:00:00. > :00:00.private members bills? That sounds to me likely further interesting
:00:00. > :00:12.submission to the government 's consultation. Could the leader of
:00:13. > :00:21.the house please give us thd forthcoming business? The btsiness
:00:22. > :00:29.for next week will be as follows. Monday the 31st of October. Second
:00:30. > :00:34.reading of the Cultural Property And Conflicts Bill. Tuesday the 1st of
:00:35. > :00:38.November, in consideration of amendments to the investigatory
:00:39. > :00:43.Powers Bill. Wednesday the 2nd of November, there will be deb`tes on
:00:44. > :00:47.opposition motions, including one relating to community pharm`cies.
:00:48. > :00:52.Thursday the 3rd of November, a general debate on the effect of the
:00:53. > :00:56.UK leaving the European Union on financial and other professhonal
:00:57. > :00:59.services. Followed by a deb`te on a motion on living wage week `nd
:01:00. > :01:05.implementation of the national living wage, these subjects having
:01:06. > :01:09.been determined by the backbench business committee. Friday the th
:01:10. > :01:14.of November, Private member 's bills. The provisional business for
:01:15. > :01:20.the following week will include on Monday the 7th of November, a
:01:21. > :01:25.general debate on exiting the EU and workers' rights. And Tuesdax the 8th
:01:26. > :01:32.of November, business to be nominated by the backbench business
:01:33. > :01:35.committee. Can I thank the leader of the house for the forthcoming
:01:36. > :01:39.business and can I start by saying, I am sure the leader of the house
:01:40. > :01:52.and you as well, Mr Speaker, will join me in being tribute to Jimmy
:01:53. > :01:56.Perry. He was the writer and creator of Dad's Army. I grew up watching
:01:57. > :02:06.this brilliantly written and acted series. The BBC were left alone to
:02:07. > :02:09.be creative, with the mandate to educate, entertain and perform. But
:02:10. > :02:16.it had some memorable catchphrases and it struck me that you could hear
:02:17. > :02:25.those catchphrases ringing `round number ten, so we hear the cry of
:02:26. > :02:28.don't panic! Or as the Primd Minister slaps down recalcitrant and
:02:29. > :02:33.wayward colleagues, you can hear her muttering, stupid boys. And when you
:02:34. > :02:50.ask their position on Brexit, the infamous Don't tell them, Phke!
:02:51. > :02:56.Will it be one cause, a serhes of causes, will they be no enactment to
:02:57. > :03:02.the EU law? At each one block through in secondary legisl`tion?
:03:03. > :03:07.The Prime Minister wants us to be a fully independent, sovereign nation.
:03:08. > :03:10.I thought we were. We passed the bedroom tax, gave taxpayers money to
:03:11. > :03:16.free schools, all that done over here in the last six years, not in
:03:17. > :03:23.Europe. We respect the result of the referendum, but we want to do what's
:03:24. > :03:28.best for the British people. What is in their best interests, including
:03:29. > :03:32.keeping them safe, because organised crime and terrorism knows no
:03:33. > :03:36.boundaries. The Prime Minister said on Monday that she wants
:03:37. > :03:39.co-operation on our shared security interests with Europe, so good we
:03:40. > :03:43.have a debate on government time, something the EU scrutiny committee
:03:44. > :03:49.has asked for, on whether wd opt into or out of the new Europol
:03:50. > :03:53.regulations. The government will meet to make a decision shortly so
:03:54. > :03:57.we need to debate this before the decision. I want to raise a matter
:03:58. > :04:04.that is purely parochial and that is the closure of eight librarx and Art
:04:05. > :04:08.Gallery in Walsall. I would invite you to visit the gallery, pdrhaps
:04:09. > :04:12.someone of your outreach visits You can see what an incredible speeds it
:04:13. > :04:16.is, art and culture free for everybody. Can I please ple`d with
:04:17. > :04:20.the leader of the house to lake representations to the Chancellor,
:04:21. > :04:26.who has recently signalled ` change in his austerity policies. Hf he
:04:27. > :04:32.would provide a proper settlement for local authorities, so wd can
:04:33. > :04:38.fulfil our statutory duties under the Public libraries and museums
:04:39. > :04:42.act. 16,000 children in Walsall live in poverty, many of them can't
:04:43. > :04:47.afford books, began afford the Internet. We want to give them
:04:48. > :04:53.opportunities and aspiration. Next week could see a strike at the
:04:54. > :04:57.Equalities Commission under a female Prime Minister under the background
:04:58. > :05:03.of a report from the World Dconomic Forum, pitting the UK in 20 position
:05:04. > :05:08.for the gender equality gap. Bizarrely, the commission h`ve
:05:09. > :05:14.created 22 posts at deputy director level or above, two additional
:05:15. > :05:18.150,000, consultants brought in to 150,000, consultants brought in to
:05:19. > :05:23.implement this restructure have cost the commission 240,000 last year
:05:24. > :05:30.alone, while lower paid staff these compulsory redundancies and a cut of
:05:31. > :05:35.20% in their budget. We need an urgent debate on why this body,
:05:36. > :05:42.which looks at discrimination, so vital at this time, is cutthng
:05:43. > :05:49.staff, when it will take 170 years to close the gender pay gap if we
:05:50. > :05:53.carry and at the current rate? The Prime Minister said she wanted to
:05:54. > :05:58.remove the European communities act on the statue group. She cannot do
:05:59. > :06:03.that, all she can do is repdal it. In any event, it is printed on
:06:04. > :06:08.vellum, so it will last 5000 years. Will the leader of the housd meet
:06:09. > :06:13.with me to discuss how eight ports, one in the house in 1989, and
:06:14. > :06:19.earlier this year, can be overturned by a committee of the house? This is
:06:20. > :06:27.not a Belgian moment, but rdspecting the democracy and sovereignty of
:06:28. > :06:31.this house. Speaker, if I c`n try to touch on the subjects she h`s
:06:32. > :06:37.raised. On the equality comlission, as she knows, this is operated under
:06:38. > :06:42.governments of all parties `t arms length from direct control by
:06:43. > :06:46.ministers for good reasons. But I will certainly make sure th`t
:06:47. > :06:49.comments are drawn to the attention of the relevant minister and I'm
:06:50. > :06:53.sure they will have been noted by the chief Executive and the
:06:54. > :06:59.directors of the commission itself. I thought that in her comments about
:07:00. > :07:03.poverty and the gender pay gap, she might at least have acknowlddged the
:07:04. > :07:08.fact that it is this Conservative government that is insisting that
:07:09. > :07:13.large employers published ddtails of the gender pay gap. We had 03 years
:07:14. > :07:18.of Labour government in which that issue was not tackled at all, and I
:07:19. > :07:22.am disappointed as well but in her comments about poverty, whether in
:07:23. > :07:27.Walsall or elsewhere, she olitted to mention that yesterday's figures
:07:28. > :07:32.from the Office of National Statistics showed that last year,
:07:33. > :07:38.the pay increase for people on the lowest wages in our society was
:07:39. > :07:41.thanks to the national living wage, significantly greater than that for
:07:42. > :07:48.any other group and well ovdr twice the rate of the pay increasd for the
:07:49. > :07:55.wealthiest people in societx. I hope that Walsall Council is indded able
:07:56. > :07:59.to preserve its museum and `rts centre. I would hope perhaps to be
:08:00. > :08:04.able to have the pleasure of visiting it one day, but it is also
:08:05. > :08:07.the case that local authorities just like central government
:08:08. > :08:15.departments, do have to takd rigorous decisions about prhorities,
:08:16. > :08:24.in setting their budgets for any particular year. I note what she
:08:25. > :08:28.said about Europol regulation. As the Prime Minister has said
:08:29. > :08:32.repeatedly, and as she demonstrated throughout her six years as Home
:08:33. > :08:37.Secretary, she and the entire government are committed to
:08:38. > :08:44.continuing very close working relationships between the United
:08:45. > :08:49.Kingdom and the other members of the European Union and indeed, Duropean
:08:50. > :08:55.countries outside the EU, on police and justice matters. It is hn our
:08:56. > :08:58.common interest that those relationships can be maintahned as
:08:59. > :09:05.we prepare to leave membership of the European union. She will have to
:09:06. > :09:11.wait until the Queen's speech to see details of the EU exit Bell and I
:09:12. > :09:16.doubt that she would have expected anything different at this stage.
:09:17. > :09:26.I'm fairly happy to talk to her about vellum. Although I do have to
:09:27. > :09:30.say that it has come to a pretty pass when the chief subjects chosen
:09:31. > :09:38.by the opposition front bench for the attack on the government is the
:09:39. > :09:45.use of calves or goats skins for the enrolment of official copies of
:09:46. > :09:49.parliamentary statutes. I al happy to join her in paying tribute to the
:09:50. > :09:52.latest Jimmy Perry and I thought it was a wonderful gesture, went
:09:53. > :09:59.outside Buckingham Palace e`rlier this week, the military band in the
:10:00. > :10:04.changing of the guards cerelony played the theme tune to Dad's Army
:10:05. > :10:08.as a tribute to Jimmy Perry, but I do think, when I look across at the
:10:09. > :10:14.opposition and particularly when I'm their faces during Prime Minister's
:10:15. > :10:26.Questions, with and that coles to my mind is, they don't it up them.
:10:27. > :10:36.-- they don't like it up thdm. Could we talk about the value of
:10:37. > :10:38.allotments? Healthy fruit and vegetables are imported and where
:10:39. > :10:46.there are no town councils protecting areas, with local plans,
:10:47. > :10:53.builders are building on allotments and we don't want to see anx more of
:10:54. > :10:57.that. I think that support for allotments, recognition of the value
:10:58. > :11:00.of allotments, is a principle shared by many honourable members right
:11:01. > :11:06.across the house. I endorse what my honourable friend has said. Such is
:11:07. > :11:10.the commitment that I know the majority of members on the Labour
:11:11. > :11:17.benches keep urging their own party leader to spend many more hours on
:11:18. > :11:20.his allotment. Can I also thank the leader of the house and announcing
:11:21. > :11:26.the business for next week `nd can I also paid tribute to Jimmy Perry?
:11:27. > :11:27.I'd hate to see, we are all doomed, Mr Speaker. Perhaps we are tnder
:11:28. > :11:39.this particular government. Congratulations to Candy 's for
:11:40. > :11:45.winning the Great British B`ke Off. -- congratulations to Candice. I
:11:46. > :11:53.thought maybe soggy and crispy would be useful to define Brexit. No other
:11:54. > :11:58.shortages of definitions. I like the idea of a flexible Brexit as
:11:59. > :12:02.announced by the First Minister of Scotland, FlexBrex where thd nations
:12:03. > :12:08.of the UK have their own distinct approaches to this we are usefully
:12:09. > :12:15.seen debates about Brexit. How about the debate about the nations so we
:12:16. > :12:19.can determine what we need from the European Union? There is a petition
:12:20. > :12:22.kicking around which is askhng this House to have a debate and organise
:12:23. > :12:28.a process to kick Scotland out of the union. I am thinking, what can
:12:29. > :12:32.possibly go wrong with such a petition? Imagine the prospdct if it
:12:33. > :12:35.got into the hands of somebody who wanted to make mischief. Ond of my
:12:36. > :12:41.honourable friend managed to secure a debate on this issue if it got to
:12:42. > :12:45.100,000 signatures. Would the leader of the House join me in appdaling to
:12:46. > :12:50.the good people of this nathon, do not sign this petition and dnsure
:12:51. > :12:53.that this disaster does not come to pass? Lastly, we have been waiting a
:12:54. > :12:58.long time for the government to introduce green paper on thd health
:12:59. > :13:02.and work programme. I am wondering if the leader of the House has an
:13:03. > :13:06.update? This is an important piece of legislation which plug the gap in
:13:07. > :13:09.disability. If the leader of the House can tell us whether wd will
:13:10. > :13:12.see this soon, can he possibly do that?
:13:13. > :13:19.On the honourable gentleman's last point, I know my right honotrable
:13:20. > :13:20.friend, the Secretary of St`te for Work and Pensions, regards that
:13:21. > :13:28.green paper as a very high priority. It will bring together a nulber of
:13:29. > :13:32.approaches proposed by the government, which I hope and believe
:13:33. > :13:35.will command a lot of cross,party support in this place. We cdrtainly
:13:36. > :13:40.hope that will be published in the near future.
:13:41. > :13:47.In terms of his comments about. . Our departure from the European
:13:48. > :13:53.Union, I mean, as the meeting of the... Plenary session of the joint
:13:54. > :13:56.ministerial committee earlidr this meet demonstrated, the Primd
:13:57. > :14:03.Minister and the government remained committed to the full involvement of
:14:04. > :14:09.the three devolved administrations. In the preparation of our
:14:10. > :14:13.negotiating position. We want to maintain that engagement as we go
:14:14. > :14:19.forward in the months ahead. Mr Speaker, there will be opportunities
:14:20. > :14:21.in the debate that I have announced today and in subsequent gendral
:14:22. > :14:26.debates on different aspects of our EU membership for members from
:14:27. > :14:29.Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to make all the points they wish to
:14:30. > :14:34.make about the particular interests of the nation 's which they
:14:35. > :14:36.represent here. And of their constituents in particular. So
:14:37. > :14:43.Gregory Knight. Can we have a debate on makhng
:14:44. > :14:46.better use of natural resources Is the leader of the house is `ware
:14:47. > :14:51.that in the next few days, we are going to go through the ridhculous
:14:52. > :14:54.ritual of putting our clocks back, thereby plunging the nation into
:14:55. > :14:59.darkness and misery by mid afternoon? Can we look again at the
:15:00. > :15:04.benefits of using some time in winter? Ed Woodward juice road
:15:05. > :15:07.accidents and boost tourism. -- it would reduce road accidents. My
:15:08. > :15:15.right honourable friend has, for many years, been a strong advocate
:15:16. > :15:21.of changes to the current arrangements for summertime. As he
:15:22. > :15:24.knows, there was not agreemdnt between different parts of the
:15:25. > :15:29.United Kingdom about the wax forward. I do think that on a
:15:30. > :15:33.subject like this, the unitx of the United Kingdom and respecting
:15:34. > :15:37.interests of all parts of the United Kingdom is a very important matter.
:15:38. > :15:38.The government has no plans to bring forward changes in legislathon at
:15:39. > :15:48.the moment. Jimmy Thank you, Mr Speaker. I met with
:15:49. > :15:54.primary headteachers in my constituency and they are concerned
:15:55. > :15:57.about the fiasco that was the SATs last year in terms of content and
:15:58. > :15:59.administration. Can we have a full debate on the whole issue, to avoid
:16:00. > :16:10.the chaos and upset in future years? Mr Speaker, there were some quite
:16:11. > :16:14.far-reaching changes to SATs introduce last year. The
:16:15. > :16:20.government's belief is that the outcome of those changes will be to
:16:21. > :16:23.drive an improvement in overall standards amongst our
:16:24. > :16:28.schoolchildren. Something that we very much need to see. But hn
:16:29. > :16:35.recognition of the disruption but that did cause to teachers' lives
:16:36. > :16:38.and headteachers' lives, thd government has also agreed that
:16:39. > :16:44.there should now be a pause on any further changes. It explains why,
:16:45. > :16:48.for example, we have decided not to proceed with the proposal that
:16:49. > :16:52.children should be retested at the end of their primary school career.
:16:53. > :16:59.May we have a debate on the importance of our protection of the
:17:00. > :17:02.green belt and requirement from local authorities to maintahn
:17:03. > :17:05.adequate Brownfield register in order to prioritise developlent In
:17:06. > :17:09.my region, recently, greater Manchester, the spatial fralework
:17:10. > :17:14.called for the development of large swathes of the green belt. With my
:17:15. > :17:18.constituency of Cheadle set to lose much of its natural landscape.
:17:19. > :17:25.My honourable friend is a formidable champion of the green belt `nd
:17:26. > :17:30.interests of her constituents in Cheadle in particular. I am sure
:17:31. > :17:37.that she will be making surd her constituents' voice is heard loudly
:17:38. > :17:40.at all stages of the consultation and public examination of the
:17:41. > :17:44.proposals that she has described to the House today.
:17:45. > :17:55.Mr Speaker, residing and representing in a constituency that
:17:56. > :17:59.has no British summertime works for us. I hope there is no change. Can I
:18:00. > :18:03.thank the leader of the House for the business announcement? Can I
:18:04. > :18:07.point out that we have an application on the stocks, the
:18:08. > :18:11.leader would have exchanges, with the equalities questions.
:18:12. > :18:15.International men's day, 17th of November, that is a Thursdax. If we
:18:16. > :18:21.can accommodate that that would be great. Can we also have a ddbate in
:18:22. > :18:25.government time, something which is impacting on many of my constituents
:18:26. > :18:32.on the way in which DWP is administering universal credits The
:18:33. > :18:37.claims from our constituents, there are seemingly impossible Catch- 2
:18:38. > :18:42.style hoops to jump through. And almost Kafkaesque rules deshgned to
:18:43. > :18:47.disallow at delaying legitilate claims from constituents. It is a
:18:48. > :18:49.scandal, the number of people waited many weeks of any means of support
:18:50. > :18:57.for themselves. I will do my best to accommodate his
:18:58. > :19:01.committee, over the 17th of November. Though he will appreciate
:19:02. > :19:07.I can't give a firm promise today. On his point about universal credit,
:19:08. > :19:12.of course, this is being ph`sed in precisely to try to identifx any
:19:13. > :19:18.potential flaws and minimisd the risk of teething troubles. H will
:19:19. > :19:20.certainly report his concern back to my right honourable friend, the
:19:21. > :19:27.Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. But we do have to remember
:19:28. > :19:31.that universal credit is not only... A much simpler method of
:19:32. > :19:39.administering a very, very complex old system of... Welfare support for
:19:40. > :19:43.people in need. But it has `lso so far, demonstrated it is pretty
:19:44. > :19:47.effective in helping to get people back to work, who are able to work.
:19:48. > :19:51.And providing support for pdople who need that support.
:19:52. > :19:57.Thank you, Mr Speaker. Maybd have a debate on the use to which these
:19:58. > :20:00.premises may be put for, following reports that outrageously, ` member
:20:01. > :20:06.of the House of Lords presided over an event in which Israel was
:20:07. > :20:10.complained State and the duds well blamed for
:20:11. > :20:26.I read newspaper reports of the event in question. I was genuinely
:20:27. > :20:36.horrified by the speech that was reported there. I don't want to
:20:37. > :20:44.treat every news article as gospel but we should be very concerned
:20:45. > :20:47.about what happened. I hope this appears to have been an event
:20:48. > :20:52.organised by a leading membdr of the Liberal Democrat party, that the
:20:53. > :20:57.leader of the party does latnch an immediate and thorough
:20:58. > :21:00.investigation, so we can get to the truth and any appropriate
:21:01. > :21:04.disciplinary action can be taken. Does the leader of the housd
:21:05. > :21:07.recognised that the acute fhnancial crisis in Walsall, which has been
:21:08. > :21:11.mentioned by my honourable friend, which is one that cries out for
:21:12. > :21:16.ministerial action? This crhsis has arisen because of the last six
:21:17. > :21:22.years, the amount of central government money to the borough has
:21:23. > :21:25.been reduced by over 60%. Now we have libraries, essential sdrvices,
:21:26. > :21:28.the new art gallery opened by the Queen at the beginning of the
:21:29. > :21:34.central all in danger of behng closed or slashed to the bone. -
:21:35. > :21:37.beginning of the century. It is unacceptable. What is the government
:21:38. > :21:42.going to do in order to savd the situation from the crisis which is
:21:43. > :21:47.now occurring and it is due entirely to the way in which this government
:21:48. > :21:51.has treated this borough in the last six years. I will certainly draw the
:21:52. > :21:56.honourable gentleman's concdrns about his borough to the attention
:21:57. > :21:59.of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
:22:00. > :22:01.But I have to put it to him that very difficult decisions about
:22:02. > :22:06.spending are having to be addressed by both central and local government
:22:07. > :22:10.as a consequence of the irresponsible borrowing polhcies
:22:11. > :22:12.that were pursued by the government which he supported for 13 w`sted
:22:13. > :22:21.years. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr McGonagle
:22:22. > :22:30.in my constituency conduct le in regards to a parking ticket by CPM
:22:31. > :22:34.UK Car Park management. I h`ve tried to contact them five times `nd they
:22:35. > :22:38.have not even acknowledged le. We'll be leader allow for a debatd on the
:22:39. > :22:43.regulation of private parking companies?
:22:44. > :22:48.Well, I note what my honour`ble friend has said and he has obviously
:22:49. > :22:54.put this particular case on the record today. He might want to apply
:22:55. > :22:58.for an adjournment debate from you, Mr Speaker. Very wise.
:22:59. > :23:08.Can we have a debate entitldd Project Fear so the leader of the
:23:09. > :23:13.House and the former Chancellor in particular can reflect on the wisdom
:23:14. > :23:16.of presenting the case of ldaving the European Union has a short-term
:23:17. > :23:19.apocalyptic budgetary disaster as opposed to concentrating on the
:23:20. > :23:23.medium term damage that will certainly be done to this country
:23:24. > :23:26.through a withdrawal from the European single market placd? Given
:23:27. > :23:31.the leader of the House personally was up to his neck in Project Fear,
:23:32. > :23:35.can he give this house an assurance that never again will there be a
:23:36. > :23:37.blatant abuse of Treasury statistics and forecast in any future
:23:38. > :23:41.referendum that might come `long? LAUGHTER
:23:42. > :23:46.I have to say to the right honourable gentleman that it
:23:47. > :23:48.probably embarrasses him now, he and I were on the same side in the
:23:49. > :23:59.referendum. To be honest, Mr Speaker, there is
:24:00. > :24:04.little point on ask conducthng postmortems into the referendum
:24:05. > :24:08.campaign. Whatever the reasons that led people to vote as the w`y they
:24:09. > :24:14.did, the turnout was at or `bove general election levels. And the
:24:15. > :24:20.outcome, although it was a narrow margin, was decisive and cldar. It
:24:21. > :24:23.is respected not just by parties in this house but by the other 27
:24:24. > :24:28.governments within the European Union. We now have to get on with
:24:29. > :24:32.the task of negotiating the best possible deal for British chtizens
:24:33. > :24:39.and for British business in these new circumstances.
:24:40. > :24:47.At this time of year, postal volume starts to increase and it's high
:24:48. > :24:52.time we had a debate about the sorting office. If this werd to
:24:53. > :24:59.close at Christmas, my constituents would have a 15 mile to collect
:25:00. > :25:06.parcels. It's completely unacceptable. I know my honourable
:25:07. > :25:10.friend is going to be vigil`nt in defending services availabld to his
:25:11. > :25:20.constituents. We do have on Tuesday the 8th of November oral qudstions
:25:21. > :25:31.on this service and he may be able to pursue this further than will
:25:32. > :25:34.stop Hamas leader of the hotse of me can have an urgent debate or as
:25:35. > :25:36.statement from the government so they can outline their plans to
:25:37. > :25:45.address this crisis and particularly about local government fundhng? I
:25:46. > :25:48.think it is certainly a priority of my right honourable friend the
:25:49. > :25:57.Health Secretary to make sure that we plan a future in which hdalth and
:25:58. > :26:03.social care are closely intdgrated to make sure the best possible
:26:04. > :26:08.service is available to constituents. It is the casd at the
:26:09. > :26:12.moment that average lengths of stay in hospital have fallen since this
:26:13. > :26:19.government first came to office which suggests that discharges,
:26:20. > :26:26.there are difficulties and challenges, but it does suggest that
:26:27. > :26:35.the local health and social services managers are responding to the
:26:36. > :26:39.challenge. He mentioned the CQC The CQC did say that more than 70% of
:26:40. > :26:48.adult social services should be rated as good or outstanding. Would
:26:49. > :26:52.he provide me with some guidance as to the best way that my constituents
:26:53. > :26:58.can get value for money frol their local council, when it was reported
:26:59. > :27:04.this week that they had spent three quarters of ?1 million on traffic
:27:05. > :27:09.consultants in the four months? On top of this, they wasted a lot of
:27:10. > :27:13.money on a bus lane that was very expensive, but lasted for only 1
:27:14. > :27:20.days. Painted double yellow lines across the middle-of-the-ro`d and
:27:21. > :27:24.spelt schools incorrectly in one of their signs. Can he let me know what
:27:25. > :27:31.I can do about this dysfunctional council? My honourable friend is
:27:32. > :27:35.doing a service to her constituents in highlighting these examples of
:27:36. > :27:40.wasteful expenditure. It dods demonstrate a point, that it is not
:27:41. > :27:44.just a question about centr`l government grants to local
:27:45. > :27:50.authorities, it is a question of local authorities getting things
:27:51. > :27:55.right and not making the type of mistake of getting prioritids wrong
:27:56. > :27:58.in the way she has described. In the medium-term, the answer to her
:27:59. > :28:05.constituents is to secure a change by voting for the Conservathve
:28:06. > :28:12.majority counsel. I've had `n enjoyable tour of South East
:28:13. > :28:19.Cornwall, and colleagues can study it in the long evenings that lie
:28:20. > :28:29.ahead. Earlier this year, Greenwich clinical commissioning group awarded
:28:30. > :28:41.a contract to Serco Help without consultation. Can we have a debate
:28:42. > :28:45.about the adequacy of Greenwich CCG? If he has evidence that the proper
:28:46. > :28:51.procedures were not followed in this particular case, I would be happy to
:28:52. > :28:55.parcels on to health ministdrs, if you would like week to send me
:28:56. > :29:01.those, that information. I pick my general point would be, that of
:29:02. > :29:05.course it's important is addquate public consultation and/or proper
:29:06. > :29:11.processes followed, that it is right that clinical commissioning groups
:29:12. > :29:15.should be free to decide whdther they go to a voluntary sector
:29:16. > :29:19.provider, a charity sector provider, in some cases the private sdctor
:29:20. > :29:23.provider, on the basis of what is going to give the best qualhty free
:29:24. > :29:36.treatment to the patients who they serve. Two years ago, there was a
:29:37. > :29:40.tragic accident at a fireworks depot in Stafford, in which peopld lost
:29:41. > :29:45.their lives, and surrounding businesses were greatly disturbed
:29:46. > :29:50.and had to close for some thme. However, I understand that dven now,
:29:51. > :29:54.it is not required for anyone applying for a licence to hold
:29:55. > :29:57.fireworks to show that they have business insurance policies which
:29:58. > :30:00.protects against those sort of preferences. Could we have ` debate
:30:01. > :30:04.on this and a debate which would also include the kind of support
:30:05. > :30:12.given double people and bushnesses who are affected by tragic dvents?
:30:13. > :30:16.In view of the approach of the th of November, he might want to seek
:30:17. > :30:21.an adjournment debate on thhs particular subject. I'll certainly
:30:22. > :30:26.draw his concerns to the attention of the appropriate ministers, and I
:30:27. > :30:28.think we're all aware from ` constituency experience, of cases
:30:29. > :30:36.where people have suffered the most horrific injuries as a result of
:30:37. > :30:40.either the abuse of fireworks by hooligans or just do a ghastly
:30:41. > :30:47.accident. And all sensible safety precautions ought to be takdn so
:30:48. > :30:50.that people can avoid such ` risk. You talked of the long wintdr
:30:51. > :30:56.evenings that lie ahead. Thdre are all long -- there are also long
:30:57. > :31:02.winter days lying ahead. Can we have a debate on how we should protection
:31:03. > :31:06.to our police and doorkeepers staff as they stand in any draughty places
:31:07. > :31:11.in this building, looking after us, protecting us, but in the freezing
:31:12. > :31:15.cold. In particular, I'm concerned about the police officer who has to
:31:16. > :31:22.stand at the entrance into the underground station. The exht from
:31:23. > :31:24.the Colonnade and the exit from portcullis house, is partictlarly
:31:25. > :31:33.cold and draughty and standhng there for a few hours is pretty cold. Can
:31:34. > :31:37.we look at that? Clap questhon reminds us all the debt we owe to
:31:38. > :31:46.all staff in the House of Commons and two contracted staff. And
:31:47. > :31:53.especially to those questions - people who are responsible for our
:31:54. > :32:04.safety. I am sure you will look at the particular problem she has
:32:05. > :32:09.identified, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, the Prime Minister emphasisdd the
:32:10. > :32:14.importance of building local consensus around local government
:32:15. > :32:20.reorganisation. Can we have an early debate to indicate from the
:32:21. > :32:24.government how they can fachlitate this process by, for exampld,
:32:25. > :32:28.insisting that any consultation should be honest, open and
:32:29. > :32:36.transparent, which is certahnly not what the consultation in Dorset has
:32:37. > :32:43.so far been? I heard the qudstion to the Prime Minister yesterdax and her
:32:44. > :32:46.answer. He spoke fiercely in support of his own local authorities and I
:32:47. > :32:52.am sure he will persist in that campaign. I would think that an
:32:53. > :32:55.adjournment debate, either here or in Westminster Hall, might be the
:32:56. > :33:01.right way to pursue that particular cause. Thank you. I'm not so sure
:33:02. > :33:21.about That's Ahmed. -- Dad's Are Made. The government's
:33:22. > :33:28.answer to everything at the moment distributed into a Bill in the house
:33:29. > :33:32.of Lords. The government minister last night was unable to reply
:33:33. > :33:35.whether we are going to havd leathers and part two, which has
:33:36. > :33:45.been guaranteed many times hn this house. Will the leader of gtys make
:33:46. > :33:48.sure that this does now happen? The key point about Leveson two is the
:33:49. > :33:52.government has been consistdnt in saying we will not announce a
:33:53. > :33:57.decision on that until the completion of all criminal
:33:58. > :34:01.proceedings arising out of the phone tapping allegations. We havd not yet
:34:02. > :34:03.come to the end of those proceedings, so it would not be
:34:04. > :34:12.right at the moment for the government come forward the
:34:13. > :34:15.decision. Many members are trying to catch my eye, but I'm keen to
:34:16. > :34:19.conclude proceedings on the statement by half past 11, so there
:34:20. > :34:31.is a premium on brevity frol both back in front benches. Yestdrday, we
:34:32. > :34:37.celebrated the accession in India. On the subject of light, we
:34:38. > :34:47.celebrate Duvalier. Will my right honourable friend join with me in
:34:48. > :35:03.wishing hinges and six are happy and prosperous New Year. I think I will
:35:04. > :35:06.wholeheartedly endorse his call for a Diwali greetings to go to all
:35:07. > :35:11.people of Indian heritage to celebrate the great feast, `nd if
:35:12. > :35:17.since you mentioned Kashmir, there would be no better way in which to
:35:18. > :35:21.mark the Festival of Diwali then to see progress towards a much yearned
:35:22. > :35:27.for a settlement in Kashmir that would finally bring about pdace and
:35:28. > :35:34.an end to the tension and conflict that has beset that beautiftl part
:35:35. > :35:37.of the world for far too long. This government seems to enjoy spending
:35:38. > :35:43.lots of money in the south of England and dislike spending any
:35:44. > :35:49.money in the north of England. Infrastructure projects that would
:35:50. > :35:52.boost the Northern economy, such as a motorway link that would transform
:35:53. > :36:01.parts of the Northern econoly. When we have a serious debate on this? I
:36:02. > :36:04.think he ought to go and talk to some of the council leaders, Labour
:36:05. > :36:10.council leaders, in the North of England, who have worked closely
:36:11. > :36:13.with the government to champion the northern Powerhouse project,
:36:14. > :36:17.including many important infrastructure projects. I know as
:36:18. > :36:23.well but leaders in the north of this country have broadly speaking
:36:24. > :36:29.welcomed warmly the governmdnt announcement about airports this
:36:30. > :36:35.week. Last Thursday, I thoroughly enjoyed attending the Korby sports
:36:36. > :36:39.awards, where we celebrate sporting achievement in our town. Can we have
:36:40. > :36:44.a debate next week on grassroots sport and the vital role
:36:45. > :36:50.volunteering plays within that, not just in my constituency, but across
:36:51. > :36:59.the country. Grassroots sports parliamentarian of the year, which
:37:00. > :37:04.used to modest to mention. H am happy to add my congratulathons to
:37:05. > :37:08.yours advises that most of ts are somewhat in all of the YouTtbe video
:37:09. > :37:14.of the sports minister demonstrating her footballing skills that has
:37:15. > :37:20.appeared online in the past 24 hours. There will be an opportunity
:37:21. > :37:24.on Thursday the 3rd of Novelber for questions to the Department for
:37:25. > :37:29.culture, media and sport and that will give him the opportunity he
:37:30. > :37:32.seeks. Can we have a debate on the government's policy on light rail
:37:33. > :37:37.schemes, we don't know what the policy is. In Leeds, we havd a crazy
:37:38. > :37:44.situation with the government made the brave decision of seeing we
:37:45. > :37:48.could keep some budget and not wasted on the trolley bus scheme,
:37:49. > :37:54.but no lowering roots of wrhtten on other things. Tammy have a debate on
:37:55. > :38:00.this? I can't offer him a ddbate in government time in the near future,
:38:01. > :38:07.he may have other opportunities but I will ask the relevant minhster to
:38:08. > :38:11.write to him about the Leeds scheme. Can we have a debate on school
:38:12. > :38:15.crossing patrols and will you join me in praising the wonderful road
:38:16. > :38:20.safety ruled out lollipop l`dies and indeed lollipop men play in our
:38:21. > :38:28.communities, come rain or shine While I can't offer our deb`tes I'm
:38:29. > :38:32.happy to endorse his tributd to lollipop men and ladies and I think
:38:33. > :38:36.many others over the years have had children of our own who havd
:38:37. > :38:42.benefited from the addition`l safety they provide to children in going to
:38:43. > :38:50.school crossing busy roads. Can I join others in asking for a debate
:38:51. > :38:55.in government time on the ctts to the equalities and human rights
:38:56. > :38:59.commission? Given that this industrial action involves the
:39:00. > :39:06.lowest paid staff and threat of compulsory redundancy, surely it's
:39:07. > :39:11.time to have a debate. I wotld direct him either to the possibility
:39:12. > :39:16.of an adjournment debate or perhaps, if there is sufficient support, a
:39:17. > :39:22.backbench business committed debate on this subject. The commission
:39:23. > :39:27.rightly is at arms length from government decisions. We do not as
:39:28. > :39:29.ministers, interfere in its day-to-day operations, but H hope
:39:30. > :39:36.the commission will always have regard to the need, both to provide
:39:37. > :39:45.value for money by the taxp`yer and to try to work to improve morale
:39:46. > :39:50.within its own staff. May wd have consideration of a debate on local
:39:51. > :39:55.authorities' ability to introduce blanket traffic regulation orders to
:39:56. > :40:00.stop the problems that often occur in many residential and urb`n areas,
:40:01. > :40:06.of parking on grass verges `nd inconsiderate parking?
:40:07. > :40:13.I will draw that issue to the attention of transport ministers.
:40:14. > :40:18.Part of the problem is that we often find in our own constituents'
:40:19. > :40:21.experience, we will have different constituents who argue on opposite
:40:22. > :40:24.sides about any particular location. But I shall ask the minister
:40:25. > :40:28.responsible for parking to write to him.
:40:29. > :40:34.One of the disturbing aspects of the Panama paper 's revelations was that
:40:35. > :40:42.more than half the companies for whom they acted were in British
:40:43. > :40:46.linked tax havens. HMRC has commenced negotiations and new
:40:47. > :40:53.treaties with Crown dependencies but currently there is no provision for
:40:54. > :40:58.this House to consider the outcome. Can we have a debate in this House
:40:59. > :41:01.to ensure that these tax trdaties are properly scrutinised and
:41:02. > :41:08.thoroughly understood beford being ratified?
:41:09. > :41:12.There are opportunities, particularly through the select
:41:13. > :41:16.committee system to pursue these things in much greater detahl. And
:41:17. > :41:20.to question ministers about arrangements with all of thd
:41:21. > :41:26.relevant British Overseas Territories. I will hope thd
:41:27. > :41:30.honourable gentleman will acknowledge that this government has
:41:31. > :41:35.taken more determined and effective action than any of its preddcessors
:41:36. > :41:43.to improve the standards of transparency and reporting on behalf
:41:44. > :41:48.of our overseas territories. And to Pioneer international agreelents to
:41:49. > :41:52.try to stamp out tax evasion and to limit tax avoidance. Can we have a
:41:53. > :41:57.debate, it may need to pick a long one, and how out of touch the BBC is
:41:58. > :42:03.with the general public is with the United Kingdom -- and it max need to
:42:04. > :42:08.be a long one. It confirms that the BBC board more copies of thd
:42:09. > :42:12.Guardian there any other national newspaper despite it only bding the
:42:13. > :42:18.eighth most popular daily ndwspaper with the British public? -- the BBC
:42:19. > :42:24.bought more copies. 70,000 copies, which they are keeping the Guardian
:42:25. > :42:28.a flood. Does this not show how out of touch the BBC are with the
:42:29. > :42:32.general public across the country? Should not expect the National state
:42:33. > :42:33.broadcaster to be more in ttne and represent the people it is supposed
:42:34. > :42:44.to represent. Mr Speaker, there will be a chance
:42:45. > :42:50.next Thursday at the CMS qudstions to pursue concerns about thd BBC.
:42:51. > :42:56.They can answer questions about the newspaper subscriptions. I think the
:42:57. > :43:00.evidence suggests most people in this country do value the programmes
:43:01. > :43:06.that the BBC producers on both television and radio. While we
:43:07. > :43:11.should certainly be on the watch for any examples of waste or spdnding or
:43:12. > :43:17.abuse of the kind like my honourable friend has described, we shouldn't
:43:18. > :43:19.neglect the realities, that the BBC is a formidable soft power `sset for
:43:20. > :43:26.the influence of the Kingdol, globally. I'm amazed so far the
:43:27. > :43:33.government hasn't produced ` statement about whether thex could
:43:34. > :43:38.rectify in relation to the pension scheme. We saw the deficit ridden
:43:39. > :43:42.down from ?700 million, ?250 million. This is an integral part to
:43:43. > :43:47.the future of the British Steel industry. What are ministers doing
:43:48. > :43:52.in terms of talks around it? Will they give clarification as to what
:43:53. > :43:56.support they would give the SPS team going forward in future? Thd future
:43:57. > :44:03.for the British steel pension scheme is linked to decisions that Tata
:44:04. > :44:08.Steel need to take about thd future of its steel-making operations in
:44:09. > :44:11.the United Kingdom. The govdrnment consulted last May on options to
:44:12. > :44:16.make changes to the pension scheme and we got more than 4500 rdsponses.
:44:17. > :44:21.We are continuing not only to consider these but to speak to all
:44:22. > :44:26.interested parties about thd sale of the steel business, the indhcations
:44:27. > :44:29.for the pension scheme and wide implications for the pension
:44:30. > :44:36.industry. These are delicatd, sensitive talks. As the honourable
:44:37. > :44:40.gentleman knows, on those t`lks hinge the fate of many jobs in the
:44:41. > :44:44.United Kingdom. We will respond in due course. We think it would be
:44:45. > :44:48.premature to make such a st`tement now. There are business questions
:44:49. > :44:55.coming up and he may be abld to raise this point. With regard to the
:44:56. > :45:00.restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster, could I ask
:45:01. > :45:04.for a full debate on the nedd for a decamped in order to optimise the
:45:05. > :45:07.commercial and operational benefits of this? In addition, with some 20
:45:08. > :45:11.years commercial experience in this sector, what are we doing to harness
:45:12. > :45:15.sector skills including specialist apprenticeships? Due to the scale of
:45:16. > :45:24.the project and availabilitx? My honourable friend makes ` very
:45:25. > :45:32.good point indeed. We will certainly have a debate. If there is `
:45:33. > :45:40.division, a vote in this Hotse, to decide whether we wish to approve
:45:41. > :45:43.the approach set out in the joint select committee report. It will be
:45:44. > :45:47.as soon as possible. But I `m not in a position to announce a date today.
:45:48. > :45:52.My honourable friend made a very good point. She drew attenthon to
:45:53. > :46:02.the fact that the committee 's report itself said that this project
:46:03. > :46:03.would, if approved, provide huge opportunities for British industry,
:46:04. > :46:09.both manufacturers and servhce industries. And the opportunity to
:46:10. > :46:10.develop specialist skills and bring on apprentices in the way she has
:46:11. > :46:20.described. ... Someone withdrew ?500 for my
:46:21. > :46:24.constituent's account at a branch he had never been to, far from his
:46:25. > :46:27.home, because the person can reproduce his signature frol a long
:46:28. > :46:30.lost driving licence and apparently their eyes look similar. No card or
:46:31. > :46:34.pain were required and they will not give his money back, can we have a
:46:35. > :46:37.debate on the duty of banks to refund customers money they give
:46:38. > :46:42.away in error and the lack of protection offered to custolers by
:46:43. > :46:45.the financial ombudsman? -- no card all PIN were required. It is
:46:46. > :46:49.difficult to respond in det`il without knowing the specifics of
:46:50. > :46:54.that particular case. If thd honourable lady would care to write
:46:55. > :46:59.to me, I will pass that to the responsible minister and ask for a
:47:00. > :47:03.reply to be sent to her dirdct. Can we please have a debate on the
:47:04. > :47:07.observation of the child mahntenance service? Despite the change of name,
:47:08. > :47:10.the problems which beset thd child support agency have been replaced
:47:11. > :47:15.with a new set of genuine complaints. Such as fathers being
:47:16. > :47:19.assessed on their gross earnings from two and three years ago, even
:47:20. > :47:22.though they have provided evidence to the CMS that they are now on a
:47:23. > :47:28.lower wage. I will flag my honourable friend's
:47:29. > :47:34.concerns to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. It is in all
:47:35. > :47:38.our interests that the child maintenance service works
:47:39. > :47:44.efficiently and fairly in m`king sure the children get the stpport to
:47:45. > :47:47.which they are entitled. Let's never forget, if the children who should
:47:48. > :47:53.be at the heart of child mahntenance policy. But I agree with hil. It is
:47:54. > :47:56.also important that the CMS get its calculation is correct and we don't
:47:57. > :47:58.end up with people being saddled with bills which they are not
:47:59. > :48:06.actually supposed to be payhng. The Chairman of Network Rail has
:48:07. > :48:11.said there is a funding gap that could mean that the Swansea - London
:48:12. > :48:16.electrification project won't be completed. May we have a st`tement
:48:17. > :48:22.on the delivery of this important large-scale project? So far, we ve
:48:23. > :48:24.had four years of expensive procrastination on the Swansea-
:48:25. > :48:31.Cardiff section. Wales deserves better. And this impact needs
:48:32. > :48:36.resolving. My right honourable friend the Transport Secret`ry is
:48:37. > :48:41.currently considering the priorities that he wants to set for tr`nsport
:48:42. > :48:46.infrastructure in the years to come. Of course, my right honourable
:48:47. > :48:49.friend, the Chancellor of the cheque Exchequer is preparing his @utumn
:48:50. > :48:53.Statement when some of thesd issues will be a chest -- Chancellor of the
:48:54. > :48:56.Exchequer. We will provide lore clarity to the whole of the house
:48:57. > :49:01.before very much longer -- hssues will be addressed. INAUDIBLD
:49:02. > :49:05.And 8% of football fans said they would stop following their team if
:49:06. > :49:10.they signed a gay player. Unfortunate comments from the FA and
:49:11. > :49:15.advised against it. Can we have a debate on homophobia in football and
:49:16. > :49:20.mail team sports more gener`lly -- and male team sports. If he has the
:49:21. > :49:27.opportunity to raise that concern at the forthcoming DCMS questions, you
:49:28. > :49:32.will find ministers would endorse, wholeheartedly, his call for
:49:33. > :49:36.homophobia and, particular, the expression of some pretty vhle
:49:37. > :49:38.homophobic slogans and senthments to be driven out of sport altogether.
:49:39. > :49:48.It has no place in sport. In many parts of the countrx, the
:49:49. > :49:51.number of women accepting invitations for cervical and breast
:49:52. > :49:58.screening tests has reached its lowest level in 18 years. Whth
:49:59. > :50:06.women's health APPG heard there are particular barrels -- barridrs with
:50:07. > :50:10.certain women in accessing these tests, can we have a debate to
:50:11. > :50:11.understand how we could help women get every opportunity to attend
:50:12. > :50:20.these life-saving tests? I will certainly draw the Hdalth
:50:21. > :50:24.Secretary's attention to thd concern that she has expressed todax.
:50:25. > :50:31.With some of the harder to reach groups that she has mentiondd in her
:50:32. > :50:35.question, it's not simply jtst that, this was the implication of the
:50:36. > :50:38.question, not simply just h`ving the screening service available. It is
:50:39. > :50:45.making sure that women concdrned know about it. And that thex feel
:50:46. > :50:48.confident enough to use it. Sometimes, there are cultur`l and
:50:49. > :50:52.other reasons why people max feel unwilling to do so. I would agree,
:50:53. > :50:58.we do need to work through `ll the relevant agencies to give women that
:50:59. > :51:01.confidence to come forward. When we come back from a recess on ` day
:51:02. > :51:07.that is not a Monday, we sit on Monday hours, 2:13pm to 10:30pm
:51:08. > :51:17.showed a similar principle not apply when we rise from a reset? ,- from a
:51:18. > :51:20.recess? Mr Speaker, I will give some rapid force to the point of the
:51:21. > :51:23.honourable gentleman has made. At the moment, the plans are to
:51:24. > :51:29.continue with the powers th`t we normally sit on that day. -, with
:51:30. > :51:34.the hours. Does the leader of the House, American military colmentator
:51:35. > :51:38.said this morning, said that President Putin is delighted about
:51:39. > :51:43.the British decision on Brexit. And he likes to see our country and
:51:44. > :51:47.Europe feckless and weak. If that is the case, could we have an darly
:51:48. > :51:51.debate on the growing presstre from Russia and the fact that Russia is
:51:52. > :51:52.clearly trying to intervene in American politics at the prdsent
:51:53. > :51:55.moment? Did the Russians intervene hn the
:51:56. > :52:09.Brexit vote in June? I agree completely with the right
:52:10. > :52:12.honourable gentleman about... The aggressive approach taken bx the
:52:13. > :52:18.Russian government at the moment. Which we have seen demonstr`ted both
:52:19. > :52:24.in the cyber attacks that hd has described. But also on the ground in
:52:25. > :52:29.Ukraine. And through the st`tioning of missiles.
:52:30. > :52:38.I hope it will be some reassurance to the right honourable gentleman to
:52:39. > :52:43.know that yesterday, Nato announced details of the rapid deploylent
:52:44. > :52:48.forces to be stationed in the Baltic state and in Poland. And also to
:52:49. > :52:51.know that the United Kingdol will be the lead nation in Estonia `nd a
:52:52. > :52:58.supporting nation in Polish contingent. That really does
:52:59. > :53:01.demonstrate this country's continuing commitment to European
:53:02. > :53:09.defence and security. That will continue. Even as we prepard to
:53:10. > :53:13.leave the European Union and after. Mr Speaker, my constituent, Kerry
:53:14. > :53:16.Hamilton suffered a traumathc experience at the hands of her
:53:17. > :53:22.Atlantis group landlord with men barging into her Stockton home and
:53:23. > :53:25.bullying her. She is in her 70s they are hounding her for money
:53:26. > :53:31.though she no longer lives hn their properties. Both had local council
:53:32. > :53:36.interventions and recorded conversation which the wife of the
:53:37. > :53:41.owner, John Sykes, tells Mrs no camp camp -- no one can prove bullying
:53:42. > :53:44.because he ran a charity. C`n we have a debate about rogue l`ndlords
:53:45. > :53:49.and how we can better protect tenants from such behaviour? -- he
:53:50. > :53:54.tells Mrs Hamilton that no one can prove bullying. There are v`rious
:53:55. > :54:01.legal rules that landlords have to follow, if they are seeking,
:54:02. > :54:05.lawfully, to evict a tenant. In my experience, the courts to tdst the
:54:06. > :54:12.argument that landlords put forward. -- the court do test. It max be that
:54:13. > :54:16.the tenant felt so intimidated that they were not able to avail
:54:17. > :54:20.themselves of those remedies. If he would like to write to me about
:54:21. > :54:26.particular constituency casd, I will draw it to the housing minister
:54:27. > :54:30.Mother Teresa said, alone I cannot change the world but I can cast a
:54:31. > :54:38.stone to create ripples. In northern Iraq, people are living... HNAUDIBLE
:54:39. > :54:42.They are not receiving rations or basic food or support. Many
:54:43. > :54:47.Christians living across thd UNHCR in Turkey, Jordan or Lebanon, in
:54:48. > :54:49.poor conditions. Would the leader of the House agree to a statemdnt or a
:54:50. > :55:00.debate on this very important issue? The government is, through hts
:55:01. > :55:04.international development and aid programme, giving assistancd to
:55:05. > :55:11.people who are in need in northern Iraq, but of course, as he knows,
:55:12. > :55:16.the reason those people are in such dire circumstances is because they
:55:17. > :55:22.have fled the terrorist genocidal regime of Daesh in parts of the
:55:23. > :55:31.North of that country, therdfore the sooner that the Iraqi forces are
:55:32. > :55:34.able to re-establish control over Iraqi territory, the sooner we can
:55:35. > :55:44.bring about some hope in thd restoration of normal life to those
:55:45. > :55:51.people. London has several new real projects, a new runway at Hdathrow
:55:52. > :55:56.and money wasted on at garddn bridge, while we have no colmitment
:55:57. > :56:01.to investment like that in the north. Can we have a proper debate
:56:02. > :56:05.on the fact that the governlent seems focused on the south-dast
:56:06. > :56:10.while we in the North lose out? I don't blame him for wanting to get
:56:11. > :56:17.more spending for his own constituency. But... It's a
:56:18. > :56:23.perfectly proper thing for him to seek here. But I do think hd needs
:56:24. > :56:32.to acknowledge the government's commitment to the Northern
:56:33. > :56:36.Powerhouse, and I hope that when the Autumn Statement comes, he will find
:56:37. > :56:41.that there is ample demonstration there of our continuing comlitment
:56:42. > :56:47.to the prosperity and growth of our great Northern cities. The
:56:48. > :56:51.government is proposing to close down and evil immigration and
:56:52. > :56:56.removal Centre, not to improve immigration policy but as p`rt of a
:56:57. > :57:00.flawed value for money exercise Half the workforce are in mx
:57:01. > :57:04.constituency and they are fdeling left high and dry. Tammy have a
:57:05. > :57:07.government debate over how the government is conducting thhs and
:57:08. > :57:23.how they engage or don't engage with the and unions? -- can we h`ve a
:57:24. > :57:27.debate? As I think he knows, the government intention is that done
:57:28. > :57:32.gables or be replaced by a new centre located close to Glasgow
:57:33. > :57:35.airport, that will be much lore convenient in terms of trying to
:57:36. > :57:40.make sure that people who are in this country illegally and to have
:57:41. > :57:49.been properly served deport`tion or removal motors as can be reloved to
:57:50. > :57:58.the country of origin. -- Dtngavel Bowlby replaced. What opportunities
:57:59. > :58:07.exist to debate and draw attention to this cause that seeks to
:58:08. > :58:11.commemorate this renowned Scottish regiment in sterling? I'd lhke to
:58:12. > :58:16.salute the proud record of the Argyll and Sutherland Highl`nders
:58:17. > :58:20.and I think his tribute will receive unanimous support from membdrs
:58:21. > :58:24.representing all political parties in this house. He has seized the
:58:25. > :58:29.opportunity today, there might be another opportunity, either through
:58:30. > :58:40.a forthcoming adjournment ddbate or questions to the Secretary of State
:58:41. > :58:48.for Scotland. Point of order, Julian Lewis. Is there any advice xou can
:58:49. > :58:52.give to me in my capacity as chair of the Defence Select Committee
:58:53. > :58:57.Both my committee and the foreign affairs select committee have been
:58:58. > :58:59.extremely worried about the forthcoming major cuts to BBC