:00:00. > :00:08.to investments. Business for next week please.
:00:09. > :00:14.The business for next week. On Monday the 9th of May we will have a
:00:15. > :00:16.debate on a motion related to the Sheffield proposal and Government
:00:17. > :00:21.departments outside London. Subject for the debate chosen by the
:00:22. > :00:23.backbench business committee. Following that, we will have
:00:24. > :00:28.consideration of Lords amendments to the energy Bill, consideration of
:00:29. > :00:31.Lords amendments to the housing and planning Bill, and followed by that
:00:32. > :00:37.we will have consideration of Lords amendments to the immigration bill.
:00:38. > :00:39.On Tuesday, if necessary, we will have consideration of Lords
:00:40. > :00:43.amendments followed by business to be recommended by the backbench
:00:44. > :00:47.business committee. On Wednesday, we will have consideration of Lords
:00:48. > :00:50.amendments, followed by consideration of Lords amendments to
:00:51. > :00:54.the Armed Forces Bill, followed again if necessary by further
:00:55. > :00:57.consideration of Lords amendments and after that we will add further
:00:58. > :01:00.business to be recommended by the backbench business committee. And
:01:01. > :01:03.then again if necessary later in the day we will have further
:01:04. > :01:08.consideration of Lords amendments. On Thursday, we will again have
:01:09. > :01:16.consideration of Lords amendments, once those are done, Mr Speaker, the
:01:17. > :01:19.house will continue. I shall inform the house that ministers will bring
:01:20. > :01:27.forward a quarterly update on Syria before prorogation.
:01:28. > :01:32.Talk of the fag end of a parliamentary session. The Smiths
:01:33. > :01:39.just announced as these sludgy, slimy foul smelling trashy drags of
:01:40. > :01:44.politics. Yesterday's prime ministers questions showed to me, to
:01:45. > :01:48.nobody else, that the reins now got a low enough for the Prime Minister
:01:49. > :01:52.to slop around in. That's kind of despicable smear ring of 1's
:01:53. > :01:57.opponents I think degrades the whole of politics. And I would say gently
:01:58. > :02:01.to the Government that those who live by the gutter, die in the
:02:02. > :02:06.gutter. I am absolutely certain that kind of politics is not welcome to
:02:07. > :02:09.the British voters. What a year it has been. Every single economic
:02:10. > :02:16.target missed. Great forecast chasm we downgraded. Get up, homelessness
:02:17. > :02:22.art, the use of food bags up by 19%. Absolute tile property set to rise.
:02:23. > :02:25.NHS waiting lists up, libraries closed. Might migration up higher
:02:26. > :02:29.than it has been before. One Budget in which the Chancellor attacked
:02:30. > :02:34.working tax credits and another in which he attacked welfare payments.
:02:35. > :02:38.Morale at rock bottom. In the NHS, in the teaching profession and in
:02:39. > :02:42.the police. Election rules bent develop that the Tories in marginal
:02:43. > :02:46.seats. Financial rules rigged to give more cash to the richest
:02:47. > :02:50.councils. Standing orders change to benefit the Tories in this house.
:02:51. > :02:54.Was it just a cruel joke last year to make Her Majesty say, my
:02:55. > :02:59.Government will adopt a one nation approach? Come bit. This is not a
:03:00. > :03:04.one nation Government. It is a nasty, vindictive Tory Government,
:03:05. > :03:08.balancing the books on the back of the poor and vulnerable and I hope
:03:09. > :03:12.voters today will say, enough now. Go. And they will vote Labour in
:03:13. > :03:19.London, Wales, England and across the whole of the United Kingdom. And
:03:20. > :03:25.Northern Ireland is in the United Kingdom. You can tell that the State
:03:26. > :03:28.opening is coming. The warnings are going up. Outside the Lords. The
:03:29. > :03:35.doorkeepers have been bubbling up their brasses. Countess is up and
:03:36. > :03:38.brushing of 30 RS, the clerk had a haircut. You can't star but
:03:39. > :03:46.underneath the wiki is that a haircut. And I gather you have even
:03:47. > :03:51.had your annual Bath. So, Mr Speaker, should we introduce...
:03:52. > :03:55.Don't do that mock outrage look, it doesn't suit you. Could be
:03:56. > :03:58.introduced in innovation this year in the state opening? I know the
:03:59. > :04:01.leader of the house doesn't want to listen to the president of the dates
:04:02. > :04:04.of America, but could we have a roll call of all the ambassadors High
:04:05. > :04:10.Commissioner is just to check which of our allies want us to stay in the
:04:11. > :04:14.European Union. As far as I can see, it includes not just our oldest
:04:15. > :04:18.ally, Portugal, and every other EU country, but the Commonwealth
:04:19. > :04:21.countries', Canada, New Zealand, as Africa and doubtless many more.
:04:22. > :04:26.Perhaps they will be adding Japan later on today and of course Norway.
:04:27. > :04:30.So the Norway model is that we should stay in. The only
:04:31. > :04:35.international bigger but wants us to leave as Donald Trump. Grayling with
:04:36. > :04:41.a hairpiece. So how on earth can the leader of the house argue that we
:04:42. > :04:45.would increase includes in the world by leaving the European Union? Can
:04:46. > :04:51.we have a debate on the BBC? The culture secretary says that he
:04:52. > :04:55.relishes the demise of the BBC. He wants to ban strictly and the boys
:04:56. > :04:59.and force the BBC to make deliberately unpopular programmes.
:05:00. > :05:03.He is even said that if he does not review the charter by the end of
:05:04. > :05:09.this year, it may well be that the BBC will cease to exist. Those are
:05:10. > :05:12.his words. Something he calls a tempting prospect. I don't want to
:05:13. > :05:16.get into the cauldron secretary's temptations at all at when will
:05:17. > :05:22.ministers get it into their fat heads that the British people love
:05:23. > :05:24.the BBC. They are proud of both and they don't want some right-wing
:05:25. > :05:30.minister pursuing a personal agenda and handing British broadcasting
:05:31. > :05:34.over to his charm, Murdoch. Will they published a White Paper next
:05:35. > :05:38.week? Will they stand by the financial deal they signed with the
:05:39. > :05:42.BBC last year and will they guarantee that there will indeed be
:05:43. > :05:48.a new 11 year BBC charter in place this autumn? In recent years some of
:05:49. > :05:52.the most destructive in powerful people in the land have done their
:05:53. > :05:58.level best to avoid appearing before select committees of this house. The
:05:59. > :06:01.Maxwells, Rebecca Brooks, Rupert and James Murdoch, Philip Green, Matthew
:06:02. > :06:05.Elliott, they all English and a refused to attend and had the
:06:06. > :06:13.formally summoned persuaded to attend. Rosenfeld, the Chief
:06:14. > :06:16.Executive 's of Kraft Foods, refused to appear to discuss the takeover of
:06:17. > :06:21.Cadbury and got away with it. That not the clear contempt of Parliament
:06:22. > :06:25.but a contempt of the British public as well. Our constituents want them
:06:26. > :06:29.to hold the powerful to account and we should not be shy of doing so.
:06:30. > :06:33.Some people think our powers are unclear and witnesses are beginning
:06:34. > :06:37.to call our bluff so we have to do something. In 2013 the joint
:06:38. > :06:41.committee on parliamentary privilege recommended changes to standing
:06:42. > :06:45.orders to make it absolutely clear that Parliament can arrest publish
:06:46. > :06:48.and buying offenders and said that, if the problems we have identified
:06:49. > :06:53.not resolved, todayParliament should stand ready to legislate. The
:06:54. > :06:58.committee said, doing nothing was not an option. But that is
:06:59. > :07:02.effectively what the comment has done. Absolutely nothing. So surely
:07:03. > :07:05.it is time to make it a criminal offence to bail to appear refused to
:07:06. > :07:11.appear without reasonable excuse before a committee of this house?
:07:12. > :07:19.And finally, the male role collection and is today. So will be
:07:20. > :07:23.fined a decision on Heathrow? In the words of boxes, in their epic
:07:24. > :07:28.Eurovision winning number, making your mind up, before they memorably
:07:29. > :07:32.tore off their scars, don't let your indecision take you from behind.
:07:33. > :07:35.Trust your inner vision. Don't let others change your mind. And
:07:36. > :07:40.incidentally, good luck to Joe and Jake next week. Let's hope the UK
:07:41. > :07:47.agrees with them that you are not alone in the European referendum on
:07:48. > :07:51.the 23rd of. Can I start by congratulating you on
:07:52. > :07:58.your indulgence and patience? I am sure you have powers to take much
:07:59. > :08:03.moral bust action. What a load of twaddle just heard from the shadow
:08:04. > :08:06.leader. Let's be clear. What we spent the last 12 months doing this
:08:07. > :08:10.are filling the trust public prisoners at the general election
:08:11. > :08:16.last year when we defeated the Labour Party. Mr Speaker, if you
:08:17. > :08:18.look at that thing is that this Government has actually done, we've
:08:19. > :08:21.introduced new powers to turn around failing schools, we have paved the
:08:22. > :08:23.way that this Government has actually done, we've introduced new
:08:24. > :08:25.powers to turn around failing schools, we have paved the way for
:08:26. > :08:27.the Northern powerhouse, we had passed the EU referendum out, we
:08:28. > :08:31.have provided substantial new powers of devolution to Scotland, we have
:08:32. > :08:35.paved the way for the national living wage. We passed English votes
:08:36. > :08:38.for English laws. We had passed a childcare act which doubles the
:08:39. > :08:41.amount of free childcare each week and taking further important steps
:08:42. > :08:45.to consolidate peace in Northern Ireland. These are real
:08:46. > :08:51.achievements. This part of the house is proud of them. And he talks about
:08:52. > :08:55.a one nation party. I am proud to be part of the Government that has seen
:08:56. > :09:00.unemployment fortress lowest levels since the 1970s and is worth
:09:01. > :09:02.remembering there is never yet been a Labour Government laptop is with
:09:03. > :09:09.unemployment lower than it was and it started. We are living in a
:09:10. > :09:12.nation where we now have more than half a million fewer children
:09:13. > :09:16.growing up in workless households than there were in 2010. A legacy of
:09:17. > :09:21.poverty we inherited from the last Government in which we are turning
:09:22. > :09:26.around. Mr Speaker I wait with interest to see. He talks about the
:09:27. > :09:29.language of politics. I hear the lemon to politics on that side of
:09:30. > :09:34.the houses they fight desperately working out to do with a leadership
:09:35. > :09:37.crisis and to do with the endemic problem of anti-Semitism in their
:09:38. > :09:43.party. It is worth saying today, that this week marks the dirty
:09:44. > :09:47.seventh anniversary of a great step forward in our society. The moment
:09:48. > :09:53.we elected a first woman Prime Minister. Ensure everyone would
:09:54. > :09:59.agree it was a really crucial moment in our political history and one
:10:00. > :10:03.that we should mark unreservedly. He mentioned the BBC. Once again he is
:10:04. > :10:05.making the mistake that I'm surprised he does make, always
:10:06. > :10:09.bleeding of the new beats in the papers. You need to wait for the
:10:10. > :10:12.White Paper on the BBC. It will be brought forward shortly. He and his
:10:13. > :10:16.colleagues will have the opportunity to question that paper when it comes
:10:17. > :10:20.as I would say simply, we on the side of the house expect the BBC dab
:10:21. > :10:26.a strong future in this country. He made a serious point about attending
:10:27. > :10:31.select committees and on this point he and I do agree. It is essential
:10:32. > :10:34.for the workings of this house that if people are summoned to appear
:10:35. > :10:37.before a Select Committee that they do so. I'm very happy in session we
:10:38. > :10:43.have cross-party discussions on how we ensure that happens. He asked the
:10:44. > :10:48.question about Heathrow. I am surprised, people are raising
:10:49. > :10:53.questions about air quality. The time we're taking over this is
:10:54. > :10:55.precisely to address error quality, emissions around Heathrow, they were
:10:56. > :11:02.in Government they would be doing exactly the same thing. As the
:11:03. > :11:10.honourable gentleman said, it is local elections day. I think with
:11:11. > :11:14.this send our thanks to everyone involved in those elections, the
:11:15. > :11:18.officials, the counting agents and police, and everybody is regardless
:11:19. > :11:21.of their political persuasions. Without them standing for election
:11:22. > :11:25.we would not have a democracy in this country. Obviously, I want
:11:26. > :11:29.Conservatives to win. I will watch with great interest after the Labour
:11:30. > :11:32.leader said he was going to lose no seats at all of these local
:11:33. > :11:37.election. We will see if his forecast is fulfilled. Mr Speaker, I
:11:38. > :11:42.think the next few days are big ones for the shadow leader. Because we
:11:43. > :11:46.know how much disquiet there is on those benches about their leader. We
:11:47. > :11:49.know that members of the shadow frontbencher seriously considering
:11:50. > :11:56.quitting ever next few days the cause of their despair about their
:11:57. > :12:00.leader. Mr Speaker, we know that the shadow leader has other targets in
:12:01. > :12:04.mind. You know he has a campaign group set up. We know he has been
:12:05. > :12:09.courting support on our side of the house for his planning due course
:12:10. > :12:13.when you decide to hang up your hat to take over from you. If the other
:12:14. > :12:17.different goal, if his front bench position does not matter and if he
:12:18. > :12:20.really does approve of his party leader, will you join those people
:12:21. > :12:22.looking to be principal before career over the next few days and
:12:23. > :12:34.resign after these elections? I wonder if he were consider a short
:12:35. > :12:40.debate on the Government's 2014 review section 135 and 136 of the
:12:41. > :12:48.Mental Health Act? I am concerned that the application of section 136
:12:49. > :12:54.in private places, the police intervening, even in an emergency,
:12:55. > :13:01.is pitifully limited? He makes an important point. The issue of mental
:13:02. > :13:04.health causes concern on both sides. I will make sure the Health
:13:05. > :13:08.Secretary is aware of the comments he has made. We have health
:13:09. > :13:12.questions next week, I would be happy to make sure the secretary is
:13:13. > :13:22.aware. It is also a matter for the Home Secretary. I will make sure she
:13:23. > :13:25.is aware. I wish to thank him for what is left of next week's
:13:26. > :13:31.business. It is great to have support for my colleagues who have
:13:32. > :13:37.in Scotland fought to ensure we get this third term of SNP Government
:13:38. > :13:42.and a majority SNP Government in a parliament designed to ensure it
:13:43. > :13:44.would not happen. I wish to thank everybody involved in today's
:13:45. > :13:50.elections and congratulate them on their efforts. And attention turns
:13:51. > :13:54.to what happens now they are good clue did, because it is hard to
:13:55. > :13:59.believe the Conservatives have been quite constrained thus far to try to
:14:00. > :14:04.ensure they have the best possible result today. After today, I see the
:14:05. > :14:08.prospect of them tearing lumps out of each other, friendships forged in
:14:09. > :14:13.the playgrounds of eating well and that for nothing as they get riled
:14:14. > :14:17.up into this gladiatorial contest, it will be the greatest show on
:14:18. > :14:23.earth, and we should look at the peacekeepers coming, as Labour ten
:14:24. > :14:33.lumps out of each other as well. We need a statement on what is going on
:14:34. > :14:39.with the campaign spending rule break from the Conservative Party.
:14:40. > :14:41.The claims are extraordinary and centre around Conservative
:14:42. > :14:49.candidates, 28 of them, failing to register the use of a battlebus for
:14:50. > :14:52.local campaigning, ?38,000 of accommodation for local campaigns.
:14:53. > :14:57.If anybody is found guilty of such a charge it could result in one year
:14:58. > :15:01.in prison and an unlimited fine. We must now hear what the Government
:15:02. > :15:05.view is Tom and there must emote suggestion that this Government
:15:06. > :15:11.cheated its way to power. We welcome the apparent U-turn by the Prime
:15:12. > :15:14.Minister yesterday around child refugees in response to the
:15:15. > :15:20.questioning from the member for Murray. It would be useful to know
:15:21. > :15:25.what the Government's intention is from Monday, whether they will
:15:26. > :15:27.accept the amendment without any amendment of its own, and it would
:15:28. > :15:37.be good if the leader could announce that today so the nation knows. It
:15:38. > :15:39.would be worthwhile to acknowledge what has happened in terms of
:15:40. > :15:46.business. The biggest innovation that we have had has been English
:15:47. > :15:51.votes for English laws. Something so divisive and useless and in
:15:52. > :15:58.compensable has to find the parliament in the last session. I
:15:59. > :16:03.think our urgent review is required and I hope that English votes for
:16:04. > :16:07.English lords is hopelessly consigned to the dustbin of history
:16:08. > :16:16.and we become one member of this has again. I wish to echo the comments
:16:17. > :16:24.around the elections, they extend to my comment about today's elections,
:16:25. > :16:29.they extend to those in Scotland, I am grateful to everybody who makes
:16:30. > :16:33.these elections a success. I suspect we have a shared interest in today's
:16:34. > :16:40.elections in Scotland, because we both want to see the Labour Party do
:16:41. > :16:43.badly. I am confident that in the leadership of Ruth Davidson we have
:16:44. > :16:51.every chance of consigning the Labour Party to third place in
:16:52. > :16:55.Scotland, where they belong. He talked about Civil War in political
:16:56. > :17:00.parties. He is looking in the wrong direction, because even though the
:17:01. > :17:03.shadow leader is not going to put principle before career, many of his
:17:04. > :17:11.front bench colleagues are profoundly unhappy with their party
:17:12. > :17:15.leader. I expect to see all kinds of trouble in that party, we will both
:17:16. > :17:21.watch with interest, but he will not see anything like it on our benches,
:17:22. > :17:28.because the hostility will be on that side. On the subject of issues
:17:29. > :17:30.related to electoral and other activities, it is for proper
:17:31. > :17:35.authorities to address issues whenever they arise. I have been
:17:36. > :17:43.careful to say that that is the case where those issues affect the SNP as
:17:44. > :17:45.well. On the subject of child refugees, the Prime Minister has set
:17:46. > :17:50.out our position carefully yesterday. On the subject of English
:17:51. > :17:55.votes for English laws, we have had this debate. Today in Scotland
:17:56. > :17:58.people are electing a new administration that will have more
:17:59. > :18:02.power to govern Scotland than ever before. It is for the SNP to decide
:18:03. > :18:08.how to use those powers if they are successful to date. They will find
:18:09. > :18:13.it is much tougher than they expect to take decisions, rather than
:18:14. > :18:16.talking about things. We stand by our view that England should have a
:18:17. > :18:24.share in the devolution settlement, and that is what we did. Can we have
:18:25. > :18:31.a debate so we can be of noxious and rude about connecting Devon and
:18:32. > :18:39.Somerset with broadband? It has been a fiasco. The two people that have
:18:40. > :18:41.caused more trouble are John Hart and Peter Doyle, it is beyond a
:18:42. > :18:46.joke, they are not connecting the counties. Could we then our spleen
:18:47. > :18:51.in this place to make sure they get the message that they should just go
:18:52. > :18:55.and let somebody get on with it who can get Devon and Somerset
:18:56. > :19:01.connected? He made his points are singly. As he does in customary
:19:02. > :19:06.style when he faces challenges in his constituency, he brings panache
:19:07. > :19:12.to his role as MP for Bridgwater, and I commend him for it.
:19:13. > :19:19.I thank the leader of the house for the business and at the next week.
:19:20. > :19:23.Members will have noted there is time allocated for backbench
:19:24. > :19:29.business committee debates on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Because of
:19:30. > :19:31.the uncertainty of the timing of business for next week, the
:19:32. > :19:36.backbench committee had to make some contingency plans, so we have
:19:37. > :19:40.prioritised outstanding applications for the remainder of this session
:19:41. > :19:43.for the 10th and 11th, and we hope to secure debates on the effect of
:19:44. > :19:48.the implementation of Universal Credit on children and on frozen
:19:49. > :19:52.pensions of UK pension recipients residing abroad. Which debate will
:19:53. > :19:58.be on which day is a matter for negotiation with the primary
:19:59. > :20:04.sponsors of those applications, so we will hopefully be able to inform
:20:05. > :20:07.the house as early as possible will stop --. I add my thanks to the
:20:08. > :20:13.support staff of the backbench committee for their professionalism,
:20:14. > :20:23.patience and humour in terms of our dealings. Thank you. It is
:20:24. > :20:26.appropriate to thank the chair of the backbench committee for the work
:20:27. > :20:29.he has done over the last few months and to thank the other members of
:20:30. > :20:34.that committee for the work they have done. And express my good
:20:35. > :20:41.wishes. It is a nervous time for him. A few days before he learns the
:20:42. > :20:44.truth, we keep our fingers crossed he is --. He is just above the
:20:45. > :20:50.relegation zone, he will be keeping his third and -- his fingers
:20:51. > :20:55.crossed, but not in the same way as the former Shadow Chancellor in
:20:56. > :21:02.Norwich. I would echo the points he has made, and I would say that I
:21:03. > :21:04.hope very much that over the coming session he will see greater
:21:05. > :21:08.participation from members of this house, bringing forward more
:21:09. > :21:11.thoughtful debate. There has not been as many subjects brought
:21:12. > :21:16.forward as they would wish, and my message would be, this is a large
:21:17. > :21:23.slice of parliamentary time, and members should try to use it as well
:21:24. > :21:28.as possible. I echo the words of other members about the elections
:21:29. > :21:33.today. I have -- I hope people will vote Conservative, but the amount of
:21:34. > :21:36.effort that has been put in, there will be far more losers than winners
:21:37. > :21:42.today, and we should have a statement next week on how our
:21:43. > :21:45.parliamentary democracy and our local Government elections are
:21:46. > :21:49.working so well. I wish to take the opportunity to thank both the leader
:21:50. > :21:54.of the house and the Shadow leader for how they have conducted business
:21:55. > :21:56.questions in this session. I wish the Shadow leader all the best for
:21:57. > :22:11.the future. That does not refer to his alleged
:22:12. > :22:15.effort to take your place, which I hope you will be there for a very
:22:16. > :22:20.long time to come! I was thinking in other directions. Could we have a
:22:21. > :22:25.statement next week on whether we are going to go forward with changes
:22:26. > :22:32.to the relationship tween this house and the other place's if we are, can
:22:33. > :22:35.we make sure we have Robert and lengthy consultation first, because
:22:36. > :22:45.it is clearly a constitutional matter. I thank him for his kind
:22:46. > :22:51.words. I did not say, because next Thursday is when we are to break,
:22:52. > :22:54.but I am grateful to him for his comments today and for being such an
:22:55. > :23:01.assiduous attender of these sessions. And bringing colour to the
:23:02. > :23:05.occasion, if nothing else. The Shadow leader says he has not been
:23:06. > :23:13.here for weeks, you and I will remember his tie has been a regular
:23:14. > :23:16.attender. We could not miss him. In terms of changes that have a
:23:17. > :23:20.constitutional impact, I would always assure him they would never
:23:21. > :23:27.be brought before this house without proper time for consideration about
:23:28. > :23:34.the imprecations and purpose. In defence of the Shadow leader, unlike
:23:35. > :23:37.other members in this place, he is going to be safe in his constituency
:23:38. > :23:45.for as long as he wishes to stay there. Time after time, he has one
:23:46. > :23:56.of the largest majorities in Britain. I have been here over 30
:23:57. > :24:04.years. I have never felt so devalued as I was in the vote earlier this
:24:05. > :24:09.week will stop --. My vote on the housing bill was not counted in the
:24:10. > :24:15.total votes. I think it is outrageous, and I would hope that
:24:16. > :24:22.the House of Commons will look at this again, because we have always
:24:23. > :24:25.believed we are of equal value, wherever we come from, England,
:24:26. > :24:31.Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, and it appears we no longer are. If
:24:32. > :24:36.I may stretch your patients a moment longer, can I also say to the
:24:37. > :24:40.leader, on the subject of the child refugees, I do not think the Prime
:24:41. > :24:46.Minister made the situation clear. All the commentators are saying it
:24:47. > :24:51.was much too vague. Who are they, when are they coming, in what
:24:52. > :25:04.numbers, where are they going to go, what preparation is going to be made
:25:05. > :25:11.on their behalf? I already feel... We have felt over the months to be
:25:12. > :25:17.totally distressed by the failure to deal with these child refugees, in
:25:18. > :25:21.fact, all refugees, in the way we should have done. This country has
:25:22. > :25:26.always had a proud tradition, but the present Government has devalued
:25:27. > :25:34.that. She wants a statement on the matter. I am slightly surprised,
:25:35. > :25:39.although I don't doubt, with his popularity in Wales, it is secure
:25:40. > :25:45.for the future, but she is cancelling other Labour MPs about
:25:46. > :25:50.not being here in the near future. In terms of the counting of
:25:51. > :25:54.vote, it is never acceptable for any vote not to be counted, mistakes
:25:55. > :26:01.sometimes happen, but I am sure you will have listened to the point she
:26:02. > :26:06.is making. Within the rules of the house, everybody participates in all
:26:07. > :26:15.divisions that take place, except in English grand committee. In terms of
:26:16. > :26:18.child refugees, I not only disagree, but her comments are the be
:26:19. > :26:24.disparaging to those who are working in the camps in and around Syria,
:26:25. > :26:29.supported by British money, helping bring refugees from those camps to
:26:30. > :26:33.the UK. We are doing more than virtually any other country in the
:26:34. > :26:41.world to provide support to those refugees. She should be proud of
:26:42. > :26:46.that. A criminal in Bradford, somebody who was on licence from a
:26:47. > :26:49.four under half year prison sentence, who evaded arrest by
:26:50. > :26:55.throwing acid in the face of a police officer, was given just a 20
:26:56. > :26:59.month sentence for the assault. To the disgust of the Police
:27:00. > :27:02.Federation. This was not actually the fault of the judge, who was
:27:03. > :27:07.doing his best within the sentencing guidelines. Assaults on police
:27:08. > :27:12.officers and other public servants is an aggravating factor when
:27:13. > :27:16.sentencing, there is no guidance given as to how much longer a
:27:17. > :27:21.sentence should be given for such an assault. Can we have a debate on
:27:22. > :27:25.this so we can consider the length of sentence which should be added as
:27:26. > :27:29.an aggravating factor on assaults on police officers and other public
:27:30. > :27:34.servants so that they can be treated in the court as seriously as they
:27:35. > :27:35.should be, and make sure those public servants are given the
:27:36. > :27:53.protection they deserve? Are you a burner I legislated to --
:27:54. > :27:56.you will remember I instigated a proposition. I'm sure the Justice
:27:57. > :28:01.Secretary will have heard the comments he has made. We should
:28:02. > :28:04.always work to providing maximum possible support for our public
:28:05. > :28:07.servants and give judges the power that they need to do with appalling
:28:08. > :28:13.situations like the one he describes.
:28:14. > :28:16.Can I add my voice to the many members who have already
:28:17. > :28:23.congratulated Leicester City on their Premier League win? To bring
:28:24. > :28:27.the title is truly remarkable. I am a regular member of the parliament
:28:28. > :28:31.to football team and I'm sorry to say, also about 5000-1 Arbeit fires
:28:32. > :28:40.to just win a match. But members are welcome to come around and watch our
:28:41. > :28:49.next game on the 23rd of May for we will... Can raise the question of
:28:50. > :28:53.football supporters? The average age is now well into the 40s of a ticket
:28:54. > :28:57.holder and young people are being priced out of the game. Can we have
:28:58. > :29:02.a debate please what more can be done to enable the next veneration
:29:03. > :29:05.of football fans to be able to regularly attend Premier League
:29:06. > :29:08.football matches? Can I echo his comments about
:29:09. > :29:12.Leicester City? Extraordinary achievements. One that will live in
:29:13. > :29:16.the annals of sporting history in this country for a long time to
:29:17. > :29:19.come. We will cheer them on in the Champions League next year. Can I
:29:20. > :29:25.also say, think would be appropriate to say, we have also expressed our
:29:26. > :29:30.congratulations and condolences to Tottenham Hotspur. No one would
:29:31. > :29:34.expected them to be the top two and I think it is worth marking that as
:29:35. > :29:38.well. He makes a very important point about Premier League prices. I
:29:39. > :29:42.would commend those clubs that are doing work to try and make cheaper
:29:43. > :29:48.tickets available to young people. It is of paramount Porton 's that
:29:49. > :29:51.footballers are family occasion and today's work. If we look back to the
:29:52. > :29:55.terrible events of Hillsborough, that was described in this house a
:29:56. > :29:58.few days ago, it was a different world then. Football has become a
:29:59. > :30:08.much more family friendly place. A much more open place. We would not
:30:09. > :30:15.want that to change to high prices. Can we have a debate on the future
:30:16. > :30:19.of the UK's military partnerships? Nato has been the cornerstone of our
:30:20. > :30:24.defence since 1949 and has helped keep the peace in Europe and yet now
:30:25. > :30:28.Germany and other members of the European Union wants to see an EU
:30:29. > :30:31.army. This gives me an opportunity to
:30:32. > :30:37.speak to the Government and for the leave campaign. It is everyone's
:30:38. > :30:40.view on both sides in the Government and I would hope in the other side
:30:41. > :30:44.as well that we absolutely do not want to seem the creation of a
:30:45. > :30:49.European army and I were Armed Forces subsumed into a European
:30:50. > :30:54.army. That is something that is a uniting factor in our side of the
:30:55. > :30:58.house. To ask the leader of the house that
:30:59. > :31:02.given the seriousness of the election fraud allegations, made by
:31:03. > :31:07.Channel 4, that the response to my honourable friend was sadly not good
:31:08. > :31:11.enough. Does he not agree that it is incumbent upon this Government to
:31:12. > :31:14.take action to work with any investigation, police or otherwise,
:31:15. > :31:19.or to instigate one, especially given that the allegations were made
:31:20. > :31:24.against the party in Government? I repeat my point earlier. When
:31:25. > :31:26.allegations are made there are proper authorities to investigate
:31:27. > :31:31.them. There seems to be some confusion out
:31:32. > :31:35.of the country regarding people needing to reregister to vote in the
:31:36. > :31:39.EU referendum on the 23rd of June. I would never seek to pass comment on
:31:40. > :31:43.these matters of course, but I'm being led to believe that some of
:31:44. > :31:48.this confusion is emanating from the Government's pro-EU propaganda. Can
:31:49. > :31:52.we have a statement next week to set this matter beyond doubt and to
:31:53. > :31:55.clarify the situation? Let me set the matter to break the
:31:56. > :31:58.straight today. Anyone who is currently on the electoral roll does
:31:59. > :32:08.not need to reregister for the referendum.
:32:09. > :32:11.A Kent burners bought the football community pub in Rochdale and IB
:32:12. > :32:16.backs of the landlord, landlady and big Les is now time to turn it into
:32:17. > :32:20.a veterinary surgery. I accept the Government has done some good work
:32:21. > :32:22.in terms of protecting pubs, perhaps we need a debate on whether planning
:32:23. > :32:28.powers need strengthening further to protect excellent pubs like The
:32:29. > :32:31.Bill's Head? Do the changes to planning tools we
:32:32. > :32:35.have given local authorities greater control. I understand the point he
:32:36. > :32:39.makes. We've seen a distressingly large number pubs disappear around
:32:40. > :32:42.the country. Of course, local communities do have greater powers
:32:43. > :32:46.than they did. And I would share his view. It is a great shame of a much
:32:47. > :32:54.loved local pub disappears and I hope that that does not continue in
:32:55. > :32:58.this country. Lost too many already. The SNP manifesto for today's
:32:59. > :33:02.Scottish Parliament elections commits to examining the feasibility
:33:03. > :33:06.of extending the Borders railway which was opened last year and is
:33:07. > :33:11.proved to be a huge success and I supported extension to Carlisle.
:33:12. > :33:15.Will the leader of the house agreed to hold a debate on there so we can
:33:16. > :33:20.hear and discuss how the UK Government would propose to support
:33:21. > :33:25.such a significant and exciting national infrastructure project?
:33:26. > :33:29.Of course, one of the things that the new administration in Scotland
:33:30. > :33:34.will be able to do, which ever political persuasion it is, is to
:33:35. > :33:39.pursue matters like transport, which are double. Crosses the border into
:33:40. > :33:41.England I have no doubt that my honourable friend the Secretary of
:33:42. > :33:45.State for Transport will wish to discuss carefully and constructively
:33:46. > :33:48.with the new Scottish administration how we can ensure that was
:33:49. > :33:53.completed. And we have a debate on the future
:33:54. > :33:56.of the Crown Post Office network, the Post Office Limited that is
:33:57. > :34:00.looking to franchise Betty nine of the Crown post offices including
:34:01. > :34:05.Lancaster in my constituency? The that MPs have with the Post Office
:34:06. > :34:10.Limited too many MPs will agree have found them very difficult work with
:34:11. > :34:14.and get clear answers from. I'm sure comments will be noted by
:34:15. > :34:17.the Post Office. I would simply say to her that although we have been
:34:18. > :34:21.through big changes to the post office in this parliament we have
:34:22. > :34:25.now finally reached a point where it is much less of a drain on the
:34:26. > :34:28.public purse and we can spend the money on other priorities. It is in
:34:29. > :34:32.all of our interest in today's world that we spend money where it is best
:34:33. > :34:36.useful. Last week we had a 60 minute debate
:34:37. > :34:40.on Westminster wall on East Anglia and evolution. It was massively
:34:41. > :34:43.oversubscribed, reflecting the unhappiness that members across the
:34:44. > :34:46.house have about what was going on and I suspect would find similar
:34:47. > :34:50.disquiet in other members of the country. We thousand people standing
:34:51. > :34:56.for election to local councils today. A complete mess in terms of
:34:57. > :35:01.what is being created in this country. Can the leader allow proper
:35:02. > :35:06.discussion in this house as to what reactionary doing?
:35:07. > :35:09.And what we're actually doing? We just heard from the backbench
:35:10. > :35:12.business committee that they've not necessarily got enough applications
:35:13. > :35:16.for business at the moment and that will carry through into new session.
:35:17. > :35:22.Weather will be more time available in the start of the new session. You
:35:23. > :35:29.will find a central body is therefore such a debate.
:35:30. > :35:34.We now come to the debate on the contribution of faith organisations
:35:35. > :35:38.to the voluntary sector in local communities. To move the motion our
:35:39. > :35:46.call Fiona Bruce. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Christians
:35:47. > :35:50.possess a rich heritage of social reform and charitable care. Which is
:35:51. > :35:55.alive today. In the 19th century William Wilberforce led a campaign
:35:56. > :36:00.for the abolition of slavery and child Labour. And other such as
:36:01. > :36:05.Bernardo and booth where involved in funding charitable organisations
:36:06. > :36:09.covering every conceivable form of human need is an expression of human
:36:10. > :36:15.love and those Christian principles that drove them are still very much
:36:16. > :36:18.alive in Britain today and as relevant as ever. The Evangelical
:36:19. > :36:19.Alliance, the largest and oldest