:00:00. > :00:10.Her Majesty gave signature to the Royal Act. Finances Act, 2006. Aber
:00:11. > :00:13.dasher's Act Charity Act 2006. Business question: Paul Paldstinian.
:00:14. > :00:18.Will the leader give us the business of the House in the week following
:00:19. > :00:28.this unnecessarily protractdd recess? Mr Speaker, the bushness for
:00:29. > :00:34.the week commencing the 10th of October will be as follows: Monday
:00:35. > :00:38.10th of October a motion to approve the second report, 2016 to 2017 from
:00:39. > :00:44.the committee of privileges. Followed by the second readhng of
:00:45. > :00:49.the neighbourhood planning bill Tuesday, 11th October, second
:00:50. > :00:54.reading of the small charit`ble donations and childcare paylents
:00:55. > :00:59.bill. Wednesday the 12th of October, and opposition day a debate on the
:01:00. > :01:04.opposition motion, the subjdct to be announced. Thursday the 13th of
:01:05. > :01:11.October, a general debate on baby loss followed by a debate on a
:01:12. > :01:16.motion on the inquiry into hormone pregnancy tests, both of thdse
:01:17. > :01:20.subjects have been determindd by the back bench business committde.
:01:21. > :01:26.Friday 14th October, the Hotse is not setting. Commencing the 17th of
:01:27. > :01:29.October, will include Mondax 17th of October, second reading of the
:01:30. > :01:35.savings Government contributions bill.
:01:36. > :01:39.As for business in Westminster Hall, I would like to inform the House
:01:40. > :01:45.that the business for Thursday the 20th of October, will be a debate on
:01:46. > :01:50.the Education Committee reports on mental health and well being of
:01:51. > :01:57.looked after children and on social work reform, followed by a general
:01:58. > :02:01.debate on national arthritis week 2016, recommended by the Li`ison
:02:02. > :02:05.Committee and a back bench business committee and colleagues will wish
:02:06. > :02:10.to know that subject as alw`ys to progress of business, the House will
:02:11. > :02:17.rise for the February 2017 recess at the end of business on the Thursday
:02:18. > :02:22.the 9th of February and rettrn on Monday the 20th of February.
:02:23. > :02:27.Paul Flynn. Thank you for the business. Can we deal with the
:02:28. > :02:32.matters involving the select committees and the date for
:02:33. > :02:36.elections of chairs. Can he confirm that the business committee will be
:02:37. > :02:41.renamed and continue with a Labour chairman. That the new international
:02:42. > :02:45.trade committee will be chahred by a member of the Scottish national
:02:46. > :02:51.party and the new Brexit colmittee chaired by a Labour MP? We wish to
:02:52. > :02:59.join you Mr Speaker in giving best wishes to the retiring peacd
:03:00. > :03:04.speaker's council, Michael Carpenter and in welcoming Seera Selini in
:03:05. > :03:11.appointing his role. Today hs the international day of democr`cy.
:03:12. > :03:16.Democracy invented in Greecd, 2 00 years and coming to the isl`nds in
:03:17. > :03:22.instalments. We are still the only country in the world along with
:03:23. > :03:30.Lesotho that has hereditary chief takens in our chair. The recent
:03:31. > :03:37.decisions by David Cameron, in his final awards to described in the
:03:38. > :03:44.Daily Mail, and the Garde, from both ends of the political spectrum as
:03:45. > :03:51.devalued, debased, discredited, egregious, grubby, tawdry, tainted
:03:52. > :03:57.and ashished, otherwise OK! At the heart of our democracy is this
:03:58. > :04:03.rotten system where the spe`ker of the House of Lords said there were
:04:04. > :04:08.200 unnecessary people prancing around in ermine down the other end
:04:09. > :04:13.of the corridor and that thd changes introduced by the Prime Minhster
:04:14. > :04:17.will involve a spending of ?34 million. The exchanges that have
:04:18. > :04:23.taken place over the years. This is wanton. A waste of public money at a
:04:24. > :04:28.time when the Prime Minister said that his justification for the
:04:29. > :04:34.massive disruption amongst dlected members by the changes in the
:04:35. > :04:39.boundary will save peanuts. Will the Leader of the House add lustre to
:04:40. > :04:44.his parliamentary halo and not just be a leader who is here tod`y,
:04:45. > :04:50.nowhere tomorrow, and take on real reforms? The other to take tp, is
:04:51. > :04:55.this report this week by distinguished members of all
:04:56. > :05:01.parties, for 25 years partids of all colours have failed to answdr the
:05:02. > :05:05.appeals from the seriously hll, those who suffer agonies of pain
:05:06. > :05:10.asking for relief from the only medicine that works for thel which
:05:11. > :05:17.is cannabis. Because of the prejudice, the policies in both
:05:18. > :05:22.governments, that are cowardly, prejudice-rich, knowledge-free, that
:05:23. > :05:27.continue with a system that has criminalised seriously ill people,
:05:28. > :05:30.now there is a clear call from the members, the distinguished lembers,
:05:31. > :05:34.knowledgeable members here `nd in the other House to end this
:05:35. > :05:40.barbarous practice, whereby we criminalise people for using
:05:41. > :05:43.cannabis but allow heroine to be prescribed. Other countries
:05:44. > :05:50.throughout the world are dohng this. There is no excuse for conthnuing
:05:51. > :05:59.with this practice. Hinckley announced today...
:06:00. > :06:09.I am grateful for his support. Where is Hinckly's decision today? How
:06:10. > :06:16.does it fit into the parlialentary timetable? It has never been debated
:06:17. > :06:19.properly. Any new proposals have never been debated. It could be the
:06:20. > :06:26.greatest financial and technical logical catastrophe for manx years.
:06:27. > :06:33.The price of a rip-off, technology doesn't work. Overpromised `nd
:06:34. > :06:41.Finland that nuclear power from the EPR would be working from 2009, it
:06:42. > :06:47.is not working now. The govdrnment is going to blunder ahead bdcause
:06:48. > :06:52.they haven't got the couragd to examine the scheme again, they are
:06:53. > :06:56.going ahead because of political inertia. The policy of my p`rty will
:06:57. > :07:02.be spelt out by the Member for Brent North later. In the meantimd we have
:07:03. > :07:06.to say to the Leader of the House, he must gain parliamentary `pproval.
:07:07. > :07:14.This is going ahead without any parliamentary Emperor Matta and this
:07:15. > :07:20.will be seen as the years and decades go by, as the futilhty of
:07:21. > :07:26.this operation goes by. It will be seen not to be a parliament`ry
:07:27. > :07:36.disaster or error, but a Tory error. The Leader of the House. Can I first
:07:37. > :07:43.agree with the honourable gdntleman opposite and join with him `nd
:07:44. > :07:48.wishing a successful retirelent to speakers Council, who served this
:07:49. > :07:52.House, and you, Mr Speaker, with distinction over many years. I can
:07:53. > :07:56.honourable gentleman described in honourable gentleman described in
:07:57. > :08:06.respect of the chair as of the select committees. On his point
:08:07. > :08:12.about the use of cannabis in medical treatment, it is of course perfectly
:08:13. > :08:20.possible for medicines derived from cannabis that include cannabinoids
:08:21. > :08:23.to go through the normal process of medical licensing and approval. I am
:08:24. > :08:28.not attracted to the idea that we should simply agree to parthcular
:08:29. > :08:37.drugs being made available without that sort of analysis and checking
:08:38. > :08:44.and approval by NICE to makd available to patients who m`y be
:08:45. > :08:50.suffering from sensitive conditions. On his point about Hinkley, and I
:08:51. > :08:53.have to say I got the impression that this was for the honourable
:08:54. > :09:02.gentleman at therapeutic experience rather than a quest for truth. He
:09:03. > :09:08.will have the opportunity in a relatively short space of thme to
:09:09. > :09:12.put questions on the subject directly to my right honour`ble
:09:13. > :09:18.friend the Secretary of State for business energy and industrhal
:09:19. > :09:26.strategies, so I would urge him to contain his impatience a little
:09:27. > :09:29.longer. He also asks me abott the day of democracy, and I think
:09:30. > :09:39.everyone on all parties would wish to celebrate the day of democracy.
:09:40. > :09:44.The honourable gentleman knows that my own voting record on House of
:09:45. > :09:50.Lords reform is recorded in Hansard, but the House of Commons had the
:09:51. > :09:55.opportunity very recently to vote for the reform of the House of
:09:56. > :10:07.Lords, and if elected House voted down every option that was
:10:08. > :10:11.available. Now, they didn't Whatever views one holds about the
:10:12. > :10:16.second chamber, I do not thhnk it is right to denigrate the very hard
:10:17. > :10:23.work of scrutiny and review that members of the chamber in all
:10:24. > :10:30.political parties and those from crossbenches put into play their
:10:31. > :10:35.part in the legislative process I finally said to the honourable
:10:36. > :10:42.gentleman, I find it a bit rum that he denounces the House of Lords
:10:43. > :10:48.today in such florid terms when so many office former friends have been
:10:49. > :10:57.in a rush to go and serve there And only earlier this week, a ndw life
:10:58. > :11:00.peer sent by the right honotrable gentleman, the current Leaddr of the
:11:01. > :11:07.Opposition, took her seat. H think he needs to have some words with his
:11:08. > :11:13.only there about those views. Order, as colleagues know it is my practice
:11:14. > :11:16.to call everybody in this sdt of exchanges, and I should likd to do
:11:17. > :11:21.so again today, but I am conscious that there are two statements to
:11:22. > :11:25.follow, then two debates taking place under the backbench btsiness
:11:26. > :11:32.committee, of which the first is well subscribed, so there is a
:11:33. > :11:39.premium upon brevity, which I be exemplified by Sir Edward Ldigh The
:11:40. > :11:44.a fool the cant of Parliament. Will a fool the cant of Parliament. Will
:11:45. > :11:47.he take his time about bringing this decision back to the House `nd
:11:48. > :11:54.ensure there is a full constltation, given that 1 million people visit
:11:55. > :11:58.this place every year, incltding 100,000 children, this is a very
:11:59. > :12:03.serious issue and many of us are deeply concerned about the historic
:12:04. > :12:08.palace being vacated for five or more years. Many of us think we
:12:09. > :12:10.should get on with the work now abolish the September sittings and
:12:11. > :12:17.start repairing the building in good time. This report was from the joint
:12:18. > :12:21.committee to the House as a whole. It is on the desk of every lember of
:12:22. > :12:27.this House because it is thhs House and the other place that will have
:12:28. > :12:31.to take a decision about thd future of the Palace of Westminster. I hope
:12:32. > :12:37.that every member will read it, consider it carefully and I hope to
:12:38. > :12:44.arrange a time for a proper debate on the subject later this attumn.
:12:45. > :12:53.Can I also paid tribute to the Speaker or's counsel who has been...
:12:54. > :12:59.Can I also thank the Speaker for the nines -- the Leader of the House for
:13:00. > :13:03.announcing the business. Since the EU referendum there has not been one
:13:04. > :13:06.single debate on the conseqtences in government time. Our constituents
:13:07. > :13:10.demand to know that governmdnt's intention, whether we will be
:13:11. > :13:15.members of the single market, what sort of immigration system will be
:13:16. > :13:19.in place. For goodness sake, we want to know if a visa will be rdquired
:13:20. > :13:24.for European travel. This w`s meant to be about taking control. We seem
:13:25. > :13:28.to have handed control to a handful of clueless Brexit toadies who are
:13:29. > :13:38.determined to keep this in secrecy, and this House should demand better
:13:39. > :13:41.than that. When will we hear from the Leader of the House abott having
:13:42. > :13:52.a detailed debate about the Brexit plans? I say to the honourable
:13:53. > :13:56.gentleman, I woke this mornhng to see all the details of the Hinkley
:13:57. > :13:59.announcement. What happened to all the plan that the Secretary of State
:14:00. > :14:04.is supposed to bring import`nt statements to the size and not have
:14:05. > :14:09.discussed in the media? There should be a full debate on it, and it is
:14:10. > :14:18.appalling that we have not had the debate on this so far. We'rd just
:14:19. > :14:20.back from recess and we're going recess again in five hours.
:14:21. > :14:27.Apparently this is charmingly called the confidence we -- conferdnce
:14:28. > :14:41.recess, which covers most p`rties, but not this Scottish National
:14:42. > :14:47.Party. Our constituents are baffled that we are arising when important
:14:48. > :14:51.work needs to be discussed, like Brexit details. Voluntary
:14:52. > :15:00.organisations and meeting. We should start to think about abandoning this
:15:01. > :15:02.recess and I hope the Leader of the House supports this. Hopefully it
:15:03. > :15:09.will be a conclusion to the most vicious party civil war in history.
:15:10. > :15:11.Its bitterness only matches its destructiveness, and maybe the
:15:12. > :15:14.Leader of the House and I could offer to work as peacekeepers to try
:15:15. > :15:23.to bring back the broken party once again. I fear on that last point
:15:24. > :15:30.that matters may now be nearer beyond repair. Can I say on Hinkley
:15:31. > :15:37.again, the Secretary of State will be at this dispatch box within an
:15:38. > :15:43.hour and all members will h`ve the chance to put questions to him then.
:15:44. > :15:50.On his points about the consequences of the EU referendum, the f`ct
:15:51. > :15:54.remains, and my views were well-known, the people of the United
:15:55. > :15:58.Kingdom voted by a relatively small but decisive majority to le`ve the
:15:59. > :16:04.European Union. As the Primd Minister said the other day, we
:16:05. > :16:09.cannot have a running commentary on the preparation are articul`tion of
:16:10. > :16:16.a negotiating position. You do not, in diplomacy or business or a walk
:16:17. > :16:21.of life, set out your negothating position in detail so that those
:16:22. > :16:23.with him your negotiating now all those details. But the honotrable
:16:24. > :16:28.gentleman and his colleagues will have the opportunity to put oral
:16:29. > :16:32.questions to the Foreign Secretary on the 18th of October and to the EU
:16:33. > :16:36.exit secretary on the 20th of October, so there will be ftrther
:16:37. > :16:42.opportunity for debate, just as my right honourable friend has been
:16:43. > :16:49.appearing at select committdes and in the other place to answer
:16:50. > :16:55.questions on the policy. Thd leader said about the select committee
:16:56. > :16:57.chairmanship but forgot to say whether the motions had been laid
:16:58. > :17:01.before the House. I underst`nd they have not been at the moment. My main
:17:02. > :17:06.question is to do with the boundary changes. When the boundary changes
:17:07. > :17:12.were announced and we had the debate in this House, we did not know we
:17:13. > :17:17.were going to leave the EU. With 75% of our laws made in the EU, and the
:17:18. > :17:25.abolition of all those hard,working MEPs, why are we now reducing the
:17:26. > :17:32.number of MPs? The Prime Minister should perhaps look at this again.
:17:33. > :17:38.Could we have a statement ndxt week? That decision is one that the House
:17:39. > :17:44.took when it passed the leghslation that set out the number of lembers
:17:45. > :17:49.of Parliament framework within which the boundary commission would
:17:50. > :17:55.operate. That is set in prilary legislation. On his other point we
:17:56. > :17:59.intend to lay the relevant resolutions and changes to standing
:18:00. > :18:04.orders as rapidly as possible. There are still a few technical
:18:05. > :18:09.discussions. If we can label hammer those out today, but it is certainly
:18:10. > :18:11.our intention that there should be no delay that is unavoidabld before
:18:12. > :18:29.those motions tabled. A clinic clinical commissioning
:18:30. > :18:36.group has granted a contract to provide muscular skeletal sdrvices.
:18:37. > :18:41.They employ no clinicians that will deliver the service and will rely on
:18:42. > :18:48.existing service providers to contract with them to provide NHS
:18:49. > :18:53.services. This is complete ladness leading to chaos in the NHS, and
:18:54. > :18:58.unnecessary tier of bureaucracy who will suck out the profits at the
:18:59. > :19:01.expense of patients. Can we have a debate on the performance of
:19:02. > :19:12.privatised companies in the NHS we can expose the poor perform`nce of
:19:13. > :19:18.companies? You may well seek to secure a debate on that. Thdse
:19:19. > :19:22.conditions the local NHS and the decision may vary from each area.
:19:23. > :19:29.But this government recognises the NHS can sometimes use of thd private
:19:30. > :19:37.and charitable sectors to ddliver NHS services free to their tsers.
:19:38. > :19:43.People are suffering from the smoke from the fire at a mill which has
:19:44. > :19:48.been burning for over a week and a half. Can we have a debate hn
:19:49. > :19:53.government about the illegal dumping of waste, enforcement action and the
:19:54. > :19:58.penalties applied on situathons such as this? I was concerned to hear
:19:59. > :20:05.about the plight of my honotrable friend's constituents. I wotld urge
:20:06. > :20:07.her to liaise with the Environment Agency, who I believe have `n
:20:08. > :20:13.important role in trying to sort this out. I will draw her comments
:20:14. > :20:21.to the attention of the reldvant minister at Defra so that there can
:20:22. > :20:26.be a response to her concerns. Can I find the Leader of the Housd for the
:20:27. > :20:31.business announcement for the beginning October ten, and the two
:20:32. > :20:35.debates on Thursday the 30th of October, one baby loss, abott infant
:20:36. > :20:39.mortality and stillbirth, and of course the debate on the current
:20:40. > :20:44.enquiry into home in pregnancy tests and the use of drugs which has led
:20:45. > :20:50.to much damage for many in our population. During this morning the
:20:51. > :20:57.Leader of the House will be suggesting to members to air their
:20:58. > :21:04.issues, but we do have a significant queue built up already of
:21:05. > :21:11.outstanding, and her debates. Can I ask the Leader of the House,
:21:12. > :21:16.following the recess: alloc`ting time to the backbench committee We
:21:17. > :21:21.will try to be as generous `s possible the honourable gentleman,
:21:22. > :21:26.within the limits that laid down in terms of the allocation of days I'm
:21:27. > :21:30.afraid just as I and my fellow business managers have sometimes to
:21:31. > :21:35.say no to ministers who want to bring in legislation, so thdre is
:21:36. > :21:47.questioned our priorities to those people. In my consistency, ht has
:21:48. > :21:53.had a place close. People are working hard to try and savd the pub
:21:54. > :21:56.for the village. Can we havd a debate and how we can support this
:21:57. > :22:04.committee and other villages around the country to save their local
:22:05. > :22:08.pubs? This sounds to me a pdrfect subject for an adjournment debate,
:22:09. > :22:12.and I can point to my own constituency to cases where the
:22:13. > :22:16.local community has rallied and saves the local pub as a colmunity
:22:17. > :22:21.asset in the way changes thhs government brought in to thd law
:22:22. > :22:34.have made possible. Can we have a debate on the NHS? My local
:22:35. > :22:40.community has had to find s`vings. They need the extra money r`ther
:22:41. > :22:45.than have to make cuts, can we have that debate? The government has
:22:46. > :22:51.delivered in full and prevent the additional money that the chief
:22:52. > :22:59.executive of the NHS said hd needed in order to deliver the NHS's plan.
:23:00. > :23:04.What is also the case is th`t the NHS plan involves looking at how
:23:05. > :23:07.services come in different parts of the country, need to change and
:23:08. > :23:13.evolve in order to meet the sort of hell servers we are going to need in
:23:14. > :23:18.the future. And these are ddcisions for the local NHS because the needs
:23:19. > :23:26.of urban and rural areas max differ very significantly. To government
:23:27. > :23:30.consultations have both recommended increasing the rates of intdrest is
:23:31. > :23:35.paid on late payment of compensation to people who are subject to
:23:36. > :23:38.compulsory orders. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury h`s
:23:39. > :23:42.indicated these measures ard unlikely to be introduced until
:23:43. > :23:47.after the construction of HS2 is due to start. Following years of
:23:48. > :23:52.mismanagement and further, H have little faith HS2 will pay
:23:53. > :23:56.compensation on time and fahrly But I understand these matters can be
:23:57. > :24:00.introduced via a statutory instrument. Could the Leader of the
:24:01. > :24:04.House arrange for an instrulent to be brought before the cells as soon
:24:05. > :24:10.as is of a uncertainly well in advance of the construction of HS2?
:24:11. > :24:18.Both you and I will have bedn following her question closdly. I
:24:19. > :24:21.will talk to the Chief Secrdtary to the Treasury to understand better
:24:22. > :24:25.the current position and I'l sure he will want to write to my right
:24:26. > :24:34.honourable friend in order to set his views out. A statement from
:24:35. > :24:38.Defra, detailing sanctions ht has two ensure developers complx with
:24:39. > :24:43.the national policy statement on ports in respect of electricity
:24:44. > :24:50.connection, particularly in areas identified as having bad air
:24:51. > :24:55.quality, such as London. I `m sorry if he is unable to put that question
:24:56. > :25:01.to transport ministers in the question time we have had. H think I
:25:02. > :25:05.would advise him to either write to transport ministers or to sdek an
:25:06. > :25:13.adjournment when he can get more detail. Given we may be going down
:25:14. > :25:24.by 50 MPs, the problem we whll face is this House will need to do all it
:25:25. > :25:29.does with an inadequate budget. Can he talk about the staffing budget
:25:30. > :25:36.for the MPs who have to do ht all with 50 less people? That is a
:25:37. > :25:42.matter for the independent authority, but I hope he will come
:25:43. > :25:47.and other colleagues who ard concerned, will make represdntations
:25:48. > :25:51.to IPSA, and when I meet thd chairman of IPSA in a few wdeks
:25:52. > :26:01.time, I shall make sure I'vd got his concerns on my agenda. Two weeks
:26:02. > :26:07.ago, a 20-year-old student died of meningitis within 48 hours of
:26:08. > :26:11.contact and flu. She had no obvious symptoms. Their parents describes
:26:12. > :26:16.that they knew little about how the disease could strike, althotgh any
:26:17. > :26:20.strand is potential, not level of knowledge is reflected by everyone
:26:21. > :26:24.they've met and people who H know. They are calling for much more to be
:26:25. > :26:30.done to prevent more falling victim to this disease. Rates of mdningitis
:26:31. > :26:34.cases are on the rise and Ptblic Health England has called for more
:26:35. > :26:39.young people to take a back vaccine. Could we have a debate on the rate
:26:40. > :26:45.of take-up of meningitis vaccines, how to increase awareness and how we
:26:46. > :26:52.can join messages and understand and undertake more research so we see an
:26:53. > :26:57.end to this horrific diseasd? May I first, Mr Speaker, express ly
:26:58. > :27:04.sincere sympathy to the famhly and friends of her constituent? That
:27:05. > :27:10.must be an unbearable experhence of any family to have to endurd. And I
:27:11. > :27:16.think many of us will have had a comfortable examples in the areas we
:27:17. > :27:21.represent. So I agree with her about the importance of highlighthng this
:27:22. > :27:25.matter and I am sure that mdmbers in all parts of the House will support
:27:26. > :27:32.her endeavours, it strikes le this is the sort of thing a debate in
:27:33. > :27:39.Westminster Hall might be the best way to highlight the matter. Since
:27:40. > :27:47.the Second World War, the BBC monetary service has perforled,
:27:48. > :27:50.providing intelligence and the Secretary of State for defence
:27:51. > :27:56.confirmed it is a vital intdrest to his departments. Today we h`ve an
:27:57. > :28:01.important letter on the samd subject coming to the same conclusion from
:28:02. > :28:05.Lord Campbell, the former ldader of the Liberal Democrats. May we have
:28:06. > :28:11.therefore a statement or debate as soon as polymer into returns on the
:28:12. > :28:18.proposed cuts the BBC is gohng to make in this service, and when he
:28:19. > :28:22.grew with me it would be disgraceful if every steps were taken bdfore the
:28:23. > :28:25.House returns, given the BBC have been informed that at least one and
:28:26. > :28:32.probably to select committeds will be wanting to hold an inquiry into
:28:33. > :28:37.this matter urgently? I appreciate his concerns, he's taken an interest
:28:38. > :28:39.in these issues the years. H note there will be a statement from the
:28:40. > :28:46.Secretary of State for culttre and media and sport about the BBC later
:28:47. > :28:49.today. And that maybe my right honourable friend is able to
:28:50. > :28:58.contrive a question that is in order for him to put to the Secretary of
:28:59. > :29:08.State. Whether it would meet the case, it is up to him to judge.
:29:09. > :29:17.I declare an interest in thhs. We had a debate on Hinkley point. Days
:29:18. > :29:20.before the announcement tod`y because of Downing Street briefings.
:29:21. > :29:24.Why was the Leader of the House allowed that to happen, and why
:29:25. > :29:30.doesn't he allow the votes so as those who vote this monstrots
:29:31. > :29:36.financial folly can be named and shamed to the constituents for
:29:37. > :29:41.generations to come? This is not a new policy. I don't want to pre empt
:29:42. > :29:47.the statement we will have, but we had a decision the previous
:29:48. > :29:52.government tour, which my rhght honourable friend, the Primd
:29:53. > :29:55.Minister, put on hold, so she could re-examine the evidence in detail
:29:56. > :30:00.before deciding whether to commit the United Kingdom to a verx major
:30:01. > :30:04.project of this kind. The Sdcretary of State will set out the
:30:05. > :30:08.government's decision and the reasoning behind it. The right
:30:09. > :30:14.honourable member will have ample opportunity to put his case to the
:30:15. > :30:17.secretary of the state. One of my constituents has been battlhng for
:30:18. > :30:24.many months for the return of money he invested in markets. I w`nt to
:30:25. > :30:28.stress the name of the comp`ny, who refused to engage with my
:30:29. > :30:34.constituent or myself and the money is not being returned. Mr Speaker,
:30:35. > :30:39.binary options trading is rdmains unregulated and a cowboy market and
:30:40. > :30:46.the Treasury remains impotent. Could the leader arrange a debate to this
:30:47. > :30:52.market could be regulated? The legal positions... I can't comment on
:30:53. > :30:58.detail on the predictor constituent case, but binary option that hold
:30:59. > :31:02.gambling equipment in the UK regulated by the gambling
:31:03. > :31:08.commission. These are peopld who must hold a licence to sell binary
:31:09. > :31:13.options lawfully to consumers. And to do so without a licence hs an
:31:14. > :31:18.offence. The gambling commission can come and it does, take action
:31:19. > :31:22.against unlicensed operators and my advice would be to take the case he
:31:23. > :31:28.has to the gambling commisshon and also if his constituent belheves
:31:29. > :31:35.fraudulent activity has happened here, to take the case to action
:31:36. > :31:42.fraud. Last week children across the country returned to school. Research
:31:43. > :31:45.from the trade union suggests 2 % of those children return potentially
:31:46. > :31:50.malnourished. Because they went available to have school me`ls in
:31:51. > :31:53.the holidays. This is a heartbreaking issue but we still
:31:54. > :31:57.don't in the scale of the issue because there's not been proper
:31:58. > :32:01.research done. Can we have ` debate in government time to establish what
:32:02. > :32:10.can be done on this issue of poverty? The honourable ladx is
:32:11. > :32:13.right to draw this matter to the attention of the House. And I will
:32:14. > :32:18.make sure her concerns are passed on to the relevant minister for the
:32:19. > :32:24.Department for Education, and maybe this is a matter for the backbench
:32:25. > :32:31.committee or in Westminster, so it can be explored thoroughly. My right
:32:32. > :32:37.honourable friend will be aware of the situation in East Asia with
:32:38. > :32:42.North Korean nuclear tests rising tensions in South China Sea. Does he
:32:43. > :32:46.agree that at this time of Brexit, our allies across the region and in
:32:47. > :32:50.particular Japan will be looked into this House and this governmdnt to
:32:51. > :32:57.see whether we remain engagdd with the region, and will he find time
:32:58. > :33:02.this House to debate the issue? My honourable friend is absolutely
:33:03. > :33:07.right to highlight the gravd significance of the recent North
:33:08. > :33:16.Korean nuclear test. Certainly this government will remain very active
:33:17. > :33:19.in world affairs. My right honourable friend, the Primd
:33:20. > :33:23.Minister, and the Foreign Sdcretary, when they go to the UN asselbly will
:33:24. > :33:28.have the opportunity to talk to other leaders from around the world
:33:29. > :33:35.about the risks of nuclear proliferation. The government
:33:36. > :33:40.remains utterly opposed to the North Korean nuclear programme, wd have
:33:41. > :33:44.sanctions in place. A lot hhnges upon the Chinese government's
:33:45. > :33:51.approach, as they the power with the most direct influence. Questions on
:33:52. > :33:58.Tuesday the 18th of October, so he'll have a further opporttnity
:33:59. > :34:02.then. I have found this week the suicide rate is rising fastdr in
:34:03. > :34:07.Cumbria than in any other p`rt of the country. Mental health nurse has
:34:08. > :34:10.told me about her concerns of the stresses on the services, btt she's
:34:11. > :34:16.concerned about the extra pressure being put on it the devastating
:34:17. > :34:21.floods we had last year. Can we have a debate to look at what nedds to be
:34:22. > :34:25.done, not only to improve stpport of mental health services, but what
:34:26. > :34:31.extra support needs to be ptt in place when constituents suffering
:34:32. > :34:37.crisis? I hope she knows thd Health Secretary has made it clear his
:34:38. > :34:43.policy is to ensure mental health is not treated as a Cinderella service
:34:44. > :34:46.but is treated on a par with physical health in planning the
:34:47. > :34:50.future of the national health service. I take note she mentions
:34:51. > :34:57.the problems that have affected Cumbria. It seems to me in the first
:34:58. > :35:02.place it is local NHS working with the many charitable organis`tions
:35:03. > :35:08.that can often provide prevdntative support and help for people who are
:35:09. > :35:13.badly affected by floods or other disasters, for them then, if they
:35:14. > :35:22.feel they needed, to seek hdlp from the NHS nationally.
:35:23. > :35:29.One of my constituents is sdverely disabled, and her full-time carer
:35:30. > :35:32.and partner received a lettdr headed, your Disability Livhng
:35:33. > :35:40.Allowance is ending, giving less than one month notice to apply for
:35:41. > :35:44.PIP, followed by a text. Can we have a debate in the way that severely
:35:45. > :35:51.disabled people are communicated with on the transfer to PIP? If you
:35:52. > :35:55.would like to write to me whth the details, I will ensure that is
:35:56. > :36:02.passed on to the relevant Mhnister. One of my constituents who has
:36:03. > :36:07.cleaned HMRC offices for many years was expecting a modest pay rise when
:36:08. > :36:12.the national living wage cale in. Instead government contractors ISS
:36:13. > :36:16.cut her hours you're laterally and as a consequence she lost t`x
:36:17. > :36:21.credits and was 50p per week worse off. Can we have a debate in
:36:22. > :36:25.government time to discuss how the government is making sure its
:36:26. > :36:32.contractors comply not only with the law but with the spirit of the law?
:36:33. > :36:38.In the particular case she mentioned, there are questions on
:36:39. > :36:48.the 25th of October, but I will have a look into the question th`t she
:36:49. > :36:49.raises more generally. Last Friday I was honoured to speak at thd 80th
:36:50. > :37:09.anniversary celebrations in my constitudncy Can
:37:10. > :37:19.we ensure that when it comes to procurement of this place that
:37:20. > :37:24.companies like Ventaxia will be proposed suppliers, and perhaps in
:37:25. > :37:29.the proposed EU world as well. - the 80th anniversary of Ventaxia. It
:37:30. > :37:37.is the case that if Parliamdnt approves the renewal progralme,
:37:38. > :37:40.there will be a need for skhlls expertise, construction, renovation
:37:41. > :37:48.of all kinds, and indeed thd joint committee report says in terms that
:37:49. > :37:51.we need to make sure there would be opportunities for a specialhst firms
:37:52. > :38:00.for businesses in this country to get a share of the work. In the past
:38:01. > :38:05.week there have been two reports on the tragic problem of drug-related
:38:06. > :38:09.deaths, as well as a report on the medical use of cannabis, whhch my
:38:10. > :38:14.honourable friend the shadow Leader of the House has referred to
:38:15. > :38:18.earlier. Given the absence of the government's long-awaited drug
:38:19. > :38:30.strategy, could we have a ftll debate of developing a relevant and
:38:31. > :38:34.realistic drugs policy? With the new team of ministers, it is re`sonable
:38:35. > :38:52.for those ministers to conshder what drug strategy they want to publish.
:38:53. > :38:59.We're approaching the annivdrsary of the Iran nuclear deal. In the
:39:00. > :39:02.meantime religious minoritids are persecuted, the uranium reghme has
:39:03. > :39:06.enhanced its ballistic misshle capability and there is serhous
:39:07. > :39:09.doubt that Iran is keeping to the nuclear deal. Can we have a
:39:10. > :39:15.statement on government timd of what steps the UK Government is going to
:39:16. > :39:20.take to ensure that this regime is halted? My honourable friend is
:39:21. > :39:26.right to point to the frankly appalling human rights record of the
:39:27. > :39:33.uranium government. I also take the view that generally it is sdnsible
:39:34. > :39:36.even where you have a most profound disagreement with the government of
:39:37. > :39:41.another country to have diplomatic channel so that there is a leans by
:39:42. > :39:47.which to communicate with that government. The Foreign Comlonwealth
:39:48. > :39:53.Office two to eight is determined to ensure that human rights relain a
:39:54. > :39:57.key element in the United Khngdom's foreign policy and there will be an
:39:58. > :40:02.opportunity to ask about a run on the 18th of October. Today postal
:40:03. > :40:08.workers across the UK are t`king industrial action to protect their
:40:09. > :40:11.jobs, pensions and post offhces The post offices received ?2 billion of
:40:12. > :40:15.public money over the past seven years. Can we have a debate about
:40:16. > :40:20.why this has not been spent on new services, securing the future of
:40:21. > :40:23.post offices and protecting decent jobs? I regret the fact that there
:40:24. > :40:29.is industrial action becausd all that will do is to inconvenhence
:40:30. > :40:36.customers and make it more likely that those customers will look
:40:37. > :40:38.elsewhere for the delivery of parcels and communicating mdssages,
:40:39. > :40:45.rather than using Post Office services. The Post Office h`s been
:40:46. > :40:51.given taxpayers money to en`ble it to make the difficult transformation
:40:52. > :40:54.to a world which relies increasingly upon electronic and digital
:40:55. > :40:59.communications, and where they are other competitors for things like
:41:00. > :41:02.parcel delivery. So this has to be generally a matter of commercial
:41:03. > :41:13.judgment for the Post Officd management. What a summer of sport
:41:14. > :41:18.we have had. Andy Murray winning at Wimbledon, scores of Olympic gold
:41:19. > :41:21.medals, Paralympic success `t the moment, but perhaps most
:41:22. > :41:31.significantly Northants winning the Twenty20 last. . -- Blast. Can we
:41:32. > :41:37.have a debate about the sumler of sporting success? I cannot promise a
:41:38. > :41:42.debate. I know that everyond in the House were wanted and gradu`lly the
:41:43. > :41:47.Olympians and Paralympians, but also Northamptonshire on the Twenty2
:41:48. > :41:57.triumph, and I am sure my honourable friend would be doing his bdst to
:41:58. > :42:01.arrange the ticker tape read. Can we ensure councils like Greenwhch Park
:42:02. > :42:05.who want to rehouse vulnerable Syrian refugees are getting support
:42:06. > :42:09.from government, particularly to cover costs of higher accomlodation
:42:10. > :42:17.in the capital? There are ongoing discussions between the govdrnment
:42:18. > :42:20.and local authorities. A nulber of local authorities would in principle
:42:21. > :42:28.be willing to take refugees but to judge at the moment that it is too
:42:29. > :42:32.much pressure on the housing market in the only area. Ministers want to
:42:33. > :42:36.see those discussions brought to a conclusion as well. I hope we can
:42:37. > :44:46.take this forward to a satisfactory agreement.
:44:47. > :44:52.Have a statement on what thd government is doing to stop
:44:53. > :44:55.prisoners abs squandering from prison? Another murderer has
:44:56. > :45:00.disappeared and the Ministrx of Justice figures show that prisoners
:45:01. > :45:03.convicted of murder have bedn absconding at the rate of one a
:45:04. > :45:12.month years, putting the public at risk. It is time we got a grip. As
:45:13. > :45:19.my honourable friend knows, the Justice Secretary is preparhng
:45:20. > :45:23.legislation and present reform and I'm sure she will want to t`ke
:45:24. > :45:30.account of his concerns as she developed her policy further. In
:45:31. > :45:33.light of the Brexit abodes, can we please have government time on
:45:34. > :45:37.whether the decision of the previous parliament to reduce the nulber of
:45:38. > :45:41.Parliamentary constituencies down by 50 is still one that commands the
:45:42. > :45:45.support of the House of Comlons And also whether government will be
:45:46. > :45:51.reducing the number of ministers if there is a reduction in members of
:45:52. > :45:57.Parliament. I have to say to the honourable lady, there are puite a
:45:58. > :46:02.number of members of this House who for some years have been
:46:03. > :46:08.representing significantly larger numbers of constituents than art in
:46:09. > :46:14.the quota proposed now by the Parliamentary boundary commhssion.
:46:15. > :46:21.The central principle behind the new law and behind is the recent reports
:46:22. > :46:27.is that the electrodes in e`ch constituency should be the same so
:46:28. > :46:30.that everybody's vote counts equally, that seems to me a
:46:31. > :46:45.principle that is democratically just. The Wales Bill which concluded
:46:46. > :46:51.in Monday had a demolition of income tax, it must be supported bx a fair,
:46:52. > :46:55.fiscal framework. Can we have a statement on this issue before the
:46:56. > :47:03.bill reaches a national leghslation process? I can't promise hil a
:47:04. > :47:07.statement but there will be Treasury questions on October 23 when he can
:47:08. > :47:13.make that point directly to the ministers. This week the Victorian
:47:14. > :47:18.Society released its list of top ten endangered buildings in the country
:47:19. > :47:23.and there were non-in London or the south-east, tellingly. The grade two
:47:24. > :47:26.listed building of Great Grhmsby's Victorian mill, pictures show it
:47:27. > :47:30.covered in scaffolding paid for by the local council as a result of
:47:31. > :47:34.years of neglect by the private owners. Can we have a debatd in
:47:35. > :47:37.government time on the responsibilities of private
:47:38. > :47:43.companies to preserve herit`ge assets around the country for the
:47:44. > :47:49.benefit of local communities? As the young lady hinted, if the btilding
:47:50. > :47:53.is listed in any way, there are already legal obligations upon
:47:54. > :47:59.owners to keep those and a proper state of repair and our sanctions
:48:00. > :48:05.available against those who choose not to. There should be a rdmedy for
:48:06. > :48:09.her local authority but I think there's often, the communitx
:48:10. > :48:17.rallying around can help to restore a historic building and converted to
:48:18. > :48:21.new use. Can we have a debate about delays in approval of the joint
:48:22. > :48:24.select committee report on supply of weapons to Saudi Arabia as that is
:48:25. > :48:28.compelling evidence UK arms are being used to kill women and
:48:29. > :48:32.children in Yemen? Can the leader advise us of the government whips
:48:33. > :48:40.had any role whatsoever in lembers break and a quorum of two
:48:41. > :48:46.committees, leaving the quote an approved? What goes on in committees
:48:47. > :48:52.is not a matter for me. On the broader point, there was a statement
:48:53. > :48:57.on this related matter quitd recently by my honourable friend,
:48:58. > :49:04.the Parliamentary Secretary, for Bournemouth West. I think the best
:49:05. > :49:11.thing I could do is pointed towards the questions the week after we get
:49:12. > :49:16.back. If he won't listen to the will of this current house, which is
:49:17. > :49:21.against the reduction from 650 two 600, can make a suggestion for a
:49:22. > :49:25.debate we could have on redtcing the numbers in Lord? Can we takd a
:49:26. > :49:28.lesson from sport and introduce a squad system where each party could
:49:29. > :49:35.nominate actively, thereby reducing the numbers who are down thd voting
:49:36. > :49:39.and getting rid of the ridiculous situation where there are more peers
:49:40. > :49:47.than elected MPs? My regret is that when this House had the opportunity
:49:48. > :49:53.to vote for House of Lords reform, this House chose not to. Can the
:49:54. > :49:57.Leader of the House confirm that shortly the government will be
:49:58. > :50:03.issuing a statement on the hmpact of employment tribunal fees? Is the
:50:04. > :50:10.leader agree that given the claims of sex discrimination are down, that
:50:11. > :50:16.these discriminate against women workers? I shall draw his concerns
:50:17. > :50:19.to develop and administer, H don't know exactly when the report is
:50:20. > :50:26.likely to be published but H will find out make he's informed, as far
:50:27. > :50:34.as we are able to do so in `dvance. Can we have a debate on sochal works
:50:35. > :50:38.report on adult mental health in England, and especially section two
:50:39. > :50:43.and meeting the needs of diverse and marginalised groups? Includhng
:50:44. > :50:47.ex-military personnel with diagnosis of mental health, substance misuse
:50:48. > :50:50.and complex needs? Veterans are a unique group whose lives have been
:50:51. > :50:55.shattered by serving their country and to many are ending up in prison
:50:56. > :51:00.because of mental health problems. She makes a very powerful point
:51:01. > :51:05.many others will have experhence of individual cases of the kind she
:51:06. > :51:10.describes. It sounds to me the right kind of subject for Westminster Hall
:51:11. > :51:17.debate. But also I think in my experience it is often the lilitary
:51:18. > :51:22.charities working with the NHS services that are best able to reach
:51:23. > :51:28.out to and communicate with the ex-service people concerned. The
:51:29. > :51:32.Charlie Taylor report into the youth justice system will be wide,ranging
:51:33. > :51:36.and important. It is critic`l we improve the life chances of young
:51:37. > :51:40.people in danger of a life of crime. Can we please have a statemdnt and
:51:41. > :51:45.publication of the report as soon as we return here after the party
:51:46. > :51:51.conference season? I will draw that request to the attention of the
:51:52. > :51:57.Ministerministers concerned. Last month I wrote to the Excheqter
:51:58. > :52:02.seeking clarification of future funding for those funded by the EU.
:52:03. > :52:10.The response I got was that this information will be publishdd before
:52:11. > :52:17.the Autumn Statement. This hmplies they will have an answer, and when
:52:18. > :52:23.will we debated? He said he would guarantee the funding currently
:52:24. > :52:30.supplied by the EU up until 202 and projected levels and that hd is also
:52:31. > :52:38.agreed to guarantee to fund various regional projects, which will have
:52:39. > :52:43.been signed and sealed by the time of the Autumn Statement, evdn if the
:52:44. > :52:48.lifetime of those deals goes beyond the likely date of exit. I hope that
:52:49. > :52:51.will have given the honourable gentleman the reassurance hd wants.
:52:52. > :52:56.If it doesn't come if he wotld like to write to me, I will take that to
:52:57. > :53:01.Treasury ministers. Please could we have a statement on the progress of
:53:02. > :53:07.the government's Help to Bux I say? Constituents have been in touch
:53:08. > :53:14.concerned about reports thex can't use this now for the import`nt or
:53:15. > :53:19.the exchange deposit. Can wd have clarification because the pdople
:53:20. > :53:31.need information? If I can refer back to the business statemdnt, we
:53:32. > :53:35.will be dealing with the savings government contributions Bill on the
:53:36. > :53:43.17th of October, and I think she'll be able to explore those matters
:53:44. > :53:47.then. The plight of displacdd Syrians has moved us all. I had one
:53:48. > :53:52.come to my surgery last week rebuilding her life as a thhrd-year
:53:53. > :53:58.Ph.D. Student. Unexpectedly she has been stuck with a bill of ?30,0 0
:53:59. > :54:03.for fees due to a bar and ftnds coming in and out of Syria. Can we
:54:04. > :54:08.have a statement to clarify the status of Syrian students bdcause
:54:09. > :54:12.her counterparts at Edinburgh and Newcastle have had their feds are
:54:13. > :54:19.waived, she faces an uncert`in future through no fault of her own?
:54:20. > :54:22.There is a disparity between the practice in different cases. If she
:54:23. > :54:26.would like to write to me about her case come I will take this tp with
:54:27. > :54:33.the relevant department. Following the welcome news HMRC will not be
:54:34. > :54:37.renewing its contract work concentrates, can we have a debate
:54:38. > :54:45.on the payment by results model in our system? There was a good
:54:46. > :54:49.opportunity to question the financial secretary when shd made a
:54:50. > :54:56.statement about the company this week. I know my right honourable
:54:57. > :55:03.friends at the and DWP will be doing all they can to ensure appropriate
:55:04. > :55:07.lessons are learned is and that we get the sort of decent standard from
:55:08. > :55:15.contractors that constituents are entitled to expect. In Decelber
:55:16. > :55:21.2016, a human lawyer from Vhetnam and his colleague were arrested by
:55:22. > :55:23.police for providing training to religious communities in Vidtnam,
:55:24. > :55:28.charged with conducting propaganda and could face 20 years. With the
:55:29. > :55:32.Minister make a statement on the release of these prisoners `nd all
:55:33. > :55:43.prisoners of conscience and encourage Vietnam to repeal laws? I
:55:44. > :55:47.would agree with the honour`ble gentleman that it should be regarded
:55:48. > :55:56.as a fundamental human right to express and to talk about the
:55:57. > :56:01.religion they adhere to. I was dismayed to hear about that case.
:56:02. > :56:07.Questions on October 18 may provide the opportunity he is seeking.
:56:08. > :56:13.Personal statement, Mr Justhn Tomlinson. With your permission I
:56:14. > :56:16.would like to make a person`l statement. In response to the report
:56:17. > :56:20.published by the privilege committee today and the report published by
:56:21. > :56:23.the Parliamentary Commissioner for standards, I wanted to dig the
:56:24. > :56:28.opportunity to make a full `nd unreserved apology to you and the
:56:29. > :56:33.House. In 2013, I breached the rules of conduct by sharing a draft report
:56:34. > :56:38.by the committee of Public `ccounts regarding the regulation of consumer
:56:39. > :56:40.credit and investigation by the Parliamentary commission of
:56:41. > :56:45.standards was initiated in 2015 following a complaint made by
:56:46. > :56:50.wonder. I accept the findings of the published today and the reports
:56:51. > :56:54.submitted by the commission of standards. I accept that my actions
:56:55. > :57:00.in sharing the report consthtute an interference in the work and
:57:01. > :57:01.committee, and for this I al truly sorry. This was never my