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his constituents. We're working to make sure that these schemes are

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delivered as soon as possible. I will keep them informed of progress.

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Business question, Paul Flynn. World leader given a House the business

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for next week? -- world leader. The Leader of the House of Commons Chris

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Grayling. The business for next week, on Monday fourth July we'll

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have the first awarded estimates day when they debate important tribunal

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fee is followed by a debate on impacts on investors and consumers.

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Details will be given in the official report. At 10pm the House

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will be asked to agree all outstanding estimates. On Tuesday

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fifth July, we will have proceedings on the supply and probation Main

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estimates Bill followed by consideration in committee, the

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first day of consideration. Wednesday 6th of July, opposition

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day on a motion to be announced and decided by the opposition. On

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Thursday seventh, a statement on a publication of the defence

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committee, Russia, implications for UK defence and security, followed by

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a debate on a motion on online abuse, followed by a general debate

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on support for the UK creative industries and their contribution to

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the economy. All decided by the backbench business committee. Friday

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in July, we are not sitting. The provisional business for the week

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commencing the 11th July will be on the final day of consideration of

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committee of the Wales Bill. I would like to inform the House the

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business in Westminster Hall on the 11th and 14th of July will be on the

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debate on the new petition relating to school penalty fines and

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authorised absence from schools and on 14th July a debate on the

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consultation of cooperatives to the economy forward by a debate in

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general terms on dissemination. You may be a tad surprised to see me in

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this position. Because the past 26 years I've been backbencher by

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choice. That wasn't just my choice. It was the choice of the past five

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leaders of my party! Today, for very positive reasons as part of our

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diversity project in my party, of which we have done splendidly, we

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have far more women in the front bench and in Parliament than ever

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before. Far more ethnic minorities and an absence in the front bench of

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octogenarians. And I believe that my appointment to this post will be a

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trailblazer one. It will lead to all octogenarians in the party and the

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experience and wisdom amongst my fellow octogenarians being available

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to the House. It is important that we have people in the House who can

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remember life before there was a health service. The Wales Bill is

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back on Tuesday. I hope that the leader of the has lost his

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curmudgeonly attitude to it, because to dismiss the idea that both the

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beautiful languages of the House should be allowed to be spoken here

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also Welsh has the same status as spitting on the carpet. It is

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disorderly behaviour. Welsh has been used in committees of the House when

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they are held in Wales. And it can be done here at little cost. There

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is no reason to oppose the will of the Welsh Conservative Labour MPs.

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We have a total number of frontbenchers of Conservative Party,

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party, nor Welsh speaking now and it is a sign of the great health of the

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language and it is marvellous to recall that Welsh was an ancient,

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sophisticated language, centuries before English existed. In fact it

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was spoken as was Gaelic at the time when the ancestors of those who

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created English were pagan barbarians who dressed in woad,

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painting themselves blue, and went on top of mountains howling at the

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moon! Desperately must be taken seriously. There is also lessons

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from the football field about leaving Europe, that the government

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would well he'd. The English team Brexited swiftly and ignominiously.

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Wales and domains with honour. I would appeal to the leader of the

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for his party not to dismiss the very sensible idea of having a

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second referendum supported by one of the candidates in the election in

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his party. They are good precedents for this. In the European Union,

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which has a splendid tradition of keeping voting until you reach the

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right decision. It happened in Denmark and in two other countries

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where they held a referendum and one year later reversed that decision

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and the reason is, people voted on false agendas, and were is the ?365

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million for the health service? Where is the emergency budget? And

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the public are rightly outraged by the mysteries that they were told by

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the propagandists on both sides. It's not a surprise that we have a

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position -- petition of historic by mentions, as big as the petitions

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for the chartists and the suffragettes, 4 million signatures

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and counting people who said that they were deceived by the boat, by

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the propaganda which was largely determined by the proprietors of the

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daily newspapers rather than by a sensible realisation of the horrors

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to come. So it is quite reasonable that, after the issue has settled

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down, when, we are told that it is going to take five years, that the

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public should have the right to consider on that. It is timely, now,

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to look at the role of the independent adviser on ministerial

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interests. This man is virtually unemployed. He has only looked at

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one case in the last five years. That involved a baroness who

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confessed to a minor misdemeanour. There have been six other cases

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since that have not been reported to the adviser. Because the only person

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who had been reported is the Prime Minister. Two of them occurred a

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year ago. The involve the Cabinet Office ministers who gave ?3 million

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to kids company in spite of the advice of civil servants not to do

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it, published advice and in fact kids company went bankrupt three

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days later. There is another far more serious matter, which is of

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current concern. And it is one case in some five years ago when the

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Secretary of State for Defence stood down and the adviser on ministerial

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interest recommended, he recommended that the case should be heard by

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him. And the minister involved achieved absolution by resignation.

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He got out of a job and nobody knows what he did, what was so serious

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that occurred, that meant he had to leave office. The problem is that

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now that person is offering himself not only as leader of the

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Conservative Party but as Prime Minister. It is a matter of concern

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to all of us that we know what happened and why he left that job.

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The first question you would ask anyone applying for the job of Prime

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Minister is why do you leave your last job, and we don't know. This

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week is going to be dominated by one event, and that is the publication

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of the children report. There was no information available yesterday. And

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the answer given by the Prime Minister to the member for Gordon.

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And we must remember that when this report is coming out, Parliament is

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on trial. It wasn't just one man. It was hundreds of MPs. Because the

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three Select Committees of this House, the military and the press

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were in favour of joining a war in pursuit of nonexistent weapons of

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mass destruction. Those who saw the very moving programme on BBC Two,

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which featured Reg Keyes will understand the true costs of war.

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Here was a man who for the last seven years has not been able to...

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Let me just very gently say to the honourable gentleman, who is an

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immensely experienced parliamentarian, I know that he is

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beginning his apprenticeship in this role, and I always enjoy listening

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to him, because he speaks with great experience. He has exceeded his

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time. It is the first time he is at the box and I don't wish to cut him

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off. He must now bring his remarks toward a conclusion, maybe with a

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couple of pithy questions. And we will have had our dose for today. Mr

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Paul Flynn. I am grateful to Mr Speaker. The question is, what is a

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programme that will allow the loved ones of the 179 soldiers who died

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the opportunity to present their case? We know that those who are

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likely to be accused by the Chilcott report have employed lawyers to go

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over their defences. We want to make sure that Parliament takes

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responsibility for a decision taken in This Place in 2003, that resulted

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in the deaths of 179 of our brave soldiers, probably in vain, and an

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uncounted number of deaths from other people. The Chilcott report

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must be debated fairly. What are the arrangements for doing it? Gary Stal

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by welcoming the honourable gentleman to his place on the

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opposition front bench and congratulate him on an extraordinary

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comeback. It is 26 years since he last sat than those benches. What he

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has in common with his immediate predecessor, indeed, quite a lot of

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people on those benches is that the last time he sat on that seat he

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also resign. Since then he has become a distinct backbencher. So

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much so, writing books on how to be a backbencher, which contain some

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substantial words of wisdom. For example, his advice to the Minister

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and waiting. Cultivate the virtues of dullness and safety. And... And,

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Mr Speaker, some advice for a job title called the Speaker in waiting

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which, of course, is something that may be entirely appropriate. The

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honourable gentleman who has now got time to concentrate on preparing his

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campaign, he's got plenty of time, although we know he is already

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getting his campaign team together. Mr Speaker, at one point, I

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absolutely agree with the honourable gentleman. I suspect even our good

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friends of the SNP benches, where all, this week, Welsh. With regret

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for the result last week and the Scottish side for the qualification

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period, we are all gunning for Wales to get to the final and do us all

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proud as a nation. We wish the team well and we are all keeping our

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fingers crossed. We are all absolutely the iron them. -- behind

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them. I take his point about the history and traditions of the Welsh

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language, but I have to say to them, the language of This Place has

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decided over the years many times that it is English and I do not

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propose to make any changes as I indicated previously. About the

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second referendum, it just does not work like that. Any more than I am

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going to ask for a rematch between Iceland and England. The people have

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spoken. We have had a referendum and the result. That is democracy. If we

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have a general election and our side loses we don't get another about a

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month later. We had arguments put on both sides. Huge amount of

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information set before the nations of the public decide one way or the

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other and they have reached their decision and it is our job to follow

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that and deliver the will of the people. It is nice, after four

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months of hedging my bets on these benches, and not always speaking to

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the government, to be back in a clear way speaking for the whole

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government and saying that we, now, need to get on with the job that the

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British people have given us. Now, they could be that there has

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not been the basis for investigations. If Members of the

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House have concerns about the conduct of other members, ways and

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means are available within procedures of this House. If the

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honourable gentleman has concern about what has happened, you can use

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those channels. They should only be used when it is a genuine matter to

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investigate. It is for the Prime Minister and advisers to decide what

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should happen. On the Chilcot report... Of course this is a matter

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of great seriousness and of course we understand how important it is we

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understand what happened and what went on. I don't think anyone can

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set the stage this has not been an exhaustive process. I wish it had

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been published years ago. Angry with the honourable member that I have

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wanted to see this report published for a long time. It is now

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happening, not before time. Not a single person on these benches does

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not wish it could not have happened a long time ago. It will come next

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week. We will have a plan file will be debated in this House. It is

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right and proper that lesson should be learned and what happened should

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be considered and this should be fully debated. I am proud to have

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written the preface and hosted the launch of the most recent

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publication by the honourable gentleman, the member for Newport

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West. That was a very happy occasion indeed. The chairman of the

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Backbench Business Committee is unfortunately unable to be here. He

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has asked me to convey the message to the Leader of the House that

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through our great queue of backbench business, we now have sufficient

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debates, including the one has announced, for six days before

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recess. I trust that the leader will allocate more time to the Backbench

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Business Committee. For my side, Mr Speaker, this weekend sees the

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demonstration, the annual demonstration ending in London which

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has increasingly become anti-Semitic with slogans which are absolutely

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disgraceful. With flags of terrorist organisations shown on British

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streets, on the streets of London. And I do think it is paramount and

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the Government to actually make sure that if anyone commits hate crime in

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this way, if anyone is guilty of that, those people should be

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arrested and face the thought force of the law. And they would seek the

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Leader of the House to ensure that that happens this weekend. Can I

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start by saying that we will do our best for the Backbench Business

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Committee. It seems like they are quite ambitious but we will see what

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we can do. I echo the words of my honourable friend about hate crime

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in this country. It is really important to say that. As someone

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who campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union, I did not

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campaign for Britain to become an intolerant, racist nation. Any

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comments that are racist or intolerant are utterly unacceptable.

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I deplore them and they should be dealt with with the full force of

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the war. Can I also finally to the House for announcing the business

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for next week. We sought for the cameras are now ago, and there was a

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whole nation hoping and praying he would throw his hat into the ring

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instead of becoming just a cheerleader for the Home Secretary

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with a friend winning message of divisive nationalists. Wish it was

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as referring to me and my honourable friends. I congratulate the

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honourable member... I am very fond of the honourable gentleman. Can I

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say ever so charitably to him, he wasn't exactly the first choice for

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this post and I know that Labour have been scrambling around all week

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to try and get this sorted, so regardless with what happens in this

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awful, raging civil war, Parliamentary Party versus

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membership, I'll things turn out well when this is all finished. To

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the Leader of the House, well done. Well done. This is as much his Leave

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the victory as it is the right honourable gentleman, Nigel Farage

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and Ukip's to the victor belongs the spoils. And what a spoils he has. A

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divided economy, ugly, racist attacks on the streets, a nation

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baffled and confused about this result and a Government without an

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idea or plan. The nation has every right to feel internally grateful to

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the right honourable gentleman in his stunning victory last week. So

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when do we get the debate which clarifies when this free and ?50

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million come back to the NHS, as promised by the honourable gentleman

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and his friends? When do we get the debate about control over the

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borders, again missed by the honourable gentleman friends? When

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we get the debate that this is a Government that has no clue about

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this to take it forward. We need a debate about the nations of the

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nation 's of the UK and how they will fit in with this. Scotland will

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not be getting out of the European Union against our collective will.

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We were forced to choose in a referendum that we did not want, we

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were forced to make a decision, we have given that decision. It is

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abundantly clear what Scotland once. When will he now respect the

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decision of the Scottish people? -- Scotland wants. Well, Mr Speaker, I

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see the honourable gentleman is back on form. We didn't have the

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opportunity of forming the dream ticket to leave this country, since

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he is so determined to not be part of it. I would simply say that

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Scotland voted to be part of the mighty kingdom. The United Kingdom

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voted to leave the European Union. That, I am afraid, is democracy. And

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we as a Government are Democrats, we listen to the will of the people

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across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as supported in that

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Scottish referendum, and I simply say to them that we will carry on

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Government for the whole United Kingdom and listen to the people of

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the whole United Kingdom. We will do the right thing for the whole United

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Kingdom and Scotland is a part of the United Kingdom. Thank you, Mr

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Speaker. If you indulge me, I would like to congratulate the honourable

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member for Newport West on his position in front bench. There is

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clearly hold for us all, Mr Speaker, if the honourable gentleman can make

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it onto the front bench. It seems anyone can make it on a front bench.

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He is an inspiration to us all. Could the Leader of the House... Can

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we have a debate on the status of the referendum result so that we can

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find out who in this House our are true Democrats and who are not? On

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the Government website, it said the result of the referendum on the UK's

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membership in the European Union will be final. The Government will

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have a democratic duty to implement the result. The BBC's hysterical

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coverage since their referendum has been nothing short of a disgrace.

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But we should reassure people that the have had the result, there is

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money for any more campaigning, and we must get together to implement

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the will of the public. Does you except that every member of the

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Government should accept the result of the referendum and implement the

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will of the people? It is very simple. We are democracy. We

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thought. The result stands. If we have a general election, and we have

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experienced years when we have not been successful, we sit on the

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opposition benches and do our best to oppose. We don't demand another

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general election one month later. That is a the democracy works. The

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people are spoken, the Government will act. The contribution of my

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Parliamentary colleague is an illustration of how we are willing

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to give assistance when necessary, when firm leadership is needed on

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both sides. We do not be more useful, arising from the various

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exchanges since the referendum result, to have a debate on the

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alienation and resentment felt on so many parts of the country. Certainly

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in the Black Country Boroughs, which voted to a slight majority to leave

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the EU. The House of Commons is not understood sufficiently in the past

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few months, perhaps longer, that feeling of resentment and

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alienation. I ought really to congratulate, somewhat belatedly,

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the honourable gentleman on his recent birthday. Off the top of my

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head, and if I am wrong, you will tell me, I think his birthday was

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last Sunday. The Leader of the House. The honourable gentleman was

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perhaps a bit too pessimistic about his prospects. It looks like there

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could be a Labour leadership contest shortly. And judging by the

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commitment coming from the octogenarian is on the benches

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opposite, maybe one of them should put their hats in the ring. On the

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subject of the impact of changes in recent years on the economy of the

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country and individual communities up and down the country, what I

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would say to him is that one of the things I'm proudest of that this

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Government has achieved is the huge fall, more than 500,000, growing up

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in workers' councils. That'll make a transformational difference to the

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lives of children. Parents getting up in the morning and going to work

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with a sense of purpose and direction. It is something I am

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proud that my party has contributed to achieving in Government. Mr

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Speaker, I thank the leader in the House for announcing that we will

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have a debate on online abuse next week. Does he agree that we all need

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to view the result of the referendum with respect and good grace? We all

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may need to work together to get the best result for Britain and we must

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all stand up against racism, extremism and abuse from all sides

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of the political divide and referendum divides.

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I will reiterate that, I am absolutely condemn any racist

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attacks and abuse, any xenophobic abuse in this country. It is not

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acceptable and should not be permitted. It is illegal and should

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be dealt with accordingly. I did not make reference in my remarks to

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security for members. Just to say two things. The first is that since

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the tragic loss of Jo Cox, work is taking place on this important issue

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and I and the chairman of ways and Means will bring back further. The

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House shortly but I want to reassure members that that is very much a

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matter of concern and attention. Particularly given the point from My

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Honourable Friend, it is a matter of concern that members continue to be

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subject to some pretty unpleasant abuse on social media. But that is

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also something being discussed by the police and where I want to see

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firm action. It is not acceptable in any shape or form, particularly that

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female colleagues get the kind of abuse that they have been. It must

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stop and we must deal with appropriately. Another aspect of the

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league campaign that of the leader allows was part of force to wrongly

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state that decisions of the EU are taken by unelected bureaucrats. When

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will the leader of the commit to get rid of the more than 800 lifelong

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peers who are unelected bureaucrats next door? Mr Speaker, I know the

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SNP feel deeply committed to abolishing the House of Lords but

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right now I'm afraid we have other priorities as a nation. As the only

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Welsh member currently sitting in This Place at the moment, may I

:26:28.:26:35.

offer on this side of the House, may I, my congratulations for the

:26:36.:26:42.

honourable member for Newport West on his great elevation and I wish

:26:43.:26:48.

many long hours and years ahead and many happy years ahead in that role.

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Mr Speaker, areas such as mine which has had large numbers of tourists to

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the Hay literary festival and the Royal wish show our hotbeds for the

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industry but this industry is being held back by high VAT rates. Can we

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have a debate about what can be done about lowering VAT for the tourism

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ministry to make sure that the British tourist industry is among

:27:20.:27:23.

the most competitive in the world? Regardless of 1's views on the

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random, we will ask that the government be able to make

:27:29.:27:32.

modifications to Reg Keyes race in ways not previously permissible so

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the future of the tourism industry is something that the government

:27:37.:27:39.

will be able to focus on to a greater degree than has been a case

:27:40.:27:44.

in the past. My constituent has a severely disabled mother and works

:27:45.:27:49.

16 hours a week. Due to the increase in the minimum wage and the trees on

:27:50.:27:57.

the early threshold, he's now ?3200 a year worse off. Many thousands are

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in the same position. The government claims to get the most vulnerable in

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society and say that they want to make work pay but this clearly

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isn't. Can we have an urgent debate on this issue? This is the purpose

:28:10.:28:16.

of Universal Credit. There have been some extraordinary cliff edges in

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the welfare system. We are now implementing Universal Credit being

:28:20.:28:24.

rolled out in geographic areas and different categories of claimants.

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When it is pennies, it will make a transformation difference to the

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type of site stands she has described. -- when it is finished.

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In a week that has seen the start of the Hennelly regards, can we have a

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debate on the important role that growing plays in national life and

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contrary to the image that is created, the contribution that it

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makes to young people's sporting activities? Meilleroux will friend

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makes an important point. I commend everyone in his constituency for the

:28:57.:29:00.

work they put in to make the Henley Regatta such a successful event. It

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is a sport we should be proud of. We have excelled at it and you'll have

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the games. I hope that when the Rio games start, again, be successful

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and win large numbers of medals and be proud of the athletes to make a

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difference to our country and our sport. I commend those in Henley

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because that regard is part of the success that this sport has enjoyed

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in recent years. It is with regret that we learned of yet another

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deferral on the decision about capacity in the South-East of

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England. We understand the context in which this is happening. Surely

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decisions about the security and events of the country cannot be

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deferred. Can the leader of the syndicate when we are likely to get

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a vote on the renewal of Triton? -- the Leader of the House indicate. --

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Trident. I understand the concern. That many members want to have that

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vote. It is certainly on the government 's mind. The crisis

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facing North Middlesex Hospital is aggravated by a tale of two health

:30:14.:30:17.

cities within London. Borrowers like Camden and Islington received the

:30:18.:30:24.

lion share whilst government support for Enfield continues to go. We in

:30:25.:30:28.

Enfield need fair funding and we need it now. My Honourable Friend is

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a fierce advocate for his constituency. The Secretary of State

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will be taking questions on Tuesday and will be happy to respond to that

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issue. I understand it as a matter of concern to him. Mr Speaker, may I

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follow the unanswered question from my friend for Perth and North

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Perthshire, and can we have a debate on the Scotland will get the Barnett

:30:51.:30:56.

Consequentials of the three ?50 million promised to the English NHS

:30:57.:30:59.

and it is not coming to Scotland as promised on the side of the league

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campaign bus, would My Honourable Friend like to apologise to the

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country now? Two points to make. First of all, can I express my good

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wishes do the honourable gentleman after his change of role this week?

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I'm sure that he will return to his position as shadow Scottish

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secretary, but I pay tribute to him for the bravery he has shown. What I

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would say is two things, first, the government position is that we have

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to negotiate carefully now that we're out of the European Union, and

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until we have done so, we carry on making contributions as normal. Can

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we have a debate in government time on the involvement of celebrities

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and politics? On referendum night a week ago, the pro-remain American

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actress Lindsay Lohan, in a series of bizarre cleats, slapped off areas

:31:54.:31:58.

of this country that voted to leave the European Union. At one point she

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directed a fierce, offensive to at Kettering, claiming she had never

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heard of it and implying that no one knew where it was. Apart from the

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fact that it might be the most average down in the country,

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everybody knows where Kettering is. It is famous as the home of Weetabix

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breakfast cereal, and Loakes shoes and Kettering town football club has

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scored more goals in the FA Cup on any other team in history the

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country, so would he support my invitation to Lindsay Lohan to come

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and switch on the Christmas lights Kettering thus redeeming her

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political reputation and raising money for good causes? And Kettering

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is principally famous for the honourable gentleman. Mr Speaker, as

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those of us who have children will know, over the years, Lindsay Lohan

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has been a star child and the movies, a very entertaining actress

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of the time, but she has not necessarily fulfil the professional

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potential. That's now we know the reason why. As she visited

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Kettering, she might have seen her career turnaround, and I think the

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invitation My Honourable Friend has made to her today is one she should

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accept that she should visit the fine town of Kettering and find

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herself return to stardom. Mr Alex Salmond. Can we have a week-long

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debate on the political backstabbing? We're going to need a

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week, because all of the PLP will want to take part, but they are like

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amateurs compared to the right on all member for Surrey Heath, the

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Lord Macbeth of this Chamber, who, having dispatched the Prime

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Minister, today is despatching the Prime Minister 's greatest rival.

:33:50.:33:58.

What makes the leader of the Houston that Lord Macbeth 's draggable not

:33:59.:34:01.

soon be turned to him and I'm secretary? The honourable member for

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Surrey Heath has been, in my view, an excellent Education Secretary,

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excellent Chief Whip and is now doing an excellent job in the role I

:34:10.:34:15.

used to perform as Lord Chancellor. He has friends on the side of the

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House and he is for the Scottish National Party... Woodville leader

:34:19.:34:29.

about reassure us that two strands of particular interest to the

:34:30.:34:32.

business community will be discussed at some length? Firstly something

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that has been brought up, that the rover will be a confirmation that

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you will carry on with correctness to large-scale infrastructure

:34:40.:34:42.

projects up and down the country to ensure that stability, calmness and

:34:43.:34:46.

jobs continue, and then secondly that a special Cabinet department

:34:47.:34:50.

for the EU is making full use of industry experts and leaders outside

:34:51.:34:55.

of government in key areas in order to ensure that our negotiators will

:34:56.:34:59.

be fully briefed, have clear objectives and be good to go when

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required? Let's be absolutely clear. We may be electing a new leader and

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the new Prime Minister but quite apart from containing to pursue a

:35:14.:35:16.

one nation agenda, this government will continue the modernisation of

:35:17.:35:20.

infrastructure, where we have made a real difference. I remember when I

:35:21.:35:24.

was Shadow Transport Secretary a decade ago, campaigning around the

:35:25.:35:28.

country for infrastructure improvements they said were

:35:29.:35:34.

desperately needed. Now when I drive round the country, those projects

:35:35.:35:36.

are finished or are being built at the moment. I am proud of what we're

:35:37.:35:41.

doing for infrastructure. In terms of team negotiating for the future

:35:42.:35:45.

outside the EU, it is the government view that we should draw from the

:35:46.:35:49.

broadest possible expertise to make sure that the strategy we have is

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the right one for this country. Mr Speaker, the leader of that is said

:35:55.:36:00.

huge amount of information was sent before the country in the Europe in

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them. This is one piece of that information, about league campaign

:36:06.:36:08.

leaflet that says the EU costs us ?350 million bill week, we could

:36:09.:36:14.

spend that on the NHS instead. Isn't the truth that there was a huge

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amount of misinformation placed before the country? When can we

:36:18.:36:21.

debate when we are getting that ?350 million? Let's be clear. The

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government has this week set out in this House the first steps we are

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taking towards negotiating our exit from the EU. He will know that

:36:30.:36:33.

whilst we remain members of the EU, and we are today, normal

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contributions will continue. When we leave, we will no longer make

:36:38.:36:40.

attributions in the way that we do now. Given the recess periods we

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have had in the last two weeks, can we have a statement next week from

:36:48.:36:54.

ministers about the situation in relation to the steel industry? It

:36:55.:36:58.

is important, as steelworkers and MPs know that exactly what is

:36:59.:37:05.

happening in those situations. I understand My Honourable Friend 's

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concerns and they will make sure that they are past the Business

:37:09.:37:13.

Secretary today. It is helpful for MPs representing steel producing

:37:14.:37:16.

areas to get updates and I will see if that can be done. We should

:37:17.:37:23.

provide closure of the families of Armed Forces personnel on a and

:37:24.:37:30.

murky passage in our history. Am convinced hundreds of members will

:37:31.:37:32.

want an extended debate on this report. Will the Leader of the House

:37:33.:37:37.

ensure that two consecutive days are made available to debate the

:37:38.:37:41.

Chilcott report before the summer recess? I understand the desire to

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debate the Chilcott report. We are discussing that and we will set out

:37:46.:37:50.

plans shortly. I have only a nice business on till Monday week. I am

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very aware of the issues he raises. -- announced business. Last weekend

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was a 130,000 people visited Cleethorpes for events connected

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with the national Armed Forces event. It clearly demonstrates the

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commitment and support of our local communities for those who serve in

:38:10.:38:11.

the military past and present. Could we have a debate to look at further

:38:12.:38:16.

developments of the military covenant and how we support the

:38:17.:38:23.

welfare of those concerned? I absolutely agree with my aunt will

:38:24.:38:27.

friend. I pay tribute to the people of Cleethorpes for organising such

:38:28.:38:30.

an important event last week. I pay tribute to all of those who are this

:38:31.:38:36.

week celebrating commemorating, with poignancy, the anniversary of the

:38:37.:38:40.

Battle of the Somme. We should always value the people who serve

:38:41.:38:44.

this country in Armed Forces. We should always continue to do so. I

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have to say also, it is my hope that the weather brightens up and the

:38:49.:38:55.

prospects for Cleethorpes this summer grows rather than diminishes.

:38:56.:38:59.

Now that we know according to what he has just said that the National

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Health Service will get no money, will he tell the Hardwicke

:39:03.:39:08.

commissioning group, make a statement, till the Secretary of

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State for Health, that the Hardwicke commissioning group in Derbyshire

:39:11.:39:15.

that proposes to close the Bolsover and Bakewell hospitals should now

:39:16.:39:21.

keep them open, because we have got the money? It would be a bold person

:39:22.:39:31.

who try to make changes in his constituency. I don't know about the

:39:32.:39:35.

local circumstances. I can say to him, regardless of the process for

:39:36.:39:40.

negotiation of our exit for the EU, we will continue to spend more money

:39:41.:39:42.

on the National Health Service. Can we please have a debate on what

:39:43.:39:52.

we can do to improve the understanding of the way that

:39:53.:39:56.

democracy works? Including, it seems, even amongst some members of

:39:57.:40:00.

this House. It really is quite simple. In a referendum, when one

:40:01.:40:05.

side gets more than 1 million votes more than the other, that site has

:40:06.:40:15.

one. -- that side has won the referendum. We shouldn't pursue the

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illusion that you simply rewrite democracy because you simply Almagro

:40:20.:40:25.

not like the result. The right thing for the country is negotiating a

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Brexit, planning it for the best interest of the country, but taking

:40:29.:40:32.

advantage of the opportunity this now brings to the country. Forging

:40:33.:40:36.

new free-trade partnerships around the world. I am very encouraged that

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only this week, the Speaker of Representatives, all Ryan, has said

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very clearly he wants to take an early step to agreeing a free-trade

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agreement with the United Kingdom from the United States. That is the

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kind of opportunity available. The Care Quality Commission has ordered

:40:55.:40:56.

not in a --... Care Quality Commission has ordered

:40:57.:41:11.

not in a We have a shortage of doctors, and in an unprecedented

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move, the general health Council are threatening to withdraw junior

:41:19.:41:20.

doctors from the hospital due to inadequate support. This is a

:41:21.:41:24.

disaster for that hospital and everyone who uses it. It is one of

:41:25.:41:28.

the busiest emergency departments in London and probably nationally. It

:41:29.:41:36.

would have a domino effect on also endings hospitals should accord. --

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also endings hospitals should it close. Can we have an early debate

:41:43.:41:49.

on this crisis? I actually underpins that the -- understand our concerns.

:41:50.:41:56.

The care of constituents is of paramount importance. But hospitals

:41:57.:42:02.

are not doing well in these cases, and if they are not, it is not

:42:03.:42:06.

simply national policy issue, it is about making sure that best

:42:07.:42:09.

practices spread across the whole the Health Service. Even though we

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were on different sides of the referendum debate, I am sure that we

:42:17.:42:20.

both want to move forward in the right way, and in a way that gets

:42:21.:42:23.

the detail right. Once the Government has agreed terms of

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negotiation, is that not the point where the Leader of the House will

:42:28.:42:30.

give enough time for this chamber to debate those terms, compelling to

:42:31.:42:34.

the promises made by the League campaign, and make sure that what

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the public voted on was the right thing? Mr Speaker, I am absolute

:42:39.:42:45.

certain that as we go through the next few months, as we prepare our

:42:46.:42:48.

strategy for negotiation and begin negotiations, the Government will

:42:49.:42:55.

wish to provide ample occasion for what is being done to debate this

:42:56.:43:01.

issue in this House. The oh that is why we need -- that is why we need

:43:02.:43:11.

and a statement after this referendum to find out if there are

:43:12.:43:18.

sufficient expats and expertise. We will keep the House informed but we

:43:19.:43:22.

are assembling the team at the moment. The Government will keep

:43:23.:43:30.

this House informed as we move forward. The premise to made a very

:43:31.:43:34.

full statement on Monday, three days ago. He will be back and assess next

:43:35.:43:38.

week and will want to make sure that members every opportunity to

:43:39.:43:46.

question about what we're doing. The Leader of the House has clearly been

:43:47.:43:49.

very busy with his reading, not only reading my boyfriend's book, but he

:43:50.:43:53.

has also been reading The Darling Buds Of May. If we can have added

:43:54.:44:04.

data in all seriousness, a lengthy debate about many constituents it is

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mine overwhelmingly voted to leave, even though it was not my view, but

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I respect that. But we should leave properly and in good order. But can

:44:16.:44:22.

we have debate about concerns and get them out there before the units

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Tasers what? -- the unit starts its work. It is very important. But we

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had a debate yesterday as well. We will make sure there are plenty of

:44:40.:44:43.

opportunities and we will consult extensively. It is really important

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that we get this right. Yes, it is important that we listen to

:44:46.:44:49.

industries like the ceramics industry to understand how best to

:44:50.:44:52.

look after their interests in the negotiations that lie ahead. And I

:44:53.:44:57.

can give an absolute assurance to this House that every single member

:44:58.:45:00.

of the Government and indeed many people outside Government, and we

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will want to take part of this, will work absolutely assiduously to make

:45:05.:45:07.

sure that we do the right thing for Britain. I acknowledge the leader's

:45:08.:45:18.

inadvertent honesty in telling the chamber that we now have carry on

:45:19.:45:23.

Government. The leaders of the sea proud of his role in a referendum.

:45:24.:45:27.

He is also proud of his role in giving us English votes for English

:45:28.:45:36.

laws. Could he marry those positions with English votes for English

:45:37.:45:41.

excellence? I know he takes readers. We're one United Kingdom and we

:45:42.:45:49.

remain so. -- English votes for English X it's. I would be deeply

:45:50.:46:01.

disappointed that if we were forging these new trade ties, I would hate

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to see any part of the United Kingdom losing out on those deals.

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After this momentous and tragic decision that the British people

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made last birthday, are we in the business efficiently to hold the

:46:20.:46:23.

people who championed Brexit to account? The effects of people in my

:46:24.:46:27.

constituency, people working in universities and the textile

:46:28.:46:31.

industry, the manufacturers, all their lives are going to be

:46:32.:46:35.

threatened in a serious way. Is this House of Commons, in its present

:46:36.:46:40.

make up, able to assess what the damage is, how we can put it right

:46:41.:46:43.

and hold those who make false promises to account? Mr Speaker, I

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really don't think that over the last four months anyone can say that

:46:51.:46:53.

inadequate arguments have been made to the United Kingdom. People had

:46:54.:46:57.

the opportunity to set out their views and analysis statistics and

:46:58.:47:01.

reports exhaustively. The British public have not been short of

:47:02.:47:05.

information on which to base their decision. They have decided. It is

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now our job to make sure the decision they had taken for our

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country is implemented in the best possible way for all our futures.

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Can we please have a debate on Government time on the impact of

:47:21.:47:25.

leaving the EU on important infrastructure investment in the

:47:26.:47:30.

north, particularly around the concept of the Northern Powerhouse

:47:31.:47:33.

and the devolution agenda? I think a lot of us on this side of the House

:47:34.:47:38.

are very concerned that our northern constituencies that voted to come

:47:39.:47:43.

out of the EU, now we're faced, where there will be large gaps in

:47:44.:47:49.

funding, particularly for electrification in the North. We

:47:50.:47:53.

remain committed to the Northern Powerhouse and investing in it. That

:47:54.:47:57.

is immensely important for those politically, for this country and

:47:58.:48:03.

the committees she and others representing them. -- represent in

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the North. Today is the deadline for the great exhibition in the North in

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division and 18. My home city of Bradford has already submitted a bid

:48:18.:48:21.

which, with an excellent vision and venue, I believe is a strong

:48:22.:48:25.

contender. The great exhibition will celebrate the huge cultural and

:48:26.:48:27.

economic contributions that the North of England has made to the

:48:28.:48:31.

rest of the UK in both the past and present. So can I please urge the

:48:32.:48:34.

Leader of the House to allocate time for a debate on this very important

:48:35.:48:41.

subject? I wish everyone in Bradford well with this bid. Bradford is a

:48:42.:48:44.

city that feels transformed and it has changed in the sense that things

:48:45.:48:49.

are happening in Bradford to take the city forward. Everyone in

:48:50.:48:52.

Bradford is pleased and proud of that. I wish them well for this bid.

:48:53.:48:56.

I hope it is not just celebrating the past and present, but setting up

:48:57.:49:01.

after the future, as the country that his stitches and other

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committees in Yorkshire can make to the country. Could I asked the

:49:05.:49:11.

leader of the host range for an statement regarding significant

:49:12.:49:15.

changes that the DWP has introduced regarding how he deals with MPs'

:49:16.:49:22.

Klizan Universal Credit? East Lothian is one of the silken --

:49:23.:49:27.

first constituencies to have a full roll-out. There are lots of

:49:28.:49:32.

problems. Unfortunately, the DWP's hotline no longer takes queries on

:49:33.:49:40.

the full-service roll-out. And be -- I am being redirected to Bolton,

:49:41.:49:46.

which will handle the queries, which is insufficient. I was speed my

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colleague, the Secretary of State and say we can get a proper

:49:52.:49:54.

response. -- I will speak to my colleague. Yesterday the Prime

:49:55.:50:01.

Minister claimed yet again that the Smiths are his favourite band, and

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I'm sure he will hear from Johnny Martyn, if he hasn't already. His

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management of this has been much less of Charming Man and much more

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of Big Mistakes Again. I can't comment on the Smiths, but I

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was a fan of Pink Floyd. Indeed, I spent many happy hours, even 30

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years later, listening to the dark side of the moon. I know the subject

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on voting for six D and 17-year-olds is alive one, but it remains of your

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Government that the right age is 18. It will continue to be a debate and

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those who wish to bring that before the British people can put it in the

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next manifesto, if they are bright enough to have a next Manifesto. Can

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we have a debate on Palace -- palliative care? I visited the

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hospice newly opened in my constituency to see the great work

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they do. It is a dream important that those in the latter stages of

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their life have this ability to have their cases heard in Parliament and

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that we take for this debate swiftly. Mr Speaker, I welcome the

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opening of the new hospice in her constituency. I think we all owe

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huge amount to those who work in palliative care. It is an enormously

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challenging area but an enormously compassionate, kind, caring area of

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our society. I am sure we would all pay tribute to all of those who work

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to make the last days of those suffering from serious illness happy

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ones, rather than difficult ones. Get a Government misunderstanding of

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supported accommodation, it is set to watch a review of its own policy

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on the issue. That is being led by a minister in the other house. Whilst

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the review is under way, councils, housing associations and thousands

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of my constituents are left in limbo. When all members of the

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Southgate chancing Government time to debate that view and when is it

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expected to report? I don't know when it will report. It is right and

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proper that Members of the House will listen if there is pleased we

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have got something wrong. That is something we need to look at in more

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detail. We will bring that report back to the House in due course and

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there will be an opportunity to question ministers about it. In

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order to ensure proper Parliamentary scrutiny, can the leader of the

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suits is best officers to ensure there is no Article 50 invocation of

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the Lisbon Treaty unless the full proposals of the issue are debated

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filly in Parliament? We will have plenty of opportunities in autumn to

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discuss and debate what is planned. That'll be for the new Government

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and new parameter to decide. May I congratulate Wales on getting

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through in the Euros, and may I congratulate the Northern Irish and

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Irish fans who have been given an award by the mayor of Paris for

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their behaviour and their humour. When the fines started singing away

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in a Manger, and we wondered what it was going until it gets to the

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words, look down where he lay" and it all say here, you realise there's

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terrific humour in that and we congratulate all of the fans from

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everywhere who have behaved themselves. The Northern Irish and

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Irish teams played very well. Whilst we're all Welsh, now, I must say

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that the Northern Irish as was common said at the end of the match,

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didn't really deserve the result they got. Wales have played

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brilliantly and made it through to the quarterfinals and we hope they

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go much further, but we think Northern Ireland did the whole

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United Kingdom proud as well. Much of the anti-immigration rhetoric in

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the Brexit debate was driven by a lack of availability of housing.

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Particularly secure social housing tenancies that gave family security

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and stability. Can we expect a statement from the government in

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which they will join the Welsh Assembly government in removing the

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right to buy and the right to acquire and will we have a statement

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to ensure an appropriate level of new investment in social housing for

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the United Kingdom? There's two set of points here. We believe in home

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ownership, that people should have the right to own their homes. One of

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the reasons it has been for a long time government policy to reduce

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levels of immigration is because it puts pressure on public services and

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infrastructure and housing. And B, first and foremost have to make sure

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that we can make the provision that we need to for the next generation

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here. A constituent of mine was one of my earliest cases over a year

:55:42.:55:44.

ago, despite my best efforts is due to be aborted on Tuesday morning.

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This removal did not go ahead and she's now back at Yarlswood having

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suffered injury. This alleged brutality was so severe that Alec

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passengers on the plane allegedly tried to intervene. Can be have a

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debate to discuss that treatment of those who claim asylum in this

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country? I can't comment on the detail of a case like that. I simply

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say that it is right and appropriate that anyone in the asylum system is

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treated with decency. It is also the case that the people don't have the

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legal right to be here, it is appropriate that we should take them

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and bought them. -- deport them. Does the government really believe

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the current Private Members' Bill system is perfect? Slap down the

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procedure committee recommendations, but will he make government time

:56:42.:56:46.

available on the floor of the House so the House can have a vote on the

:56:47.:56:52.

recommendations? My response said precisely that. It is right and

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proper order should be back edge debate, because this is about

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private members bills and backbench activity and then this committee can

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organise such a debate any time it wishes. My recommendation was that

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before we can assess how broadly the proposals were supported, that

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debate should take place. Between This Place, the Other Place and the

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European Parliament, around 52.5% of our lawmakers are currently

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unelected. When the UK leaves the EU, that rises to 55% and after the

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boundary review it will rise again to 57% stock can be have a debate on

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potential reform of our democratic process and to reopen discussion on

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plans for a reduction in constituencies, before we climb

:57:40.:57:45.

further into this severe democratic deficit? The Scottish National Party

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have a number of days will do it for debate. It is dogma to bring forward

:57:52.:57:55.

those subjects for debate if it chooses to do so. My view is that

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reform of the House of Lords is something that is not something

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among the priorities of this country. Point of order, Ardron. We

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have had no update on any UK citizens affected by the estimable

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airport attack or if there have been any UK citizens affected and what it

:58:28.:58:31.

is for security in the region

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