02/07/2014

:00:36. > :00:37.Morning folks, and welcome to the Daily Politics.

:00:38. > :00:41.It's been a busy week for Labour, they've been setting out their pitch

:00:42. > :00:45.But they've not exactly been helped by a string of criticisms

:00:46. > :00:49.from people who are meant to be their friends.

:00:50. > :00:53.We'll look at what all the parties have cooking to help the economy.

:00:54. > :00:56.There's plenty to talk about at PMQs,

:00:57. > :00:59.from Labour's internal critics to the Tories' reliance on big donors.

:01:00. > :01:03.We'll bring you all the action live at midday.

:01:04. > :01:06.Is it time to finally allow shops to sell you whatever you want,

:01:07. > :01:11.We're speaking to one MP who rejects the old arguments

:01:12. > :01:26.Those who prefer quieter Sundays or to go to church can do so, those

:01:27. > :01:27.that want to shop should not be restricted.

:01:28. > :01:30.And it's a little-known downside to life as an MP,

:01:31. > :01:34.I'll bring be speaking to two politicians who've tangled with

:01:35. > :01:44.ferocious pets on the campaign trail.

:01:45. > :01:51.Not Molly, though? No, she's an angel. She's French, she's not so

:01:52. > :01:53.keen on UKIP. And with us for the show we have

:01:54. > :01:57.the MP who's appeared more on We've checked and it's official,

:01:58. > :02:01.it's the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chris Leslie. He's been

:02:02. > :02:03.on so often He must have a kitchen full, or a

:02:04. > :02:16.stand where he sells them. He hasn't been on since last year,

:02:17. > :02:19.probably because he's been too busy making

:02:20. > :02:21.cameo appearances on Newsnight. Welcome to the show,

:02:22. > :02:23.and don't worry Michael, we're quite used to politicians not

:02:24. > :02:35.answering the questions. You don't normally ask them 12

:02:36. > :02:37.times. Because we know it gets us nowhere!

:02:38. > :02:42.All the new MEPs elected in May have been meeting in

:02:43. > :02:45.Strasbourg for the first time, and yesterday saw the opening of the new

:02:46. > :02:49.Not everybody joined in the general sense of bonhomie

:02:50. > :02:51.and joie de vivre however, the UKIP MEPs, led by leader

:02:52. > :02:54.Nigel Farage, turned their backs as an orchestra played Beethoven's

:02:55. > :03:00.Ode to Joy, the unofficial anthem of the European Union.

:03:01. > :03:07.Conservatives in the chamber sat quietly, while most MEPs stood.

:03:08. > :03:09.Well, with Jean-Claude Juncker firmly in place to be president

:03:10. > :03:12.of the EU Commission, the jockeying has begun to see which countries get

:03:13. > :03:18.Britain wants one of the big economic portfolios, but an

:03:19. > :03:21.unnamed aide to Jean-Claude Juncker quoted in the papers this morning

:03:22. > :03:25.says the UK will only get a big job if it puts forwards a candidate with

:03:26. > :03:43.Michael Howard, after the public criticism, how strong do you think

:03:44. > :03:49.David Cameron's negotiating position is? I think it's stronger. He has

:03:50. > :03:53.made it absolutely clear that he will stand up for what he believes

:03:54. > :03:59.in. That he will fight for what he believes in. That, when he says the

:04:00. > :04:04.European Union has to reform, if we are to remain members, he means it.

:04:05. > :04:09.He is not bluffing. I think a lot of people in Europe thought previously

:04:10. > :04:13.it was bluffing and there was no real prospect of the UK leaving the

:04:14. > :04:16.European Union. I think now they have woken up and smell the coffee,

:04:17. > :04:23.and they realise that, actually, there is a possibility of it

:04:24. > :04:27.happening. What about getting a candidate for one of those plum

:04:28. > :04:31.roles? Do you think that is likely when aides are also talking about

:04:32. > :04:34.revenge against David Cameron, they want a serious candidate with an

:04:35. > :04:41.open mind about that EU, who would that be? Would it be you? I think

:04:42. > :04:47.that is unlikely. But not out of the question? I think there is a desire

:04:48. > :04:51.in Europe to keep Britain in. I don't think anybody will be in the

:04:52. > :04:56.business of humiliating the United Kingdom. I think they want us in. I

:04:57. > :05:08.think that they will be making serious efforts to keep us in, which

:05:09. > :05:11.is a very good thing. We heard from one member of the European

:05:12. > :05:19.Commission saying it would be an thinkable for Britain to leave the

:05:20. > :05:22.EU. Stretching and olive branch? I think that is stretching the spin of

:05:23. > :05:28.David Cameron beyond what most people would think. If you wanted to

:05:29. > :05:31.shape the European Union in a constructive way, make sure that we

:05:32. > :05:35.dealt with some of the bureaucracy and waste, get to grips with some of

:05:36. > :05:40.the forms we have to do, the only way of doing that is pitching in and

:05:41. > :05:45.building alliances. It is a matter of embarrassment, not private, that

:05:46. > :05:48.it was only Hungary that was left with David Cameron at that

:05:49. > :06:00.particular time. Of course the Prime Minister is going to come back and

:06:01. > :06:04.try to tout -- tubthump. Really, to be left without those alliances does

:06:05. > :06:07.not bode well for the reforms we need in Europe. We have been talking

:06:08. > :06:12.to the business community about this particular issue. They are very

:06:13. > :06:16.concerned indeed about our place in this large trading bloc, making sure

:06:17. > :06:22.that business and jobs are safeguarded for the future. That is

:06:23. > :06:25.what now matters. Forgive me, I got the impression that your lot didn't

:06:26. > :06:33.want Jean-Claude Juncker either? So, how would you have invented that?

:06:34. > :06:38.Because you actually engage with the other members. There is nothing

:06:39. > :06:43.wrong with putting up a fight, even losing. But you can't, in any way,

:06:44. > :06:49.say that this was a successful negotiation when he was left with

:06:50. > :06:54.only one I. It was embarrassing. How on earth would you suggest you could

:06:55. > :07:02.have done any better? You had the same objective, David Cameron tried

:07:03. > :07:05.to build alliances. He didn't! He was grandstanding throughout the

:07:06. > :07:09.whole thing. Let's go to the referendum that Labour keep saying

:07:10. > :07:14.they are not going to offer. Is that still the case? Any guarantee there

:07:15. > :07:19.will not be that offer for the election next year? I don't think

:07:20. > :07:24.anybody is going to have an in-out referendum... The promise of an

:07:25. > :07:28.election? We have said we don't think it is required before you have

:07:29. > :07:35.a proposal on the table to maybe have a treaty change. So, no,

:07:36. > :07:38.despite what Unite has said, your big financial backer, who says that

:07:39. > :07:47.Labour need to offer an in-out referendum? There are lots of views

:07:48. > :07:50.on this issue. Unite have their views for their members. As far as

:07:51. > :07:54.the Labour Party is concerned, we want to put the best interests of

:07:55. > :07:59.the country first. You are sure you are not looking at flats in

:08:00. > :08:08.Brussels? Quite sure. Have you been asked? No. And you would say no? If

:08:09. > :08:12.I am asked, I will think about it and you will be the first to know.

:08:13. > :08:19.I'm going to Brussels next week, shall I bring you back an estate

:08:20. > :08:26.agent brochure? No thanks. Leave him alone! He didn't say no. I didn't

:08:27. > :08:33.say yes. Neither did Michael Lansley on this programme. Where am I?

:08:34. > :08:36.Back in the 90s it was dubbed the prawn cocktail offensive, as senior

:08:37. > :08:39.Labour figures in opposition wooed big business over lunch in the City.

:08:40. > :08:41.And it worked, even if prawn cocktails themselves had actually

:08:42. > :08:45.Well this week Labour's been trying to tickle the tastebuds

:08:46. > :08:48.of business leaders once again, and it's looking like a big battleground

:08:49. > :08:52.JoCo can tell us what the parties have got cooking.

:08:53. > :09:00.All the parties know they need to win the support of business if

:09:01. > :09:03.they're to be trusted to show they can serve up a recipe for economic

:09:04. > :09:06.success At the moment the polls on who voters trust to handle the

:09:07. > :09:09.economy show that's a problem for Labour, they trail by 12 points.

:09:10. > :09:12.Which has been some food for thought for the Labour policy team.

:09:13. > :09:15.So this week the party have been positioning themselves

:09:16. > :09:18.as the party that's pro-business, but not business-as-usual.

:09:19. > :09:22.Top of the menu are lower business rates and plans to

:09:23. > :09:25.devolve ?30 billion of spending to boost growth outside London.

:09:26. > :09:31.For the Tories, their dish du jour is their long-term economic plan,

:09:32. > :09:34.and they say they're helping firms by cutting their national insurance

:09:35. > :09:41.Finally, the Lib Dems might be stuck in the kitchen with the Tories,

:09:42. > :09:44.but they boast that in government they've targeted investment

:09:45. > :09:47.in key sectors like manufacturing as well as creating a record number

:09:48. > :09:52.It's been a big week for Labour announcements

:09:53. > :09:56.but they haven't been helped by mutterings within the party.

:09:57. > :09:59.Today, two former advisors to Tony Blair, Patrick Diamond and Lord

:10:00. > :10:02.Roger Liddle have been among the critics, saying Labour will not win

:10:03. > :10:17.You think they are anti-business, Labour? I don't think they are an

:10:18. > :10:21.anti-business party, the point we are making is that Labour cannot

:10:22. > :10:23.afford to be positioned as anti-business, because any

:10:24. > :10:27.successful government in Britain today needs to have successful

:10:28. > :10:30.businesses are part of its policy agenda, to provide the jobs, wages

:10:31. > :10:35.and business standards that people across the country need. And also to

:10:36. > :10:41.generate the wealth and the investment that we need to maintain

:10:42. > :10:43.high quality public services. You clearly think they haven't been

:10:44. > :10:47.sending out the right messages, let's look at some of the things

:10:48. > :10:51.they have been talking about. They are making a virtue of supporting

:10:52. > :10:56.small and medium businesses rather than big corporations. Has that been

:10:57. > :11:00.a mistake? The point we make is that there are dangers in drawing

:11:01. > :11:04.distinct differences between businesses. There is nothing

:11:05. > :11:09.inherently virtuous about small or medium-sized us must, as against a

:11:10. > :11:13.large business. They are all employers, they are necessary to

:11:14. > :11:15.give quality jobs, good wages and living standards. To draw a

:11:16. > :11:20.distinction between predatory and responsible capitalism is

:11:21. > :11:24.problematic. How do you enforce that? We need to make sure

:11:25. > :11:27.regulators bear down on bad business behaviour, but we should proceed

:11:28. > :11:31.from the assumption that business is part of the solution, rather than

:11:32. > :11:38.part of the problem. What should Labour do? They need to set out a

:11:39. > :11:42.positive agenda for business, the idea of a progressive capitalism.

:11:43. > :11:46.What makes capitalism progressive, as opposed to just capitalism, it

:11:47. > :11:50.would be a private-sector enterprise that provides more high-quality

:11:51. > :11:54.jobs, which provides rising living standards and rising wages. It would

:11:55. > :11:59.also be a dynamic capitalism that provides the investment that we need

:12:00. > :12:03.to provide good quality public services, a high-quality NHS, good

:12:04. > :12:06.quality education and so forth. There are various ways of doing

:12:07. > :12:11.that. Some of those have been discussed by the Labour Party this

:12:12. > :12:15.week. Devolution of power to cities, more emphasis on training, more

:12:16. > :12:18.emphasis on innovation and using education to innovate and produce

:12:19. > :12:28.products and services of the future. These are all important. There are

:12:29. > :12:31.emphasised areas, such as giving options of employee ownership. These

:12:32. > :12:39.can be part of a pro-business agenda. He said the new Labour model

:12:40. > :12:44.was shaken to its core. Do you agree with Ed Balls that the third Way has

:12:45. > :12:48.failed? There were major problems with the new Labour approach of the

:12:49. > :12:51.1990s. One of those has been much discussed, the failure to

:12:52. > :12:56.effectively regulate the financial sector and the banks. That remains a

:12:57. > :12:59.major issue. Another problem that was clearly evident in the new

:13:00. > :13:04.Labour years was that there was not a proactive, industrial policy until

:13:05. > :13:08.the final 18 months of the Labour government in the run-up to the 2010

:13:09. > :13:12.elections. Labour then lost the election. The momentum around having

:13:13. > :13:16.an active, government led interventionist industrial policy

:13:17. > :13:19.was lost. All the evidence is, and if you look around the world, the

:13:20. > :13:22.country succeeding in the global economy today are the countries

:13:23. > :13:27.where the government plays a really active role in coordinating

:13:28. > :13:35.investment and innovation. We need that in the UK as well.

:13:36. > :13:38.Why is it that every time Ed Miliband trundles out a new

:13:39. > :13:44.initiative, the wheels fall off? Is his office run by a bunch of teenage

:13:45. > :13:48.incompetents who cannot count? You might be surprised that I would

:13:49. > :13:55.challenge the premise of that question. It did yesterday? I don't

:13:56. > :14:01.think you did. We had bold proposals from Andrew Adonis to devolve and

:14:02. > :14:06.help regional economic development. He leaked in advance figures he

:14:07. > :14:10.thought showed that the new jobs were being created in London. He was

:14:11. > :14:15.told the figures were dodgy. He took them out of his speech entirely,

:14:16. > :14:20.decided to add lead. The speech was then not released. Later, he said he

:14:21. > :14:24.struck by the figures. If that's not the wheels falling off, what is? I

:14:25. > :14:29.don't agree with that characterisation. The Centre For

:14:30. > :14:34.Cities, a well respected think tank, whose job it is to look at economic

:14:35. > :14:39.development, they pointed out quite rightly that, in the data, when you

:14:40. > :14:43.love and location of employment, it is the case that Greater London has

:14:44. > :14:50.had a greater number of jobs created and the rest of the country. That

:14:51. > :14:56.dataset ended in 2012. We are due to seek the new dataset in 2013. And

:14:57. > :15:02.the data from the Office of National Statistics ends when? That date is

:15:03. > :15:06.more recent. I presume it was 2013-14. That ONS data, the

:15:07. > :15:12.legitimate datasets, they were looking at the residency of where

:15:13. > :15:16.jobs were created. Let me give you an example. If you are resident in

:15:17. > :15:21.Saint Albans and you commute into London to work, the ONS data says,

:15:22. > :15:24.well, that should be located in Hertfordshire. The other set of

:15:25. > :15:29.statistics say it is actually a job in London. You can dance around on

:15:30. > :15:33.the head of a pin on these things, but if the Conservatives and our

:15:34. > :15:35.opponents say there is not a problem with differential regional economic

:15:36. > :15:43.development, and they think everything is fine, I would say they

:15:44. > :15:48.are out of touch. Are you saying making it residence and where they

:15:49. > :15:53.are located, accounts for the difference between 80% of the jobs

:15:54. > :16:02.created in London and in the last year only 20% of the jobs? The

:16:03. > :16:12.statistics speak for themselves. They don't, actually. This was about

:16:13. > :16:15.private sector jobs. How does the Centre for cities, which you are

:16:16. > :16:24.depending on, designate education jobs? Education jobs? There may be

:16:25. > :16:28.different data sets from the ONS? No, 40% are in the private sector,

:16:29. > :16:35.so why would you use figures like that? These were not Labour Party

:16:36. > :16:43.statistic. It is a separate think-tank, very well respected. Why

:16:44. > :16:51.is it well respected? They have produced worthwhile analysis. The

:16:52. > :16:57.figures are two years out of date. The bigger point is, Andrew, do you

:16:58. > :17:03.believe we have a fine and balanced and sustainable recovery, or do you

:17:04. > :17:09.believe, as I do, one of the key challenges for the Treasury and the

:17:10. > :17:11.government is make sure we have a sustained recovery that is balanced

:17:12. > :17:17.and reaching many parts of the country and helping as many parts of

:17:18. > :17:22.the country. That is not happening. The scale of the problem is

:17:23. > :17:29.important. Are the new jobs being created in the private sector in

:17:30. > :17:37.London or is it 20%? There is still a problem, but it is a problem

:17:38. > :17:42.between 80% and 20%? There can be conflicting reports, but my view is

:17:43. > :17:46.there is a problem and we do have the recovery happening in London in

:17:47. > :17:54.a different way than in Nottingham or in the North East. If it was 20%,

:17:55. > :18:07.would there be a problem? I believe there is a problem from the

:18:08. > :18:18.experience I have in my constituency and it totally. In terms of housing

:18:19. > :18:28.developments, as in this formation. They are not happening in some of

:18:29. > :18:29.those -- in parts of the country where they say it is happening.

:18:30. > :18:34.London and the South East over experience I have in my constituency

:18:35. > :18:45.and it totally. In terms of dominate this country and we need more

:18:46. > :18:50.balanced growth? We do, but if Ed Miliband stands by the figures, why

:18:51. > :18:52.did he take them out of his speech? The figures were set out by the

:18:53. > :18:54.Centre for cities. But he took them out? He wasn't reading the speech,

:18:55. > :18:56.as I saw it... Ed Balls was on the television on Sunday morning making

:18:57. > :18:57.great play with these figures. Other Labour spokespeople made great play

:18:58. > :18:59.with these figures and Ed Miliband had them in the draft of his speech.

:19:00. > :19:01.He wasn't reading his speech. If you want to use this as a distraction

:19:02. > :19:08.from the real problem. Feel free, talk about the methodology but you

:19:09. > :19:12.are denying there is a problem. The bigger issue is the competence of Ed

:19:13. > :19:16.Miliband. The biggest of all issues is how do we get more economic

:19:17. > :19:21.growth and better paid jobs outside London and the south-east? What is

:19:22. > :19:27.the government doing about that? You have two have a long-term plan for

:19:28. > :19:31.the economy of the country. Unless you get the economy growing, you are

:19:32. > :19:36.not going to get it spreading to other parts of the country. Michael

:19:37. > :19:42.Howard, the leaves in long-term plans? If they did not work for

:19:43. > :19:49.Stalin, how will they work for Howard? I think it is a different

:19:50. > :19:57.plan. But what the government has succeeded in doing is getting the

:19:58. > :19:59.economy growing. You have got to get growth and it is growing. That

:20:00. > :20:08.growth will extend to other parts of the country but the government is

:20:09. > :20:10.also doing things to reinforce that. Manchester has now an imaginative

:20:11. > :20:16.plan for investment and infrastructure. It is funded by the

:20:17. > :20:20.ability to keep part of its tax take. Infrastructure out what is 10%

:20:21. > :20:27.lower than 2010. You should be embarrassed about that. Let the

:20:28. > :20:34.market sort this out, is that your plan? We have had to recover from

:20:35. > :20:40.the crisis your lot brought on in the years leading up to 2010. The

:20:41. > :20:48.banks cause by crisis. We have managed to get the economy going.

:20:49. > :20:52.Labour is trying to become more business friendly. It is suggested

:20:53. > :20:56.some of the things Ed Miliband announced is not a business

:20:57. > :21:02.friendly. But tonight you will be having a conservative summer party

:21:03. > :21:07.at a posh, West London private members club, packed with

:21:08. > :21:15.millionaires. 450 attended last year with a combined wealth of ?11

:21:16. > :21:22.million and tables cost ?12,000 each. You are in their pockets. We

:21:23. > :21:28.are not in their pockets, Tony Blair hosted similar kinds of parties. The

:21:29. > :21:33.truth is, the gap between the two major parties now is bigger than it

:21:34. > :21:40.has ever been since 1983 when I entered Parliament. Then you had

:21:41. > :21:44.Margaret thatcher as leader of the Conservative Party and Michael foot

:21:45. > :21:49.as leader of the Labour Party. Tony Blair change that. It must be

:21:50. > :21:55.embarrassing for Chris who was cheering New Labour, to be in a

:21:56. > :21:57.position to have the Labour Party proclaiming to do all sorts of

:21:58. > :22:05.things which are nothing to do with New Labour, which would ring back

:22:06. > :22:08.old Labour. But how can you, the Conservatives, criticise Labour's

:22:09. > :22:16.ties with the unions when you will be having dinner tonight with people

:22:17. > :22:21.with a combined wealth of INXS of ?11 million, paying ?12,000 for a

:22:22. > :22:27.table to rub shoulders with the Prime Minister. They don't have any

:22:28. > :22:43.influence on policies. How do we know that? I don't seem to remember

:22:44. > :22:49.in the budget, they will all be there at this posh club tonight? I

:22:50. > :22:58.have no idea who will be there. Are you going? No, I am not. Let me

:22:59. > :23:00.remind everyone of something. The latest figures were pointed out by

:23:01. > :23:07.George Osborne in the budget and they show that income inequality in

:23:08. > :23:20.this country has been diminishing since 1986. It shows it has been

:23:21. > :23:27.decreasing since 1986 and the highest earners pay a hugely

:23:28. > :23:35.disproportionate... They are doing very well. Why have we got

:23:36. > :23:38.Mandelson, minus, Glassman and Cruddas, why are they attacking your

:23:39. > :23:48.boss? I don't think they are attacking. You heard Morris Glassman

:23:49. > :23:53.on the radio characterising... He said he was taken up a short Ali for

:23:54. > :23:59.a long walk. They are anxious they want to see the Labour government

:24:00. > :24:03.succeed and we have the right credible offer on policies that will

:24:04. > :24:06.make a difference. We are in a position where we are heading

:24:07. > :24:16.towards the general election dash it is going to be close. Your interview

:24:17. > :24:24.with Patrick Diamond, I did not disagree with anything he said. Are

:24:25. > :24:29.they being helpful? Lots of people have advice. There is plenty of ice

:24:30. > :24:37.for Ed Miliband, but he will make his decisions. Are they being

:24:38. > :24:41.helpful? Plenty of people will have their views on these things. Some

:24:42. > :24:45.people will be less helpful, but he will make the judgement as the

:24:46. > :24:49.leader and he has shown he is capable. You will be familiar with

:24:50. > :24:54.what happened there, not answering the question. I did answer the

:24:55. > :25:01.question, you did not like what I said. I will give you one more

:25:02. > :25:04.chance, are they being helpful? Some are being helpful, some are being

:25:05. > :25:20.less helpful. All the new MEPs elected

:25:21. > :25:42.in May have been meeting in The for the biggest prize in

:25:43. > :25:47.Europe. The horse trading is underway. There have been secret

:25:48. > :25:52.cloak and dagger meetings in Brussels. We have been fielding

:25:53. > :25:56.calls from cognac swilling bureaucrats in different languages.

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:27:47. > :28:00.and that can mean only one thing! Yes, Prime Minister's

:28:01. > :28:02.Questions is on its way. If you'd like to comment on

:28:03. > :28:06.proceedings - and try and be polite! You can e-mail us

:28:07. > :28:11.at daily.politics@bbc.co.uk. Or tweet your thoughts using

:28:12. > :28:16.the hashtag #bbcdp. And that's not all -

:28:17. > :28:44.the BBC's deputy political editor, In recent weeks, Ed Miliband has had

:28:45. > :28:59.an open goal and not found the back of the net. Today, David Cameron has

:29:00. > :29:07.an open goal, but makes it dangerous for him? Everybody is expecting him

:29:08. > :29:10.to score, he has power and weight. With these quotations he has ready

:29:11. > :29:21.to throw from John Cruddas, Morris Glassman or whoever, sometimes you

:29:22. > :29:31.can get as a Prime Minister, too bogged down in the quotes. You just

:29:32. > :29:34.need one or two real killers. If I was Ed Miliband, I would do anything

:29:35. > :29:37.to avoid it and make it harder for Ed Miliband -- the Prime Minister. I

:29:38. > :29:38.would go on issue like the NHS or something foreign. Given the economy

:29:39. > :29:40.is going to be the biggest question, less than nine months away, it says

:29:41. > :29:42.something if the leader of the opposition cannot go on the economy?

:29:43. > :29:45.That is a continuing refrain from David Cameron, whenever Ed Miliband

:29:46. > :29:47.does not talk about the economy, he will pick up on that. What about

:29:48. > :29:55.these people who say about these Labour grandees queueing up like the

:29:56. > :30:01.scene in the film, aeroplane, to hit him with a baseball bats, thump

:30:02. > :30:07.him. Remember that? Why is that, he is ahead in the polls? It is

:30:08. > :30:15.frustration. Frustration among some of the thinkers their policy ideas

:30:16. > :30:21.are not being translated into policy. Also frustration that some

:30:22. > :30:28.say Labour's inability to get their message across. There is no

:30:29. > :30:32.narrative, no story tying together the policies. Objectively you could

:30:33. > :30:38.say Ed Miliband does have a story, but not one that has resonated with

:30:39. > :31:10.the electorate. I will tell you a story, we are going to PMQs.

:31:11. > :31:17.Rovers deal is a key sign of prosperity? Will he do all he can to

:31:18. > :31:27.haste and the completion of this deal? --

:31:28. > :31:32.I know how passionately she feels about this important development. I

:31:33. > :31:37.know she will feel delighted that the judge in question has dismissed

:31:38. > :31:41.the judicial review, so we hope that this paves the way for the

:31:42. > :31:45.supermarket and stadium to be built. Not only would this mean a

:31:46. > :31:49.new home for Bristol Rovers, it will mean more growth and better

:31:50. > :31:57.infrastructure for Bristol. Ed Miliband.

:31:58. > :32:03.It is four years since the Prime Minister announced his top-down NHS

:32:04. > :32:06.organisation. Since then, can he tell us if the number of people

:32:07. > :32:14.having to wait more than a guaranteed two months for cancer

:32:15. > :32:18.treatment has got better or worse? The number of people being treated

:32:19. > :32:21.for cancer has gone up by 15%. We are meeting the key waiting time

:32:22. > :32:30.targets, particularly for accident and emergency, that we met for

:32:31. > :32:37.April, even though he predicted a crisis. That was a specific question

:32:38. > :32:39.I asked about cancer treatment. The Prime Minister did this

:32:40. > :32:48.reorganisation and said things would get better. MacMillan Cancer Support

:32:49. > :32:53.warned that more lives are being put at risk. Cancer Research UK says it

:32:54. > :32:56.is not just a missed target, some patients are being failed. They have

:32:57. > :33:01.missed the target for the first time ever for cancer treatment. Is he

:33:02. > :33:05.telling the two most respected cancer charities that they are wrong

:33:06. > :33:09.and things are getting better? We introduced for the first time ever a

:33:10. > :33:14.Cancer Drugs Fund, treating 50,000 people. That is what is happening.

:33:15. > :33:19.The number of people being treated for cancer is up 15%. This is in

:33:20. > :33:25.stark contrast with Wales, where Labour are in charge. They shake

:33:26. > :33:29.their heads, but the fact is that Labour is in charge of the NHS in

:33:30. > :33:37.Wales and they have not met a cancer target there since 2009! Actually,

:33:38. > :33:45.he is wrong about that. In Wales, more patients start cancer treatment

:33:46. > :33:48.within 62 days than in England. We know why he wants to talk about

:33:49. > :33:54.Wales, because he cannot defend his record in England. Wasn't it

:33:55. > :33:57.interesting that on the cancer treatment target, you could not

:33:58. > :34:01.pretend things were getting better, but he could not admit they were

:34:02. > :34:05.getting worse. In the four years since his organisation, have the

:34:06. > :34:11.number of people waiting more than the guaranteed four hours in A got

:34:12. > :34:15.better always? We have met our waiting time targets for accident

:34:16. > :34:20.and emergency. Let me tell him exactly how long people are waiting.

:34:21. > :34:23.The average waiting time, when the shadow secretary of state was

:34:24. > :34:31.secretary of state, the average waiting time 77 minutes. Under this

:34:32. > :34:34.government it is 30 minutes. That is what has happened under this

:34:35. > :34:38.Government. Let me admit to a mistake. I have just said that

:34:39. > :34:44.Labour have not met a cancer treatment target in Wales since

:34:45. > :34:50.2009. I'm afraid I was wrong. They have not met that since 2008. Of

:34:51. > :34:56.course, in Wales, there is no Cancer Drugs Fund. There has been an 8% cut

:34:57. > :35:00.to the budget. People are dying on waiting lists and Labour are

:35:01. > :35:06.responsible. He asks me to defend my record over the last four years. I

:35:07. > :35:13.will. There are 7000 more doctors. There are 4000 more nurses. There is

:35:14. > :35:18.over 1000 more midwives. We are treating over 1 million more

:35:19. > :35:22.patients each year. Whereas the NHS and Labour have the disgrace of

:35:23. > :35:28.Mid-Staffs, you can now see the NHS being properly invested in and

:35:29. > :35:33.properly improving. I will tell him about our record on the NHS, the

:35:34. > :35:37.shortest waiting times ever. More doctors and nurses than ever before.

:35:38. > :35:43.The highest patient satisfaction ever. That is Labour's record on the

:35:44. > :35:51.NHS. It was a long time ago, he did not answer the question, it is a

:35:52. > :35:55.target that he set for four our waiting in A Let me give him the

:35:56. > :35:58.figures for his four our waiting target. Before reorganisation, the

:35:59. > :36:06.number of people waiting more than four hours was 353,000. After his

:36:07. > :36:13.reorganisation, it has risen to 939,000. That is an increase of

:36:14. > :36:17.300%. Is that better or worse? The average waiting time is down by more

:36:18. > :36:20.than half, that is better. But he doesn't have to listen to me, he can

:36:21. > :36:25.listen to the Shadow Health Secretary, who said this. He said,

:36:26. > :36:29.this is the best health service in the world. That is what he said. He

:36:30. > :36:38.was quoting the Commonwealth report, an independent organisation

:36:39. > :36:41.which ranked the United Kingdom, for the first time, under this

:36:42. > :36:47.government, as having the best health service anywhere in the

:36:48. > :36:52.world. Better than America, better than Germany, better than France. He

:36:53. > :36:56.says it was his record, this has only happened under this

:36:57. > :37:05.government! I can tell him why it has happened under this government.

:37:06. > :37:09.Mixed sex wards virtually abolished. Millions more treated. A Cancer

:37:10. > :37:13.Drugs Fund, more doctors, more nurses, more midwives and more

:37:14. > :37:18.people being treated. And, it's official, the best NHS in the world.

:37:19. > :37:25.It is this party that created the NHS. Every time, we have to save it

:37:26. > :37:30.from that lot opposite. Once again, he didn't answer the question. More

:37:31. > :37:34.people are waiting more than four hours in A What about those

:37:35. > :37:40.people that are so serious they need a bed in hospital? Since his

:37:41. > :37:43.organisation, has the amount of people waiting four hours on

:37:44. > :37:52.trolleys, something he said he would get rid of, got better or worse?

:37:53. > :37:56.People are waiting less time than under the last Labour government. We

:37:57. > :38:00.remember what the last Labour government gave us. The disgrace of

:38:01. > :38:06.Mid-Staffordshire, for which they have never properly apologised. What

:38:07. > :38:11.they said about our plans, we have put ?12.7 billion extra into the

:38:12. > :38:15.NHS. Their view was that it was irresponsible. They oppose reform to

:38:16. > :38:21.the NHS. You can see the effect in Wales. No reform, no money, longer

:38:22. > :38:27.waiting lists, no targets met, people dying on waiting lists under

:38:28. > :38:31.a Labour government. He can't answer the basic questions about his own

:38:32. > :38:34.targets in the NHS. I can tell him, the number of people waiting on

:38:35. > :38:42.trolleys for more than four hours has gone up from 61,000, up to

:38:43. > :38:45.167,000 on his watch. Mr Speaker, he promised the reorganisation in the

:38:46. > :38:50.NHS would make things better, it made things worse. Worse on access

:38:51. > :38:54.to cancer treatment, worse on A weights, worse on GP access. The NHS

:38:55. > :39:00.is getting worse on his watch and there is only one person to blame,

:39:01. > :39:04.him. Honestly, if he can't do better than that, even on the NHS, he

:39:05. > :39:08.really is in trouble. What is happening under this government,

:39:09. > :39:14.millions more patients treated, a Cancer Drugs Fund for the first time

:39:15. > :39:18.ever, the Health Service ranked the best in the world. We know what he

:39:19. > :39:21.would do. We have heard from the director of policy. He said this,

:39:22. > :39:25.there will be no interesting ideas that will emerge from Labour's

:39:26. > :39:32.policy review, that's official. His gurus come out, and say that he has

:39:33. > :39:37.no vision. Yesterday, you miss quotes statistics, gets them

:39:38. > :39:41.completely wrong. The factory he speaks in, the managing director

:39:42. > :39:46.says Labour's policy would be a bureaucratic nightmare. I would say

:39:47. > :39:47.to the people looking glum behind him, cheer up, folks, it's only

:39:48. > :40:08.Wednesday! Good to be back, Mr Speaker. Sheryl

:40:09. > :40:17.Lee Shannon, a 40-year-old mother was murdered... On the 17th of March

:40:18. > :40:22.by Paul O'Hara, who, at the time, was out on licence, having murdered

:40:23. > :40:29.his former partner in 1998. The introduction of Clare's Law, or the

:40:30. > :40:33.right to know, to find out if your partner has a history of violence,

:40:34. > :40:40.in this case she did know of this history, must be backed up by

:40:41. > :40:43.support, both by police and the privation service, so those in this

:40:44. > :40:47.situation no of the potential dangers they face, so we will not

:40:48. > :40:53.see another tragedy like the death of Sheryl Lee. It is good to see my

:40:54. > :40:57.honourable friend back in his place. He makes an important point, the

:40:58. > :41:00.introduction of Clare's Law has made a real difference. It gives people

:41:01. > :41:04.the right to the information about potential dangers from a partner.

:41:05. > :41:08.I'm proud of the fact that has now been rolled out across the country.

:41:09. > :41:11.He's absolutely right, we need to do more with the police and the

:41:12. > :41:15.privation service, the prison service, to make sure more warnings

:41:16. > :41:23.are given in more cases. The Prime Minister will be aware of the

:41:24. > :41:26.housing crisis in London. Is he aware of his colleague's the member

:41:27. > :41:42.for Newbury's distinctive contribution? Through his family

:41:43. > :41:53.firm he has brought up the New Era Estate... The honourable lady will

:41:54. > :41:56.be heard, however much it takes. Families in Hackney are facing

:41:57. > :42:03.seeing their rent driven up and facing eviction, being put on the

:42:04. > :42:09.street. Under the activities of the member for Newbury's firm, is that

:42:10. > :42:13.the Prime Minister's idea of compassionate conservatism? We know

:42:14. > :42:19.that we need to see more houses built, and we have seen 41,000 over

:42:20. > :42:21.the last year, over a fifth of those in London. We need more

:42:22. > :42:25.house-building and therefore we will see more affordable rent, both in

:42:26. > :42:31.the social sector and the private sector as well. One in three of our

:42:32. > :42:38.nuclear test veteran's descendants have been born with a serious

:42:39. > :42:42.medical condition. Given the cross-party campaign, recognition,

:42:43. > :42:48.not compensation, including a payment into a charitable fund, will

:42:49. > :42:53.the Prime Minister now clear the logjam, recognise the veterans and

:42:54. > :42:58.finally resolve the shameful chapter in our nuclear history? Let me pay

:42:59. > :43:02.tribute to my honourable friend, who has campaigned consistently on this

:43:03. > :43:05.issue in the house and outside it. He and I have discussed it. I'm

:43:06. > :43:09.happy to tell the house that this government recognises and is

:43:10. > :43:13.extremely grateful to all of this service personnel that participated

:43:14. > :43:17.in the nuclear testing programme. We should be no doubt that their

:43:18. > :43:20.selfless contribution made sure that the UK is equipped with a deterrent

:43:21. > :43:24.that we need. I have asked officials to look again at the specific points

:43:25. > :43:30.and oddments he has made and I will come back him as soon as possible.

:43:31. > :43:35.Last Saturday I spoke to two my 93-year-old constituent who served

:43:36. > :43:39.as a merchant seaman throughout the Second World War. He said he never

:43:40. > :43:43.thought he would live to see the day in this country when people in work

:43:44. > :43:47.would still not have enough money to live on. What does the Prime

:43:48. > :43:50.Minister say to Keith? Is it simply that this Tory Government makes the

:43:51. > :43:57.rich richer and everybody else poorer? Or is it just the inevitable

:43:58. > :44:00.consequence of his long-term economic con? The first thing I

:44:01. > :44:03.would say is that I am proud to lead a government that has seen the basic

:44:04. > :44:08.state pension increased by ?15 a week under this government, helping

:44:09. > :44:16.his constituent. In terms of how we help people in work, what we need to

:44:17. > :44:19.do is create more jobs. We've seen 2 million under this government. The

:44:20. > :44:23.second thing we need to do is cut taxes. Under this government, you

:44:24. > :44:26.can earn under ?10,000 before you pay income tax. It is that that is

:44:27. > :44:48.at the heart of the economic plan. brutal murders of three girls,

:44:49. > :44:52.mostly by Hamas. Does the Prime Minister agreed that far from

:44:53. > :44:56.showing restraint, Israel must do everything possible to take out

:44:57. > :45:00.Hamas terrorist networks and will he give the Israeli government support

:45:01. > :45:05.in this? What I would say to my honourable friend, who I know is

:45:06. > :45:11.passionate about these issues, this was an inexcusable act of terror and

:45:12. > :45:16.one can only imagine the effect on the families and friends of these

:45:17. > :45:22.teenagers. It is important Britain will stand with Israel as it seeks

:45:23. > :45:29.to bring to justice, those who are responsible. We welcome that

:45:30. > :45:35.President of Bass has condemned the abduction and will help to find this

:45:36. > :45:40.people. All security operations have to be done with care, but the people

:45:41. > :45:46.who perpetrated this should be brought to justice. In 2011, the

:45:47. > :45:51.Prime Minister said waiting lists matter, so why are there 3 million

:45:52. > :45:55.on ever lengthening waiting lists, the highest for six years? And what

:45:56. > :46:00.does the Prime Minister said to Catherine Sinclair, a constituent of

:46:01. > :46:10.mine, 33 weeks she has been waiting in pain or a hip operation. Does she

:46:11. > :46:12.matter? He needs to look at the figures and the figures show the

:46:13. > :46:20.numbers waiting longer than 18 weeks, 26 weeks to start treatment,

:46:21. > :46:27.they are lower today than they ever were when the shadow Chancellor was

:46:28. > :46:31.sitting in government. We have the record yesterday of the leader of

:46:32. > :46:38.the opposition using dodgy statistics. Yesterday he claimed

:46:39. > :46:43.that three quarters of the jobs in our country were created in London.

:46:44. > :46:50.That is totally wrong! Have we heard an apology? Have we heard a

:46:51. > :46:57.correction? He will do anything to talk down the British economy. The

:46:58. > :47:02.Prime Minister is aware, because I have raised this issue with him

:47:03. > :47:07.before, my long-standing campaign for serious investment in rail

:47:08. > :47:13.service from Penzance and the council proposal for train upgrade

:47:14. > :47:20.and my petition which I delivered to this House in support of that

:47:21. > :47:22.campaign. Will the Prime Minister visit my constituency with his

:47:23. > :47:29.cheque-book and favourable announcement? I intend to spend a

:47:30. > :47:33.lot of time in his constituency between now and the next election

:47:34. > :47:41.and I will be bringing all sorts of good news for the people of St Ives.

:47:42. > :47:47.Germany has three times as many apprentices as the UK. The number of

:47:48. > :47:52.young apprentices have fallen. Long-term youth unemployment in

:47:53. > :47:56.Dudley is twice the national average and we will only attract secure and

:47:57. > :48:02.better jobs if we make education and skills a priority. Will the Prime

:48:03. > :48:09.Minister make a start in ensuring every public sector procurement

:48:10. > :48:18.contract secures apprenticeship places? If he looks at the figures

:48:19. > :48:30.for Dudley North, he will find the claimant count is down by 20%. He

:48:31. > :48:44.will find the youth claimant count is down by 21% in the last year. The

:48:45. > :48:46.long-term youth claimant count is down by 28%. The fact is, in the

:48:47. > :48:47.West Midlands, things are getting better. More people in work, more

:48:48. > :48:49.jobs being created. He should be celebrating Dudley, rather than

:48:50. > :48:52.running it down. The Prime Minister will be aware of the tragic death of

:48:53. > :48:53.my three-year-old constituent, Sam Morris from sepsis. He was failed by

:48:54. > :48:58.his GPs, out-of-hours services, hospital, the primary care trust and

:48:59. > :49:05.the ombudsman. It must not happen again. Will the Prime Minister

:49:06. > :49:12.ensured the ombudsman was macro recommendations are implemented in

:49:13. > :49:19.full. To deliver proper transparency in a timely way. This family waited

:49:20. > :49:23.two years for justice. The honourable lady is absolutely right

:49:24. > :49:29.to raise this tragic case and thoughts should be with his parents.

:49:30. > :49:43.It is shocking and saddening to see a whole succession of health

:49:44. > :49:51.services failing this family. Anyone who lost a child and lost a child by

:49:52. > :49:53.Young knows how harrowing and dreadful it is. We must learn

:49:54. > :49:55.lessons from this case, make sure they are acted on. Last week we

:49:56. > :49:56.launched a major safety campaign to prevent these tragic and sadly

:49:57. > :49:58.avoidable deaths. At the Tory summer Ball, the Defence Secretary was sat

:49:59. > :50:04.with a lobbyist for the governments of Bahrain. Can the Prime Minister

:50:05. > :50:09.tell others if they discussed the fact Bahrain is still not regarded

:50:10. > :50:15.by the Foreign Office as a human rights country of concern? The

:50:16. > :50:21.Labour Party had to get one trade union to write one cheque for ?14

:50:22. > :50:25.billion. When you look at the candidates the Labour Party has

:50:26. > :50:32.got, when you take out of the mix we have the son of Tony Blair, son of

:50:33. > :50:36.Jack Straw, son of John Lescott. You will find 80% of the candidates are

:50:37. > :50:43.union sponsored. They bought the candidates, bought the policy and

:50:44. > :50:58.they bought a leader. We must never let them near the country. Thank you

:50:59. > :51:09.Mr Speaker. The number of NEATS in my constituency has fallen thanks to

:51:10. > :51:11.a joint project. Will the Prime Minister congratulate those for that

:51:12. > :51:24.success and urge more MPs to get involved. Recognising the great

:51:25. > :51:29.value and if lended wisely? He is right. There is an interest across

:51:30. > :51:33.this House because all parties are committed to making the local

:51:34. > :51:36.enterprise partnerships work, not to go back to the old regional

:51:37. > :51:41.development agencies. It is important local enterprise agency is

:51:42. > :51:46.our business lead and it is important they are strong in all

:51:47. > :51:49.parts of the country. MPs can play a role in encouraging promising

:51:50. > :51:54.businessmen and women to get involved. Can I take the Prime

:51:55. > :51:58.Minister back to the question of the private rented sector? Across London

:51:59. > :52:05.there are thousands of family, people at work, people on benefits

:52:06. > :52:08.who are frightened of rent increases, frightened of short-term

:52:09. > :52:11.tenancy and frightened of the consequences for themselves and

:52:12. > :52:17.their children of being evicted and forced to move out of the area in

:52:18. > :52:20.which they have lived. It is social cleansing in parts of London and it

:52:21. > :52:23.is coming to the rest of the country. Can he give an assurance

:52:24. > :52:32.there will be serious consideration about the need to bring back rent

:52:33. > :52:34.control in this country to protect people to ensure they have somewhere

:52:35. > :52:40.secure and decent to live. Where I would agree with honourable

:52:41. > :52:45.gentleman, there is a need for greater transparency for the work of

:52:46. > :52:50.letting agents in terms of fees. There is a need for longer term

:52:51. > :52:54.tenancies, but in the end we must allow the customer to choose what

:52:55. > :52:59.they want. Where I part company with him, is the idea of introducing rent

:53:00. > :53:05.controls. Every time they have been tried, they have failed and that is

:53:06. > :53:09.not just my view. It is the view of Labour's own Shadow Housing Minister

:53:10. > :53:16.who says she does not think rent controls will work in practice.

:53:17. > :53:26.Perhaps he needs to have a word with her before coming on to me? In the

:53:27. > :53:31.1983 general election, a 13-year-old boy delivered leaflets around my

:53:32. > :53:36.constituency, pledging that Michael that would out of the European

:53:37. > :53:41.Union. Does my right honourable friend find it strange the same boy

:53:42. > :53:48.now leader of the Labour Party, isn't willing to either support

:53:49. > :53:52.re-negotiation of written's terms of membership of the EU or pledged

:53:53. > :53:58.support to trust the people of Britain in a referendum on our

:53:59. > :54:01.membership in the European Union? I have always thought it is unfair to

:54:02. > :54:16.hold against people things they might have done in their youth! As a

:54:17. > :54:21.14-year-old, if that was his idea of fun, we have two make room for

:54:22. > :54:29.everybody. The point is this, it is in the interests of the British

:54:30. > :54:35.people to have a renegotiation. What is my idea of fun, it is not hanging

:54:36. > :54:42.out with the Shadow Chancellor. So, I feel sorry for the leader of the

:54:43. > :54:46.opposition because he has two hang out with him all of the time. What a

:54:47. > :54:50.miserable existence, to have sitting next to you, the person who wrecked

:54:51. > :54:56.the British economy and have to listen to them as they say to the

:54:57. > :55:03.people of great Britain, we crashed the car, give others the keys back!

:55:04. > :55:07.The uncertainty surrounding the future of Scotland and the UK has

:55:08. > :55:15.resulted in many of the business community in Scotland with holding

:55:16. > :55:18.significant investment. Does the Prime Minister agreed there is a

:55:19. > :55:26.moral responsibility on employers to inform their employees of any

:55:27. > :55:32.consequences over the separation from the UK so they can make a prior

:55:33. > :55:36.choice before the referendum? A huge amounts of pressure is put on

:55:37. > :55:40.businesses by the Scottish Government with threats and warnings

:55:41. > :55:45.if they speak out and say what they believe is the truth. I have come

:55:46. > :55:49.across business leaders in Scotland who want to keep the United Kingdom

:55:50. > :55:55.together and think it is crazy to have border control, different

:55:56. > :56:02.currencies and split up the United Kingdom. I would urge them to speak

:56:03. > :56:20.out, talk about the strength of the United Kingdom and vote to keep it

:56:21. > :56:25.together. This weekend the city's towns and villages of Yorkshire will

:56:26. > :56:54.be alive to cries of the Tour de France. As it passes through the

:56:55. > :57:01.counties. Will the Prime Minister join in the doozy as with people of

:57:02. > :57:02.the race taking part it is a wonderful legacy to build for

:57:03. > :57:04.cycling and encourages people to get on their bikes? Ie agree it is

:57:05. > :57:06.brilliant it is starting in Yorkshire and it will be a fantastic

:57:07. > :57:08.event for our country. It is a great advert for Yorkshire. I am looking

:57:09. > :57:10.forward to going to see the race and some of the preparations. It will be

:57:11. > :57:13.a magnificent event and I will do everything I can to promote it,

:57:14. > :57:18.apart from wearing lycra! Will the Prime Minister make it illegal for

:57:19. > :57:25.recruitment agencies to advertise overseas jobs or this country unless

:57:26. > :57:30.they advertise locally also? The short answer is yes. We are saying

:57:31. > :57:32.employment recruitment agencies to advertise

:57:33. > :57:36.overseas jobs or this agencies cannot do that. They

:57:37. > :57:44.overseas jobs or this country unless they advertise cannot advertise jobs

:57:45. > :57:52.abroad and we are doing everything to stop that. We have a ?12 billion

:57:53. > :58:02.tourism deficit in this country, the deficit of people who go overseas

:58:03. > :58:12.and the people who come here. One of the reasons is the high VAT rates on

:58:13. > :58:20.accommodation and attractions. Will the Prime Minister look at that to

:58:21. > :58:30.make sure that is not what is driving up the deficit? He is right

:58:31. > :58:35.to promote the South West as a holiday destination. The restoration

:58:36. > :58:40.of the transport links has been vital. It is difficult to have

:58:41. > :58:44.differential rates of VAT on some of these things but everything we can

:58:45. > :58:47.do to promote the UK as a holiday destination, including the fact that

:58:48. > :58:50.Tour de France is coming this weekend, we should do. Cancer

:58:51. > :58:52.Research UK has just launched a strategy in tailoring treatment of

:58:53. > :58:54.individuals which will prove more effective in combating the disease.

:58:55. > :58:57.How will the Prime Minister ensure the NHS is in a position to access

:58:58. > :59:00.radiotherapy and drugs are available to all regions of Great Britain and

:59:01. > :59:04.Northern Ireland? The Cancer Drugs Fund has been a breakthrough, not

:59:05. > :59:06.just making available drugs, but also important treatments. I hope

:59:07. > :59:11.other parts of the United Kingdom will take this up. The other thing

:59:12. > :59:15.we can do is to make sure that we are sequencing gene owns as fast as

:59:16. > :59:17.we can so we can carry out the research necessary to see which

:59:18. > :59:20.cancer drugs will be effective on which patients, according to their

:59:21. > :59:23.DNA. This will be the modern way to do tailored medicine and Britain is

:59:24. > :59:26.ahead of the pack on this in terms of making sure we invest in our

:59:27. > :59:27.universities and sciences as well as the NHS. I have two young

:59:28. > :59:33.constituents who owned 108 properties -- one of the 108

:59:34. > :59:37.properties in rugby as part of the Help to Buy scheme. But the fact

:59:38. > :59:43.they now enjoy their own home and have made a start on the housing

:59:44. > :59:48.ladder, demonstrates this government support for those who want to work

:59:49. > :59:52.hard and get on? I join him in congratulating his constituents,

:59:53. > :59:55.because Help to Buy scheme is working to get people the housing

:59:56. > :00:01.ladder. It is enabling people who don't have rich parents who cannot

:00:02. > :00:06.afford a big deposit but can afford the mortgage to buy the House or

:00:07. > :00:10.flat they want. We have seen 30,000 people taking advantage of this

:00:11. > :00:21.scheme and it is hoping to kick-start investment in housing. Is

:00:22. > :00:25.the Prime Minister aware that on the question of the national health

:00:26. > :00:33.service, and as an outpatient, which I have two visit on a regular

:00:34. > :00:36.basis, I hear from the front line about the problems in the health

:00:37. > :00:43.service. Nurses have lost quite a considerable amount in their real

:00:44. > :00:49.pay. The A are bursting at the seams. Then there is the question of

:00:50. > :00:59.almost every hospital in Britain that is running into financial

:01:00. > :01:05.difficulties. As a member of the Bollington club, is he proud to be

:01:06. > :01:13.surrounded by this wreckage? Remember, it is his legacy, not

:01:14. > :01:21.ours. Stop blaming the opposition. Get it done, all get out! I just

:01:22. > :01:26.think the picture the honourable gentleman paints is wrong. There are

:01:27. > :01:30.more people going to A, over a million more people going to A in

:01:31. > :01:35.our country but we are meeting targets and waiting times are down

:01:36. > :01:41.by a half. There are 4000 more nurses in the NHS than when I first

:01:42. > :01:45.stood here. There are 7000 more. Does and we have cut the number of

:01:46. > :01:50.administrative staff, the bureaucrats we were left with by the

:01:51. > :01:55.party opposite, 19,000 fewer than those and that is why we can treat

:01:56. > :02:07.patients with more clinical staff. A record we can be proud of. It is

:02:08. > :02:11.thanks to our long-term economic plan, ?200 million has been

:02:12. > :02:19.allocated to the biting potholes, 3.3 million in Northampton North.

:02:20. > :02:22.Doesn't that infrastructure investment mean it is only

:02:23. > :02:27.Conservatives that have a plan that puts Britain on the road to

:02:28. > :02:34.recovery, where as the Labour Party would drive this country's economy

:02:35. > :02:38.off a cliff? I think my honourable friend is justified in taking a lot

:02:39. > :02:42.of credit for the work that has been done on potholes because he has

:02:43. > :02:48.raised this at every forum in this House over and over again. Northants

:02:49. > :02:55.got ?3.3 million specifically to spend on repairing roads and it can

:02:56. > :03:00.fill in 62,000 potholes! It is important because it damages cars,

:03:01. > :03:06.motorbikes and cycles on their way to work. Mending potholes is good

:03:07. > :03:11.for working families. Arthur Jones, a 73-year-old Army veteran from

:03:12. > :03:17.Denbigh in my constituency went hill walking in Crete. He has not been

:03:18. > :03:22.seen since June 19. His family are frantic with worry. Will the Prime

:03:23. > :03:26.Minister ensure the FCO continued their excellent work and cooperate

:03:27. > :03:31.with the Greek woman to make sure he is found? I will certainly do

:03:32. > :03:35.everything I can to help him with his constituents and have

:03:36. > :03:48.discussions with the Foreign Office. to an end. If you are wondering

:03:49. > :04:01.where Jo is, she has to about a dog. That leaves me to talk through Prime

:04:02. > :04:02.Minister's questions. Dominated by the Leader of the Opposition

:04:03. > :04:06.deciding to go on the NHS. the Leader of the Opposition

:04:07. > :04:10.deciding to go on the A number of factual questions thrown at the

:04:11. > :04:13.Prime Minister, asking for certain statistics, which the Prime

:04:14. > :04:18.Minister, by and large, answered by answering a different question about

:04:19. > :04:23.different statistics. You probably saw that theme early on in the Daily

:04:24. > :04:25.Politics, setting a precedent for Prime Minister's Questions. Anyway,

:04:26. > :04:30.we will come back to the significance of why Ed Miliband

:04:31. > :04:36.should go on the NHS in a moment. This is what you thought about it.

:04:37. > :04:39.Mr Jenkins says, why doesn't Cameron answer the questions instead of

:04:40. > :04:46.skirting around the subject? John Maxwell says, when will Ed Miliband

:04:47. > :04:53.know not to throw NHS statistics around? Another viewer says,

:04:54. > :04:57.Miliband fails again, he never wants to talk money because they don't

:04:58. > :05:01.have a clue. But Mr Dawson says that David Cameron is out of his depth,

:05:02. > :05:08.Ed Miliband trounced him. There you go, roughly split. If anything,

:05:09. > :05:12.possibly a slight vote in favour of Miliband. The Leader of the

:05:13. > :05:16.Opposition is at his strongest in these exchanges when he comes well

:05:17. > :05:21.briefed with the fact is. Assuming that, on this occasion, the facts

:05:22. > :05:25.are correct. The figures that he gave for people waiting more than

:05:26. > :05:32.two months, the length of time in A, those having to wait for beds

:05:33. > :05:36.in trolleys before they get them. The Prime Minister really didn't

:05:37. > :05:39.confront any of these figures? No, I think what we got today was a

:05:40. > :05:43.flavour of the general election campaign. It's going to be fought

:05:44. > :05:47.over statistics, which will get incredibly boring and compacted did.

:05:48. > :05:52.I think a lot of it will have to confusion, rather than clarity. --

:05:53. > :05:55.complicated. Clearly, we saw Ed Miliband thinking that this was an

:05:56. > :06:02.area he was comfortable in. It's like the issue on Question Of Sport.

:06:03. > :06:08.Do you play home or away? What do you feel comfortable about? He feels

:06:09. > :06:12.strong on the NHS, he feels the Government are weak on it because of

:06:13. > :06:15.their organisation. A lot of statistics can be used. David

:06:16. > :06:18.Cameron did not answer all of those questions. Yet, I think the Prime

:06:19. > :06:22.Minister also showed, he was not that defensive about it, he was

:06:23. > :06:25.prepared to take him on on the issue. The interesting point is that

:06:26. > :06:31.this is supposed to be Labour's economy week, and yet Ed Miliband

:06:32. > :06:36.chose to go on the NHS. Why would you go on an issue when you are

:06:37. > :06:44.already well ahead on the polls, on the NHS, where people prefer Labour?

:06:45. > :06:48.From my postbag, looking at what constituents are raising, there is a

:06:49. > :06:55.growing problem, not just with A, not just with GPs, waiting time, not

:06:56. > :06:59.just getting community care beds, social services and so forth. It

:07:00. > :07:03.means if you look at what has been happening in May, June, some of the

:07:04. > :07:07.recent statistics, it's not just the winter crisis that we normally talk

:07:08. > :07:10.about, it is becoming a summer crisis. This is something that the

:07:11. > :07:20.public are very concerned about. They do love their NHS. They wanted

:07:21. > :07:24.to be supported, cared for and cherished. They know that the

:07:25. > :07:30.top-down reorganisation, putting emphasis on competition rather than

:07:31. > :07:35.quality of care, it's very unpopular and causing significant problems.

:07:36. > :07:39.People were mystified by what the reorganisation meant. At some

:07:40. > :07:42.stages, even the Prime Minister seems mystified. It's going to be

:07:43. > :07:47.quite hard to show any great benefit from it, come the election? I don't

:07:48. > :07:54.know, these things take time before the full effects work through. It

:07:55. > :07:58.started four years ago? I know, but it takes a considerable length of

:07:59. > :08:02.time. What puzzles me is that Labour may be ahead in the polls, it's

:08:03. > :08:06.remarkable that Ed Miliband couldn't mention the economy in Labour's

:08:07. > :08:14.economic week, but Labour did not promise up and -- promise at the

:08:15. > :08:18.next election to ring fence the NHS budget. They would have to control

:08:19. > :08:21.expenditure in the same way as the Government had to do. The inference

:08:22. > :08:28.is that they would be spending less money on the Health Service than the

:08:29. > :08:33.Government. The Government did ring fence at. This is meant to be your

:08:34. > :08:37.economic week. All of the parties do this, they like to reinforce

:08:38. > :08:41.messages. You make speeches, you tweet things, you publish

:08:42. > :08:46.documents. The economy, the economy, the economy. Why would you not go on

:08:47. > :08:51.the economy this week? Don't think you have to only talk about one

:08:52. > :08:55.topic at one time. But this is your economic week, that is the topic? Of

:08:56. > :09:01.course we want a strong economy, Ed Miliband will make another speech on

:09:02. > :09:04.the economy later this week. The NHS does need to be raised and raised

:09:05. > :09:08.fiercely with the Prime Minister, who has made all sorts of promises

:09:09. > :09:13.about detecting health care. And yet, we have seen a real crisis

:09:14. > :09:17.beginning to develop in an NHS that is under more and more pressure.

:09:18. > :09:21.People are finding it so difficult, even to see a GP, and they are

:09:22. > :09:27.having to resort to go to A This is a problem, and of course

:09:28. > :09:33.ministers want to sweep it under the carpet. It is our job as Her

:09:34. > :09:36.Majesty's loyal opposition that we are constantly putting to the Prime

:09:37. > :09:40.Minister concerns of the public. Whether it is the economy, schools

:09:41. > :09:43.or the NHS. The Prime Minister didn't seem to know some of the

:09:44. > :09:47.answers to the questions. Mr Miliband asked him how many people

:09:48. > :09:54.are having to Wade Morgan four hours at A -- wait more than four

:09:55. > :09:58.hours. He answered with the average rate, but that is not what he was

:09:59. > :10:06.asked. He didn't seem to know that those not falling in the four our

:10:07. > :10:10.target, it was 350,000, it is now more than 1 million. But isn't the

:10:11. > :10:21.average weight most important? Not if you are one of the million... But

:10:22. > :10:26.you have to look at the picture, about that. Is there any evidence it

:10:27. > :10:29.was a last-minute change? It seemed to me, certainly until yesterday,

:10:30. > :10:34.that the economy thing would be the natural thing to go on? I have no

:10:35. > :10:38.evidence to suggest he made a change at the last minute. We know that

:10:39. > :10:41.Labour going to make the NHS part of the big summer campaign. What is

:10:42. > :10:48.interesting, if you talk to the health professionals, if you talk to

:10:49. > :10:52.MPs, their great fear is that the election campaign is dominated by

:10:53. > :10:56.conflicting statistics, by a competition for which party is going

:10:57. > :11:02.to promise a small amount more cash for the NHS, without real debate

:11:03. > :11:05.about the substantial issues facing the NHS. Namely, the huge lack of

:11:06. > :11:08.funding and increasing demands on the structure that is simply not

:11:09. > :11:12.going to be touched by meeting we are going to hear over the next

:11:13. > :11:16.eight months or so. That is the great fear that a lot of people have

:11:17. > :11:20.got. Len McCluskey, the general secretary of Unite, one of your

:11:21. > :11:24.biggest bankroll is, he has issued a statement saying that Labour will be

:11:25. > :11:30.hostage to fortune if it does not offer an in-out referendum on the

:11:31. > :11:33.European Union. Len McCluskey has his own views about what Unite

:11:34. > :11:36.members would want to do. Every organisation, the CBI, the trade

:11:37. > :11:42.unions and others will make their case. You were talking before about

:11:43. > :11:45.lots of advice for leaders of political parties and the

:11:46. > :11:48.opposition. It is our job as a Shadow Cabinet, supporting Ed

:11:49. > :11:51.Miliband, to make a judgement about what is in the best interests of the

:11:52. > :11:56.country and the economy. We judge that the uncertainty of David

:11:57. > :12:01.Cameron's position of Britain's role in Europe is causing great damage to

:12:02. > :12:06.long-term interest and prospects. You don't have to take it from me,

:12:07. > :12:09.you know there are plenty in the business community that have

:12:10. > :12:13.concerns. Len McCluskey says he does not want a referendum because he

:12:14. > :12:18.thinks Britain should leave, he says, we'd seek a referendum rethink

:12:19. > :12:25.in order to help get Labour into power. Without such a pledge, our

:12:26. > :12:29.party will stand exposed. He says in a tight election is to make a

:12:30. > :12:32.difference. Most people understand that if you do have a change in a

:12:33. > :12:34.tight election it can make a difference. Most people understand

:12:35. > :12:36.that if you do have a changing relationship, if there is more

:12:37. > :12:38.conceiving of sovereignty is, at that point you should give people

:12:39. > :12:42.the referendum that they want to express their view one. But there is

:12:43. > :12:47.a lot on the government's plate, locked that the country to face up

:12:48. > :12:53.to. Putting at risk the very fragile nature of the recovery that we have

:12:54. > :12:57.got, distracting renegotiations, which David Cameron can't even say,

:12:58. > :13:03.what is aiming for in his renegotiation, it is a crazy

:13:04. > :13:09.approach to take. I'm told the real reason he is reluctant to go down

:13:10. > :13:14.that route is that he doesn't think the public would believe him. David

:13:15. > :13:17.Cameron commerce is a referendum, the public are still sceptical.

:13:18. > :13:22.Which is why the Conservatives are desperately finding ways to convince

:13:23. > :13:25.the public they are serious about it. We are going to have the

:13:26. > :13:29.Referendum Bill established in law, to try to get this idea out there

:13:30. > :13:33.that the Conservatives are serious about it. Ed Miliband thinks he

:13:34. > :13:35.could promise this, not have an electoral pick up and have a huge

:13:36. > :13:46.problem down the line if he becomes Prime Minister. It is dog awareness

:13:47. > :13:50.week. I am sure you knew that, if you were not aware of dogs before

:13:51. > :13:52.now, I don't know what you have been doing.

:13:53. > :13:54.They say that dogs are man's best friend.

:13:55. > :13:56.But if you are one of the hundreds of thousands

:13:57. > :13:59.of workers, whose job involves delivery of knocking on people's

:14:00. > :14:03.doors, you are likely to also encounter some less friendly Fidos.

:14:04. > :14:13.I dog is trained to bark at anybody who says long-term economic plan!

:14:14. > :14:17.Not all dogs are as well-behaved as yours. This week, postal workers,

:14:18. > :14:21.the Royal mail and some elected representatives have got together to

:14:22. > :14:25.chew over the issue of dog safety. In the last year, there have been 8%

:14:26. > :14:31.more attacks by dogs on postmen and post women. Who better to discuss

:14:32. > :14:35.this canine issue than somebody from Battersea dogs home? Brian Brady is

:14:36. > :14:50.here with his two glamorous assistants, what are you here for?

:14:51. > :14:54.This problem of people encountering aggressive dogs when visiting

:14:55. > :14:59.houses. These two don't look aggressive, but can you be

:15:00. > :15:02.complacent? They might look calm and now, small dogs, a lot of people

:15:03. > :15:06.think they are safe. It isn't the case. They have exactly the same

:15:07. > :15:13.instincts as a bigger dog. They can bite. What advice would you give to

:15:14. > :15:16.postal workers, MPs out canvassing and sticking their hands to

:15:17. > :15:22.letterboxes? If you are posting something through a letterbox, use a

:15:23. > :15:27.peg. Keep your fingers out of the letterbox. A lot of people get

:15:28. > :15:31.bitten. If you encounter a dog, ignore it as much as you can, don't

:15:32. > :15:36.approach it. Certainly don't reach out to it. Most people, if they are

:15:37. > :15:47.bitten, they get bitten on the hand because it comes towards the dog's

:15:48. > :15:54.face. Let's two MPs who have had some canine encounters. Have you got

:15:55. > :16:00.any scars? I have a scar on my backside when an Alsatian ran down

:16:01. > :16:06.the road. It had been acting the goat with another dog. It ran up

:16:07. > :16:12.behind me and get me. It tore my trousers. Luckily I had my mobile

:16:13. > :16:18.phone in my pocket. You were saved by the mobile phone? The only came

:16:19. > :16:27.down and asked if the dog had bitten me. And then asked me to say sorry

:16:28. > :16:33.to the dog. I don't think the dog can say sorry but I think it might

:16:34. > :16:40.be appropriate for you to say sorry. But it is a serious issue? It is, I

:16:41. > :16:44.was caught in a garden, held up by two dogs, that seemed enormous at

:16:45. > :16:48.the time and when I tried to move, one of them bit me on the forearm. I

:16:49. > :16:55.had to wait a good ten minutes before they left, so I could leave

:16:56. > :17:00.the garden. I have a friend who is a postal worker and she had a finger

:17:01. > :17:03.severely injured while posting the mail. It is a serious issue. I

:17:04. > :17:05.severely injured while posting the mail. It is a serious issue. say to

:17:06. > :17:09.dog owners, like myself, look at what your dog does when you are not

:17:10. > :17:18.there and when the post is being delivered. I was surprised how my

:17:19. > :17:25.dogs reacted, so I have put a post box on the wall. You are in the

:17:26. > :17:33.hands of dog owners? That thing is dead from being bitten by a dog

:17:34. > :17:39.putting my fingers through the letterbox. I now have a short ruler

:17:40. > :17:45.to put the letters through, but they grab those as well. So I ask for it

:17:46. > :17:50.back and they say they should not have put the leaflet through the

:17:51. > :17:58.door. Even I didn't realise it was quite a hazard. We know about postal

:17:59. > :18:02.workers, I never thought about MPs. Has the law changed to give you

:18:03. > :18:07.extra protection? You can now be prosecuted if you have a dog that

:18:08. > :18:12.attacked somebody in the garden. People complain when they don't hear

:18:13. > :18:15.from politicians, but we have got to look after ourselves as well and

:18:16. > :18:21.delivering this literature is important. Dog owners, look at how

:18:22. > :18:34.your dogs behave, perhaps put a box on the wall. It is important people

:18:35. > :18:38.are able to do their jobs on a day-to-day basis and in a safe way.

:18:39. > :18:39.But it is the dog owners, it is their responsibility? People should

:18:40. > :18:40.not be in fear of being attacked? day-to-day basis and in a safe way.

:18:41. > :18:45.But it is You are right, every responsible dog owner has to take

:18:46. > :18:49.responsibility. Take all of the measures they can to make sure

:18:50. > :18:55.people who come to our doors are saved? We can fix baskets on the

:18:56. > :18:59.inside of the door to catch the letters. Exterior postboxes to the

:19:00. > :19:05.wall. If you have a dog you know will react to strangers, don't allow

:19:06. > :19:09.it out to meet someone in the first place. Let's have a look at Millie

:19:10. > :19:18.and Molly. They don't look like they will go for either of you. Which way

:19:19. > :19:26.do they vote? They are neutral. Maybe we should keep it that way.

:19:27. > :19:32.Back to you, Andrew. Any experience of this, Chris Leslie? It is a

:19:33. > :19:39.serious issue. If you can get your leaflet folded in the right way.

:19:40. > :19:46.Never put your fingers through the letterbox, it is about strengthening

:19:47. > :19:47.it. There is a lot of science. It is something which calls for a long

:19:48. > :19:50.time plan! Now this year marks

:19:51. > :19:53.the 20th anniversary of the Younger viewers,

:19:54. > :19:57.and I believe there are a couple, may find it hard to believe that

:19:58. > :20:01.in England and Wales you couldn't pop out to buy a new sofa, a new TV

:20:02. > :20:05.or even a VHS player before 1994. Well the Conservative MP Philip

:20:06. > :20:09.Davies believes that it's time to Shopping has been transformed,

:20:10. > :20:31.with the click of a button. We can buy more and more,

:20:32. > :20:35.at any time, from anywhere. In a highly competitive,

:20:36. > :20:38.globalised world, internet shopping has reformed the consumer market,

:20:39. > :20:41.allowing us to shop 24 hours a day. So it seems to me

:20:42. > :20:44.illogical to continue with It is very convenient

:20:45. > :20:54.for supermarket giants like Tesco, Sainsbury's or Waitrose to say they

:20:55. > :20:58.do not agree with relaxing or scrapping Sunday trading

:20:59. > :21:01.restrictions. But their smaller stores are open

:21:02. > :21:05.longer on Sundays, with inflated prices and fewer products to choose

:21:06. > :21:10.from, hitting us in the pocket. At the same time, with online

:21:11. > :21:13.shopping, they offer us home It is hardly fair to say that

:21:14. > :21:23.certain businesses and shops with a smaller trading area can be

:21:24. > :21:27.exempted, and employees can work from dawn to dusk, but workers in

:21:28. > :21:32.these larger retail stores can't. It's nonsensical to hinder

:21:33. > :21:35.competition in the Sunday market No one would actually be forcing any

:21:36. > :21:43.retailer or business to be open Likewise, no one is forcing

:21:44. > :21:47.people to go out shopping. Those who prefer quieter Sundays or

:21:48. > :21:51.to go to church can just And those who want to shop

:21:52. > :22:11.should not be restricted. Philip Davies joins us now. Michael

:22:12. > :22:18.Howard you were Home Secretary in 1994? It came into effect in 1994

:22:19. > :22:22.and I was Home Secretary but the work of getting it through

:22:23. > :22:30.Parliament was Peter Lloyd. What is your reaction? To what Philip has

:22:31. > :22:37.said? I have a lot of sympathy and a lot of the predictions which

:22:38. > :22:41.accompanied the 1994 act have not come to pass. He has made a very

:22:42. > :22:46.powerful case. It is a very difficult islands to strike. I would

:22:47. > :22:53.be a hypocrite to say I do not shop sometimes on a Sunday. But the staff

:22:54. > :22:56.in the retail sector, it is a different day to the rest of the

:22:57. > :23:00.week and we should have a reflection of that. So probably I think the

:23:01. > :23:07.current situation as it stands, it strikes the right balance. How do

:23:08. > :23:13.you answer that? The employee point. All of these people working from

:23:14. > :23:19.dawn to dusk are probably sole traders working for themselves, what

:23:20. > :23:24.about big organisations? The main beneficiaries are Tesco express,

:23:25. > :23:29.Sainsbury's local, Morrisons, that is what the convenience market looks

:23:30. > :23:36.like. It is not small traders you describe, Andrew. It is nonsensical

:23:37. > :23:38.to say Tesco worker in a big store needs the protection Chris is

:23:39. > :23:44.talking about. But the Tesco worker in a Tesco express is free to work

:23:45. > :23:51.every hour God sends. It is nonsensical. The current rules are

:23:52. > :24:00.absurd and unjustifiable. What would you like? The same rules that apply

:24:01. > :24:08.to the other six days, it should apply to Sunday? Yes, just like in

:24:09. > :24:12.Scotland. This guy has not fallen in, in Scotland. I am sure if they

:24:13. > :24:18.tried to reverse it, there would be uproar. People are working in these

:24:19. > :24:24.big shops, they asked acting shelves ready for opening on Monday morning,

:24:25. > :24:28.they just cannot open the doors. They are shopping for people who

:24:29. > :24:31.have ordered on the Internet, but they cannot open the doors. It is

:24:32. > :24:38.crazy we have these double standards. It is a changing pick and

:24:39. > :24:42.you are right about some of the small anomalies. But there has to be

:24:43. > :24:50.some break in the week in the sense you get people the chance to have a

:24:51. > :24:55.rest. The what about the workers in big supermarkets, why just them? We

:24:56. > :24:59.have to protect people, give them the chance to have that rest time

:25:00. > :25:07.otherwise it is just like any other day. People wouldn't have a choice,

:25:08. > :25:11.it would be part of a shift system? You would have to work certain

:25:12. > :25:18.Sundays? We already have protection in the law for people who do not

:25:19. > :25:22.want to work on a Sunday, don't have too. I don't propose to change that

:25:23. > :25:28.law, but many people do want to work on Sundays. When I was a student and

:25:29. > :25:32.I wanted to earn extra money, I would have loved ASDA to be able to

:25:33. > :25:40.open longer so I could do longer hours. Do you still get paid more

:25:41. > :25:47.for working on a Sunday? Not always. Should Parliament 's sit on a

:25:48. > :25:54.Sunday? I don't have a problem, I work on a Sunday. Journalists work

:25:55. > :26:02.on, lots of people do. Bus drivers, train drivers. TV presenters,

:26:03. > :26:08.absolutely. Why should we just make an exemption for people in big

:26:09. > :26:14.supermarkets? A recent poll found 77 people -- 77% of people did not want

:26:15. > :26:18.to change? That was asked by a union and you have to ask what the

:26:19. > :26:36.question was. If I was to ask a question to say should you be able

:26:37. > :26:45.to go out to the shop at any time to buy what you wanted, I would find

:26:46. > :26:52.70% would say yes. It is how the question is framed. It was quite a

:26:53. > :26:54.battle to change the law in the first place. Several unsuccessful

:26:55. > :26:55.attempts. Including the night of the Libyan bomber raid, if I remember

:26:56. > :26:57.right? Yes, you are right. The option contained three options

:26:58. > :27:03.within it and Parliament was able to vote in the options and that is how

:27:04. > :27:09.we got it through. Looking at the support you have had, it is pretty

:27:10. > :27:15.small. Parliament does not seem of a mind to do this at the moment? Lots

:27:16. > :27:20.of people in Parliament think, they think what I think but are not

:27:21. > :27:26.prepared to put their heads above the parapet. I know it is a

:27:27. > :27:31.surprise! I would like to think the political parties with the more

:27:32. > :27:38.courageous over this. Garden centres are treated as a big supermarket

:27:39. > :27:48.where many garden centres are very small businesses, just because they

:27:49. > :27:51.are in a large area, they are restricted from opening. We should

:27:52. > :27:52.do something to correct those kind of anomalies. Where is Joe? Here I

:27:53. > :28:01.am. I survived the two jobs. And here's Jo back from the Green,

:28:02. > :28:18.because she wanted to find JFK was only sworn in once having

:28:19. > :28:26.one the presidential election in 1960, against... Sorry, are you

:28:27. > :28:33.talking to me? Richard Nixon. Press the red button. Mark Stevens

:28:34. > :28:39.from Kent. That is it. Thanks to our guests.

:28:40. > :28:46.The one o'clock news is starting on BBC One. We will be back tomorrow at

:28:47. > :28:50.11:30 a.m.. We are on for an hour. Make sure you join as then. Goodbye

:28:51. > :28:56.for now.