18/01/2018 Business Questions

types of battery electric and hybrid

trains. I want to see the first

hydrogen train working on a real

network in a short period of time.

Business question.

Thank you. Will

the Leader of the House please

update the hosts on the forthcoming

business? Leader of the House,

Andrea Leadsom. Thank you, Mr

Speaker. On Monday the 22nd of

January the business will include

second reading of the financial

guidance and claims bill. Tuesday

the 23rd of January, remaining

stages of the new killer safeguards

built, followed by consideration of

Lords amendments to the

telecommunications infrastructure

relief from non-domestic rates bill,

followed by a motion relating to the

apartment of a board member to the

independent Parliamentary standards

authority, followed by a motion of

the appointment of an electoral

Commissioner. Wednesday the 24th of

January, opposition date. There will

be a debate on an opposition motion

subject to be announced. Thursday

the 25th of January, debate on our

motion on joint enterprise followed

by a general debate on prescription

of his brother. The sad fact that

these debates were decided by the

backbench business committee. Friday

the 26th of January the house will

not be sitting. The provisional

business for the week commencing the

29th of January will include Monday

the 29th, remaining stages of the

Armed Forces flexible working built,

followed by remaining stages of the

automated and electric vehicles

built. Tuesday the 30th, second

reading of the high-speed rail West

Midlands to crew built, followed by

motions relating to the High Speed

Rail West Midlands to crew built.

Wednesday the 31st of January,

opposition date and on a lot of

half-day, subject to be announced,

followed by a debate on motions

relating to the restoration of the

Palace of Westminster. Thursday the

first of debris, business to be

nominated by the backbench business

committee. Friday the second of

debris, Private Members' Bill is. I

am tempted to burst into song at

this point because a little bird has

told me it is your birthday

tomorrow, but I will spare the house

that embarrassment and instead wish

you a very happy birthday. What

better way to celebrate than by

listening to the moral's Private

Members' Bill is where we will be

discussing the valuables proposed by

the honourable lady for Westminster

North and by my honourable friend

the member for Totnes. These bills

will ensure that homes are fit for

human habitation and will also give

much greater protection from

stalking. This week we achieved a

significant milestone in completing

all stages of the EU withdrawal

bill. We wish it well for its second

reading in the upper house the week

after next.

Thank you Mr Speaker.

Can I thank the Leader of the House

for forthcoming business. The

restoration renewal debate will take

place after the opposition date.

That is quite surprising given that

the government have to motions and

it is almost like the motions were

written for the previous debate. I

can only think of one phrase, that

the government cannot be serious! If

is if the joint committee have never

met. The joint committee took the

evidence and reported it to nor the

government does in their motion is

to note it and could the government

think about this again and we tabled

this? I asked for the list of

ministerial responsibilities and

that hasn't been done, so that could

please be updated? The Prime

Minister made a speech on the

environment. The government built

against environment for protection

and all the while trashes Labour

wheels. She clearly hasn't read the

briefing papers because Labour Wales

is either a second report depending

on how you calculate recycling rates

in the world. Labour Wales

introduced the five B charge on

plastic carrier bags in 2011. Could

the leader of the high speeds

explained by the government is

negotiating group on wheels --

reducing growth unveils? The

government's will report back the

title lagoon. 100 businesses and

cross-party is a corporate decision.

When will the government make a

statement on its position or is the

government putting politics before

people? Will the government put

people first before politics and

support my honourable friend the

member for Swansea East's request

for a fund to help families with

funeral costs for their children?

Can delete confirm if the Prime

Minister said that the cost of

burials as for the grieving. That

might be right but if the Prime

Minister could meet with my

honourable friend she would be able

to explain that it is only for those

who cannot afford the burial costs.

Can the government follow Labour

Wales and do this in Martin Harris's

memory? Can the government respond

to the point of order made by by

honourable friend and the motion

passed in the Welsh assembly

yesterday about retaining Welsh law

following the withdrawal from the

EU? It looks like we are back to the

casino economy. It causes

devastation on people's lives. Short

sellers made £137 million when

Carillon's share price fell 70% over

the course of three trading days

following the July profit warning.

Hedge funds were betting on the

collapse of a company's shares which

provides vital public services. When

will the government make a statement

on the urgent steps it is taking

following the insolvency of

Carillon? Will the government set up

a task force that would support

innocent people doing their jobs one

day but out of a job the day through

no fault of their own? When will the

government make a statement on while

Richard Hosey and who has a pay

packet of 1.5 million and is

employed while apprentices and other

employees are right of a job or are

being made redundant? Could we have

a statement on why the Wood group

won a lucrative contract to carry

out inspections at the government's

new Hinkley Point power plant as the

sole provider, sole supplier with Mr

Howson is a director? At the Leader

of the House say if the director

disqualification proceedings started

against him and the other directors?

Will the government asked the banks

took quantitatively eased the small

business suppliers and paid them

within the government's on deadline

of 30 days? And the government

ensured that the prompt payment code

is now mandatory? That is why we

need a task force with the great and

the time frame and the debates of

the Minister can update the house

next week. This week we remembered

Martin Luther King and it is sad

that the president of the United

States and did not follow the

tradition of previous presidents and

do public servers. Martin Luther

King lived beyond the colour of

people's skin to the content of the

character. We also remember at the

death of Cyrille Regis who live

beyond the racist chants and

provided inspiration to many.

We have been per -- offered the

Bayeaux tapestry. Finally I want to

miss you are happy about it. This is

what it says about Capricorn. They

have a secret desire to be admired

by family and friends and the world

at large.

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It could not be more apt!

Thank you, I am tempted to give an

opinion on that, but perhaps in

private rather than public. From our

recent outing with the youth

Parliament, you had universal

approval, if I may say that. They

were delighted with your support for

them, and there are many countries

are grateful for your interventions

to support those who do not always

have their voice heard. And grateful

to the honourable lady for her

comments and questions. Specifically

for raising the point about Andrew

with the king, and I would like to

pay tribute to her because she often

raises important issues of progress

inequality. I am grateful to her

with that and the work on harassment

and continual support for the

quality. That is incredibly

important, and I pay tribute to her.

The reason for the motion regarding

the Palace of Westminster is that

this is a decision for the House,

the House needs to decide whether we

can afford to justify the undoubted

amount of work that needs replaced

to restore this palace, with over a

million visitors a year, at a time

when there are great fiscal

constraints. It is a genuinely open

decision that the House needs to

make, and the government has tried

to take into account the broad range

of views across the House on what

should happen, and put forward first

of all an open discussion about

whether the House is willing to bear

the cost from the taxpayers' purse,

and secondly, if the House does

believe that now is the time, then

how do we go about it to ensure the

very best value for taxpayers? She

has asked to look at the update of

ministerial responsibility. I will

take that away and do that. She

talks about environmental protection

and the work Labour has done on

recycling in Wales. I would like to

point out that this government was a

key contributor to one of the

greatest truly global legally

binding agreements to tackle climate

change, which was the Palace

agreement. Also, the fantastic piece

of news that in June 2016, wind,

nuclear and solar power generated

more nuclear power than gas and coal

combined. The UK is doing an

incredibly good job in decarbonising

and tackling climate change. This

government has kept 9 billion

plastic bags out of circulation

through the 5p charge, and is

spending £95 million generated on

good causes. She raises Swansea Bay,

which as she knows is still under

review. It is an expensive project,

and vital we get good value for

taxpayers. Regarding the cost of

burials for children, I am very

sympathetic to her honourable friend

who has raised this with me a number

of times. I will look at whether

more can be done, but often funeral

directors and local councils can

pick up such costs, and whether

there should be something more

centrally managed to address it, but

I pay tribute to the honourable lady

of what is a good campaign. She

talks about Carillion, an incredibly

important and huge issue, as all

members will appreciate. There was a

statement just this week from the

Minister, the Duchy of Lancashire,

and he has made it clear that the

government is working on contingency

plans, it is a very troubling time

for many employees of Carillion, and

those who are contractors and those

providing public services, the

government will absolutely undertake

to ensure all public services

continue to be paid for and that

those employees continue to be paid

for the work they do. There are many

different resources ranging from a

helpline from the insolvency

services themselves, by businesses

and employees that want more

information. This is a difficult

time that the government is doing

everything it can as quickly as it

can to try to resolve issues and

preserve as many jobs as possible.

As usual, a great number of members

are looking to catch my eye. It

might be useful to the House to know

that there is a select committee

statement to follow, and that

approximately 50 honourable members

are looking to contribute to the two

debates taking place under the

auspices of the backbench business

committee later. So if I am to

accommodate the level of interest or

get near to doing so, there is a

premium on brevity.

I also welcome

what the leader has said about there

being a genuine choice in repair or

renewal. It is important to reflect

because there is a lot of public

money involved and we have to

justify to constituents that it is

the right thing to do, so, can I

commend the leader on her approach?

I am grateful to my honourable

friend for his contribution and I

think he is right, this needs to be

a decision by the House and it is

vital that we take into account the

value and importance of this

building as a historic national

icon, that attracts many hundreds of

thousands of tourists,

schoolchildren and so on, and

there's the seat of our democracy,

but on the other side of that it is

vital we consider the cost to the

taxpayer and value for taxpayers.

Happy birthday tomorrow, the card is

in the post and you will get it

tomorrow morning. Can I thank the

House for announcing the business

next week. The repeal bill heads to

the House of Lords and we have

failed to address the devolution

threatening clause 11, even though

we were promised that the issue

would be addressed by the Secretary

of State. Apparently it is all to be

dealt with in the House of Lords,

where the Scottish people have no

democratic relationship with

whatsoever, and I do not think this

will be resolved properly. It looks

like we are taking power back excuse

me. A lot Theresa May about this.

Taking back unelected bureaucrats to

hand it over to aristocrats and

bishops. But they are British

unelected Lords. In order to help

the government get this bill

through, 13 new government appears

to be ennobled, and we have the gall

to lecture the developing world

about patronage and the quality of

its democracy. Not to be outdone, we

have to get three new momentum style

labour laws! They will be donning

the are ermine for the few. The

right honourable member was wind-up

with a series of amendments to this

debate, so I appeal to the Leader of

the House to think again about the

time allocated to this and ensure

there is sufficient time. We wasted

two hours yesterday for the simple

process of just recording a vote.

Throughout the course of the

European bell, 14 hours were lost,

standing in packed lobby is doing

absolutely nothing. We have to

seriously review how we do work

here. We have to replace this

antiquated relic about how we vote

in the House and replace it with

electronic voting. The leader has to

get this started.

I am grateful for

his myriad of thoughts as ever. On

clause 11, as has been made very

clear, amendments to clause 11 of

the bill will be brought forward in

the Lords, and that is because they

are constructive talks with devolved

administrations which have not

reached a conclusion, and surely it

is better to get it right than rush

it. Surely he would agree. I think

that is important. He gives his own

view, which he is not a fan of the

other House. For my part, the view

we taken a large part in this

chamber is that the other place

carries out an incredibly valuable

job revising legislation, including

legislation. There is some real

expertise in the other place that

weekend on to be able to add to the

work of the selected House, and I

support it. He talks about R and R,

and a tribute to my honourable

friend for Gainsborough all sorts of

jumping around, which I am not

seeing and doing. We have had many

discussions about restoration and

renewal, and will continue to do so

throughout the process. Finally he

mentions electronic voting. This is

obviously something the House has

looked at in the past, will continue

under review, but the reality is, we

have seen in the last couple of

days, after a period when the House

has not met, often meeting in the

lobbies and getting the opportunity

to raise issues with ministers, the

information is incredibly valuable,

and the honourable gentleman is

shouting from his sedentary position

that it is all right for us, but I

sometimes do meet with the

honourable gentleman to discuss

issues of common interest. So, I

personally feel the lobby has a

valuable role to play.

It is one of

the wrongs of this House to

scrutinise the work of government.

So, could I ask my right honourable

friend to help me get proper answers

to two written questions I have

tabled about financial services. The

answer I received was from an

account called, no reply, and a

truly lived up to that title.

I am

genuinely very sorry to hear that,

and very happy to take it up with

the Department on the half of my

right honourable friend. But can I

say to her, as the Secretary of

State said last night when he paid

tribute to many honourable and right

honourable members across the House,

the government is determined and has

been shown to be listening very

carefully to proposed improvements

to the bill, and has adopted many

suggestions made by members across

the House, but in regard to this

point I will take it up on her

behalf.

My constituency is plagued

with dangerous driving in high

performance cars. Many are not

adequately insured, but they can

abuse the system and stay under the

police radar. Can we have a debate

about closing loopholes to make the

roads safer?

I thank her for raising

something as she often does, which

is very important to people in her

area, and I encourage her to seek an

adjournment debate so she can raise

the specific examples she has in

mind.

I also welcome the Leader of

the House laying the motions

regarding replacement and renewal of

Parliament. People up and down the

country are making tough decisions,

so will the Leader of the House

ensure that as part of these debates

we exercise financial prudence in

whatever decision we take regarding

the future of this House.

My

honourable friend is right to point

out that whatever we do, whether we

decide to look at this again later

in Parliament or whether we decide

to take action now, at the heart of

the decision must be getting the

best possible value for taxpayers

money.

Can I wish you a happy

birthday for tomorrow. I guess we

don't have to warn the London Fire

Brigade about conservation of the

cake. Many happy returns. --

conflagration. I would guess that

from the application that the

backbench committee has received

about their replacement work, a

half-day debate would not be enough

to persuade members to engage in

debate, and it may well be we have

to have such a debate in backbench

time, subsequent to the debate

tabled by the Leader of the House. A

lot of members are interested in

discussing the pros and cons,

because it will not be cheap and

there are significant costs to the

public purse.

This afternoon there is an important

debate about RBS recovery systems.

My cheek think about having a debate

in government time about banking

practice generally in the aftermath

of the International financial

crisis because I am certainly aware

of certain -- significant number of

additional cases by Lloyds, Allied

Dunbar and many other banks which

have caused grievous problems to

SMEs around the country putting

people into pen your E.

I certainly

of course would welcome the back

bench committee having a further

debate on this. He raises an

important point about the demand for

debate on it and if I could just say

to all honourable members in the

chamber that if they wanted to do at

tour of the basement to avail

themselves of some very useful

information prior to the debate,

then the engineers stand ready to

provide those to your convenience

and I can tell you it is very

enlightening if members, I'm sure

you have done it, Mr Speaker, then

members please do. He raises the

important point about the ways that

banks have treated SMEs. A city

minister myself I had grave concerns

about that and investigated a number

of cases. I'm sure he would have

support from honourable members of

the wanted to suggest further

debates of the backbench business

committee. I'm grateful to the chair

of the backbench business committee

to awarding myself and other

colleagues a debate on restoration

renewal on Thursday the first of

their breed because I think this has

forced the issue. Are we going to

have adequate time and perhaps the

could say more about that? If the

second motion comes for debate or

rather vote because the first motion

has not been passed, will the second

motion be amendable? Because the

motion I was going to put down was

amendable. It was on the clear

premise that what we are set up for

sponsoring authority, it could be on

the premise that this debating

chamber should stay in the Palace at

all times. The second motion should

be amendable to this point to be put

to the house.

What I can say to my

honourable friend is that because of

the seriousness of the decision that

lies before the house, the two

motions will not be amendable. It

will be a case of either the first

motion or if that involves the

second motion.

Nixon if.

Mr Speaker,

today's Financial Times reports

pandemonium at Corinthian corruption

strikes sites and the PMQ is

yesterday but no answers to the

concerns of thousands of apprentices

across the country and there is much

complexity over the various pension

pots, could we have a government

statement on its progress responding

to this calamity?

We are of course

taking every possible action to try

and resolve the inevitable

uncertainty when a company of this

size goes into financial

difficulties. The honourable

gentleman is right to particularly

focus on the issues of apprentices.

My right honourable friend are

looking very carefully at what can

be done and I would like to point

out that but those who are seeking

advice there is a web page set up by

the insolvency service, also a

dedicated website set up by the

special managers PwC to try to

provide more information for those

in the dash for those individuals.

The government has set up a group to

be able to discuss with trade

unions, with industry

representatives to be able to ensure

that we get to the bottom of this as

soon as we possibly can.

At

approximately 11:40am we would need

to move onto the next business, so

could I gently say that all I

understand the desire to give

context and preamble before asking a

question, members who now proceed

with what is probably as scripted

and rather long question will be

doing so knowing that they are

stopping their colleagues taking

part. Can I appeal to colleagues to

help each other?

We need a debate on

Carillon. We have had a disaster

just outside my constituency. The

group went over time, over budget

and it was a shambles. Time to have

the debate now please.

My honourable

friend raises a very important

issue, that the government is very

closely looking at and I encourage

him to seek an adjournment debate on

any specific issues that relate to

his constituency.

Is the leader of

the hosts aware that many people

believe that the pressure on the

health service is partly due to the

collapse in the social network

support services in our communities?

Can we have an early debate than

just what has gone on in community

support services and let's have an

early debate, as well?

I think there

are many community support services

that do an incredibly good job to

brother support people's health

needs, not least of which some of

the health implications derived from

loneliness, for example, some of the

work that the Prime Minister has

announced we have now appointed a

new minister to tackle that specific

issue. He will be aware that NHS is

now funded even more than it ever

has been. A further 6.3 billion of

new funding announced that the

budget. The government is tackling

determinedly they need to recruit

more doctors and nurses and to

ensure that the NHS is able to meet

the very particular demands that

they said this winter.

Did the

leader of the high CB opinion poll

last week the chill that 84% of

people want money diverted from the

overseas aid budget to the NHS? Can

we have a debate on this issue so we

can see how out of touch this House

is once again with the public

opinion at large?

I think my right

honourable friend for International

development has made very clear that

she will ensure that the generosity

of the British people will be put to

the best use and you will be ever

more demanding that we focus on

those areas that other governments

cannot begin to deal with

themselves. It is very important to

focus on the UK's generosity with

regards to aid in crisis, to

supporting the rights of women and

girls to dealing with some of the

problems of the very poorest in the

world. It is the right balance that

we should give to those who are far

worse off than we are, as well as

looking as we have done at

increasing funding for our vital

NHS.

Last week I visited a foodbank

and want to pay tribute to their

work. Can we have an urgent debating

government time on food poverty and

white through the roll-out of

Universal Credit this government

considers acceptable for my

constituents to choose between

heating and eating less, I share the

honourable lady's tribute to the

work of volunteers and food banks.

They do a fantastic job. What I

would say to her is with the

roll-out of Universal Credit the

government has listened to members

across the house and citizens advice

bureau and have raised the value of

advances, have ensured that people

can get their Universal Credit on

day one, we have reduced the waiting

time to nothing, have enabled that

the transitionary funding for people

who are in private housing

accommodation to make sure that

people as they transition to

Universal Credit or always better of

them work, but that the transition

is made easier for them.

Following

the publication of the motions on

restoration and renewal, can't we

have a statement to update the house

on what lessons have been learnt

following the reported cost overruns

on the Elizabeth Tower project

currently underway?

My honourable

friend raises a very good point. I

was extremely concerned to hear

about the cost overrun to Elizabeth

Tower and certainly the house

parties were also disappointed and

have learned lessons, have tried to

ensure that via the proposal of an

Olympic style delivery authority to

oversee the restoration and renewal

of the palace, but that would

reflect the absolute need to ensure

that the project, if it happens, is

done with the best value for

taxpayers money in mind and the

Tigers control possible on costs.

If

people stabbed then murdered in

London in 2017, 30 7,000 knife crime

offences in 2017, an increase of

26%. This is an epidemic. A tragedy.

It must stop. Clearly the current

approach isn't working and a new

approach is required. We need across

department debate in government time

on how we tackle the root causes of

youth violence. Will the Leader of

the House scheduled time for this?

All members are incredibly concerned

about the incidence of knife crime

particularly amongst young people

and she will be aware that the Home

Office are reviewing this, taking

evidence on this and will be coming

out with proposals on how to tackle

this further.

Jo Cox was a fantastic

advocate for improving the lives of

those who suffer from loneliness. It

is brilliant this work will continue

through the Jo Cox commission. Can

we have a debate on what more can be

done to ensure that nobody finds

themselves alone and without social

interaction?

My honourable friend is

right. I am happy to pay tribute to

the work of Jo Cox which inspired

the loneliness commission in her

name. It is shocking that over 9

million people in the UK always or

often feel lonely. The Minister for

sport and civil society will take

forward the important work the Jo

Cox commission has started and I

wish great success. For own part, in

my own constituency tackling

loneliness is one of my top

priorities and doing that through

trying to establish copy mornings on

a regular basis, which goes some way

to getting people out to meet each

other.

Ben Bradshaw. The statement

from the Education Secretary about

the decision to reject the bid by

Exeter College to continue to

deliver apprenticeships are small

businesses locally, although they

have one of the best record in

England for doing so and warned the

government that this would have

serious consequences for the

provision of apprenticeships in my

local area.

I am sorry to hear about

that issue that he raises. I do

encourage him to either seek an

adjournment debate or rear said that

education questions, said it is a

very specific point.

At a time when

Cheltenham's a handy needs capital

investment in its emergency

department, will members have the

full opportunity to make the point

that spending wildly

disproportionate sums on this place

would be unacceptable to my

constituents and risks damaging the

democracy we seek to uphold?

He is a

keen advocate for his constituency

and that is the size lead the sort

of reason why we need to discuss

affordability and value per

taxpayer's money as we seek to

restore this very old and in very

bad state of repair Palace of

Westminster.

Can we have a debating

government time following on from

the restoration and renewal debate

about making this place and all

public buildings truly autism

friendly?

The honourable lady raises

a very good point and certainly in

looking at the issue of restoration

and renewal, should be decide to

spend the money to repair this place

there is no doubt that issues like

autism friendliness and making

facilities appropriate for other

disabilities will be absolutely

vital.

Could we have an urgent

statement on the sensitivities

around the mess that violence? My

honourable friend will know a recent

tragic case in my own constituency

and sadly yesterday as senior Labour

councillor, M Dan Purvis, made a

joke about beating 1's wife, which

is also incredibly being supported

as a colloquialism by the manager of

Harlow Chamber of Commerce. Does you

not agree that to be -- that we too

condemn this, the Council should

resign, the head of the Chamber of

Commerce there should resign and we

should be sensitive about domestic

violence?

My honourable friend is

exactly right. There is nothing

funny, nothing at all amusing about

domestic violence. I certainly agree

with him that people in public life

need to be extremely careful about

the jokes they make. Of course, just

to reassure him, the government is

absolutely committed to stamping out

domestic violence and they will be

introducing a draft domestic

violence and abuse bill and tomorrow

looking at the Private Members' Bill

by the member forum Totnes on

stalking protection. It is vital we

do everything we can to stamp out

domestic violence.

In 2006 jury are

introduced a degree that permission

must be... Not a single person has

been given permission to build

church premises witchy as agreed to

a statement to encourage the

Algerian government to cease closure

of churches and to give permits for

new churches to continue?

He raises

an important point about religious

freedom. I encourage him to seek an

adjournment debate to take it

further.

Could we have a debate on the

importance of the marine

environment? My constituents have

written to me. Which he joined me in

recognising the excellent steps

government has taken in banning my

crew beads?

I am delighted to share

her pleasure in the work the

government has taken in banning

microbeads in cosmetic and other

products. She is right that we need

to protect Marine environment. We

have to stamp out the problem of

plastics in oceans.

In a Public

Accounts Committee hearing this week

we heard the explosive fact that

well directed not just take Ofsted

to review, it also took a super

injunction to stop government bodies

discussing this. Can we have a

debate on the conduct of companies

funded by public money?

She has

great expertise in this area and

raises an important point. The chief

executive of learn direct has

written to the chair of the Public

Accounts Committee on this issue.

Concerning specific legal costs, the

Department for Education determines

what is acceptable expenditure, but

as she would expect any income over

that can be used that the provider's

discretion.

Would my right

honourable friend provide for a

debate in government time on the

progress of domestic preparations to

leave the EU, with and without a

deal?

I am delighted he has the

appetite for yet more discussions!

Over and above the 64 hours we have

gone through to discuss this. There

will be very many opportunities to

have further debate and discussion

about that, but I can assure him

that the government is determined we

leave the European Union in a way

that works very well for EU friends

and neighbours, and also for the

United Kingdom.

Public Health

England this week showed that the

most deprived parts of the country

hit hardest by austerity, such as my

constituency in Hull, life

expectancy has fallen since 2011,

and this breaks a peacetime trend

going back to Victorian times. Could

we have a debate in government time

about why this has happened?

Yes, I

also saw the report, which is of

course very concerning, and as I

understand that there are complex

reasons for that. Some of them are

related to lifestyles, issues like

loneliness and mental health and so

on, and it needs to be carefully

looked at hand considered. If she

wants to discuss the issues for her

area in particular, I encourage her

to seek an adjournment debate.

Constituents have contacted the

asking the government to stick to

its manifesto pledge to have

inclusivity rules regarding Roman

Catholic schools. Will she make sure

that the Secretary of State for

education comes under updates us on

the progress?

My right honourable

friend has quite a lot to grapple

with in his first few days as the

Secretary of State, but I am sure he

will be delighted to answer

questions on that at the next

education oral questions.

I received

wonderful and moving letters from

young constituents from a primary

school regarding unfair treatment of

asylum seekers and refugees. Could

we have a debate on these issues, so

we can actually stand up for refugee

children around the world.

The issue

of refugee children is a very grave

one, and this country has been very

generous in taking in refugee

children, as she will no. There is

the UK French summit today, where

they will be further discussions

about refugee children trying to

cross into the United Kingdom, but

we can all be proud of the fact that

Eurostat figures show that in 2016

the UK settled more refugees from

outside Europe than any other EU

member state.

I wanted to remind the

House that the World Heritage site

is one of such importance to current

and future generations around the

world, so considering the

restoration of this building and the

difficult choices we have to make,

could I seek assurances that we will

consider not just our own purposes

in the building but those who visit

every year?

He is exactly right,

that is the choice that faces us.

This is an incredible building, not

just of value to us. We have over 1

million visitors every year hundreds

of thousands of schoolchildren come

here as part of education, and any

tourists. It is one of the most

famous sites in the world, and we

have a duty to ourselves and

countrymen and the next generation

of schoolchildren to ensure we make

the right decision.

One of my

communities is being blighted by the

sale of black mamba, business being

done in a phone box, and we have all

asked BT to move it, but because of

what it is being used for, it is

making money. Can we have a

discussion about local communities

suffering such crime?

She has done a

very good job raising it in this

House today, and I am hopeful she

will see action rapidly on the basis

of that. I do encourage her to seek

perhaps a backbench debate on the

subject of what more businesses can

do. Many of them are diligent in

doing what they can to support

communities, but she is right, all

businesses should be doing the same.

Ensuring we have secure well-paid

jobs that people in East

Renfrewshire deserve, could we have

a debate on productivity, given the

review on the ONS figures,...

He's

quite right, the excellent

productivity news is good, but there

is much more to do. It has been

weeks since the financial crisis of

2009-10. We are focused on improving

productivity investing in research

and development, improving skills,

upgrading infrastructure and

promoting the best environment for

new and growing businesses.

The

Leader of the House, leaving aside

my own views of the object, the

government's approach to renewal has

to be moved from circus -- has been

moved from circus too fast. If the

Leader of the House is to take this

how seriously and want a proper

debate, will she allocate a full

day, make sure motions are

substantial and amendable, and come

back again to ensure this has a

proper debate?

It is quite

astonishing that the honourable

gentleman says the government is not

taking this seriously. This is a

matter for the House. House leads to

make the decision on whether the

balance of taxpayers' fiscal issues

can be outweighed by the need to

restore the Palace of Westminster.

It is properly a debate for the

House, and there is government time

being given to that. Honourable

members will recognise the

government has moved the date to

Wednesday the convenience of members

who were clear we did not want the

debate to take place on Thursday.

The government is facilitating

discussion and decision by members

of this House, and it is right we

should do that.

I will -- bubble

cancer kills many people each year,

will she join me in congratulating

the screening team on the Kettering

Hospital after the tenth anniversary

of the successful work which has

detected 800 cancer, 300,000

potential cancerous growths. Can we

also have a statement on other

successful initiatives like this

across the NHS?

I am very happy to

pay tribute to Kettering General

Hospital, that is excellent results,

and also the government's target of

better results for cancer patients

overall is also something we should

be proud of.

As the Leader of the

House said, the government is

supporting my honourable friend's

bill on habitation. Could I ask her

to support my Private members Bill

from extending the freedom and

information act to private sector

companies undertaking contracts. The

chaos of Carillion, the government

and the company kept it to

themselves for too long.

I am happy

to look at what the honourable

gentleman says. He will appreciate

Private members bills are exactly

that, it is for the Private member

to seek support across the House,

and I wish him luck in doing that.

As we start to debate the

restoration and renewal of this

House, would my right honourable

friend assure us it is not just for

the safety of people who work here,

but also those who visit?

Yes, she

is quite right to raise the fact

that in restoring this House we will

be addressing largely some of the

issues around safety in this place,

risks due to problems with water,

electricity, sewage, asbestos, risk

of fire and so on, and while it is

always maintained that a safe level,

there is no doubt that the

restoration and renewal would solve

the problems for a much longer

period than we are able to do with

the current patch and mend approach.

Yesterday in the Welsh Assembly, a

Conservative member won a debate by

31-2, to ask this House to legalise

medicinal cannabis. Will the

government follow suit and give fair

wind to the bill before the House

that will deliberate seriously ill

people...

This is an issue the

honourable gentleman has championed

in this place, and as he knows, the

government keeps this under review,

but it is not our policy to allow to

legalise the use of cannabis.

Can my

right honourable friend arranged in

a statement to be made in relation

to the approved Corporation on

intelligence, defence and security,

as well as allowing more child

refugees to come to the country as a

result of the visit of President

Macron today.

We can all welcome the

visit of President Macron to look at

further cooperation between the

British and French on the very

strong bilateral relationship we

have with them, particularly in

areas such as security and to my

great situation -- migrant situation

in Calais. My constituent Gemma

Hartnell founded a charity to tackle

period poverty.

Too many young

people in schools, homeless people

and homeless people who need food

banks cannot afford the cost of

sanitary products. Can we have a

debate as to how we tackle this very

personal and intimate crisis?

I

share the honourable Lady's concern.

It can be humiliating for young

people and I empathise with the

point she makes. I encourage her to

seek an adjournment debate so she

can hear from the Minister of what

more can be done.

A report about

electrical goods in the UK

highlights safety concerns than 1

million Whirlpool tumble dryers and

plastic rack fridge freezers. When

can we have a statement about this?

I encourage my honourable friend to

write to the department and seek

their thoughts on it, and I would be

happy to take it up on your behalf.

In light of the collapse of

Carillion, does the government

intend to make a statement on the

decision to award the facilities

management contract to a company

with huge debts, a large pension and

-- pension deficit?

I can see that

as she will be aware, the Chancellor

of the Duchess of Lancashire made a

statement and will make further

statements. Looking at this from

every aspect, I have been absolutely

reassured that all government

contracts are kept closely under

review, as these ones were with

Carillion, and as she will know, the

decision was making that Carillion

contracts would be awarded as

joint-venture contracts so that they

would be continuity of something

were to happen. Profit warnings in

themselves do not mean it would be

legitimate to then rule out a

company from being able to accept

government contracts.

Short, single

sentence questions without preamble

would be appreciated.

The government fails to by consumers

in the Highlands and Islands page 2p

up to 6% more per unit for their

electricity due to un-parent network

and distributing charges. Can we

have a debate on how to end this

shabby treatment for the people on

the Highlands and Islands another

rural areas?

It is an issue I was

concerned about his energy Minister

had equally he will understand that

the virtue of their electricity

prices in the Highlands and Islands

and the subsidies and extra

supported of the devolved matter.

There were many debates on fuel

poverty and on support for people

through that. What the government is

doing, which isn't a devolved

matter, is the energy price. The

Prime Minister has made it a

personal priority to bring forward

proposals to stay and to ensure that

people are treated fairly.

Cardiff

Central... Can we have a debating

government time on the genocide

caused by the Burmese military which

has caused the refugee problem in

Bangladesh?

The whole house is very

concerned about the humanitarian

crisis that has been caused by

armour's military. Many row finger

had been killed and over 650,000

have fled to Bangladesh. She will be

aware that the UK is one of the

biggest donors to this crisis and

that has stepped up efforts with an

additional £59 million to support

the latest influx of refugees. We

had a debate recently on the plight

of the Rohingya Muslims and she may

well seek to have a further debate.

Can we have a debate or a stable don

the public services in relation to

the retention of pay quiz tomorrow

teachers are leaving the profession,

as well as public service workers

and there have been polluters in

Coventry. Can she do something about

that?

I think the honourable

gentleman is talking about retention

of public sector staff? Yes. In the

NHS there will be 5,000 new nurse

training places each year starting

this September. The government is

very committed to ensuring that we

retain staff and there are many more

teachers coming back into teaching

following a career break. What is

important is not just retention but

also attracting people back after a

period of time and we are getting

new people into those public sector

professions. That is something the

government is focused on.

Could we

have a debate on the capacity of

hotlines? A talented young football

and refugee he wants to take part in

a training academy in Portugal. Hi

RMP is supposed to raise these cases

if we can get through to the

hotlines?

What I could say to the

honourable gentleman is if there is

a problem of hotlines he should

raise it with the Department. I am

happy to do that on his behalf of

the e-mails me and I will take it up

for him. With regard to that

individual case, again he could

perhaps race at departmental

questions.

This chamber rightly sees

a lot of robust partisan politics

but we should never forget the ethos

of public service which I believe

would appears the vast majority of

elected representatives. There was

no better example of that than my

friend and colleague Kieran Quinn,

the leader of Thamesside Council,

who tragically collapsed on

Christmas Eve and died on Christmas

Day. Today has polluted to join me

in prison and the live, work and

commitment of local leaders like

keirin, who do an incredible job in

difficult circumstances.

The

honourable gentleman is absolutely

right to paid tribute to his

constituent councillor, and to all

of those who give so much of their

time, very often unpaid extra time

that is paid in serving their

community and we owe them all a debt

of gratitude.

Can we have a

statement about the impact of the

removal of GSA mortgage support,

like a constituent of mine who paid

into the system all his working

life?

I'm sorry to hear about the

case that he raises. You may want to

raise that that departmental

questions as constituency case.

There are... There have been example

of companies that are falsely

advertising nappies that are

actually going to landfill sites.

False advertising is incredibly

harmful and that he has examples of

such instances he should raise it

with the Department and team may

wish to have an adjournment debate

on that.

Last Friday we woke up to

the new separated leader Bella Twins

vision was ablaze. Witchy ally

debate to consider the terrific work

Notts Fire and rescue in tackling

this fire and having things running

again within a day.

We all realise

what a debt of gratitude we owe to

our fire officers who do such an

amazing job and at such great risk

to themselves, so I paid tribute to

them alongside him.

In line with the

honourable friend, I would like to

request an urgent debate about

private companies providing public

services to be subjected the same

standards of openness and

transparency as the public sector is

so companies like Carillon can no

longer hide behind commercial

confidentiality.

The honourable lady

raises a very important point in the

context of what has happened with

Carillon. She can rest assured that

the government will be looking

carefully at whether we can improve

processes as a result of this

experience, but you must also

recognise that there are great

values to the taxpayer of being able

to use private sector companies to

deliver some services that are of

much better value and efficiency to

the public sector than bringing it

all in-house.

On the 6th of December

last year the Secretary of State of

Scotland give undertakings with

regard to an amendment in the EU

withdraw like. Could we have a

statement clarifying the record and

explaining why it wasn't met?

I

encourage the honourable gentleman

to take that but Scotland questions

with the Secretary of State

directly.

Next week in the House of Commons we

have Church of England questions, so

can we have a debate about moving

away from a medieval setup and

separating the UK state from church?

I think that is an extremely

controversial subject that the

honourable gentleman raises which

would have significant

constitutional applications. As a

first point of call he may well wish

to raise that the Church

Commissioners questions next week.

Will the Leader of the House

recognise the concerns of

hard-working GPs in Plymouth.

Primary care is in a state of crisis

of GPs working to the point of

exhaustion. Can we have a debate

about the state of primary care?

First of all, just to say GPs do a

fantastic job and we are all

incredibly grateful. We know that

they are under pressure, we know

that there are more numbers of

doctors now than ever before, but

they are equally greater demands on

their time than ever before and that

is why the government has provided

an extra 6.3 billion of funding for

the NHS to ensure that we can meet

the demands being made on GPs and

others.