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