07/09/2016

:00:00. > :00:38.Morning, folks, welcome to the Daily Politics.

:00:39. > :00:43.PMQS is back but will it be back with a bang?

:00:44. > :00:45.Teresa May faces Jeremy Corbyn across the Despatch Box

:00:46. > :00:51.We're all talking Brexit strategy - or the lack of it.

:00:52. > :00:55.But does that really interest the Labour leader?

:00:56. > :00:56.Downing Street's keen-eyed photographers capture government

:00:57. > :01:04.But is everyone in the cabinet behind the idea?

:01:05. > :01:06.Labour MPs back plans allowing them to elect members

:01:07. > :01:11.A pragmatic way of making the party work together

:01:12. > :01:15.or an attempt to "hobble" Jeremy Corbyn's leadership?

:01:16. > :01:18.And if your holiday reading was more Nick Hornby than Nick Clegg,

:01:19. > :01:22.then we have just the thing to get you back in the mood.

:01:23. > :01:31.Yes, political book season is upon us!

:01:32. > :01:38.Did you read these books? Every single one. I'm glad, there will be

:01:39. > :01:41.a test later. All that in the next 90

:01:42. > :01:43.minutes of public sector And with us for the duration,

:01:44. > :01:47.two politicians who declined to appear on Strictly Come Dancing,

:01:48. > :01:50.the Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire Chief Secretary to the Treasury,

:01:51. > :01:54.David Gauke, and Shadow Justice This afternoon the Chairman

:01:55. > :02:06.of the Bank of England Mark Carney appears before the Treasury Select

:02:07. > :02:08.Committee, where he'll be quizzed over that cut in interest

:02:09. > :02:10.rates last month. Some are questioning

:02:11. > :02:13.whether the governor was too hasty And whether he was to negative about

:02:14. > :02:23.Brexit during the referendum. And yesterday, four big banking

:02:24. > :02:28.beasts, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, all abandoned

:02:29. > :02:43.predictions of a post EU So, did you over egged the pudding

:02:44. > :02:46.in the referendum, David Gauke? It is too early to tell, but there are

:02:47. > :02:51.encouraging signs and there is always attempt Asian after a

:02:52. > :02:59.referendum for both people to pick out things which confirmed their own

:03:00. > :03:09.prejudices -- there is always an attempt after a referendum. But

:03:10. > :03:14.speaking from the Remain camp, the last surveys of various businesses

:03:15. > :03:19.are looking encouraging. When you say vote leave and the economy

:03:20. > :03:25.suffers, you can't say you weren't warned? If there is a downturn, but

:03:26. > :03:30.it was right for those of us who believed in a Remain vote that we

:03:31. > :03:34.made clear what the risks were. But you didn't say a scum use said vote

:03:35. > :03:43.leaves and the economy suffers -- but you didn't say if, you said vote

:03:44. > :03:49.leave and the economy suffers. The risks are still to be played out,

:03:50. > :03:56.but as a Remain voter, there are encouraging signs but I don't think

:03:57. > :04:02.we can be complacent. These are early days, but we can have a look

:04:03. > :04:05.at the figures. The major banks are basically admitting they were wrong,

:04:06. > :04:12.in predicting an immediate recession, and the Chancellor also

:04:13. > :04:16.predicted a recession, the former Chancellor, your former boss will

:04:17. > :04:23.stop the implement rate is at its highest rate and consumer spending

:04:24. > :04:31.is up -- the employment rate is at its highest rate. Even industrial

:04:32. > :04:36.production, manufacturing fell in August, as predicted, but industrial

:04:37. > :04:42.production was up overall in July. Where is the bit that you got right

:04:43. > :04:44.about this? In terms of being a Treasury minister and hearing the

:04:45. > :04:49.positive state of the economy is something which encourages me and we

:04:50. > :04:53.all want the UK economy to succeed. The only point I would make, we

:04:54. > :04:58.can't be complacent and there are still challenges because of

:04:59. > :05:02.uncertainty as to exactly what the future relationship will be and

:05:03. > :05:10.because we will need to adjust to the new circumstances. Did the

:05:11. > :05:14.Remain campaign... And he is quite right, there's a long way to go, and

:05:15. > :05:18.more figures to come out in the months ahead, but did they overdo,

:05:19. > :05:29.from what we know so far, the gloom and doom? To be reasonable, we can

:05:30. > :05:33.say both sides operated a kind of politics of fear and there were

:05:34. > :05:39.things said which were all about frightening voters, on both sides of

:05:40. > :05:41.the debate. What is worrying is a lack of a plan from the

:05:42. > :05:47.Conservatives, they must have entertained the possibility... You

:05:48. > :05:51.mean to get out, and we are going to come onto that. But are you

:05:52. > :06:00.surprised that the British economy is reasonably robust? I say

:06:01. > :06:05.reasonably. Overall industrial production was up, and German

:06:06. > :06:13.industrial production is not at a 20 month low. Overall it is not bad. --

:06:14. > :06:16.is now at a 20 month low. When I hear what Australia and Japan says

:06:17. > :06:21.about trade deals, that is what concerns me. I'm just talking about

:06:22. > :06:30.the figures at the moment. Were you enthusiastic about Remain? I was

:06:31. > :06:31.definite about it. I have long-standing reviews about the

:06:32. > :06:40.weaknesses within the European Union. -- long-standing views. But

:06:41. > :06:47.when it comes to the choice of stay or leave, I believed we should stay

:06:48. > :06:49.and I strongly held that view. If George Osborne has stayed as

:06:50. > :06:56.Chancellor, on the figures we have so far, there would be no need for

:06:57. > :07:05.his threatened punishment budget? Two points about the short-term and

:07:06. > :07:08.long-term, and... I asked the question, he threatened a punishment

:07:09. > :07:14.budget, if we voted to leave, but we can agree there is no case for that

:07:15. > :07:20.kind of budget? George Osborne made it clear when he was Chancellor,

:07:21. > :07:24.after the referendum, that he was not going to come forward with a

:07:25. > :07:29.punishment budget. He made it clear he wasn't going to do that... He

:07:30. > :07:35.would wait to see. Because he was wrong. You said he would wait to see

:07:36. > :07:41.the economic impact. I don't want to fight the referendum campaign again.

:07:42. > :07:45.No! LAUGHTER We are relieved about that. There

:07:46. > :07:51.might be long-term consequences for the UK economy. Contrary to the

:07:52. > :07:54.claims that there will be extra money knocking around, there might

:07:55. > :07:58.be less and we will have to take action to deal with that. But the

:07:59. > :08:05.economy has proven to be pretty strong and that is encouraging or

:08:06. > :08:08.stop no recession? Growth has been downgraded, but we will wait to see

:08:09. > :08:13.what we have in the Autumn Statement.

:08:14. > :08:15.Now yesterday afternoon, Labour MPs and peers voted in favour

:08:16. > :08:17.of reinstating elections to the Shadow Cabinet,

:08:18. > :08:19.taking away the power to appoint from the leader,

:08:20. > :08:23.So, if approved, would it be a pragmatic way of making

:08:24. > :08:24.a seemingly divided party work together.

:08:25. > :08:36.Did you back the proposal? I voted for the leader to retain the right

:08:37. > :08:40.to appoint the Shadow Cabinet. Why? I think this is a distraction but

:08:41. > :08:43.I'm relaxed either way and the party will decide shortly whether the

:08:44. > :08:49.Shadow Cabinet is appointed in the same way or elected in some way. Is

:08:50. > :08:54.this not going to go ahead, even though MPs have actually decided to

:08:55. > :08:58.back that proposal? The National executive committee has got to look

:08:59. > :09:03.at it. And you think they might not pass it? I don't know, but I'm

:09:04. > :09:09.relaxed either way. However the Shadow Cabinet is put in place, the

:09:10. > :09:14.key thing is for all Labour MPs, whoever is elected, is to get the

:09:15. > :09:20.hind the elected leader, Owen Smith or Jeremy Corbyn, and take the fight

:09:21. > :09:23.to the Conservatives. All the polls indicate Jeremy Corbyn is going to

:09:24. > :09:28.win the leadership. It will not solve the problem that 172 MPs, your

:09:29. > :09:37.colleagues, don't have confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as leader. The fact

:09:38. > :09:42.they might elect themselves into the shower -- Shadow Cabinet when change

:09:43. > :09:46.that. He appointed as Shadow Cabinet which reflected a wide spectrum of

:09:47. > :09:52.people from across the political party. That is not my question.

:09:53. > :09:57.Let's assume Jeremy Corbyn is the leader and we have 172 MPs who say

:09:58. > :10:02.they have no confidence in him, they are elected to the Shadow Cabinet.

:10:03. > :10:06.My first question to one of those MPs would be, do you have faith in

:10:07. > :10:13.Jeremy Corbyn and they will say no. Some people have reconsidered the

:10:14. > :10:16.hasty things they said in the aftermath of the referendum result,

:10:17. > :10:19.but what I will say, if Owen Smith is elected leader of the Labour

:10:20. > :10:32.Party I would serve him loyally and if Andy Burnham, for example,

:10:33. > :10:35.had been elected from the last leadership election, I would have

:10:36. > :10:40.supported him. Whoever wins, there is a responsibility from the

:10:41. > :10:44.Parliamentary Labour Party to take the fight to the Conservatives and

:10:45. > :10:48.to do the job we are elected to do. Sometimes in democracy we don't get

:10:49. > :10:52.the job we want. You are expecting your colleagues, who said they'd

:10:53. > :11:01.wouldn't have any confidence in Jeremy Corbyn, you are expecting

:11:02. > :11:08.them to lie and say they have faith in him? -- who said they didn't have

:11:09. > :11:13.any confidence in Jeremy Corbyn. If Jeremy Corbyn is elected as the

:11:14. > :11:16.leader, I think they will focus on the job in hand, which is to say

:11:17. > :11:21.that we want a Labour government with Jeremy Corbyn as leader and we

:11:22. > :11:30.will work night and day for that. If they don't, what will happen to

:11:31. > :11:35.them? I hope they will, and I think if Jeremy Corbyn is elected again as

:11:36. > :11:39.leader, what proportion of the Labour Parliamentary party rolls up

:11:40. > :11:47.their sleeves and gets on with the task at hand. Have you met enough of

:11:48. > :11:51.your colleagues? Tristram Hunt, Emma Reynolds, Rachel Reeves, for

:11:52. > :11:59.example, if they were elected to the Shadow Cabinet, with they serve

:12:00. > :12:03.under Jeremy Corbyn? -- would they. There are people who are prepared to

:12:04. > :12:06.serve if they are elected again and that includes people who are not

:12:07. > :12:12.holding Shadow ministerial jobs at the moment. But they might not be

:12:13. > :12:16.the one selected by their peers. We have got to see how the decision is

:12:17. > :12:22.taken about how the Shadow Cabinet is put in place. The decision about

:12:23. > :12:28.how it is put in place is rather inward, a distraction in a way. You

:12:29. > :12:31.have got to serve as a Parliamentary opposition and a leader needs the

:12:32. > :12:36.support of the MPs, though. If they are going to elect each other into

:12:37. > :12:39.the Shadow Cabinet, it would be difficult for Jeremy Corbyn to be

:12:40. > :12:43.able to command the Shadow Cabinet in a way which takes the fight to

:12:44. > :12:53.the Tories? You must be worried about lap. Who is ever elected

:12:54. > :12:57.leader, they would have a big mandate, 640,000 people have the

:12:58. > :13:02.chance to vote in this election, that is a big responsibility. If

:13:03. > :13:07.Owen Smith is elected, I will respect the mandate. I would

:13:08. > :13:11.encourage my colleagues to do the right thing and do the same in the

:13:12. > :13:16.event of Jeremy Corbyn being elected. You think this proposal has

:13:17. > :13:22.been an attempt to hobble Jeremy Corbyn? There are issues, the lack

:13:23. > :13:28.of a plan from the government in terms of the situation when Britain

:13:29. > :13:34.leaves the EU. But the problem will be there is not a Parliamentary

:13:35. > :13:37.party that is one. I would urge my colleagues to look outwards, there

:13:38. > :13:43.is the caricature that it is those who are characterised on the left of

:13:44. > :13:46.the party who are inward looking but I think we need to be outward

:13:47. > :13:51.looking, and we should not be letting down the people who elected

:13:52. > :13:57.us. They did not elect us to spend our time constitutional wrangling,

:13:58. > :14:00.with Parliamentary plots, we are elected to hold the Conservative

:14:01. > :14:05.government to account, and whoever is elected Labour leader will have a

:14:06. > :14:12.huge mandate and should be supported. If they don't represent

:14:13. > :14:17.the leader and the majority of the members, do you think they should be

:14:18. > :14:22.deselected? The talk of deselection and other things is a distraction.

:14:23. > :14:28.It has been talked about. Someone a few days ago was talking about how

:14:29. > :14:31.to deselect your local MP. That is an inward looking distraction, and

:14:32. > :14:34.I'm urging people to look outwards and take the fight to the

:14:35. > :14:39.Conservatives and stop fighting amongst ourselves. Labour MPs have

:14:40. > :14:43.more in common with each other than that which divides them ideological

:14:44. > :14:51.way. It would be good if you could point to some of those examples.

:14:52. > :14:58.We've got 20 of time exclaim macro -- we've got plenty of time!

:14:59. > :15:01.So it's the start of a new term, we've got Theresa May's second PMQs

:15:02. > :15:04.coming up shortly, where no doubt she'll face some tough questions

:15:05. > :15:05.about her priorities for the coming months,

:15:06. > :15:07.though leadership challenger Owen Smith doesn't think so.

:15:08. > :15:10.He's sent Mr Corbyn his own list of questions to ask.

:15:11. > :15:12.Anyway, what is clogging up the Prime Minister's in-tray,

:15:13. > :15:14.and what can we expect her to focus on?

:15:15. > :15:19.Top of the agenda is, of course, Brexit, with the all

:15:20. > :15:21.important question being - when will Theresa May trigger

:15:22. > :15:29.Article 50 and start formal exit negotiations with the EU?

:15:30. > :15:31.She's got a trio of Brexit ministers on the case,

:15:32. > :15:33.but the Prime Minister is keeping tight lipped

:15:34. > :15:36.about what our future relationship with the EU might look like.

:15:37. > :15:38.With Downing Street rebuking the Brexit Minister David Davis

:15:39. > :15:40.for saying on Monday that it is "very improbable"

:15:41. > :15:43.that the UK will remain a member of the single market, a spokesman

:15:44. > :15:52.Other big decisions looming are whether to give the go-ahead to

:15:53. > :15:57.and to a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

:15:58. > :15:59.Theresa May will personally chair a cabinet committee,

:16:00. > :16:08.tasked with making the final decision on airport expansion.

:16:09. > :16:11.We haven't been waiting long, of course!

:16:12. > :16:13.The economy will take centre stage for Philip Hammond's

:16:14. > :16:15.first Autumn Statement, when we'll get the first

:16:16. > :16:17.official economic forecasts since the referendum.

:16:18. > :16:19.And find out how the new Chancellor plans to 'reset'

:16:20. > :16:24.As if that wasn't enough to be getting on with,

:16:25. > :16:27.documents photographed being carried into Downing Street reveal a Cabinet

:16:28. > :16:32.split over plans to create new grammar schools.

:16:33. > :16:34.Theresa May is thought to be in favour, but Education Secretary

:16:35. > :16:38.Justine Greening wants new grammars to be "presented as an option",

:16:39. > :16:41.and "only pursued" once they have explored how to "avoid

:16:42. > :16:51.disadvantaging those who don't get in".

:16:52. > :16:58.Thank you. David Gauke, do you support the creation of new grammar

:16:59. > :17:02.schools? There is a lot of press speculation at the moment about any

:17:03. > :17:10.future announcement that may be made on education policy. In terms of,

:17:11. > :17:15.I'm not going to comment on the specific, some of these specific

:17:16. > :17:19.proposals. I know that, I am asking you a simple question, do you

:17:20. > :17:23.support the creation of new grammar schools? What is important is we

:17:24. > :17:28.have an education system that gives more people the opportunity to have

:17:29. > :17:32.excellent education. Lets take that for granted. With the creation of

:17:33. > :17:37.new grammar schools be part of that process? I think that's where we

:17:38. > :17:43.start to get into details of announcements, and looking at, if

:17:44. > :17:49.you like, a package of announcements. Should the creation

:17:50. > :17:53.of new grammar schools be part of a package for education? The point I

:17:54. > :18:00.would make is our objective is to ensure we can find ways in which

:18:01. > :18:04.more people get a good education. Every politician... The question is

:18:05. > :18:09.how do you do it? I will try one more time. Do you think that in

:18:10. > :18:13.efforts to improve social mobility and help kids, brighter kids from

:18:14. > :18:18.poor backgrounds, with the creation of new grammar schools be part of

:18:19. > :18:25.that process? As I say, and you can ask the question again, we have to

:18:26. > :18:29.look at the overall context of the announcements that could be made,

:18:30. > :18:33.the reforms that could be made. The objective, we have been very clear

:18:34. > :18:39.about that, is about increasing those opportunities. OK, the viewers

:18:40. > :18:47.will come to their own conclusions with your answers to that question.

:18:48. > :18:51.Europe and Brexit. David Davis made a comment to the Commons this week

:18:52. > :18:55.about Brexit plans, what did he tell us we didn't know already? I think

:18:56. > :19:03.it was a helpful update to Parliament, setting out some of the

:19:04. > :19:09.thinking going into this. I think in terms of... Of the content, it

:19:10. > :19:12.really was just helpful to outline to Parliament some of the engagement

:19:13. > :19:17.going on, some of the things we are looking at. We are not rushing into

:19:18. > :19:24.this. I think we have worked that out! What was new? It is now over

:19:25. > :19:29.two months since the vote on the 23rd of June, well over two months,

:19:30. > :19:34.coming up to three. What has he been able to tell us we didn't know

:19:35. > :19:41.already? Well, I can understand from your perspective, always looking for

:19:42. > :19:47.a news story. Two and a half months. We would like a clear idea of the

:19:48. > :19:52.path ahead. What did he tell us that gave us a clear idea? I think he set

:19:53. > :19:56.out information about the new government department that has been

:19:57. > :20:01.set up to lead and coordinate this. What did he tell us about it? In

:20:02. > :20:04.terms of practical points on the work they are doing, the staff they

:20:05. > :20:10.have taken on and so on. He talked about being gay judgment with other

:20:11. > :20:14.countries. This is one of the most complicated. -- he talked about the

:20:15. > :20:20.engagement with other countries. We know all of that. It is ten weeks

:20:21. > :20:26.since we voted to leave. Surely the Government... We are not asking for

:20:27. > :20:31.the detailed blueprint, but surely the Government, after ten weeks

:20:32. > :20:35.could give us a slightly clear indication of what that route is

:20:36. > :20:40.ahead. So far you've been able to tell me nothing about this route

:20:41. > :20:44.that we didn't know already this comes back to the wide appointment

:20:45. > :20:50.of the plan Richard has touched on a couple of times. We will be engaging

:20:51. > :20:57.in an important negotiation with the EU 27 member states. It is an

:20:58. > :21:05.negotiation where we are seeking a unique deal for the United Kingdom.

:21:06. > :21:10.It's not about taking an off-the-shelf particular route. We

:21:11. > :21:16.are setting out we want to achieve that unique deal, we are negotiating

:21:17. > :21:20.with other member states. I was doing better on grammar schools even

:21:21. > :21:23.though I was getting nowhere there either! You don't think there is a

:21:24. > :21:28.road map and it is clear from them what the minister said many might

:21:29. > :21:32.agree, but do you think... When do you believe Article 50 should be

:21:33. > :21:38.triggered? First of all I don't think that Labour or any party

:21:39. > :21:41.should engage in any wrangling which makes it look like they are trying

:21:42. > :21:45.to wriggle out of the decision the British people took. I said earlier

:21:46. > :21:51.democracy does not always yield the result we want. Unlike Owen Smith,

:21:52. > :21:55.you don't think, whenever we do finally do this deal to leave and

:21:56. > :21:58.see exactly what the blueprint is, you don't think measure be a

:21:59. > :22:05.referendum on that as Mr Smith has called for? My belief is a second

:22:06. > :22:11.referendum would run the risk of making the British people feel the

:22:12. > :22:15.self appointed elite is asking the same question again, to get the

:22:16. > :22:20.answer they want. When do you think Article 50 should be triggered? We

:22:21. > :22:24.do need a clear plan but I would like to make this point. I'd like

:22:25. > :22:29.you to answer the question. I'd like to make this point. Wendy think

:22:30. > :22:33.Article 50 should be triggered? I was disappointed the other day David

:22:34. > :22:36.Davis didn't give a more comprehensive answer. They must have

:22:37. > :22:40.entertained the possibility, at least when they called the

:22:41. > :22:44.referendum, the British people might decide to vote to Leave. They were

:22:45. > :22:49.telling department not to plan for it. I think we have established we

:22:50. > :22:53.didn't learn very much that was new from David Davis, that is clear.

:22:54. > :22:58.What I am trying to get from you is an idea of Labour's policy. When do

:22:59. > :23:05.you think Article 50 should be triggered? The end of this year, the

:23:06. > :23:08.beginning of next year, when? I think we need to discuss this in

:23:09. > :23:14.great detail before any decisions are taken. Should Parliament have a

:23:15. > :23:20.vote on it? On? Triggering Article 50? The onus is on the Government,

:23:21. > :23:25.who got us into this situation, Australia are saying they won't

:23:26. > :23:33.enter into a trade deal with Britain and we have left the EU. Japan...

:23:34. > :23:37.They said they would be happy to begin a scoping exercise. I didn't

:23:38. > :23:42.ask you about Australia. First I asked when Article 50 should be

:23:43. > :23:45.triggered? The answer they came was nothing. Then should Parliament

:23:46. > :23:48.focused on the Government says it doesn't need a vote of parliament to

:23:49. > :23:55.trigger Article 50, what is your view? My view is the onus is on the

:23:56. > :24:03.Government to set a path forward. OK. Early days! It is.

:24:04. > :24:05.Now, we might have a new Prime Minister,

:24:06. > :24:12.And I'm not talking about what you've just been watching!

:24:13. > :24:14.Yesterday a senior civil servant accidentally leaked government

:24:15. > :24:16.policy on grammar schools through the time-honoured method

:24:17. > :24:20.of flashing a secret memo to photographers outside Number 10.

:24:21. > :24:27.State secrets have been revealed in this way, including by the head of

:24:28. > :24:28.security. I must not leak government

:24:29. > :24:35.secrets to the press! I want you to write it out 100 times

:24:36. > :24:38.in Latin. But if you're a top mandarin worried

:24:39. > :24:41.about leaks, help is at hand. You just need to get your hands

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:25:20. > :25:21.the end of the street. Right back, out of

:25:22. > :25:31.the way, right back. He was reported missing

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:26:57. > :27:03.is. It is humid. Prime Minister's

:27:04. > :27:05.Questions is on its way. And that's not all -

:27:06. > :27:08.fresh from her trip to the G20 in China with Theresa May,

:27:09. > :27:22.Laura Kuenssberg is here. Or Theresa May was with her! I'm

:27:23. > :27:32.talking of Laura. Good to have you back. It is nice to be here. After

:27:33. > :27:35.PMQs, the state Prime Minister will give a statement on the G20's. She

:27:36. > :27:40.came under pressure about Brexit and what her plans are. What did you

:27:41. > :27:44.take away from this? I think you had a really interesting thing happen in

:27:45. > :27:48.the last 48 hours. Whether it is on one side of the world or here at

:27:49. > :27:52.home, Theresa May is facing the same questions, what on earth is this

:27:53. > :27:56.going to mean? And what does this phrase Brexit mean? That has gone

:27:57. > :28:01.round the world. Even the White House press corps asked the Prime

:28:02. > :28:04.Minister what Brexit means. There has been this decision by the

:28:05. > :28:07.Government, whether it is because they don't know or they want to keep

:28:08. > :28:11.it a secret, that they are just not going to be the kind of operation

:28:12. > :28:15.where they are going to set up their goals publicly before they are sure

:28:16. > :28:19.that they can get somewhere on them. It occurs to me there is a really

:28:20. > :28:24.striking difference between Theresa May and her first month son David

:28:25. > :28:26.Cameron. He was sort of decision first, headline first, details

:28:27. > :28:46.later. She is the polar opposite. I think

:28:47. > :28:48.in the statement she will give after Prime Minister's Questions, we will

:28:49. > :28:51.get a strong message from her, you are just going to have to wait and

:28:52. > :28:54.see. Of course, that comes with huge political risk. We saw that

:28:55. > :28:56.yesterday when David Davis said it is not likely we will stay in the

:28:57. > :28:59.single market. That created a huge backlash from number ten. When there

:29:00. > :29:02.is a blank page, people filling the space for you. We will speak more

:29:03. > :29:05.about Brexit after PMQs and whatever else is raised. At the G20's, was

:29:06. > :29:07.there a sense of optimism or a sense of concern about the overall course

:29:08. > :29:10.of the global economy? I think there was a thank goodness it isn't as bad

:29:11. > :29:13.as we thought it might have been a couple of months ago. Before the

:29:14. > :29:18.summer, bigger concerns about how bad things would be in China, how

:29:19. > :29:23.shaky was the world? Were we looking at a significant slowdown or were we

:29:24. > :29:27.looking at a change in tempo? There was a bit vague, we might have

:29:28. > :29:31.missed something quite bad, but we still have concerns. Brexit was one

:29:32. > :29:36.of the concerns lots of countries were talking about, the Japanese,

:29:37. > :29:43.the Italians. President Obama making no secret at all... It wasn't good.

:29:44. > :29:49.He basically said, I think you voted the long way. Maybe there is a bit

:29:50. > :29:56.of, well you didn't listen to me, did you? But he's off in a couple of

:29:57. > :30:01.months. He and there will be a new Congress and a new president. There

:30:02. > :30:06.must be concern about a new Congress and President among the G20. There

:30:07. > :30:11.is uncertainty on the global scene, not just with Brexit? Yes. What

:30:12. > :30:14.happens in the US and how it unfolds must have been in the backs of

:30:15. > :30:18.everyone's mind. That was one of the themes at the T20, talking about how

:30:19. > :30:23.to guard against protection, which is something coming up the rails in

:30:24. > :30:28.many questions around the world. -- at the G20. And in France and

:30:29. > :30:33.Germany. Yes. And the Labour Party in Britain. It was one of the things

:30:34. > :30:39.Theresa May was trying to use to mould this new USP for Britain as

:30:40. > :30:42.being the global leader in free trade, and trying to push back at

:30:43. > :30:47.the populism happening in other countries. But nothing like that new

:30:48. > :30:50.brand coming out of Britain is going to have much impact until the much

:30:51. > :30:55.bigger questions about what happens about leaving the EU are answered.

:30:56. > :30:58.We never thought Mrs May cared very much on you very much about foreign

:30:59. > :31:04.affairs. She was Home Secretary for six years. Do you think she enjoyed

:31:05. > :31:10.this global stage? I think... In actual fact, these things are 36

:31:11. > :31:14.hours gone, there was a difference in how she was at the end and the

:31:15. > :31:19.very beginning. When she walked onto the stage with President Obama she

:31:20. > :31:22.looked nervous, a little bit unsettled. They just had an hour

:31:23. > :31:27.meeting, that we know was not an easy meeting at all. I have closing

:31:28. > :31:31.press conference she looked ten times more relaxed and ten times

:31:32. > :31:36.more at ease. Who wouldn't be nervous, turning up to see 19 of the

:31:37. > :31:40.world's most powerful people? I'm not sure if she's going to be the

:31:41. > :31:43.kind of person who will really enjoy these kind of grand occasions. You

:31:44. > :31:47.can see how leaders handle themselves when the cameras are

:31:48. > :31:50.there. Everyone rushes up to go and stand next to the American

:31:51. > :32:03.president, give him a high five and stand next to the most important

:32:04. > :32:05.person in the May didn't do that. That is not her style. She was

:32:06. > :32:08.trying to find allies and friends. We saw her and Angela Merkel went

:32:09. > :32:10.together at one point. Her and Christina Lang guard. Fascinating.

:32:11. > :32:12.Laura, we can go straight to the Commons on the first Prime

:32:13. > :32:22.Minister's Questions of the new season.

:32:23. > :32:32.I would like to congratulate the British Olympic team on a great

:32:33. > :32:37.medical -- medal haul, finishing second, in front of China. CHEERING

:32:38. > :32:41.I know everyone would wish to give the very best wishes to our

:32:42. > :32:46.Paralympic athletes and wish them the best of success. This morning I

:32:47. > :32:48.had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and I will

:32:49. > :32:58.have further such meetings later today. May I add my warm wishes to

:32:59. > :33:02.those, all Paralympians and those from Bristol in particular, they

:33:03. > :33:12.will do us Brown. The whole house will be delighted that this house

:33:13. > :33:18.houses a disproportionate number of the worlds finest university -- that

:33:19. > :33:23.this country. However, some are being shutout in anticipation of

:33:24. > :33:26.Brexit, this is so important for scientific, medical, engineering and

:33:27. > :33:34.other research, and for our economic prosperity. Can the Prime Minister

:33:35. > :33:43.please tell us what her strategy is? Can I first of all say come out very

:33:44. > :33:46.good it is to see her in this house. We agree of the importance of

:33:47. > :33:55.valuable adversities and the work they do and the research and

:33:56. > :34:01.collaboration they have -- of the value of our universities. We have

:34:02. > :34:04.given certain guarantees to universities in relation to funding

:34:05. > :34:08.decisions which have been taken by the European Union and we are

:34:09. > :34:14.standing by them because we recognise the value they bring to

:34:15. > :34:19.the country. Neil Parish. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I welcome the statement

:34:20. > :34:25.from the Chancellor on support payments for farmers after 2020, to

:34:26. > :34:28.give confidence to farming and the countryside, but with trade deals

:34:29. > :34:35.now being done, bridges farmers produce some of the best welfare and

:34:36. > :34:39.friendly food in the world and we need to make sure they are not both

:34:40. > :34:43.farming... We need to make sure the food industry is protected through

:34:44. > :34:49.trade deals in the future and I seek reassurance from the Prime Minister.

:34:50. > :34:54.-- British farmers. You are right, the announcement I referred to just

:34:55. > :34:57.now, to answer the first question the Chancellor gave, gave guarantees

:34:58. > :35:02.to the farming industry about the support available to them after 2020

:35:03. > :35:05.but we need to recognise the very significant role that the food and

:35:06. > :35:10.farming industry plays in the United Kingdom and we will be looking to

:35:11. > :35:13.work with the sector. The Environment Secretary will be doing

:35:14. > :35:17.that to see how we can develop those industries looking into the future.

:35:18. > :35:22.And looking at the trade deals we will be doing and how they will play

:35:23. > :35:30.their part. Jeremy Corbyn. Thank you. Can I join the Prime Minister

:35:31. > :35:34.in congratulating the entirety of the Olympic team for their fantastic

:35:35. > :35:40.achievements at the Olympics in Rio and wish the Paralympic team all the

:35:41. > :35:47.best and can she tell us, did this set the visit off to China in a good

:35:48. > :35:53.way or was there a bit of tension? If bragging rights were allowed. The

:35:54. > :35:59.average house price in Britain is now ?215,000 and over eight times

:36:00. > :36:03.the average wage. The average price of a first-time buyers home has

:36:04. > :36:11.risen by 12% in the past year. Isn't the dream of home ownership for many

:36:12. > :36:18.people just that? A dreamer? First of all, in response to the first

:36:19. > :36:21.point, I actually... The Chinese president congratulated me on the

:36:22. > :36:27.success of the United Kingdom in the Olympic Games. He raises the issues

:36:28. > :36:29.of housing which he has raised on a number of occasions with my

:36:30. > :36:35.predecessor and also with me before we broke for the summer recess. Of

:36:36. > :36:42.course it is important for us to look at helping people get their

:36:43. > :36:46.first... Their step on the first rung of the housing ladder or stop

:36:47. > :36:51.that is why I'm pleased that house-building has been up under a

:36:52. > :36:56.Conservative government compared to Labour, but we are not complacent

:36:57. > :36:59.and we will be doing more. We will have more houses being built under

:37:00. > :37:02.this Conservative government and also providing support for people to

:37:03. > :37:08.make sure they have the financial support which helps them to own

:37:09. > :37:11.their own home. House-building under this government is 45,000 a year

:37:12. > :37:22.less than it was under the last Labour government. And for those who

:37:23. > :37:31.are desperate to get their own place, I referred the Prime Minister

:37:32. > :37:36.to an note I received from a lady called Jenny, her partner and

:37:37. > :37:40.herself work in a supermarket, they are trying to get a mortgage and

:37:41. > :37:48.they have been told they can borrow ?73,000. Not much hope for them,

:37:49. > :37:53.then. The former Prime Minister promised there would be a wonderful

:37:54. > :37:59.one replacement for every council house that is sold under right to

:38:00. > :38:04.buy -- there would be a one for one. Sadly there is only one for every

:38:05. > :38:08.five that are sold. Will the prime to give us a commitment on the one

:38:09. > :38:14.for one replacement and when will it be a reality? Can I say to Jenny

:38:15. > :38:16.that I fully understand and appreciate the concerns that

:38:17. > :38:22.individuals have about wanting to be able to have their own home and to

:38:23. > :38:27.set up that home and I recognise the difficulties that they are after

:38:28. > :38:31.some people in doing that. I have to say, in relation to the figures on

:38:32. > :38:36.council houses, he is wrong, we have delivered on the one for one

:38:37. > :38:43.replacement on leave to buy. I'm very interested. I noticed that the

:38:44. > :38:50.right honourable gentleman had asked his Twitter followers what questions

:38:51. > :38:54.he should ask me this week and I thought I would love to see what

:38:55. > :38:57.responses he would receive, and I thought the first one was quite good

:38:58. > :39:09.-- I would look. He might want to stay sitting down. Lewis writes,

:39:10. > :39:16.does she know that in a recent Paltan who would make a better Prime

:39:17. > :39:19.Minister, -- does she know that in a recent poll on who would make a

:39:20. > :39:26.better Prime Minister, don't know rated higher than Jeremy Corbyn. We

:39:27. > :39:32.do know that we're not going to let Labour anywhere near power again.

:39:33. > :39:37.The number of first-time buyers has halved in the last 20 years and the

:39:38. > :39:44.average age has increased a great deal. There is a housing crisis in

:39:45. > :39:48.Britain. 10 million people now live in the private rented sector and

:39:49. > :39:54.many are forced to claim housing benefit to cover costs of rents.

:39:55. > :40:01.Devastating figures released over the summer show that ?9.3 billion of

:40:02. > :40:06.public money is paid through housing benefit directly into the pockets of

:40:07. > :40:11.private landlords. Does the Prime Minister think this ?9.3 billion

:40:12. > :40:20.into the private rental market is really money well spent? I have to

:40:21. > :40:25.say, he talks about the importance of people being able to buy their

:40:26. > :40:29.own homes and then challenge is one of the measures which helps people

:40:30. > :40:32.to get into their own homes through housing benefit, support in the

:40:33. > :40:37.private rented sector, so it might be that he has an ideological

:40:38. > :40:41.objection to the private rented sector, but what this government is

:40:42. > :40:44.doing is making sure that what we are doing is looking across the

:40:45. > :40:48.board so we will see more houses being built. We are looking to make

:40:49. > :40:53.sure there is a diversity of opportunity for people in terms of

:40:54. > :41:01.getting their own home, but I have to say, everything he says tells us

:41:02. > :41:04.all we need to know about modern Labour, the train has left the

:41:05. > :41:08.station, the seats are empty, the leader is on the floor, and even on

:41:09. > :41:16.rolling stock they are a laughing stock. CHEERING

:41:17. > :41:32.Mr Speaker... Mr Speaker... Her predecessor... Mr Speaker, her

:41:33. > :41:36.predecessor in discussing this issue said the simple point is that every

:41:37. > :41:43.penny you spend on housing subsidy is money you can't spend on building

:41:44. > :41:49.houses. And if landlords rent outhouses in a very bad state, such

:41:50. > :41:53.as heavy damp wet walls, no working toilet, they need to be getting

:41:54. > :41:57.fined. The government has got to regulate, that is what choice wrote

:41:58. > :42:03.to me, and the citizens advice bureau says one sixth of housing

:42:04. > :42:10.benefit goes to private sector landlords renting out on safe homes,

:42:11. > :42:18.is this really a satisfactory state of affairs gridlock -- on safe. What

:42:19. > :42:23.I would say, if he thinks housing benefit is actually such a bad

:42:24. > :42:25.thing, why was it that when we change the rules on housing benefit

:42:26. > :42:33.the Labour Party opposed those changes that we took? He talks about

:42:34. > :42:36.bad landlords, we have changed the rules on selective licensing and we

:42:37. > :42:42.are making changes and we have given councils free reign to impose

:42:43. > :42:49.burdens of the Chrissy on landlords -- burdens of bureaucracy on

:42:50. > :42:55.landlords, we think that will lead to problems in the market with high

:42:56. > :43:00.costs on tenants and landlords. We are looking at all of these issues.

:43:01. > :43:05.I recognise as every MP does the problems that people have when they

:43:06. > :43:09.are living in accommodation that is not up to the standard that we would

:43:10. > :43:13.wish to see people living in. That is why we are looking and changing

:43:14. > :43:19.the rules and we are making sure that the regulations are there. That

:43:20. > :43:22.is extremely interesting. Only a year ago the Prime Minister voted

:43:23. > :43:27.against a Labour amendment to the housing bill which simply said all

:43:28. > :43:34.homes for rent in the private rented sector should be fit for human

:43:35. > :43:42.habitation. Just over a year ago the Treasury estimated that it is losing

:43:43. > :43:47.half ?1 billion per year on unpaid tax on landlords renting in the

:43:48. > :43:52.private rented sector. ?9.5 billion in housing benefit, half a billion

:43:53. > :43:56.not being collected and a large number of homes not really fit for

:43:57. > :44:00.human habitation. Does this require government intervention on the side

:44:01. > :44:07.of the tenant and those in housing need? The right honourable gentleman

:44:08. > :44:11.asks for the government to intervene, and the government has

:44:12. > :44:16.the housing and panning act introduced further tough measures --

:44:17. > :44:20.planning act. Banning orders for serious offenders and repayment

:44:21. > :44:24.orders, we have provided money so local authorities can conduct more

:44:25. > :44:28.inspections of properties, people's homes, we have seen more people and

:44:29. > :44:32.more properties being inspected, we now have thousands of landlords

:44:33. > :44:36.facing further action. Far from not taking action in this area, the

:44:37. > :44:45.government has. But I say to the right John -- honourable gentleman,

:44:46. > :44:47.he might have a vision of society where he doesn't want private

:44:48. > :44:51.landlords and he would like the government deliberating on

:44:52. > :44:55.everything about that is not what we want. We want opportunities for

:44:56. > :45:00.people -- but that is not what we want. They're big difference between

:45:01. > :45:08.him and me is that we want people to take opportunities. We want to make

:45:09. > :45:10.sure that those living in the private rented sector are properly

:45:11. > :45:18.treated and not having to pay excessive levels of rent. Womens Aid

:45:19. > :45:22.has said that two thirds of women refugees are going to close because

:45:23. > :45:30.of the benefit cap when it comes into force and that 87% of women and

:45:31. > :45:34.children who are in those refuges will suffer as a result and most of

:45:35. > :45:40.those refuges require an income level which comes mainly from

:45:41. > :45:44.housing benefit, 90% from vat. Does the Prime Minister recognised that

:45:45. > :45:48.these are very vulnerable women in those refuges and the closure of

:45:49. > :45:51.them would be devastating for them and very dangerous for the most

:45:52. > :45:56.vulnerable people within our society? Will should take action to

:45:57. > :46:05.make sure the cat doesn't apply to Womens Aid refuges? -- the cap.

:46:06. > :46:09.The right honourable gentleman raises a very important issue. On

:46:10. > :46:14.the issue of domestic violence we should come across this house, do

:46:15. > :46:20.all we can to stop these crimes taking place and provide support to

:46:21. > :46:26.the victims and survivors of these crimes. We are working on exempting

:46:27. > :46:31.refuges from the cap. I would also remind him of the very good record

:46:32. > :46:35.that we have on domestic violence. It was a Conservative government

:46:36. > :46:43.that introduced the new offence of coercive control, that put into

:46:44. > :46:47.practice those laws, that putting ?80 million to support domestic

:46:48. > :46:51.violence victims in the period up to 2020. We are listening to these

:46:52. > :46:56.problems and we are responding to them and we all take this very

:46:57. > :47:01.seriously indeed. But I say to the right honourable gentleman, it is 50

:47:02. > :47:06.days since he and I last met across this dispatch box. It would be nice

:47:07. > :47:11.to see you, he said. It is nice to see him sitting in his place.

:47:12. > :47:15.LAUGHTER And I have to say, if we just look

:47:16. > :47:20.at the contrast is what -- of what has been done over the summer, the

:47:21. > :47:26.Conservative government has been working tirelessly to support

:47:27. > :47:31.everyone. Yanuyanutawa ?250 million of loans

:47:32. > :47:35.to small businesses, introduced the racial disparity audit, looking at

:47:36. > :47:39.public services and how they treat people and setting the groundwork

:47:40. > :47:47.for new trade deals around the world.

:47:48. > :47:51.What we have seen, what a contrast. What a contrast with the party

:47:52. > :47:55.opposite, divided amongst themselves, and I'm capable of

:47:56. > :48:00.uniting our country. What we do know is there is only one party that is

:48:01. > :48:04.going to provide a country, a government, and economy, a society

:48:05. > :48:15.that works for everyone, and that's the Conservative Party! CHEERING

:48:16. > :48:19.. Last week the children Society published a report that showed 10%

:48:20. > :48:24.of children feel their lives have little meaning or purpose. I know

:48:25. > :48:28.the Prime Minister understands the importance of tackling mental

:48:29. > :48:33.health, because she raised in her Downing Street speech. What further

:48:34. > :48:36.action does she propose to increase mental health support in our

:48:37. > :48:40.schools? My honourable friend raises a very

:48:41. > :48:44.important point. I think there has been a collective concern about the

:48:45. > :48:50.issue of the way in which mental health is dealt with. That is why we

:48:51. > :48:53.put a record ?1.4 billion into transforming the dedicated mental

:48:54. > :48:58.health support available to young people across the country. That

:48:59. > :49:01.includes ?150 million for services to support children and young people

:49:02. > :49:05.with eating disorders. There are other things, we are publishing a

:49:06. > :49:10.blueprint for school counselling services. The role schools play is

:49:11. > :49:12.very important in this. I know that my right honourable friend the

:49:13. > :49:21.Education Secretary will be looking very closely at the report to see

:49:22. > :49:24.what more we can do. May I join with the Prime Minister and leader of the

:49:25. > :49:30.Labour Party in praising all Olympians. This is the first day of

:49:31. > :49:35.the Paralympics, an inspiration to us all. Mr Speaker, there is very

:49:36. > :49:41.real concern and worry about the prospect of Brexit, especially in

:49:42. > :49:46.Scotland, where the of people voted Remain in the EU. The UK Government

:49:47. > :49:52.has had all summer to come up with a plan, to come up with a strategy. So

:49:53. > :49:56.far we've just had waffle. Can I ask the Prime Minister a very simple

:49:57. > :50:03.question, she want the UK to remain fully in the single market?

:50:04. > :50:08.What I want the UK is we put in place, into practice the vote taken

:50:09. > :50:14.by UK people to leave the European Union. That we get the right deal

:50:15. > :50:17.for the trade in goods and services with the European Union, a new

:50:18. > :50:22.relationship we will be building with them and we also introduce

:50:23. > :50:25.control of the movement of people from the European Union into the

:50:26. > :50:30.United Kingdom. I say we can approach the vote that took place on

:50:31. > :50:34.the 23rd of June in two ways. We can try and go back neck, have a second

:50:35. > :50:40.referendum, say we didn't really believe it. Actually, we are

:50:41. > :50:45.respecting the views of the people. -- we can go back on it. But more

:50:46. > :50:49.than that, we will be seizing the opportunities that leaving the

:50:50. > :50:55.European Union now gives us, to forge a new role for the United

:50:56. > :50:58.Kingdom in the wild. We on these benches respect the

:50:59. > :51:11.views of the people of Scotland who voted to Remain. The European single

:51:12. > :51:16.market... One mast be heard, and he will be heard. Mr Angus Robertson.

:51:17. > :51:20.The European single market is the biggest market in the world and it

:51:21. > :51:25.really matters to our businesses and it really matters to our economy. I

:51:26. > :51:31.asked the Prime Minister a very, very simple question. It's either in

:51:32. > :51:36.or out answer. Let me ask again, does she want the United Kingdom to

:51:37. > :51:41.remain fully part of the European single market? Yes or no?

:51:42. > :51:48.The right honourable gentleman doesn't quite seem to understand...

:51:49. > :51:54.What the vote on the 23rd of June was about. The United Kingdom will

:51:55. > :51:59.leave the European Union and we will build a new relationship with the

:52:00. > :52:03.European Union. That new relationship will include control of

:52:04. > :52:07.the movement of people from the EU into the UK and it will include the

:52:08. > :52:12.right deal for trade in goods and services. That is how to approach

:52:13. > :52:15.it. I also say this to the right honourable gentleman, in looking at

:52:16. > :52:23.negotiations it would not be right for me or this government to give a

:52:24. > :52:34.running commentary on negotiations. Or... Order, order. Just as the

:52:35. > :52:37.right honourable gentleman must've been heard, the Prime Minister's

:52:38. > :52:43.answer be heard. It would not be right for us to

:52:44. > :52:46.prejudge those negotiations. We will be ensuring we achieve opportunities

:52:47. > :52:50.for growth and prosperity across the UK, including growth and prosperity

:52:51. > :52:54.in Scotland. As we saw from figures released this summer, what gives

:52:55. > :52:59.growth and prosperity in Scotland is being a member of the United

:53:00. > :53:04.Kingdom. Thank you Mr Speaker. Last week

:53:05. > :53:07.hundreds of local residents and businesses attended my faster

:53:08. > :53:14.broadband fair. Many of those with the very slowest speeds a ?500 about

:53:15. > :53:16.voucher to fund an alternative broadband connection capable of

:53:17. > :53:22.delivering at least 10 megabits per second. Will the Prime Minister join

:53:23. > :53:28.me in congratulating Somerset County Council on this excellent scheme and

:53:29. > :53:33.confirm the Government remains committed of delivering a service of

:53:34. > :53:37.10 megabits a second by 2020? I am happy to give my assurance and join

:53:38. > :53:41.with him in paying tribute to his council and the work they are doing,

:53:42. > :53:45.and all those involved in that innovative scheme. High-speed

:53:46. > :53:48.broadband is an important part of 21st-century infrastructure. We will

:53:49. > :53:51.be doing everything we can to ensure it is there and available for

:53:52. > :53:58.people, because that will enable us to have jobs and prosperity in this

:53:59. > :54:02.country. Penman engineering established in

:54:03. > :54:12.1859 was forced into administration in my constituency this week. I

:54:13. > :54:15.can't name the debtor, it is an impossible decision. They have to

:54:16. > :54:20.continue to trade with this debtor as well as pursuing the debt. Will

:54:21. > :54:23.the Prime Minister put me in touch with the Business Secretary to

:54:24. > :54:27.discuss support that can be given on how we can ensure these companies,

:54:28. > :54:31.who receive enormous amounts of public money, don't hold our supply

:54:32. > :54:36.chain to ransom and pay bills on time?

:54:37. > :54:38.First of all, I said the honourable gentleman that of course our

:54:39. > :54:44.thoughts are with all those families who are affected by what has to

:54:45. > :54:47.Penman engineering. The administrator has a role in ensuring

:54:48. > :54:52.any sale of the business protects the maximum number of jobs and my

:54:53. > :54:55.right honourable friend the Scottish Secretary has made clear that that

:54:56. > :54:58.is his priority. I hope the Scottish Government will offer their support

:54:59. > :55:02.of this long-standing business. Our thoughts are with all those who have

:55:03. > :55:06.been affected and the administrator will be looking to ensure the best

:55:07. > :55:17.possible options are found for the company.

:55:18. > :55:21.In adding my congratulations to the Prime Minister, can I say following

:55:22. > :55:24.the EU referendum and under her leadership, I feel more confident

:55:25. > :55:33.about the future of this country than ever in my lifetime.

:55:34. > :55:43.And we'll surely beware of those who are trying to make leaving the

:55:44. > :55:49.European Union ever more complicated and protracted, and to that end.

:55:50. > :55:54.Order, order. Progress is very slow. There is too much noise.

:55:55. > :56:00.The honourable gentleman will be heard. Will she confirm there is no

:56:01. > :56:03.basis in law to require the Government to seek the permission of

:56:04. > :56:09.parliament before invoking Article 50?

:56:10. > :56:12.Prime Minister I thank my honourable friend for his comments.

:56:13. > :56:17.He is absolutely right. The Government's position is very clear.

:56:18. > :56:23.This is a prerogative power. It is a power that can be exercised by the

:56:24. > :56:26.Government. As he alludes to in his question I don't think anyone should

:56:27. > :56:30.be in any doubt that those people who are trying to prolong the

:56:31. > :56:33.process by their legal references in relation to Parliament are not those

:56:34. > :56:36.who want to see us successfully leaving the European Union, they are

:56:37. > :56:44.those who want to stop us leaving the European Union. The Prime

:56:45. > :56:48.Minister seems less keen than her predecessor on the northern

:56:49. > :56:54.powerhouse, but she also says post Brexit Britain is open for business.

:56:55. > :57:03.Where better in 2025 than the great city of Manchester to host the world

:57:04. > :57:11.Expo, where the atom was split and where graphene was invented, to

:57:12. > :57:15.showcase the best of Britain's world. Will she back our bid?

:57:16. > :57:21.I say to the honourable gentleman I'm interested to hear the lobby he

:57:22. > :57:25.is making for Manchester. And can I say how pleased I am Manchester will

:57:26. > :57:31.be hosting the parade for are Olympic athletes.

:57:32. > :57:36.In this process Brexit world, will the Prime Minister agree with me

:57:37. > :57:39.that Nato is more important cornerstone than ever, particularly

:57:40. > :57:44.article five that lays down an attack on one is an attack on all.

:57:45. > :57:48.Any politician who will not sign up to that commitment or even worse,

:57:49. > :57:55.who tells Nato they should give up, go home and go away, is recklessly

:57:56. > :57:58.risking the defence of all? I absolutely agree on all the points

:57:59. > :58:02.my right honourable friend made. We must never forget the importance of

:58:03. > :58:05.Nato, is the cornerstone of our defence and security and that

:58:06. > :58:11.strength is based on the fact that all of those partners within Nato

:58:12. > :58:16.have committed to article five and operating under the basis of article

:58:17. > :58:21.five. Anybody who says, rejects that, is rejecting that security on

:58:22. > :58:25.that defence, they'd be undermining our national security and the

:58:26. > :58:29.National security of our allies. What we know from the Labour Party

:58:30. > :58:33.is far from delivering stronger defence, they would cut defence

:58:34. > :58:40.spending, undermine Nato and they've scrapped the nuclear deterrent.

:58:41. > :58:45.Prime Minister, I have just had a debate in Westminster Hall on the

:58:46. > :58:48.police ombudsman's report into the Northern Ireland massacre, in which

:58:49. > :58:55.six men were shot dead by the UVF in a period of direct rule in my

:58:56. > :58:58.constituency. I have a letter from my predecessor in which he

:58:59. > :59:04.acknowledged this unspeakable evil and said the Government accepts the

:59:05. > :59:08.police ombudsman's report and any allegations of police misconduct are

:59:09. > :59:13.taken very seriously. Will the Prime Minister detail what action she will

:59:14. > :59:16.take to ensure prosecutions are pursued, an apology is forthcoming

:59:17. > :59:22.from the Government and compensation is provided for lost lives?

:59:23. > :59:28.I say to the honourable lady she is absolutely right. What happened was

:59:29. > :59:32.a terrible, terrible evil. I am sure that everybody across the House will

:59:33. > :59:36.want to join me in expressing our sympathies to all of those who were

:59:37. > :59:41.affected by the appalling atrocity. As she has said, and as my right

:59:42. > :59:45.honourable friend for Whitney said, the Government accepts the

:59:46. > :59:48.ombudsman's report. It is important that where there are allegations of

:59:49. > :59:52.police misconduct they are taken seriously, and properly looked into,

:59:53. > :59:56.if there has been wrong doing it must be pursued. Obviously it is a

:59:57. > :00:02.matter for the PSM eye, although I would remind the Chief Constable has

:00:03. > :00:06.been very clear he wants to be sure he is determined where there is

:00:07. > :00:09.wrongdoing people will be brought to justice. A long-running review into

:00:10. > :00:15.hospital services in Bedford and Milton Keynes was an abject failure.

:00:16. > :00:20.By publishing recommendations for significant changes to services and

:00:21. > :00:24.refusing to answer any questions. Can the Prime Minister assure me

:00:25. > :00:26.their sustainability and transformation plans for

:00:27. > :00:31.Bedfordshire and elsewhere, to be released by NHS England will be

:00:32. > :00:34.subject to proper local accountability and for local

:00:35. > :00:40.decision authority? I say to my honourable friend it is

:00:41. > :00:44.it is absolutely the point of these plans, that they should be locally

:00:45. > :00:47.driven, that they will be considered locally, they should be taking into

:00:48. > :00:52.account the concerns and interests locally, not just by commissioning

:00:53. > :00:57.groups but Local Authorities and the public. These must be planned that

:00:58. > :01:03.are driven from the locality. I give my honourable friend that assurance.

:01:04. > :01:06.Nearly 2 million people signed up to vote in the European Union

:01:07. > :01:09.referendum earlier this year. It surely right that constituency

:01:10. > :01:14.should be based on the actual electorate that want to vote. Is the

:01:15. > :01:20.Prime Minister concerned the review going ahead next week without

:01:21. > :01:23.including those 2 million voters? I'd say to the honourable gentleman

:01:24. > :01:27.all parties across this house supported the proposal that the

:01:28. > :01:32.commission would follow this timetable, bring forward these

:01:33. > :01:37.proposals and by 2018 those commission proposals would be put in

:01:38. > :01:43.place. All parties supported that and I continue to support that. Does

:01:44. > :01:49.the Prime Minister share my anger that on the weekend of the 23rd of

:01:50. > :01:54.July, up to 250,000 people on the road to Dover were stuck in gridlock

:01:55. > :01:57.in the sweltering heat for up to 17 hours without food, water or even

:01:58. > :02:01.able to go to the toilet and will she support my campaign to make sure

:02:02. > :02:06.we get better infrastructure to the Channel ports, starting with a lorry

:02:07. > :02:11.car park and getting some proper motorways to Dover? I say to my

:02:12. > :02:15.honourable friend he has been a passionate advocate for the support

:02:16. > :02:20.for his local area, given some of the pressures that Dover finds

:02:21. > :02:23.itself under as a cross Channel port. It is an important issue. We

:02:24. > :02:28.are committed to providing support. The money for the lorry park was

:02:29. > :02:32.announced last November. The site was announced in July and I believe

:02:33. > :02:37.consultation is taking place on the design for that particular site. On

:02:38. > :02:41.the issue of the possible dualling of the A2-macro, we do want to

:02:42. > :02:43.support local infrastructure to handle the growth in traffic,

:02:44. > :02:48.particularly given their right expansion plans for the port. I

:02:49. > :02:53.assure him Dover will be considered as part of that plan.

:02:54. > :02:55.As many children return to school this week I am sure the Prime

:02:56. > :03:00.Minister will join me in wishing them all the very best of the school

:03:01. > :03:05.year ahead. Will she also provide reassurance to my constituents and

:03:06. > :03:08.to children across London that the objectives of changes to the

:03:09. > :03:11.school's funding formula will be achieved by levelling up, not

:03:12. > :03:16.levelling down on funding for schools in London will not be cut by

:03:17. > :03:21.up to 20%? I join the honourable lady in

:03:22. > :03:25.wishing all those going to school, many for the first time, well in

:03:26. > :03:29.their education. I hope what we will be aiming to do is ensuring every

:03:30. > :03:33.child has the education right for them and the opportunities that are

:03:34. > :03:36.right for them. It is right that we look at the National funding

:03:37. > :03:43.formula. That will be done carefully to see what the impacts will be

:03:44. > :03:48.across the country. Our world leading universities are one of our

:03:49. > :03:53.country's great assets. When I next meet with the Vice Chancellor of

:03:54. > :03:57.York University, to discuss Brexit and higher education, what

:03:58. > :04:00.assurances can I pass to him from my right honourable friend the Prime

:04:01. > :04:04.Minister that our universities will continue to receive the vital

:04:05. > :04:10.funding they need to thrive beyond 2020?

:04:11. > :04:14.I say to my honourable friend again he raises an important point about

:04:15. > :04:17.the relevance and significance of our universities. My right

:04:18. > :04:20.honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer was able to give

:04:21. > :04:23.confidence and reassurance to universities in the summer about the

:04:24. > :04:27.funding arrangements that will continue while we are still members

:04:28. > :04:31.of the European Union and while we are members of the European Union we

:04:32. > :04:34.will maintain our full rights of obligation and obligations of

:04:35. > :04:39.membership and expect others to deal with us on that same basis. Looking

:04:40. > :04:43.ahead we have a higher education Bill going through this house, which

:04:44. > :04:47.is about how we can ensure we are seeing the places, the university

:04:48. > :04:50.places available in this country, to provide the education we want to

:04:51. > :04:55.provide. We have a great record on higher education in this country, we

:04:56. > :05:02.want to build on that and develop it for the future. I would like to put

:05:03. > :05:04.to the Prime Minister a request I know she will think is reasonable.

:05:05. > :05:08.My local hospital, Saint Helena Hospital, which delivers, which is a

:05:09. > :05:13.high performing hospital and delivers excellent care, built in

:05:14. > :05:17.the 1930s and is in need of very substantial investment, will she

:05:18. > :05:22.agree to earmark the first two weeks of the ?350 million is going to be

:05:23. > :05:27.available each week post Brexit to spend on the reconstruction of my

:05:28. > :05:32.hospital? I have to say to the honourable

:05:33. > :05:35.gentleman his question tempts me to go down a number of routes and

:05:36. > :05:39.answering him. What I would say is I recognise the importance of his

:05:40. > :05:42.local hospital trust. I'm pleased to say that over the last six years

:05:43. > :05:48.we've seen more doctors and nurses in that trust able to provide more

:05:49. > :05:54.services and more facilities and since 2010 the capital spend on the

:05:55. > :05:59.trust has already gone up. ?72.7 million. We will be looking to

:06:00. > :06:02.ensure we provide the health service that is right for everyone in this

:06:03. > :06:08.country. At the moment there rather AET

:06:09. > :06:13.vulnerable elderly patients in Kettering General Hospital awaiting

:06:14. > :06:17.delayed transfer to social care. The national guideline says there should

:06:18. > :06:23.be 25. In the next few weeks the number is likely to rise to 200, the

:06:24. > :06:26.highest in the country, with a similar number in Northampton

:06:27. > :06:32.General Hospital, because of proposals by Northamptonshire County

:06:33. > :06:37.Council to extend it from three days to four weeks. In order to prevent

:06:38. > :06:44.this crisis, will the Prime Minister organise a joint meeting of

:06:45. > :06:49.government and ministers, the local NHS and Council to bang heads to

:06:50. > :06:54.prevent this crisis happening? What I will say to my honourable friend

:06:55. > :06:58.is ensure the health Department is aware of the request he has put

:06:59. > :07:03.forward. Everybody I think in this house is well aware of the challenge

:07:04. > :07:06.we have in relation to the interaction of social care with

:07:07. > :07:09.hospitals. This is an issue we have already looked at. We've put money

:07:10. > :07:14.into the better care fund. We've been looking at the better working

:07:15. > :07:18.together of health services and social care and social services and

:07:19. > :07:21.Local Authorities. It is one of the challenges we see. There are some

:07:22. > :07:24.areas where this has been done very well and I think it's right we look

:07:25. > :07:27.at those and try to spend, spread that good practice. I will make sure

:07:28. > :07:34.the health Department is aware of that concern.

:07:35. > :07:37.Nine months after signing the Paris climate agreement the Government

:07:38. > :07:40.still hasn't ratified the treaty. According to the committee on

:07:41. > :07:45.climate change it lacks half the policies it needs to reach its

:07:46. > :07:50.climate targets. With the delayed carbon induction plan and the risk

:07:51. > :07:53.of missing our energy targets, or will the Prime Minister take this

:07:54. > :07:59.opportunity to reassure people it remains committed to climate action

:08:00. > :08:03.and follow the example of 26 states that have ratified, will it give us

:08:04. > :08:08.a firm date for ratification before the follow-up negotiations in

:08:09. > :08:10.November. What I'm happy to give the honourable lady is the assurance we

:08:11. > :08:16.will be ratifying the Paris agreement. My right honourable

:08:17. > :08:19.friend, the current Home Secretary, then as energy secretary, played a

:08:20. > :08:22.key role in ensuring that Paris agreement was actually achieved. I

:08:23. > :08:26.would also hope the honourable lady will want to congratulate the

:08:27. > :08:30.Government. We've been identified as being the second best country in the

:08:31. > :08:39.world for tackling climate change. I would have hoped she would have

:08:40. > :08:48.congratulated us on that. Today is the day designed to bring

:08:49. > :08:52.attention to the muscle wasting disease. Will the Prime Minister

:08:53. > :08:57.join me in welcoming the recent announcement that a drug is now

:08:58. > :09:02.going to be available to these young boys in NHS England and will she

:09:03. > :09:10.congratulate my constituent Archie hill, Mustard dystrophy UK and all

:09:11. > :09:19.the colleagues in this house. -- muscular dystrophy. I am very happy

:09:20. > :09:22.to join my right honourable friend in congratulating all of those

:09:23. > :09:27.involved in making sure this innovative drug available. I thank

:09:28. > :09:31.her for weight raising awareness of an important issue. I know the right

:09:32. > :09:37.honourable member for Whitney as Prime Minister met Archie, the young

:09:38. > :09:40.man with muscular dystrophy and was inspired by him. I am sure all

:09:41. > :09:43.members across this house will welcome the fact that this

:09:44. > :09:47.innovative drug is now available on the NHS. We are committed to making

:09:48. > :09:51.sure that patients with rare conditions get access to the latest

:09:52. > :09:58.medicines and are taking some bold steps to speed up the process. Will

:09:59. > :10:02.the Prime Minister join me, and I'm sure the rest of the House, in

:10:03. > :10:06.sending our deepest sympathy and sincere condolences to the family

:10:07. > :10:17.and friends of Roseanne Cooper and her ten-year-old nephew, who were

:10:18. > :10:21.mown down by a stolen car last week in Penge. And send best wishes to

:10:22. > :10:26.the three young girls also involved. Whilst enquiries by the police and

:10:27. > :10:28.the Independent Police Complaints Commission are undertaken on the

:10:29. > :10:33.matter is now before the courts, I will say no more about this specific

:10:34. > :10:37.case, other than to ask the Prime Minister, if she is aware of the

:10:38. > :10:41.widespread public concern that the law on causing death by dangerous

:10:42. > :10:46.driving is wholly inadequate, and will she undertake a review, both of

:10:47. > :10:50.its suitability and its applicability as the courts enact

:10:51. > :10:55.it? Can I first of all join the

:10:56. > :10:59.honourable member in expressing our sympathies to all those who were

:11:00. > :11:04.involved in this terrible accident that took place, this terrible

:11:05. > :11:07.tragedy, when this stolen car mowed down two people and affected others

:11:08. > :11:12.as well. I'm aware of the concern that there is about the law in

:11:13. > :11:15.relation to dangerous driving. I've had a particular case about the

:11:16. > :11:20.daughter of someone in my constituency, who was killed as a

:11:21. > :11:23.result of dangerous driving and they have raised concerns with me

:11:24. > :11:25.specifically about their case. This is a matter I believe the Justice

:11:26. > :11:43.Department is looking at. Order. I thought Jeremy Corbyn might well

:11:44. > :11:46.go on the continued sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, after the war

:11:47. > :11:52.continues in Yemen and the abuse of human rights, but that was not to be

:11:53. > :11:55.the case. Jeremy Corbyn went on housing, using all six questions on

:11:56. > :12:01.house prices and house-building, housing benefit, very important

:12:02. > :12:07.subject, but not one right on the agenda. Since foreign affairs did

:12:08. > :12:13.not feature as it really does in Prime Minister's Questions, we have

:12:14. > :12:18.big news out of Texas. The Dallas morning News has endorsed Hillary

:12:19. > :12:24.Clinton for president in November. That is big news because the Dallas

:12:25. > :12:33.morning News has not endorsed a Democrat since 1945. 1944, to be

:12:34. > :12:40.exact. We will see what our panel thought of PMQs in a moment. Martin

:12:41. > :12:45.Jamieson said from Stockport said, housing, housing, I know it is

:12:46. > :12:52.important, but Brexit, G20, the future of the nation, Jeremy, anyone

:12:53. > :12:56.in? This one says it is good to see Jeremy Corbyn is in June with the

:12:57. > :13:01.needs of vulnerable people and their housing predicament stashed tune. It

:13:02. > :13:07.is good that he sticks to real issues. Martin Bristow says he

:13:08. > :13:10.doesn't know how Jeremy Corbyn is going to get any traction and he

:13:11. > :13:17.seems to be suggesting social housing is the answer to the housing

:13:18. > :13:22.crisis, but he is not speaking to a big enough constituency to win a

:13:23. > :13:26.general election. Another one says I see the prime in a star has already

:13:27. > :13:35.resorted to ridicule of her opposite number -- the Prime Minister has

:13:36. > :13:39.already resorted. Another one says, Theresa May says people voted for

:13:40. > :13:49.some control, but we wanted control, what does she mean by it some

:13:50. > :13:55.control? That is it. Any reason for going for housing? We are hardly

:13:56. > :13:59.likely to see big headlines about what Jeremy Corbyn raised in Primus

:14:00. > :14:05.'s questions even though housing is a big issue and it has always been

:14:06. > :14:10.one of his favourite subjects -- raised in Prime Minister's

:14:11. > :14:15.Questions. But given that Parliament is just back in Theresa May is back

:14:16. > :14:19.from China and there are questions about leaving the European Union,

:14:20. > :14:23.picking housing is not going to land Jeremy Corbyn with a huge boost in

:14:24. > :14:31.terms of the political cycle, it's just not. He ignored the advice of

:14:32. > :14:37.Owen Smith. Funny, that. He wanted him to ask questions about Europe

:14:38. > :14:50.and Brexit. Maybe he avoided that because, if Theresa May was a

:14:51. > :14:59.reluctant remain campaigner, so was Jeremy Corbyn, times two. That is

:15:00. > :15:02.right. There might be another opportunity for Jeremy Corbyn to ask

:15:03. > :15:07.questions about Brexit next time, but maybe he won't. Angus Robertson

:15:08. > :15:13.was the person asking the questions about the trade-off between the run

:15:14. > :15:20.it and the freedom of movement. -- between the single market. Which she

:15:21. > :15:24.couldn't quite answer. It was interesting, Angus Robertson asking

:15:25. > :15:29.the biggest question of the day. Rather than Jeremy Corbyn. He

:15:30. > :15:35.ploughed his own furrow. But in terms of getting traction, he didn't

:15:36. > :15:38.get far. He chose to go with housing with all six questions and you would

:15:39. > :15:44.assume he would do all his homework on housing. Why did he allow the

:15:45. > :15:50.Prime Minister to save the Conservatives were building more

:15:51. > :15:56.homes than Labour? -- to say. Jeremy Corbyn was correct to focus on one

:15:57. > :15:59.topic and it keeps the pressure on Theresa May, the Conservatives have

:16:00. > :16:03.failed on housing, but what I thought was so good about the

:16:04. > :16:08.questions, it linked what happens in Parliament what happens in people's

:16:09. > :16:11.constituencies. MPs with their weekend surgeries, I know housing is

:16:12. > :16:17.usually the biggest issue that comes up. I understand that. But if you

:16:18. > :16:21.have done your homework and if the Prime Minister says something which

:16:22. > :16:26.is believed not to be true, why would the Leader of the Opposition

:16:27. > :16:33.not come straight back? Why does he simply move on to the next question?

:16:34. > :16:38.Why does he not replied to the replies he gets? Why doesn't he

:16:39. > :16:43.think on his feet? I think he does, but he doesn't want to get involved

:16:44. > :16:50.in the kind of tit-for-tat political theatrics which goes on. Theresa May

:16:51. > :16:55.really delivered very well pre-scripted joke about trains but

:16:56. > :17:01.doesn't interest people. Yes, that is the work of a scriptwriter, but

:17:02. > :17:05.I'm talking about house-building. Do you believe the government is

:17:06. > :17:10.building more homes than the last Labour government? No, I don't,

:17:11. > :17:17.there is a crisis can we have reached a situation where getting a

:17:18. > :17:22.council house or a mortgage is a pipe dream for so many people. What

:17:23. > :17:26.would you do about it? We need house-building programme of council

:17:27. > :17:31.houses and truly affordable homes. How would you do that? We need to

:17:32. > :17:37.get the economy moving by investing and we need to put as a priority

:17:38. > :17:41.truly affordable homes. The way they are defined at the moment is the 80%

:17:42. > :17:45.of the market value and that is not affordable for most people watching

:17:46. > :17:52.this programme. It is untrue to say, David Gauke, that the government is

:17:53. > :18:00.building more homes than the last Labour government? They are building

:18:01. > :18:08.more council homes. That is not what she said. In terms of

:18:09. > :18:11.house-building, following the crash there was a significant fall but

:18:12. > :18:15.we're now seeing a recovery terms of more planning permission being

:18:16. > :18:21.granted and more homes starts as I understand it. But there is more

:18:22. > :18:25.work to be done, as I acknowledge. You are not building more homes in

:18:26. > :18:35.the last Labour government. I have got the figures. Sticking with

:18:36. > :18:41.completions. Early 2000, 140,000 houses a year, not enough, no one is

:18:42. > :18:48.saying the last Labour government's policy regarding housing was great.

:18:49. > :18:51.It then came down after the crash. Under the Conservatives it has

:18:52. > :18:58.stayed flat, only by 2014 did it start to rise and only now after you

:18:59. > :19:02.have been in power for six years, 140,000, you are still 20,000 below

:19:03. > :19:06.per year where it was under the last Labour government. These are your

:19:07. > :19:09.official government figures, so it is not true to say you are building

:19:10. > :19:16.more homes than the last Labour government. It is true to say that

:19:17. > :19:21.we are building more homes than the level we inherited when we came to

:19:22. > :19:27.office. You inherited a crash. Yes, there is more for us to do, that is

:19:28. > :19:32.why we had one of the biggest housing packages in the last Autumn

:19:33. > :19:40.Statement. In terms of our ambition on things like right to buy... In

:19:41. > :19:45.the last 12 months you have only started 140,000 more homes and you

:19:46. > :19:50.are still way below the start rate of 180,000 before the crash. Eight

:19:51. > :19:57.years since the crash and you are still way behind even the starting

:19:58. > :20:02.of new building than you were compared to the Labour government in

:20:03. > :20:08.2008. Not a great record. In terms of planning permission being

:20:09. > :20:12.granted. It is not showing up in the starts. I'm quite happy to

:20:13. > :20:17.acknowledge that there is more that we need to do. There was a big

:20:18. > :20:20.announcement with the Autumn Statement last year in terms of a

:20:21. > :20:23.number of things and that will not come through immediately. When will

:20:24. > :20:29.it come through? We would hope to see that over the next few years,

:20:30. > :20:34.but that depends upon the state of the economy. As Theresa May was very

:20:35. > :20:39.clear, we are not complacent, there is a need to do more. We have made

:20:40. > :20:44.reforms to the planning system which was the biggest problem we have.

:20:45. > :20:49.Just today we are publishing a planning Bill which will make

:20:50. > :20:54.further house-building easier. There is progress which we are making. Let

:20:55. > :21:01.me come back to this issue regarding the Brexit timetable. You have

:21:02. > :21:05.briefings with G20 and you are mixing with government ministers. Do

:21:06. > :21:11.we have any clear idea of what will happen between now and the New Year?

:21:12. > :21:15.Article 50 will not be triggered this side of the New Year, I

:21:16. > :21:21.understand. Can it go beyond the first quarter? It is very difficult

:21:22. > :21:25.to imagine that it will be a case that we are sitting here at Easter

:21:26. > :21:28.and nothing has happened, because the political pressure will make it

:21:29. > :21:32.on tenable and I think by the time you get to party conference that the

:21:33. > :21:38.Prime Minister will give more detail about what she plans to do. -- on

:21:39. > :21:42.tenable. Although Jeremy Corbyn did not go on this, there was question

:21:43. > :21:47.after question from various MPs about universities, Angus Robertson

:21:48. > :21:52.talking about the single market and immigration, so she will have to

:21:53. > :21:57.reveal her hand. She was a time and again that is not what they want to

:21:58. > :22:01.do, but ambition and political reality often smashed up against

:22:02. > :22:04.each other, she has three ministers who are not exactly wallflowers who

:22:05. > :22:13.are in charge of this will stop or best friends. The idea that they can

:22:14. > :22:18.all keep their powder dry for five months seems for the birds. Someone

:22:19. > :22:21.said they will have to invent a new whipping system for those three

:22:22. > :22:26.ministers to make sure they behave. There is a serious point. You can't

:22:27. > :22:35.deal with a vacuum in politics for very long time. OK, we will leave it

:22:36. > :22:38.there. The other 27 members of the European Union will be meeting next

:22:39. > :22:44.week to discuss their own negotiating positions. Formerly we

:22:45. > :22:50.will not be in the room, but informally it is a different picture

:22:51. > :22:52.-- formally. And elections next year in France and Germany. Thanks for

:22:53. > :22:58.joining us. So Party Conference season

:22:59. > :23:00.is round the corner, Yes, it is the time that politicians

:23:01. > :23:05.like to release their memoirs. So which will be the best sellers

:23:06. > :23:07.of the season? The Guardian's John Crace

:23:08. > :23:19.has been having a read. First up we have

:23:20. > :23:25.Nick Clegg's Politics. This is the story of basically how

:23:26. > :23:30.Nick Clegg thinks the Lib Dems were Let's hope that their seven

:23:31. > :23:37.remaining MPs buy the book. Next we have Malcolm Rifkind's

:23:38. > :23:40.Power And Pragmatism. This one is very much

:23:41. > :23:46.for the political nerd only. He also omits his most recent claim

:23:47. > :23:48.to fame, which is being caught in a sting

:23:49. > :23:50.over cash for access. Now we come to Chris Mullin which

:23:51. > :23:56.is my own particular favourite. He is also one of the few

:23:57. > :24:03.politicians who is able And finally we come

:24:04. > :24:12.to Ed Balls's Speaking Out. The underlying subtext

:24:13. > :24:14.of the book is that Ed Balls But the two biggest stars

:24:15. > :24:21.of the political season The first is Margaret Hodge,

:24:22. > :24:30.who was chair of the Public She was famous for holding the rich

:24:31. > :24:34.and powerful to account. So let's hope that the lawyers

:24:35. > :24:45.and his editors haven't got to him. And let's hope our next guest is

:24:46. > :24:50.equally indiscreet. And Andrew Gimson, who's latest book

:24:51. > :25:00.The Adventures of Boris Johnson, Welcome to the Daily Politics. Your

:25:01. > :25:07.book is an updated version of Boris, the adventures of Iris Johnson.

:25:08. > :25:13.Three tremendous surprises that basically no one predicted. The

:25:14. > :25:16.referendum result, then Boris in pole position, knocked out by the

:25:17. > :25:21.very person he had been campaigning with the six months and then people

:25:22. > :25:28.thought he might scrape back into the Cabinet if he was lucky and

:25:29. > :25:32.Boris as Foreign Secretary. The most exciting political summer in living

:25:33. > :25:39.memory. What was your take on it, because it was incredible? My take

:25:40. > :25:43.is Boris has benefited. Boris and Theresa May needed each other. Which

:25:44. > :25:46.ever one won, the other one had to be in there at the top, because

:25:47. > :25:50.otherwise the Tory party would be permanently split into these two

:25:51. > :25:54.factions. There was an interest between them that did not emerge,

:25:55. > :26:02.but they were in touch the weekend after the referendum and Boris...

:26:03. > :26:08.Michael Gove made the decision from Boris, you can't win. Boris had the

:26:09. > :26:11.guts to retreat, as though he was scorned. We did the prudent thing,

:26:12. > :26:19.didn't fight to the death. He didn't. How many books do think you

:26:20. > :26:28.will sell of this tumultuous summer? I would think well into double

:26:29. > :26:36.figures! Ten? LAUGHTER Customer I could buy one it 11. More

:26:37. > :26:43.than Malcolm Rifkind's memoirs. People want Boris to sign it and say

:26:44. > :26:47.it's rubbish. The attraction of writing a political book in this

:26:48. > :26:51.instance was obvious, a bit like the opening days of the coalition. But

:26:52. > :26:56.generally, what is the attraction of writing a political book that is not

:26:57. > :27:04.really going to get red? Vanity, that's why people buy books. Is that

:27:05. > :27:09.it? No but mostly. My wife informed me on a number of occasions I was on

:27:10. > :27:13.the cusp of becoming an old and forgot and unless I thought I'd

:27:14. > :27:22.start writing books. May be that is for me! The BBC is fortunately still

:27:23. > :27:27.a well funded organisation. That is not the only reason. Is it all about

:27:28. > :27:34.serialisation? It's not. The author is quite annoying in a way. Isn't

:27:35. > :27:38.that what really promotes it? What's in the book is much more than what

:27:39. > :27:42.can be serialised. Serialisation, although it is nice if you get paid

:27:43. > :27:45.money for Anya pleased by the attention, if you care about the

:27:46. > :27:50.book it's sort of a distraction. Which book looking at this little

:27:51. > :27:55.selection are you going to read? From this handsome choice of

:27:56. > :28:04.books... Ed Balls' autobiography? It is here. I will have a read of that

:28:05. > :28:09.one. Very loyal. And you? The same. Having been in the opposite Treasury

:28:10. > :28:14.team for many years I would be very interested to read what Ed Balls has

:28:15. > :28:18.to say. A lighter celebrity memoir, it might be quite good! Ken Clarke

:28:19. > :28:24.will be wonderful, I think. Thank you for coming in.

:28:25. > :28:26.There's just time to put you out of your misery and give

:28:27. > :28:38.David press that big red buzzer there and pick the winner.

:28:39. > :28:43.Mark Lynch from Huddersfield. Well done, you have won the mug.

:28:44. > :28:49.The one o'clock news is starting over on BBC One now.

:28:50. > :28:58.Joe will be on her own tomorrow. And with Ed Balls. He has a book to

:28:59. > :29:00.plug, that's why he's coming on. Goodbye.