:00:00. > :00:08.for the Rhondda, who initially suggested to me the idea for this
:00:09. > :00:13.award. Order. Business question, Valerie Vaz. Thank you, Mr Speaker.
:00:14. > :00:19.The leader of the house please give us the forthcoming business? The
:00:20. > :00:26.leader of the house. Mr Speaker, the business for the first week back
:00:27. > :00:30.after the Easter recess will be as follows. Monday the 7th of April,
:00:31. > :00:37.the house will not be sitting. Tuesday, the 18th of April, reading
:00:38. > :00:40.of the Finance Bill. Wednesday, the 19th of April. Consideration of
:00:41. > :00:46.Lords amendments to the technical and further education bill. That is
:00:47. > :00:52.followed by motions relating to the Higher Education, Higher Amount
:00:53. > :00:59.England Regulations 2016, and the Higher Education Basic Amount
:01:00. > :01:03.Regulation Under 16. A debate on a motion on section five of the
:01:04. > :01:07.European Amendment act, 1983. Followed by a motion related to the
:01:08. > :01:12.social security personal independence payment regulations
:01:13. > :01:19.2017. Thursday the 20th of April, statement on the publication of the
:01:20. > :01:22.cost report on the public administration and affairs committee
:01:23. > :01:26.on lessons learned from the EU referendum, followed by a statement
:01:27. > :01:31.on the publication of the 12th report of the Justice committee on
:01:32. > :01:34.prison reform, Governor in parliament and prisoner performance.
:01:35. > :01:39.That is followed by debate on a motion relating to state pensions,
:01:40. > :01:43.payable to recipients outside of the UK. Followed by a general debate on
:01:44. > :01:47.research and development on tackling infectious diseases. The subject for
:01:48. > :01:52.these debates have been determined by the backbench business committee.
:01:53. > :01:56.On Friday the 21st of April, the house will not be sitting. The
:01:57. > :01:59.provisional business for the week commencing the 24th of April will
:02:00. > :02:03.conclude on Monday the 24th of April, consideration in committee of
:02:04. > :02:08.the Finance number two Bill, first day. I would also like to inform the
:02:09. > :02:14.house that the business in Westminster Hall, for the 20th 24th
:02:15. > :02:21.of April, will be as. Thursday the 20th of April, a debate on the third
:02:22. > :02:25.report of the transport committee. The false flag emission scandal and
:02:26. > :02:30.vehicle type approval. That is followed by a debate on the European
:02:31. > :02:35.arrest warrant. Monday the 24th of April, debate on and he petitioned
:02:36. > :02:55.relating to GCSE English literature exams. -- debate on and e-petition.
:02:56. > :03:00.May I also add my congratulations to the nominee, we support everything
:03:01. > :03:04.that the women do in Pakistan to promote democracy. Can I thank the
:03:05. > :03:08.leader of the house for the forthcoming business? I am sure the
:03:09. > :03:12.leader is also getting concerned that her gracious sovereign might
:03:13. > :03:21.not be aware of the data that she is due to give her speech. Is he
:03:22. > :03:28.checking that she is free on those dates? If the leader of the house
:03:29. > :03:34.could give some inclination of when we are likely to rise, that would be
:03:35. > :03:37.helpful. Mr Speaker, what a significant day, the 26th of March.
:03:38. > :03:40.There were eight honourable and right honourable members that shared
:03:41. > :03:45.a birthday. The right Honourable Member for South and West, members
:03:46. > :03:47.for Worsley and Eccles South, Basingstoke, Congleton, Bristol
:03:48. > :03:54.East, Nottingham South, and the youngest member for Linlithgow. We
:03:55. > :04:00.wish them a belated happy birthday. PC Keith Palmer, who often stood
:04:01. > :04:06.around here, a supporter of Charlton athletic, Aysha Frade, Kurt Cochran
:04:07. > :04:12.and Leslie Rhodes will not ever be able to celebrate their birthdays
:04:13. > :04:21.again. I want to thank your chaplain, the Reverend Hudson, and
:04:22. > :04:24.the Roman Catholic priest, for the ceremonies that they held last
:04:25. > :04:28.Thursday. They have always supported us when we need them, and I want to
:04:29. > :04:34.thank them. It is a convention that when an essay is paraded, the
:04:35. > :04:41.government backed up provides a debate day. I want to raise concerns
:04:42. > :04:45.that a debate was not provided for the tuition fees. The leader of the
:04:46. > :04:48.confirm that in future the convention will be honoured so that
:04:49. > :04:52.the opposition do not have to use standing order 24 to get an
:04:53. > :04:55.emergency debate? It is going to be extremely important because there
:04:56. > :04:59.will be a plethora of statutory instruments coming as we leave
:05:00. > :05:03.Europe. We do not want to see a return to the powers exercised by an
:05:04. > :05:07.absolute monarchy when Parliament is sovereign and is a democratic
:05:08. > :05:10.institution. Mr Speaker, not all business was carried over last
:05:11. > :05:14.Wednesday. Could the leader of the house find time for a debate on the
:05:15. > :05:18.exiting the European Union and global trade? This house would like
:05:19. > :05:21.to know what the department has been doing jury in the last nine months.
:05:22. > :05:24.The Prime Minister said yesterday they have all been busy. As yet, the
:05:25. > :05:27.Secretary of State has not been able to come to the house to tell us what
:05:28. > :05:37.global trade deals are in the offing. Yesterday was a significant
:05:38. > :05:40.day in our island story. We in the opposition wanted to see a strong
:05:41. > :05:43.and collaborative future relationship with the EU, the exact
:05:44. > :05:51.same benefits as we currently have as members of the single market and
:05:52. > :05:55.Customs union, fair migration in the interests of the economy and
:05:56. > :05:58.communities, we want to defend rights and protections and prevent a
:05:59. > :06:03.race to the bottom. We want to protect security and our capacity to
:06:04. > :06:05.tackle cross-border crime and terrorism, and ensure that any
:06:06. > :06:10.negotiation delivers for all regions and the nations of the UK. That is a
:06:11. > :06:14.position of certainty. It is not the fallback position of no deal is
:06:15. > :06:18.better than a bad deal. That should not be entering the government's
:06:19. > :06:21.vocabulary. Is the leader of the house aware that the CBI to say that
:06:22. > :06:27.businesses would experience serious disruption if no new trading
:06:28. > :06:30.relationship is agreed and they are forced to trade with the EU under
:06:31. > :06:35.World Trade Organisation rules? No deal should not be an option.
:06:36. > :06:39.Manufacturers in the West Midlands have asked, do I need to change my
:06:40. > :06:42.supply chain? Will I have to enforce new rules? Those are just two of the
:06:43. > :06:47.questions. Could we have a statement to show how the Government will
:06:48. > :06:51.answer these questions to business? Could we have a debate on the
:06:52. > :06:55.National Audit Office report of the 24th of March? Capability in the
:06:56. > :06:59.civil service. The report says that the government is facing
:07:00. > :07:01.ever-increasing challenges in providing public services,
:07:02. > :07:04.continuing budgetary restraints is putting pressure on departments,
:07:05. > :07:09.making important forms with fewer staff and smaller budget. There is a
:07:10. > :07:13.skills gap that cannot be filled by the private sector. The report says
:07:14. > :07:20.one in four posts of senior position are unfilled. What is the government
:07:21. > :07:23.going to do to address the skills shortage as we leave the EU? Could
:07:24. > :07:26.the leader of the house say when NHS staff will be receiving more than a
:07:27. > :07:31.1% pay increase, given that half the Cabinet have said that ?350 million
:07:32. > :07:36.a week is now available for the NHS? Could the leader of the house also
:07:37. > :07:43.set out how the Prime Minister will be reporting back to the UK on the
:07:44. > :07:48.negotiations? Our children and grandchildren, 75% of whom voted to
:07:49. > :07:55.remain, our hurt and betrayed because they know that the EU is
:07:56. > :07:59.about equality, peace, security, collaboration, the quality of life,
:08:00. > :08:15.the air that we breathe, tourism, consumer rights and human rights. We
:08:16. > :08:22.must not betray them. So, two are and -- e-petition, rock and roll. We
:08:23. > :08:30.lately have the death of Joe -- Chuck Berry. He had some songs that
:08:31. > :08:34.were seemingly made for us. Disquiet about school funding, special deals
:08:35. > :08:40.with Tory councils. One for you, Mr Speaker, Johnny be good. Finally, I
:08:41. > :08:46.want to say thank you to all of the civil servants, for the work they
:08:47. > :08:52.did when we were part of the EU and all of the ambassadors, all of the
:08:53. > :08:56.ministers for Europe, including the leader of the house, he was an
:08:57. > :08:59.outstanding minister for Europe. It was because he was so good that I
:09:00. > :09:06.hope the goodwill will come back when we finish our negotiations. I
:09:07. > :09:11.also want to say goodbye and thank you to David Beamish, the clerk of
:09:12. > :09:16.Parliament, sadly retiring after 42 years. He has done a fantastic job
:09:17. > :09:23.and has worked very closely with our own clerk. And also to Russell
:09:24. > :09:27.Tatum, one of the unsung heroes. A backroom person that has worked for
:09:28. > :09:30.both sides, the Labour and Conservative opposition whips. He
:09:31. > :09:33.kept us all going. We wish him well at his new post and hope he can sort
:09:34. > :09:36.out the Department of Health as well. Can I repeat again, can I
:09:37. > :09:40.thank everyone for everything they did in the last week, and everyone
:09:41. > :09:47.connected with the house, a very happy and peaceful Easter. The
:09:48. > :09:53.leader of the house, Mr David Lidington. Can I first of all join
:09:54. > :09:56.with the honourable lady in expressing thanks to your chaplain
:09:57. > :10:01.and to the Roman Catholic chaplain for the work they have done in the
:10:02. > :10:08.last week, which I am sure they will continue to do in the future. Also,
:10:09. > :10:11.join her in paying tribute to David Beamish, who has served the House of
:10:12. > :10:16.Lords and Parliament as a whole with great distinction throughout his
:10:17. > :10:21.career. I think I would add to that the name of Glenn McKee, amongst our
:10:22. > :10:25.own clerk 's, retiring after more than 30 years of service to this
:10:26. > :10:28.house. I think we would want to put on record our thanks and
:10:29. > :10:36.appreciation to him for that record of service. The date of the Queen's
:10:37. > :10:49.speech will be announced as soon as possible. As the honourable lady
:10:50. > :10:53.knows, the exact date of it will depend on the presence of business.
:10:54. > :11:01.If I can turn to some of the issues that she raised, the Government has
:11:02. > :11:09.actually delivered on the convention, and slots have been
:11:10. > :11:13.provided for debates on the tuition fees and on personal independence
:11:14. > :11:20.payments. The opposition will get their opportunity to debate those
:11:21. > :11:23.prayers, when we get back. Clearly, this Government, like all
:11:24. > :11:27.governments, will then act on the basis of what Parliament decides.
:11:28. > :11:32.She made a broader point about secondary legislation in the context
:11:33. > :11:39.of the forthcoming European legislation. While I am sure there
:11:40. > :11:42.will be questions to the Secretary of State later on, and ample
:11:43. > :11:49.opportunity to debate this matter during proceedings in the next
:11:50. > :11:52.session, on the repeal Bill, it is a fact regarding any secondary
:11:53. > :12:01.legislation that delegated legislative powers can only be
:12:02. > :12:04.exercised by ministers if those powers have been expressly conferred
:12:05. > :12:10.on ministers by Parliament, through an act of Parliament. So, the
:12:11. > :12:16.authority for the use of delegated legislation will have to have been
:12:17. > :12:20.approved after Phil Alinghi process in both houses, before reaching the
:12:21. > :12:27.statute book. She asked me what International Trade. My right
:12:28. > :12:31.honourable friend the Secretary of State has hardly been invisible. He
:12:32. > :12:38.is doing the job the Prime Minister appointed him to do, which is to
:12:39. > :12:42.maximise the opportunities for jobs and investment in the United Kingdom
:12:43. > :12:47.by drumming up support for trade and investment all around the world. He
:12:48. > :12:51.has been here regularly, in the slots allotted to the Department for
:12:52. > :12:59.International Trade, to answer questions from all parts of the
:13:00. > :13:05.house. I would add that the honourable lady's description of
:13:06. > :13:09.what she wanted out of a EU negotiation sounded to me very much
:13:10. > :13:12.like a paraphrase of the Prime Minister's letter to President
:13:13. > :13:22.Donald Tusk yesterday. And I welcome that. If there is an outbreak of
:13:23. > :13:27.common sense, a more consensual approach from the opposition,
:13:28. > :13:32.supporting the Prime Minister, a response to her call for national
:13:33. > :13:37.unity, at this time, that is something that I would very much
:13:38. > :13:43.welcome. I don't think my honourable friend could possibly have been
:13:44. > :13:47.clearer, either in her letter, or in the nearly three hours which she
:13:48. > :13:50.spent yesterday making her statement and answering questions at the
:13:51. > :13:57.dispatch box, that her objective is a comprehensive deal with our
:13:58. > :14:06.friends and allies in the European Union, which makes possible a deep
:14:07. > :14:10.and special partnership between ourselves and the 27 countries of
:14:11. > :14:16.the EU, after we have left, because it will remain an essential national
:14:17. > :14:25.interest of the United Kingdom for there to be stability and prosperity
:14:26. > :14:29.right across Europe. While we in Plymouth result of the decision that
:14:30. > :14:31.the British people tuck in their referendum -- well we implement the
:14:32. > :14:36.result of the decision the British people have taken in the referendum,
:14:37. > :14:39.it is important that we strive for a new form of cooperative agreement
:14:40. > :14:43.with countries that will continue to be our friends, allies and partners
:14:44. > :14:50.on so many different areas of policy.
:14:51. > :14:59.She asked me about the National Health Service and the capacity of
:15:00. > :15:04.staff to deal with what be very demanding and the chief executive
:15:05. > :15:10.has said that himself. But what I would point to the honourable lady
:15:11. > :15:15.towards is the track record of NHS managers and NHS clinicians in
:15:16. > :15:19.delivering effective reforms. One of the things I find so striking about
:15:20. > :15:27.the National Health Service is that there can be a severe disparity of
:15:28. > :15:32.performance between different trusts or different hospitals in different
:15:33. > :15:35.parts of the country, and one of the objectives that NHS England wants to
:15:36. > :15:45.secure is to make certain that the best practice, the successes of the
:15:46. > :15:52.most innovative parts of the NHS can be disseminated and put into
:15:53. > :15:55.practice more widely. Can we have a debate on protecting and valuing the
:15:56. > :16:03.Church of England estate? This week we learned that the Church of
:16:04. > :16:09.England have given the green light to ripping out the interior of the
:16:10. > :16:13.grade one listed 13th century church in long sought, Peterborough,
:16:14. > :16:18.including replacing the altar with a self standing altar, and the puppet
:16:19. > :16:43.with a modern lactone, and ripping out all the pews will stop -- the
:16:44. > :16:46.pulp pulpet with a modern lactern. I clearly don't know the details of
:16:47. > :16:53.the church to which my right honourable friend referred.
:16:54. > :16:56.Sometimes there is a difficult balance to be struck between what
:16:57. > :17:00.the congregation needs to meet the needs of worship and the historic
:17:01. > :17:05.fabric of a church. I would hope that these matters are always
:17:06. > :17:10.approached with proper sensitivity, with high regard for our
:17:11. > :17:15.architectural and design heritage, and in particular the views of the
:17:16. > :17:23.local community in particular of the church congregation are fully taken
:17:24. > :17:32.into account. I thank the House will be Sam Querrey work last week -- I
:17:33. > :17:41.thank the House for the work last week. It has certainly been another
:17:42. > :17:49.one of these historic weeks. It is not the time for meaningless and
:17:50. > :17:57.provocative sound bites. But we see the white paper for this shabby
:17:58. > :18:00.repeal bill, 20,000 pieces of European legislation, in what was
:18:01. > :18:05.the greatest transfer of powers from Brussels to this government. For a
:18:06. > :18:11.Parliament that so jealously guards its sovereignty throughout the
:18:12. > :18:22.centuries, I can't believe it is leaving the European Union. One
:18:23. > :18:25.thing that we really need to hear from the Leader of the House is a
:18:26. > :18:31.commitment that the shabby repeal bill will not be subject to the evil
:18:32. > :18:40.procedure. It is far too complicated that. Without any fanfare or
:18:41. > :18:43.flourish we got this this morning, the leader of the House's review
:18:44. > :18:56.into the operation of evil, and the dramatic conclusion he comes to is
:18:57. > :19:02.working perfectly. What it is in fact it's an absolute and total
:19:03. > :19:07.embarrassment to this House. We suspend business, we're going to
:19:08. > :19:13.committee, we go out of committee and not a word is said. This is not
:19:14. > :19:18.the court of Henry VIII. It is a Byzantine court. And we have still
:19:19. > :19:20.not had any statement or response from the government about the
:19:21. > :19:25.historic vote in the Scottish Parliament that we had. This seems
:19:26. > :19:30.to be quite consistent with the way this government seems to treat
:19:31. > :19:33.Scotland. We although there is no common UK approach to leaving the
:19:34. > :19:35.European Union and this government could not have gone further out of
:19:36. > :19:40.its way to antagonise government over its plans to leave the European
:19:41. > :19:44.Union. If we look at the great repeal bill and we think of Henry
:19:45. > :19:52.VIII on these benches, we will be thinking of Robert the Bruce. Mr
:19:53. > :19:56.Speaker, for a moment at the start of that I thought that the
:19:57. > :19:59.honourable gentleman was going to become part of this new consensus
:20:00. > :20:05.that the Prime Minister is seeking to build. I hold out some modicum of
:20:06. > :20:12.hope for him but I have got to confess that after the rest of the
:20:13. > :20:15.Thai red, not all that much. I would seriously encourage the honourable
:20:16. > :20:20.gentleman and members of his party to read the white paper before they
:20:21. > :20:28.make a judgment on it. I think when they have seen it, they will see
:20:29. > :20:32.that the case for certain powers as regards dedicated legislation is
:20:33. > :20:37.made out in detail. The argument is set out very clearly. As is the
:20:38. > :20:44.government's position that it will of course be necessary for the
:20:45. > :20:50.exercise of any such specific delegated legislative powers to be
:20:51. > :20:55.done subject to conditions and restraints to make sure that those
:20:56. > :21:02.cannot be abused and that the powers are used only for the purpose for
:21:03. > :21:06.which they would have been created. I know that other members on the
:21:07. > :21:10.Scottish National Party benches will want to put questions to the
:21:11. > :21:13.Secretary of State very shortly this afternoon, but the government will
:21:14. > :21:21.be proposing a number of very important safeguards on the exercise
:21:22. > :21:24.of those powers. On his question about the application of the English
:21:25. > :21:31.votes procedures to the repeal bill, I have got to repeat what I said to
:21:32. > :21:41.him in previous exchanges. We both know the English votes procedures
:21:42. > :21:45.can only be exercised in a case where an issue to be determined is
:21:46. > :21:49.both devolved to the Scottish Parliament and in relation to
:21:50. > :21:53.legislation before this House applies to England only or to
:21:54. > :22:01.England and Wales only. I think the chances of that happening in the
:22:02. > :22:09.repeal bill are very slim indeed given that the repeal bill addresses
:22:10. > :22:14.the application of European law, of the treaties to this country, and
:22:15. > :22:16.the treaties as international agreements are reserved matters
:22:17. > :22:25.under the terms of the Scotland act itself. I can't at this stage rule
:22:26. > :22:32.out some hypothetical piece of future secondary legislation but I
:22:33. > :22:36.really do think it is not right to exaggerate fears of something which
:22:37. > :22:43.I think it's very unlikely to come about. And then he asked me about
:22:44. > :22:54.the First Minister's call for another referendum. And the vote by
:22:55. > :23:03.the SNP and the Green Party in the Scottish Parliament for a second
:23:04. > :23:11.referendum. The Prime Minister was very clear yesterday that we are
:23:12. > :23:15.embarking on a major change of policy in this country in response
:23:16. > :23:21.to what the people of the United Kingdom as a whole have decided and
:23:22. > :23:28.that now is not the time for a further referendum on a matter that
:23:29. > :23:32.all sides agreed would be settled in the 2014 referendum. And I would
:23:33. > :23:38.simply remind the honourable gentleman of what the First Minister
:23:39. > :23:42.herself said when launching the party manifesto for the Scottish
:23:43. > :23:47.elections in April last year, when she said this. Setting the date for
:23:48. > :23:50.a referendum before a majority of the Scottish people have been
:23:51. > :23:55.persuaded that independence and therefore another referendum is the
:23:56. > :24:01.best future for our country is the wrong way round. If we don't succeed
:24:02. > :24:07.we will have no right to propose another referendum. I support what
:24:08. > :24:14.the First Minister of Scotland said on that occasion. Order. On my
:24:15. > :24:18.reckoning, a further 44 honourable members are seeking to catch my eye.
:24:19. > :24:22.As per usual I am keen to accommodate all would be contributed
:24:23. > :24:26.but I remind the House that there is a very important as likely to be
:24:27. > :24:30.well subscribed statement to follow. And thereafter two imported debates
:24:31. > :24:40.under the auspices of the backbench business committee, therefore there
:24:41. > :24:43.is a premium upon time on brevity. In Rochester we have been contacted
:24:44. > :24:47.by a growing number of residents concerned with the influx of
:24:48. > :24:50.travellers and the number of illegal encampments that have been set up in
:24:51. > :24:54.my constituency. There have been major reports of intimidation and
:24:55. > :24:56.threatening behaviour and I am well threatening behaviour and I am well
:24:57. > :24:59.aware there are problems in other parts of the country but it is
:25:00. > :25:05.apparently disappointing that local authorities and the police have
:25:06. > :25:09.either a lack of capacity or willingness to use powers to deal
:25:10. > :25:13.with the problems. Some of those problems have been down to
:25:14. > :25:19.anti-social behaviour and they have seen this regard of the community.
:25:20. > :25:22.Will the government make time for a debate on the obligations of local
:25:23. > :25:27.authorities and police and also how the current law can be strengthened
:25:28. > :25:30.for the good of our communities? My honourable friend will have an
:25:31. > :25:36.opportunity to push this with ministers on the 24th of April. But
:25:37. > :25:39.my view is clear. The powers that she has described exist for a reason
:25:40. > :25:47.and I would hope that both local authorities and police forces would
:25:48. > :25:51.use them. Can I thank the Leader of the House for giving us an advert
:25:52. > :25:56.for the backbench business that is coming up? And can I also thank him
:25:57. > :25:59.and his staff team for arranging to move the debate is that was
:26:00. > :26:06.scheduled for Westminster Hall on the 18th of April and the 2nd of May
:26:07. > :26:10.back to hours to allow members to travel from their constituencies to
:26:11. > :26:14.get to those debates? An additional piece of news. We have determined
:26:15. > :26:18.that on Tuesday the 25th of April at 9:30am for 90 minutes there will be
:26:19. > :26:24.a debate in Westminster Hall a Post Office closures and on the 2nd of
:26:25. > :26:28.May, Tuesday, at 11:30am, voter ID and electoral fraud will be debated
:26:29. > :26:37.in Westminster Hall. I am going to get my begging bowl out. Not for my
:26:38. > :26:40.constituents. Members always accuse people from the North East of
:26:41. > :26:44.England of having a begging bowl but this is our behalf backbench
:26:45. > :26:50.members. The 20th will be our 27th allotted day, 27th at one quarter
:26:51. > :26:57.allotted day for backbench business, all that is allowed in the
:26:58. > :27:01.parliamentary committee. Any more spare time, could you send it our
:27:02. > :27:07.way? We already have a list of debates waiting. We want
:27:08. > :27:12.clarification. On Tuesday during the backbench debate on Yemen, the right
:27:13. > :27:15.honourable member for Bournemouth East, the parliamentary
:27:16. > :27:18.undersecretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs, on a point
:27:19. > :27:23.of order asked the Deputy Speaker if it would be possible to use our full
:27:24. > :27:27.allocation and the time up to a period of 30 minutes up until
:27:28. > :27:32.members dispersed the House that day. Manning Deputy Speaker
:27:33. > :27:34.responded the House decided on the timetable, that was true, but he
:27:35. > :27:39.said the backbench business committee gave 90 minutes for this
:27:40. > :27:44.debate and I am powerless to change that. The backbench business
:27:45. > :27:48.committee asked for a minimum of 90 minutes for the debate but the
:27:49. > :27:52.printed order allowed a maximum of 90 minutes. The backbench business
:27:53. > :27:55.committee determines the subject matter of debates and the allocation
:27:56. > :27:59.of time and the way in which the order paper reflects that are not
:28:00. > :28:05.within our remit. I am grateful to the honourable gentleman for his
:28:06. > :28:09.words of thanks. I will always do my best to try to accommodate what he
:28:10. > :28:13.and his committee want but I am sure that he will appreciate that spare
:28:14. > :28:23.hours in the parliamentary timetable are a rare commodity. Mr Speaker, in
:28:24. > :28:28.March 2014, the only son of Joanne and Robert Ward, might constituents,
:28:29. > :28:33.was killed by an HGV driver three times over the legal drink-drive
:28:34. > :28:36.limit. On the 29th of October 2014, an adjournment debate in this
:28:37. > :28:39.chamber asked the minister to carry out a sentencing review so that
:28:40. > :28:42.those who cause death by drink-driving should carry a
:28:43. > :28:46.manslaughter charge rather than the current charge which carries a
:28:47. > :28:49.maximum sentence of ten years. Calum's killer got just seven years
:28:50. > :28:51.and will serve three and a half before returning to his home country
:28:52. > :29:06.of Bulgaria, where he will be free to drive unrestricted once again.
:29:07. > :29:07.Could we have a statement from the justice minister updating the House
:29:08. > :29:16.on how this review is progressing? Can I express my sympathy to his
:29:17. > :29:23.family because they will still be feeling the loss. The consultation
:29:24. > :29:25.ran into the February this year. It has received more than 9000
:29:26. > :29:29.responses. The government is considering these responses and
:29:30. > :29:39.ministers will publish a written report, response, in due course.
:29:40. > :29:44.Could we have a debate on the conduct of virgin care in our NHS?
:29:45. > :29:47.It has emerged they are suing the NHS after a contract to provide
:29:48. > :29:52.children's care in Surrey was given to a nonprofit provider. It seems
:29:53. > :29:56.that the pair are seeking a massive pay-out from the taxpayer. Will he
:29:57. > :30:03.join me in saying this is appalling behaviour and ask the Health
:30:04. > :30:10.Secretary to make a statement? Well, I don't, it's a case is the subject
:30:11. > :30:14.of legal action, then clearly neither I nor any other minister can
:30:15. > :30:18.comment on the specifics but if the Honourable lady could let me have
:30:19. > :30:22.details of this particular case I'll ask the Secretary of State and his
:30:23. > :30:25.team to write to her. And able leader yesterday the culture
:30:26. > :30:29.secretary announced a consultation on the future of Channel four.
:30:30. > :30:33.Please could we have a debate on the direction of Channel 4 and wouldn't
:30:34. > :30:37.the House agree with me that having seen the success of the BBC's
:30:38. > :30:47.relocation to Stanford that maybe Channel 4 should consider coming to
:30:48. > :30:51.Yorkshire? -- relocation to Salford. And seeking the broadest possible
:30:52. > :30:54.range of views and evidence to inform the government's assessment
:30:55. > :31:01.about the location of Channel 4. I am sure that he will continue to be
:31:02. > :31:09.a persuasive advocate for Yorkshire. When can we discuss motion 1131 and
:31:10. > :31:16.the staggering cost of decommissioning nuclear sites of
:31:17. > :31:24.?170 billion and the in the price of Hinkley Point from ?6 billion to ?37
:31:25. > :31:30.billion. Why were successive governments in saturated by the myth
:31:31. > :31:35.of cheap nuclear power that promised to deliver electricity that was too
:31:36. > :31:43.cheap to meter when what is being delivered is ?170 billion Bill for
:31:44. > :31:48.taxpayers that will impoverish government spending for decades?
:31:49. > :31:51.Well, my right honourable friend the Secretary of State was at the
:31:52. > :31:57.dispatch box on Monday this week in response to an urgent question about
:31:58. > :32:00.nuclear decommissioning but my advice to honourable gentleman would
:32:01. > :32:06.be to seek one of the longer Westminster Hall debate
:32:07. > :32:12.opportunities. The government's view is that nuclear energy should be a
:32:13. > :32:17.part of a broad mix of energy sources in this country to ensure
:32:18. > :32:21.that we have security of energy supply and that we can rely
:32:22. > :32:29.increasingly on sources of energy which do not add to the problem of
:32:30. > :32:33.climate change. Eight debate on the Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals
:32:34. > :32:39.trust that has illegally suggested closing the Elliot Dee -- the
:32:40. > :32:43.accident and emergency ward, engaging up to 40 children are the
:32:44. > :32:50.result of the agree that such moves should be consulted with the public,
:32:51. > :32:53.local authorities and local MPs? There has been no consultation and
:32:54. > :32:57.yet this proposal is going ahead in the autumn. I am concerned to hear
:32:58. > :33:01.this and will draw it to be attention of the Secretary of State.
:33:02. > :33:06.A significant change in configurations are the NHS that is
:33:07. > :33:10.any area ought to be the subject of public consultation and of course
:33:11. > :33:15.there is powerfully relevant committee on the local authority to
:33:16. > :33:19.ask the Secretary of State to home that decision in and review it so I
:33:20. > :33:25.would encourage him to pursue this would help ministers but I shall
:33:26. > :33:29.draw a comments to the Secretary of State's attention. Can we have an
:33:30. > :33:34.urgent debate on the state of local roads? In Nottinghamshire, including
:33:35. > :33:38.my constituency, there is a ?319 million backlog for the Council, the
:33:39. > :33:42.Nottinghamshire County Council, to deal with those roads. My
:33:43. > :33:46.constituents and Nottinghamshire are fed up driving on roads which are
:33:47. > :33:52.crumbling, full of holes and it is about time the government sorted it
:33:53. > :33:58.out. Well, it was decisively to address problems in infrastructure
:33:59. > :34:04.that the Chancellor of the Exchequer found ?23 billion additional
:34:05. > :34:07.spending at the time of the Autumn Statement and as the Transport
:34:08. > :34:12.Secretary said during his questions earlier this afternoon, the
:34:13. > :34:16.government has allocated very significant sums of money to support
:34:17. > :34:24.local highways authority, to deal with holes and other repair issues
:34:25. > :34:27.concerning local roads but it is a reality which any responsible
:34:28. > :34:32.government had to accept that resources are finite and the country
:34:33. > :34:38.and the government have to live within their means. We still have a
:34:39. > :34:41.significant visit in our public finances and the responsible
:34:42. > :34:49.approach is to live within our means. Will the Leader of the House
:34:50. > :34:54.give us an urgent debate on conflicts of interest because in the
:34:55. > :35:00.course of that debate we could probably look, for example, at the
:35:01. > :35:04.relationship of CH ten M, a contract NHS two, currently in his
:35:05. > :35:11.constituency, because the relationship between a chest to and
:35:12. > :35:18.CH2M cannot be good because they must have financial difficulties. We
:35:19. > :35:21.can also look at if they can explain what they are going to do with
:35:22. > :35:26.Bettel and the other bidders, whether it they are going to start
:35:27. > :35:29.that contract from scratch or the other attack to take their word that
:35:30. > :35:32.there was no conflict of interest, it one of those is appointed. We can
:35:33. > :35:39.look at clarifying the roles of individuals such as Chris Reynolds
:35:40. > :35:43.and the CH2M people working in a testing and perhaps we could look at
:35:44. > :35:47.the role of the chairman of the National infrastructure commission.
:35:48. > :35:54.The National infrastructure commission as to provide impartial
:35:55. > :36:05.expert advice to the government and operate... And yet serve as a
:36:06. > :36:09.director... Enough. I have been more than fair to the right honourable
:36:10. > :36:11.lady. I know she is seeking a debate but a number of members are already
:36:12. > :36:16.muttering that the debate has now happened. I am sure she will get the
:36:17. > :36:28.debate that we do need to make progress. I hope she will forgive
:36:29. > :36:31.me. I did catch my right honourable friend's responds a little earlier
:36:32. > :36:36.this afternoon. There are strict rules around any kind of public
:36:37. > :36:42.sector procurement and we expect all proper procedures to be followed,
:36:43. > :36:48.including the rules that are there to provide safeguards against
:36:49. > :36:51.conflicts of interest. Having received a response from the
:36:52. > :36:55.Minister for energy and industry regarding over 40 of my constituents
:36:56. > :37:01.who alleged to have been mis-sold solar panels by a government
:37:02. > :37:03.approved provider I am not entirely confident that the department
:37:04. > :37:06.appreciates the magnitude of the problem and how many people across
:37:07. > :37:12.Britain are suffering financial hardship because of this botched
:37:13. > :37:16.government energy efficiency scheme. May we have a debate in government
:37:17. > :37:24.time to discuss this urgent and important and potentially
:37:25. > :37:27.far-reaching issue? I have not seen the letter from the Minister to
:37:28. > :37:34.which the honourable lady has referred. One option she might want
:37:35. > :37:38.to explore is if she feels there has been maladministration by a
:37:39. > :37:41.government department then there may be a case for reference to the
:37:42. > :37:50.Parliamentary ombudsman to investigate that. Can reschedule his
:37:51. > :37:53.own statement on your excellent abroad, Mr Speaker. That would give
:37:54. > :38:02.him the opportunity to announce the critical role of different and to
:38:03. > :38:08.explain to the House that this scheme uses the latest biometric
:38:09. > :38:12.technology to deliver money electronically to the world's
:38:13. > :38:15.poorest women, absolutely transforming their status by
:38:16. > :38:23.providing them with a bank account -- the critical role of DIFID. I am
:38:24. > :38:30.very happy, without tempting your anger by giving a statement, to
:38:31. > :38:36.applaud the speaker's about for democracy and the particular
:38:37. > :38:39.nomination of the success today and to pay tribute to the role of the
:38:40. > :38:41.Department for International Development as my right honourable
:38:42. > :38:48.friend rightly says. The use of digital technology can provide
:38:49. > :38:52.power, freedom and opportunity to women in particular in some
:38:53. > :39:00.developing countries who otherwise have to live in the and never have
:39:01. > :39:03.any control over their lives. The funding crisis in the NHS has
:39:04. > :39:09.reached new heights today with reports of a hospital trust asking
:39:10. > :39:13.full-time nurses to register and set up as sole traders so it can avoid
:39:14. > :39:18.paying employers national insurance. The Health Secretary urgently
:39:19. > :39:22.investigate this and can he assure the House, than the Leader of the
:39:23. > :39:28.House asking to assure the House that this outrageous practice is not
:39:29. > :39:33.acceptable? I think given this particular case that the honourable
:39:34. > :39:36.gentleman should either write directly to the health minister or
:39:37. > :39:39.if he would like to come to my office I will forward his concerns
:39:40. > :39:46.with those details onto the Secretary of State. Domestic dog
:39:47. > :39:50.attacks on she, especially at lambing time at the moment, I real
:39:51. > :39:53.concern not only for the businesses of our farmers across the country,
:39:54. > :39:57.but also for dog owners who are often unaware of the consequences
:39:58. > :40:02.for them and their pets should the attack take place. Can we had a
:40:03. > :40:06.debate on what the government can do to promote awareness of the actions
:40:07. > :40:09.so that farmers and authorities can take with regards to dogs attacking
:40:10. > :40:13.sheep and a lot more can be done to prevent such attacks in the first
:40:14. > :40:21.place? The government understands the huge loss that farmers face as a
:40:22. > :40:26.result of dog attacks on livestock and it is the duty of all dog owners
:40:27. > :40:30.to ensure that their animals are kept under proper control went on
:40:31. > :40:34.farmland Woodstock government officials recently met police forces
:40:35. > :40:39.farming representatives to discuss the situation. Five police forces at
:40:40. > :40:45.a consequence of than the pilot a more systematic collection of
:40:46. > :40:50.incidents and response practices. Can we have an urgent debate on the
:40:51. > :40:55.6000 constituents of Norwich South who have been sanctioned since 2010
:40:56. > :40:58.by the DWP. I'd like to raise the issue at 140 terminal cancer patient
:40:59. > :41:05.who failed his suitability work assessment and he was denied JFK and
:41:06. > :41:12.he is now living in the poverty. -- was denied jobseeker's allowance.
:41:13. > :41:17.Can we have an urgent debate? The sanctions in their current form have
:41:18. > :41:21.been used ever since jobseeker's allowance started back in 1996, so
:41:22. > :41:25.the sanctions regime existed throughout the 13 years of Labour
:41:26. > :41:30.government and the vast majority of people comply. Now, if there are
:41:31. > :41:35.particular cases where things have gone wrong, where bad judgments have
:41:36. > :41:38.been made by officials, then I would encourage the honourable gentleman
:41:39. > :41:44.to take this up directly with the ministers concerned. But I do think
:41:45. > :41:50.that a sanctions system is part of the logical, is a logical element in
:41:51. > :42:00.an effective and fair system of benefits. Residence and retails in
:42:01. > :42:04.my constituency in Barton are angry about a possible development of a
:42:05. > :42:07.new supermarket on the edge of town. The government's efforts to
:42:08. > :42:12.revitalise and support the high streets are often undermined by
:42:13. > :42:15.decisions by the local authority planning departments. Could we have
:42:16. > :42:21.a debate on the impact planning on the high street? Well, I think I
:42:22. > :42:24.probably direct my honourable friend towards Westminster will
:42:25. > :42:30.opportunities for the constituency case. I think it is right that these
:42:31. > :42:33.decisions are taken at local level and we don't try and second-guess
:42:34. > :42:39.every supermarket location from Whitehall but I am sure he will be a
:42:40. > :42:42.formidable advocate in behalf of his own communities to try to make sure
:42:43. > :42:48.that the planners come to a decision that takes account of local opinion.
:42:49. > :42:52.The Home Secretary last weekend said that we need to make sure that our
:42:53. > :42:56.intelligence services have the ability to get into situations like
:42:57. > :43:00.encrypt it social messaging. This is a departure from the stated
:43:01. > :43:03.government policy. Back in October it was said that the government was
:43:04. > :43:08.opposed to encryption would legislate to undermine it is
:43:09. > :43:13.fanciful. Can we have a debate on whether the investigatory Powers act
:43:14. > :43:15.is still relevant but it is still a GCHQ's guidance to encrypt
:43:16. > :43:20.communications and whether the Leader of the House can enlighten us
:43:21. > :43:24.on what the necessary hashtags. The government wants people to be able
:43:25. > :43:30.to communicate securely with each other. Cyber security is a real
:43:31. > :43:35.threat and cybercrime a massive cost to society, so we support
:43:36. > :43:38.encryption. But what we need to have is a balance which also makes sure
:43:39. > :43:45.that encryption does not provide a safe space for terrorists,
:43:46. > :43:51.paedophiles for organised criminals. Therefore, we also want to require
:43:52. > :43:55.companies to have the ability to decrypt those messages when they
:43:56. > :44:01.have been served with a properly authorised warrant. It is a
:44:02. > :44:05.particular issue over end to end encryption, that is why the Home
:44:06. > :44:10.Secretary is meeting today with representatives of the digital
:44:11. > :44:19.industry and Internet providers to discuss these issues further.
:44:20. > :44:24.My constituent, prison officer, died in the early hours of Christmas
:44:25. > :44:28.morning after a vicious attack, and last week of course PC Keith Palmer
:44:29. > :44:33.lost his life while doing his job here in Parliament. Now the trial of
:44:34. > :44:42.the man charged with the manslaughter of my constituent
:44:43. > :44:48.starts on June 20 six. May we have a debate on introducing a specific
:44:49. > :44:58.offence to deal with those who attack the people protecting the
:44:59. > :45:01.people in service? My right honourable friend will understand
:45:02. > :45:05.that while I express my utter condolences to the family of the
:45:06. > :45:09.police officer who lost his life on the Isle of Wight, I cannot comment
:45:10. > :45:16.on a matter that will be the subject of a criminal trial. The courts do
:45:17. > :45:20.have powers already to impose an additional sentence on the grounds
:45:21. > :45:25.of aggravation if an attack has been on a police officer. I don't know
:45:26. > :45:29.why the leaders being so coy about the date of the Queen's speech. It
:45:30. > :45:33.is on the 17th of May, which we all know because it is on the
:45:34. > :45:42.government's on all party whip, and it has been for weeks. But IPSA seem
:45:43. > :45:45.to be determined to publish information regarding MPs revealing
:45:46. > :45:49.their home addresses which I think is entirely inappropriate and I hope
:45:50. > :45:53.the government will stand ready to legislate if necessary. I know this
:45:54. > :46:00.is something that both the honourable gentleman and I have
:46:01. > :46:06.raised with IPSA directly. Earlier this week, IPSA did give some
:46:07. > :46:12.assurances that this matter was under active review, and I would
:46:13. > :46:18.certainly hope that they take action at the IPSA board to make sure that
:46:19. > :46:22.any such material that might identify a member and put a member
:46:23. > :46:30.at risk of possible attack would not be published in future. We have an
:46:31. > :46:35.urgent debate on NHS workforce planning. Among the reasons given to
:46:36. > :46:40.me by my local NHS Trust for the difficulties in filling key posts,
:46:41. > :46:48.is a sharp decline in applications from European Union citizens. There
:46:49. > :46:51.will be opportunities to put questions to health ministers on
:46:52. > :46:54.this but not in the next two weeks. I hope there will be some
:46:55. > :46:59.reassurance to my honourable friend in knowing that we do have record
:47:00. > :47:02.numbers of nurses and GPs in training at the moment and the
:47:03. > :47:10.government has expanded training provision very significantly. Can I
:47:11. > :47:16.take this opportunity to place on record my congratulations to Ms
:47:17. > :47:21.Memon for winning the inaugural Speaker's democracy award. The
:47:22. > :47:24.contribution of women to politics should be the focus of people's
:47:25. > :47:29.tension and not what we wear and how we appear. As the leader of the
:47:30. > :47:33.House ever had an opportunity to listen to the recording of an
:47:34. > :47:37.appeal? An increasing number of constituents are visiting me because
:47:38. > :47:40.they are upset by the process. Given that the majority of claimants are
:47:41. > :47:44.successful on appeal, clearly the system is failing them will stop can
:47:45. > :47:47.we have an urgent debate about how the system is failing and how we can
:47:48. > :47:52.turn it into one that treats people with the dignity and respect that
:47:53. > :48:00.they deserve? I simply disagree with the honourable lady that this PIPs
:48:01. > :48:02.system is failing. A quarter of people on personal independence
:48:03. > :48:08.payments received the highest level of support compared with just 15% of
:48:09. > :48:13.working age claimants and Disability Living Allowance. Or if we look at
:48:14. > :48:16.the figures for people with mental health conditions, again
:48:17. > :48:19.significantly more people are getting help through PIPs and
:48:20. > :48:27.secured help at the high level under the Disability Living Allowance.
:48:28. > :48:33.PIPs is providing greater help to those in the greatest need. Can we
:48:34. > :48:36.have a debate or can we raise the matter urgently with the Prime
:48:37. > :48:41.Minister and the Chancellor of the developing situation with Falkland
:48:42. > :48:46.Islands Holdings limited, the company that holds the majority of
:48:47. > :48:49.land, transport and retail on the Falkland Islands, that is facing a
:48:50. > :48:54.hostile take-over by a politically motivated Argentine billionaire, a
:48:55. > :48:57.matter where the Chancellor or the parameter will have to step in and
:48:58. > :49:03.the take-over code to protect the interests of the Falkland Islands
:49:04. > :49:06.people. -- or the Prime Minister. I know my honourable friend raised
:49:07. > :49:10.this matter earlier in the week as well. This question is the subject
:49:11. > :49:14.of a full review by the Falkland Islands government at the moment and
:49:15. > :49:20.the foreign Commonwealth Office is giving support to the Falkland
:49:21. > :49:27.Islands administration in that task. On Mendes students from Grange
:49:28. > :49:32.technology college visited me in Parliament. -- on Monday. I was
:49:33. > :49:39.asked about the ?900,000 due to be cut from their budget, and research
:49:40. > :49:43.suggests this equates to the salaries of 24 teachers at that
:49:44. > :49:47.school. This is from a school that is working hard to come out of
:49:48. > :49:50.special measures. Would the lead of the House be willing to allocate
:49:51. > :49:58.time to debate the severe funding cuts faced by our schools? The
:49:59. > :50:02.honourable lady refers to the new funding formula. That is the subject
:50:03. > :50:06.of a consultation at the moment and the Secretary of State will be
:50:07. > :50:09.bringing forward her proposals in due course. I would say to her that
:50:10. > :50:12.they think it is hard to defend the current system under which
:50:13. > :50:18.comparable schools with comparable catchment areas but in different
:50:19. > :50:21.parts of the country can receive startlingly different sums of money
:50:22. > :50:25.per pupil simply because of their geography. It has become alarmingly
:50:26. > :50:31.common for business questions to take more than an hour. Not
:50:32. > :50:38.occasionally, but alarmingly, and, as I say. I do have to have regard
:50:39. > :50:42.for the next statement and the coming debates. So can we have short
:50:43. > :50:48.questions and answers in the faint hope we can move onto the next
:50:49. > :50:53.business shortly after midday? Can we have a debate on diversity in the
:50:54. > :50:59.arts? I was pleased to attend the Muslim awards for excellence 2017
:51:00. > :51:01.when my constituent was awarded the Muslim youth award for excellence in
:51:02. > :51:07.the arts presented by my right honourable friend the member for
:51:08. > :51:10.Bromsgrove. I congratulate my honourable friend's constituent on
:51:11. > :51:15.that achievement and I can give him the news that Arts Council England
:51:16. > :51:21.is making a priority of diversity in the arts. That has included half a
:51:22. > :51:25.million pounds for organisations like Eclipse theatre, which is
:51:26. > :51:36.delivering a programme supporting ethnic minority artists in northern
:51:37. > :51:40.England. Further to the earlier question, the AA say that our roads
:51:41. > :51:45.now resemble Swiss cheese. I understand that the number of
:51:46. > :51:50.potholes filled by councils in England fell by 19% last year. When
:51:51. > :51:57.is the government properly going to deal with this issue and can we have
:51:58. > :52:00.a debate, please? Actually the latest visual assessment of road
:52:01. > :52:04.conditions in England that was published in March this year showed
:52:05. > :52:08.that local classified roads were improving with fewer local roads
:52:09. > :52:15.needing to be considered for maintenance. The governments has
:52:16. > :52:18.provided councils with over ?6 million up to 2020 to improve the
:52:19. > :52:22.condition of local roads, but resources are finite and clearly
:52:23. > :52:26.choices and priorities have got to be set at local and at national
:52:27. > :52:34.level. The much loved tarot arts centre is once again threatened with
:52:35. > :52:38.closure. -- Harrow. It has cultural activities for the whole community.
:52:39. > :52:41.Culture London have raised ?3.1 million towards funding the centre
:52:42. > :52:45.but Harrow Council are now thinking of closing it. Can we have a debate
:52:46. > :52:51.in government I am on the future of community and cultural centres
:52:52. > :52:58.across the UK? -- a debate in government time. I hope that when
:52:59. > :53:01.Harrow Council takes its decisions that they will take into account the
:53:02. > :53:07.strong representation from my honourable friend and his
:53:08. > :53:14.constituents. The Leader of the House is known as a big planner, so
:53:15. > :53:17.how much time is he planning to have on these 19,000 statutory instrument
:53:18. > :53:21.and pieces of legislation and other instruments on the great repeal bill
:53:22. > :53:25.and its attendant legislation in this place over the next two years
:53:26. > :53:34.so that Parliament can fulfil its job of parliamentary scrutiny? How
:53:35. > :53:37.much time is he planning? Mr Speaker, we will have to wait for
:53:38. > :53:41.the bill to be published and the statutory instruments to be brought
:53:42. > :53:47.forward. A statutory instrument can only be dealt with by whatever
:53:48. > :53:53.procedure this House and the other players have approved in the parent
:53:54. > :53:59.act of Parliament. -- the other place. I can say to the House that
:54:00. > :54:03.the 19,000 figure he has given to the House is very far-fetched, in my
:54:04. > :54:10.view. Another concerned will be nothing like that. -- the number
:54:11. > :54:13.Can I thank the Leader of the House Can I thank the Leader of the House
:54:14. > :54:18.will make to the written statement today on the technical review of the
:54:19. > :54:23.English vote for English law standing orders and responding in
:54:24. > :54:26.particular to the report of the procedure committee? Does my right
:54:27. > :54:31.honourable friend agree that the 12 pages may be summarised simply by
:54:32. > :54:35.saying that there will be no changes at the moment but that provisions
:54:36. > :54:41.will be kept under review? I think that is a very fair summary. Will
:54:42. > :54:44.the leader of the House make time available for a series of debates
:54:45. > :54:48.which it would be appropriate for the Cabinet Office to respond to
:54:49. > :54:55.those they can update us on the progress of the ?350 million per
:54:56. > :55:00.week for the NHS? The reduction in immigration, the cut in VAT on fuel,
:55:01. > :55:09.and they can also update us on the increased associated costs with
:55:10. > :55:13.setting up parallel organisations to the ECJ? What the Cabinet Office is
:55:14. > :55:18.very active in doing is to ensure that the pledges given in the
:55:19. > :55:22.manifesto on which this government was elected are delivered, whether
:55:23. > :55:25.through legislation or other means, but the point to which the
:55:26. > :55:31.honourable gentleman referred have not been part of the government's
:55:32. > :55:35.manifesto. Could we have an urgent debate to clarify the Prime
:55:36. > :55:38.Minister's negotiating stance with the EU? If we extrapolate a wish
:55:39. > :55:41.list from the statement in the House yesterday and the letter to Donald
:55:42. > :55:47.Tusk, the only conclusion we can come to is either being a member of
:55:48. > :55:51.the European Union or a member of the single market? What the Prime
:55:52. > :55:54.Ministers said yesterday is consistent with what you said in the
:55:55. > :56:00.Lancaster House speech and the subsequent white paper. -- what she
:56:01. > :56:03.said. We are at the start of a complex and challenging period of
:56:04. > :56:07.negotiation and as my right honourable friend said yesterday,
:56:08. > :56:11.there is going to need to be political will and give and take on
:56:12. > :56:18.both sides, but we are looking forward to that task and entering
:56:19. > :56:21.into it in a constructive spirit. Would the leader of the House ensure
:56:22. > :56:24.that the statement is made explaining to young people by his
:56:25. > :56:28.government believes it is more important to reduce inward migration
:56:29. > :56:36.than it is to protect the freedoms that I have enjoyed so that my
:56:37. > :56:40.children can enjoy them as well? We want, Mr Speaker, to implement the
:56:41. > :56:47.decision that the people of the United Kingdom took in a referendum
:56:48. > :56:56.on membership of the European Union. That will clearly involve a change
:56:57. > :57:04.from the existing arrangements on free movement, which are provided
:57:05. > :57:08.under European law. The exact nature of movement rights and opportunities
:57:09. > :57:13.are things that Home Office ministers in particular will be
:57:14. > :57:15.reflecting on. But they will also be part of a conversation between
:57:16. > :57:21.ourselves and other European governments. Options are clearly
:57:22. > :57:26.narrowing in Northern Ireland. What time is he setting aside to prepare
:57:27. > :57:32.to do business on the floor of this House on Northern Ireland after the
:57:33. > :57:37.18th of April? As the honourable gentleman knows, it is the
:57:38. > :57:43.government's wish that devolved government in Northern Ireland can
:57:44. > :57:50.be resumed at the earliest possible opportunity. We have no wish to see
:57:51. > :57:52.a resumption of direct rule. I have obviously been talking to the
:57:53. > :57:58.Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regularly in recent weeks,
:57:59. > :58:02.as the honourable gentleman would expect. The government makes plans
:58:03. > :58:08.for many different contingencies. Commercial burglaries and serious
:58:09. > :58:11.knife crime are still serious problems in my constituency. When
:58:12. > :58:14.will the government about the very worrying findings of the HM RAC
:58:15. > :58:20.report which shows that police across the country do not have the
:58:21. > :58:26.resources to investigate all types of crime and the police have 700
:58:27. > :58:29.fewer detectives than needed? -- the HMIC report. I point the honourable
:58:30. > :58:34.gentleman to the success of the police in and outside London in
:58:35. > :58:38.reducing crime, despite having to make different choices about
:58:39. > :58:42.budgetary management. The police have done that by reorganising their
:58:43. > :58:46.own operations and priorities to make sure that cutting crime
:58:47. > :58:52.successfully comes first and fermenting and spreading best
:58:53. > :58:57.practice. -- when implementing and spreading breast practice. When he
:58:58. > :59:01.finally admit that contrary to what his predecessor told us, it is
:59:02. > :59:04.simply not possible. To MPs to debate or vote on Barrick on
:59:05. > :59:10.sequential is through the Estimates process?
:59:11. > :59:16.There is a report on the select committee on procedure that is due
:59:17. > :59:20.later this year on the estimates procedure and the government will
:59:21. > :59:26.reply in detail to it in due course but the basic problem is that the
:59:27. > :59:31.nature of devolution, that it budgetary decision taken here that
:59:32. > :59:36.has banned its consequential for Scotland, does not ring fence that
:59:37. > :59:41.Scottish funding for the same subject of which it might be spent
:59:42. > :59:45.here, it is up to the Scottish Parliament how that money is spent,
:59:46. > :59:52.so there is not a direct read across. Everyday I hear a story of a
:59:53. > :59:55.person who discovers they have been duped into buying a leasehold
:59:56. > :00:00.property. Lenders are refusing to grant mortgages on these homes,
:00:01. > :00:03.threatening the integrity of the housing market. The Prime Minister
:00:04. > :00:08.said there was no reason for these properties to be sold on a leasehold
:00:09. > :00:09.basis on the 1st of March was when the government introduced
:00:10. > :00:14.legislation to put those words into action? Disassembling my right
:00:15. > :00:20.honourable friend the Minister for Housing is taking very seriously. I
:00:21. > :00:26.draw the honourable gentleman's concern to his attention but he is
:00:27. > :00:28.on top of this issue. The Leader of the House will be aware that
:00:29. > :00:34.paragraph 25 of the European Parliament's draft motion on Brexit
:00:35. > :00:36.Mexico that passporting the financial services will not
:00:37. > :00:39.countenance. Financial services is key to Edinburgh and many of my
:00:40. > :00:46.constituency work in the sector. Can we have a debate to find out how the
:00:47. > :00:49.UK Government intends to support our financial organisations that are
:00:50. > :00:55.facing serious disruptions as a result of this? I refer her back to
:00:56. > :00:59.the privacy's letter yesterday which had explicit mention of our
:01:00. > :01:04.objective of securing trade access for our financial service and
:01:05. > :01:09.reciprocal rights for financial services firms based in other
:01:10. > :01:13.European Union countries here. She tempts me to start speculating about
:01:14. > :01:19.a forthcoming negotiation and as she knows that coming I am prepared to
:01:20. > :01:21.do. Small businesses in my constituency got little confidence
:01:22. > :01:25.from the privacy's statement yesterday. We were promised Bates in
:01:26. > :01:32.government time over important issues impacting on leaving the EU,
:01:33. > :01:34.like workers' rights comment by mental check is adverse or
:01:35. > :01:38.businesses but these have not happen. The leader publish a
:01:39. > :01:42.schedule of debates in government time that we can have on these
:01:43. > :01:49.important factors? I can promise her that there are going to be numerous
:01:50. > :01:53.opportunities, particularly in the forthcoming parliamentary session,
:01:54. > :02:02.for every aspect of our departure from the European Union to be
:02:03. > :02:06.debated. Is the cross-party talks in Northern Ireland are to inform the
:02:07. > :02:09.legislation that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland brings
:02:10. > :02:14.forward in April, can the Leader of the House assure us that business
:02:15. > :02:18.constraints in this House will not be used as an excuse for saying that
:02:19. > :02:23.that legislation and those talks should not address serious issues
:02:24. > :02:29.like how the first and at the First Minister are jointly elected and the
:02:30. > :02:32.petitions of concern? The secretary of state as the honourable gentleman
:02:33. > :02:38.knows did say in his statement earlier this week that he might need
:02:39. > :02:43.to bring legislation forward, not least to address the possibility of
:02:44. > :02:46.there not being funding for essential public services in
:02:47. > :02:53.Northern Ireland. I think it would be wrong for me to speculate here
:02:54. > :02:59.about the exact nature of legislation that might conceivably
:03:00. > :03:04.be brought forward. We still hope that that proves not to be necessary
:03:05. > :03:07.and the secretary of state continues to work tirelessly with the
:03:08. > :03:12.political parties to try to secure the restoration of the devolved
:03:13. > :03:15.government. Fly-tipping is a light on the lives of residents across my
:03:16. > :03:19.constituency, particularly those living in Plumstead. Can we have a
:03:20. > :03:22.debate about what the government can do in regards to the powers
:03:23. > :03:31.available to local authorities to tackle this problem? The opportunity
:03:32. > :03:35.of questions to the Environment Secretary on the 20th of April.
:03:36. > :03:38.There are significant powers available to local authorities,
:03:39. > :03:41.local authority sometimes also work with police forces because organised
:03:42. > :03:46.crime is quite often involved in large-scale fly-tipping, so I am
:03:47. > :03:50.sure there is good practice that can be shared around the country but I
:03:51. > :03:59.will flag the honourable gentleman's concerns with the relevant minister.
:04:00. > :04:03.Two years ago a constituent of mine was given two months because of a
:04:04. > :04:09.brain tumour. Continuing quality of life is attributed by many of those
:04:10. > :04:13.treating her is heard decision, reluctantly, to take a dose of
:04:14. > :04:19.cannabis oil. Can we ask if it is right for someone like her to be
:04:20. > :04:22.criminalised? I would like to express sympathy and support to his
:04:23. > :04:28.constituents and to her family. It is, of course, possible for a
:04:29. > :04:33.medicine that has been developed from cannabinoids to be properly
:04:34. > :04:38.licensed and go through the necessary safety procedures that we
:04:39. > :04:40.have for any medicine in the United Kingdom before they are made
:04:41. > :04:47.available through the National Health Service will generally. I
:04:48. > :04:53.would be very reluctant to go, to dispense with a system that is put
:04:54. > :05:00.in place in order to ensure patient safety. I think that prosecuting
:05:01. > :05:05.authorities have powers of discretion and I would hope very
:05:06. > :05:08.much if, given the circumstances he have described, that everybody would
:05:09. > :05:15.look at the case with nothing but compassion. The leader will no doubt
:05:16. > :05:18.be aware of the case of the Staffordshire, sped jail despite
:05:19. > :05:21.repeatedly beating his wife, including forcing her to take
:05:22. > :05:27.tablets of telling her to kill herself, hitting hitting herself
:05:28. > :05:32.over the head with a cricket bat. I fully support the independence of
:05:33. > :05:39.the judiciary but can we have a debate on sense and guidelines for
:05:40. > :05:48.domestic violence perpetrators? This government has, of course, were in
:05:49. > :05:52.legislation to strengthen the penalties for domestic violence. It
:05:53. > :05:58.is something the Prime Minister as Home Secretary and now takes a very
:05:59. > :06:03.close interest in and to which she gives a high priority. Sentencing
:06:04. > :06:08.guidelines as he knows are published by independent sentencing councils
:06:09. > :06:13.and individual decisions are taken by judges. Certainly in England and
:06:14. > :06:18.Wales a consultation has started today on a new sentencing guidelines
:06:19. > :06:22.to apply to all cases of domestic abuse and I would hope that
:06:23. > :06:28.authorities in Scotland might consider following suit. Following
:06:29. > :06:31.the Prime Minister's Article 50 letter yesterday, senior figures in
:06:32. > :06:35.Brussels have complained that she has issued a blatant threat and is
:06:36. > :06:40.treating security as a bargaining chip. Can we have a debate about the
:06:41. > :06:43.Bush nation in government time to that the government might learn that
:06:44. > :06:49.bullying and threats are not an effective way to get a good deal
:06:50. > :06:57.with our allies? -- a debate about the negotiations. I am sorry that
:06:58. > :07:03.she is giving credence to nonsense, given her legal qualifications. The
:07:04. > :07:06.facts are that our participation in European arrangements on the sharing
:07:07. > :07:15.of information between police was those and between judicial systems
:07:16. > :07:20.rests upon instruments based in the treaties and grounded in European
:07:21. > :07:27.law. Under Article 50, on the day that we depart the EU, the treaties
:07:28. > :07:31.and therefore all instruments flowing from the treaties, cease to
:07:32. > :07:40.apply to the United Kingdom. That is why we say that we are ambitious for
:07:41. > :07:46.an agreement, a new, deep and special partnership with our EU
:07:47. > :07:49.neighbours which encompasses security cooperation as well as
:07:50. > :08:00.trade. I wish she would support that. Last week RBS announced a plan
:08:01. > :08:03.to close their busy branch. This area was ready brass affected by
:08:04. > :08:07.bank closures. Can we have an urgent debate on RBS's surprising assertion
:08:08. > :08:16.that branches remain a core part of their offering to customers and this
:08:17. > :08:23.is page in the not the case? -- this is a fiercely not the case. This is
:08:24. > :08:26.a commercial decision for RBS but as with any bank I would hope they
:08:27. > :08:31.would stick to a code to which they also they add here, which is that
:08:32. > :08:34.they would continue to ensure, in particular, that the last branch of
:08:35. > :08:43.a retail bank in any particular community is not closed, except in
:08:44. > :08:47.the most extreme circumstances. Can I have a statement from him to
:08:48. > :08:52.explain why the government thinks it is fair to take half the subsidies
:08:53. > :08:59.in a year-on-year basis and the Mineworkers pension fund... I will
:09:00. > :09:04.ask the relevant minister to write to the honourable gentleman. Can I
:09:05. > :09:08.ask for a statement regarding the abuse of job trials by unscrupulous
:09:09. > :09:14.employers. The instance that was brought my attention by a
:09:15. > :09:20.constituent who worked for eight week -- who worked for a week
:09:21. > :09:24.without pay, does he share might concern that these companies are
:09:25. > :09:29.making free use of free labour of love and beyond what is reasonable
:09:30. > :09:35.for a job trial? -- free labour above and beyond what is reasonable?
:09:36. > :09:40.We believe that all workers should be treated in line with employment
:09:41. > :09:43.law and we expect responsible employers to treat people on the
:09:44. > :09:52.work trial over experience with decency. Amongst the sporting and
:09:53. > :09:56.shooting organisations and firearms holders there is concern about
:09:57. > :10:05.delays will licence renewal applications. One way of dressing
:10:06. > :10:10.that would be a firearm certificate for ten or 20 year period, reducing
:10:11. > :10:16.admitted of costs. Would he agree to a statement on how to deliver a ten
:10:17. > :10:19.year 20 year arms certificate? I will ask the Minister to write to
:10:20. > :10:24.them but I am sure he would understand that the balance has to
:10:25. > :10:27.be struck between the problem he has described and the need to ensure
:10:28. > :10:35.that we do know where potentially lethal weapons are and that they are
:10:36. > :10:37.in the right hands. Statement the Secretary of State for Exiting the
:10:38. > :10:42.European Union, secretary David Davis. With permission I would like
:10:43. > :10:45.to make a statement about Staples back the publication of a White
:10:46. > :10:50.Paper on the great repeal Bill. Yesterday we took the historic step
:10:51. > :10:54.up notifying the European Council of the Dublin's decision to invoke
:10:55. > :11:01.Article 50. The -- the European Council of the government's decision
:11:02. > :11:04.to invoke Article 50. It begins at a two-year negotiation with the EU and
:11:05. > :11:10.it reflects last year's instruction from the people of the EU. It is our
:11:11. > :11:16.first determination to get the right deal for every single person. -- it
:11:17. > :11:19.is Allah the US determination. It is the time to come together to make
:11:20. > :11:20.sure the -- it is