trade partnerships around the world. I am very encouraged that
:40:41. > :40:46.only this week, the Speaker of Representatives, all Ryan, has said
:40:47. > :40:49.very clearly he wants to take an early step to agreeing a free-trade
:40:50. > :40:54.agreement with the United Kingdom from the United States. That is the
:40:55. > :40:56.kind of opportunity available. The Care Quality Commission has ordered
:40:57. > :41:11.not in a --... Care Quality Commission has ordered
:41:12. > :41:18.not in a We have a shortage of doctors, and in an unprecedented
:41:19. > :41:20.move, the general health Council are threatening to withdraw junior
:41:21. > :41:24.doctors from the hospital due to inadequate support. This is a
:41:25. > :41:28.disaster for that hospital and everyone who uses it. It is one of
:41:29. > :41:36.the busiest emergency departments in London and probably nationally. It
:41:37. > :41:42.would have a domino effect on also endings hospitals should accord. --
:41:43. > :41:49.also endings hospitals should it close. Can we have an early debate
:41:50. > :41:56.on this crisis? I actually underpins that the -- understand our concerns.
:41:57. > :42:02.The care of constituents is of paramount importance. But hospitals
:42:03. > :42:06.are not doing well in these cases, and if they are not, it is not
:42:07. > :42:09.simply national policy issue, it is about making sure that best
:42:10. > :42:16.practices spread across the whole the Health Service. Even though we
:42:17. > :42:20.were on different sides of the referendum debate, I am sure that we
:42:21. > :42:23.both want to move forward in the right way, and in a way that gets
:42:24. > :42:27.the detail right. Once the Government has agreed terms of
:42:28. > :42:30.negotiation, is that not the point where the Leader of the House will
:42:31. > :42:34.give enough time for this chamber to debate those terms, compelling to
:42:35. > :42:38.the promises made by the League campaign, and make sure that what
:42:39. > :42:45.the public voted on was the right thing? Mr Speaker, I am absolute
:42:46. > :42:48.certain that as we go through the next few months, as we prepare our
:42:49. > :42:55.strategy for negotiation and begin negotiations, the Government will
:42:56. > :43:01.wish to provide ample occasion for what is being done to debate this
:43:02. > :43:11.issue in this House. The oh that is why we need -- that is why we need
:43:12. > :43:18.and a statement after this referendum to find out if there are
:43:19. > :43:22.sufficient expats and expertise. We will keep the House informed but we
:43:23. > :43:30.are assembling the team at the moment. The Government will keep
:43:31. > :43:34.this House informed as we move forward. The premise to made a very
:43:35. > :43:38.full statement on Monday, three days ago. He will be back and assess next
:43:39. > :43:46.week and will want to make sure that members every opportunity to
:43:47. > :43:49.question about what we're doing. The Leader of the House has clearly been
:43:50. > :43:53.very busy with his reading, not only reading my boyfriend's book, but he
:43:54. > :44:04.has also been reading The Darling Buds Of May. If we can have added
:44:05. > :44:10.data in all seriousness, a lengthy debate about many constituents it is
:44:11. > :44:15.mine overwhelmingly voted to leave, even though it was not my view, but
:44:16. > :44:22.I respect that. But we should leave properly and in good order. But can
:44:23. > :44:30.we have debate about concerns and get them out there before the units
:44:31. > :44:39.Tasers what? -- the unit starts its work. It is very important. But we
:44:40. > :44:43.had a debate yesterday as well. We will make sure there are plenty of
:44:44. > :44:45.opportunities and we will consult extensively. It is really important
:44:46. > :44:49.that we get this right. Yes, it is important that we listen to
:44:50. > :44:52.industries like the ceramics industry to understand how best to
:44:53. > :44:57.look after their interests in the negotiations that lie ahead. And I
:44:58. > :45:00.can give an absolute assurance to this House that every single member
:45:01. > :45:04.of the Government and indeed many people outside Government, and we
:45:05. > :45:07.will want to take part of this, will work absolutely assiduously to make
:45:08. > :45:18.sure that we do the right thing for Britain. I acknowledge the leader's
:45:19. > :45:23.inadvertent honesty in telling the chamber that we now have carry on
:45:24. > :45:27.Government. The leaders of the sea proud of his role in a referendum.
:45:28. > :45:36.He is also proud of his role in giving us English votes for English
:45:37. > :45:41.laws. Could he marry those positions with English votes for English
:45:42. > :45:49.excellence? I know he takes readers. We're one United Kingdom and we
:45:50. > :46:01.remain so. -- English votes for English X it's. I would be deeply
:46:02. > :46:05.disappointed that if we were forging these new trade ties, I would hate
:46:06. > :46:12.to see any part of the United Kingdom losing out on those deals.
:46:13. > :46:19.After this momentous and tragic decision that the British people
:46:20. > :46:23.made last birthday, are we in the business efficiently to hold the
:46:24. > :46:27.people who championed Brexit to account? The effects of people in my
:46:28. > :46:31.constituency, people working in universities and the textile
:46:32. > :46:35.industry, the manufacturers, all their lives are going to be
:46:36. > :46:40.threatened in a serious way. Is this House of Commons, in its present
:46:41. > :46:43.make up, able to assess what the damage is, how we can put it right
:46:44. > :46:50.and hold those who make false promises to account? Mr Speaker, I
:46:51. > :46:53.really don't think that over the last four months anyone can say that
:46:54. > :46:57.inadequate arguments have been made to the United Kingdom. People had
:46:58. > :47:01.the opportunity to set out their views and analysis statistics and
:47:02. > :47:05.reports exhaustively. The British public have not been short of
:47:06. > :47:10.information on which to base their decision. They have decided. It is
:47:11. > :47:12.now our job to make sure the decision they had taken for our
:47:13. > :47:20.country is implemented in the best possible way for all our futures.
:47:21. > :47:25.Can we please have a debate on Government time on the impact of
:47:26. > :47:30.leaving the EU on important infrastructure investment in the
:47:31. > :47:33.north, particularly around the concept of the Northern Powerhouse
:47:34. > :47:38.and the devolution agenda? I think a lot of us on this side of the House
:47:39. > :47:43.are very concerned that our northern constituencies that voted to come
:47:44. > :47:49.out of the EU, now we're faced, where there will be large gaps in
:47:50. > :47:53.funding, particularly for electrification in the North. We
:47:54. > :47:57.remain committed to the Northern Powerhouse and investing in it. That
:47:58. > :48:03.is immensely important for those politically, for this country and
:48:04. > :48:12.the committees she and others representing them. -- represent in
:48:13. > :48:17.the North. Today is the deadline for the great exhibition in the North in
:48:18. > :48:21.division and 18. My home city of Bradford has already submitted a bid
:48:22. > :48:25.which, with an excellent vision and venue, I believe is a strong
:48:26. > :48:27.contender. The great exhibition will celebrate the huge cultural and
:48:28. > :48:31.economic contributions that the North of England has made to the
:48:32. > :48:34.rest of the UK in both the past and present. So can I please urge the
:48:35. > :48:41.Leader of the House to allocate time for a debate on this very important
:48:42. > :48:44.subject? I wish everyone in Bradford well with this bid. Bradford is a
:48:45. > :48:49.city that feels transformed and it has changed in the sense that things
:48:50. > :48:52.are happening in Bradford to take the city forward. Everyone in
:48:53. > :48:56.Bradford is pleased and proud of that. I wish them well for this bid.
:48:57. > :49:01.I hope it is not just celebrating the past and present, but setting up
:49:02. > :49:04.after the future, as the country that his stitches and other
:49:05. > :49:11.committees in Yorkshire can make to the country. Could I asked the
:49:12. > :49:15.leader of the host range for an statement regarding significant
:49:16. > :49:22.changes that the DWP has introduced regarding how he deals with MPs'
:49:23. > :49:27.Klizan Universal Credit? East Lothian is one of the silken --
:49:28. > :49:32.first constituencies to have a full roll-out. There are lots of
:49:33. > :49:40.problems. Unfortunately, the DWP's hotline no longer takes queries on
:49:41. > :49:46.the full-service roll-out. And be -- I am being redirected to Bolton,
:49:47. > :49:51.which will handle the queries, which is insufficient. I was speed my
:49:52. > :49:54.colleague, the Secretary of State and say we can get a proper
:49:55. > :50:01.response. -- I will speak to my colleague. Yesterday the Prime
:50:02. > :50:04.Minister claimed yet again that the Smiths are his favourite band, and
:50:05. > :50:12.I'm sure he will hear from Johnny Martyn, if he hasn't already. His
:50:13. > :50:24.management of this has been much less of Charming Man and much more
:50:25. > :50:37.of Big Mistakes Again. I can't comment on the Smiths, but I
:50:38. > :50:40.was a fan of Pink Floyd. Indeed, I spent many happy hours, even 30
:50:41. > :50:50.years later, listening to the dark side of the moon. I know the subject
:50:51. > :50:55.on voting for six D and 17-year-olds is alive one, but it remains of your
:50:56. > :50:58.Government that the right age is 18. It will continue to be a debate and
:50:59. > :51:02.those who wish to bring that before the British people can put it in the
:51:03. > :51:13.next manifesto, if they are bright enough to have a next Manifesto. Can
:51:14. > :51:19.we have a debate on Palace -- palliative care? I visited the
:51:20. > :51:22.hospice newly opened in my constituency to see the great work
:51:23. > :51:26.they do. It is a dream important that those in the latter stages of
:51:27. > :51:29.their life have this ability to have their cases heard in Parliament and
:51:30. > :51:35.that we take for this debate swiftly. Mr Speaker, I welcome the
:51:36. > :51:41.opening of the new hospice in her constituency. I think we all owe
:51:42. > :51:47.huge amount to those who work in palliative care. It is an enormously
:51:48. > :51:52.challenging area but an enormously compassionate, kind, caring area of
:51:53. > :51:55.our society. I am sure we would all pay tribute to all of those who work
:51:56. > :52:03.to make the last days of those suffering from serious illness happy
:52:04. > :52:06.ones, rather than difficult ones. Get a Government misunderstanding of
:52:07. > :52:10.supported accommodation, it is set to watch a review of its own policy
:52:11. > :52:14.on the issue. That is being led by a minister in the other house. Whilst
:52:15. > :52:17.the review is under way, councils, housing associations and thousands
:52:18. > :52:21.of my constituents are left in limbo. When all members of the
:52:22. > :52:25.Southgate chancing Government time to debate that view and when is it
:52:26. > :52:31.expected to report? I don't know when it will report. It is right and
:52:32. > :52:36.proper that Members of the House will listen if there is pleased we
:52:37. > :52:39.have got something wrong. That is something we need to look at in more
:52:40. > :52:42.detail. We will bring that report back to the House in due course and
:52:43. > :52:49.there will be an opportunity to question ministers about it. In
:52:50. > :52:54.order to ensure proper Parliamentary scrutiny, can the leader of the
:52:55. > :53:03.suits is best officers to ensure there is no Article 50 invocation of
:53:04. > :53:11.the Lisbon Treaty unless the full proposals of the issue are debated
:53:12. > :53:15.filly in Parliament? We will have plenty of opportunities in autumn to
:53:16. > :53:20.discuss and debate what is planned. That'll be for the new Government
:53:21. > :53:37.and new parameter to decide. May I congratulate Wales on getting
:53:38. > :53:41.through in the Euros, and may I congratulate the Northern Irish and
:53:42. > :53:43.Irish fans who have been given an award by the mayor of Paris for
:53:44. > :53:49.their behaviour and their humour. When the fines started singing away
:53:50. > :53:56.in a Manger, and we wondered what it was going until it gets to the
:53:57. > :54:01.words, look down where he lay" and it all say here, you realise there's
:54:02. > :54:05.terrific humour in that and we congratulate all of the fans from
:54:06. > :54:12.everywhere who have behaved themselves. The Northern Irish and
:54:13. > :54:19.Irish teams played very well. Whilst we're all Welsh, now, I must say
:54:20. > :54:23.that the Northern Irish as was common said at the end of the match,
:54:24. > :54:26.didn't really deserve the result they got. Wales have played
:54:27. > :54:30.brilliantly and made it through to the quarterfinals and we hope they
:54:31. > :54:37.go much further, but we think Northern Ireland did the whole
:54:38. > :54:41.United Kingdom proud as well. Much of the anti-immigration rhetoric in
:54:42. > :54:48.the Brexit debate was driven by a lack of availability of housing.
:54:49. > :54:52.Particularly secure social housing tenancies that gave family security
:54:53. > :54:55.and stability. Can we expect a statement from the government in
:54:56. > :55:00.which they will join the Welsh Assembly government in removing the
:55:01. > :55:06.right to buy and the right to acquire and will we have a statement
:55:07. > :55:13.to ensure an appropriate level of new investment in social housing for
:55:14. > :55:16.the United Kingdom? There's two set of points here. We believe in home
:55:17. > :55:20.ownership, that people should have the right to own their homes. One of
:55:21. > :55:23.the reasons it has been for a long time government policy to reduce
:55:24. > :55:28.levels of immigration is because it puts pressure on public services and
:55:29. > :55:31.infrastructure and housing. And B, first and foremost have to make sure
:55:32. > :55:41.that we can make the provision that we need to for the next generation
:55:42. > :55:44.here. A constituent of mine was one of my earliest cases over a year
:55:45. > :55:50.ago, despite my best efforts is due to be aborted on Tuesday morning.
:55:51. > :56:01.This removal did not go ahead and she's now back at Yarlswood having
:56:02. > :56:05.suffered injury. This alleged brutality was so severe that Alec
:56:06. > :56:11.passengers on the plane allegedly tried to intervene. Can be have a
:56:12. > :56:15.debate to discuss that treatment of those who claim asylum in this
:56:16. > :56:18.country? I can't comment on the detail of a case like that. I simply
:56:19. > :56:23.say that it is right and appropriate that anyone in the asylum system is
:56:24. > :56:27.treated with decency. It is also the case that the people don't have the
:56:28. > :56:34.legal right to be here, it is appropriate that we should take them
:56:35. > :56:37.and bought them. -- deport them. Does the government really believe
:56:38. > :56:41.the current Private Members' Bill system is perfect? Slap down the
:56:42. > :56:46.procedure committee recommendations, but will he make government time
:56:47. > :56:52.available on the floor of the House so the House can have a vote on the
:56:53. > :56:54.recommendations? My response said precisely that. It is right and
:56:55. > :56:59.proper order should be back edge debate, because this is about
:57:00. > :57:04.private members bills and backbench activity and then this committee can
:57:05. > :57:08.organise such a debate any time it wishes. My recommendation was that
:57:09. > :57:14.before we can assess how broadly the proposals were supported, that
:57:15. > :57:19.debate should take place. Between This Place, the Other Place and the
:57:20. > :57:25.European Parliament, around 52.5% of our lawmakers are currently
:57:26. > :57:31.unelected. When the UK leaves the EU, that rises to 55% and after the
:57:32. > :57:37.boundary review it will rise again to 57% stock can be have a debate on
:57:38. > :57:39.potential reform of our democratic process and to reopen discussion on
:57:40. > :57:45.plans for a reduction in constituencies, before we climb
:57:46. > :57:51.further into this severe democratic deficit? The Scottish National Party
:57:52. > :57:55.have a number of days will do it for debate. It is dogma to bring forward
:57:56. > :57:59.those subjects for debate if it chooses to do so. My view is that
:58:00. > :58:04.reform of the House of Lords is something that is not something
:58:05. > :58:24.among the priorities of this country. Point of order, Ardron. We
:58:25. > :58:27.have had no update on any UK citizens affected by the estimable
:58:28. > :58:31.airport attack or if there have been any UK citizens affected and what it
:58:32. > :58:32.is for security in the region