:00:00. > :00:09.and hear what they have to say? I will be delighted to do so. Can the
:00:10. > :00:15.Leader of the House please give us the forthcoming business. The
:00:16. > :00:20.business for next week will be as follows, Monday the 24th of October,
:00:21. > :00:23.second reading of the health services medical supplies -,
:00:24. > :00:30.supplies costs bill, 25th of October, second reader of the
:00:31. > :00:35.criminal finances Bill, 26, opposition day, ten allotted day, a
:00:36. > :00:42.debate on concentric Spall `nd by a debate on Yemen. 27th of October,
:00:43. > :00:48.motion to approve the first report from the committee of privileges
:00:49. > :00:51.followed by a debate selectdd by the Backbench Business Committed on a
:00:52. > :00:57.motion for the youth Parlialent Select Committee report on xoung
:00:58. > :01:03.people's mental health. 28th of October, private members' bhlls The
:01:04. > :01:07.provisional business for thd week commencing the 31st will include,
:01:08. > :01:12.Monday the 31st, second reading of the cultural property armed
:01:13. > :01:19.conflicts Lords Bill, Tuesd`y the first Obama, consideration of Lords
:01:20. > :01:22.and is -- amendments, 2nd of November, dates on opposition
:01:23. > :01:30.motions to subject to be announced, 3rd of November, business to be
:01:31. > :01:34.announced by the backbench business committee, for the November,
:01:35. > :01:38.backbench spills. The busindss in Westminster Hall for the 17th and
:01:39. > :01:43.24th of November will be as follows, Thursday the 17th of Novembdr, a
:01:44. > :01:52.debate on the first report from the environmental audit committde on
:01:53. > :01:56.soil health on Thursday the 24th, a debate on the first report from the
:01:57. > :02:04.International development committee on UK implementation of the
:02:05. > :02:08.sustainable development goals. When I was first appointed to thhs job
:02:09. > :02:12.they said to me, there is no power, so I am quite pleased that having
:02:13. > :02:18.raised Marmite last week we got a result by the end of the dax. Bob
:02:19. > :02:22.Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and he hasn't
:02:23. > :02:27.contacted the academy so we said to Bob Dylan, please contact the
:02:28. > :02:31.academy. For the honourable member for Perth and North Perthshhre,
:02:32. > :02:36.thanks for the kind comments last week, maybe he can spot the
:02:37. > :02:43.subliminal messages Willett references to Bob Dylan. We are
:02:44. > :02:50.bombarded with statements and now we have a statement on the crisis in
:02:51. > :02:56.the funding for farming. It took an urgent question before the Linister
:02:57. > :03:00.comes to the House today. Why a statement and not a debate? The
:03:01. > :03:05.Minister said the government proposed ways to propose a reduction
:03:06. > :03:10.to the 2.8 billion currentlx paid to the sector but it has been rejected
:03:11. > :03:16.by. The Health Secretary sahd pharmacists have an important part
:03:17. > :03:20.in the future of the NHS so why the cuts? He commended the important
:03:21. > :03:26.role pharmacists can play in solving any problem the NHS faces so why the
:03:27. > :03:30.cuts? In July this year he said it is the right time to rethink the
:03:31. > :03:35.role of pharmacies and conshder whether we can be better at tapping
:03:36. > :03:38.into the incredible skills pharmacists have, which I do not
:03:39. > :03:51.think we make the most of. So why the cuts? The Health Secret`ry says
:03:52. > :03:55.it is all good so why is he cutting funds to the sector? For thd second
:03:56. > :04:00.time this week it is governlent by urgent question. Only last week I
:04:01. > :04:05.mentioned the reversal of the Member for Tatton's economic policx and
:04:06. > :04:11.here comes another. Can we have a full debate, not just a statement,
:04:12. > :04:17.on the sale of annuities, dragged to the House on a U-turn so spdctacular
:04:18. > :04:20.we can't see round the bend. The poor minister said, through
:04:21. > :04:24.extensive research, a secondary market would not be able to offer
:04:25. > :04:28.this. There were many unanswered questions like when the full -- when
:04:29. > :04:32.the government first did extensive research, but the former Ch`ncellor
:04:33. > :04:38.not look at the evidence in March 20 15th where was it just a me`ns to
:04:39. > :04:47.stimulate the economy using people's hard earned savings? -- the March of
:04:48. > :04:50.2015. The answer is blowing in the win. Can I ask him to make `
:04:51. > :04:54.statement on what the honourable member for Britain meant by saying
:04:55. > :04:57.the government can't reveal their hands on negotiations to exht the EU
:04:58. > :05:04.because you don't win you play poker. Is this gambling with the
:05:05. > :05:11.British people's lives? Even Margaret Thatcher had a negotiation
:05:12. > :05:18.position, no, no, no, or I want to rebate. They said we can't reveal a
:05:19. > :05:24.position, we say this is basic accountability. The only answer is
:05:25. > :05:27.that a hard Brexit is going to fall. The statement on airport expansion
:05:28. > :05:32.in the south-east scheduled for next week has been postponed yet again.
:05:33. > :05:36.Instead the Prime Minister lade her intentions clear, only in rdsponse
:05:37. > :05:40.to the honourable member for the Bedford at PMQs, this government
:05:41. > :05:44.would take a decision and then a formal process has to be undertaken,
:05:45. > :05:54.the government will identifx their preferred site and that will go to a
:05:55. > :05:58.consultation and the governlent will consider the results of that. What
:05:59. > :06:06.about the timetable for implementation, the further work on
:06:07. > :06:16.noise pollution nation -- pollution, environmental impacts. I want to
:06:17. > :06:19.place on record my thanks to the former Prime Minister and hhs wife
:06:20. > :06:25.Samantha for the I'm eating support for epilepsy charity. -- for their
:06:26. > :06:40.unstinting support. We remelber next week the ABBA van disaster. -- we
:06:41. > :06:46.disaster. Jo Cox gave her a great disaster. Jo Cox gave her a great
:06:47. > :06:53.service to the country so rhghtly deserves a plaque in this chamber.
:06:54. > :06:56.Her family should not have had to bury their daughter, sister and wife
:06:57. > :07:00.and their adored children should not have had to grow up without their
:07:01. > :07:12.mother. Our love to them all, may she rest in peace. Can I first deal
:07:13. > :07:16.with the two very serious point of the honourable lady raised `t the
:07:17. > :07:25.end? I am sure every single member of the House will want to m`rk the
:07:26. > :07:33.appalling tragedy in Aberfan when the anniversary is commemor`ted
:07:34. > :07:38.tomorrow. None of us who ard alive, even if we were very young `t the
:07:39. > :07:48.time, can ever forget the sdaring impact of the photographs and the
:07:49. > :07:56.news coverage of what happened there and the images and the visible grief
:07:57. > :08:03.of the families is something that is still very clear in the memory. As
:08:04. > :08:10.to, as the Prime Minister s`id yesterday, is the fact that those
:08:11. > :08:17.who might have been able to prevent the tragedy did not act in
:08:18. > :08:28.fulfilment of their responshbilities until forced -- and did not until
:08:29. > :08:33.forced to do so actually own up to their responsibilities. Solhdarity
:08:34. > :08:37.with Aberfan and sympathy whth the family of our late colleagud Jo Cox.
:08:38. > :08:41.I know that the matter of the commemorative shield is somdthing
:08:42. > :08:47.you have high on your agend`, Mr Speaker, and I would also lhke to
:08:48. > :08:51.pay tribute to the fact that the parliament choir, which is `n
:08:52. > :08:57.all-party, has with the agrdement both Jo Cox's family commissioned a
:08:58. > :08:58.new choral composition that will be performed in her memory at `
:08:59. > :09:09.forthcoming concert. If I can turn to the political
:09:10. > :09:13.points and I wasn't sure if the honourable lady was complaining
:09:14. > :09:20.about there having been too many urgent questions. I mean, I did feel
:09:21. > :09:29.that there was a certain retro, sort of retrospective character tore to
:09:30. > :09:36.comments that she said earlher. On pharmacists, as she knows, there is
:09:37. > :09:40.going to be a statement by ly Right Honourable friend after bushness
:09:41. > :09:44.questions this morning. At which he will set out in detail the
:09:45. > :09:50.Government's approach to colmunity pharmacists. I would make this
:09:51. > :09:57.point, that it is very important that we ensure not just that the
:09:58. > :10:00.money going to the National Health Service is suss saned and increased,
:10:01. > :10:05.as this -- sustained as this Government is doing, but we ensure
:10:06. > :10:09.that every single last pennx of money which goes to the NHS is spent
:10:10. > :10:16.to give the best possible v`lue to patients. We need to look at
:10:17. > :10:20.community pharmacy as at prhmary and secondary health care to ensure that
:10:21. > :10:28.we get the best possible value out of every penny of precious NHS
:10:29. > :10:35.funding that is spent. On hdr point about the sale of annuity, `s my
:10:36. > :10:40.honourable friend, the minister said yesterday, the Government m`de a
:10:41. > :10:47.therer and honest assessment of the prospects for a genuine market in
:10:48. > :10:50.secondary annuities and we reluctantly came to conclaugs that
:10:51. > :10:54.to have that gone a-- concltsion that to have gone ahead with the
:10:55. > :10:59.measures would not have been of benefit to the very group of
:11:00. > :11:02.consumers who were looking to a secondary anunties market in order
:11:03. > :11:06.to ride them with some relidf because the products were shmply not
:11:07. > :11:07.going to be available to give them the additional safeguards and
:11:08. > :11:13.opportunities that they werd seeking.
:11:14. > :11:19.Now I have to say, I really struggle to understand the opposition's
:11:20. > :11:22.position on the negotiated position the Government is adopting over the
:11:23. > :11:26.forthcoming European Union negotiations. I would have thought
:11:27. > :11:30.that whether we're talking `bout politics or about business or any
:11:31. > :11:35.other walk of life, that if you are about to start a very important and
:11:36. > :11:39.wide-ranging negotiation, the last thing that you do is to advdrtise
:11:40. > :11:44.the detail of your negotiathng position so that the people with
:11:45. > :11:48.whom you are negotiating can see everything spread out in front of
:11:49. > :11:52.them. I think, I just think that the opposition needs to wake up and
:11:53. > :11:57.realise that the people who would be most delighted if they got their way
:11:58. > :12:03.would be the people with whom we will be negotiating across the
:12:04. > :12:09.table. Can I last turn to hdr point about airports? The Governmdnt will,
:12:10. > :12:17.as the Prime Minister said, be making an they announcement in the -
:12:18. > :12:20.near future about which of the options in the Davis's report we
:12:21. > :12:25.will adopt. The Davis report has said that any of the three options
:12:26. > :12:31.that they have proposed would be deliverable. And sustainabld.
:12:32. > :12:37.The Government will of course comply with the requirements for stat Tory
:12:38. > :12:41.consultation following that announcement that the Labour
:12:42. > :12:45.Government actually put in place. That actually accounts for the delay
:12:46. > :12:49.about which he is now compl`ining. I have to say, Mr Speaker, th`t if
:12:50. > :12:56.there's one thing that's blowing in the wind this morning, it is the
:12:57. > :13:00.co-her rens of the Labour P`rty s ideas about policy and I don't know
:13:01. > :13:05.whether they are sleeping wdll at night, but it is very clear to me
:13:06. > :13:09.there's no place they are going to. THE SPEAKER: As usual a large number
:13:10. > :13:15.of members are seeking to c`tch my eye. My normal practise is to call
:13:16. > :13:21.everybody on this occasion. But there are exceptions. Today, there
:13:22. > :13:26.is a statement on community pharmacy to follow and two very heavhly
:13:27. > :13:30.subscribed debate to take place under the auspices of the b`ckbench
:13:31. > :13:34.committee. It may not be possible to call everybody today. If I `m to
:13:35. > :13:39.have any chance of doing so, there is a premium upon briefty, which
:13:40. > :13:43.will be brilliantly ex-acceptlified by Mr Phillip Davis. Can we have a
:13:44. > :13:47.statement urgently from the Government about the farce of
:13:48. > :13:53.allowing the child referees into the -- refugees into the countrx. The
:13:54. > :13:56.Home Office have admitted that two-thirds of successful applicants
:13:57. > :14:03.as child refugees are actually adults. Jack Straw today has said we
:14:04. > :14:06.need to do better on age chdcks as does the member for Hodge Hhll. This
:14:07. > :14:10.is a serious concern to manx of our constituents. Can we have an urgent
:14:11. > :14:14.statement what the Government is going to make sure to do th`t the
:14:15. > :14:18.children? We work closely whth the children? We work closely whth the
:14:19. > :14:25.French authorities to ensurd all the cases applying to the UK do actually
:14:26. > :14:27.qualify under the Dublin amdnts which include -- arrangements which
:14:28. > :14:34.include the requirement for children to be under 18. We have to carry out
:14:35. > :14:39.the checks in a way that ard come plient with High Court judglents
:14:40. > :14:42.upon this matter. As my honourable friends knows the British Ddntal
:14:43. > :14:52.Association has taken the vhew that to carry out x-rays of clailants'
:14:53. > :14:58.teeth would not be a relike indicator of age as well, as in
:14:59. > :15:07.their view, of being unethical. May I join him in the house to the
:15:08. > :15:08.tributes of Aberfan. And the horrific events surrounding
:15:09. > :15:25.the murder of Jo Cox. Can I suggest the debates wd get our
:15:26. > :15:31.terms right for Brexit. We have hard Brexit, soft Brexit. I want to
:15:32. > :15:35.suggest soggy Brexit, maybe, I can't believe it's not Brexit! A serious
:15:36. > :15:39.point on this is we still h`ve not had a debate in Government time on
:15:40. > :15:45.its plans to leave the European Union. We've had one since H was an
:15:46. > :15:50.SNP, we heard the Lord's colmittee saying it must be properly debated
:15:51. > :15:56.and suggesting we have a debate in advance of the Article 50 bding
:15:57. > :15:59.triggered. Can we know have a solid plan and proposal about when this
:16:00. > :16:06.House gets to debate about what this House is intending to do with this.
:16:07. > :16:12.Mr Speaker, three drawn boundaries for Scottish Members of Parliament
:16:13. > :16:18.and in reducing the number of MPs to 53. We would like to is havd that to
:16:19. > :16:20.serve row when we begin our sovereignty.
:16:21. > :16:25.I was in the debate briefly yesterday. How can it possibly be
:16:26. > :16:29.right to in these Houses of Parliament, we now have mord
:16:30. > :16:34.parliamentarians appointed by a Prime Minister than elected be I the
:16:35. > :16:41.people? He is making that worse Lastly, Mr Speaker, tomorrow we have
:16:42. > :16:50.the... The member on an isste, the bill which seeks to posthumously
:16:51. > :17:07.pardon gay men in this legislation. We hear the Government drawhng up
:17:08. > :17:09.support for that in an amendment in the House of Lords. It should be
:17:10. > :17:12.here that it is properly considered and properly considered by dlected
:17:13. > :17:14.members. All that does is whthdraw support and further undermine the
:17:15. > :17:17.Private Member's Bill. Will he think that and make sure that support of
:17:18. > :17:23.that bill tomorrow? Mr Speaker, I really think there has alre`dy been
:17:24. > :17:26.many opportunities to hold linisters to account for the Government's
:17:27. > :17:32.approach to the European negotiations. We had questions to my
:17:33. > :17:34.Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for exithng the
:17:35. > :17:37.European Union, who has madd a number of oral statements to the
:17:38. > :17:44.House about this since the referendum. I'm slightly surprised
:17:45. > :17:48.that the honourable gentlem`n should appear to denigrate the importance
:17:49. > :17:53.of Select Committees, in both this House and the other place. Ht is
:17:54. > :17:59.simply wrong to belief that it is only a -- believe that it is only a
:18:00. > :18:03.debate in session that qualhfies as scrutiny. In my experience, having
:18:04. > :18:08.served as a minister for thd last sort of, more than six years, it is
:18:09. > :18:14.often Select Committees that can be much more demanding on ministers, in
:18:15. > :18:18.terms of preparation and thhnking through your policy and we should
:18:19. > :18:22.respect the importance of those committee hearings. I can s`y to him
:18:23. > :18:26.that my Right Honourable frhend the Prime Minister, will of course be
:18:27. > :18:30.giving an oral statement next week about the European Council. That
:18:31. > :18:40.will apply another opportunhty for such questioning. On his pohnt about
:18:41. > :18:42.his honourable friend's bill, I mean, the Government very mtch
:18:43. > :18:49.shares the honourable gentldman s wish to see the pardons givdn to
:18:50. > :19:07.people who were convicted of conaccept sue homosexual
:19:08. > :19:10.acts when they were criminal offences. What the Government is
:19:11. > :19:12.proposing is we should legislate both to provide posthumous pardons
:19:13. > :19:17.for people who are now dekedzed and main it clear those who are living,
:19:18. > :19:23.so they could then qualify for a pardon. The reason we can not
:19:24. > :19:27.support the bill is it does not take account the need of people who are
:19:28. > :19:32.living to check the offence for which they were convicted w`s
:19:33. > :19:39.genuinely consen sue and to check that the offence was not covered by
:19:40. > :19:42.a sex against a minor which would still be a breach of the crhminal
:19:43. > :19:48.law today. What is now requhred in each case a short question without
:19:49. > :19:52.preamble and a short reply from the front bench.
:19:53. > :20:02.To mark this occasion they held an event where I got to meet 14 now
:20:03. > :20:07.apprentices. Will my friend join me to congratulate Brigs and whsh the
:20:08. > :20:11.new apprentices good luck whth their new career and have a discussion on
:20:12. > :20:15.the three million apprenticdship target? I am delighted to hdar the
:20:16. > :20:20.news from my honourable fridnd's constituency. The three million
:20:21. > :20:24.apprenticeship's target is ` key element in increasing the skills and
:20:25. > :20:29.productivity of our nation. As the evidence from her constituency shows
:20:30. > :20:32.sensible businesses realise that to develop apprenticeship scheles is in
:20:33. > :20:38.their own commercial interest as well.
:20:39. > :20:43.Mr Speaker, last year, the TK received 5.6 billion from the
:20:44. > :20:47.European investment bank, investing in skills and infrastructurd across
:20:48. > :20:52.the country. With the UK languishing at the bottom of the G7 productivity
:20:53. > :20:56.league table. Can we have a debate on the impact of leaving thd
:20:57. > :21:00.European Union and potentially leaving our stake on the investment
:21:01. > :21:03.bank on pro-ducktity and wh`t the Government's plans are to address
:21:04. > :21:06.this? These are all things which will be one element in the
:21:07. > :21:11.negotiations. It is that Government has made it clear its industrial
:21:12. > :21:17.strategy is intended to address the very deep-seated, long-runnhng
:21:18. > :21:22.problem we have over productivity. Would my Right Honourable friend
:21:23. > :21:27.find time on returning veterans with mental health issues? I met
:21:28. > :21:32.represents from care after combat thapd have a very successful -- and
:21:33. > :21:38.they have a very successful rate in turning people's lives around who
:21:39. > :21:42.unfortunately end up in prison. Mr Speaker, I think that everybody and
:21:43. > :21:47.certainly the Government wants to do all within our power to makd sure
:21:48. > :21:51.that those who have served hn the armed forces and those who kurptdly
:21:52. > :21:57.do have the best -- currently do have the best possible access to
:21:58. > :22:00.treatment for mental health and appropriate action is taken to
:22:01. > :22:06.prevent people from develophng mental health problems in the first
:22:07. > :22:10.place. I can assure assure him of this.
:22:11. > :22:13.Can I thank the leader for the confirmation of the time allocation
:22:14. > :22:20.for the backbench committee on the 3rd November. Can I ask for time on
:22:21. > :22:23.27th for the youth Parliament, on young people's mental health, is
:22:24. > :22:28.there any element of protection of that time on that particular day?
:22:29. > :22:32.Can I ask for an indication for any time allocation on Tuesday, Monday
:22:33. > :22:40.or Tuesday, 8th or 9th Novelber I am surprised by the way the member
:22:41. > :22:45.for Perth and North Perthshhre didn't mention readily-Brexht! But
:22:46. > :22:51.not to worry. The time next week will be protected. I shall write to
:22:52. > :22:55.him about the other dates. Lr Speaker, I can remember the days on
:22:56. > :22:59.the other side used to complain about how much time we spent on
:23:00. > :23:08.Europe. Isn't it time we stopped banging on about Europe and just got
:23:09. > :23:12.on? Well, I note my honourable friend's
:23:13. > :23:26.advice that we should stop banging on about this subject. Now H think
:23:27. > :23:29.that if that is a belated edition to his birthday wish list, then I will
:23:30. > :23:31.be happy to oblige. What we will have to do as a Government hs
:23:32. > :23:35.prepare our negotiating poshtion thoroughly and then get the most
:23:36. > :23:42.ambitious deal on behalf of all of the people in the United Kingdom.
:23:43. > :23:53.A literary journal but requdsts submissions at the University of
:23:54. > :23:59.Nottingham is normally publhshed as a downloadable PDF but it is due to
:24:00. > :24:04.appear in print as a limited edition box set. Ahead of next Tuesday's
:24:05. > :24:11.Nottingham in Parliament thdy will he congratulate me on -- will he
:24:12. > :24:21.join me in congratulating The Letters Page? I am delighted to hear
:24:22. > :24:24.about the literary creativity of her constituents and the people of
:24:25. > :24:29.Nottingham and it is good to see that the great literary tradition of
:24:30. > :24:37.DH Lawrence has not been extinguished but is alive and
:24:38. > :24:41.flourishing. Sepsis claims `round 40,000 lives per year in thd UK
:24:42. > :24:46.Could we have a statement on the government's newly announced public
:24:47. > :24:49.awareness campaign so we can establish how Public Health England
:24:50. > :24:55.plans to work with experts to make sure that this campaign is `s
:24:56. > :25:03.successful as possible? I think that we would all in this House want to
:25:04. > :25:10.take note of recent shocking cases where people have not had sdpsis
:25:11. > :25:15.diagnosed early enough for dffective treatment to begin. It is clearly
:25:16. > :25:18.deeply unsatisfactory that there should be any case where th`t
:25:19. > :25:26.happens. Health ministers whll certainly want to make sure that
:25:27. > :25:31.there are improvements were those can be achieved and I will draw
:25:32. > :25:39.attention to my honourable friend's request for a debate. May wd have a
:25:40. > :25:44.debate on palliative care? @ hospice in my constituency is a crucial
:25:45. > :25:46.resource for those most in need at the end of their lives and such
:25:47. > :25:56.facilities should be supported across the UK. I, like her, tried to
:25:57. > :26:01.demonstrate support when I can for the palliative care services in my
:26:02. > :26:07.constituency. I think that this is one of the important improvdments in
:26:08. > :26:11.attitudes towards health care that we have seen in recent years, to
:26:12. > :26:16.accept that people who are hn the final stages of their life `re
:26:17. > :26:19.entitled to be treated not just in respect of their physical sxmptoms
:26:20. > :26:26.but with the respect and dignity that is due to the whole person
:26:27. > :26:29.There was a meeting of my constituents in Peterborough, many
:26:30. > :26:35.of whom are going to be evicted shortly as the result of a deal
:26:36. > :26:39.between Peterborough Council and the North London estate agent Stefan
:26:40. > :26:44.Phillips. Can we have a deb`te on this, as they are due to be replaced
:26:45. > :26:53.with homeless people. Can wd have a debate that looks at housing benefit
:26:54. > :26:58.regulations and this repugn`nt basis that prioritises housing benefit for
:26:59. > :27:04.these people rather than my constituents over long standing If
:27:05. > :27:09.he would care to provide me with the details I will draw that to the
:27:10. > :27:18.attention of the Minister. The total number of deaths caused in @merica
:27:19. > :27:23.by the side-effects of drugs have grown to a figure that more people
:27:24. > :27:32.are killed by these drugs them all people killed by road traffhc
:27:33. > :27:42.accidents, guns and terrorism. We use a third of such drugs in Europe
:27:43. > :27:48.and can we debate the terrible result of medicines that ard more
:27:49. > :27:53.deadly than the maladies. Hd has been somebody who has looked at
:27:54. > :27:56.drugs use and drugs policy for many years so I listened with sole
:27:57. > :28:01.respect to what he says. Thdre will be the opportunity to questhon Home
:28:02. > :28:07.Office ministers on the 31st of October about this and I wotld
:28:08. > :28:11.suggest he takes advantage of that opportunity. Can we have tile to
:28:12. > :28:16.have a debate on the rural dconomy? There is never enough time on the
:28:17. > :28:20.back bench or in Westminster Hall to discuss something that will be vital
:28:21. > :28:26.to the UK when we leave the EU, so can we have time here in thhs
:28:27. > :28:33.chamber? I think that while there will be opportunities to qudstion
:28:34. > :28:42.the Secretary of State for DEFRA and her ministers, my advice in the
:28:43. > :28:47.short time, and given the ntmber of ministers who represent rur`l or
:28:48. > :28:50.partly rural constituencies, would be to make an application to the
:28:51. > :28:55.backbench business committed, because there should be strdngth in
:28:56. > :28:59.numbers. Can we have a debate on the international freedom of thd press,
:29:00. > :29:04.just in case the BBC faces the closure of its Moscow bureat bank
:29:05. > :29:09.accounts by a state owned b`nk in Russia, something that happdns in
:29:10. > :29:18.authoritarian states and wotld never happen in a liberal democracy like
:29:19. > :29:22.the UK. I think we all want to keep a close eye on action that the
:29:23. > :29:29.Russian authorities may takd towards free media and civil societx
:29:30. > :29:33.organisations inside their own territory. I am afraid therd is a
:29:34. > :29:38.history of the Russian authorities causing difficulties for jotrnalists
:29:39. > :29:44.and broadcasters, civil sochety organisations and the British
:29:45. > :29:50.Council, which is to be deplored. Following my debate in Westlinster
:29:51. > :29:53.Hall yesterday on the Ministry of Defence future accommodation model I
:29:54. > :29:57.have been inundated with messages from military families overnight.
:29:58. > :30:08.Will he support my request for a wider debate to support the future
:30:09. > :30:16.of accommodation as part of the covenant? I know she spoke `s always
:30:17. > :30:20.with great vigour and on thd basis of significant knowledge in the
:30:21. > :30:24.debate yesterday. She would have had an answer from the veterans Minister
:30:25. > :30:31.at the end of that debate. The government will of course bd
:30:32. > :30:35.publishing its proposals for defence estate later this year and that I am
:30:36. > :30:39.sure will provide members of the House with further opportunhties to
:30:40. > :30:46.debate this. The Swansea Bax tidal lagoon project would pave the way
:30:47. > :30:49.for ?15 billion worth of investment in tidal lagoons, including one
:30:50. > :30:53.planned in my constituency which could provide electricity for a
:30:54. > :30:58.million homes. We need tidal power as part of the future of cldan
:30:59. > :31:02.energy. When the government review reports next month, can we have a
:31:03. > :31:08.statement from the Minister supporting this technology? As she
:31:09. > :31:12.said, the results of that rdview are due to be reported within the next
:31:13. > :31:18.few weeks. I will make sure that the Secretary of State is aware of her
:31:19. > :31:23.request for a statement on that matter, I am sure there will be
:31:24. > :31:27.opportunities in the House to debate these matters and for her to raise
:31:28. > :31:34.concerns. Can we have a deb`te on the process used to review the green
:31:35. > :31:39.belt? In Greater Manchester the process of expressing an interest
:31:40. > :31:43.has led to vast swathes of green belt land being the subject of
:31:44. > :31:48.speculation and it has causdd huge anxiety for residents. The
:31:49. > :31:51.government National Pollock -- planning policy framework m`kes it
:31:52. > :31:55.clear that green belt land should only be used for development in
:31:56. > :32:02.exceptional circumstances. Hf a local authority wants to make such a
:32:03. > :32:07.case for exceptionalism, it has to provide the justification when it
:32:08. > :32:11.submits its draft local plan for examination in public, at which
:32:12. > :32:15.point an independent expect -- inspector tests rigorously the
:32:16. > :32:20.argument is that the local `uthority has made so these are matters that
:32:21. > :32:24.rightly are dealt with at arm's-length from central government
:32:25. > :32:28.ministers but that is the procedure that my honourable friend and his
:32:29. > :32:32.constituents might want to look at. Will the Leader of the Housd find
:32:33. > :32:38.time for a debate or a ministerial correction on the subject of how
:32:39. > :32:42.difficult it is for EU countries to export to Norway? In the early
:32:43. > :32:45.exchange the Secretary of State for Brexit said that it was verx easy
:32:46. > :32:49.for Sweden to export to Norway. There was a conference in Sweden
:32:50. > :32:57.earlier this week and I am hndebted to Alan Winters professor of
:32:58. > :33:00.economic 's who said that Swedish exporters find exporting to Norway
:33:01. > :33:08.for more troublesome than exporting within the EU. He will have
:33:09. > :33:12.opportunities to challenge the Secretary of State for Brexht. I
:33:13. > :33:15.have to say that I may be responsible for many things but
:33:16. > :33:20.commercial relations between Sweden and Norway are not my area. Can the
:33:21. > :33:24.Leader of the House in his tnique role review the approach of the
:33:25. > :33:30.government to Select Committee responses and seed it up? Bd women
:33:31. > :33:36.and equality is Minister has been waiting months for his report on the
:33:37. > :33:42.gender pay gap and the report on transgender people. I am gr`teful to
:33:43. > :33:45.my honourable friend for letting me have some notice of this qudstion
:33:46. > :33:53.and I have looked into this. The report that she mentions did of
:33:54. > :33:58.course involve responsibilities of a number of government apart `t -
:33:59. > :34:01.departments and I think she did get a letter earlier from the Sdcretary
:34:02. > :34:05.of State to alert her to thd fact that there probably would bd a delay
:34:06. > :34:12.in response. But I do share her disquiet and I certainly do not
:34:13. > :34:16.regard it as satisfactory that heard department should have waitdd so
:34:17. > :34:21.much longer than the normal period. I will draw her concern to the
:34:22. > :34:25.attention of the ministers responsible and I hope we c`n
:34:26. > :34:30.provide her committee with the government responds that it is
:34:31. > :34:33.entitled to as rapidly as possible. 50 years ago I was a newly `ppointed
:34:34. > :34:39.young lecturer at Swansea University. I remember that deep,
:34:40. > :34:43.dark wet day of Aberfan and the death of those children and I
:34:44. > :34:49.associate myself with the thoughts today and can we have a discussion
:34:50. > :34:55.perhaps about how we look after the people, the families, the
:34:56. > :34:57.communities when tragedies like that happen? It took a long time to
:34:58. > :35:03.respond positively to that terrible tragedy. I think the honour`ble
:35:04. > :35:08.gentleman makes a very fair and reasonable point and as he rightly
:35:09. > :35:15.says it is often sometime after the immediate period of shock and grief
:35:16. > :35:22.that the full traumatic imp`ct of what people have lived throtgh and
:35:23. > :35:25.lost bears down upon them. @n effective response has to you
:35:26. > :35:33.involve not just statutory services but often most effectively friends
:35:34. > :35:37.and neighbours in the neighbourhoods where the people themselves live
:35:38. > :35:44.Tommaso Allan expect there `re lessons that can be learned from
:35:45. > :35:49.successes and failures over the years. -- themselves live, so I
:35:50. > :35:53.expect. I am sure he will h`ve the opportunity to debate this hn
:35:54. > :36:00.future. Can we have a debatd on endangered species on government
:36:01. > :36:06.time? I have tried Westminster Hall and not been successful. It is an
:36:07. > :36:10.important debate for the future of the world and my grandchildren's
:36:11. > :36:14.generation, I want them to see the animals that are in danger `nd it is
:36:15. > :36:20.an important subject. I agrde with her and the government is whth DEFRA
:36:21. > :36:26.ministers and foreign officds - Foreign Office Minister is hn the
:36:27. > :36:32.league, taking on the role of being one of the foremost international
:36:33. > :36:35.champions of better arrangelents to protect not just in danger `nd
:36:36. > :36:42.species but the habitat is necessary for their survival is. -- is in the
:36:43. > :36:46.lead. Effective agreements do require a degree of international
:36:47. > :36:49.consensus in order to work. That is what we seek to do through
:36:50. > :36:57.international organisations that have a role here. After the
:36:58. > :37:01.concentric stir Baco with the tax credit office, the tax credht office
:37:02. > :37:10.have called me on four cases saying they are taking up complaints on
:37:11. > :37:19.those cases. Can we have a debate on this? There is a debate next week on
:37:20. > :37:23.concentric spurt on the particular case if he would like to get the
:37:24. > :37:30.details to me later today I will get into the financial the Secrdtary of
:37:31. > :37:33.State. UK financial services employed 2000 people. Could the
:37:34. > :37:39.leader find time in this ch`mber to have a debate on the import`nce of
:37:40. > :37:42.the debate to the UK economx and the government framework for
:37:43. > :37:48.transitional arrangements so we can thrive post Brexit? -- employees
:37:49. > :37:52.200,000 people. It may be something he is able to raise in the
:37:53. > :37:57.forthcoming debate on industrial strategy but I am very happx to join
:37:58. > :38:07.him in recognising the importance of the sector to the UK upon md --
:38:08. > :38:16.economy and I hope there's `n opportunity debate this, to
:38:17. > :38:24.reinforce the importance of the sector. Can we have a debatd on
:38:25. > :38:27.government time on the government response to the consultation on
:38:28. > :38:33.reforms to the civil servicd compensation scheme? With over 000
:38:34. > :38:37.responses and 98% against, can I press on him concerns that lany
:38:38. > :38:39.members have about having constituents who have delivdred
:38:40. > :39:09.public services throughout their working life.
:39:10. > :39:12.I want to put on record the public ser haven'ts in all parts of the
:39:13. > :39:15.public service go about thehr duties. We have to recognisd that.
:39:16. > :39:17.We also have to recognise the fact that pension schemes, like dvery
:39:18. > :39:19.other aspect of public expenditure have to be paid for by taxp`yers out
:39:20. > :39:21.of money taken by Government from their earnings. There is a
:39:22. > :39:23.consultation which has been going on. Ministers will consider that
:39:24. > :39:25.consultation and make their response in due course.
:39:26. > :39:28.Can we have a debate about vulnerable women services which are
:39:29. > :39:33.being cut. Women's charities made the point to me the biggest risk
:39:34. > :39:38.factor of domestic factor is of being a woman W the leader `nd the
:39:39. > :39:42.Government recognise it is not about access to toilets or trousers but
:39:43. > :39:48.vulnerable women's access to services.
:39:49. > :39:53.Well, if he will perhaps let me have some of the details of which he s
:39:54. > :39:57.based his question, I will draw them to the attention of my Right
:39:58. > :40:01.Honourable friend the Secretary of State for education, who has
:40:02. > :40:04.responsibilities for the wolen's equalities office. What is needed is
:40:05. > :40:09.a single -- THE SPEAKER: What is needed is a
:40:10. > :40:17.single short question. If they are heard they will be and if not they
:40:18. > :40:25.won't be. Can I associate mxself with the comments about Aberfan and
:40:26. > :40:29.the comments about Jo Cox.lx attend a ball for Emily Clark, who died
:40:30. > :40:34.sadly of cancer this year. Can we have a debate on the needs that
:40:35. > :40:40.young cancer patients have when they suffer from this terrible dhsease? I
:40:41. > :40:44.would want to associate mysdlf with expressions of sympathy and support
:40:45. > :40:50.for Emily's family and friends at an appalling loss. We need to lake
:40:51. > :40:58.sure, as a Government, that the NHS works hard on policies that are more
:40:59. > :41:02.effective in preventing, iddntifying and diagnosing and treating cancer
:41:03. > :41:07.in children and young peopld. As with all cancers we should be aware
:41:08. > :41:15.of how heartbreaking the cases are. . Is the Government preparing for a
:41:16. > :41:21.division or are the whips gdtting backbenchers to talk it out? Mr
:41:22. > :41:25.Speaker, on all of subjects private members' business, I have no idea
:41:26. > :41:29.whether people will seek to divide the House or not. Whether tdllers
:41:30. > :41:35.will be appointed. This is something on which the honourable gentleman
:41:36. > :41:39.will have to indulge in the pressures of -- pleasures of delayed
:41:40. > :41:43.anticipation. Farmers are bding forced to deal with antisochal
:41:44. > :41:49.behaviour from packs of offroad bikers. May we have a debatd on the
:41:50. > :41:54.impact of offroad biking and people riding rough shot over our
:41:55. > :42:01.countryside? I would deplord the behaviour that the honourable
:42:02. > :42:07.gentleman has described. Thdre are many offroad bikers who do observe
:42:08. > :42:13.the law and accept that thex have responsibilities in enjoying their
:42:14. > :42:17.pastime to respect the rights and the economic interests of the people
:42:18. > :42:21.who manage the countryside `nd people who live in the countryside.
:42:22. > :42:25.I hope that this, the particular problem he's described can be sorted
:42:26. > :42:29.out locally we fekive work by the police and the local authorhties. I
:42:30. > :42:35.am sure he will find opporttnities to raise this further in thd House
:42:36. > :42:38.if that is not possible. Yesterday myself and colleagues met
:42:39. > :42:45.with Immigration Ministers to discuss plans to build a short-term
:42:46. > :42:49.immigration centre in my locality. This will mean de... I didn't want a
:42:50. > :42:54.speech. I wanted a one answdr question. Can we have a deb`te on
:42:55. > :42:59.the UK's detention policy, which results in the UK detaining more
:43:00. > :43:04.people than... There'll be Home Office questions on Monday 31st He
:43:05. > :43:16.may have the opportunity to raise his concern then. Boka Harel
:43:17. > :43:23.continue to kidnap young girls would the House have a debate on this
:43:24. > :43:28.matter? Mr Speaker, the British Government is going all it can to
:43:29. > :43:35.support the Nigerian authorhties both in getting the return of those
:43:36. > :43:47.girls who have been abducted and in showing there is effective `ction
:43:48. > :43:51.against Bok, oh. There is a rise in hate crimes against foreign
:43:52. > :43:55.nationals and homophobic attacks since the referendum. Can I ask for
:43:56. > :44:00.a debate to not only discuss the problem but the action requhred to
:44:01. > :44:05.address this? Well, this has been raised with me at the last two
:44:06. > :44:09.business questions. I again say I condemn, as I think all members of
:44:10. > :44:13.all sides of the House and both sides on the referendum do the type
:44:14. > :44:17.of attack and abuse that shd has described. It has no place
:44:18. > :44:20.whatsoever in our politics. The Government has committed to
:44:21. > :44:23.produce a national ship building strategy by the term of the Autumn
:44:24. > :44:30.Statement. Will the House h`ve an opportunity to debate that, given
:44:31. > :44:36.the disgraceful delay in orders the type 26 frigates? Well, the type 26
:44:37. > :44:40.frigates are being built because there is a United Kingdom Royal Navy
:44:41. > :44:45.which is placing those orders in Scottish shipyards. Something that a
:44:46. > :44:51.separate Scotland would be tnable to promise. There will of course be
:44:52. > :44:55.many opportunities in this House to debate industrial strategy `nd to
:44:56. > :45:00.look at ship building as ond element in that. Thank you Mr Speakdr. Can
:45:01. > :45:08.the Leader of the House tell us when he intends to schedule the trgent
:45:09. > :45:21.debate of the House on the Canada EU trade deal? In due course.
:45:22. > :45:27.Thank you. Convicted crimin`l Lord Harringfield left jail and for a job
:45:28. > :45:29.for life in oh the other pl`ce. Why did the parliamentary authorities
:45:30. > :45:32.tell the court it was a matter for them to address rather than the
:45:33. > :45:37.court and will the leader of the House commit to reform?
:45:38. > :45:42.Well, this was all debated xesterday when we had a debate on the House of
:45:43. > :45:44.Lords. I don't think I have anything further to add to what my honourable
:45:45. > :45:45.friend said