:00:32. > :00:41.Wednesday February red, conclusion of consideration Day three, followed
:00:42. > :00:46.by remaining stages of the withdrawal bill. Thursday, February
:00:47. > :00:51.nine, debate on the motion on Israeli settlements in the occupied
:00:52. > :00:55.Palestinian territories: five debate on a national governments of the
:00:56. > :01:00.football Association, the subjects having been determined by the
:01:01. > :01:05.backbench business committee. Friday, February ten the house will
:01:06. > :01:09.not be sitting. Provisional business for the week commencing 20 at the
:01:10. > :01:15.break, will include Monday, remaining stages of the cultural
:01:16. > :01:18.property armed conflicts bill followed by consideration of Lords
:01:19. > :01:24.amendments to high-speed rail London West Midlands bill. I should also
:01:25. > :01:28.like to inform the house that the business in Westminster Hall for the
:01:29. > :01:34.sixth and 20th debris will be as follows: Thursday nine o'clock
:01:35. > :01:41.every, debate on the sixth report from the science and technology
:01:42. > :01:47.committee on smart monitoring of electricity and gas followed by a
:01:48. > :01:53.debate on the effect to state pension changes on working-class
:01:54. > :02:02.women. Monday debris 20, debates on petitions relating to a state visit
:02:03. > :02:06.by President Donald Trump. Can I thank the Leader of the House for
:02:07. > :02:11.the statement and I note that we still don't have a date when the
:02:12. > :02:16.going to rise for summer recess. I would ask the Leader of the House
:02:17. > :02:27.again if they could announce their dead. Could I add the opposition
:02:28. > :02:35.voice to your letter and about the date for restoration and renewal.
:02:36. > :02:45.The sooner we can have a debate the better. You will not believe this
:02:46. > :02:48.but in 2004 Roger Federer began his 237th consecutive week run as well
:02:49. > :02:51.number one, a record that is unbeaten and of course he has now
:02:52. > :02:55.won the Australian open possibly because you interviewed him that Mr
:02:56. > :02:59.Speaker, Roger Federer has had longer to get to the final of the
:03:00. > :03:09.astray and open than Parliament has had to debate triggering article 50.
:03:10. > :03:25.The Supreme Court dragged government back to Parliament. It is the
:03:26. > :03:40.court's job to interpret the legislation. The first line of the
:03:41. > :03:43.draft Bill is the Prime Minister may leave the EU, all the Burmester has
:03:44. > :03:48.to do is give notice to trigger article 50. Mr Speaker this is a
:03:49. > :03:56.secretive government who failed to tell Parliament about the misfiring
:03:57. > :03:58.of a missile. That is why Her Majesty 's opposition has been
:03:59. > :04:10.asking for appliances then of last year and for we cannot trust this
:04:11. > :04:15.government because the Secretary of State was in the group that said
:04:16. > :04:22.?350 million would go to the NHS, that has now proved to be incorrect.
:04:23. > :04:36.How can we trust them now. That is why the Prime Minister has to report
:04:37. > :04:44.back to Parliament. Tariff free access and EU citizens need to be
:04:45. > :04:47.protected, consult with devolved government and ask the government to
:04:48. > :04:51.publish any impact assessments. This is not the government of the NHS, as
:04:52. > :04:55.the Prime Minister said yesterday, could we have a statement on the
:04:56. > :04:59.Prime Minister's response to the letter by 2000 senior clinicians who
:05:00. > :05:04.said they have reached unacceptable levels of safety concerns for their
:05:05. > :05:07.patients and in a statement credit also say whether hospitals are
:05:08. > :05:10.operating at safe staffing levels and could the government published a
:05:11. > :05:14.response to the letter to the Prime Minister from the three chairs of
:05:15. > :05:17.the select committees, communities and local government, Public
:05:18. > :05:20.Accounts Committee and health, now we see the recklessness of
:05:21. > :05:24.government policies. They changed NHS bursary is that has resulted in
:05:25. > :05:28.less people wanting to become nurses. The same recklessness that
:05:29. > :05:31.the honourable member for Surrey said when he regrets cancelling
:05:32. > :05:36.building schools for the future. Tell that to my school, in my
:05:37. > :05:41.constituency, where they have their allegation cancelled. Children have
:05:42. > :05:48.to be sent home when it rains. With 46% of schools losing funding, could
:05:49. > :05:53.we have a statement on why the ?384 million that was in the education
:05:54. > :05:58.budget has been clawed back by the Treasury? Schools deserve the money
:05:59. > :06:02.now, not in a budget giveaway. Mr Speaker, the Leader of the House has
:06:03. > :06:09.failed to respond to my honourable friend question on her Parliamentary
:06:10. > :06:15.constituencies Amendment Bill, can the Leader of the House now say what
:06:16. > :06:18.the position is about Advil? Mr Speaker, last week the Speaker of
:06:19. > :06:27.the House of Representatives in Burma was here as a result of your
:06:28. > :06:32.invitation. Sadly this week the key constitutional lawyer was
:06:33. > :06:35.assassinated in Burma. Could I ask, he happens to be a Muslim, could I
:06:36. > :06:40.ask the Leader of the House to ask the Foreign Secretary to do all he
:06:41. > :06:44.can to support the Burmese government in their quest for peace.
:06:45. > :06:48.And finally it is world Cancer Day on February four, every honourable
:06:49. > :06:51.has been touched in some way, and knows of someone who has been
:06:52. > :06:54.affected by the disease. Well the Leader of the House join me in
:06:55. > :07:01.thanking all those researchers looking for a cure and on Saturday
:07:02. > :07:05.could we remember all those who have lost their lives to the disease and
:07:06. > :07:08.wish all those well who are currently going through treatment
:07:09. > :07:22.and celebrate with those who have beaten this disease. Can I first
:07:23. > :07:25.immediately associate myself with the comments about National Cancer
:07:26. > :07:28.Day. I think it is probably because there is no member in any part of
:07:29. > :07:39.this house who has not been touched in some way by the case of a
:07:40. > :07:41.relative of all different who has had to fight against this scourge,
:07:42. > :07:53.sometimes successfully, sometimes sadly not so. I would like to
:07:54. > :07:56.celebrate the advances of medical science, the skills of oncologists
:07:57. > :08:02.and others who diagnose and treat cancer and the courage of cancer
:08:03. > :08:06.survivors and their relatives. Who gives them such critical support,
:08:07. > :08:10.but also let us keep in our thoughts and prayers those who have been
:08:11. > :08:17.bereaved as a consequence of cancer and give thanks to those staff in
:08:18. > :08:21.the NHS and in the voluntary and charitable sector who worked to
:08:22. > :08:25.provide specialist nursing care including hospice treatment to
:08:26. > :08:31.people who are having to face the end of their lives. So if I turn to
:08:32. > :08:37.the other points the honourable lady asked me about, I will want to be
:08:38. > :08:42.able to give the house some news as soon as possible on the summer
:08:43. > :08:46.recess and the restoration on your programme but I'm not able to do so
:08:47. > :08:50.today. My understanding about the bill brought forward by the
:08:51. > :08:53.honourable member for North West Durham is the committee to consider
:08:54. > :09:02.her bill has now been appointed but has not yet met. On her questions
:09:03. > :09:07.about the European Union, I mean, I, I, I really do think that the sort
:09:08. > :09:13.of questions she pursue this morning was something of distraction therapy
:09:14. > :09:18.too, too, to try and divert attention from the blatant divisions
:09:19. > :09:21.within her own party with sort of different members of the Shadow
:09:22. > :09:28.Cabinet and front bench dropping off the perch so that with every news
:09:29. > :09:32.bulletin that passes. And for a comma for a two clause bill the
:09:33. > :09:39.second clause of which is simply the short title of the Bell, two full
:09:40. > :09:46.days in second reading including going until midnight on Monday and
:09:47. > :09:51.up to three days in committee of the whole house seems to me a perfectly
:09:52. > :09:59.reasonable allocation of time. If I can turn to her points about school
:10:00. > :10:02.funding, the money to which she referred was allocated by the
:10:03. > :10:12.Treasury to the education Department, explicitly for the
:10:13. > :10:22.purpose of supporting the full shift of all schools to academy status.
:10:23. > :10:29.The government having reconsidered that policy altered its policy and
:10:30. > :10:37.their four that money was not needed. Her point about Burma is
:10:38. > :10:40.well made a I shall make sure that is passed back to the Foreign
:10:41. > :10:43.Secretary but I can give an unqualified assurance that this
:10:44. > :10:46.government will continue both through the Foreign Office and
:10:47. > :10:52.Department for International Development to work support the
:10:53. > :10:54.cause of building democracy, human rights and community reconciliation
:10:55. > :11:04.inside that country. Finally, she rightly paid tribute to
:11:05. > :11:11.the stupendous achievement of Roger Federer. I think it is not only
:11:12. > :11:19.tennis aficionados like yourself who will have cheered at his success.
:11:20. > :11:27.But I do think in professional tennis, in your mid-30s, perhaps a
:11:28. > :11:32.message of hope to all of us that age is just a number and we can
:11:33. > :11:38.strive for greater achievement whatever age we reach. SPEAKER: What
:11:39. > :11:46.a splendid note on which to finish, the man is an inspiration. I don't
:11:47. > :11:54.wish to be discourteous to the Leader of the House but I had
:11:55. > :11:56.Federer in mind. Can we have a debate on the power of Clinical
:11:57. > :12:03.Commissioning Group is within the NHS and the fact they are
:12:04. > :12:06.unaccountable to the public? The Clinical Commissioning Group
:12:07. > :12:08.covering part of my constituency plans to withdraw services from
:12:09. > :12:14.Bridlington Hospital, remove services from Bridlington Hospital
:12:15. > :12:17.and this is not on account of cost and they seem hell-bent on doing
:12:18. > :12:22.this despite overwhelming public opposition. Does he accept that I
:12:23. > :12:26.regard these plans as totally unacceptable? And if we cannot have
:12:27. > :12:32.a debate, will he draw my concerns to the attention of the Secretary of
:12:33. > :12:37.State for Health? Not only undertake to draw my Right Honourable friend's
:12:38. > :12:39.concerns to the Secretary of State but also pointing towards health
:12:40. > :12:48.questions on Tuesday the 2nd of February when he can Esther Qin
:12:49. > :12:56.ministers directly on this. -- questioned ministers. This case is
:12:57. > :12:59.not something on which I could comment but the principle here is
:13:00. > :13:06.Clinical Commissioning Group is should be engaging in proper public
:13:07. > :13:13.consultation in their local area, as they draw up the sustainability and
:13:14. > :13:18.transformation plans for that locality, and ultimately the local
:13:19. > :13:23.authority, through its health overview committee has the right,
:13:24. > :13:26.they believe services are being wrongly and adversely restructured,
:13:27. > :13:33.to refer the matter to the Secretary of State. Pete Wishart. Can I thank
:13:34. > :13:37.the House for announcing the business for next week. I know we
:13:38. > :13:43.like anniversaries in this place, I would support everything said about
:13:44. > :13:47.National Cancer Day. Today is Groundhog Day, most days seem like
:13:48. > :13:50.Groundhog Day in this place but I don't know about you, I always seem
:13:51. > :13:54.to work up to the news that another labour frontbencher has resigned
:13:55. > :13:59.again. Perhaps we can get Proksa Tony fell to get a place in the
:14:00. > :14:02.Shadow Cabinet. Three cheers to the Leader of the House for finally
:14:03. > :14:05.getting a white Paper for the Brexit Bill. It has only taken half the
:14:06. > :14:10.time of this Bill going through this chamber before we have got it.
:14:11. > :14:17.Getting it at last, let's hope it is close to the 650 pages we had in the
:14:18. > :14:19.independence White Paper. This is a Bill the government didn't want that
:14:20. > :14:23.they are forcing through at breakneck speed. The Government must
:14:24. > :14:27.be prepared to listen to the hundreds of amendments tabled for
:14:28. > :14:31.this Bill. I've noticed in the programme motion there is no
:14:32. > :14:36.programming for the Report Stage. That must mean this government will
:14:37. > :14:39.reject every amendment that comes forward without proper
:14:40. > :14:42.consideration. Why are we not getting a Report Stage in this Bill
:14:43. > :14:46.as it goes through the House? Mr Speaker, can we have a statement on
:14:47. > :14:50.the government's intention on the second Scottish independence
:14:51. > :14:52.referendum? There is a piece in the Herald newspaper from the Defence
:14:53. > :14:58.Secretary today who seems to roll out entirely a second independence
:14:59. > :15:01.Scottish referendum. We heard on radio Scotland that he seems to be
:15:02. > :15:05.furiously backtracking on what he just said. The Scottish Tory leader
:15:06. > :15:09.said it would be wrong to have a second referendum, and believe me, a
:15:10. > :15:15.government with only one MP in Scotland telling the Scottish people
:15:16. > :15:19.that they won't have a say in the future could not be a bigger gift to
:15:20. > :15:22.us on these benches. I listened carefully to the Leader of the
:15:23. > :15:26.House's response to several of my honourable friends who were asked
:15:27. > :15:30.how Evel will be replied to my applied to the Great Repeal Bill and
:15:31. > :15:33.he must rule it out now. We cannot have a Bill as important as this to
:15:34. > :15:39.be considered by two members of Parliament in this Parliament. 1000
:15:40. > :15:43.member and then the Scottish mothers who can only take part in some of
:15:44. > :15:51.that. Believe me, that could not be a bigger gift to us to. -- Scottish
:15:52. > :15:57.members. I think in response to the honourable gentleman's points about
:15:58. > :16:01.the EU withdrawal Bill, I have to remind him that this House
:16:02. > :16:04.overwhelmingly voted first of all for the referendum to take place and
:16:05. > :16:08.for the decision to be referred to the British people and secondly only
:16:09. > :16:15.a matter of weeks ago the House voted overwhelmingly again to
:16:16. > :16:23.endorse the Prime Minister's timetable for triggering Article 50
:16:24. > :16:28.before the end of March this year. The timetable on this Bill is to
:16:29. > :16:35.ensure those objectives are upheld. His point about report and committee
:16:36. > :16:40.stages, the purpose of Report Stage normally is to enable the House as a
:16:41. > :16:44.whole to consider the Bill as it comes out of committee where it is
:16:45. > :16:52.being considered by a small number of members upstairs. At this stage
:16:53. > :16:59.we have a full two date and time needed on the third day as well. For
:17:00. > :17:01.consideration of amendments by a Committee of the whole House. What
:17:02. > :17:08.the honourable gentleman is asking for is a further extension of the
:17:09. > :17:12.Committee of the whole House. Finally on his points about
:17:13. > :17:16.Scotland, I think the Prime Minister cannot have been more emphatic on
:17:17. > :17:25.numerous occasions at this dispatch box. Making it plain that we are
:17:26. > :17:28.determined to consult the Scottish Government, the Welsh government,
:17:29. > :17:32.the Northern Ireland Executive, about how their interests and the
:17:33. > :17:38.people who they represent are affected by the process of
:17:39. > :17:42.withdrawal from the European Union and the negotiations on which we
:17:43. > :17:48.shall shortly embark. The Evel arrangements in her standing borders
:17:49. > :17:58.can only apply if three conditions are met. First that the matter in
:17:59. > :18:04.question is devolved to Scotland. Secondly, that that same matter
:18:05. > :18:12.relates to England only, or to England and Wales only. And third,
:18:13. > :18:17.that you, Mr Speaker, have certified the amendment or the Bill as falling
:18:18. > :18:23.within the definitions prescribed under our standing orders. I cannot
:18:24. > :18:31.possibly comment upon a build that has not yet been published, it seems
:18:32. > :18:34.to me that those principles, given that international agreements are
:18:35. > :18:37.under the Scotland act defined as reserved, not devolved matters,
:18:38. > :18:42.those principles embodied in our standing orders or to give the
:18:43. > :18:49.honourable gentleman and his colleagues considerable reassurance.
:18:50. > :18:53.Mr Speaker, this week three out of the six district councils in Dorset
:18:54. > :18:59.voted to keep their own sovereignty and independence. Despite this last
:19:00. > :19:03.night the chief Executive of Dorset County Council announced that other
:19:04. > :19:09.councils in Dorset would apply for a hostile takeover. Can we have an
:19:10. > :19:12.early debate on how to prevent ineffective and wasteful councils
:19:13. > :19:18.seeking to seize by compulsion the assets and powers of their
:19:19. > :19:23.financially sound neighbours? My honourable friend is moving on from
:19:24. > :19:28.the sovereignty of Parliament to the sovereignty of Christchurch. I can
:19:29. > :19:36.only say to him that I think a number of us in the House are very
:19:37. > :19:39.aware that in the localities that we represent there are sometimes, how
:19:40. > :19:44.shall I put it? Different and competing views amongst different
:19:45. > :19:49.local authorities about the possible shape of future local government
:19:50. > :19:52.reform. Mr Speaker, I can see from your expression you and I are both
:19:53. > :19:59.familiar with this dilemma of surplus, and I think that as my
:20:00. > :20:02.honourable friend knows, his view and the views of other colleagues
:20:03. > :20:09.representing Dorset constituency is I going to be attended to very
:20:10. > :20:11.closely by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
:20:12. > :20:15.and I would urge him to continue to ensure that the views of his
:20:16. > :20:20.constituents are forthrightly represented in that quarter. Mr
:20:21. > :20:25.Kevin Brennan. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Could we have a debate
:20:26. > :20:30.about our so-called national airline British Airways. The manner in which
:20:31. > :20:36.they are treating their workforce, particularly the mixed fleet cabin
:20:37. > :20:41.crew, is a disgrace. The airline is refusing to settle with a reasonable
:20:42. > :20:48.offer to them. Would debate enable us to expose our so-called national
:20:49. > :20:55.airline and the way they treat their air workforce? While this is a
:20:56. > :21:00.matter for the company and trade unions concerned, the government
:21:01. > :21:05.would hope that all employers would take seriously their
:21:06. > :21:09.responsibilities to ensure that they workforce is fairly rewarded. I
:21:10. > :21:14.can't offer him a debate in government time but this might be
:21:15. > :21:18.subject on which he could seek an adjournment debate. Mr Philip
:21:19. > :21:23.Davies. Last week I attended in the House of Lords a meeting organised
:21:24. > :21:29.by the crossbencher and human rights campaigner Baroness Cox with three
:21:30. > :21:34.very brave women who gave their harrowing tales of how they'd been
:21:35. > :21:38.treated and the impact of sharia councils on their lives. It's a
:21:39. > :21:42.disgrace that we have this alternative form of justice in our
:21:43. > :21:45.country. Can we have a debate so that we can make sure that everybody
:21:46. > :21:49.in this country is treated equally under the same role. We do not have
:21:50. > :21:55.sharia councils treating women in such an appalling manner. It's very
:21:56. > :22:05.important that all of us in this place uphold wholeheartedly the
:22:06. > :22:13.rights that both men and women have under the law on Dummett of the
:22:14. > :22:17.United Kingdom, and emphasise that whatever private or community
:22:18. > :22:23.arrangements on dispute resolution may or may not exist, it is the
:22:24. > :22:32.legal rights of women and of men under law that trumps any formal
:22:33. > :22:37.agreement. Mrs Madeleine Moon. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can we have a
:22:38. > :22:44.debate about the vexatious use of family courts by controlling and
:22:45. > :22:51.abusive ex partners who seek to use custody as a way of harassing,
:22:52. > :22:56.intimidating and impoverishing, often their wives, and as a way of
:22:57. > :23:00.ensuring they retain that control and coercive and bullying behaviour
:23:01. > :23:06.that they exemplified throughout their relationship. Like the
:23:07. > :23:10.Honourable Lady, I have had constituency cases where
:23:11. > :23:15.constituents have come to me about this kind of harassment. There may
:23:16. > :23:20.be an opportunity for her to highlight the issue in the
:23:21. > :23:28.adjournment debate. I think ultimately we have to accept that
:23:29. > :23:31.with individual cases we must rely on the good sense and
:23:32. > :23:37.professionalism of the judge who is presiding over a particular case to
:23:38. > :23:40.hear and make a judgment about the evidence put forward by the two
:23:41. > :23:46.parties and come to a fair resolution. Rishi Sunak. If you were
:23:47. > :23:51.to visit my constituency I would take you to one of our three
:23:52. > :23:55.lifestyle auction markets, alongside our riding schools they are keyed to
:23:56. > :23:59.the fabric of our role community and yet their future is threatened by
:24:00. > :24:03.eye watering rises in business rates. Can I ask my Right Honourable
:24:04. > :24:05.friend to make time in this House so that we can debate white rural
:24:06. > :24:13.businesses are being so unfairly penalise to? -- why rural
:24:14. > :24:16.businesses. My honourable friend, in his relatively short time has
:24:17. > :24:22.emerged as a formidable champion of the Richmond constituency, for North
:24:23. > :24:27.Yorkshire and rural businesses generally too. The position if we
:24:28. > :24:32.look at this nationally is the business rate revaluation will
:24:33. > :24:40.overall benefit businesses in rural areas across England. And no small
:24:41. > :24:42.property will see more than a 5% increase from the 1st of April this
:24:43. > :24:48.year because of a transitional relief scheme. But if my honourable
:24:49. > :24:52.friend would care to write to me about the particular cases of the
:24:53. > :24:56.auction markets in his constituency I will undertake to draw that to the
:24:57. > :25:04.attention of the Communities Secretary. Mr Keith Vaz. Thank you,
:25:05. > :25:06.Mr Speaker. Although this week we spent 17 hours discussing the
:25:07. > :25:12.European Union we didn't spend a single minute on the crisis in Yemen
:25:13. > :25:16.where half the population are still starving. Last Sunday President
:25:17. > :25:22.Trump authorised the first attack on Al-Qaeda in Yemen causing the death
:25:23. > :25:26.of one American soldier and 14 casualties. When can we have an
:25:27. > :25:33.update on the urgent situation in Yemen? We hold the pen at the UN on
:25:34. > :25:38.this subject. We desperately need a ceasefire. When can we know what's
:25:39. > :25:43.happening? There will be questions to the Foreign Secretary on the 21st
:25:44. > :25:47.of February, which will provide an opportunity to raise Yemen, though
:25:48. > :25:49.the Right Honourable gentleman may of course wish to take other
:25:50. > :25:58.parliamentary opportunities that may be available to him to focus on the
:25:59. > :26:06.Yemen issue at greater length. The governments has never turned away
:26:07. > :26:09.from the fact that a peaceful resolution in Yemen will be an easy
:26:10. > :26:12.business, if there was an easy answer it would have been found by
:26:13. > :26:17.now. We continue to support the work of the UN special envoy on Yemen who
:26:18. > :26:20.is striving ceaselessly to bring about the ceasefire that both the
:26:21. > :26:24.Right Honourable gentleman and I wish to see. And the Department for
:26:25. > :26:27.International Development continues to do what it can to bring
:26:28. > :26:35.humanitarian assistance to those who are in such need. This week, Mr
:26:36. > :26:40.Speaker, a petition raised by the parents of April Jones who lived in
:26:41. > :26:43.Machynlleth in my constituency reached 100,000. April was abducted
:26:44. > :26:47.and murdered when just five years old. The person responsible, Mark
:26:48. > :26:50.Bridger, is now in prison. The petition calls for tougher sentences
:26:51. > :26:55.for those looking at child pornography on the Internet and
:26:56. > :26:58.greater control of Internet search engines. Would the Leader of the
:26:59. > :27:05.House urge the petitions committee to bring forward an early debate on
:27:06. > :27:12.an April's law as soon as possible? I understand completely the way in
:27:13. > :27:18.which this appalling and tragic case has shocked the community in
:27:19. > :27:22.Montgomeryshire and the wish of so many people to see this debate in
:27:23. > :27:25.Parliament. As my honourable friend will understand it is not for the
:27:26. > :27:31.government, it is for the petitions committee to allocate time to debate
:27:32. > :27:34.the petitions. But I'm sure the chair of the Petitions Committee
:27:35. > :27:41.will want to consider carefully the case he has made. As the government
:27:42. > :27:44.hurtles headlong into Brexit Britain, can we please have a debate
:27:45. > :27:49.in government time on our future plans for international trade
:27:50. > :27:51.policy. The Prime Minister and Secretary of State are jetsetting
:27:52. > :27:54.around the world promising all sorts of deals to President Trump and
:27:55. > :27:57.Erdogan but this House has still not have the opportunity to discuss the
:27:58. > :28:03.principles which will underwrite future trade deals, the process
:28:04. > :28:06.follow to ratify them. Is this just another example of Brexit on the
:28:07. > :28:15.hoof without policy or scrutiny from Parliament? Well, I mean, I would
:28:16. > :28:20.have hoped that... Even while expressing the concerns she has the
:28:21. > :28:22.Honourable Lady might have paid some tribute to the energy and
:28:23. > :28:26.determination of my honourable friends, the ministry will team and
:28:27. > :28:30.the Department for international trade who are actively seeking to
:28:31. > :28:34.ensure that we do have the best trading opportunities around the
:28:35. > :28:40.world after our departure from the European Union. There are questions
:28:41. > :28:43.to the Department for International trade on Thursday night next week
:28:44. > :28:46.but of course, the Government has already had a number of debates in
:28:47. > :28:51.government time on different aspects of our departure from the European
:28:52. > :28:55.Union. And I shall make sure that we look seriously at her case for a
:28:56. > :29:03.further debate to take place focusing on international trade. Sir
:29:04. > :29:06.Desmond Swayne. How will we use the time next week if you, Mr Speaker,
:29:07. > :29:13.don't select any of these ridiculous and impertinent amendments?
:29:14. > :29:19.LAUGHTER Well, I think, Mr Speaker, the
:29:20. > :29:27.procedure as regards Committee of the whole House is actually... You
:29:28. > :29:29.are spared that duty because it falls to the Chairman of Ways and
:29:30. > :29:35.Means and the Chairman of Ways and Means will, as always, be guided by
:29:36. > :29:42.the rules on order and ensure that those are properly upheld. SPEAKER:
:29:43. > :29:47.Paula Sherriff. Thank you, Mr Speaker. With the Leader of the
:29:48. > :29:49.House join me in congratulating might phenomenally talented
:29:50. > :29:53.constituency from Dewsbury who has rejected a multi-million pound deal
:29:54. > :29:55.for his latest business venture and could he facilitate a debate at
:29:56. > :30:03.looking how government could help other young aspiring entrepreneurs?
:30:04. > :30:10.I'm happy to join her in expressing congratulations to her constituent,
:30:11. > :30:16.Ali. I think that the more we can do to encourage young people, not just
:30:17. > :30:21.to understand enterprise, but for many young people to set up a new
:30:22. > :30:28.enterprise, giving employment to others as their vocation, the
:30:29. > :30:31.better. I will pass on the case that she is described to my Right
:30:32. > :30:34.Honourable friend, the Business Secretary. But I know that all parts
:30:35. > :30:39.of government will want to ensure there are many more Alis in many
:30:40. > :30:44.more constituencies around this country. Martin Vickers. Excitement
:30:45. > :30:47.is mounting in Cleethorpes following the announcement yesterday that
:30:48. > :30:56.there is to be a visit next week from the Minister for the Northern
:30:57. > :31:01.Powerhouse. Earlier this week the Humber Local Enterprise Partnerships
:31:02. > :31:07.had a showcase event here at Westminster attended by four
:31:08. > :31:12.government ministers when the advantages of Northern Lincolnshire
:31:13. > :31:20.and Humberside were shown to the guests. Could the Leader of the
:31:21. > :31:25.House arrange for a debate on the successful government policy of the
:31:26. > :31:32.Northern Powerhouse? Mr Speaker, I can see that even now crowds are
:31:33. > :31:36.sleeping out in the streets ahead of the ministerial visit and that
:31:37. > :31:43.Cleethorpes is scarce able to contain its jubilation as the
:31:44. > :31:48.bunting is strung from lamp posts. I think that my honourable friend
:31:49. > :31:53.makes a very important point. The Government's approach to economic
:31:54. > :32:01.and industrial strategy is that we want to ensure that in particular
:32:02. > :32:06.that those parts of the United Kingdom that have not benefited in
:32:07. > :32:10.the same way as the more prosperous cities and regions from the growth
:32:11. > :32:13.that we've had in recent decades are able to do so. That certainly
:32:14. > :32:18.includes Cleethorpes and the other towns and cities in northern
:32:19. > :32:22.Lincolnshire. I hope, for example, that there will be some beneficial
:32:23. > :32:27.spin offs to the wider North Lincolnshire and Humberside region
:32:28. > :32:31.from the designation of Hull as this year's City of Culture. The work my
:32:32. > :32:38.honourable friend does is one that ministers are keen to champion. John
:32:39. > :32:42.Mann. The government controls the vast majority of business and time
:32:43. > :32:48.in Parliament. Considering the crisis in the NHS and the fact every
:32:49. > :32:55.member of Parliament wants to raise the crisis in relation to their
:32:56. > :32:59.constituency, can I propose to the government that before Easter and
:33:00. > :33:04.entire week be exclusively dedicated to the NHS and the crisis in it and
:33:05. > :33:07.I would predict that even within a week we would struggle for enough
:33:08. > :33:13.time for every member to outline their concerns. I think all Members
:33:14. > :33:19.of the House, whichever political party they represent, followed
:33:20. > :33:20.closely the challenges and successes of the National Health Service,
:33:21. > :33:26.particularly in their own constituencies. And they are keen to
:33:27. > :33:30.raise these matters with ministers. There are health questions next
:33:31. > :33:34.week, I can't promise the honourable gentleman a full week of debate in
:33:35. > :33:39.the way that he wishes. I would just point out to him that it is this
:33:40. > :33:46.government that is following through on its commitment to put into the
:33:47. > :33:53.NHS the money that NHS England itself said it needed for its trance
:33:54. > :33:58.formation and reform plans it was the party of the honourable
:33:59. > :34:09.gentleman at the 20 15th General Election pledge. Refined debate time
:34:10. > :34:17.for debate on the replacement of the pound coin in March. The coin as
:34:18. > :34:21.constituted would not be legal tender in October or that slots in
:34:22. > :34:25.vending machines would cope with the 12 sided new coins. My honourable
:34:26. > :34:29.friend makes a good point and on the 1st of January this year we launched
:34:30. > :34:35.a campaign to help raise awareness and encourage the public to return
:34:36. > :34:38.the current round of ?1 coins. The message is very clear, if you have a
:34:39. > :34:42.pound coin sitting at home or in your wallet you need to either spend
:34:43. > :34:46.it will return it to your bank by the 15th of October this year when
:34:47. > :34:49.it ceases to become legal tender. We have already been running for some
:34:50. > :34:54.months a separate campaign to support retailers and other
:34:55. > :35:03.businesses to prepare for the new coin so that some machines, part
:35:04. > :35:05.machines, have all been altered. Why doesn't the Leader of the House
:35:06. > :35:29.just come clean and admit that it's all 11 at night because
:35:30. > :35:52.the. I don't. Is opposed in principle to
:35:53. > :36:00.this Bill. Seat parliament procedures should be prolonged
:36:01. > :36:04.sellers to go beyond the March deadline for triggering Article 50.
:36:05. > :36:12.The Prime Minister has set out plans afoot this House has overwhelmingly
:36:13. > :36:18.endorsed. ? How many amendments debate isn't going to be a matter
:36:19. > :36:21.for the government at all. That will be a matter for the Chairman of Ways
:36:22. > :36:26.and Means, who will decide which amendments are in order and which
:36:27. > :36:29.are not. I would be sure the Right Honourable gentleman has studied the
:36:30. > :36:36.motion we voted through last night and he would have seen that that
:36:37. > :36:43.allocates time for attic of into which -- categories into which those
:36:44. > :36:47.he has described falls. There will be perfectly sound opportunities in
:36:48. > :36:52.the three days we have available to a through ball of those amendments
:36:53. > :37:00.in sufficient detail. -- all of those amendments. As chair of the
:37:01. > :37:03.EPP on community engagement, further to my letter to the Prime Minister
:37:04. > :37:08.and Foreign Secretary earlier in the week regarding the treatment of UK
:37:09. > :37:11.citizens, border controls around the world, can we please have an urgent
:37:12. > :37:19.statement or a debate on this matter? This is something that both
:37:20. > :37:23.the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary are reflecting on very
:37:24. > :37:30.carefully following my honourable friend and the Cape EPG's
:37:31. > :37:35.recommendations. He can be sure that the Foreign Office and our network
:37:36. > :37:41.of posts around the world do take up individual cases when they come to
:37:42. > :37:47.their attention but the case of a systemic procedure for recording
:37:48. > :37:53.those cases is something we will look at in the light of what he has
:37:54. > :37:58.said. Yesterday with the greatest reluctance many members genuflected
:37:59. > :38:04.to the authority of public opinion as expressed in a referendum. With
:38:05. > :38:10.the House show the same respect to the unprecedented number of people
:38:11. > :38:18.who have signed two repetitions since last Saturday. 1.8 million
:38:19. > :38:24.have expressed their outrage at the prospect of President Trump enjoying
:38:25. > :38:27.a state visit here. 200,000 have supported that invitation. Can we
:38:28. > :38:32.ensure that we show respect to this sense of horror that people have by
:38:33. > :38:40.having not just a debate in this House but a vote of honourable
:38:41. > :38:46.members. The unique feature of the EU referendum, of course, was that
:38:47. > :38:50.Parliament had passed an act which expressly referred that decision to
:38:51. > :38:58.the British people. I certainly felt that we were on Dummett honour bound
:38:59. > :39:01.to accept the verdict there. In the case of the state visit of the
:39:02. > :39:05.President of the United States, of course people are free to express
:39:06. > :39:10.their opinions and it is right that the Petitions Committee has
:39:11. > :39:17.allocated time for the petition which the honourable gentleman
:39:18. > :39:22.described to be debated here. The Government takes the view that a
:39:23. > :39:24.state visit is perfectly appropriate force of the relationship between
:39:25. > :39:28.United Kingdom and the United States of America, including with its
:39:29. > :39:35.elected Head of State is something that matters to the security of our
:39:36. > :39:42.citizens, to the geopolitical role of the West and to our commercial
:39:43. > :39:46.and industrial interests. For those reasons it is right that we should
:39:47. > :39:51.welcome the elected head of the United States of America in the way
:39:52. > :39:58.that we have done his predecessors. Rob Blackman. Yesterday I had the
:39:59. > :40:02.privilege of listening to Susan Pollock, the noted Holocaust
:40:03. > :40:06.survivor, when she addressed a synagogue and a large group of year
:40:07. > :40:12.eight students across Harrow. She asked the question which was, what
:40:13. > :40:17.do you think of when I say what does a Jew looked like? There came no
:40:18. > :40:22.answer. Yet today we have heard the publication of the terrible report
:40:23. > :40:27.from CST of the dramatic increase in the number of anti-Semitic
:40:28. > :40:30.incidents. Can we have a debate in government time on that report, and
:40:31. > :40:38.more importantly what action the government is going to take to stamp
:40:39. > :40:45.down on anti-Semitism? I think the best thing I can say is that all of
:40:46. > :40:51.us in government and outside were appalled by the reported increase in
:40:52. > :40:56.hate crime. I think there has been progress in tackling it but even one
:40:57. > :41:00.case is too many. We have published a new cross government hate crime
:41:01. > :41:06.action plan to tackle all forms of hate crime, but all of us across the
:41:07. > :41:09.House need to make it clear that Jewish people in Britain, like
:41:10. > :41:14.people from all communities, must be able to live their lives free from
:41:15. > :41:23.fear of either verbal or physical attack. In order to tackle
:41:24. > :41:27.anti-Semitism we need to implement effectively our strong legislation
:41:28. > :41:32.against religious discrimination and racially and religiously motivated
:41:33. > :41:37.crime. But there is also a responsibility upon us all as
:41:38. > :41:40.individuals and on us as members of political parties and people who
:41:41. > :41:46.have some leadership positions in our own constituencies, to make it
:41:47. > :41:48.clear again and again if necessary in public, that anti-Semitism has no
:41:49. > :42:03.place whatsoever in this country. Lowe do we have a debate in relation
:42:04. > :42:11.to G4S and the dispersal of asylum seekers. They have repeatedly used
:42:12. > :42:21.inaccurate phrases like illegal contact details. Can we have a
:42:22. > :42:28.debate on G4S properties and also the code of conduct on councillors
:42:29. > :42:32.in relation to these properties? We do have a proud history in this
:42:33. > :42:37.country of granting asylum to people who need our protection and we are
:42:38. > :42:43.committed to providing safe and secure accommodation while
:42:44. > :42:48.applications from individuals are being considered. We are clear that
:42:49. > :42:53.asylum seekers should only be accommodated in properties that are
:42:54. > :42:57.decent and safe and Home Office ministers do work closely with their
:42:58. > :43:02.contractors to make sure their contractors meet standards and where
:43:03. > :43:06.contractors full short we work with them to try to sort out those issues
:43:07. > :43:12.as quickly as possible. I can pass the details on to the Home
:43:13. > :43:18.Secretary. A ripple of early resident has asked me to the trustee
:43:19. > :43:23.of his new charity under high amongst its agenda is to look at new
:43:24. > :43:27.legislation in relationship to the theft of pets. We know this is
:43:28. > :43:30.something on the increase. BBC figures show an increase in 22% in
:43:31. > :43:36.theft of dogs and some police officers do not -- police services
:43:37. > :43:41.do not collect that information. Could we have a debate about
:43:42. > :43:46.legislation in relationship to pets in order that we can properly get
:43:47. > :43:53.legislation on the statute book that will properly protect them? My
:43:54. > :43:59.honourable friend raises a very interesting point: we should never
:44:00. > :44:04.at this place underestimate the affection that millions of our
:44:05. > :44:08.constituents have for pets and the important therapeutic role often
:44:09. > :44:16.that pets play in giving companionship to people at risk
:44:17. > :44:22.otherwise of loneliness. I will refer my honourable friend's request
:44:23. > :44:25.to the Secretary of State for food and royal affairs but I would
:44:26. > :44:30.suggest in the meantime he might want to pursue opportunities through
:44:31. > :44:39.the backbench committee to highlight his concerns. I'm sure the Leader of
:44:40. > :44:43.the House would like to congratulate with me Professor Sir Peter
:44:44. > :44:45.Matheson, and also paid tribute to Sir Tim O'Shea who has kept the
:44:46. > :44:52.University of Edinburgh in the top 20 in the world. That could the
:44:53. > :44:58.Leader of the House confirm that he will use the time to look seriously
:44:59. > :45:03.at the Labour Party's new clause six that could give Sir Peter Mattheson
:45:04. > :45:07.a real boost in his new principal ship by saying that EU nationals
:45:08. > :45:13.cannot only stay here but are very welcome? I am very happy both to
:45:14. > :45:18.congratulate Professor Mattheson on his appointment and to congratulate
:45:19. > :45:26.Tim O'Shea on what he achieved during his tenure. I have seen when
:45:27. > :45:30.I visited the University myself what a formidable Institute of learning
:45:31. > :45:33.it is. On his point about the bill clearly it is not for the
:45:34. > :45:38.government, it is for the chairman of ways and means to determine which
:45:39. > :45:44.amendments are selected for debate but the government's very clear
:45:45. > :45:46.position is that we want at the earliest possible opportunity in the
:45:47. > :45:50.negotiations to reach an agreement that safeguards the rights of EU
:45:51. > :45:58.citizens here and safeguards equally the rights of United Kingdom
:45:59. > :46:03.citizens living in EU countries. And for the future as is spelt out in
:46:04. > :46:08.the white paper that the secretary of state will be giving a statement
:46:09. > :46:11.shortly, we want to ensure that our future relationship in braces
:46:12. > :46:15.opportunities for others to continue to benefit from the brightest and
:46:16. > :46:20.best people coming to study at universities throughout the United
:46:21. > :46:27.Kingdom. Following the announcement that the excellent mid Wales holiday
:46:28. > :46:30.lets company in my constituency are deserted finalists in the Wales
:46:31. > :46:34.business of the year competition can we have a debate about the
:46:35. > :46:40.importance of holiday lets on our tourism industry and the regulatory
:46:41. > :46:45.environment that surrounds them? Having Mr Speaker enjoyed many
:46:46. > :46:53.family holidays in the past in holiday lets in Wales, can I endorse
:46:54. > :46:58.every word that my honourable friend says and congratulate mid Wales
:46:59. > :47:01.holiday lets in being a finalist in the Welsh business of the year
:47:02. > :47:07.competition. The holiday letting sector makes a hugely important
:47:08. > :47:16.contribution to the tourist business in the UK in general and it is a key
:47:17. > :47:22.provider in particular of income in the role parts of our country. On
:47:23. > :47:26.the comprehensive economic trade agreement between the EU and Canada
:47:27. > :47:30.has been scheduled for Monday next week. The Leader of the House is
:47:31. > :47:34.aware of the intense interest that exists in this house in relation to
:47:35. > :47:38.this controversial treaty so can he explain why the house has been given
:47:39. > :47:47.so little notice of this debate and wipe it is not taking place on the
:47:48. > :47:52.floor of the house as the European scrutiny committee strongly
:47:53. > :47:58.recommended. I do not think the notification that has been given is
:47:59. > :48:03.unusual in terms of the period of notice that is given. Having had to
:48:04. > :48:08.respond to many of those debates over the years I can say to the
:48:09. > :48:13.honourable lady that it is a much tougher outing for a minister having
:48:14. > :48:18.to reply to up to 60 minutes of questions in one of those European
:48:19. > :48:26.committees than to make a ten minute response to a 90 minute debate here
:48:27. > :48:29.in the chamber. Turn a half hours is allocated for the committee debate,
:48:30. > :48:35.90 minutes for the floor of house. Nevertheless as I undertook in my
:48:36. > :48:40.response to the debate earlier I will additionally undertake to
:48:41. > :48:46.explore whether there is a future possibility for a general debate on
:48:47. > :48:49.EU exit and international trade images that will give to her a
:48:50. > :48:59.further opportunity to express her views. I was listening earlier this
:49:00. > :49:03.week to lord Dawson being interviewed on television this week,
:49:04. > :49:06.and I wonder if we can have a statement on which of the members of
:49:07. > :49:14.the House of Lords actually living in this country at a time when
:49:15. > :49:21.engaging a Brexit means our citizens are refused rights to work abroad.
:49:22. > :49:25.And perhaps citizens of the EU are unable to work in the future. Can we
:49:26. > :49:31.have a statement on that? The other house of course has its rules about
:49:32. > :49:40.domiciliary status of its members and it is for the House of Lords to
:49:41. > :49:43.police those. I do think that it was interesting during the referendum
:49:44. > :49:48.campaign to note that some of those who campaigned to leave also took a
:49:49. > :49:56.lot of advantage of the freedom of movement. I do hope that in the new
:49:57. > :50:02.arrangements in the future that we are able to end up with a state of
:50:03. > :50:06.affairs where tourists travelling for long or short stays in each
:50:07. > :50:13.other's countries are still able to proceed with as little hassle as
:50:14. > :50:21.possible. HSBC has announced they are closing their last bank in a
:50:22. > :50:29.town in my constituency causing considerable upset and distress in
:50:30. > :50:40.the town and surrounding villages. Could we have a statement on the
:50:41. > :50:44.impact and would the Leader of the House the being of me that the
:50:45. > :50:50.world's local bank is becoming a little less local. As I have said
:50:51. > :50:53.before I think there is a responsibility on banks particularly
:50:54. > :50:58.when a bank knows it has the last branch in a particular community to
:50:59. > :51:03.weigh very carefully whether they should move towards closure. There
:51:04. > :51:08.clearly are commercial pressures as more customers move towards online
:51:09. > :51:13.banking and there is a cost here to watch the government is seeking to
:51:14. > :51:18.do in bringing in high-speed broadband into raw communities more
:51:19. > :51:25.quickly because for more people in rural areas able to have quick
:51:26. > :51:33.broadband are are likely to take advantage of online banking. Most of
:51:34. > :51:41.the rights workers enjoy such as holiday leave and maternity pay our
:51:42. > :51:44.protections are derived from the EU. Given the Conservative Party has
:51:45. > :51:48.starred itself as the party of the works, in the spirit that can have a
:51:49. > :51:51.statement to this house that sets out the government's guarantees that
:51:52. > :51:57.have still not been given for the continuation of these rights post
:51:58. > :52:02.Brexit? I have to say to the honourable lady I have said in this
:52:03. > :52:05.chamber several times now and I've heard that by Mr and I've heard my
:52:06. > :52:10.right honourable friend the Secretary of State say that we will
:52:11. > :52:16.protect workers' rights. After all, some of those workers' rights I
:52:17. > :52:21.would say parental leave by way of example go further in this country
:52:22. > :52:24.than those that are mandated under European law. So I really think she
:52:25. > :52:32.should be careful before giving credence to these scare stories. I
:52:33. > :52:36.was disappointed to learn last week that a funding bid in my
:52:37. > :52:40.constituency was rejected when the latest round of growth deals was
:52:41. > :52:45.announced. What was also disappointing was the lack of
:52:46. > :52:49.transparency about why this bid was unsuccessful. Can we have the debate
:52:50. > :52:52.goes to enable the government to explain why investment in my
:52:53. > :53:00.community is not a priority for them? I know where all those growth
:53:01. > :53:05.deal rounds that there had been more bids from local enterprise
:53:06. > :53:11.partnerships and authorities than could possibly vetted given that
:53:12. > :53:16.funds are finite however generous they may be. I suggest to honourable
:53:17. > :53:22.gentleman that if he seeks an adjournment debate he will have the
:53:23. > :53:25.opportunity to extract a detailed ministerial reply. Will the Leader
:53:26. > :53:30.of the House make time available in government time to have a debate on
:53:31. > :53:34.the impact Brexit has already had on some of my local businesses and
:53:35. > :53:37.others, such as a business that is having to scale back on expansion
:53:38. > :53:47.because it has been very hard hit by the drop in the pound. One which is
:53:48. > :53:50.losing employees and another that is worried about increasing shortages
:53:51. > :53:53.among teachers, doctors and engineers. It will also enable the
:53:54. > :53:57.government to set out what their analysis on the impact of coming out
:53:58. > :54:03.of the single market is going to be on British jobs. I think there will
:54:04. > :54:06.be opportunity next week and there will certainly be plenty of
:54:07. > :54:09.opportunities when the repeal bill is introduced after the Queen's
:54:10. > :54:15.Speech later this year all those issues to be explored. The
:54:16. > :54:19.governments objective following the decision of the people in the
:54:20. > :54:24.referendum is to make sure that British businesses have the greatest
:54:25. > :54:30.possible freedom of access to and freedom to operate within the single
:54:31. > :54:39.market and that European businesses have the same opportunities here.
:54:40. > :54:43.Following the statement earlier from the Transport Secretary can we have
:54:44. > :54:47.a debate or scrutiny on allowing passenger aircraft to fly into
:54:48. > :54:53.Glasgow International Airport with zero security. If security is to be
:54:54. > :54:57.taken security common knowledge that airports like Barra surely has risks
:54:58. > :55:02.and makes a mockery of wider airport security at all airports.
:55:03. > :55:14.I will ensure that those points are put to the Transport Secretary.
:55:15. > :55:17.Schools in Cheshire were already receiving ?400 per pupil less in the
:55:18. > :55:22.national average before the Government slashed another ?4.2
:55:23. > :55:26.million off the budgets rising to 6.4 million over the next few years
:55:27. > :55:31.so can we have a debate on funding so we can understand why this
:55:32. > :55:41.formula provides no fairness nor funding. I think the point the
:55:42. > :55:45.honourable gentleman overlooks, for many years now we have been in a
:55:46. > :55:51.situation in which schools in different parts of the country have
:55:52. > :55:58.been in receipt of hugely different levels of expenditure per pupil and
:55:59. > :56:04.the purpose of the new national funding formula is to ensure
:56:05. > :56:09.equality between children and the opportunities in those local
:56:10. > :56:15.authorities. We will be maintaining things like the pupil premium which
:56:16. > :56:18.is worth 2.5 billion this year alone to give people support from
:56:19. > :56:25.disadvantaged backgrounds and we are only going to be up to continue
:56:26. > :56:28.funding education if we continue to have a strong economy creating
:56:29. > :56:38.wealth and economic growth that enables such spending to take place.
:56:39. > :56:44.Can we have a debate how we keep members of the Tory front bench
:56:45. > :56:51.awake when the matters of Scotland are concerned. I had a number of
:56:52. > :57:02.e-mails and concerned constituents observing that the deputy leader
:57:03. > :57:05.appeared to be taking a nap. Does the leader of the House agreed that
:57:06. > :57:11.it is important that his colleagues remain awake the matter how
:57:12. > :57:21.dismissive they meet to Lee Mack may be of the Scottish interests. My
:57:22. > :57:27.honourable friend was concentrating hard as he always does. I can assure
:57:28. > :57:32.in all seriousness that the Prime Minister has made clear to every
:57:33. > :57:38.Member of the Cabinet that she regards it of vital importance in
:57:39. > :57:47.the forthcoming negotiations that we all have in our mind the interests
:57:48. > :57:55.of all parts of the United Kingdom as we approach the different aspects
:57:56. > :57:59.of that policy negotiation. Given the remarks we just had from the
:58:00. > :58:04.leader is it not disgraceful that the Secretary of State for Defence
:58:05. > :58:09.has been reported that the UK Government will veto any legitimate
:58:10. > :58:29.demand for an independence referendum, can we have a debate on
:58:30. > :58:34.less sovereignty lies and... I think the -- what was said is that
:58:35. > :58:43.respects works both ways, it's was right that the governments respect
:58:44. > :58:50.both the devolved settlements and the interests in Scotland within the
:58:51. > :58:54.United Kingdom in reserve matters so the Scottish Government should
:58:55. > :59:03.respect the verdict of the Scottish people about the future of Scotland.
:59:04. > :59:07.Will the leader of the House give government time in delays for
:59:08. > :59:13.universal credit payments, payments are waiting at least six weeks but
:59:14. > :59:18.many are not paid or have a month salary as cushion. People in
:59:19. > :59:28.temporary jobs don't have savings to see them through and are having to
:59:29. > :59:31.use food banks. Mr Speaker the virtues of universal credit is that
:59:32. > :59:38.it is a simpler system with childcare provisions and for the
:59:39. > :59:45.first time you get extra help when you are in work to increase earnings
:59:46. > :59:53.and it will ensure you will be better off than on benefits. The
:59:54. > :00:00.reason we are introducing universal credit on a gradual basis is to try
:00:01. > :00:04.to ensure that we identify and eliminate the teething problems she
:00:05. > :00:09.has described at a very early stage and then put them right, if there
:00:10. > :00:13.are cases in her constituency which are not being addressed with
:00:14. > :00:16.sufficient speed, I would ask to give me those details and I will
:00:17. > :00:26.draw them to the Secretary of 's attention. The security industry
:00:27. > :00:33.launched a new IT system in July last year and the implementation of
:00:34. > :00:38.which led to some difficulty due to system defects. This led to
:00:39. > :00:42.applications taking longer to process, some constituent cases I
:00:43. > :00:45.have been dealing with seem to indicate that the situation is still
:00:46. > :00:50.ongoing and a resolution to the problem has yet to be found. Maybe
:00:51. > :01:00.have a statement from a Home Office to update the House on the progress
:01:01. > :01:03.of this matter. I don't know the details of the problems affecting
:01:04. > :01:07.the authority but it is clearly important that it is able to process
:01:08. > :01:18.applications swiftly and efficiently.
:01:19. > :01:26.I'm sure there will be a full response. The leader of the House
:01:27. > :01:34.would be aware of the issue of compensation for victims, there will
:01:35. > :01:38.also be a private bill coming from the other place so may I ask the
:01:39. > :01:43.leader of the House can we have a debate on the progress of the
:01:44. > :01:50.efforts to secure compensation for the UK victims on IRA sponsored
:01:51. > :01:56.terrorism. As was recommended in December last year. The honourable
:01:57. > :02:02.gentleman has been diligent in pursuing this issue and I understand
:02:03. > :02:08.fully why this is so important to people in Northern Ireland he will
:02:09. > :02:14.understand given the situation in Libya at the moment that this is not
:02:15. > :02:18.a straightforward conversation to have with the Libyan authorities. It
:02:19. > :02:23.is something that the Minister of Middle East and North Africa
:02:24. > :02:26.continues to pursue. There will be Foreign Office questions within the
:02:27. > :02:34.next few days and he may want to raise this with the Minister then.
:02:35. > :02:40.The secretary of state for exiting the European Union, secretary David
:02:41. > :02:41.Davis. With permission I wish to make a