:00:36. > :00:40.Tomorrow voters across Britain will go to the polls
:00:41. > :00:43.in the largest set of elections, outside of a general election,
:00:44. > :00:50.Elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland,
:00:51. > :00:53.English councils, London, police commissioners,
:00:54. > :00:59.A chance for every voter in the land to cast a ballot.
:01:00. > :01:04.So what will it mean for the political landscape?
:01:05. > :01:07.The Government signals that it may give ground on accepting child
:01:08. > :01:12.Ministers are due to hold talks with Tory rebels in an attempt
:01:13. > :01:20.It should all provide some good knockabout
:01:21. > :01:22.for Prime Minister's Questions - we'll have all the action,
:01:23. > :01:40.All that in the next hour and a half.
:01:41. > :01:44.Scheduled by the BBC and so far not by government ministers.
:01:45. > :01:47.And with us for the whole programme today the former Conservative
:01:48. > :01:49.minister and party chairman, Grant Shapps, and the shadow cabinet
:01:50. > :01:53.Jon is one of the MPs for Leicester, who's football team
:01:54. > :01:55.have won something called the Premier League -
:01:56. > :02:03.Grant's local team is Hatfield Town FC.
:02:04. > :02:08.Apparently, like Leicester, they also play in blue.
:02:09. > :02:11.But, as far as we can tell, that is where the the similarities
:02:12. > :02:18.Anyway, I don't know whether the next 90 minutes will be
:02:19. > :02:20.like watching Leicester or Hatfield, but I'm hoping there
:02:21. > :02:29.The government could be about to change its stance
:02:30. > :02:33.on whether to resettle child refugees who are already in Europe,
:02:34. > :02:39.With lots of their own MPs concerned about the issue, they could face
:02:40. > :02:44.defeat in the Commons next week, unless some sort of deal is reached.
:02:45. > :02:46.And potential Tory rebels are meeting the Immigration Minister
:02:47. > :02:51.Meanwhile, Sir Erich Reich, who himself came to Britain
:02:52. > :02:53.on the Kindertransport in the 1930s, has called on the government
:02:54. > :03:01.Unaccompanied children, they're in Europe and Mr Cameron
:03:02. > :03:03.thinks they're safe, but they are not.
:03:04. > :03:06.They hide in woods, they hide from authorities.
:03:07. > :03:14.All kinds of things and tens of thousands of
:03:15. > :03:16.children have been lost, nobody knows where they are.
:03:17. > :03:23.My view is, given I came on what was called the
:03:24. > :03:32.Kindertransport, Britain should help a little bit more.
:03:33. > :03:39.Grant Shapps, should the government change its mind and take some of
:03:40. > :03:47.these unaccompanied child refugees in Europe? Yes. How many? I don't
:03:48. > :03:50.know, once you get into the detail it becomes quite complicated. What
:03:51. > :03:59.you don't want to do is create factors which means people decide to
:04:00. > :04:03.send their kids to Europe and cause more people to risk their lives on
:04:04. > :04:12.the journey, but I think the problem the government has is, no country in
:04:13. > :04:18.Europe is doing more in Syria, ?2 million spent in that region, we are
:04:19. > :04:25.taking another 3000, but the problem is that it kind of, when you get
:04:26. > :04:32.down to what is happening on your doorstep, looks and feels not quite
:04:33. > :04:40.right. Has the government got the message? I expect it has. I don't
:04:41. > :04:43.have any inside information but, fundamentally the Prime Minister is
:04:44. > :04:49.a decent man, he will be seeing this, you heard what he said. They
:04:50. > :04:56.have stuck firmly to their guns. We spoke to a number of ministers about
:04:57. > :05:03.this. They have firmly defended the Prime Minister, the central tenet is
:05:04. > :05:09.to not taken refugees unless they have a close relative. You think
:05:10. > :05:16.they will give way on that? I think the concern is real. People have
:05:17. > :05:24.been dismissive of the concern of creating the situation like in
:05:25. > :05:29.Germany. Is it a case that migrants can go back to Turkey, those that
:05:30. > :05:36.cross the sea? Does that remove the pool factor? This is one of many
:05:37. > :05:41.reasons, you can get into the complexities, this is why it is so
:05:42. > :05:44.complicated. But you asked the question of whether I think the
:05:45. > :05:53.government needs to move on it and I think they should. Will it be enough
:05:54. > :05:56.if the government says it is prepared to allow unaccompanied
:05:57. > :06:04.children to come to Europe if they have distant relatives? Will that be
:06:05. > :06:07.enough? I don't know the specifics. My colleagues are closer to the
:06:08. > :06:18.issue. But I do know like many people in this country, my father
:06:19. > :06:23.came after being chased out, we are doing more than any other European
:06:24. > :06:33.nation in Syria to sort it out, but we are in danger of undoing that
:06:34. > :06:37.good work. What do you say to Grant Shapps, who says the government
:06:38. > :06:41.should change its mind? I agree with Brad and he made a very reasonable
:06:42. > :06:47.case. The signal seems to be that the Prime Minister and ministers are
:06:48. > :06:52.meeting to see if an agreement can be thrashed out. I hope they meet
:06:53. > :06:57.the Lord who has been moving it in the House of Lords, he was on the
:06:58. > :07:07.news earlier raising questions about what this deal could be. I hope they
:07:08. > :07:13.will meet him. An agreement would be allowing 3000? That was the motion I
:07:14. > :07:20.supported but to be honest if we can reach consensus with the government
:07:21. > :07:28.I would go along with whatever consensus is reached. There is
:07:29. > :07:41.already a replacement mechanism in place. Other countries are not doing
:07:42. > :07:47.their bit. Is enough being done in terms of dealing with child
:07:48. > :07:52.refugees? I don't think enough is being done but that does not mean we
:07:53. > :07:59.should not be doing anything. We have heard the stories of children
:08:00. > :08:08.going rough. I would be happy to go along with whatever consensus is
:08:09. > :08:15.reached, I just want us to get consensus.
:08:16. > :08:19.Yes, it is finally upon us, the biggest set of elections outside
:08:20. > :08:23.Voters in every area of the country will be able to vote
:08:24. > :08:25.in English Local Council Elections, Scottish Parliament Elections,
:08:26. > :08:27.Welsh Assembly Elections, Northern Ireland Assembly Elections,
:08:28. > :08:30.mayoral elections, including for the London mayor,
:08:31. > :08:34.and Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
:08:35. > :08:36.And if that wasn't enough there are also two Westminster
:08:37. > :08:38.by-elections in Ogmore and in Sheffield Brightside.
:08:39. > :08:43.Here's our Jeremy Vine with a taster of what is in store.
:08:44. > :08:45.Thursday is very exciting because there's going to be
:08:46. > :08:50.There is a chance for everyone in the UK to have a vote,
:08:51. > :08:53.there are even two Westminster by-election in Ogmore and
:08:54. > :08:57.Let's look first at the Northern Ireland Assembly,
:08:58. > :08:58.because that's up for election with its complicated,
:08:59. > :09:04.And then there's the Welsh assembly as well.
:09:05. > :09:08.Here is the map as it was left last time in 2011.
:09:09. > :09:10.The question here is whether actually these Labour
:09:11. > :09:13.strongholds in the south can be dislodged in any way
:09:14. > :09:17.Plus there is the Scottish parliament.
:09:18. > :09:18.Let's look at the result five years ago.
:09:19. > :09:26.They got more than the 65 seats they need for an overall majority.
:09:27. > :09:28.They govern alone with 69 and left Labour in a distant
:09:29. > :09:34.Bring on the other parties and we'll see the map tells the story.
:09:35. > :09:38.This wash of SNP yellow just covering Scotland.
:09:39. > :09:41.Is there any chance they could do even better this time?
:09:42. > :09:50.Firstly, the result in 2011 showing the SNP on 46% here.
:09:51. > :09:59.But actually if we move forwards to 2015, the general election year,
:10:00. > :10:02.50%, half of the vote for Nicola Sturgeon's party.
:10:03. > :10:05.Now if they repeat that this year in the Parliamentary elections,
:10:06. > :10:09.you have to wonder whether any Labour seat is safe.
:10:10. > :10:11.Let's not forget another election is taking place.
:10:12. > :10:15.That's for the Police and Crime Commissioner.
:10:16. > :10:21.Where it's pink, an independent won in that area.
:10:22. > :10:29.There's almost no end to this, is there?
:10:30. > :10:31.Liverpool, Salford, Bristol and of course London, the locations.
:10:32. > :10:35.Not so well in other parts of the South of England,
:10:36. > :10:40.The Assembly election happening in London as well.
:10:41. > :10:43.As you can see, this Labour red will help Siddique Khan,
:10:44. > :10:45.maybe, if he becomes London's Labour mayor.
:10:46. > :10:47.It will offset Labour losses elsewhere.
:10:48. > :10:48.Elsewhere, what about those English councils?
:10:49. > :11:01.Councillors up and down England being elected.
:11:02. > :11:03.It's worth us looking at what happened in 2008 to Labour.
:11:04. > :11:06.They had a very, very bad year under Gordon Brown and they've
:11:07. > :11:10.Gordon Brown in third place in local elections in 2008.
:11:11. > :11:14.He's in a kind of honeymoon period by this year, 2012.
:11:15. > :11:17.This is crucial that 2012 was the last year these councillors,
:11:18. > :11:20.this particular set of councillors, were elected.
:11:21. > :11:23.And Labour did rather well, didn't they?
:11:24. > :11:27.So, they had to get 38% just not to lose councillors on Thursday,
:11:28. > :11:31.The Conservatives, by contrast, only had to do better
:11:32. > :11:41.We'll bring the graph to the end here and let's have a look and this
:11:42. > :11:45.And you can see, 35% to the Conservatives and 29 for Labour.
:11:46. > :11:48.Let's not forget Ukip in there, 13% above the Liberal Democrats.
:11:49. > :11:50.My goodness, so much data coming our way on Thursday.
:11:51. > :11:58.And you can see more in-depth results and analysis
:11:59. > :12:00.with the elction results programme with Huw Edwards tomorrow night
:12:01. > :12:15.We're also joined now by the SNP's Deputy Leader Stewart Hosie.
:12:16. > :12:24.Let me start with the English local elections. Grant Shapps, why should
:12:25. > :12:26.voters trust the Tories when even the Prime Minister's Mum saves a
:12:27. > :12:34.petition opposing cuts to the council? Not all councils are doing
:12:35. > :12:42.the right thing. I don't have all the details but not every council
:12:43. > :12:50.gets it right. On balance, the Conservative council does a good
:12:51. > :12:56.job. My local council, they faced a budget that was the near to making
:12:57. > :13:02.the council go bust and years later the council is perfectly solvent.
:13:03. > :13:11.How can the majority of Conservative councillors be doing the right thing
:13:12. > :13:18.when Gary Porter, he says, even if councils stop filling in potholes,
:13:19. > :13:22.maintaining parks, close children centres, libraries, leisure centres,
:13:23. > :13:28.turn off every street light, they will still not have saved enough
:13:29. > :13:34.money to plug the financial black hole. Look at the reality. That is
:13:35. > :13:40.the reality! People said if we have these cuts there will be councils
:13:41. > :13:45.going bust. I am not aware of any council that has. He is the Tory
:13:46. > :13:52.leader of local government. He probably has an agenda about getting
:13:53. > :13:57.more money to local government. So he is wrong? Yes, he is wrong. I
:13:58. > :14:04.don't think local government is about to go bankrupt. If you look
:14:05. > :14:08.back six years, if councils undertake the kind of cut they had
:14:09. > :14:13.in the last parliament they will go bust, you said, the answer is, the
:14:14. > :14:17.government has given flexibility to local authorities including the
:14:18. > :14:22.ability to keep 100% of business rates. They have put the future of
:14:23. > :14:31.local government financing in the hand of local authorities. Are you
:14:32. > :14:35.denying that has been deep cuts to important services? There has been
:14:36. > :14:43.tough times all round. I did not say that. I am telling you as I see it,
:14:44. > :14:50.I've not seen a single Council which has run into the kind of financial
:14:51. > :14:55.Armageddon that was predicted. By better sharing, doing things in more
:14:56. > :15:00.intelligent ways, using the benefits of business rate retention, we are
:15:01. > :15:04.seeing councils rostering. I've got a good idea for something to save
:15:05. > :15:07.on, traffic lights, we've had a massive increase in out-of-control
:15:08. > :15:23.junctions. Cut down on that. I am sure getting rid of traffic
:15:24. > :15:28.lights will be a huge advantage. About 16 billion pounds saving each
:15:29. > :15:37.year. Is there any cuts to local government? We think it is unfair.
:15:38. > :15:41.The poorer councils in poorer areas are disproportionately cut to some
:15:42. > :15:46.other councils. We did that on the Sunday Politics show, that cuts to
:15:47. > :15:53.Labour areas per Capita have been higher than Tory areas. Are you
:15:54. > :15:57.against any kind of cuts now to local government? Jeremy Corbyn and
:15:58. > :16:03.John McDonnell have been clear of the scale of the cuts, hitting a
:16:04. > :16:07.surplus target later in this Parliament. So we don't need some of
:16:08. > :16:12.these cuts they are forcing through. I understand you don't like a number
:16:13. > :16:17.of the Tory cuts and they may be ideological, but are you against any
:16:18. > :16:22.further cuts? We don't think these cuts are necessary to hit the
:16:23. > :16:26.surplus at the end of the parliament. We feel these cuts are
:16:27. > :16:29.falling unfairly on the poorest areas, and we don't think it is the
:16:30. > :16:34.right way to approach local government finance. Are you
:16:35. > :16:39.depressed, given the number of cuts made, given the budget that
:16:40. > :16:42.unravelled very quickly this year, the embarrassment of the Prime
:16:43. > :16:49.Minister over the Panama papers, and so on. Rather than fighting these
:16:50. > :16:53.elections fair and square you embroiled in an anti-Semitism row in
:16:54. > :16:59.the Labour Party? I am depressed about it. I want to be talking about
:17:00. > :17:04.cuts to local government, rising class sizes and the waiting list for
:17:05. > :17:13.hospital appointments and the budget and the cuts George Osborne tried to
:17:14. > :17:21.do to disability benefits. It is a problem. We are told it is up to 50.
:17:22. > :17:25.As I understand it that is not the correct figure. You don't think it
:17:26. > :17:32.is just a smear as Diane Abbott described it? The Labour Party is
:17:33. > :17:35.not an anti-Semitic party. Where we find individuals through their
:17:36. > :17:40.Twitter and Facebook accounts or high profile individuals going round
:17:41. > :17:43.TV studios and making offensive remarks, we deal with them, suspend
:17:44. > :17:48.them and we send the message we don't want people with those views
:17:49. > :17:54.in the Labour Party. Grant Shapps, you are a former chairman of the
:17:55. > :17:56.Conservative Party, the electoral commission is meeting today with
:17:57. > :18:00.police and prosecutors to see if they get more time to launch
:18:01. > :18:06.possible criminal investigations into ?38,000 of Tory campaign
:18:07. > :18:12.spending that seems to have been wrongly lodged. I will put it no
:18:13. > :18:18.higher than that for the moment. This shambles happened under your
:18:19. > :18:22.watch? I am not one to shirk my responsibilities, I resigned from my
:18:23. > :18:28.last government job to take responsibility related to somebody
:18:29. > :18:35.else. I can tell you that compliance was not my area. So you knew nothing
:18:36. > :18:41.about this? I didn't. As chairman of the party you allowed expenses of
:18:42. > :18:45.these campaigners who were going to local constituencies, staying in
:18:46. > :18:51.local hotels, you allowed them to be charged to the national campaign and
:18:52. > :18:54.not the local campaign? I was co-chairman, campaigning was my
:18:55. > :19:00.side, not the money and the finance. You were behind the battle bus
:19:01. > :19:06.business? The campaigning, not the finance. You didn't wonder whether
:19:07. > :19:12.charges being made. I don't like shirking my responsibilities but
:19:13. > :19:16.this side of things was not my side. Is it not palpably wrong, since
:19:17. > :19:22.these campaigners were going to help local Conservatives fight, that any
:19:23. > :19:26.expenses, hotel bills in particular, should be charged to the
:19:27. > :19:31.constituency? Everything has to be done within the law. It is for the
:19:32. > :19:36.electoral commission and others to judge that. If you are asking me
:19:37. > :19:39.about the specifics, compliance wasn't my side. I am asking you
:19:40. > :19:46.about the printable, if a bunch of Tories go to help, not a national
:19:47. > :19:51.campaign, but fight for a local Tory candidate, their costs must go on
:19:52. > :19:55.the constituency budget? As I understand it, you have to apply
:19:56. > :19:58.costs as they fall. But there are lots of areas where it isn't
:19:59. > :20:03.straightforward. For example, what if the Prime Minister and others
:20:04. > :20:09.come into town and, does that go on to the local constituency? It was
:20:10. > :20:15.all filed correctly, I believe. They have admitted, if you were not in
:20:16. > :20:21.charge of compliance, who was? Other people in the party at the time.
:20:22. > :20:26.Who, Lord Feldman? I don't want to go into details. If you weren't in
:20:27. > :20:33.charge of compliance, you were obliged to know who was? There was a
:20:34. > :20:39.separate compliance department. You want to spread the blame. As a party
:20:40. > :20:42.you are bang to rights on misappropriation of electoral
:20:43. > :20:49.spending and it is a criminal offence. They have said they have
:20:50. > :20:55.complied correctly. The electoral commission is there to make those
:20:56. > :21:01.decisions. I am asking for your view as chairman of the time? It was all
:21:02. > :21:06.correctly done. Never one to shirk my responsibilities, you are going
:21:07. > :21:10.on a point I cannot help you with. Clearly, should the electoral
:21:11. > :21:15.commission be granted more time so this doesn't get kicked into the
:21:16. > :21:21.long grass? They need more time to investigate this, agree? I don't
:21:22. > :21:25.know. You don't know? What did you do as party chairman? You are asking
:21:26. > :21:32.me about something that happened over a year ago which I had no
:21:33. > :21:38.control over. It is not for me to decide. Education is under the
:21:39. > :21:44.control of the Scottish Parliament. If you are a poor student from a
:21:45. > :21:48.poor background, why is Scotland now the worst part of the United Kingdom
:21:49. > :21:56.in which to try to get to university? It is not. If you think
:21:57. > :22:05.what we have done to help people, nurseries maintained. EMAs
:22:06. > :22:09.maintained, tuition is free. There is an issue about the kids of the
:22:10. > :22:15.poorest backgrounds get into university, not just in Scotland.
:22:16. > :22:19.But it is worse in Scotland? That is why the First Minister has made it
:22:20. > :22:23.clear we want to see 750 million over the terms of this Parliament to
:22:24. > :22:28.get 20% of the University intake from children from the 20% poorest
:22:29. > :22:33.backgrounds. You have been in power for nine years, why is it, if you
:22:34. > :22:36.are from a poor background you have the least chance of getting to
:22:37. > :22:41.university than any part of the United Kingdom? These are marginal
:22:42. > :22:49.differences. I will give you the figures. If you are from the top 20%
:22:50. > :22:54.in England, you have 2.5 times more chance of getting to university than
:22:55. > :22:59.if you are from the bottom 20%. In Scotland, it is 3.5 times, 30%
:23:00. > :23:06.worse, in a country which has always prided itself, that poor kids will
:23:07. > :23:10.get a decent education. Why is it worse than Northern Ireland, Wales
:23:11. > :23:15.and England after nine years of your rule? We recognise the problem,
:23:16. > :23:21.which is what we have set about changing. But you have been there
:23:22. > :23:25.for nine years. With 20% of the kids from the poorest backgrounds
:23:26. > :23:31.targeted to get 20% of university places, it is not all about
:23:32. > :23:34.university education. As you know, we have 119,000 full-time college
:23:35. > :23:40.place it which lead to positive out comes. 25,000 apprenticeships every
:23:41. > :23:45.year, moving to 30,000. Youngsters have the choice to go to university,
:23:46. > :23:51.do a trade, go to college, go straight into work. You are right,
:23:52. > :23:55.it is not always about university, so let's look at the standards of
:23:56. > :24:01.reading, writing and numeracy, check that you whether you go into
:24:02. > :24:06.university, go to work, or further education. According to a survey,
:24:07. > :24:15.the reading, writing and counting, an old-fashioned word, 413 and 14
:24:16. > :24:24.new has been falling since 2011. -- 13 and 14 new roles. It is amongst
:24:25. > :24:28.poor pupils. That is why we're putting in extra the extra teachers
:24:29. > :24:33.and the new build schools. You have been in power for nine years, why
:24:34. > :24:37.has this happened on your watch? These things come and go under every
:24:38. > :24:42.administration, every authority and government. It isn't wringing our
:24:43. > :24:50.hands when we identify a problem... You have failed to rectify the
:24:51. > :24:54.problem. You make the point it has fallen for the last couple of years.
:24:55. > :25:00.It rose in the previous years we were in power. You are falling back.
:25:01. > :25:07.You cannot stand still, you have to look at the numbers and fix it. The
:25:08. > :25:11.attainment funding has been put in place. All of the things we are
:25:12. > :25:17.doing is to remedy the problems you identify. In 2007, your party
:25:18. > :25:22.promised to reduce the average class sizes in primary schools in Scotland
:25:23. > :25:30.down to 18. What is it washed and Mark it is higher than that, sadly.
:25:31. > :25:35.It is a lot higher, 23.3. You took money from primary schools and put
:25:36. > :25:38.it into free tuition fees for middle-class students. At the
:25:39. > :25:41.beginning of the interview you were going on about people going to
:25:42. > :25:46.university, but you cannot allow people to go to university and
:25:47. > :25:51.support them using unlimited amounts of money over steer times. We had to
:25:52. > :25:55.make difficult choices. I taking money away from primary schools? The
:25:56. > :26:00.money and the choices we are making now will remedy the problems you are
:26:01. > :26:06.identifying. You are right want comparing England with Scotland.
:26:07. > :26:13.Spending per head in primary and secondary school is higher in
:26:14. > :26:20.Scotland. School spending has fallen by 5% in real terms and has
:26:21. > :26:23.increased in England by 3%. As much as spending per head primary and
:26:24. > :26:29.secondary remains higher in Scotland than it does in the rest of the UK,
:26:30. > :26:37.and that is the right thing to do. Stuart Posey, thank you very much.
:26:38. > :26:49.Donald Trump is the nomination for the Republican party in the United
:26:50. > :26:53.States. It was a bruising and bare-knuckle fight and when he takes
:26:54. > :26:56.on Hillary Clinton, and she has the Democratic nomination, even though
:26:57. > :27:00.she couldn't win Indiana yesterday, that will come up in election in
:27:01. > :27:05.November. We can expect it to be just as bloody. But viewers, you
:27:06. > :27:19.have a tough contest on your hands right now.
:27:20. > :27:22.So to be in a with a chance of winning one of these -
:27:23. > :27:24.see if you can remember when all this happened.
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:27:34. > :27:44.Icelanders think it will be a long, hard cod war ahead.
:27:45. > :28:02.After passing through customs and immigration, the Ugandan Asians
:28:03. > :28:04.were taken to an airport building for special reception
:28:05. > :28:12.You can see why they call it Spaghetti Junction.
:28:13. > :28:14.Though, the engineers point out, unlike a
:28:15. > :28:17.plate of spaghetti, it stands up and it's highly planned.
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:28:56. > :29:02.We have been told the French presidential election will be on
:29:03. > :29:04.April 23 and the second knockout round will be on made the seventh.
:29:05. > :29:09.Put it in your diary. To midday here, just
:29:10. > :29:11.take a look at Big Ben, Yes, Prime Minister's
:29:12. > :29:15.Questions is on its way. And that's not all -
:29:16. > :29:22.Laura Kuenssberg is here. You have had a good track record in
:29:23. > :29:27.telling us what Jeremy Corbyn is going to go on, so no pressure. The
:29:28. > :29:33.Prime Minister is going to announce a form of climb-down over taking in
:29:34. > :29:37.child refugees from continental Europe. The details haven't been
:29:38. > :29:41.confirmed, but I have been told to expect him to make an announcement
:29:42. > :29:45.about what might he branded humanitarian visas, a time-limited
:29:46. > :29:49.permission the children who are vulnerable in camps on mainland
:29:50. > :29:53.Europe to be brought to this country. It is not exactly what the
:29:54. > :29:58.many rebels who have been amassing over this have been asking for, but
:29:59. > :30:03.there have been lots of discussions about compromises behind-the-scenes
:30:04. > :30:07.in the last 36 hours. I think David Cameron will give ground on this in
:30:08. > :30:12.the last half an hour. This time last week, he was absolutely adamant
:30:13. > :30:21.in the House in response to that Cooper's blistering questions in the
:30:22. > :30:26.last couple of days, Downing Street under severe pressure with the
:30:27. > :30:30.referendum going on, helps matters from the rebel's point of view has
:30:31. > :30:36.made the calculation he will have to move. Was it just the waiter
:30:37. > :30:43.political opinion. Grant Shapps said the Prime Minister should move on
:30:44. > :30:46.this. That is the prospect. Losing next week under pressure during the
:30:47. > :31:12.referendum campaign is not something where they want to go.
:31:13. > :31:19.greater resilience and a great team effort. I've had meetings with
:31:20. > :31:29.others and additional meetings later today. Martin Day. May I start by
:31:30. > :31:35.associating myself with the comments regarding Leicester City. The
:31:36. > :31:39.Foreign Secretary said there is a need for a new initiative in the
:31:40. > :31:45.Syrian dialogue to keep it alive. Will the Prime Minister withdraw his
:31:46. > :31:56.ear strakes and redouble his efforts? What I think we should do
:31:57. > :32:05.is both things, continue to hit Daesh terrorists but do everything
:32:06. > :32:08.we can to support dialogue between the opposition and the Syrian regime
:32:09. > :32:19.which is what the process has been about. My right honourable friend
:32:20. > :32:27.will be aware that Conservative candidates are standing and Labour
:32:28. > :32:34.will lose some seats. We are aware of the stamping out of racism and
:32:35. > :32:39.anti-Semitism. Would my right honourable friend join me and our
:32:40. > :32:52.colleagues in condemning the actions and propaganda of Hezbollah and
:32:53. > :32:55.Hamas? I wish my candidates well. If you want well-run services and want
:32:56. > :33:02.to keep costs and taxes don't it is right to vote Conservative. But the
:33:03. > :33:09.point he makes about Hamas is important. They are a terrorist
:33:10. > :33:12.group who believe in killing Jews. Whatever the right honourable
:33:13. > :33:15.gentleman says about combating anti-Semitism, it will mean nothing
:33:16. > :33:17.until he withdraws the remark that they were his friends. He should do
:33:18. > :33:31.it today. I join the Prime Minister in
:33:32. > :33:38.congratulating Leicester City on their amazing achievements. I hope
:33:39. > :33:41.it is not an indication that he is going to support another football
:33:42. > :33:47.team or is he going to stick with the two he has got already?
:33:48. > :33:57.Later today, commemorations begin for Holocaust Memorial Day in
:33:58. > :34:07.Israel. I hope there is agreement across all parts of this house in
:34:08. > :34:10.sending our best wishes to those commemorating the occasion, and
:34:11. > :34:13.sending a statement that anti-Semitism has no place in our
:34:14. > :34:20.society whatsoever and we have a duty to oppose it. Tomorrow, people
:34:21. > :34:23.will go to the polls in council elections in England. Nine of the
:34:24. > :34:27.ten most deprived councils are set to see cuts higher than the national
:34:28. > :34:32.average with eight facing cuts more than three times the national
:34:33. > :34:35.average, meaning less money for youth services, adult social care
:34:36. > :34:40.and those in areas of the greatest need. The Prime Minister used to say
:34:41. > :34:48.we are all in it together. What happened to that? Left me -- let me
:34:49. > :34:54.join the right honourable gentleman in saying that we should always
:34:55. > :34:58.support Holocaust they. -- Holocaust Day. I am going to press him on this
:34:59. > :35:04.point. He said, it will be my pleasure and my honour to host an
:35:05. > :35:13.event in Parliament where our friends from Hezbollah will be
:35:14. > :35:16.speaking, I have also invited friends from Hamas to speak as well.
:35:17. > :35:21.They believe in killing Jews around the world. If he wants to clear up
:35:22. > :35:27.the problem of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, now is a good time to
:35:28. > :35:42.start, withdraw that they are your friends. Mr Speaker, I've made it
:35:43. > :35:49.clear that Labour is an antiracism party and there is no place for them
:35:50. > :35:57.in it. We have suspended all members and -- who have taken part in
:35:58. > :36:01.anti-Semitism and established an enquiry. The point he was making
:36:02. > :36:09.relate to a discussion I was hosting in order to promote peace process
:36:10. > :36:14.and it was not an approval of those organisations, I absolutely do not
:36:15. > :36:21.approve of those organisations. Mr Speaker, the reality is vulnerable
:36:22. > :36:26.people are being abandoned in this country. The Prime Minister has said
:36:27. > :36:32.that social care and support for the elderly is a priority for him. If
:36:33. > :36:39.that is the case, why has he cut 4.5 billion since 2010, leaving 300,000
:36:40. > :36:45.older people without care and support they need to live in
:36:46. > :36:50.dignity? We are putting more money into social care and allowing
:36:51. > :37:02.councils to raise council tax. I'm afraid he will need to do this one
:37:03. > :37:06.more time. He referred to Hamas and Hezbollah as his friends. Are they
:37:07. > :37:13.your friends or not? Those organisations believe in persecuting
:37:14. > :37:16.and killing Jews. They are anti-Semitic, racist organisations.
:37:17. > :37:27.He must stand up and say that they are not his friends. Mr Speaker,
:37:28. > :37:33.obviously anyone that commits racist attacks or is anti-Semitic is not a
:37:34. > :37:39.friend of mine. I would also invite him to think for a moment about the
:37:40. > :37:46.conduct of his party and his candidate in the London mayoral
:37:47. > :37:49.election. The way in which they systematically are smearing my
:37:50. > :37:55.friend, the member for tooting, who is our candidate for mayor. I wish
:37:56. > :38:01.him well and I invite the Prime Minister to undertake to ensure that
:38:02. > :38:08.the Conservative Party assists from the actions it is taking in smearing
:38:09. > :38:15.my friend. Last week, the Joseph Rowntree foundation's destitution
:38:16. > :38:30.report found 1.25 million people in Britain were unable to afford the
:38:31. > :38:32.essentials to stay fed and clean. When will the stronger economy mean
:38:33. > :38:39.that fewer people need to use food banks? It means there are over 2
:38:40. > :38:46.million more people in work than when I became Prime Minister, you
:38:47. > :38:51.can earn ?11,000 before you pay tax, and we've introduced a national
:38:52. > :38:57.living wage, which was never done in 13 years of a Labour government. I
:38:58. > :39:06.reject what he says about Labour's candidate for the London mayoralty.
:39:07. > :39:10.We are not responsible for everything anyone says when they are
:39:11. > :39:15.with us, but there is a pattern of behaviour for the honourable member
:39:16. > :39:27.for Tooting. He shared a platform with the man whose trained the
:39:28. > :39:35.ringleader of the 7/7 attacks. He shared a platform with a man who
:39:36. > :39:43.called for Jews to be drowned in the ocean. He described this as flowery
:39:44. > :39:48.language. If he wants to know why they have a problem with
:39:49. > :40:02.anti-Semitism it is because they share platforms with anti-Semitic
:40:03. > :40:07.people. Withdraw the remark about Hamas and Hezbollah being your
:40:08. > :40:16.friends. Last week the Prime Minister tried to smear my friends,
:40:17. > :40:28.the Minister for Tooting. It turns out that one of those is an active
:40:29. > :40:33.Conservative supporter. He should reflect on the word is said by Lord
:40:34. > :40:43.Lansley, that racism was endemic within the Conservatives. We have
:40:44. > :40:49.set up an enquiry and I would suggest he does the same. It has
:40:50. > :40:55.been said that the housing bill removes the security these people
:40:56. > :41:04.need, it is fundamentally wrong. Homelessness is up a third. A voter
:41:05. > :41:08.wrote to me and said he and his family will lose their home if the
:41:09. > :41:15.housing bill goes through. Why can't the Prime Minister followed the
:41:16. > :41:25.example from the Welsh Labour government in placing illegal
:41:26. > :41:31.responsibility -- a legal responsibility to help people during
:41:32. > :41:37.a housing crisis? What this government has done in England,
:41:38. > :41:42.rebuilt twice as much council housing in the last six years as
:41:43. > :41:56.Labour did in 13. I will not let this rest about the honourable
:41:57. > :42:05.member for Tooting. He raised the case for Ghani. Do you want to know
:42:06. > :42:13.the views of the person your leader has just quartered? He described
:42:14. > :42:19.women... The honourable member for Islington may be interested. He
:42:20. > :42:23.described women as subservient to men, he said homosexuality was an
:42:24. > :42:31.unnatural act. He stood on a platform with people who wanted an
:42:32. > :42:33.Islamic state. That is why his attempts to deal with anti-Semitism
:42:34. > :42:43.are utterly condemned to failure. He will not even condemn people who sit
:42:44. > :42:47.on platforms with people like that. I was trying to help the Prime
:42:48. > :42:47.Minister, I did point out that the gentleman concerned is a
:42:48. > :43:03.conservative. Maybe he would think about that.
:43:04. > :43:09.Another former Conservative candidate said, I will be voting
:43:10. > :43:20.Labour, I am ashamed of the repulsive campaign of hate. Mr
:43:21. > :43:23.Speaker, homelessness has been reduced by 67% in Wales since the
:43:24. > :43:30.new regulations came in. Why can't he do the same in this country?
:43:31. > :43:34.Inequality is getting worse, education should be a route out of
:43:35. > :43:42.poverty. But new figures show that the number of people participating
:43:43. > :43:47.on an adult education course fell by a fifth. How can we tackle
:43:48. > :43:52.inequality when the Prime Minister is taking away opportunities for
:43:53. > :44:08.people to find a pathway out of poverty. Inequality has gone down
:44:09. > :44:12.under this government. It is because we've got a growing economy, a
:44:13. > :44:20.living wage, more jobs, people paying less tax. I say to him, we
:44:21. > :44:25.are investing in the schools to give people opportunities, schemes to
:44:26. > :44:32.allow people to own homes. He opposes those things because the
:44:33. > :44:34.truth is, he may be a friend of Hamas but he is an enemy of
:44:35. > :44:52.aspiration. Mr Speaker, politics is about
:44:53. > :45:01.choices. The Prime Minister cart... Order, order. Order, order. Let me
:45:02. > :45:07.very gently say to the assiduous but slightly overenthusiastic whip, the
:45:08. > :45:12.member for Hexham, his role is to be seen and not heard. No further noise
:45:13. > :45:18.from the honourable gentleman today or his sidekick to his right. We
:45:19. > :45:24.will not shout people down in this chamber. The quiet or leave. Very
:45:25. > :45:33.simple. Jeremy Corbyn. Thank you Mr Speaker. This government has cut
:45:34. > :45:38.capital gains tax for the richest, every turn they make the wrong
:45:39. > :45:43.choices. Tomorrow, people can make their own choices about the crisis
:45:44. > :45:49.of social care, the housing crisis in this country. The unprecedented
:45:50. > :45:54.cuts to local councils in areas of greatest need. The cuts to further
:45:55. > :46:00.education, taking opportunities away from young people. The choices have
:46:01. > :46:05.been made will stop they cut taxes for the rich. We want to ensure
:46:06. > :46:12.there is proper taxation to ensure there are decent services for the
:46:13. > :46:17.rest. Prime Minister. Tomorrow is about choices, you can choose a
:46:18. > :46:20.party on the side of security for hard-working people, who wants to
:46:21. > :46:24.make sure there are more jobs, better pay, lower taxes, good
:46:25. > :46:30.schools for your children, a seven-day NHS you when you need it.
:46:31. > :46:34.Or the other choice, you can back a party that puts extremists
:46:35. > :46:39.overworking people. And is incapable of providing the leadership your
:46:40. > :46:47.local council needs, or the country needs.
:46:48. > :46:53.Does my right honourable friend agree with me in order to create a
:46:54. > :46:57.northern powerhouse that can produce innovation and prosperity,
:46:58. > :47:01.investment is needed in vital transport links in northern cities?
:47:02. > :47:06.Of particular concern to my constituents is the junction of the
:47:07. > :47:10.834 and the A5 60 Gatley. Will the Prime Minister and his ministers
:47:11. > :47:15.meet with me and discuss how we can keep traffic moving in and out of
:47:16. > :47:20.Manchester and alleviate congestion in my constituency of Cheadle. She
:47:21. > :47:24.is right to raise this and that is why we established transport for the
:47:25. > :47:31.North to look at schemes like the one she proposes, so we can speak
:47:32. > :47:35.with one voice. It is why we are investing 13 billion. Planning for
:47:36. > :47:45.the next strategy is now underway. It is the right time to make the
:47:46. > :47:49.point that she does. Last week, the Prime Minister took issue when I
:47:50. > :47:55.raised the issue of unaccompanied Syrian refugee children in Europe.
:47:56. > :48:04.And the candid transports of the 1930s. Since then he has been
:48:05. > :48:09.written to by the chairman of Kindertransport. He said the echoes
:48:10. > :48:18.of the past haunt many fellow and I. I feel it is incumbent on us to
:48:19. > :48:21.demonstrate our compassion and human compassion to provide sanctuary to
:48:22. > :48:26.those in need. Why has it taken so long and the threat of a
:48:27. > :48:31.Parliamentary defeat for the Prime Minister to begin changing his mind.
:48:32. > :48:36.Let me pay tribute to the gentleman the honourable member raises. And
:48:37. > :48:42.also, let's be clear, no country has done more than others when it comes
:48:43. > :48:47.to Syrian refugees. No country has raised more money and only the
:48:48. > :48:52.United States has spent more money. I do want us to proceed with as much
:48:53. > :48:55.support across the House as we can. It is right to stick to the
:48:56. > :48:58.principle we shouldn't be encouraging people to make this
:48:59. > :49:03.dangerous journey. It is right to stick to the idea we keep investing
:49:04. > :49:06.in the refugee camps and neighbouring countries. It is right
:49:07. > :49:11.not to take part in the EU relocation and resettlement schemes,
:49:12. > :49:17.which have been, in my view, a failure. We are taking in migrants,
:49:18. > :49:23.child migrants with the direct family scheme. We will talk to Save
:49:24. > :49:26.the Children to see what we can do for children who came here before
:49:27. > :49:32.the EU Turkey deal was signed. What I don't want to do is take steps
:49:33. > :49:37.that will encourage people to make this dangerous journey. Otherwise,
:49:38. > :49:41.our actions, however well-meaning, could result in more people dying,
:49:42. > :49:47.rather than more people getting a good life. Last week I accused the
:49:48. > :49:52.Prime Minister of walking by on the other side when he defended his then
:49:53. > :49:56.policy opposing further help for unaccompanied refugee children in
:49:57. > :50:01.Europe will stop if, what we are hearing now, is the beginnings of a
:50:02. > :50:05.U-turn, I very much welcome it as I'm sure all members on side of the
:50:06. > :50:11.House do. I encourage him to think more about what can be done, given
:50:12. > :50:19.the Kindertransport help 10,000 children from Europe. I asked the
:50:20. > :50:22.Prime Minister to thank Lord Alf Dobbs and all campaigners who have
:50:23. > :50:28.worked hard for the UK to live up to the example and the spirit of the
:50:29. > :50:32.Kindertransport. I think all those people deserve recognition for the
:50:33. > :50:37.work they have done to put this issue so squarely on the agenda. I
:50:38. > :50:41.do reject the comparison with the Kindertransport. And for this
:50:42. > :50:47.reason, I would argue that what we are doing primarily which is taking
:50:48. > :50:50.children from the region, vulnerable people from the camps, going to the
:50:51. > :50:56.neighbouring countries and taking people into our country, housing,
:50:57. > :51:01.clothing and feeding them and making sure they have a good life, that to
:51:02. > :51:06.me is like the Kindertransport. To say the Kindertransport is taking
:51:07. > :51:10.today, children from France, Italy or Germany, safe countries that our
:51:11. > :51:15.democracy, that is an insult to those countries. Because of the
:51:16. > :51:19.steps we are taking, it won't be necessary to send the amendment back
:51:20. > :51:23.to the other place, the amendment doesn't mention a number of people.
:51:24. > :51:26.We will go round the local authorities and see what more we can
:51:27. > :51:35.do. But let's stick to the principle we should not be taking new arrivals
:51:36. > :51:43.to Europe. The Department of Health are looking to introduce a self DNA
:51:44. > :51:49.test for pregnant women, in order to reduce the number of miscarriages.
:51:50. > :51:54.This will have the consequence of increasing the number of abortions
:51:55. > :51:59.with those with down syndrome. I know there is nobody in this House
:52:00. > :52:02.who cares more for those with special needs for protection and the
:52:03. > :52:08.safety of those with special needs, so will the Prime Minister meet with
:52:09. > :52:11.me and representatives of the East Lancashire down syndrome support
:52:12. > :52:18.group to look at ways to protect those with down syndrome and it will
:52:19. > :52:21.not simply be screened out? He raises an important issue. A local
:52:22. > :52:28.people of down syndrome parents came to my constituency surgery on Friday
:52:29. > :52:33.and made these arguments to me. I am taking this up with the Department
:52:34. > :52:35.of help to make sure all the processes are followed. There are
:52:36. > :52:39.moral and ethical issues that need to be considered in these cases. On
:52:40. > :52:43.the other hand, we have to respect the view that women want to have
:52:44. > :52:48.screening and testing about the health of their children. We should
:52:49. > :52:52.be in favour of maximum transparency. On the basis it is
:52:53. > :52:58.optional, rather than mandatory, but it is part of routine care. Health
:52:59. > :53:02.Secretary will have to find a way through this, but we have to make
:53:03. > :53:08.sure we go about it in the right way. UNESCO car components for Ford
:53:09. > :53:11.and Nissan cars and employs hundreds of people, including from my
:53:12. > :53:16.constituency. I'm sure the Prime Minister knows the need to get right
:53:17. > :53:20.our manufacturing industry. Does he agree with the managing director,
:53:21. > :53:28.Mike Matthews, who said it would be business suicide for the UK to leave
:53:29. > :53:31.the EU? I listen to all the business voices, particularly those in
:53:32. > :53:35.manufacturing, and so many say we are better off in a reformed
:53:36. > :53:40.European union. We get an enormous amount of investment from Japanese
:53:41. > :53:42.motor industries. I will be welcoming the Japanese Prime
:53:43. > :53:46.Minister to the UK tomorrow, when I am sure this is on the agenda.
:53:47. > :53:53.Closed question, Doctor Julian Lewis. Nato is the cornerstone of
:53:54. > :53:59.Britain's defence but our place in the EU is a vital part of protecting
:54:00. > :54:04.national security. It helps by ensuring the issues are settled by
:54:05. > :54:05.dialogue and helping to provide assistance in particular
:54:06. > :54:11.circumstances, for example, the Balkans. I entirely agree with the
:54:12. > :54:15.Prime Minister's remarks about Nato. Does he accept that whilst
:54:16. > :54:21.dictatorships often attacked democracies or other dictatorships,
:54:22. > :54:28.democracies seldom, if ever, go to war with each other. If an aim of
:54:29. > :54:33.the EU, is to prevent conflict between its own members, as in World
:54:34. > :54:39.War I and World War II, is it not heading in precisely the wrong
:54:40. > :54:42.direction by trying to create an unelected supranational government
:54:43. > :54:49.of Europe, which is accountable to nobody? My honourable friend has
:54:50. > :54:55.very long standing and passionate views on this. I will make a couple
:54:56. > :55:00.of points. I don't think we should forget some of the country is now in
:55:01. > :55:03.the European Union, until recently, were not democracies, but what forms
:55:04. > :55:09.of dictatorship. The second point, those countries that have worked
:55:10. > :55:12.towards an omission of EU have had to put in place all sorts of
:55:13. > :55:18.democratic and other norms to help them on their way. The final point,
:55:19. > :55:22.we have had an unparalleled period of peace and prosperity in Europe
:55:23. > :55:26.and my argument with me, whether you want to attribute all of that to
:55:27. > :55:32.Nato, or some of that to the EU, why would you want to put it at risk?
:55:33. > :55:37.The findings of the NHS in England report into the sudden closure of
:55:38. > :55:41.Bootham Park mental health hospital in your, has confirmed the
:55:42. > :55:46.relationships and authorities between all NHS bodies and is
:55:47. > :55:50.defined under the health and social care at 20 of 12 are dysfunctional
:55:51. > :55:56.and failed patient at -- patient safety. Harm occurred and life has
:55:57. > :56:02.been lost. Will the Prime Minister accept his health act has to change
:56:03. > :56:05.due to the serious risk created and in line with NHS England's
:56:06. > :56:10.recommendations? I will look carefully at what she said my
:56:11. > :56:13.understanding is she called for action on an outdated and dangerous
:56:14. > :56:21.facility last year. That is what happened. I am pleased action was
:56:22. > :56:24.taken, it wasn't fit for purpose. The CQC identified serious and
:56:25. > :56:29.life-threatening issues on patient safety and they were not right. As a
:56:30. > :56:34.result, there was a decision to close and reopen the facility after
:56:35. > :56:39.the changes. You will have incidents of poor practice. What matters, do
:56:40. > :56:44.we intervene fast enough and put them right. At this case, I will
:56:45. > :56:49.look again at what she said, but it does look like action was taken. The
:56:50. > :56:56.Christian News Edie and sheer children in Syria are suffering from
:56:57. > :57:03.genocide by Daesh and we should recognise it as such. My urge to the
:57:04. > :57:10.Prime Minister, to indeed do more to replicate the Kindertransport of the
:57:11. > :57:15.1930s. That is what we are doing in taking children directly from the
:57:16. > :57:20.camps in Syria. If we were to take 16-year-olds from a safe environment
:57:21. > :57:27.in Europe, we would be causing more misery and encouraging the people
:57:28. > :57:30.traffickers. He asked me two questions, whether there is more we
:57:31. > :57:35.can do to label what has happened as genocide. This has always been
:57:36. > :57:40.something done under a legal definition, but I believe very much
:57:41. > :57:44.it is clearly heading, there is a strong case for saying it is
:57:45. > :57:49.genocide. I hope it will be portrayed unspoken as such. On the
:57:50. > :57:52.issue of the Kindertransport, I would agree, we have an enormous
:57:53. > :58:00.amount of what we can be proud of. The money we put into the camps, we
:58:01. > :58:04.raised more in London on Monday than any humanitarian conference has ever
:58:05. > :58:08.raised in the world. We are going to do more for children already
:58:09. > :58:14.registered in Europe after, before the EU Turkey deal. But the
:58:15. > :58:16.principle we should try to cling do is we shouldn't do anything that
:58:17. > :58:21.encourages people to make the perilous journey. That has been the
:58:22. > :58:27.cornerstone of our policy and it should remain the case. For the
:58:28. > :58:31.benefit of the House and 410 and 11-year-olds up and down the
:58:32. > :58:39.country, will the Minister explain what the past progressive tense is.
:58:40. > :58:46.Will he set out his definition of a modal verb? I will say to the
:58:47. > :58:51.honourable lady, the point of these changes is to make sure our children
:58:52. > :58:55.are better educated than we are. That is why I am delighted with
:58:56. > :59:04.three children in state schools going off to do these tests. I am
:59:05. > :59:09.delighted they are going to be. Thank you Mr Speaker. Three years
:59:10. > :59:17.ago, three years ago... Order, order. Three years ago five members
:59:18. > :59:27.of a family from County Durham were killed in a tragic accident A18. The
:59:28. > :59:31.coroner said he had no confidence in the work of the proposed work of the
:59:32. > :59:36.highway authority to remedy the situation. The council wants to do
:59:37. > :59:42.all they can and have committed to carry out the work. But resources
:59:43. > :59:44.are very limited. Could my right honourable friend give serious
:59:45. > :59:44.consideration to an application from the council for additional
:59:45. > :00:03.resources? I will have a close look I will look to see if more
:00:04. > :00:09.evidence can be done to make it safe. Eritrea was described as the
:00:10. > :00:14.North Korea of Africa in the recent inaugural all-party group meeting.
:00:15. > :00:21.There was government forced indefinite constriction. Will the
:00:22. > :00:25.Prime Minister personally and urgently review Home Office guidance
:00:26. > :00:30.which says it is safe to transport asylum seekers back to Eritrea? I
:00:31. > :00:36.will look at what he says. We know Eritrea is a deeply, undemocratic
:00:37. > :00:40.and autocratic country. It has done appalling things to its people and
:00:41. > :00:44.that is one of the reasons why so many of those seeking to cross the
:00:45. > :00:49.Mediterranean, through the Libyan route, have come from a country.
:00:50. > :00:55.When I have the opportunity to meet the Eritrea leadership in Malta, I
:00:56. > :01:00.made those points very strongly. Four years ago, I asked my right
:01:01. > :01:03.honourable friend on behalf of my mother, if the EU referendum vote
:01:04. > :01:11.could be brought forward because of her age. She was then 100. She now
:01:12. > :01:18.wishes to know if she needs to set a world record for longevity before
:01:19. > :01:27.the Chilcott report is published? I think I can reassure Maud, that this
:01:28. > :01:31.summer she will have a double opportunity to deal with these
:01:32. > :01:34.things. I referendum on June the 23rd and I'm sure the Chilcott
:01:35. > :01:40.report will come not too much longer after that. I imagine she will want
:01:41. > :01:51.a backbench business debate on the matter. Tata steel wishes to
:01:52. > :01:55.complete the sale of its assets by the middle of June and one referred
:01:56. > :01:58.bidder in place by the end of this month. Does the Prime Minister think
:01:59. > :02:04.it is a realistic time frame and there will be a credible process of
:02:05. > :02:12.due diligence? What processes is the Prime Minister taking to make sure
:02:13. > :02:14.Tata is making good on its promises as a responsible seller? The
:02:15. > :02:19.positive news is the deadline yesterday was met by a number of
:02:20. > :02:25.serious enquiries of interest into buying all of Tata, and that is good
:02:26. > :02:29.news. We need to work intensively with Tata and the buyers to get the
:02:30. > :02:35.list down to those who are seriously intending to bid. What it is a short
:02:36. > :02:38.timetable. What we are doing is talking intensively with Tata to
:02:39. > :02:44.make sure they do everything they can to make sure this is a serious
:02:45. > :02:48.sales process. The Prime Minister made an important announcement with
:02:49. > :02:52.regard to refugee children. Obviously, time is of the essence
:02:53. > :02:54.because of the peculiar vulnerability of children without
:02:55. > :02:59.the guidance and protection of their families. Could the Prime Minister
:03:00. > :03:05.give an indication to the House of how quickly he expects to have those
:03:06. > :03:07.arrangements in place? I am grateful to my right honourable friend, who
:03:08. > :03:13.has spoken passionately about this issue. I don't see any reason why
:03:14. > :03:17.there needs to be a long delay. We need to carry on conversations with
:03:18. > :03:20.local councils, because many of them, particularly in the south of
:03:21. > :03:24.England, are under pressure because of the number of child refugees who
:03:25. > :03:30.have come. Then hopefully we can make progress during this year.
:03:31. > :03:34.Documents leaked earlier this week appeared to confirm what most have
:03:35. > :03:38.feared, that the transatlantic trade and investment partnership makes
:03:39. > :03:42.unacceptable concessions to public health and safety regulations,
:03:43. > :03:47.opening the doors for US investors to sue for loss of rockets. Will the
:03:48. > :03:53.Prime Minister recognise the concern raised by the French president and
:03:54. > :03:57.Talbot House what this government is seeking for a national health
:03:58. > :04:02.service and public service? This is the register of red herrings. The
:04:03. > :04:07.health service is completely protect did under this agreement, as it is
:04:08. > :04:10.under other agreements. They're all sorts agreements people might be
:04:11. > :04:15.against free trade and wanting to see an expansion of and investment
:04:16. > :04:22.and jobs. People should be honest and say they don't want to see these
:04:23. > :04:31.things happen instead of inventing total red herrings. Calm yourself,
:04:32. > :04:38.Mr Campbell, you are supposed to be a senior statesman in the House.
:04:39. > :04:47.Calm down. Take up yoga, I have told you before. Cheryl Murray. The
:04:48. > :04:53.lifeboat celebrates its 150th anniversary this year in my
:04:54. > :05:00.constituency. Will he congratulate them, not just the new one, but all
:05:01. > :05:03.of them who keep us safe at sea? I am very happy to do that, in
:05:04. > :05:09.conjunction with my honourable friend. Very brave people, having
:05:10. > :05:14.met some of them, especially during the flooding earlier in the year.
:05:15. > :05:26.They put their lives at risk all the time to save others. They are the
:05:27. > :05:30.bravest. What matters is what works. In the long-term interests of the
:05:31. > :05:36.country, fixed term parliaments are an important of that. Can the Prime
:05:37. > :05:40.Minister ensure his government's performance includes the long
:05:41. > :05:48.overdue creation of a centre evidence on sexual abuse of children
:05:49. > :05:53.something I raised in PMQs with Margaret Thatcher. We can deal with
:05:54. > :05:58.the awful consequences of child sex abuse on victims and perpetrators,
:05:59. > :06:02.but we must use early intervention expertise to stop it from happening
:06:03. > :06:05.in the first place. Will the Prime Minister backed the excellent work
:06:06. > :06:11.of ministers and members from all parties and get this much-needed
:06:12. > :06:17.centre up and running without delay, within the five-year term of this
:06:18. > :06:21.government? I am glad the honourable gentleman rescued his own question
:06:22. > :06:23.with those last words. We are grateful to him, constitutionally at
:06:24. > :06:31.least. I am sorry it has taken a question
:06:32. > :06:35.in 1989 to get an answer. Setting up a centre of expertise on sexual
:06:36. > :06:41.abuse is what the Home Office is doing. It will identify and share
:06:42. > :06:46.high-quality evidence. Alongside this, the Department for Education's
:06:47. > :06:50.Centre will ensure social workers across the country can learn from
:06:51. > :06:54.the best examples. It is a good example of government reform, which
:06:55. > :06:58.I know he supports. The Prime Minister and we aren't these benches
:06:59. > :07:04.can be proud of the fact, in recent years we have reduced relative
:07:05. > :07:08.poverty and income inequality. We are a one nation party, or we are
:07:09. > :07:15.nothing. Does he agree with Lord rose, the leader of the Remain
:07:16. > :07:20.Campaign that if we were to lead the EU and exercise greater control over
:07:21. > :07:26.immigration for the sake of public services, wages would rise even
:07:27. > :07:31.faster? What would happen, if we were to lead the EU, we would see an
:07:32. > :07:35.impact on our economy that would be negative. That is the view of the
:07:36. > :07:39.Bank of England, the IMF, the OECD and a growing number of
:07:40. > :07:42.international bodies. Anybody who wants to make this choice, it is a
:07:43. > :07:49.choice for the British people to make. We have to be clear of the
:07:50. > :07:52.economic consequences. In 1972, aged 19, nine months married and six
:07:53. > :07:58.months pregnant with their first child, my constituent, Susan
:07:59. > :08:03.received the knock on the door to say her husband had been killed in
:08:04. > :08:08.action in Northern Ireland. Yet when she married and found love again,
:08:09. > :08:12.she lost all compensation for her and her daughter. She still has no
:08:13. > :08:16.compensation for having made that huge sacrifice. It is a disgraceful
:08:17. > :08:22.way to treat those who have lost loved ones serving our country. Will
:08:23. > :08:26.the Prime Minister meet with me and Susan to discuss this case and the
:08:27. > :08:30.injustice which still faces war widows in this country Western Mark
:08:31. > :08:36.I will make sure she gets the meeting and the attention she
:08:37. > :08:38.deserves. I know the Minister met with the war Widows Association to
:08:39. > :08:43.put forward their case. It was this government but did make a historic
:08:44. > :08:50.change, so war widows who remarried from April one 2015, would retain
:08:51. > :08:53.their war widows pension. That was a change long as four and only
:08:54. > :08:58.delivered under this government. At the moment, we are of the view of
:08:59. > :09:01.the long-standing policy of successive governments, we shouldn't
:09:02. > :09:06.make these changes and apply them retrospectively. Yesterday the
:09:07. > :09:11.foreign affairs select committee started our enquiry on Anglo Russian
:09:12. > :09:15.relations. This afternoon, I have a Westminster Hall debate on Anglo
:09:16. > :09:18.Russian relations. Despite the tension that exists, will the Prime
:09:19. > :09:24.Minister give us an assurance he will redouble his efforts to lower
:09:25. > :09:29.tensions with his fellow permanent member of the UN Security Council?
:09:30. > :09:35.Of course we want to keep tensions low and the one good relations, but
:09:36. > :09:40.we cannot ignore the fact Russian backed and direct its separatists
:09:41. > :09:43.have effectively tried to redraw the boundaries of Europe. When we
:09:44. > :09:47.consider how dangerous exercises like that have been in the past, we
:09:48. > :10:00.have to take it extremely seriously in the present.
:10:01. > :10:06.Can I thank the Prime Minister for joining Leicester MPs and the rest
:10:07. > :10:10.of the planet in congratulating Leicester City football club on
:10:11. > :10:13.their historic success in the Premier League. During this amazing
:10:14. > :10:18.season, the local Leicester hero, Gary Lineker, thought the idea of
:10:19. > :10:22.Leicester winning was so far-fetched, he said if they did
:10:23. > :10:32.when he would present match of the day in his underwear.
:10:33. > :10:39.As an Aston Villa supporter and my commiserations to the Prime Minister
:10:40. > :10:42.on their season, does he agree in politics, as well as in football,
:10:43. > :10:50.when you make a promise, you should keep it? I absolutely agree. I have
:10:51. > :10:53.been watching everything Gary Lineker has said since. He is not
:10:54. > :11:00.quite answering the question. Something nobody gets away with in
:11:01. > :11:14.this House. I hope it is the start of him joining the blue team.
:11:15. > :11:23.As PMQ's finally comes to an end, an extraordinary Prime Minister's
:11:24. > :11:27.Questions, not just because of the length but also because the Prime
:11:28. > :11:33.Minister and the Leader of the Opposition were like ships passing
:11:34. > :11:39.in the night. Jeremy Corbyn began by asking about local spending, an
:11:40. > :11:48.appropriate question, David Cameron replied by asking if he still
:11:49. > :11:52.thought he was friends with Hamas and Hezbollah, the militant groups
:11:53. > :11:58.lined up against Israel. Jeremy Corbyn went on to ask about
:11:59. > :12:03.government spending, the Prime Minister asked if he was still
:12:04. > :12:10.friends with Hamas and Hezbollah. So it went on for six questions, then
:12:11. > :12:18.it spilled over into the London mayoral candidate, with, inevitably,
:12:19. > :12:25.Zac Goldsmith being brought up, he has made comments about the
:12:26. > :12:30.platforms, the Prime Minister hitting back at Jeremy Corbyn for
:12:31. > :12:34.the platforms he has shared, and vice versa. Just when you thought it
:12:35. > :12:38.could not get any more unusual or interesting, Angus Robertson stood
:12:39. > :12:45.up and asked the question about the refugees, children, unaccompanied
:12:46. > :12:50.child refugees and whether the government was changing policy.
:12:51. > :12:53.After a long answer, it became clear that David Cameron has changed
:12:54. > :13:00.policy, and the amendment in the House of Lords, the Prime Minister
:13:01. > :13:06.slipped and at the very end of his answer that they will now accept
:13:07. > :13:17.that amendment. There we go. It was long but it was unusual. Most people
:13:18. > :13:23.wrote in about the exchanges between the Prime Minister and Jeremy
:13:24. > :13:29.Corbyn. It went down hill from there. All he needs to do is
:13:30. > :13:38.withdraw the comments about Hamas. The Prime Minister has raised a
:13:39. > :13:40.problem for Jeremy Corbyn. The Speaker should remind the
:13:41. > :13:45.increasingly red-faced David Cameron that it is questions to the Prime
:13:46. > :13:52.Minister, not the Leader of the Opposition. Another agrees,
:13:53. > :14:04.disgraceful from the Speaker letting David Cameron hijack PMQs. What do
:14:05. > :14:10.we make of it? It was extraordinary, and extraordinarily brutal. David
:14:11. > :14:15.Cameron trying to use every single second to transfer it into Jeremy
:14:16. > :14:19.Corbyn's question Time. Trying to change it. The Labour Leader kept
:14:20. > :14:26.trying to return to the subject he wanted to talk about. I think it was
:14:27. > :14:31.a very memorable session because it was more like a very rough and tough
:14:32. > :14:35.campaign debate rather than what that is meant to be about, which is
:14:36. > :14:40.the Prime Minister of the day being held to account on the big issues of
:14:41. > :14:47.the day. It was not until Angus Robertson got to his feet that we
:14:48. > :14:56.got to anything like the traditional format. We have had the
:14:57. > :14:59.anti-Semitism row rumbling on in the Labour Party. We have got major
:15:00. > :15:10.elections tomorrow across the country. Given the length the Prime
:15:11. > :15:14.Minister went to to bring up a Hamas, I wonder if the Tories have
:15:15. > :15:21.got private polling of focus groups that show that this is resonating? I
:15:22. > :15:27.think they see that there is clearly an opportunity to claw back a pretty
:15:28. > :15:31.safe lead in the London mayoral election. We don't really know, the
:15:32. > :15:34.code won't be until Friday night, but the widespread assumption has
:15:35. > :15:43.been that London is pretty safe for Labour. That is a crucial piece of
:15:44. > :15:48.the jigsaw for Jeremy Corbyn. His critics believe as long as he can
:15:49. > :15:55.hold on to London, he is basically safe for now. I think the fact that
:15:56. > :15:59.David Cameron demonstrably brought this up and made this an issue, he
:16:00. > :16:06.was armed with quotes as long as your arm, all sorts of information,
:16:07. > :16:16.he became mob handed and determined to make that point that they think
:16:17. > :16:20.is having an impact. Labour sources said it would be impossible for it
:16:21. > :16:25.not to have any impact at all, the chaos of the last week, but whether
:16:26. > :16:29.it has a significant impact is something that they don't. As ever
:16:30. > :16:34.in politics, whilst we are fascinated with the detail, most
:16:35. > :16:41.will have seen the noise and chaos, but will not have been following
:16:42. > :16:47.every single detail. In London it is not working. The more dirt thrown at
:16:48. > :16:54.Sadiq Khan, the bigger the polling. That is quite a substantial lead he
:16:55. > :17:00.has got, this attempt, not to claim he is an extremist himself but to
:17:01. > :17:05.taint by association, does not seem to be working. I think you're right
:17:06. > :17:12.and I don't know what will happen in London. It operates in a bubble.
:17:13. > :17:21.Very wary of reading into too many opinion polls. I would hesitate. Can
:17:22. > :17:26.I make a slightly different point? When Jeremy Corbyn became leader
:17:27. > :17:32.saying they would be a different atmosphere, every leader does this.
:17:33. > :17:38.But PMQs turned into Punch and Judy. Every week, it is Angus Robertson
:17:39. > :17:44.who asks the question where you go, why didn't Jeremy Corbyn lead on
:17:45. > :17:52.that subject? Today it should have been that question. That would have
:17:53. > :17:59.been the sensible one. You mention, does this resonate outside
:18:00. > :18:05.Westminster? It is such a basic tenet of modern politics that a
:18:06. > :18:08.mainstream party is not racist or anti-Semitic that people cannot
:18:09. > :18:16.believe we're having this discussion in the 21st century. This is why it
:18:17. > :18:23.keeps coming back to the floor. The vast majority of Labour MPs now this
:18:24. > :18:27.is true and they are in despair. The seminal intervention in last week's
:18:28. > :18:34.PMQs was Yvette Cooper, senior Labour backbencher. She has been in
:18:35. > :18:49.the vanguard of this issue. Labour has backed her. Here is an issue of
:18:50. > :18:52.progress. And yet, the Leader of the Opposition is effectively handing
:18:53. > :19:04.this over to the leader of the Parliamentary party of the Scottish
:19:05. > :19:11.nationalists. He has been vocal on the issue, just not today. Just
:19:12. > :19:16.listen to Laura, he would know that the whole was breaking here, things
:19:17. > :19:20.were changing. Why would you not go on that issue which plays to
:19:21. > :19:24.everything Labour is meant to stand for? I'm sure Jeremy had in mind
:19:25. > :19:31.that we have got the local government elections and he raised a
:19:32. > :19:35.series of legitimate questions. He has got six questions. I think the
:19:36. > :19:41.questions he put to David Cameron were entirely reasonable and good
:19:42. > :19:44.questions. He did not get the answers because David Cameron knows
:19:45. > :20:01.that he is cutting into local government. As you will know. Is it
:20:02. > :20:04.hurting? If you have the Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party associated with
:20:05. > :20:11.Ken Livingstone's remarks on Hitler and Zionism, with the anti-Semitic
:20:12. > :20:19.tweets coming out from members of the Labour Party, David Cameron
:20:20. > :20:27.dragging up this old phrase about friends of Hamas and Hezbollah. Is
:20:28. > :20:34.it hurting? Let me talk about the phrase, Hamas is an organisation
:20:35. > :20:40.that do not even believe Israel has a right to exist. We do not support
:20:41. > :20:48.Hezbollah. Your leader has not condemned it. He said in PMQs today,
:20:49. > :20:54.he does not approve. What was the phrase he had with reference, he
:20:55. > :21:01.does not support racist and anti-Semitic organisations. He
:21:02. > :21:06.condemns racist organisations. That suggests he was condemning them. He
:21:07. > :21:14.could not bring himself to say the names? I am condemning Hamas and
:21:15. > :21:25.Hezbollah. We do not believe these organisations should be associated
:21:26. > :21:29.with. What is also not clear is what the government's position is on
:21:30. > :21:31.child refugees. It is obvious there is movement but they will be under
:21:32. > :21:37.pressure to give convincing details and if they don't, they might find
:21:38. > :21:49.themselves with a big problem and a potential defeat next week.
:21:50. > :21:51.Welcome to the programme Greg Mulholland, Hywel Williams
:21:52. > :22:10.Welcome to the two of you so far. Hywel, antiestablishment parties are
:22:11. > :22:15.in the March, is this one Plaid Cymru must make a breakthrough? We
:22:16. > :22:22.are working very hard indeed and split might be between the Tories
:22:23. > :22:26.and Labour, in Wales, it is Plaid against Labour and Plaid has the
:22:27. > :22:31.momentum with Leanne Wood. So you think you will increase your seats
:22:32. > :22:37.significantly? What does significantly mean? What does it
:22:38. > :22:41.mean to you? The system we have in Wales is stacked against dramatic
:22:42. > :22:45.breakthroughs unless you have the situation you have in Scotland when
:22:46. > :22:52.it is Tamil chillers. Labour are worried. Jeremy Corbyn referred to
:22:53. > :22:57.the situation in Wales. If I was him, I wouldn't have done so, but he
:22:58. > :23:01.thinks they are in trouble. John Ashworth, are you in trouble in
:23:02. > :23:05.Wales, there is a lot of scrutiny on Labour's record there. Nigel Farage
:23:06. > :23:10.predicted Ukip would get five seeds on the watch is only. And now we
:23:11. > :23:14.have Plaid saying they will make the breakthrough? We are taking nothing
:23:15. > :23:18.for granted and we are campaigning hard. Let's see where we are on
:23:19. > :23:22.Friday morning when we see the results. I think we will continue to
:23:23. > :23:29.have a Labour government in Wales on Friday morning. A Labour government
:23:30. > :23:33.on its own or will it have to go into coalition? We will see when the
:23:34. > :23:36.results come through, but I am confident Labour will continue to be
:23:37. > :23:41.in government in Wales. In government army yes. Labour would be
:23:42. > :23:44.in government, but will they be governing alone or will they have to
:23:45. > :23:48.look to the other parties because they may only just be the largest
:23:49. > :23:54.party? We are taking nothing for granted and we are working hard. I
:23:55. > :24:02.will be on election night coverage, but I think I will be on your rival
:24:03. > :24:09.competitor programmes. Surely not. Do you agree with Jeremy Corbyn?
:24:10. > :24:14.Labour won't lose any seats in these elections? Let's see where we get
:24:15. > :24:17.to. We are enthusiastically campaigning confidently and we are
:24:18. > :24:24.not taking anything for granted. Let's see where we get to after 10pm
:24:25. > :24:29.tomorrow night. Hywel, what about Ukip taking five seats, you will
:24:30. > :24:35.then lose to Ukip? We will see about that later on. We are confident of
:24:36. > :24:40.keeping our constituencies and winning some more as well. Ukip, in
:24:41. > :24:44.this election, they are a significant sideline issue, but
:24:45. > :24:50.really it is Plaid against Labour. Who do you want to run Wales, the
:24:51. > :24:56.tired Labour government or Plaid with exciting manifesto? Let's talk
:24:57. > :24:59.to Diane James from Ukip. You are contesting less than half of the
:25:00. > :25:05.seats innings councils, why aren't you contesting more? Because we have
:25:06. > :25:10.gone for the target seats, if you like, where we believed we stand a
:25:11. > :25:14.really good chance of success. Let's put it into perspective, we are
:25:15. > :25:17.party of just over 20 years of age and we haven't got the
:25:18. > :25:21.infrastructure to support candidates in every seat. We have learned
:25:22. > :25:26.lessons from other elections, we're putting a huge amount of effort into
:25:27. > :25:30.supporting those candidates that are standing for us. We are hopeful of
:25:31. > :25:36.success on their behalf. If Ukip doesn't gain council seats in
:25:37. > :25:40.England when other anti-populist groups are gaining ground across
:25:41. > :25:45.Europe, will be be any point to Ukip after the June referendum? Yes there
:25:46. > :25:51.will, this is the question you both ask Ukip personnel on every
:25:52. > :25:55.programme. And there is a point, and the point is, it is Ukip that
:25:56. > :25:59.achieved the referendum. David Cameron had to react to the Ukip
:26:00. > :26:05.threat by ensuring the referendum was delivered and included in his
:26:06. > :26:09.manifesto. Look at the mess he is in now, as a result. In terms of
:26:10. > :26:15.council seats, we are defending council seats were eight individual
:26:16. > :26:21.stood on the Ukip banner. We are confident they will get back in. And
:26:22. > :26:25.an accredited polling organisation from the University has said we are
:26:26. > :26:31.on course to take 40. I am confident from that point of view. I think we
:26:32. > :26:36.have Greg Mulholland now from the Liberal Democrats. Your fight to
:26:37. > :26:39.campaign on unnecessary cuts to services, how will the electorate
:26:40. > :26:45.take you seriously when during the coalition a number of local services
:26:46. > :26:51.for Kotze? First of all, people are seeing what a majority Conservative
:26:52. > :26:53.Government does with unnecessary ideological cuts, rather than
:26:54. > :27:00.dealing with the deficit in the economy. People will also take the
:27:01. > :27:04.Liberal Democrats seriously, because you have two main parties in England
:27:05. > :27:10.who are at each other's threads in the most extraordinary civil war.
:27:11. > :27:15.Labour are tearing themselves apart and the Conservatives are tearing
:27:16. > :27:18.themselves apart. People want a centre party who have progressive
:27:19. > :27:24.values and stand up the people in their communities. That is why
:27:25. > :27:28.people will be looking to elect Liberal Democrat members, Scottish
:27:29. > :27:33.Parliament and MSPs tomorrow. When you talk about services being cut
:27:34. > :27:37.ideological and by the Conservatives, but they were
:27:38. > :27:43.different cuts when UN coalition, during that time, 350 libraries
:27:44. > :27:47.close, 350 youth centres in England and sure start centres in England
:27:48. > :27:53.close. What is different about those cuts as you say to the ones are
:27:54. > :27:58.happening now? Those cuts were made by councils, largely Labour and
:27:59. > :28:04.Conservative councils. The situation financially for local government is
:28:05. > :28:09.tough. So no responsibility at all for you in government? Where we
:28:10. > :28:12.write to seek to bring down the levels of public spending at a time
:28:13. > :28:17.when it was out of control? Yes. Is the need to carry on making the cuts
:28:18. > :28:22.Labour and Conservative ministers are carrying on making the services?
:28:23. > :28:25.Absolutely not. But going back to classic politics where we are
:28:26. > :28:30.talking to people on the streets and people are responding. We want to
:28:31. > :28:32.see the good old-fashioned Liberal Democrat policies coming back. We
:28:33. > :28:41.will have to we're almost out of time. The answer
:28:42. > :28:49.to guess the year was 1972. We were all wrong in the studio.
:28:50. > :29:01.We will be doing the US elections with Donald Trump undoubtedly the
:29:02. > :29:02.Republican nominee. I thought you were going to