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:00:00. > :00:00.houses of parliament at 11pl tonight. First, it's questions to

:00:00. > :00:13.Philip Hammond and his team of Treasury ministers.

:00:14. > :00:26.Order, order. Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Number

:00:27. > :00:29.one, Mr Speaker. Creating a economy which works were all is a kdy

:00:30. > :00:34.priority of this Government. All regions are benefiting from the 12

:00:35. > :00:39.by the impact local growth funds, and our industrial strategy will

:00:40. > :00:43.this growth across the UK. Devolution deals will get areas the

:00:44. > :00:49.tools they need to make the right economic decisions. We're stpporting

:00:50. > :00:52.the Northern Powerhouse and Midlands Engine, and investing over ?100

:00:53. > :00:56.billion in infrastructure over the course of this Parliament across the

:00:57. > :01:01.UK. I'm encouraged by the chartdred s

:01:02. > :01:04.reply, but there is always the feeling in Northern Lincolnshire

:01:05. > :01:07.that we are peripheral from the northern para House and there is too

:01:08. > :01:15.much focus on Leeds and Manchester. Did the Government is sure ts that

:01:16. > :01:19.we are part of the scheme, `nd that regeneration projects in progress,

:01:20. > :01:24.had the chance one of its tdam agreed to make a delegation from

:01:25. > :01:26.north Lincolnshire separates you those?

:01:27. > :01:32.I can reassure my honourabld friend that that is not the case. Northeast

:01:33. > :01:37.Lincolnshire is a much a focus of the Government's attention. We have

:01:38. > :01:42.agreed deals with the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, with ?1 0

:01:43. > :01:44.million. This includes support for a regeneration programme for the

:01:45. > :01:49.centre of Cleethorpes, as mx honourable friend will know. One of

:01:50. > :01:55.my ministerial team will be very happy to meet with him and his

:01:56. > :01:59.council colleagues. The floods in Yorkshire including in

:02:00. > :02:03.Leeds last Boxing Day cause devastation and many businesses

:02:04. > :02:07.still have not reopened. Wh`t conversations as the charts are

:02:08. > :02:10.having with insurance companies who have restricted cover, incrdased

:02:11. > :02:14.premiums and put up excesses, risking creating a ghost towns in

:02:15. > :02:21.many of our communities and risking jobs too?

:02:22. > :02:26.This is a matter on which the Minister for the Cabinet Office in

:02:27. > :02:29.Leeds, but I have some understanding of the issues as my own constituency

:02:30. > :02:34.were subject to serious flooding in 2014. I will talk to my right

:02:35. > :02:39.honourable friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and make him

:02:40. > :02:46.aware of the concerns laid out. Can I thank your for allowing not

:02:47. > :02:51.into takeover parliament today? I'm sure my right honourable frhend the

:02:52. > :02:54.Chancellor knows the benefits of the East Midlands because he usdd to

:02:55. > :02:58.work in Nottingham. I'm surd he also believes in the value of

:02:59. > :03:02.infrastructure projects. And I ask whether he's minded at all, as it

:03:03. > :03:10.prepares the Autumn Statement, to bring Ford HS2, making sure the

:03:11. > :03:13.Midlands hub, and also the `lleged location of the East Midlands Main

:03:14. > :03:18.line, all of which will bendfit Nottinghamshire?

:03:19. > :03:20.I thank my honourable friend for her question, indeed, Nottinghalshire is

:03:21. > :03:25.a part of the country I know well and have a great deal of affection

:03:26. > :03:29.for. The Government is completely seized of the need for

:03:30. > :03:34.infrastructure investment to support for the activity performancd of our

:03:35. > :03:37.economy. My right honourabld friend, the Transport Secretary, will be

:03:38. > :03:43.looking at the priority to be afforded to specific projects, and

:03:44. > :03:46.will make statements in due course. Given that the East Midlands and the

:03:47. > :03:53.West Midlands together could generate significant growth for our

:03:54. > :03:57.economy if it got there eyed road, rail and skills infrastructtre, will

:03:58. > :04:00.he acknowledge that, given ht is not a game in Parliament day-to,day

:04:01. > :04:08.that the Autumn Statement rdally should be bringing forward those

:04:09. > :04:12.ambitions in the Midlands Engine? The Government is committed to the

:04:13. > :04:15.Midlands Engine, and the honourable gentleman is absolutely right that

:04:16. > :04:21.the Midlands conurbation ovdrall has a weight of population and dconomic

:04:22. > :04:27.activity that allows it to be a rival to the hub of London `nd the

:04:28. > :04:30.South East. As I said to my honourable friend a minute `go,

:04:31. > :04:35.announcements about specific projects will be made in dud course

:04:36. > :04:39.by the relevant extra in a relevant departmental minister.

:04:40. > :04:43.One of the most important w`ys the Chancellor could boost economic

:04:44. > :04:49.growth outside of London and this at least pays is to energise slall

:04:50. > :04:52.business. I wonder if on th`t basis he would consider reviewing the

:04:53. > :04:55.small business enterprise scheme in the hope that he might supervise it

:04:56. > :05:03.or we could see a wall of private cash invested in small businesses?

:05:04. > :05:10.My friend is right, ensuring the right amount of funding in start-up

:05:11. > :05:15.enterprises is key to the ftture of our economy. I can assure hhm that

:05:16. > :05:19.all schemes, taxes and other such structures will be reviewed in the

:05:20. > :05:26.run-up to the Autumn Statemdnt, and I will let him know on Novelber 23

:05:27. > :05:29.my conclusions. Is the Chancellor of Excheqter aware

:05:30. > :05:38.that his predecessor introdtced a scheme that was raised upon robbing

:05:39. > :05:41.the Derbyshire County Counchl of ?155 million in cuts, and then

:05:42. > :05:47.promising to give them less than 20% of that money back? No wonddr the

:05:48. > :05:51.people in Bolsover marketpl`ce, they don't call it the Northern

:05:52. > :05:58.Powerhouse, it's the Northern Powerhouse.

:05:59. > :06:04.I know my right honourable friend will be wanting to look at the

:06:05. > :06:09.allocation of funding to local authorities, including Derbxshire

:06:10. > :06:13.County Council. As he will know there are many powerful advocate for

:06:14. > :06:18.Derbyshire on both sides of this House.

:06:19. > :06:22.I wish the honourable gentldman a speedy recovery, he can ask his

:06:23. > :06:25.question from his seat. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The

:06:26. > :06:31.Chancellor be aware that thd East Midlands has a trade surplus with

:06:32. > :06:37.China thanks to manufacturing interests in the area. Past

:06:38. > :06:41.chancellors have been keen to trumpet business interest in the

:06:42. > :06:48.Northern Powerhouse, would this help to turn the Colts in the middle and

:06:49. > :06:51.engine with future visits? Indeed, I well, it is an important

:06:52. > :06:55.part in the role of chancellors to act as a champion for busindsses in

:06:56. > :07:00.the North and the Midlands. Digest draw attention to inward investors

:07:01. > :07:05.like the Chinese, like the Hndians - who are of course already hdavily

:07:06. > :07:10.invested in the East Midlands - to opportunities exist in the TK beyond

:07:11. > :07:13.London and the South East, which are sometimes not so obvious to foreign

:07:14. > :07:20.investors as those that exist in London.

:07:21. > :07:24.In order to boost growth outside of London and they said these place,

:07:25. > :07:28.there should be a focus on manufacturing and its assochated

:07:29. > :07:38.innovation research and devdlopment. The UK's record on RND development

:07:39. > :07:41.is lamentable competitor competitors. But they Chancdllor

:07:42. > :07:49.take the committee to reverse the Autumn Statement and confirl funding

:07:50. > :07:52.for grants and loans? We've supported ?22 billion of

:07:53. > :07:57.research and about meant spdnding through the tax credit spending

:07:58. > :08:04.examine microsystem. The right honourable gentleman is correct

:08:05. > :08:09.the... Aaron Best meant in research and is considerably less th`n many

:08:10. > :08:13.of our principal competitors. I can promise him we are acutely `ware of

:08:14. > :08:19.this challenge, and I will `ddress that challenge the Autumn Statement.

:08:20. > :08:25.I take that as revealed good news story some point to come. In order

:08:26. > :08:29.to boost growth we need to take export more seriously, incltding to

:08:30. > :08:35.the EU, given our teeth bal`nce has gone into reverse over the past two

:08:36. > :08:39.years. -- trade balance. In order to reflect that, what efforts hs the

:08:40. > :08:44.Chancellor making to roll ott a hard Brexit, with visas, tariff barriers,

:08:45. > :08:48.and enter the customs union - all of which the Treasury themselvds say

:08:49. > :08:57.could lead still laws of 66 billion of revenue, a reduction... Could

:08:58. > :09:02.possibly lead to the reducthon of half a million jobs.

:09:03. > :09:07.I know the SNP doesn't like a good news story, and I'm sure thd

:09:08. > :09:12.gentlemen will be able to think of a suitable response by Novembdr 2 in

:09:13. > :09:16.case is one on that day. On the wider issue of managing Britain s

:09:17. > :09:19.exit from the European Union, the Prime Minister has been verx clear,

:09:20. > :09:23.we understand the instructions we have received from the Brithsh

:09:24. > :09:29.people, and within our obligation to deliver those, we will seek to get

:09:30. > :09:32.the very best deal we can whth the European Union that maximisds the

:09:33. > :09:36.amount of trade and goods and services between our companhes and

:09:37. > :09:42.the markets of the European Union and European companies and the UK

:09:43. > :09:46.market. Financial services are one of the

:09:47. > :09:53.sectors most exposed to Brexit, but it's not just jobs in the fhnancial

:09:54. > :09:58.sector which area at risk in London, it is Edinburgh, Manchester and

:09:59. > :10:02.beyond. The responses so far happy incoherence, firms need reassurances

:10:03. > :10:07.they will get compatible access to the single market and the ability to

:10:08. > :10:11.maintain EU National work for them. With the Chancellor finally bit the

:10:12. > :10:17.end to his Government's chaos and promised to deliver both today?

:10:18. > :10:20.He is right to identify fin`ncial services as one of the areas

:10:21. > :10:25.particular date concerned about the way in which the exit from the

:10:26. > :10:28.European Union is managed, because the industry is particularlx

:10:29. > :10:33.dependent upon the passporthng resume which is in place. Hd is also

:10:34. > :10:39.right to draw attention to the often overlooked fact that 75% financial

:10:40. > :10:44.services jobs are outside London. This is an important, UK-wide

:10:45. > :10:49.industry. But on the specifhc point that he makes, I certainly have been

:10:50. > :10:54.seeking to reassure financi`l services businesses that we will put

:10:55. > :10:58.at their unease at the heart of our negotiation with the Europe`n Union.

:10:59. > :11:03.We understand their needs m`rket access. We also understand their

:11:04. > :11:07.needs to be able to engage the right skilled people. I said on the record

:11:08. > :11:11.and am happy to say again today that I do not believe that concerns the

:11:12. > :11:14.British people have expressdd about migration from the European Union

:11:15. > :11:21.relate to people with high skills and high pay. The problem that

:11:22. > :11:26.people are concerned about hs people taking entry-level jobs, and I see

:11:27. > :11:30.no likelihood that we will tse powers to control migration into the

:11:31. > :11:31.UK to prevent companies bringing highly skilled, highly paid workers

:11:32. > :11:41.hair. Mr Speaker, with your permission, if

:11:42. > :11:46.I could answer the question with question number four, in negotiating

:11:47. > :11:51.double taxation treaties thd UK objective is to reach an agreement

:11:52. > :11:59.that allocates taxing rights on the basis acceptable to both cotntries.

:12:00. > :12:02.Restrictive tract treaties hnhibit the ability of developing countries

:12:03. > :12:05.to spend money on things like schools and education and rdsearch

:12:06. > :12:09.shows along with Italy, the UK has the highest number of these, so is

:12:10. > :12:13.the minister willing to work with the Department for Internathonal

:12:14. > :12:20.Development to try and change that? I would disagree with the honourable

:12:21. > :12:23.gentleman. I think, in fact, the double taxation treaties actually

:12:24. > :12:27.help developing countries. They can remove uncertainty about thd way

:12:28. > :12:30.businesses might choose to lake investment and they can open up the

:12:31. > :12:36.route for fairer and more open trade. The majority of the TK double

:12:37. > :12:42.taxation treaties are based on the OCD model of taxation prevention and

:12:43. > :12:50.we work closely with countrhes to find a mutually acceptable treaty.

:12:51. > :12:56.Can the Minister tell us wh`t plans she has to carry out assesslents of

:12:57. > :12:59.the impact that the UK tax treaty has on developing countries? And if

:13:00. > :13:04.her department will offer poorer countries the opportunity to

:13:05. > :13:12.renegotiate treaties that do not do enough to support their devdlopment?

:13:13. > :13:17.As I said before, there is ` rolling programme of renegotiation to make

:13:18. > :13:20.sure that treaties reflect lodern standards, but more broadly, the UK

:13:21. > :13:26.has a proud record in terms of capacity building in this area and

:13:27. > :13:29.we lead international efforts to support developing countries in tax

:13:30. > :13:35.capacity building. One example is the differential id funds, `nd the

:13:36. > :13:42.OECD providing technical assistance to partner countries, so we can be

:13:43. > :13:46.proud of the record. In negotiation double tax treaties we are

:13:47. > :13:49.developing -- with developing an advanced nations will you look at

:13:50. > :13:54.the transport provisions so we can broaden the tax base and stop the

:13:55. > :13:58.likes of Apple, Amazon and Google gaining taxes from us. The TK is

:13:59. > :14:04.committed to make sure that UK companies pay a fair share of tax in

:14:05. > :14:08.the countries they are oper`ting in. In terms of the wider international

:14:09. > :14:11.tax fairness I reiterate th`t the UK has taken a very strong stands

:14:12. > :14:14.across the board on a number of issues but I'm always happy to speak

:14:15. > :14:18.to my honourable friend abott the issue because I know he is very

:14:19. > :14:25.expert and we would welcome his views on these issues.

:14:26. > :14:29.The government has taken stdps to maintain a world-class business

:14:30. > :14:34.environment that helps UK manufacturers thrive and it's why we

:14:35. > :14:40.have cut corporation tax from 2 % down to 20% and it will fall further

:14:41. > :14:44.to 17% and why we have supported ?22 billion of R and D through tax

:14:45. > :14:50.credits, which helps the manufacturers to grow as innovative,

:14:51. > :14:54.competitive countries. I welcome the response, but what message hs he

:14:55. > :14:57.sending to international manufacturing companies with

:14:58. > :15:01.operations in Britain about this country's future international

:15:02. > :15:07.competitiveness as we leave the European Union? Our message is

:15:08. > :15:11.straightforward. Britain is open for business, as the Prime Minister

:15:12. > :15:17.said, and we will continue to be a confident, outward looking country.

:15:18. > :15:24.Manufacturing for the long term depends on investment, long,term

:15:25. > :15:29.investment. What assessment has the Minister made of the impact of us

:15:30. > :15:35.potentially leaving the European investment bank, and what progress

:15:36. > :15:41.has there been, and any discussions about us maintaining our st`te? In

:15:42. > :15:48.terms of the European investment bank, we are in discussions with

:15:49. > :15:51.them. Will he agree with me that reducing anti-competitive m`rket

:15:52. > :15:54.distortions is both a great physical way to promote manufacturing and to

:15:55. > :16:02.ensure the country's best place for new trade deals? -- Best pl`ced I

:16:03. > :16:07.agree that removing distorthons in the economy will result in ` more

:16:08. > :16:10.efficient economy and the UK Government has a record of doing

:16:11. > :16:16.that by release -- reducing corporation tax, for exampld. Apart

:16:17. > :16:19.from lowering corporation t`x in Northern Ireland, what other steps

:16:20. > :16:24.will the Chancellor and his ministerial team take to incentivise

:16:25. > :16:31.manufacturing in northern -, Northern Ireland? I do think in

:16:32. > :16:34.terms of freedom for Northern Ireland to set its corporathon tax

:16:35. > :16:39.rate is an important measurd in itself and we look forward to

:16:40. > :16:42.further progress on that. Of course, there will be in Autumn Statement

:16:43. > :16:50.next month whether government will set out its economic policy but as a

:16:51. > :16:54.government, we mentioned corporation tax and tax credits that were made

:16:55. > :16:56.more generous, these are all measures that have helped

:16:57. > :17:01.manufacturing businesses in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. Whild I

:17:02. > :17:04.welcome the ongoing commitmdnt to the northern powerhouse and

:17:05. > :17:09.manufacturing in my constittency and the department allocated funds for

:17:10. > :17:14.the Hub growth, but does thd Minister agree those investlent must

:17:15. > :17:19.seek maximum economic benefht in the current proposal will take `n

:17:20. > :17:28.existing pinch point down the road if we do not seek the chewing up of

:17:29. > :17:34.the carriageway down the a 64? Extremely tangential, so meriting an

:17:35. > :17:37.pithy response. I will look forward to examining the case for dtelling

:17:38. > :17:45.that road and the benefit that that will provide. Last month thd

:17:46. > :17:50.Chancellor proudly dismissed his predecessor's plans to cut

:17:51. > :17:55.corporation tax to 15%, but this week however we hear of plans

:17:56. > :18:02.hatched by senior government figures to cut corporation tax as low as 10%

:18:03. > :18:07.as part of a so-called Brexht nuclear option. This is despite the

:18:08. > :18:10.British Chambers of commercd and the Institute of directors stathng that

:18:11. > :18:15.cutting corporation tax would not be at the top of their wish list. Can

:18:16. > :18:20.the minister put an end to his government's reign of chaos and

:18:21. > :18:23.confirmed today what his long-term position is on corporation tax so

:18:24. > :18:31.that businesses have the st`bility they deserve? I'm not sure hf I was

:18:32. > :18:40.a labour frontbencher I would use the phrase reign of chaos. But let

:18:41. > :18:45.me just be very clear. The TK Government has rightly reduced

:18:46. > :18:49.corporation tax from 28% to 20% and we are legislating down to 07%. If

:18:50. > :18:54.there are any further announcements, that will be in a fiscal evdnt like

:18:55. > :19:00.the Autumn Statement or budget. I'm afraid that the other mental chaos

:19:01. > :19:05.we have seen on corporation tax is sadly replicated in terms of

:19:06. > :19:08.investment. The Chancellor promised to terror the previous budgdt and

:19:09. > :19:15.develop an industrial stratdgy before denying he was plannhng a

:19:16. > :19:18.spending splurge. A recent poll showed that almost two thirds of

:19:19. > :19:22.Britons agreed that the country is not doing enough to meet its

:19:23. > :19:26.infrastructure needs and we on this side agree. Can the Minister and his

:19:27. > :19:31.government 's chaotic record on investment and confirm how luch he

:19:32. > :19:37.plans to invest in infrastrtcture, and on what, and where will he get

:19:38. > :19:42.the money from? Can I just point out on the subject of corporation tax it

:19:43. > :19:46.wasn't that many months ago that on one day the Shadow Chancellor

:19:47. > :19:52.condemned the reduction down to 17% whilst the Labour Party comlittee

:19:53. > :19:55.voted for it. Can I also just be clear that in terms of

:19:56. > :20:02.infrastructure it's no good coming forward with incredible plans to

:20:03. > :20:05.spend 500 billion plan -- ?400 billion without any idea as to how

:20:06. > :20:10.it will be paid. The Chancellor will make a statement on the 23rd of

:20:11. > :20:14.November in terms of the policy on this, but to have some credhbility

:20:15. > :20:19.the Labour Party really need to change tack.

:20:20. > :20:26.The ?4.4 billion priority school building programme was established

:20:27. > :20:30.to rebuild or refurbish those school buildings in the worst condhtion

:20:31. > :20:34.across the country and the programme second phase was announced hn May

:20:35. > :20:38.2014 and feasibility studies are being carried out. In addithon we

:20:39. > :20:44.are allocating ?4.2 billion across 2015 up to 20 18, two local

:20:45. > :20:49.authorities, Academy trusts and partnerships maintaining thdir

:20:50. > :20:53.schools. I'd like to thank ly right honourable friend for his rdply but

:20:54. > :21:02.one high school in my consthtuency has been top priority for a rebuild.

:21:03. > :21:06.Can I ask my honourable fridnd that he looks at this carefully so we can

:21:07. > :21:13.finally give the pupils of the high school the school they deserve? I

:21:14. > :21:16.thank the honourable friend for his question. I understand his

:21:17. > :21:19.constituents disappointment that the school was not successful in its

:21:20. > :21:27.application to the priority building programme. We do need to prhoritise

:21:28. > :21:30.schools in the very worst conditions. I understand thd school

:21:31. > :21:35.buildings are receiving invdstment through the local authority and I

:21:36. > :21:37.understand they will have competing priorities for capital resotrces but

:21:38. > :21:45.I'm sure my honourable friend will be continuing to make the c`se for

:21:46. > :21:51.the school. With ?180 million spend it on phase one, will the government

:21:52. > :21:55.be tempted to back fill with second-rate PFI buildings, `nd what

:21:56. > :22:00.role will it have this programme? In terms of the record on school

:22:01. > :22:04.building, let me address th`t point. We have spent ?18 billion shnce 2010

:22:05. > :22:09.on the school estates and wd are committed to a further ?23 billion

:22:10. > :22:14.so pupils can be taught in facilities fit for the 21st century.

:22:15. > :22:16.Of course, we want to make sure that this is funded at the most

:22:17. > :22:25.appropriate value for money and sustainable way. With permission, I

:22:26. > :22:30.will answer this question together with questions seven, 12 and 14

:22:31. > :22:34.World-class infrastructure hs central to raising our country's

:22:35. > :22:38.productivity and around 3000 infrastructure projects havd been

:22:39. > :22:46.delivered across the UK since 2 10 with another 600 projects worth over

:22:47. > :22:49.?480 billion in the pipelind. We are investing over ?13 billion hn

:22:50. > :22:52.transport across the North, 5 billion in the Midlands and

:22:53. > :22:56.nationwide we are making thd largest investment in roads across the UK in

:22:57. > :23:02.a generation and rail is experiencing a level of invdstment

:23:03. > :23:05.not seen since Victorian tiles. I thank the Chancellor for thd answer.

:23:06. > :23:11.Can he ensure that the lower Thames crossing option preferred bx the

:23:12. > :23:15.highways agency quickly and speedily taken forward, which will enhance

:23:16. > :23:18.the investment in Medway and the whole of the Thames Gateway area in

:23:19. > :23:23.facilitating house-building and encouraging business growth and

:23:24. > :23:28.supporting existing infrastructure in the Kent area? I commend my

:23:29. > :23:31.honourable friend for the w`y he has campaigned on the issue and we

:23:32. > :23:34.recognise the importance of this crossing for supporting the economy

:23:35. > :23:40.on both sides of the Thames, particularly given the constrained

:23:41. > :23:42.capacity at Dartford. It will produce significant benefits

:23:43. > :23:46.locally, regionally and nathonally and the government will be laking a

:23:47. > :23:52.decision on the location and root in due course. Conservative controlled

:23:53. > :23:55.Southend Council were very disappointed they were unsuccessful

:23:56. > :23:58.in their bid to the coastal communities fund. Would my right

:23:59. > :24:04.honourable friend agreed to meet myself, the leader of the council,

:24:05. > :24:07.and others, so we might share with him why we do need investment in

:24:08. > :24:13.infrastructure, particularlx as Southend is the alternative city of

:24:14. > :24:15.culture next year. Well Mr Speaker, my honourable friend makes ` good

:24:16. > :24:22.point. The government recognises the ongoing growth potential of

:24:23. > :24:24.Southend. The government's substantial investment that includes

:24:25. > :24:30.over ?40 million through thd south-east growth deal and the 014

:24:31. > :24:32.city deal. The government announced last year that the coastal

:24:33. > :24:36.communities fund would be extended over this Parliament, at le`st

:24:37. > :24:40.another ?90 million of further funding is available to prolote

:24:41. > :24:44.sustainable economic growth and jobs within the UK's coastal comlunities

:24:45. > :24:50.and I would strongly encour`ge Southend Borough Council to apply to

:24:51. > :24:59.this funding. We welcome yotr comments on the infrastructtre,

:25:00. > :25:03.would he now commit to workhng with us all to secure the funding for the

:25:04. > :25:06.duelling of the Eastern byp`ss around my constituency of Lhncoln

:25:07. > :25:10.which will greatly support not only the development of the city, but

:25:11. > :25:14.also the whole of greater Lincolnshire. I recognise mx

:25:15. > :25:17.honourable friend's commitmdnt to his preferred version of thd

:25:18. > :25:23.project. Funding has been m`de available for the provision of the

:25:24. > :25:28.Lincoln Eastern bypass. In the county council's preferred version,

:25:29. > :25:32.a single carriageway road, `nd as my honourable friend will know, the

:25:33. > :25:36.county council is not in favour of restarting the process from scratch

:25:37. > :25:40.and introducing further del`ys, so I cannot, I'm afraid, give hil any

:25:41. > :25:46.confidence that additional funding will be made available to adopt a

:25:47. > :25:50.dualling solution. I was pldased that in the last budget statement

:25:51. > :25:56.the previous Chancellor announced the new Thames Street 2015 growth

:25:57. > :25:59.commission to focus on delivering essential infrastructure, and

:26:00. > :26:03.development for this crucial region. Could I ask my right honour`ble

:26:04. > :26:04.friend for assurances that this commission, led by Lord Hesdltine,

:26:05. > :26:14.will continue to be I'm Brad my honourable friend has

:26:15. > :26:21.raised this point. The tens S3 growth commission has been `sked to

:26:22. > :26:26.raise an ambitious plan and for the area. I'm grateful to Lord Heseltine

:26:27. > :26:29.and his commissioners for bringing this report. I look forward to

:26:30. > :26:34.receiving the interim report ahead of the budget next year when I will

:26:35. > :26:37.give a response to it. When the Chancellor came to the

:26:38. > :26:43.Treasury Select Committee l`st week, he was unsure as to whether or not

:26:44. > :26:47.they were doing analysis by region of the effect of leaving thd

:26:48. > :26:51.European Union. He's had a week to find out, could you give thd House

:26:52. > :26:55.the answer, please? I think if the honourable l`dy

:26:56. > :26:59.checks a video she will find I was not unsure, I was advising lyself

:27:00. > :27:05.service colleague that I understood we were doing such regional

:27:06. > :27:09.analysis. It is the case at we're doing regional analysis, and that

:27:10. > :27:14.will help to inform the prilers to's negotiation strategy.

:27:15. > :27:20.With the Chancellor agree whth me that energy efficiency should be a

:27:21. > :27:24.priority for development nationally and regionally. Would he consider

:27:25. > :27:29.that proceeds of the Shell gas sovereign wealth fund should be at

:27:30. > :27:38.her efficiency measures so that we can encourage innovation?

:27:39. > :27:42.I'm not necessarily an favotr of earmarking hypothetical funds for

:27:43. > :27:45.that purpose, but I do think the honourable lady makes an important

:27:46. > :27:50.point is, we have a serious challenge over energy capachty in

:27:51. > :27:56.this country over the next 20 years, and we're going to have to hnvest

:27:57. > :28:03.large sums of money, and allost ?100 billion, just ensure the lights stay

:28:04. > :28:09.on. Of course it makes sensd to reduce energy demand through

:28:10. > :28:17.conservation measures, alongside existing measures.

:28:18. > :28:19.Last week, the infrastructure measure in the Northern Ireland

:28:20. > :28:24.Executive announced a major infrastructure projects in Belfast

:28:25. > :28:29.with beats stopped because ht's unlikely to be stopped before the

:28:30. > :28:35.end of the period when we ldave the map, and their four funding would be

:28:36. > :28:39.lost. That the minister let us know, has the infrastructure Minister had

:28:40. > :28:43.any discussions with him about this project, and Kenny gave asstrance to

:28:44. > :28:48.the Northern Ireland Executhve that any project started before we leave

:28:49. > :28:54.the EU weather is a funding gap will be bridged by the Treasury?

:28:55. > :28:58.I'm not aware of the project he refers to, as virus I'm where the

:28:59. > :29:02.Northern Ireland Executive have not been in touch with the Treasury We

:29:03. > :29:06.have made two announcements, an announcement that confirms `ll

:29:07. > :29:10.projects signed before the @utumn Statement in the normal course of

:29:11. > :29:15.business would be guaranteed whatever, whether they conthnue to

:29:16. > :29:19.be funded by the EU or not `fter our exit. I made a further statdment

:29:20. > :29:25.that says after the Autumn Statement, any new EU funded

:29:26. > :29:29.projects, as long as they p`ss our priorities test, will get the same

:29:30. > :29:36.guarantee. However long thex last, they will be funded by the TK

:29:37. > :29:40.Treasury want EU funding stops. This Government continues to be in

:29:41. > :29:46.chaos of its flagship, so cold, Northern Powerhouse. I live there, I

:29:47. > :29:50.see it every day, they have no long-term industrial strategy.

:29:51. > :29:55.Meanwhile, notwithstanding what the Chancellor said earlier, regional

:29:56. > :30:00.economies are still bring from - suffering from lack of investment.

:30:01. > :30:05.Particular date transport infrastructure. A problem now

:30:06. > :30:09.compounded by Brexit. What plans does the Chancellor have set and

:30:10. > :30:12.this uncertainty and finallx bring to this House a rebalancing or an

:30:13. > :30:19.enhancement of regional transport ever structure spending?

:30:20. > :30:23.I urge the honourable gentldman not to talk down the North and the

:30:24. > :30:27.importance of the Northern Powerhouse. The Northern Powerhouse

:30:28. > :30:31.is an important part of the Government's strategy, and the new

:30:32. > :30:38.Prime Minister has made cle`r her commitment to it. When he's right is

:30:39. > :30:41.in drawing attention to the shortfall of infrastructure

:30:42. > :30:44.investment in the UK overall compared to our principal

:30:45. > :30:48.competitors. That is an isste we have to address at national level,

:30:49. > :30:53.looking for the best value for money, ie, the projects will give

:30:54. > :31:03.the greatest contribution to closing that productivity gap.

:31:04. > :31:05.Question number eight, Mr Speaker. The Office For Budget Responsibility

:31:06. > :31:11.are responsible for forecasting contributions to the EU. Thdy will

:31:12. > :31:18.update that Autumn Statement 20 6. The contribution of the perhod was

:31:19. > :31:22.26 billion pounds. Thank you for that response. In

:31:23. > :31:27.spite of all the spending pledges which are being made today `nd

:31:28. > :31:29.recently, hospitals, schools police and roads in my constituencx

:31:30. > :31:34.certainly do need a boost in spending is. Does the most `gree

:31:35. > :31:38.with me that the sooner we leave the European Union, the sooner that

:31:39. > :31:42.money will be available for them? What I say to my honourable friend

:31:43. > :31:46.is that any money saved will depend on the overall fiscal situation and

:31:47. > :31:52.the broader economic environment. Decisions on spending will be taken

:31:53. > :32:01.in the round at Autumn Statdment and budgets. But was to remain lembers

:32:02. > :32:06.of the European Union, we h`ve two continue to pay in.

:32:07. > :32:10.On the day of the EU referendum I met an NHS worker who voted to leave

:32:11. > :32:14.the European Union, precisely because she thought there would be

:32:15. > :32:18.more money available to the NHS banks did the ?350 million per week

:32:19. > :32:21.in place and on the Vote Le`ve abuzz. I want to know and she wants

:32:22. > :32:30.to know, when we leave the Duropean Union, are we getting that loney?

:32:31. > :32:37.It's certainly not for me to justify or explain the pledges made by the

:32:38. > :32:42.Leave campaign. But what I would say is, when it comes to public spending

:32:43. > :32:46.decisions, that needs to be taken in the context of the economic and

:32:47. > :32:55.fiscal situation. One appreciate the getting back our

:32:56. > :32:59.EU contribution was a factor in the referendum, what the Ministdr

:33:00. > :33:03.confirm that this administr`tion is at least open to the idea of paying

:33:04. > :33:07.some contribution in the future if we are to get some sort of `ccess to

:33:08. > :33:11.the single market for financial services is, or indeed in

:33:12. > :33:15.relationship to passporting and is equivalence, though could bd some

:33:16. > :33:18.sort of contribution? The important thing is for the

:33:19. > :33:22.United Kingdom to get the bdst possible deal in our negoti`tions

:33:23. > :33:28.with the European Union. I don't think it makes sense to bind our

:33:29. > :33:32.hands, close down options, `t this point. Nor is it right that we

:33:33. > :33:38.provide a running commentarx on this matter.

:33:39. > :33:42.Wales will continue to recehve convergence funding while wd are in

:33:43. > :33:50.the EU. In any case, what the Treasury on the Prime Minister's

:33:51. > :33:55.pledge to continue the Swansea Railway, making a part of the

:33:56. > :34:00.pan-European network, and m`ke it part of a manufacturing hub two will

:34:01. > :34:06.he met on that pledge? That is a matter for the Tr`nsport

:34:07. > :34:08.Secretary. As the Chancellor has made clear, this Government is

:34:09. > :34:19.committed to improving our infrastructure.

:34:20. > :34:24.Number nine, sir. The Government is committed to

:34:25. > :34:27.helping the Midlands in terls of its economic potential and making it a

:34:28. > :34:32.powerful engine for growth. We're backing skills, innovation hn the

:34:33. > :34:39.automotive and aerospace injuries examine map industries and putting

:34:40. > :34:43.power into local people's h`nds by voting a new mayor for the Lidlands.

:34:44. > :34:49.I think it's also in order to mention our excellent candidate in

:34:50. > :34:55.this race. I thank him for the answer. A report

:34:56. > :35:01.earlier this year suggested 53 billion could be contributed at to

:35:02. > :35:04.the UK economy by the East Lidlands by 2020, reflecting the central role

:35:05. > :35:08.the area continues to play hn driving growth. Does my honourable

:35:09. > :35:12.friend agree that to sustain this triggered a success it is absolutely

:35:13. > :35:14.vital we continue to deliver an investment in Leicestershird's

:35:15. > :35:24.roads, rail and broader infrastructure. Might I instructed

:35:25. > :35:33.my colleague on the benefits of the blue pencil?

:35:34. > :35:36.Very good advice, Mr Speaker. Investment in infrastructurd between

:35:37. > :35:41.our major cities is vital. We are investing over five billion in

:35:42. > :35:45.transport infrastructure to put the Midlands at the heart of a lodern

:35:46. > :35:54.transport network. Pettiness personified.

:35:55. > :35:58.Can the Minister confirm no be no delays today I'd have locathon of

:35:59. > :36:10.the East Midlands railway lhne. Yes, he can.

:36:11. > :36:15.Question Time, Mr Speaker. If people feel they have had their

:36:16. > :36:22.tax credits incorrectly withdrawn, they should urgently contact HMRC.

:36:23. > :36:27.It will review all complaint cases and pay redress where appropriate.

:36:28. > :36:34.Labour welcomes the cancell`tion of the Concentrix contract, with the

:36:35. > :36:43.Minister reassure the thous`nds of single parents that their t`x

:36:44. > :36:46.credit, erroneously stocked by Concentrix, will be reinstated

:36:47. > :36:51.immediately, said their children can be kept safe and warm and not go

:36:52. > :36:59.unsaid as winter approaches? She is right to draw the Hotse's

:37:00. > :37:03.attention to vulnerable clahmants. She may be interested to know that

:37:04. > :37:08.HMRC had a further drop in for colleagues on the 19th of October,

:37:09. > :37:12.attended by 15 members and ` number of complaints and issues were raised

:37:13. > :37:20.their, which we are on the way to resolving. In terms of rest`rting

:37:21. > :37:25.claims, is to get right information. HMRC had taken back a vast number of

:37:26. > :37:28.cases, and I will say more `bout this tomorrow, their priority is to

:37:29. > :37:33.get the right information and get them started again as soon `s factor

:37:34. > :37:38.established. After a previous question, the

:37:39. > :37:42.Minister said, demands to bd paid to the supplier are reduced as actual

:37:43. > :37:47.performance fails to meet standards set in the contract. Does that

:37:48. > :37:51.include penalties for withdrawing tax credit when they should not have

:37:52. > :37:56.been withdrawn? The terms of the contract bdtween

:37:57. > :38:00.HMRC and Concentrix are in the public domain. It is right that when

:38:01. > :38:05.performance is not as per the contract, there are associated

:38:06. > :38:08.deductions. I will be in a position to offer the House more information

:38:09. > :38:12.on the contract tomorrow during the opposition day debate.

:38:13. > :38:17.A number of my constituents have been affected by this, not least one

:38:18. > :38:24.who was a front line police officer, who had her benefits withdr`wn,

:38:25. > :38:29.meaning her childcare could not be paid, and she could potenti`lly be

:38:30. > :38:34.unable to go to work. One officer intervened and benefits werd but

:38:35. > :38:36.what is you going to do further people are upset about this

:38:37. > :38:41.treatment is? That two things here - if pdople do

:38:42. > :38:44.feel the tax credits have bden incorrectly withdrawn because of

:38:45. > :38:50.errors, they should contact HMRC will review it and redress can be

:38:51. > :38:53.made. There is a second point that customers can as a mandatorx

:38:54. > :38:58.reconsideration, when they don't feel their circumstances had been

:38:59. > :39:02.correctly identified. Some of the time, that is because peopld don't

:39:03. > :39:09.send through the right information until they've...

:39:10. > :39:12.Mr Speaker, the UK will leave the European Union and introducd control

:39:13. > :39:23.of migration between Britain and the EU. Working with officials `cross

:39:24. > :39:26.governments, the Government undertakes to a number of

:39:27. > :39:30.contingencies will stop I'm afraid were not going to provide a running

:39:31. > :39:35.commentary. We do want the best outcome for the UK, which mdans

:39:36. > :39:40.Alaba spoke arrangements whhch allows companies access to Duropean

:39:41. > :39:45.markets. There was many failed targets and

:39:46. > :39:49.plans, including ?1 trillion of export, a target which is nowhere

:39:50. > :39:55.near being reached, and that is with full access to the single m`rket.

:39:56. > :39:59.Other markets such as Germany, meanwhile, explore more than us to

:40:00. > :40:02.China and other markets. Dods the Chancellor agree that the f`ilure

:40:03. > :40:05.the Government to improve the export performance has led the Govdrnment

:40:06. > :40:10.unable to take advantage of opportunities outside the ET. I

:40:11. > :40:15.think the honourable lady should prove a powerful person in the

:40:16. > :40:21.library of the House. What the Government can support and

:40:22. > :40:25.enable exporters, it cannot do their job for them. It is for exporters to

:40:26. > :40:29.make their businesses competitive and sell their wares around the

:40:30. > :40:36.world. We will do everything we can to support them in that enddavour.

:40:37. > :40:41.Does my honourable friend agree that unless the European Union are going

:40:42. > :40:44.to impose trade sanctions on the UK, there will be nothing to stop us to

:40:45. > :40:49.have access to the single m`rket when we leave?

:40:50. > :40:57.My honourable friend is right in the sense that every nation that is a

:40:58. > :41:02.member of the WTO, and we are a member of the WTO, has the right to

:41:03. > :41:06.access the markets of other members and WTO times. But those tiles will

:41:07. > :41:09.be challenging for some othdr industries. For example, thd

:41:10. > :41:13.automotive industry, the wittier terms apply a temper sent G`reth on

:41:14. > :41:22.the car is markets. the Chancellor will know th`t West

:41:23. > :41:27.Yorkshire is the beating he`rt of the manufacturing economy in this

:41:28. > :41:30.country. Can I tell him that my manufacturing leaders and the

:41:31. > :41:35.employees Federation feel ldft out of the loop in terms of what their

:41:36. > :41:40.future is after Brexit. Could he reassure them? They are disturbed

:41:41. > :41:44.that the future. I can reassure the honourable gentleman that

:41:45. > :41:48.manufacturing industry is vdry much at the forefront of our thinking as

:41:49. > :41:51.we approach these negotiations and I'm sorry I've not had a ch`nce to

:41:52. > :41:57.go to West Yorkshire, but I have been engaging with businessds in all

:41:58. > :42:01.sectors of the economy incltding many businesses from the North who

:42:02. > :42:04.have attended a roundtable discussions in Downing Stredt over

:42:05. > :42:09.the last few weeks to set ott their concerns so we can take thel

:42:10. > :42:17.properly into account. In wdlcoming my right honourable friend's stands

:42:18. > :42:20.on this, could I suggest as it's not only a large balance of paylents

:42:21. > :42:26.deficit with Europe but specifically a large one on automotive, ht is in

:42:27. > :42:33.the EU's interest to strike a decent deal with us, as he intends to do.

:42:34. > :42:38.Mr Speaker, our intention is to get the very best deal that we can with

:42:39. > :42:43.our neighbours in the Europdan Union to allow access for our companies to

:42:44. > :42:48.trade their goods and services into the European Union. But I would

:42:49. > :42:51.caution him that looking at him -- the economic arguments alond is the

:42:52. > :42:57.mission very important point. There is a political debate going on in

:42:58. > :43:02.Europe, where European politicians are very conscious of the ilpact of

:43:03. > :43:07.Britain's departure on their political project. And I don't think

:43:08. > :43:08.we can be certain that economics alone will dictate the course of

:43:09. > :43:19.this negotiation. Mr Speaker, the government has

:43:20. > :43:23.provided a guarantee that all European structural and invdstment

:43:24. > :43:28.project signed before the Attumn Statement and we have also provided

:43:29. > :43:34.a guaranteed for all ESI F project signed after the Autumn Statement

:43:35. > :43:36.and before the UK departure from the European Union provided thex pass

:43:37. > :43:43.the test of value for money and are in line with domestic stratdgic

:43:44. > :43:46.priorities. I listened closdly to the Chancellor's previous answers

:43:47. > :43:50.about regional distribution of investment and the latest fhgures

:43:51. > :43:53.show that only a quarter of national infrastructure projects are either

:43:54. > :43:57.in the North west or north dast of England with just one of thd top

:43:58. > :44:02.funded 25 project actually hn the area. With further damaging cuts to

:44:03. > :44:06.net investment due to come during the remainder of the parlialent

:44:07. > :44:09.where will this government `ddress the inequality, match its rhetoric

:44:10. > :44:13.with action and start properly funding the northern powerhouse I

:44:14. > :44:18.make three points to the zero honourable lady. First of all we

:44:19. > :44:22.have an Autumn Statement in three weeks and I will set out more of the

:44:23. > :44:26.forward plans that time, and secondly I am not sure of the top of

:44:27. > :44:30.my head what the population proportion of the UK in the

:44:31. > :44:34.north-west and north-east rdgions is, but if the figures she puotes

:44:35. > :44:37.are correct, a quarter of infrastructure investment, H'm not

:44:38. > :44:40.so sure that that is a disproportionate underfunding. I

:44:41. > :44:46.would need to check that. The third point I would make, it is the case

:44:47. > :44:50.that the very large investmdnt in Crossrail is a strategicallx

:44:51. > :44:52.important national Roger Kahn has had the effect of skewing

:44:53. > :44:58.infrastructure investment towards London over the last few ye`rs -

:44:59. > :45:04.extremely important national project. Can I thank him for his

:45:05. > :45:09.interest in these topics. The natural infrastructure commhttee

:45:10. > :45:15.says that the smart energy system would be put at between ?8 billion

:45:16. > :45:22.per year by 2030. I'm grateful for the Minister for his response. Head

:45:23. > :45:26.of the Autumn Statement, wotld the minister look at the role of the

:45:27. > :45:29.Treasury that it might play in digitising the energy systel by

:45:30. > :45:33.accelerating the StorageTek knowledges, demand-side response on

:45:34. > :45:37.the upgrade of the distribution networks so we can get the

:45:38. > :45:42.productivity gains he expects? The Treasury will continue to work with

:45:43. > :45:44.the Department for business, energy and strategy to drive forward a

:45:45. > :45:50.smart energy system. The government has committed to implement hn the

:45:51. > :45:58.recommendations in full. Topical question. Mr Speaker, my prhncipal

:45:59. > :46:03.responsibilities to ensure the stability and prosperity of the

:46:04. > :46:07.economy and in the current circumstances that requires a

:46:08. > :46:10.combination of the time measures to respond to the shock that the

:46:11. > :46:15.economy has received an longer-term measures to manage structur`l

:46:16. > :46:25.adjustments as the UK transhtions out of the EU. Mr Speaker, today is

:46:26. > :46:30.my 30th wedding anniversary. So I hope the Chancellor will john me in

:46:31. > :46:37.wishing the long-suffering Lrs Double and a happy annivers`ry. Take

:46:38. > :46:43.a Brazilian -- below for thd tax breaks for married people, `nd easy

:46:44. > :46:47.going to try and increase this and I would encourage him to do so. I will

:46:48. > :46:52.join him in wishing the honourable member and his wife a very happy

:46:53. > :46:56.30th anniversary. Taking my cue from last week I'm probably not going to

:46:57. > :47:02.suggest how Mrs Double might commemorate the event. He is quite

:47:03. > :47:05.right to highlight the valud of a marriage in society and I hope I can

:47:06. > :47:09.reassure him that the government remains firmly committed to

:47:10. > :47:15.supporting the important institution through the marriage allowance. A

:47:16. > :47:20.married couple could benefit by up to ?432 per year. We have jtst

:47:21. > :47:22.passed the landmark of 1 million families who have made succdssful

:47:23. > :47:27.applications but I agree with my honourable friend that uptake is not

:47:28. > :47:30.enough and that is reason, darly next month, HM RC will launch a new

:47:31. > :47:37.campaign to increase awarendss and take-up of the marriage allowance.

:47:38. > :47:41.If I can bring the Chancellor back to Brexit, and happy anniversary by

:47:42. > :47:44.the way, and the role of his department before the referdndum, he

:47:45. > :47:50.said that the Treasury publhshed a paper warning about the dangers of

:47:51. > :47:53.leaving the single market would be up to ?67 billion loss. Last week

:47:54. > :47:57.the permanent Secretary to the Treasury told a select commhttee

:47:58. > :48:01.that these figures were not directly applicable and then the Chancellor

:48:02. > :48:04.questioned his own department's calculation is by referring to

:48:05. > :48:08.mitigation factors not taken into account. There is not just funding

:48:09. > :48:12.chaos on Brexit in the Cabinet, it's in the Treasury as well it seems.

:48:13. > :48:17.Can the Chancellor clarify dxactly what is his department's adtlation

:48:18. > :48:22.for the Outlook to public fhnances if access to the single market is

:48:23. > :48:27.not achieved -- calculation. The honourable gentleman can calculate

:48:28. > :48:30.it how he likes, but all economic models have to make assumpthons In

:48:31. > :48:34.terms of that model the Tre`sury produced in April it assumed no

:48:35. > :48:38.policy response by government, and we know there has been a policy

:48:39. > :48:43.response in the form of the monetary expansion delivered by the Bank of

:48:44. > :48:46.England on August two. And ht assumed that the article 15 notice

:48:47. > :48:52.would be served immediately after the referendum, and as we now know

:48:53. > :48:55.that is not the case --. Article 50. The honourable gentleman will just

:48:56. > :49:05.have to wait until the Novelber 23rd when the Obi I will publish the

:49:06. > :49:09.forecast. -- ODI. -- oh BR. There is no figure attached, just confirms

:49:10. > :49:14.the chaos in Cabinet and in his department. Can I ask the Chancellor

:49:15. > :49:17.to pass on thanks to the officials in the department to very hdlpfully

:49:18. > :49:21.published on the Treasury wdbsite the document labelled public sector

:49:22. > :49:27.finances briefing, official, sensitive for internal use only

:49:28. > :49:30.This document does at least give us some information in that it confirms

:49:31. > :49:35.that the government is failhng to meet predictions on tax recdipts and

:49:36. > :49:40.deficit reduction. It also reveals that this is based upon acthvity

:49:41. > :49:44.from before the referendum, so any post-referendum downturn will

:49:45. > :49:48.exacerbate this. Does this document prove once and for all that far from

:49:49. > :49:53.fixing the roof while the stn is shining, this country was

:49:54. > :49:57.scandalously economically or prepared and politically totally

:49:58. > :50:00.unprepared for the Brexit ddcision? Just so the honourable gentleman is

:50:01. > :50:04.absolutely clear, it's quitd wrong to suggest that my department

:50:05. > :50:11.doesn't have any figures. It does have figures, I'm just not giving

:50:12. > :50:14.them to him. As for the doctment he has spent such a lot of timd rather

:50:15. > :50:19.unsuccessfully trying to tott around the media, it was published by

:50:20. > :50:23.mistake but all of the figures in this document have already been

:50:24. > :50:31.published elsewhere. All of them are in the public domain. Kevin

:50:32. > :50:37.Lancaster and Simon Davies started their business from scratch in the

:50:38. > :50:42.year 2000 and they now generate ?1.7 million in profit and a leading

:50:43. > :50:47.industrial cooling firm. Last week the Institute of physics aw`rded it

:50:48. > :50:50.a business innovation award for its innovative application of physics or

:50:51. > :50:54.generating jobs and profit. Will the Chancellor joined me in

:50:55. > :50:58.congratulating them and outlining what the government is doing to

:50:59. > :51:03.support research and develop in so other self starters like Kevin and

:51:04. > :51:07.Simon can grow? I think all of the Treasury ministers would be

:51:08. > :51:11.delighted to congratulate the company on the innovation award they

:51:12. > :51:15.have one. Of course the govdrnment touched on this earlier and we are

:51:16. > :51:18.committed to supporting resdarch and development in British businesses

:51:19. > :51:22.provided one of the most generous tax credits schemes in the world to

:51:23. > :51:28.small businesses and it is claimed by over 20,000 businesses. Why does

:51:29. > :51:32.the Chancellor believe that corporation tax receipts collapsed

:51:33. > :51:36.in September 2016 to their lowest level since 2009, and why does he

:51:37. > :51:41.believe they will overshoot the OBR forecast this year? I'm sorry to be

:51:42. > :51:46.boring, but all of these issues will be addressed at the financi`l Autumn

:51:47. > :51:52.Statement when we have the latest fiscal projections from the OBR I

:51:53. > :51:55.know there will be a statemdnt in a moment but it's been reportdd that

:51:56. > :51:58.Heathrow has been the chosen option for expansion. It is import`nt

:51:59. > :52:02.therefore that every part of the UK benefits from this and so do the

:52:03. > :52:06.regional airports. Would he agree to meet with me how we can improve

:52:07. > :52:11.connectivity to Leeds Bradford Airport and how we might get funding

:52:12. > :52:15.for a rail link? As my honotrable friend on the house will know, the

:52:16. > :52:22.announcement has been made that the airport committee this mornhng

:52:23. > :52:25.decided to move ahead with the North West runway at Heathrow, and my

:52:26. > :52:28.right honourable friend, thd Transport Secretary, will m`ke a

:52:29. > :52:33.statement to the house very shortly. My honourable friend is verx right.

:52:34. > :52:36.Regional connectivity is vitally important, and regional slots at

:52:37. > :52:41.Heathrow have been squeezed out by the pressure on the runways there

:52:42. > :52:46.and we will ensure, as part of the package, that regional slots are

:52:47. > :52:53.protected in the future. Tens of thousands of UK jobs depend on euro

:52:54. > :52:55.denominated clearing in the UK. Could the Chancellor Telles how

:52:56. > :53:00.important he regards it that it should still be permissible in the

:53:01. > :53:06.UK after we leave the Europdan Union -- tell us? The right honourable

:53:07. > :53:09.gentleman but a finger on an important issue, and he will know

:53:10. > :53:12.that we've already had one go at trying to prevent euro denolinated

:53:13. > :53:18.clearing from taking place hn the UK and it's no doubt a very iconic

:53:19. > :53:23.issue for many of our Europdan partners. It is an important part of

:53:24. > :53:27.the overall financial structure in London and not easily separ`ted from

:53:28. > :53:32.the other activities that operate in London but in terms of jobs and

:53:33. > :53:38.value attached to it, it is a relatively small part of thd total.

:53:39. > :53:44.What's he planning to do with Bradford and Bingley's assets? Mr

:53:45. > :53:50.Speaker, following the annotncement in budget 2016, we have launched a

:53:51. > :53:53.programme of sales of Bradford Bingley mortgage assets that it

:53:54. > :54:00.holds. This will be designed to raise sufficient proceeds to repay

:54:01. > :54:02.the ?15.56 billion debt to the financial services compensation

:54:03. > :54:07.scheme and, in turn, the corresponding loan from the Treasury

:54:08. > :54:10.and it is expected, subject to market conditions and ensurhng value

:54:11. > :54:16.for money, that this progralme of sales will have concluded in full by

:54:17. > :54:22.the end of 2017/ 18. The government gave ?5 million in funding for the

:54:23. > :54:24.refurbishment of collection in my consistency Mac came from c`sh

:54:25. > :54:31.collecting from the Libor scandal. Will he look at a similar ftnding

:54:32. > :54:36.scheme given that it is the bicentenary of the architect's berth

:54:37. > :54:41.next year and it needs some TLC I'm glad to say that at this st`ge of

:54:42. > :54:44.the process before the Autuln Statement I am able to say that all

:54:45. > :54:47.submissions will be carefully considered and if he lets md have

:54:48. > :54:51.something in writing, I will look at it. Could the Chancellor provide an

:54:52. > :54:57.update on what the government is minded to do with air passenger duty

:54:58. > :55:03.in response to impending ch`nges with APD in Scotland? The government

:55:04. > :55:06.is reviewing the potential options to support regional airports

:55:07. > :55:09.following the discussion paper from last year and we will set ott full

:55:10. > :55:14.details of the response in due course. We did receive 53 rdsponses

:55:15. > :55:16.to the consultation, and very constructive responses and we are

:55:17. > :55:23.looking careful at them -- carefully. Can I ask the Ch`ncellor

:55:24. > :55:27.what his assessment is on the inflationary pressure on goods and

:55:28. > :55:32.food over the next 12 months? Clearly the decline in the value of

:55:33. > :55:38.sterling will have an inflationary impact, but how quickly that passes

:55:39. > :55:43.through into the UK economy is a subject of modelling by all

:55:44. > :55:47.economists who carry out thdse types of analysis. The Bank of England

:55:48. > :55:50.will shortly be publishing hts next inflation report, and that should

:55:51. > :55:56.give an indication as to thd forward directory.

:55:57. > :56:01.Under what circumstances wotld my right honourable friend introduce

:56:02. > :56:06.another round of quantitative easing is requested by the Governor of the

:56:07. > :56:10.Bank of England? That is an important question. He

:56:11. > :56:15.knows the operation of monetary policy in the UK is independent of

:56:16. > :56:19.Government. Monetary policy, including quantitative easing, have

:56:20. > :56:23.been highly effective in supporting the economy. Because of the fiscal

:56:24. > :56:29.implications of an indemnitx for the bank, packages had to be formally

:56:30. > :56:33.agreed by the Chancellor. Although I cannot prejudge any hypothetical

:56:34. > :56:37.request, no request for quantitative easing has ever been refused, and I

:56:38. > :56:47.see no reason why circumstances would be different in the ftture.

:56:48. > :56:53.The latest reports for it the RBS bubble restrictor in show even more

:56:54. > :56:58.misconduct in this bank. Dods the Chancellor not believe he h`s an

:56:59. > :57:03.obligation to the people dods country to conduct a robust

:57:04. > :57:08.investigation into these allegations of misconduct?

:57:09. > :57:15.The SCA are looking at this important issue, and we awaht their

:57:16. > :57:19.view. Michael Fabricant is not here,

:57:20. > :57:28.that's unprecedented in the history of me being in this chair. For two,

:57:29. > :57:35.Mr Philip Davies is here. How much UK taxpayers' monex used to

:57:36. > :57:40.bailout other countries in the EU has been paid out to the UK and is

:57:41. > :57:43.still outstanding? And what is the Chancellor doing to make sure we get

:57:44. > :57:49.all this money back when we leave the European Union?

:57:50. > :57:54.No UK taxpayers' money is bding used in the EU's leading to other member

:57:55. > :57:57.states. Only in the event of default with the UK be asked to pay its

:57:58. > :58:05.share. What has the Chancellor madd of its

:58:06. > :58:09.predecessor's austerity economic sign the nation's prosperitx, and

:58:10. > :58:16.would he like to apologise for that divisive and discredited iddology?

:58:17. > :58:22.Irish she what assessment h`ve I made? Since 2010 we have brought

:58:23. > :58:29.this country back from the very brink. We have got borrowing down

:58:30. > :58:35.from other 10% of GDP, to around 4%of GDP, with more to deliver.

:58:36. > :58:39.We've created 2.7 million ndw jobs in this economy, making this economy

:58:40. > :58:44.the fastest-growing in the G-7 for the last three years. And the

:58:45. > :58:47.fastest job creator in the developed world. Adding that's erected to be

:58:48. > :58:53.proud of. To what level must the astronomical

:58:54. > :59:01.costs of the HS2 rise beford the Chancellor advice is his colleagues

:59:02. > :59:06.extra exam it matter that this project is no longer good v`lue for

:59:07. > :59:12.money for the taxpayer? What I would say is that we do

:59:13. > :59:15.believe HS2 is part of modernising our transport system and ensuring

:59:16. > :59:24.we've got infrastructure for the 21st-century.

:59:25. > :59:30.In the light of the upcoming RBS quote and given that pass sxstems

:59:31. > :59:36.for redress for small busindsses have been ad hoc, will the

:59:37. > :59:42.Chancellor meet with us to lake sure we can form an effective system of

:59:43. > :59:46.redress? He makes a fair point, but H think

:59:47. > :59:54.we shall wait until we recehve the report before we proceed.

:59:55. > :00:03.Mr Speaker, you have seen the latest survey that says that new as the

:00:04. > :00:07.happiest place in mainland Britain. However, what is testing thd people

:00:08. > :00:14.of newer is the appalling state of the local roads. What the Chancellor

:00:15. > :00:21.do a favour for the people of Newark and bring forward the new Ndwark

:00:22. > :00:26.bypass? As a former resident of this

:00:27. > :00:29.constituency, I'm delighted technology it's the happiest place

:00:30. > :00:37.in Britain. That may, some on my happiest times are in living there.

:00:38. > :00:40.As I said, we are currently in the process of receiving submissions

:00:41. > :00:44.from honourable members across the House, and I would be very happy to

:00:45. > :00:48.receive a written submission from my honourable friend.

:00:49. > :00:52.The Chancellor is considering investment in roads in his @utumn

:00:53. > :00:57.Statement is, well helix sympathetically at they need to

:00:58. > :01:03.support the vital Carrington development on the M60 and L62

:01:04. > :01:08.network, in order to support journeys in and out of the `rea

:01:09. > :01:13.I don't know the project thd honourable lady's talking about I

:01:14. > :01:17.assume it is a housing development. We're certainly very interested in

:01:18. > :01:20.the way infrastructure investments cannot only deliver in its own

:01:21. > :01:26.right, but also enable much,needed housing development. If she gives me

:01:27. > :01:31.a written submission, I will look into it.

:01:32. > :01:35.The last topical question. Does the Chancellor is a poor

:01:36. > :01:43.German's cyber innovation Cdntre, and as he grew of me that investing

:01:44. > :01:48.in our defence assets will project civilian jobs tomorrow?

:01:49. > :01:55.I was very privileged as Foreign Secretary for two years to have

:01:56. > :01:58.oversight of GCHQ for two ydars It is a world-class facility. Ht

:01:59. > :02:04.ensures not only security, but also a cutting edge business sector which

:02:05. > :02:12.is a sensible thing to do and I work in this excess of the Cheltdnham

:02:13. > :02:15.cyber innovation centre. What the Leader of the Housd of

:02:16. > :02:21.Commons make a statement in response to the second session on Prhvate

:02:22. > :02:28.members bills, and will he provide time for that to be debated?

:02:29. > :02:34.Mr Speaker, the Procedure Committee rubbishes reports last Tuesday. In

:02:35. > :02:37.my evidence to the committed last Wednesday, I said that the

:02:38. > :02:42.Government was considering the report and intended to respond in

:02:43. > :02:46.detail within the normal two month time frame. I'm happy to confirm

:02:47. > :02:53.that commitment to the Housd today. I thank him for that answer. Too

:02:54. > :02:58.often, on Fridays, when we have private members bills, it bleeds. It

:02:59. > :03:03.believes credibility and bldeds standing. The Government front bench

:03:04. > :03:06.is well aware of this fact. The procedure Select Committee for the

:03:07. > :03:12.past three years has been trying to bring its concerns to this House and

:03:13. > :03:16.gain Government support for some of our modest recommendations to

:03:17. > :03:22.restore some credibility and some faith in the process. Mr Spdaker,

:03:23. > :03:25.our recommendations, the colmittee's recommendations, would not

:03:26. > :03:30.necessarily mean that what happened this past Friday would not happen

:03:31. > :03:36.again, Mr Speaker. But it would demonstrate to the public that we,

:03:37. > :03:40.in this place, backbench Melbers of Parliament, take legislation it

:03:41. > :03:45.seriously, and we take a backbench legislation seriously. Mr Speaker,

:03:46. > :03:49.the truth is, without will on the behalf of the Government to change

:03:50. > :03:54.on Fridays, we will still h`ve too many days when we leave this place

:03:55. > :04:00.downcast and somewhat ashamdd at the proceedings that have gone before

:04:01. > :04:04.us. Mr Speaker, we have a lhstening Leader of the House, we havd a

:04:05. > :04:08.concerned Leader of the House. I hope he will receive our

:04:09. > :04:12.recommendations in a positive way and accept some small part of those

:04:13. > :04:18.recommendations. Particularly that part which allows the Backbdnch

:04:19. > :04:21.Business Committee to sign tp to the first-floor private members bills

:04:22. > :04:25.slot to members. That would encourage serious legislators in

:04:26. > :04:29.this play is to invest time and energy, working with each other for

:04:30. > :04:34.a year or more, to come up ` legislative proposition that if it

:04:35. > :04:37.did not come up with the support of this has, at least demanded the

:04:38. > :04:41.attention of this House when it came before it.

:04:42. > :04:44.Thank you. My honourable friend has provided as

:04:45. > :04:48.is linked summary of some of the recommendations of his commhttee's

:04:49. > :04:54.report. He has campaigned strongly and honourably for procedur`l

:04:55. > :04:59.changes to try to enhance the status of Friday debates on a priv`te

:05:00. > :05:02.members bills. I give them `n undertaking in an evidence session

:05:03. > :05:06.with his committee last week that the Government would look sdriously

:05:07. > :05:10.at his committee's most recdnt report. Clearly, we would nded to

:05:11. > :05:13.consider both his recent recommendations and have collected

:05:14. > :05:19.discussions within the Government before publishing our own rdsponse.

:05:20. > :05:23.But that, we will do. Can I thank the honourable lember

:05:24. > :05:29.for his urgent question. I well remember as a new member coling here

:05:30. > :05:35.on a Friday, a debate on daxlight savings, that members took so long

:05:36. > :05:39.to talk it out, it was dark by the time we left the chamber. One of the

:05:40. > :05:43.recommendations is for the Backbench Business Committee to decidd which

:05:44. > :05:48.bills were worthy going forward Can I ask the House whether thex will be

:05:49. > :05:51.an expansion on a cross-party basis? Are currently has five on the

:05:52. > :05:55.opposition come one from thd Government and want the SNP. The

:05:56. > :05:58.smaller parties are not represented at all. Does not appear the

:05:59. > :06:02.Government would be in control of which bills would be pegged? And

:06:03. > :06:05.asked the Leader of the House to say whether he believes the terls of

:06:06. > :06:09.reference and the Backbench Business Committee will have to change? Would

:06:10. > :06:13.later the House provide extra time for these bills, I would eat up into

:06:14. > :06:17.other business of the House, which are protected, such as opposition

:06:18. > :06:22.days and backbench days? Whdn these bills are picked by the backbench

:06:23. > :06:26.committee, were they become part of backbench days? If the Government

:06:27. > :06:30.say they support a bill, rather than talk that the Mr dead last Friday,

:06:31. > :06:34.that the Government not set up a bill committee to go through the

:06:35. > :06:38.clauses and amended committde, just as wooded rather legislation? Or

:06:39. > :06:43.come clean and say they do not support it. Will the Leader of the

:06:44. > :06:46.House have to look at changhng the right and procedure of a melber to

:06:47. > :06:51.present a bill under the ten minute rule motion? And finally, the leader

:06:52. > :06:54.of the has kindly said he is going to report back to the House within

:06:55. > :07:02.two months will stop with Abbey before after Christmas?

:07:03. > :07:06.Our intention is to publish the Government's respond within the two

:07:07. > :07:11.month time frame that is long established within the convdntions

:07:12. > :07:18.of the House. We will respond in detail to the various proposals that

:07:19. > :07:22.came from the Procedure Comlittee. I'm always willing to look with an

:07:23. > :07:27.open mind on proposals, whether from the honourable lady or other members

:07:28. > :07:32.of the House on changes to our procedure is that to command

:07:33. > :07:39.significant and, ideally, cross-party support. I'm not

:07:40. > :07:46.intending this in any way as a rejection of what the honourable

:07:47. > :07:52.lady said,, but sometimes proposals that turn out to have the stpport of

:07:53. > :07:55.an order of members that fedl very strongly, but do not actually

:07:56. > :08:02.command widespread support. Just to respond to one point she made, it

:08:03. > :08:07.remains the case, as it alw`ys has been, that if the proposal of a

:08:08. > :08:11.Private Member's Bill has stpport sufficient among all parts of the

:08:12. > :08:15.House to take through those emotions or insist on a second reading

:08:16. > :08:20.debate, then the proposal of the Private Member's Bill can so do and

:08:21. > :08:26.his or her ability to do th`t would reflect a genuine surge of support

:08:27. > :08:32.for that Private Member's Bhll on the behalf of the House as ` whole.

:08:33. > :08:35.Mr Speaker, as and it had the privilege of listening to more

:08:36. > :08:40.Friday debates than probablx any other current member of the House, I

:08:41. > :08:46.shared the vehemence of my honourable friends, if not `ll the

:08:47. > :08:49.recommendations of the Procddure Committee. But had the Leaddr of the

:08:50. > :08:54.House will be able to allow perhaps a fuller debate in which thd various

:08:55. > :09:00.ideas can come forward. Bec`use we really have got to change what the

:09:01. > :09:04.president arrangements are. I am happy to discuss both further

:09:05. > :09:10.with my right honourable frhend has particular experience as a former

:09:11. > :09:15.chairman of ways and Means. I will consider the request for tile to be

:09:16. > :09:19.made available, although I would say, gently, also, there is time

:09:20. > :09:23.available in the House for ` debate that is not within the gift of the

:09:24. > :09:30.Government, but is within the get backbenchers themselves.

:09:31. > :09:34.I don't think we have actually ever witnessed such a depressing and

:09:35. > :09:39.dispiriting spectacle than what we saw on Friday, when a Government

:09:40. > :09:44.minister got to his feet to speak out a Private Member's Bill. This

:09:45. > :09:48.wasn't political knock-about, this wasn't a party political issue, this

:09:49. > :09:54.was a Private Member's Bill, designed to sensitively try and

:09:55. > :09:58.ensure generations of gay mdn were pardoned for crimes that no longer

:09:59. > :10:03.exist. Mr Speaker, the publhc couldn't hold the way we do

:10:04. > :10:08.practices in this House with more contempt. They were proved right on

:10:09. > :10:13.Friday and every single fear they have about the way we do business

:10:14. > :10:18.was correct. I support the honourable member in his attempts to

:10:19. > :10:23.address the way we address private members bills. It is the ond way we

:10:24. > :10:28.have as backbenchers to eng`ge in a legislative process, we cannot

:10:29. > :10:31.continue to do things like we did on Friday. So I appeal to the Leader of

:10:32. > :10:36.the House, look at this report, treat it seriously, bring forward

:10:37. > :10:42.solid plans summit we never, ever get the disgrace of Friday `gain

:10:43. > :10:48.ever on the floor of this House I repeat, Mr Speaker, the undertaken

:10:49. > :10:52.I have given this afternoon. The Government will indeed conshder the

:10:53. > :10:56.report from the Procedure Committee very carefully and indeed Rdpublican

:10:57. > :11:00.are respond to it. I would say to the honourable gentleman in regards

:11:01. > :11:05.to last Friday, and my honotrable friend the member for East Surrey

:11:06. > :11:09.was speaking at 2:30pm, havhng spoken for 26 minutes, and during

:11:10. > :11:13.that time having taken seven interventions, including at least

:11:14. > :11:17.two from his benches, and rdfusing four SNP request to give wax. And I

:11:18. > :11:29.would have hoped that the honourable gentleman and his

:11:30. > :11:32.party would, on reflection `fter the weekend, had been willing to welcome

:11:33. > :11:34.the fact that the Government's chosen course of moving an `mendment

:11:35. > :11:37.to a Government bill ensures the legislative change that he `nd I

:11:38. > :11:39.both want to see will come hnto effect was swiftly and with fewer,

:11:40. > :11:44.many fewer, risks that somebody guilty, or somebody convictdd of

:11:45. > :11:46.consents against a child wotld receive a pardon than we wotld if we

:11:47. > :11:59.have gone ahead with the Bill. I would like to include all members

:12:00. > :12:04.with extreme brevity, starthng now. I came into the house in 1982 and we

:12:05. > :12:07.spent a lot of time in the house in this chamber often sitting hnto the

:12:08. > :12:10.night. Fridays is actually ` good constituency days are many lembers

:12:11. > :12:14.of Parliament. Would the melbers look at having Private membdrs bills

:12:15. > :12:21.on other days of the week, or indeed even in the evenings? This hs a

:12:22. > :12:25.subject, as my right honour`ble friend knows, that has been raised

:12:26. > :12:29.many times and the views and interests of different membdrs vary

:12:30. > :12:39.a great deal on the particular issue she has addressed to us. Mr Speaker,

:12:40. > :12:44.the procedure committee are to be congratulated for putting forward

:12:45. > :12:48.what I believe, taken together, I set a good promote that proposals to

:12:49. > :12:52.go forward. Will the leader of the house, who has a reputation of being

:12:53. > :12:57.a reasonable man, acknowledge that the current procedures, as they now

:12:58. > :13:02.operate bring this house into disrepute? Can he give an

:13:03. > :13:07.undertaking that this report, I think the main body of it is only 18

:13:08. > :13:10.pages long, does provide a way forward and can we undertakd to look

:13:11. > :13:14.at it quickly and hopefully arrive at a favourable decision as quickly

:13:15. > :13:18.as possible? We will certainly consider it as quickly as wd can,

:13:19. > :13:23.but equally we want to make sure that we have given proper

:13:24. > :13:27.consideration to the various proposals that the committed has

:13:28. > :13:32.made. I do think it is important that legislation, whether it stems

:13:33. > :13:39.from government or from a Private members Bill is thoroughly

:13:40. > :13:44.scrutinised within the Housd of Commons and that the legisl`tion

:13:45. > :13:49.enjoys a clear majority of support across the house, and I think it's

:13:50. > :13:54.wrong when legislation hits the statute book when it lacks that

:13:55. > :13:58.support or scrutiny. You will remember before I was fortunate to

:13:59. > :14:01.be in government I was a regular attender on Fridays, and who knows

:14:02. > :14:07.now I'm back on the backbenches I may well become so again. It seems

:14:08. > :14:12.to me from my observations but my real problem with Fridays is that

:14:13. > :14:16.many colleagues profess support for measures but don't consider them

:14:17. > :14:19.important enough to appear hn the House of Commons when it is sitting.

:14:20. > :14:24.That is really the problem `nd members have it within their own

:14:25. > :14:29.power to turn up here and stpport measures they feel command the

:14:30. > :14:32.support of the house. My right honourable friend makes a vdry good

:14:33. > :14:37.point and I would simply relark that last Friday a closure motion was

:14:38. > :14:41.moved but only 57 members wdre here to vote in its support. I'm

:14:42. > :14:44.surprised by what sounds like complacency from the leader of the

:14:45. > :14:48.house. He knows one of the reasons that members cannot always be here

:14:49. > :14:51.is because of constituency obligations and when we know his own

:14:52. > :14:58.minister is going to be talking out of Bill, that is absolutely

:14:59. > :15:02.devaluing this place. Over ` people signed a position -- petition very

:15:03. > :15:06.recently when my NHS bill w`s talked out earlier this year so can we

:15:07. > :15:10.demonstrate greater seriousness and urgency with tackling this lassive

:15:11. > :15:14.act -- area of reputational damage to the house? I've said we would

:15:15. > :15:18.consider very seriously the proposals that the committed has

:15:19. > :15:21.made, but I think the honourable lady needs to reflect on whx her

:15:22. > :15:28.particular bill failed to gdt the support of the majority of LPs. With

:15:29. > :15:31.the leader of the house agrde with me that if people are particularly

:15:32. > :15:35.unhappy about any bill that is not passed through one of Fridax then

:15:36. > :15:39.they should make the effort to turn up to support it. If at least 1 0

:15:40. > :15:44.people turn up to support the first bill, it will go through th`t

:15:45. > :15:48.despite any opposition or attempt to block it. Does he agree with me it's

:15:49. > :15:53.not too much to expect that any bill that goes through the house has the

:15:54. > :15:56.support of a hundred MPs? I don t always agree with my honour`ble

:15:57. > :16:04.friend but on this occasion he makes a very reasonable point. Thd thing

:16:05. > :16:08.is that tens of thousands of people were watching the debate last Friday

:16:09. > :16:13.as if it really was a matter of life and death to them, because ht was

:16:14. > :16:17.about their own sense of sh`me, how society had treated them and whether

:16:18. > :16:20.they were going to have a possibility of real exoneration So

:16:21. > :16:24.for all of the fine words wd have about 100 members and the rdst of

:16:25. > :16:28.it, the truth is, last Frid`y brought the house into disrdpute. I

:16:29. > :16:32.actually have no beef with the minister. The problem is th`t the

:16:33. > :16:39.system encourages ministers to do that week after week and it is bust

:16:40. > :16:45.and it needs mending. I say again to the honourable gentleman th`t, as a

:16:46. > :16:49.result of the course that the government has chosen, the touring

:16:50. > :16:56.law will now be enacted within weeks as part of a government Bill --

:16:57. > :16:59.Turing. That is together in safeguards that anyone who should

:17:00. > :17:06.not receive a disregard or pardon will not be able to secure ht. I am

:17:07. > :17:11.here to fully support my honourable friend, the chair of the procedure

:17:12. > :17:15.committee. But the leader of the house please respond to the question

:17:16. > :17:18.he has been asked, which is does he accept that the existing

:17:19. > :17:25.arrangements bring the housd into disrepute? I believe it does. We

:17:26. > :17:30.will respond in full to the committee's report. There h`ve been

:17:31. > :17:35.many criticisms made over the years from different quarters of the

:17:36. > :17:39.Private members Bill procedtre and I will take seriously the proposals

:17:40. > :17:43.the committee has made, but we also need to make sure we have procedures

:17:44. > :17:49.make sure the legislation does reach the statute book. Criminal offences

:17:50. > :17:52.affecting the constituents, unless there is clear demonstrable support

:17:53. > :17:59.within Parliament amongst the majority of members for that

:18:00. > :18:01.legislation to be enacted. Does the leader of the house underst`nd that

:18:02. > :18:05.the people watching the unedifying carrying on in this place when

:18:06. > :18:10.Private members bills are t`lked out, they are appalled. Thex feel

:18:11. > :18:13.completely disenfranchised. Does he really think the government is

:18:14. > :18:19.acting in good faith in letting the situation continue any further? Can

:18:20. > :18:24.I just say to the honourabld lady, as I said, no complaints were made

:18:25. > :18:28.last Friday about filibustering My honourable friend for Surrex East

:18:29. > :18:33.took a very large number of interventions during the cotrse of

:18:34. > :18:37.his remarks, as is his norm`l courteous practice when spe`king

:18:38. > :18:40.from the dispatch box. And H would say that her honourable fridnd, the

:18:41. > :18:44.sponsor of the bill being ddbated last Friday, was told by thd

:18:45. > :18:49.government about a month ahdad of the second reading debate that the

:18:50. > :18:57.government would not be abld to support the bill as he currdntly had

:18:58. > :19:03.at that time envisaged it. Can I urge my right honourable frhend that

:19:04. > :19:08.when he comes to schedule the debate on the procedure committee's report

:19:09. > :19:12.he provides sufficient time to allow a full discussion of all of the

:19:13. > :19:16.aspects of the Private membdrs Bill 's procedure, because part of the

:19:17. > :19:21.problem is not everybody he was a member of the house fully

:19:22. > :19:29.understands what the procedtre is. It is a good bit of advice to all

:19:30. > :19:31.members of the house, recently arrived or more senior, to be

:19:32. > :19:37.thoroughly cognisant of procedures and to do additional homework from

:19:38. > :19:40.time to time. As we are plunged needlessly yet again this wdekend

:19:41. > :19:44.into winter darkness, what happened to the daylight savings bill? It's a

:19:45. > :19:47.good example of where the mhnister is wrong when he says of thd bill

:19:48. > :19:52.has overwhelming support it can proceed. That Bill proceeded, but

:19:53. > :19:55.the government killed it by not implementing its provisions. Will he

:19:56. > :19:58.fully accept the recommendations of the committee in order to rdstore

:19:59. > :20:04.confidence and the reputation of this house? That obviously hs a

:20:05. > :20:11.matter for other ministers `nd I shall draw his remarks to their

:20:12. > :20:15.attention, but there was, as I recall, very strong opposithon in

:20:16. > :20:17.certain parts of the United Kingdom, particularly from Scotland `nd

:20:18. > :20:22.Northern Ireland, to the daxlight saving measures he supported. I

:20:23. > :20:25.voted for the closing motion on Friday but the problem was there

:20:26. > :20:29.were not enough members herd and that is the reason that Bill did not

:20:30. > :20:34.proceed. But, sir, there ard occasions where it does get to

:20:35. > :20:38.committee and passes second reading but is blocked by no provishon of

:20:39. > :20:42.money resolution. That needs reforming and that is why wd need to

:20:43. > :20:47.have two debate on this as soon as possible because there are `reas

:20:48. > :20:53.that do need reforming. The question of money resolutions is one of those

:20:54. > :20:56.things mentioned in the report from the select committee on procedure,

:20:57. > :21:02.so it's one of the things which the government will respond in course.

:21:03. > :21:06.Instead of being a leader of the house, he seems to be hiding behind

:21:07. > :21:12.excuses about the closure motion not being supported, filibusterhng and

:21:13. > :21:17.the fact the minister spoke the 26 minutes. The minister treatdd the

:21:18. > :21:21.place with contempt and he treated the general public with contempt, so

:21:22. > :21:25.will the leader of the housd at least come out about not trdating

:21:26. > :21:28.this place with contempt by his government? I completely reject the

:21:29. > :21:32.aspersions that the honourable gentleman is casting on my

:21:33. > :21:36.honourable friend, the membdr for Surrey East, who I think is handled

:21:37. > :21:40.last Friday's business in a thoroughly reasonable and courteous

:21:41. > :21:45.fashion. He might ask himself why, if he and his colleagues were

:21:46. > :21:49.genuinely wanting to see last Friday's bill reach the statute

:21:50. > :21:56.book, the bill was only published a couple of days before the sdcond

:21:57. > :22:00.reading debate. As a veteran of both the talk out and sleep out, I have

:22:01. > :22:03.seen all sides of the Private members Bill process. With the

:22:04. > :22:07.member agree with me that while there might be merited lookhng at

:22:08. > :22:13.the committee scheduling bills that have wide support, it has to remain

:22:14. > :22:16.difficult to get on, and thd key reform is the people to show up to

:22:17. > :22:20.debate? My honourable friend makes a very telling point. Mr Speaker,

:22:21. > :22:25.isn't the reality and reason why there is a bankruptcy in confidence

:22:26. > :22:32.in the Private member systel is that the government can always khll a

:22:33. > :22:35.bill by using methods, sometimes hidden, sometimes open. We need a

:22:36. > :22:40.shaft of sunlight into the system so we can restore some confidence.

:22:41. > :22:44.Let's have a debate on it. The Convention for many years on

:22:45. > :22:49.successive governments is that the government makes it view pl`in

:22:50. > :22:53.during the course of a second reading debate, and I return to the

:22:54. > :22:57.point that a Private members Bill that enjoys genuine majoritx support

:22:58. > :23:06.within the house has a decent chance of success. This Friday I whll have

:23:07. > :23:08.the option to present my bill which has all-party support, has been

:23:09. > :23:13.properly scrutinised before it gets to this place, but does my right

:23:14. > :23:16.honourable friend not agree that we should not have a lottery to get

:23:17. > :23:21.serious legislation on the statute books, and that we can argud the

:23:22. > :23:27.case to a committee before we get to that stage. In the light of the

:23:28. > :23:30.committee's recommendations I would be genuinely interested to

:23:31. > :23:33.understand whether what my honourable friend has just said

:23:34. > :23:39.represents the view of the house as a whole, or whether actuallx, there

:23:40. > :23:45.are more members who feel they might lose out by the abolition of the

:23:46. > :23:51.lottery, which many members on the backbenches prize as a great annual

:23:52. > :23:54.occasion. When I was brieflx deputy leader of the house I had

:23:55. > :23:58.responsibility for Private lember 's bills and I found that, in practice,

:23:59. > :24:01.it wasn't ministers in other departments who were opposed to

:24:02. > :24:05.them, it was officials in the Cabinet Office who did not want to

:24:06. > :24:10.devote the time to the briefing The leader of the house has the

:24:11. > :24:13.opportunity to be a reforming leader of the house, to improve on the

:24:14. > :24:20.performance of his recent stccesses. Will he take it? We shall consider

:24:21. > :24:25.all the recommendations of the committee and we shall respond

:24:26. > :24:29.within the time that the hotse normally expects. As someond who in

:24:30. > :24:32.the last Parliament have thd privilege of bringing a Private

:24:33. > :24:35.members Bill through this place I hope the leader of the housd will

:24:36. > :24:43.give some serious consideration to reform. When I listen to coverage of

:24:44. > :24:48.proceedings on Friday night, my toes curled with embarrassment to the

:24:49. > :24:53.shabby treatment of the Turhng bill. As someone who has also man`ged to

:24:54. > :24:59.get a bill onto the statute book, I understand the sense of pride might

:25:00. > :25:01.friend feels, but I would rditerate that I think the government and

:25:02. > :25:05.Minister of Justice in parthcular have nothing to apologise for about

:25:06. > :25:11.the way in which Friday's btsiness was handled, and the fact wd now

:25:12. > :25:14.have an amendment tabled in the name of the Liberal Democrat member of

:25:15. > :25:18.the House of Lords means th`t the Turing bill will be on the statute

:25:19. > :25:21.book, more assuredly and more quickly than would have been the

:25:22. > :25:27.case if we had resorted to the Private members route. In too many

:25:28. > :25:31.places the standing orders of this has given power to the government at

:25:32. > :25:34.the expense of Parliament. Will the leader of the house admit that he

:25:35. > :25:36.will not make changes to Prhvate members bills because he dods not

:25:37. > :25:42.want the government to cede any power? I would actually point out to

:25:43. > :25:47.the honourable lady that through such measures as the creation of the

:25:48. > :25:53.backbench business committed and the provision for the direct eldction of

:25:54. > :25:58.the select committee chairs, we now have a parliament, a legisl`ture,

:25:59. > :26:01.that is more powerful, less deferential and more outspoken than

:26:02. > :26:06.at any time during my 24 ye`rs of service here.

:26:07. > :26:17.Good thing, too! There are 42 Fridays in any given year, `nd all

:26:18. > :26:21.members can attend 13 private member's bill is an star had 39

:26:22. > :26:28.constituency Fridays. And ghven a talking about creating new laws of

:26:29. > :26:33.the land and are 360 members, asking some to turn up to support ` bill is

:26:34. > :26:38.not too much to ask. I agree completely.

:26:39. > :26:42.A constituent wrote to me after last Friday's filibustering, how are not

:26:43. > :26:47.in this happen in this day `nd age? Can the Leader of the House listen

:26:48. > :26:51.to this report are respond positively, one that is somdthing to

:26:52. > :26:54.improve the repetition of this has? I don't know if the honourable

:26:55. > :27:01.gentleman was here I took p`rt in the motion was elsewhere at the

:27:02. > :27:06.time, anyone who read in Hansard my honourable friend the Minister's

:27:07. > :27:09.speech on Friday or his subsequent article in pink News with bd able to

:27:10. > :27:12.understand and sympathise whth the argument that he posed, and would

:27:13. > :27:17.welcome the legislation the Government is bringing forw`rd an

:27:18. > :27:23.reflect to the cheering bill. Is not the case that the

:27:24. > :27:28.Government's response is because my honourable friend won a raffle and

:27:29. > :27:32.got to take four at his mothon. Is it not the case that the Procedure

:27:33. > :27:35.Committee's report brings us closer to the Scottish Parliament system,

:27:36. > :27:41.where Bill demonstrating cross-party support can make progress, or is

:27:42. > :27:45.that not the best way to proceed? The reason we are bringing forward

:27:46. > :27:51.this legislation is because it was a Conservative manifesto commhtment.

:27:52. > :27:56.Those of us any SNP benches regard Friday as an extremely important

:27:57. > :28:03.opportunity for us to work hn our constituencies. It is there for not

:28:04. > :28:05.only frustrating for us, but also disrespectful to our constituents

:28:06. > :28:09.when private member's bill hs I talked out. Will the Governlent look

:28:10. > :28:13.seriously at the recommendations and this report, and in particular,

:28:14. > :28:19.those which tackle the issud of filibustering?

:28:20. > :28:23.No complaint was made about a filibustering during the debate on

:28:24. > :28:26.Friday. Members on all sides took part in that debate, and my

:28:27. > :28:32.honourable friend the Minister spoke for a perfectly reasonable length of

:28:33. > :28:36.time, and put seven different interventions during the cotrse of

:28:37. > :28:39.this beach. I think the honourable lady or to reflect now and welcome

:28:40. > :28:43.what the Government has dond, which is provide a better, sure course of

:28:44. > :28:47.action than the one her party has been proposing.

:28:48. > :28:52.Can I correct the Leader of the House. In my speech, I explhcitly

:28:53. > :28:56.said as the Bill was talked out by the Government should have been one

:28:57. > :28:59.of the brightest days of thd Parliament has instead becole one of

:29:00. > :29:05.the darkest. Then I invite the Minister to withdraw that no

:29:06. > :29:10.complaints were -- withdraw the suggestion that combines were

:29:11. > :29:14.majoring the debate. Then I asked asking to acknowledge that people

:29:15. > :29:18.were pleading with the Minister to stop filibustering. Given the

:29:19. > :29:21.Minister is commenced that xou cannot get 100 people in support a

:29:22. > :29:25.bill than the Bill does not deserve to go through, can the leaddr of the

:29:26. > :29:31.Stella us, how many people were in this chamber last night when the

:29:32. > :29:33.employment and NHS bill was given a second reading?

:29:34. > :29:37.That has nothing to do with Procedure Committee reports, and I'm

:29:38. > :29:41.shortcoming of the topic was entirely inadvertent on the part of

:29:42. > :29:45.the honourable gentleman, and, never requires no reply from the Leader of

:29:46. > :29:51.the House. We will respond to the report in due

:29:52. > :29:55.course. The points made on Fridays that the Bill was flawed in that it

:29:56. > :29:58.would have made it possible for people to receive a blanket pardon

:29:59. > :30:04.who are living today and have been properly convicted of offences

:30:05. > :30:09.against minors or offences hnvolving nonconsensual sex. That is why the

:30:10. > :30:13.Government consistently takd the view that the disregard procedure

:30:14. > :30:18.needed to be followed, and why we had taken swift action to provide

:30:19. > :30:24.for such a scheme through Government legislation to give effect to the

:30:25. > :30:27.Turing Bill. Statement, the Secretary of State

:30:28. > :30:31.for Transport. Secretary Chris Grayling.

:30:32. > :30:37.Mr Speaker, with your permission, I would like to make a statemdnt about

:30:38. > :30:40.airport policy. Last year, the independent airport commisshon

:30:41. > :30:46.delivered its final report tnder the chairman Chip of Sir Howard Davies.

:30:47. > :30:51.I would like to pay tribute to the quality and professionalism of their

:30:52. > :30:56.work. Mr Speaker, the commission concluded that we needed more

:30:57. > :31:01.capacity in the South East. It put forward three viable options for

:31:02. > :31:04.expansion. It unanimously agreed that the proposed northwest runway

:31:05. > :31:10.at Heathrow presented the strongest case. In December, my predecessor

:31:11. > :31:16.came to the House to announce the Government had accepted the need for

:31:17. > :31:20.further capacity, but furthdr work was required before making `

:31:21. > :31:25.decision on the location of that runway. That work is now colplete.

:31:26. > :31:29.Mr Speaker, this is a momentous step for our country. The decisions taken

:31:30. > :31:33.earlier today, which I will outline in a moment, are long overdte, and

:31:34. > :31:38.will serve our country for generations to come. I know that

:31:39. > :31:43.some as of this House have strong convictions on this issue. @nd that

:31:44. > :31:47.everyone in this House will understand the significance of this

:31:48. > :31:52.announcement. It significance for jobs, for an economy which works

:31:53. > :31:56.everyone, for passengers, for the global importance of our cotntry,

:31:57. > :32:01.for the environment and people affected by expansion. And `lso Mrs

:32:02. > :32:07.Baker, to send a clear mess`ge today that this country is open for

:32:08. > :32:12.business. It's not an easy hssue, and it's not a simple process. I

:32:13. > :32:17.make no apologies for the shte we've taking time to get it right. Today

:32:18. > :32:22.also shows that this is a Government unafraid to take difficult decisions

:32:23. > :32:26.and get on with the job. Before I outline the decision the Government

:32:27. > :32:29.has reached, I want explain how today's announcement fits whthin the

:32:30. > :32:33.planning process and the opportunities that members of this

:32:34. > :32:37.has will have to contribute. In the New Year, we will bring forward a

:32:38. > :32:42.draft policy statement, which includes details of the new scheme.

:32:43. > :32:46.As required under legislation, this will be subject to a file and

:32:47. > :32:51.extensive public consultation, followed by a period of

:32:52. > :32:55.parliamentary scrutiny. Onlx once members have voted on the fhnal

:32:56. > :32:59.policy statement and it has been decimated, will be able to be able

:33:00. > :33:03.to bring forward a detailed planning application. Mr Speaker, strong

:33:04. > :33:09.connections with global partners and the ability to trade with ndw and

:33:10. > :33:16.growing markets are vital to securing Britain's place within the

:33:17. > :33:19.world. Britain currently has the greatest aviation network in the

:33:20. > :33:26.world, second only to the US and China. We have the second l`rgest

:33:27. > :33:32.aerospace Manufacturing sector, generating exports ?26 billhon. Our

:33:33. > :33:36.aviation sector support I w`s 1 million jobs and sports ?7 billion

:33:37. > :33:43.in research and development. Last year, UK airports handed ovdr 2 0

:33:44. > :33:53.million passengers, up by% on 2 14, as well as handling 2.3 million

:33:54. > :33:57.tonnes of freight. Heathrow is the easiest to-runway airport in the

:33:58. > :34:03.world, and Gatwick the busidst single-runway airport. Therd will be

:34:04. > :34:08.smaller capacity taken up at Wootton soon afterwards. If we do nothing,

:34:09. > :34:15.the cost our nation is signhficant. Amounting to more than ?20 billion

:34:16. > :34:20.in delays, flights and passdngers having to take flights as wdll. The

:34:21. > :34:23.impact on our economy around the region of ?45 billion. That is why

:34:24. > :34:28.the decision we have reached today is so important to the future of our

:34:29. > :34:32.country. Rogers to tackle the immediate shortage of airport

:34:33. > :34:37.capacity, but to set a country on the cause to even greater prosperity

:34:38. > :34:41.for future generations. I'vd spent a considerable amount of time this

:34:42. > :34:45.summer visiting different schemes, talking to their promoters,

:34:46. > :34:48.assessing their strengths and weaknesses. I have been gentinely

:34:49. > :34:53.impressed by the quality and choice available to us. And the detailed

:34:54. > :35:00.work that has been put into the street plans. Any one of thdm would

:35:01. > :35:03.bring benefit to this country. But the work that the airport commission

:35:04. > :35:07.did made a clear and unanimous declaration to the Government that

:35:08. > :35:11.we should accept the propos`l to build a new northwest runwax at

:35:12. > :35:15.Heathrow, subject to a pack`ge of measures to make expansion lore

:35:16. > :35:19.acceptable to the airport's local community. Since the public`tion of

:35:20. > :35:25.that recommendation, my dep`rtment has studied in detail both hts

:35:26. > :35:27.reports, but also new and supplementary information that has

:35:28. > :35:32.urged about different options since then. The commission's report and

:35:33. > :35:36.that subsequent information formed the basis of a discussion which took

:35:37. > :35:41.place this morning at the C`binet subcommittee. As a result of that

:35:42. > :35:45.discussion, Mr Speaker, the Government has decided to accept

:35:46. > :35:49.that recommendation. We belheve that the expansion of Heathrow Ahrport

:35:50. > :35:52.and the northwest runway scheme in combination with a signific`nt

:35:53. > :35:56.package of supporting measures on this scale recommended by the

:35:57. > :36:01.airport commission offers the greatest level of benefit to

:36:02. > :36:05.passengers, business and help us deliver the greatest and broadest

:36:06. > :36:10.possible benefit to the whole United Kingdom. Mr Speaker, it delhvers the

:36:11. > :36:13.greatest economic and stratdgic benefits to our economy. It

:36:14. > :36:18.strengthens connectivity for passengers right across the United

:36:19. > :36:22.Kingdom. It offers a major boost to freight operators. It can bd

:36:23. > :36:27.delivered within carbon and air quality limits. Crucially, ht comes

:36:28. > :36:32.with world leading measures to mitigate those impacts on those

:36:33. > :36:36.living nearby. Mr Speaker, hn addition to benefits identified by

:36:37. > :36:42.the commission, the scheme would deliver the collectivity and have

:36:43. > :36:51.capacity the UK needs take compete with European and Middle Eastern

:36:52. > :36:56.hubs. Access to Heathrow is more resilient, and it is better placed

:36:57. > :36:59.as a national freight hub. Alternately, it brings the largest

:37:00. > :37:06.benefits to passengers and the wider economy of up to ?61 billion over 60

:37:07. > :37:10.years. But we're not alone hn this view, Mr Speaker. UK airlinds and

:37:11. > :37:15.businesses are also clear that Heathrow is the right place to

:37:16. > :37:18.expand. Mr Speaker, before continuing, I would like to pay

:37:19. > :37:22.genuine tribute to the promoters of the other two schemes considered by

:37:23. > :37:28.the subcommittee. As I said earlier, both presented well-developdd and

:37:29. > :37:32.compelling cases for new capacity. In particular, I would like to place

:37:33. > :37:36.on record that Gatwick, despite not being selected today, remains a key

:37:37. > :37:41.part of our national transport picture, and will continue to be so

:37:42. > :37:46.in the future. I want to be very clear, expansion will not bd at any

:37:47. > :37:53.cost to local people, to passengers or two industry. We have to make

:37:54. > :37:58.three assurances. Lastly, to make Heathrow a better neighbour. We must

:37:59. > :38:02.tackle air quality and noisd and meet our obligations on carbon both

:38:03. > :38:05.during and after construction. At quality is a significant national

:38:06. > :38:11.issue, and international issue, which this Government takes

:38:12. > :38:15.immensely seriously. This is why we undertook further work which

:38:16. > :38:19.confirms the commission's original conclusion on at quality, that a new

:38:20. > :38:23.runway on Heathrow is delivdrable within air quality limits. We are

:38:24. > :38:30.committed to making sure thhs remains the case. The airport has

:38:31. > :38:36.already committed to measurds to mitigate air quality impacts. This

:38:37. > :38:40.Government will only consent expansion if we are satisfidd the

:38:41. > :38:44.runway will not impact on UK compliance with its air quality

:38:45. > :38:49.obligations. The broader issue of air quality is won this Govdrnment

:38:50. > :38:51.takes very seriously indeed. And the updated evidence base shows very

:38:52. > :38:57.clearly that the biggest ch`llenge we face is not the expansion of an

:38:58. > :39:02.airport, but the level of elissions built up in urban areas mord

:39:03. > :39:07.generally. That is the very reason for our national air qualitx plan. I

:39:08. > :39:11.should also say to the Housd today, it is part of our ongoing work in

:39:12. > :39:16.air quality, my department, along with Defra and the Treasury, Adam

:39:17. > :39:21.Bogdan a joint project to identify further ways we can tackle this

:39:22. > :39:26.issue. By the time a new barn Way opens, we intend to have made

:39:27. > :39:29.substantial new progress indeed in tackling these air quality

:39:30. > :39:37.challenges across our nation as a whole. On the issue of noisd, no

:39:38. > :39:41.airport is able to be silent. Technology, though, is making

:39:42. > :39:45.aircraft quieter, the newer generation of aircraft coming into

:39:46. > :39:48.service have a noise footprhnt typically better present sm`ller on

:39:49. > :39:55.departure than they once thdy're replacing. And at least 30% smaller

:39:56. > :40:00.on arrival. But although pl`nes are getting quieter, they still have an

:40:01. > :40:05.impact. That is why will expect a 6.5 hour ban on overnight plan is to

:40:06. > :40:10.be a requirement for development consent. This will also see the

:40:11. > :40:14.airport helped to clear and legally enforceable noise performance

:40:15. > :40:20.target. So even with expanshon, fewer people will be affectdd by

:40:21. > :40:23.aircraft noise than today. We also recognise the importance of

:40:24. > :40:27.providing local residents whth a clear, predictable timetabld of

:40:28. > :40:31.respite from aircraft noise. This is something local communities value

:40:32. > :40:36.today, and we will insure this continues once a runway is built. Mr

:40:37. > :40:40.Speaker, I recognise this ddcision will have a big impact on pdople who

:40:41. > :40:45.live close to Heathrow. This is why we have insisted on a wild class

:40:46. > :40:49.package of supporting measures. Those communities who are affected

:40:50. > :40:54.by the decision will be supported by up to ?2.6 billion towards

:40:55. > :40:57.compensation, noise insulathon for homes and schools, improvemdnts to

:40:58. > :41:01.public facilities and other measures. But those people whose

:41:02. > :41:05.homes need to be bought to lake way for the new runway, Heathrow is

:41:06. > :41:10.planning to pay 25% above the full market value of the homes, `nd cover

:41:11. > :41:15.all costs including stamp dtty, moving and legal fees. That is, Mr

:41:16. > :41:19.Seager, is on offer at seven significantly above the statuary

:41:20. > :41:24.requirements. I'll cement a junior to compensation fund and local

:41:25. > :41:29.authorities will benefit from a retention of business rates.

:41:30. > :41:35.The second assurance I want to give his own cost for passengers. A new

:41:36. > :41:40.runway will bring in new capacity to meet demand and bring in levels of

:41:41. > :41:44.compensation, lowering fares relative to no expansion evdn after

:41:45. > :41:47.taking into account the cost of construction. This is an investment

:41:48. > :41:51.in the future of the countrx and will deliver major economic and

:41:52. > :41:54.strategic benefits to the UK but it must be delivered without hhtting

:41:55. > :41:59.passengers in the pocket. The airports commission was cle`r this

:42:00. > :42:04.was achievable. As are the Civil Aviation Authority. It's re`lly

:42:05. > :42:08.important to send this mess`ge. Not expansion at any cost, but the right

:42:09. > :42:11.scheme at the right price, `nd I expect the industry to work together

:42:12. > :42:17.to drive down costs for the benefit of passengers. As a regulator, the

:42:18. > :42:20.Civil Aviation Authority will have a vital part to play in achieving this

:42:21. > :42:25.and ensuring that new capachty fosters competition. Their `im

:42:26. > :42:29.should be to deliver a plan for expansion that keeps landing charges

:42:30. > :42:34.close to current levels. I have full confidence in their ability to do

:42:35. > :42:37.so. The third assurance I w`nt to set out is around how the expanded

:42:38. > :42:45.airport will benefit the whole of the UK. Not just by creating jobs

:42:46. > :42:50.across the airport's UK widd supply chain but by giving even more of the

:42:51. > :42:54.UK access to important international markets by strengthening exhsting

:42:55. > :42:58.domestic links and by developing new connections to regions not currently

:42:59. > :43:03.serve. The airport expects to add six more domestic routes across the

:43:04. > :43:09.UK by 2030 bringing the tot`l up to 14. Strengthening links to dxisting

:43:10. > :43:13.regions and nations such as Ireland, Scotland and the North of England

:43:14. > :43:16.and new regions like the sotth-west. I am determined that Heathrow

:43:17. > :43:23.Airport will meet these pledges and that the government will will hold

:43:24. > :43:28.the airport to account on this and furthermore the government will take

:43:29. > :43:34.all necessary steps including where a proposal -- available to ring

:43:35. > :43:37.fencing domestic routes through public service obligations to ensure

:43:38. > :43:42.enhanced connectivity within the whole of the United Kingdom. Mr

:43:43. > :43:46.Speaker, it's really import`nt to say today that this is a decision in

:43:47. > :43:53.the national interest, not just about the south-east of England So

:43:54. > :43:56.a new runway will strength `ll the aviation sector across the nation

:43:57. > :44:02.but we need to do even more. Airspace is out of date and

:44:03. > :44:05.modernising it will boost the sector and further reduce noise and carbon

:44:06. > :44:10.emissions. We will soon bring forward proposals to give

:44:11. > :44:14.improvements to airspace and how to manage noise, including ways in

:44:15. > :44:18.which affected communities `re engaged. Also, Mr Speaker, where

:44:19. > :44:21.there is a role for a new independent aviation noise body

:44:22. > :44:26.such as recommended by the commission. Finally, let me turn to

:44:27. > :44:29.what happens next. There have been suggestions in the media recently

:44:30. > :44:34.that the process has been slowed down or somehow delayed. In fact, Mr

:44:35. > :44:42.Speaker, the opposite is not the case. Members will remember the saga

:44:43. > :44:46.of the planning process behhnd a terminal five which took ye`rs to

:44:47. > :44:50.resolve. Following that, thd national policy statement process

:44:51. > :44:56.was designed by the last Labour government through the 2008 planning

:44:57. > :44:59.act and it improved in the 2010 local is a Mac to speed up lajor

:45:00. > :45:06.projects but in an open and fair manner. We believe there is a need

:45:07. > :45:11.for new runway capacity along with supporting evidence and we will

:45:12. > :45:14.fulfil legal obligations to allow members the opportunity to vote

:45:15. > :45:18.before it becomes national policy. That is what the law requirds. What

:45:19. > :45:22.this means is that Heathrow will be able to bring forward a planning

:45:23. > :45:27.application, safe in the knowledge that the high-level arguments have

:45:28. > :45:31.been settled and not reopendd. Today the government has reached ` view on

:45:32. > :45:34.its preferred scheme and thd National Odyssey statement published

:45:35. > :45:37.in the New Year will set out in more detail why we believe it is the

:45:38. > :45:41.right one for the United Kingdom. It will set out in more detail those

:45:42. > :45:45.conditions we wish to place on development including the stpporting

:45:46. > :45:48.measured outlined earlier. We want to make sure we have considdred all

:45:49. > :45:52.the evidence and heard the voices of those who might be affected. And of

:45:53. > :45:57.course, Mr Speaker, those that will benefit as well. That consultation

:45:58. > :46:01.will start in the New Year `nd I can announce today that I've appointed

:46:02. > :46:04.Sir Jeremy Sullivan, the former senior President of tribunal is to

:46:05. > :46:09.oversee the consultation process. This is an independent role and Sir

:46:10. > :46:14.Jeremy will be responsible for holding government to account and to

:46:15. > :46:17.ensure best practice is uphdld. The issue of runway capacity in the

:46:18. > :46:22.south-east has challenged stccessive administrations for decades. There

:46:23. > :46:27.are strong feelings both for and against a third runway at Hdathrow.

:46:28. > :46:31.This is not, Mr Speaker the scheme that was previously promoted in

:46:32. > :46:37.2009. It does much more to litigate environmental impact and is more to

:46:38. > :46:40.compensate communities and does more to distribute benefits across the

:46:41. > :46:46.nation. This is an issue th`t is of vital national interest and touches

:46:47. > :46:50.every part of the United Kingdom. It is vital to the economic prosperity

:46:51. > :46:58.and global status of the nation Mr Speaker, I commend this statement to

:46:59. > :47:01.the house. Mr Andy McDonald. Thank you, Mr Speaker, while I wotld like

:47:02. > :47:05.to thank the Secretary of State for giving me an advanced side of his

:47:06. > :47:09.statement, we cannot pass whthout comment that this decision has been

:47:10. > :47:12.widely leaked throughout thd media over the last several hours in

:47:13. > :47:15.advance of being sent to me and being announced at the housd and it

:47:16. > :47:19.is simply unacceptable for such a decision to be announced in this

:47:20. > :47:26.manner and totally disrespectful to members and the house. Be that as it

:47:27. > :47:30.may, aviation is crucial to the nation's economy and our future is

:47:31. > :47:34.an outward looking trading nation and is never more so given the vote

:47:35. > :47:36.to leave the European Union, so we welcome the fact that the ddcision

:47:37. > :47:42.on the preferred location h`s now been made and I hope we can put the

:47:43. > :47:47.years of procrastination and this -- delay behind us. But despitd the

:47:48. > :47:51.Secretary of State's proclalation that the work is now complete, the

:47:52. > :47:56.announcement today is not the end of the process, it is merely the start.

:47:57. > :47:59.And it beggars belief that ht has taken ministers over a year since

:48:00. > :48:04.the publication of the Davis report to make that start. Just wh`t have

:48:05. > :48:08.they been doing for all of those months apart from worrying `bout

:48:09. > :48:11.splits in the Cabinet and the Foreign Secretary throwing himself

:48:12. > :48:16.in front of the ball Govers and former mayoral candidates triggering

:48:17. > :48:20.by-elections. There is no justification for dithering on the

:48:21. > :48:24.scale and he has failed to reconcile the short timescale to get to the

:48:25. > :48:28.National policy statement as per the timetable set out by the tr`nsport

:48:29. > :48:32.select committee but we cannot bring back the time that ministers have

:48:33. > :48:35.already wasted, so over the coming months it's vital there is proper

:48:36. > :48:38.engagement and full and fair consultation with all of thd

:48:39. > :48:42.interested parties so we can secure an outcome that stands the test of

:48:43. > :48:49.time. It's essential that there be proper Renzo scrutiny and L`bour has

:48:50. > :48:55.said consistently that support for any decision will be condithonal,

:48:56. > :48:58.firstly on additional capachty being delivered, and that the clilate

:48:59. > :49:02.change is obligations are mdt, and thirdly that local noise and

:49:03. > :49:06.environmental impacts are m`naged and minimised and fourthly that the

:49:07. > :49:09.benefits are not confined to London in the south-east. Labour ftlly

:49:10. > :49:12.recognises the need for runway expansion in the south-east of

:49:13. > :49:16.England. But following the announcement today could be a decade

:49:17. > :49:21.before an additional runway is operational. But capacity challenges

:49:22. > :49:24.are here and now. We have hdard nothing in the Secretary of State's

:49:25. > :49:28.statement about how the govdrnment intends to tackle the immedhate

:49:29. > :49:33.shortage that bought capacity so I'd like to hear from the secretary of

:49:34. > :49:37.state as to what his plans `re to utilise the existing capacity in the

:49:38. > :49:43.south-east, Stansted and Luton and indeed there is no mention of

:49:44. > :49:48.greater utilisation of the international gateways, and so what

:49:49. > :49:52.message does it send to Stansted, the East Midlands or the government

:49:53. > :49:56.commitment to the so-called Northern Powerhouse all the Midlands engine?

:49:57. > :49:58.Surface accents to the gateways around the UK need improving but

:49:59. > :50:05.it's unclear what action government is taking, and that is why Labour

:50:06. > :50:07.are calling for the new nathonal Infrastructure Commission to examine

:50:08. > :50:13.road and rail needs of airports outside the south-east. I urge the

:50:14. > :50:17.secretary of state to support the proposal and Labour's call to

:50:18. > :50:21.upgrade the West Anglia lind in order to improve rail services to

:50:22. > :50:25.Stansted and to support better connectivity to Luton airport. The

:50:26. > :50:30.government has to ensure th`t we do not fall short of legal clilate

:50:31. > :50:34.change obligations. We have but one planet and it's essential that the

:50:35. > :50:41.UK plays a leading role in dnsuring that the agreed reductions hn

:50:42. > :50:44.emissions are met. Sustainable aviation believes that they could

:50:45. > :50:51.reduce carbon dioxide emisshons by 24% by 2050 through the deployment

:50:52. > :50:53.of alternative fuels. Other countries have made considerable

:50:54. > :50:57.progress but sadly the lack of commitment from our governmdnt cause

:50:58. > :51:00.the collapse of British airways green sky project, so can wd get

:51:01. > :51:04.further from the government as to what steps will be taken to meet

:51:05. > :51:08.climate change targets, particularly in respect of developing sustainable

:51:09. > :51:14.fuel and in progressing the consultation on including aviation

:51:15. > :51:17.in the renewable transport fuels obligation. After the Davis

:51:18. > :51:21.commission the government announced they wanted to look further at

:51:22. > :51:24.environmental matters and in particular air quality. As revealed

:51:25. > :51:28.in the Guardian newspaper l`st week, David Cameron's former policy

:51:29. > :51:31.adviser warned the Prime Minister a year ago that he was exposed on

:51:32. > :51:36.Heathrow because the governlent did not have an answer on the ilpact on

:51:37. > :51:40.air quality. Indeed, the nedd for further work on a quality w`s the

:51:41. > :51:44.reason provided for the del`y but there was not a single reference in

:51:45. > :51:49.the Secretary of State's st`tement that explained what work had been

:51:50. > :51:52.completed or how it had changed his position and I hope he will publish

:51:53. > :51:57.that. I hope he publishes the additional work the governmdnt has

:51:58. > :51:59.done as he has told the sea has done so there can be proper scrutiny to

:52:00. > :52:08.be undertaken both inside and outside the house. Mr Speakdr, it's

:52:09. > :52:13.essential that the unaccept`ble levels are reduced as the dhrect

:52:14. > :52:17.impact on health and well-bding of tens of thousands of citizens cannot

:52:18. > :52:22.be ignored or tolerated. Direct measures are needed to lower

:52:23. > :52:25.emissions across the nations, but especially in areas of high emission

:52:26. > :52:31.concentration and I urge thd Minister to be unrelenting hn trying

:52:32. > :52:34.to improve air quality. The commission also recommended the

:52:35. > :52:37.establishment of an independent noise authority so can the secretary

:52:38. > :52:42.of state please advise the commitments and intentions

:52:43. > :52:45.immediately in that respect? The air traffic management infrastrtcture is

:52:46. > :52:48.ancient and modernisation whll secure dividends in terms of modest

:52:49. > :52:53.carbon emissions but considdrable mitigations in terms of noise and

:52:54. > :52:57.air quality. And the Secret`ry of State in former house what steps he

:52:58. > :52:59.is taking to ensure that modernisation as so urgentlx needed

:53:00. > :53:04.is prioritised and progressdd. Finally, the fourth test th`t

:53:05. > :53:11.expansion is not confined to London and the south-east. It is essential

:53:12. > :53:16.that landing slots are expanding links for the regions are extended

:53:17. > :53:20.long-term and any assurances that can be given would be most welcome.

:53:21. > :53:24.Can he also ensure the housd that the entire UK will be afforded

:53:25. > :53:28.proper opportunity to engagd in the construction and perhaps sole of the

:53:29. > :53:34.HS2 protocols can be adopted. You never know, we might be using UK

:53:35. > :53:40.steel. In conclusion, Mr Spdaker, the location of an addition`l runway

:53:41. > :53:43.cannot be the sum total of `viation strategy and I urge the Minhster to

:53:44. > :53:48.press ahead with a full range of measures which are necessarx to

:53:49. > :53:51.sustain our successful aviation industry and we have to enstre that

:53:52. > :53:58.the best interests of all of the UK are served and legitimate concerns

:53:59. > :54:01.raised will continue to be raised and will be fully addressed and we

:54:02. > :54:10.can do all we can to protect our precious planet for the gendrations

:54:11. > :54:14.to come. Mr Speaker, can I start with the issue of the early

:54:15. > :54:18.announcement. You know that there are serious issues in this house and

:54:19. > :54:21.you will also be aware that it is highly price sensitive and through

:54:22. > :54:25.the process and when the airports commission published its report they

:54:26. > :54:28.were launched in a way that was consistent with the market

:54:29. > :54:31.announcement launched at thd start of the morning and that is the

:54:32. > :54:35.approach we take with this. I've come to the house at the earliest

:54:36. > :54:38.opportunity and I will take questions that members have. The

:54:39. > :54:42.honourable gentleman asked le what I'd been doing for the past year,

:54:43. > :54:47.and it's precisely what he just asked about, working on the air

:54:48. > :54:50.quality issue. We will todax be publishing additional materhal so

:54:51. > :54:57.that members across the house will be able to see that the work we have

:54:58. > :55:00.done on the route we are taking to reach the conclusion and he would

:55:01. > :55:04.expect us, given the import`nce of the issue of air quality to make

:55:05. > :55:08.sure we have done the addithonal work to satisfy ourselves that this

:55:09. > :55:11.can be done in line with wh`t we all accept the necessary priorities we

:55:12. > :55:16.have two reduce the levels of emissions. He talks about what will

:55:17. > :55:19.happen in the coming months, and there will be a full and proper

:55:20. > :55:22.consultation and it is set out clearly in statute, and despite the

:55:23. > :55:27.murmurings on the benches opposite it is set out in the statutd that

:55:28. > :55:30.they rightly passed to improve the process for nationally going ahead

:55:31. > :55:35.of projects of these kinds. That is the process we will follow `nd we

:55:36. > :55:39.will do it in the tiniest w`y we can but we cannot short-change processes

:55:40. > :55:44.set out in primary legislathon. In terms of capacity challenges, there

:55:45. > :55:49.is nothing to stop new routds being set up tomorrow. We have capacity at

:55:50. > :55:53.Stansted and there are new routes coming into Heath Row and G`twick in

:55:54. > :55:57.the past two months. We are not preventing the airports arotnd

:55:58. > :56:00.London that still have capacity You talk about not doing anything, but

:56:01. > :56:04.with respect the other side don t seem to understand it's the airports

:56:05. > :56:08.themselves to go out and sell opportunities around the world and

:56:09. > :56:11.bring new routes. The leadership of those airports is sell Brit`in as a

:56:12. > :56:16.great destination to fly to do business in.

:56:17. > :56:22.With respect to service accdss, there exist issues to address around

:56:23. > :56:26.this new scheme. I would relind the honourable gentleman that wd are

:56:27. > :56:30.close to completion of Crossrail, which will make a major difference

:56:31. > :56:34.to collectivity to Heathrow. We will start improvements to the M25,

:56:35. > :56:39.between Heathrow and Gatwick. The new Thameslink route is, dud to open

:56:40. > :56:46.in a few weeks' time, will hmprove access to it in airport. Thdre are

:56:47. > :56:50.things happening. On the subject of climate change, this is an hmportant

:56:51. > :56:55.issue which we take seriously. I was elated with the agreement rdached on

:56:56. > :57:02.Montreal recently that paves the way forward for the aviation industry.

:57:03. > :57:05.That is a significant step forward. It remains a challenge that we will

:57:06. > :57:09.monitor carefully, but it is also the case that the airport commission

:57:10. > :57:13.said clearly that this expansion could take place and we could meet

:57:14. > :57:19.our objectives, and that is what we will do. He mentioned sustahnable

:57:20. > :57:22.fuels. Virgin in this country are working on sustainable fuels, the

:57:23. > :57:28.technology will improve as xears go by. On the air quality issud, what

:57:29. > :57:34.are we doing? I agree with him, when he says it is a bigger issud for our

:57:35. > :57:38.country. It affects many of our urban areas. It requires a broad

:57:39. > :57:42.ranging response that deals with the issue through clean air zonds, as

:57:43. > :57:46.set out in our national air quality strategy, and other measures that

:57:47. > :57:49.we're working on that will go beyond that strategy and continue the

:57:50. > :57:54.process of improvement over the coming decade. I said and mx remarks

:57:55. > :57:58.I will be consulting with the noise authority, and also bringing forward

:57:59. > :58:07.plans for Essbase modernisation The other points, in terms orighnal

:58:08. > :58:10.collectivity, I will extend my commitment to members from the

:58:11. > :58:14.regions of the UK that we are clear this expansion must include binding

:58:15. > :58:17.provision of a link to thosd parts of the country. This must bd of

:58:18. > :58:23.benefit to the entire United Kingdom, and it will be. Last point,

:58:24. > :58:30.Heathrow Airport is committdd that this project will be built with UK

:58:31. > :58:35.steel. Will my right honourable frhend

:58:36. > :58:38.acknowledge that, in light of this very courageous decision he has

:58:39. > :58:44.announced to the House todax, that in the next ten years, before an

:58:45. > :58:48.extra runway at Heathrow is available, great pressure whll

:58:49. > :58:52.descend upon Stansted, to which he has referred. Will he understand

:58:53. > :58:58.that my constituents will expect to see the same level of compensation

:58:59. > :59:07.and care for their externally macro them against disturbance and

:59:08. > :59:11.pollution and will hope to see the... Level become intoler`ble for

:59:12. > :59:15.people on the East Anglia rdd away line, whether their passengdrs,

:59:16. > :59:22.employees or regular commutdrs. -- railway line.

:59:23. > :59:25.Miro honourable friend has been able passionate advocate for the East

:59:26. > :59:30.Anglia communities for many years. I say to this is something we to be

:59:31. > :59:35.sensitive to. I also give a commitment that we are now looking

:59:36. > :59:38.very carefully at looking at proposals he was involved in shaping

:59:39. > :59:43.in a set of recommendations published recently. We want to see

:59:44. > :59:49.everything done to make surd the links to Stansted are as good as

:59:50. > :59:53.they are to London's other `irports. Can I work in the secretary of state

:59:54. > :59:58.to this place and thank him for early sight of the statement. We

:59:59. > :00:00.welcome the decision after what has been world leading preparatory to

:00:01. > :00:06.from the other members of hhs department. Also the economhc

:00:07. > :00:17.illiteracy of the making thd statement. The lack of a vote in

:00:18. > :00:23.this House were not allowed companies it true... We welcome this

:00:24. > :00:32.announcement of Heathrow as a preference. Airport expansion of

:00:33. > :00:37.this type disproportionatelx benefit the south east of England for Butler

:00:38. > :00:43.that has significant conseqtences for Scottish airports. After many

:00:44. > :00:47.meetings with various bodies and the UK Government, the SNP Scottish

:00:48. > :00:51.Government has agreed a memorandum of understanding with Heathrow which

:00:52. > :00:55.will bring jobs and engineering hub and wrote to Scotland and mtch more.

:00:56. > :01:00.However, it is now time for the UK Government to ensure a full and fair

:01:01. > :01:04.deal for Scotland. We must now see commitment to addressing those

:01:05. > :01:09.needs. What the sexual statd commit to meeting the wider challenges

:01:10. > :01:16.posed as follows - -- Secretary of State commit - genuine support

:01:17. > :01:21.obligations and address the needs of Scotland in relationship to this

:01:22. > :01:24.development? To make a propdr commitment to supporting aircraft

:01:25. > :01:30.biofuels and giving genuine encouragement to carbon redtcing

:01:31. > :01:34.technology an aircraft? And to go further than his statement `nd to

:01:35. > :01:42.begin work to replace the 50-year-old Essbase strategx in the

:01:43. > :01:47.UK? Fussell, I'm grateful to thd SNP for

:01:48. > :01:50.their support for today 's announcement. The honourabld

:01:51. > :01:54.gentleman talks about a lack of votes, I remind him this is the law.

:01:55. > :01:58.We are following a process set out in statute. Surely he is not

:01:59. > :02:04.suggesting we should not pro-load the process set out in stattte? We

:02:05. > :02:08.have a duty to follow primary legislation. We talk about the

:02:09. > :02:12.benefits that can bring to Scotland, I agree with him, I would bd

:02:13. > :02:15.delighted to welcome his party and my counterparts in other parties in

:02:16. > :02:20.Scotland to ensure Scotland gets a good deal out of this. But ht is not

:02:21. > :02:24.just about Scotland, it is `bout the whole United Kingdom, is about

:02:25. > :02:26.making sure skills of element happens in Wales as well. It is

:02:27. > :02:31.about ensuring better links to the south east of England. As a red

:02:32. > :02:35.ensuring good links to the North East, I am going to Newcastle

:02:36. > :02:41.tomorrow, one of the errors I hope will benefit from this annotncement.

:02:42. > :02:47.I have the intention that the work we do is about the whole Unhted

:02:48. > :02:49.Kingdom. He made the point `bout the airspace modernisation programme.

:02:50. > :02:54.This is something the CAA w`s already starting work on. Something

:02:55. > :02:57.we need to press ahead with. Not just because of today's

:02:58. > :03:01.announcement, but because wd need to change many of the things wd do

:03:02. > :03:04.unnecessarily that use up ftel, cause additional carbon emissions,

:03:05. > :03:08.like stacking structures, that is something we will be working on

:03:09. > :03:15.suddenly of the next two ye`rs. That has to happen alongside the

:03:16. > :03:19.Department of the runway pl`tform. Government has chosen a cause that

:03:20. > :03:23.is not only wrong, it's dooled. Wrong because of the million people

:03:24. > :03:30.who will directly suffer on the back of the environmental harm of this

:03:31. > :03:34.budget is that it produces. -- project produces. I also doomed

:03:35. > :03:37.because of the legal complications that mean certainly this project

:03:38. > :03:41.will not be delivered. I believe this will be a millstone around this

:03:42. > :03:46.Government's connect for many years to come. A constant source of delay

:03:47. > :03:49.and anger and betrayal among those people who will be directly

:03:50. > :03:53.affected. I have to tell yot, Mr Speaker, there are so many puestions

:03:54. > :03:57.one could ask in a statement of the sort, I don't know where to begin.

:03:58. > :04:02.Size and play uses opportunhty to put my acid opposition on the

:04:03. > :04:09.record. -- might absolute opposition on the record.

:04:10. > :04:14.I very much respect the sincerity of the views my honourable fridnd

:04:15. > :04:18.holes. I know how strongly he will disagree with the decision we have

:04:19. > :04:22.taken it today. I hope he whll at least respect the fact that all of

:04:23. > :04:27.us in politics had to do wh`t we believe is right. I'm doing today

:04:28. > :04:30.what I believe is right. His use what he believes is right. But all

:04:31. > :04:33.of the testers can get it rhght all the time, but you have to do what

:04:34. > :04:37.you believe is best for your country, and that is what I am doing

:04:38. > :04:43.now. The decision to build a new runway

:04:44. > :04:47.at Heathrow is, I believe, the right one. It's absolutely vital he

:04:48. > :04:51.delivers on his pledge to ensure the benefits of expansion are fdlt in

:04:52. > :04:56.every nation and region of the UK. The commission noticed the

:04:57. > :05:03.difficulties in preserving slots for domestic flights as posed bx the EU

:05:04. > :05:10.slot regulations. Now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, what

:05:11. > :05:12.assessment as he made of thhs measure to enhance domestic

:05:13. > :05:16.collectivity? The slot issue is one avenud for

:05:17. > :05:24.what assets to follow. Would have detailed discussion with thd

:05:25. > :05:29.airlines about the best mechanism. I am absolutely clear that thd

:05:30. > :05:33.planning consent that I hopd will eventually be granted for this, the

:05:34. > :05:37.national policy statement that we prepare, as to contain provhsions

:05:38. > :05:41.that will protect that colldctivity. We had to work at the best way of

:05:42. > :05:44.doing it. It is not just about how colour slots at 11pm, it's `lso

:05:45. > :05:53.collectivity with international flights. That is what our agenda

:05:54. > :05:58.will be. Respected outside experts h`ve

:05:59. > :06:04.estimated the need for 11.5 billion taxpayer support for the runway

:06:05. > :06:07.Even the airport owner stathstics suggest 5 billion. Yet the

:06:08. > :06:11.Government website this morning says the expansion will be paid for by

:06:12. > :06:15.the private sector. I listened carefully to the statements, he did

:06:16. > :06:19.not reiterate that commitment. Can you tell the House how much the

:06:20. > :06:24.taxpayer will have to put in for runway three and the associ`ted

:06:25. > :06:26.surface works? The most fundamental point `nd this

:06:27. > :06:32.is at Heathrow has committed and will be held to a plan that firstly

:06:33. > :06:37.does not increase the current level of road transport to the airport,

:06:38. > :06:43.and secondly increases publhc transport access to the transport to

:06:44. > :06:48.50 by% of those using it. Those will be obligations they had two funds,

:06:49. > :06:53.and that is viable and investable, according to the commission report.

:06:54. > :06:59.The questions around what schemes are part of service access. Part of

:07:00. > :07:04.those are improvements to the Mfor, that will provide access, not solely

:07:05. > :07:07.to Heathrow. There are very clear obligations in terms of thehr rubles

:07:08. > :07:13.on the airport that will have to be paid for.

:07:14. > :07:17.Can I welcome the fact that this new Government has made this important

:07:18. > :07:21.decision, and can I welcome the fact that it has made the right decision.

:07:22. > :07:25.Certainly, in Northern Irel`nd, there is a wide consensus that

:07:26. > :07:30.Heathrow was the right decision to take. It will lead to thous`nds of

:07:31. > :07:34.more jobs, major investment in tourism and business, and I

:07:35. > :07:37.therefore warmly welcome wh`t the Secretary of State has said. And

:07:38. > :07:42.also warmly welcomed what hd said about slot and domestic

:07:43. > :07:50.collectivity. Cannot oppress and that any consequences that lay, on

:07:51. > :07:53.an basement in of a structure? First and foremost I am grateful to

:07:54. > :07:56.the right honourable gentlelan for his support and the support of his

:07:57. > :08:00.party and colleagues in Northern Ireland. It is very much my belief

:08:01. > :08:04.that Northern Ireland will benefit enormously from this decision, and

:08:05. > :08:08.so it should. But simply in terms of collectivity, but also some of the

:08:09. > :08:12.work being done in Northern Ireland as we aim for a UK wide supply chain

:08:13. > :08:17.and Anchorage the airport to do that. What I would say in tdrms of

:08:18. > :08:22.other aspects of doing this, we will work hard to ensure that we deliver

:08:23. > :08:26.the best possible outcome for all parts of the United Kingdom, that we

:08:27. > :08:31.listen and consult, that we discuss issues like the ones he has raised,

:08:32. > :08:34.and we try and be as beneficial as possible to the people he

:08:35. > :08:40.represents. As chair of the Gatwick ordhnation

:08:41. > :08:49.group, can I congratulate mx right audible friend on his statelent

:08:50. > :08:53.this somewhat overdue statelents, and delivered the congratul`tions of

:08:54. > :09:01.my colleagues in the coordination group. It will be clear that keeping

:09:02. > :09:05.Gatwick in the game has delhvered benefits. Anyone who uses the

:09:06. > :09:09.mainline will note that the Gatwick proposition frankly was not a

:09:10. > :09:12.practical one, as with the local authorities we would have h`d to

:09:13. > :09:18.find housing for the workforce to support the Gatwick option. Before

:09:19. > :09:23.this process began, the Gatwick management ran the best

:09:24. > :09:27.single-runway airport in thd country, and had a very good set of

:09:28. > :09:31.relationships with local communities. That he now invite the

:09:32. > :09:35.Gatwick management to go back to those priorities, now that this

:09:36. > :09:40.scheme is now over? Mr Speaker, my honourable friend has

:09:41. > :09:46.strong feelings about Gatwick expansion, had had did many of the

:09:47. > :09:48.people in his constituency `nd neighbouring constituencies. What I

:09:49. > :09:51.will say about Gatwick is that we also need to understand the

:09:52. > :09:54.important role it plays in the economy of the southern part of the

:09:55. > :10:00.country, and the economic development in that area and the

:10:01. > :10:03.south coast. I would like to recognise the real amount of work

:10:04. > :10:07.Gatwick Airport but into thd proposal, which was an imprdssive

:10:08. > :10:12.one and carefully crafted. H know they will be immensely disappointed

:10:13. > :10:15.about this decision today. @s I said earlier, I believe Gatwick will

:10:16. > :10:20.continue to be an important part of our transport infrastructurd, and I

:10:21. > :10:24.send them all my best wishes. Well over 50 colleagues still

:10:25. > :10:29.seeking to catch my eye, and I am keen to accommodate them, btt it

:10:30. > :10:34.will be brevity dependent. The Secretary of State says he plans

:10:35. > :10:38.to bring forward proposals to support the management of noise

:10:39. > :10:42.including the way affected communities can be best eng`ged He

:10:43. > :10:47.stated that would include whether there is a role for a new,

:10:48. > :10:51.independent aviation noise body but is said the commission had

:10:52. > :10:54.recommended one. Why has th`t downgraded?

:10:55. > :10:58.I have not downgraded it, I make sure that is important and

:10:59. > :11:03.appropriate noise monitoring, I just want to make out the best w`y to do

:11:04. > :11:07.that. The commission did not recommend detailed plans, I will

:11:08. > :11:12.expire it with interested p`rties. As a global trading nation clearly

:11:13. > :11:17.needs world-class infrastructure, they think this is the right

:11:18. > :11:22.judgment in the national interest. Can ask my honourable friend to

:11:23. > :11:24.reflect on the damage done to our international competitiveness by

:11:25. > :11:29.maintaining the highest levdl of taxation on aviation industry?

:11:30. > :11:37.I know that the issue of air passenger duty is one that creates a

:11:38. > :11:40.lot of debate in this country. I am absolutely certain that nond of us

:11:41. > :11:45.on these benches would wish to maintain any tax higher than we

:11:46. > :11:50.needed to. We are by instinct a low tax party but will also dealing with

:11:51. > :11:52.quite challenging financial circumstances and public finance

:11:53. > :11:55.circumstances so we therefore cannot do all the things we wish to do but

:11:56. > :12:02.I'm sure that nonetheless the chance the Exchequer will have heard the

:12:03. > :12:08.Right Honourable friend's whse words ahead of planning for the ndxt two

:12:09. > :12:11.financial moments. In 2009 the committee on climate change

:12:12. > :12:21.suggested a maximum 60% passenger growth could work, but even without

:12:22. > :12:25.a new runway there will be growth of 93% by 2050 implying that aviation

:12:26. > :12:30.will take up to two thirds of the UK's entire carbon budget in 20 0, a

:12:31. > :12:34.scenario that is incredible. Given the committee on climate ch`nge has

:12:35. > :12:38.advised against taking international setting as a substitute for domestic

:12:39. > :12:42.action, can he explain how this decision can possibly be colpatible

:12:43. > :12:48.with climate change objectives? We were very clear that we listen to

:12:49. > :12:52.the airports commission and they did detailed work on this. They

:12:53. > :12:57.recommended that this was an approach we could take and leet

:12:58. > :13:04.obligations. We have validated that work since and we still belheve it

:13:05. > :13:08.to be the case and I was encouraged that I hope it will be easidr for

:13:09. > :13:13.the airport commission to mdet the obligations. The business

:13:14. > :13:19.opportunities arising from the expansion are substantial for

:13:20. > :13:23.Buckinghamshire and groups have both welcome this announcement today It

:13:24. > :13:27.will continue to reinforce Buckinghamshire as a prime location

:13:28. > :13:32.for businesses to locate two. However, will the Secretary of State

:13:33. > :13:36.under take to do an impact assessment on the local economy of

:13:37. > :13:42.the potential disruption and cumulative effect of having two

:13:43. > :13:53.major projects, Heathrow expansion, and HS2 being instructed in the same

:13:54. > :13:57.time frame and in close proximity? We clearly have to work to dnsure

:13:58. > :14:02.that the impact of two major projects on surrounding comlunities

:14:03. > :14:06.is minimised to the maximum possible extent, and I know everyone involved

:14:07. > :14:09.in both projects will seek to do that. But it is a sign of the

:14:10. > :14:14.direction that we are taking this country, an ambitious and ftture

:14:15. > :14:17.looking project which definds the approach we are taking the

:14:18. > :14:21.government of this country, preparing for a stronger, bdtter

:14:22. > :14:25.future Britain. Isn't the bhggest loser from the Tory civil w`r over

:14:26. > :14:29.Heathrow not the Foreign Secretary nor the member for Richmond Park,

:14:30. > :14:32.but transport everywhere else because that over five years there's

:14:33. > :14:37.been an obsessive focus on London and the south-east. While wdlcoming

:14:38. > :14:40.the decision, can I ask the Home Counties -based cabinet to listen to

:14:41. > :14:46.what William Hague has said today and set out in the Autumn Statement

:14:47. > :14:53.a clear timetable for HS three, linking Manchester Airport to the

:14:54. > :14:56.great cities of the North. Lr Speaker, not sure the Manchdster

:14:57. > :15:00.Airport leads to be linked to the great cities of the North as it is

:15:01. > :15:04.in one of the great cities of the North, -- needs to be. Let's be

:15:05. > :15:08.clear about what we are doing in the north. In the north of Engl`nd there

:15:09. > :15:13.are a wide range of transport projects happening. ?350 million is

:15:14. > :15:16.being on improving the rail network in his home city of Liverpool. The

:15:17. > :15:22.construction of a link road between the M 56, projects that are long

:15:23. > :15:26.overdue. This government knows that the support of the net -- Ndxt

:15:27. > :15:29.Generation with the Manchester metrolink is happening. This

:15:30. > :15:32.government is doing things for the North of England. I look back at the

:15:33. > :15:35.Labour Party is in government and these were projects always on the

:15:36. > :15:43.drawing board but never acttally happening. I believe this ddcision

:15:44. > :15:48.is misguided and not ultimately in the nation's interest. Will the

:15:49. > :15:52.Secretary of State assure md in the consultation, with scrutiny to come,

:15:53. > :15:57.there will be good and adeqtate scientific data that the evhdence

:15:58. > :16:03.will show that Heathrow exp`nsion is neither possible nor deliverable, in

:16:04. > :16:06.the words of the minister, not expansion at any cost, this is the

:16:07. > :16:12.wrong scheme and the price hs too high. Can I also say to my

:16:13. > :16:16.honourable friend that I know how strongly she feels about thd issue,

:16:17. > :16:20.and I give her my assurance that we will do this job properly and the

:16:21. > :16:26.appointment of Sir Jeremy Stllivan, who is an exemplary former judge who

:16:27. > :16:29.led a really important part of the judicial system which will give

:16:30. > :16:34.people comfort that we intend to take the consultation process

:16:35. > :16:38.properly and seriously. The Secretary of State will know of my

:16:39. > :16:42.campaigning on the establishment of independent aviation noise

:16:43. > :16:45.authorities and I have 70% of Edinburgh airport traffic over my

:16:46. > :16:49.constituency and a recent flight path trial caused havoc. Thhs noise

:16:50. > :16:53.authority is for everyone in the UK and should not be dependent on this

:16:54. > :16:56.decision. Will he include md in those discussions as an intdrested

:16:57. > :17:01.party and bring it forward `s soon as possible? Absolutely. Evdry

:17:02. > :17:05.member of the party will be included -- this house will be included in

:17:06. > :17:11.the consultation process and I will happily do that. I congratulate my

:17:12. > :17:14.right honourable friend on taking the right decision in the interests

:17:15. > :17:18.of the United Kingdom. Could he remind the house of how much

:17:19. > :17:22.passenger traffic and particularly freight traffic is being lost to

:17:23. > :17:26.main European airports as a result of lack of capacity in the

:17:27. > :17:28.south-east? And will he agrde in order to bridge the gap we need to

:17:29. > :17:34.use all currently available capacity? My honourable fridnd is

:17:35. > :17:38.absolutely right and this is something that is important people

:17:39. > :17:43.understand. There is sometiles an argument that connecting tr`ffic

:17:44. > :17:46.does not add value to the UK, but connecting traffic combined with

:17:47. > :17:50.domestic traffic often makes new routes to an important new trade

:17:51. > :17:53.centre viable, so therefore winning back some of those transfer

:17:54. > :17:57.passengers to make sure that routes to developing markets can bd open

:17:58. > :18:01.from this country is a really important part of securing ` trading

:18:02. > :18:07.future. With the news of thd replacement of the route to Chengdu

:18:08. > :18:10.with a new routes serving Ndw Orleans, why is the governmdnt

:18:11. > :18:14.putting the commercial interests of an expensive airport whose primary

:18:15. > :18:18.passengers are tourists ahe`d of the health and quality of life of

:18:19. > :18:24.300,000 people, the cost of passengers and the cost of the

:18:25. > :18:32.taxpayer? First of all, I h`ve spoken to the boss of ING and they

:18:33. > :18:35.have a number of routes into Asia and China and have taken a

:18:36. > :18:41.commercial decision that thhs one has not proved viable. The hssue is

:18:42. > :18:44.not about an individual route, it's about the connectivity of the future

:18:45. > :18:48.and the opportunity to open up new opportunities. It won't alw`ys be

:18:49. > :18:51.British airways the open those routes, there will be other airways

:18:52. > :18:54.that choose to fly from devdloping markets into the United Kingdom

:18:55. > :18:58.It's those opportunities we will need in the future and that is why

:18:59. > :19:01.we believe the extra expanshon is necessary if we're going to open up

:19:02. > :19:05.new trading opportunities around the world, because we need the capacity

:19:06. > :19:09.to offer the new links, and when you look at the price a slot tr`des at

:19:10. > :19:14.at Heathrow you will realisd that demand far exceeds supply. Can I

:19:15. > :19:17.congratulate my right honourable friend for decision rooted hn the

:19:18. > :19:21.national interest. Can he confirm that Heathrow had the support of all

:19:22. > :19:26.three of the devolved administrations? He is absolutely

:19:27. > :19:30.right, it did and it has thd support of business and trade unions. That

:19:31. > :19:35.is not to say that the Gatwhck proposals were not strong and

:19:36. > :19:41.attractive, but this is the one that had the most support, undoubtedly.

:19:42. > :19:45.Heathrow has clear advantagds for the south-west of England over

:19:46. > :19:48.Gatwick both in terms of access but also in terms of the hoped-for slots

:19:49. > :19:53.to connect internationally for regional airports like Exetdr and

:19:54. > :19:56.Newquay. But he has to say luch more about what he will do on air

:19:57. > :20:00.quality. He is right to say that it is road transport but continues by

:20:01. > :20:06.far the of emissions and pollution but he has not said a practhcal

:20:07. > :20:11.policy to tackle road transport and diesel in particular. The honourable

:20:12. > :20:15.gentleman wants a specific dxample and this morning we publishdd a

:20:16. > :20:18.consultation document that will pave the way for significant exp`nsion of

:20:19. > :20:22.the availability of electric charging points around the country.

:20:23. > :20:26.My view is that we will need greater diversity in the car fleet hn the

:20:27. > :20:30.future and we are already moving ahead with plans for low emhssion

:20:31. > :20:34.zones in the cities. It's not an airport issue, it's a national issue

:20:35. > :20:40.and it's one might we already have active measures in place to

:20:41. > :20:46.diversify the car fleet. Nissan building electric cars in the main

:20:47. > :20:49.centre in Europe for production of the vehicle, and we will sed more of

:20:50. > :20:54.those in the streets and more in the future. I want to commend mx right

:20:55. > :20:57.honourable friend on his very strong statement. It's great to sed a

:20:58. > :21:02.government actually making some forward progress on this. Btt will

:21:03. > :21:05.he assure my constituents are many people in the local area th`t full

:21:06. > :21:11.consideration will be made on the environmental impact and thd noise

:21:12. > :21:15.control? This is really important. It's a really important bal`nce to

:21:16. > :21:19.find. What you will find around Heathrow is a large number of people

:21:20. > :21:22.who support the expansion, who work there and have family members who

:21:23. > :21:26.work there or whose businesses depend upon the airport, so there is

:21:27. > :21:29.a significant amount of support for what I have announced today that

:21:30. > :21:32.those people will rightly expect that we will ensure that we look

:21:33. > :21:35.after the environment in whhch they live and that there will be

:21:36. > :21:38.appropriate compensation in place the necessary and appropriate

:21:39. > :21:41.measures to support local communities and I give my honourable

:21:42. > :21:47.friend and assurance that that is what will be in place. Halldlujah, a

:21:48. > :21:50.decision has been made and the honourable gentleman should be in

:21:51. > :21:56.line for a minister of the xear award. It's good news the Doncaster

:21:57. > :22:02.and the North and the UK, btt, when we look at the investment in

:22:03. > :22:05.infrastructure, Crossrail cost 15 billion, nine times the combined

:22:06. > :22:09.expenditure for rail projects planned for Yorkshire and Htmber and

:22:10. > :22:12.the north-east and north-west. We see this as an opportunity for

:22:13. > :22:17.regional airports, including my own. Will the right honourable gdntleman

:22:18. > :22:20.meet with myself and other LPs with regional airport interests to

:22:21. > :22:24.discuss the issue about how we get people to the airports to t`ke

:22:25. > :22:30.advantage of the new slots? Various people will be very happy to have

:22:31. > :22:34.meetings with those linked ministerial is. As I said e`rlier,

:22:35. > :22:42.this is a process that needs to involve the members of the house on

:22:43. > :22:47.all sides and it will do th`t. I to support my right honourable friend,

:22:48. > :22:50.and he won't be surprised, everything in the statement. If the

:22:51. > :22:56.U:K.'s open business, Heathrow is the doorway. In his statement he

:22:57. > :22:59.said he wanted to make Heathrow a better neighbour. The neighbourhood

:23:00. > :23:04.for Heathrow is considerabld and includes the effect of stacking

:23:05. > :23:09.other areas that affect Gatwick And that is with a detrimental `ffect

:23:10. > :23:12.for people in my constituency. In looking at his airspace, can he make

:23:13. > :23:14.sure that the Civil Aviation Authority reflect on the

:23:15. > :23:20.opportunities to make Gatwick a better neighbour as well? I think

:23:21. > :23:23.the modernisation of UK airspace will hopefully make all of those

:23:24. > :23:28.airports better neighbours. This is a system that has barely ch`nged for

:23:29. > :23:32.decades which is not designdd for current patterns of usage where we

:23:33. > :23:38.believe that we need to moddrnise the use of airspace in a wax that

:23:39. > :23:41.reduces stacking, and I know we have adjoining constituency, that affect

:23:42. > :23:45.our area. It's better for p`ssengers and people on the ground and also

:23:46. > :23:52.saves fuel and reduces carbon emissions. A majority of Labour MPs

:23:53. > :23:58.and the majority of Conserv`tive MPs support the expansion at He`throw.

:23:59. > :24:02.Given that the project is lhkely to span over multiple parliaments,

:24:03. > :24:06.would he take the opportunity to set a good example for both parties of

:24:07. > :24:12.government and make sure th`t there is collective responsibilitx to

:24:13. > :24:15.apply on any votes in the house The Prime Minister has been verx clear

:24:16. > :24:19.that she does not want to force and I don't think the public wotld

:24:20. > :24:23.expect us to force, MPs with long-standing principles of

:24:24. > :24:26.disagreement over this to go against their own views. There are differing

:24:27. > :24:30.views on both sides of the house. There are senior figures on the

:24:31. > :24:35.front bench, on that side of the disagree with the decision `nd on

:24:36. > :24:38.our side. He is right to sax that the majority of members of this

:24:39. > :24:45.house believes that Heathrow is the right place for expansion. @nd of

:24:46. > :24:49.course the whole house as p`rt of the process have do vote and approve

:24:50. > :24:54.on this. But I think we shotld also respect people's long-standhng views

:24:55. > :24:58.are not ask them to act agahnst things they have argued for in the

:24:59. > :25:03.past. This is a devastating decision. A devastating dechsion for

:25:04. > :25:06.the National economic interdst and for my constituents, hundreds of

:25:07. > :25:10.whose homes would be bulldozed and for the millions of people `ffected

:25:11. > :25:17.by the very loud noise from Heathrow Airport. Notwithstanding th`t, and

:25:18. > :25:21.we can rehearse the arguments ever, if, during the consultation period,

:25:22. > :25:25.it becomes clear that the f`cts on which he has based the decision the

:25:26. > :25:28.economics on which he has b`sed the decision, and the timescales and the

:25:29. > :25:32.commitment of Heathrow to invest in the project, comes into question,

:25:33. > :25:39.does the government have an open mind to changing its decision? I

:25:40. > :25:43.think it is very important to say that the government has dechded very

:25:44. > :25:46.clearly today on its recommdndation. That recommendation has to be

:25:47. > :25:50.validated in the statutory process and will have to be voted on and

:25:51. > :25:53.confirmed by this house. Th`t is what will happen, but we ard not

:25:54. > :26:08.entering this process with ` view to changing our mind.

:26:09. > :26:20.We welcome the assurances of extra slots, extra routes, and a place in

:26:21. > :26:23.the procurement process. In the meantime, we'll slots currently

:26:24. > :26:31.available for airports from Northern Ireland be safeguarded at Hdathrow

:26:32. > :26:38.and, are there any Barnet Council or for the Northern Ireland exdcutive?

:26:39. > :26:43.I forgot to answer the question about Barnett consequentialhst. This

:26:44. > :26:51.is a private sector funded project and there are no consequenthal is in

:26:52. > :26:54.private projects. Barnett consequential is when we invest in

:26:55. > :27:01.public infrastructure but there will be none from Heathrow shareholders.

:27:02. > :27:06.In terms of slots in the me`ntime, we would always wish to protect

:27:07. > :27:15.collectivity with Northern Hreland, as we have just done with the route

:27:16. > :27:20.from Londonderry to Stansted. I congratulate the government on

:27:21. > :27:27.grasping this nettle, but I believe the Heathrow hub option offdred a

:27:28. > :27:32.cheaper and less disruptive option and I'm sorry that was ruled out.

:27:33. > :27:39.Can I ask my right honourable friend... There has been an

:27:40. > :27:45.opportunity. As a party we believe in competition. Surely it would have

:27:46. > :27:49.been better to have asked for expansion at Gatwick and He`throw.

:27:50. > :27:59.What is Gatwick's future as a result of the announcement? First of all,

:28:00. > :28:04.on the Heathrow hub, it is ` very innovative scheme, very different

:28:05. > :28:10.scheme. There are two prime reasons why we felt unable to resource that

:28:11. > :28:14.scheme. The first is it does not allow respite for the surrotnding

:28:15. > :28:18.communities because the samd corridors are being used, the second

:28:19. > :28:24.is ultimately, the promoters could not provide certainty that ht would

:28:25. > :28:29.be built and adopted by Heathrow Airport if we adopted that rather

:28:30. > :28:36.than the main route. But I would pay tribute to the promoters, it was an

:28:37. > :28:40.innovative concept, we give it serious thought. I considerdd very

:28:41. > :28:49.carefully whether it was thd best option and in the end I dechded the

:28:50. > :28:55.runway was the best. I hope the government will recognise whdespread

:28:56. > :29:01.opposition and reject the third runway. That was the words of the no

:29:02. > :29:05.Prime Minister. Why are thex bulldozing through a third runway

:29:06. > :29:11.which will inflict signific`nt climate change effects, cat`strophic

:29:12. > :29:14.congestion on 1 million Londoners? Because we don't believe it is going

:29:15. > :29:20.to do those things because we don't believe it is going to create the

:29:21. > :29:26.air pollution he talks about because we don't think it will impose

:29:27. > :29:31.catastrophic congestion, I've explained the position with improved

:29:32. > :29:37.infrastructure around the apple We believe it is in the interests of

:29:38. > :29:40.the United Kingdom. My right honourable friend knows that a

:29:41. > :29:43.decade ago I was the most sceptical about this proposal but does he

:29:44. > :29:49.agreed there are times when the house needs to look past thd

:29:50. > :29:54.immediate issues to the next 40 years and seeing the decision the

:29:55. > :29:59.country has made, surely now is the time to grab the future and build at

:30:00. > :30:04.Heathrow to link with the E`st. I think this is one of the most

:30:05. > :30:08.important messages we consent to the world about Britain being open for

:30:09. > :30:15.business. If not now then, when are we going to create this gatdway for

:30:16. > :30:19.the future? All of us regret the fact that, notwithstanding our

:30:20. > :30:29.ambitions, it takes time, btt we really have to get on with ht.

:30:30. > :30:31.Answers to questions I tabldd regarding protections for noise

:30:32. > :30:36.pollution from City Airport constituents such as mine. The

:30:37. > :30:41.answers were woefully inadepuate and show that once the expansion has

:30:42. > :30:44.taken place they showed scant regard for the protections of the public

:30:45. > :30:48.whether the industry or the government. It is hardly surprising

:30:49. > :30:51.that people roll their eyes when the minister comes here and said that

:30:52. > :30:54.there are all these environlental protection is going to be ptt in

:30:55. > :31:00.place. In order to convince people he is Ernest, will he be prdpared to

:31:01. > :31:04.make these requirements leg`lly binding with penalties in place

:31:05. > :31:07.before any permission is gr`nted for this expansion so people can have

:31:08. > :31:12.confidence that environment`l protections will be put in place? My

:31:13. > :31:17.view is straightforward, thd commitments that are made about

:31:18. > :31:23.compensation to the public, about amelioration, have to be binding

:31:24. > :31:28.part the agreement. The doorkeeper was looking for some hapless fellow

:31:29. > :31:35.who had lost his wallet. I'l glad I've not lost my wallet. Max I

:31:36. > :31:39.warmly welcome the Secretarx of State's announcement this afternoon?

:31:40. > :31:42.If Heathrow is going to meet emissions targets, large nulbers of

:31:43. > :31:48.people will need to be perstaded to go by rail and not car. Could he

:31:49. > :31:55.also look at providing fast rail links between all of London's our

:31:56. > :32:03.ports? In terms of Western `nd Southern rail links these are in the

:32:04. > :32:11.future project is for Network Rail. Heathrow will pay part of the costs

:32:12. > :32:16.of those. As a result of those, they will need to be accelerated. This is

:32:17. > :32:24.not something currently being considered but if the econoly

:32:25. > :32:31.continues to grow... I don't share the cosy consensus on airport

:32:32. > :32:35.expansion. Half the populathon does not fly. The Secretary of State says

:32:36. > :32:40.this will further reduce carbon emissions. What a joke. Bec`use of

:32:41. > :32:47.climate change, the governmdnt should not be in the business of

:32:48. > :32:49.encouraging people to fly and more a freight, let alone subsidishng

:32:50. > :32:57.airport capacity. I urge thd government to think again. Lr

:32:58. > :33:01.Speaker, we take the issue of climate change very seriously, and

:33:02. > :33:05.the government has got a whole raft of measures in place to address that

:33:06. > :33:09.issue. But we also have to lake sure that we have the prosperity of this

:33:10. > :33:16.country, to do things like funding the NHS and old-age pensions. Having

:33:17. > :33:22.a thriving economy is an important part of that. I was pleased to hear

:33:23. > :33:29.the SNP spokesman confirm wd are better together, and the support

:33:30. > :33:33.from the member of North Belfast about bringing the four nathons of

:33:34. > :33:37.the United Kingdom together. Can I just say I strongly welcome his

:33:38. > :33:41.announcement. It is very important for the South West of England. He

:33:42. > :33:46.says in his statement he will redouble his efforts, can hd do this

:33:47. > :33:47.to make sure he hauled the promoters to the commitments about regional

:33:48. > :34:04.collectivity? My honourable friend is absolutely

:34:05. > :34:11.right. I was in the south-wdst last week. We talk a lot about transport

:34:12. > :34:14.in this house. We need to t`lk about transport in the south-west. Many

:34:15. > :34:21.projects are very necessary to secure the economic future of the

:34:22. > :34:26.south-west. This is a part of ensuring there is collectivhty to

:34:27. > :34:33.places like Newquay but also ensuring constituents like his have

:34:34. > :34:39.easy access. The Prime Minister was right when she said the third runway

:34:40. > :34:45.was a bad idea. She may havd caved to the Heathrow lobby but whll they

:34:46. > :34:52.consider the opposition of councils, mostly Tory controlled and lembers

:34:53. > :34:57.of this house means the chances of a toxic third runway being buhlt are

:34:58. > :35:02.vanishingly small? Will he be sure to keep the Gatwick option open

:35:03. > :35:06.because we will need it sooner than he thinks? Mr Speaker, I know how

:35:07. > :35:13.strongly members in London feel about this position. My sense is the

:35:14. > :35:17.balance of view around the country is we need this collectivitx with

:35:18. > :35:22.the interest of a stronger Tnited Kingdom and as a government that

:35:23. > :35:27.believes in dealing with evdryone we need to operate in the interests of

:35:28. > :35:33.the United Kingdom. I welcole the quick decision by the Secretary of

:35:34. > :35:38.State since he's taken his position but I regret the decision to not

:35:39. > :35:44.include Gatwick as at least one of the options. Will he agreed to look

:35:45. > :35:46.again at the Gatwick option as the option which is deliverable

:35:47. > :35:54.short-term and more open for competition long-term? I know that a

:35:55. > :36:08.number of people have said, can t we do both? We are looking at the

:36:09. > :36:15.report which said a new runway would be needed by 2030. Today is very

:36:16. > :36:23.much about taking the long overdue decision about nicking that path to

:36:24. > :36:30.2030. As the MP representing Newcastle Airport I know thhs

:36:31. > :36:33.decision will be welcomed, ht enables the safeguarding and growth

:36:34. > :36:37.of collectivity to the UK and the rest of the world. Given thd time it

:36:38. > :36:42.has taken to arrive at this point, can I urge the Secretary of State to

:36:43. > :36:45.give some urgency to getting speeds on the ground? When will we see the

:36:46. > :36:50.increased capacity and tradhng opportunities that we so vitally

:36:51. > :36:58.need in the wake of Brexit uncertainty? I can tell her I will

:36:59. > :37:02.be visiting her constituencx and airport to make the point about

:37:03. > :37:10.regional collectivity. I probably won't have a spade. I want this to

:37:11. > :37:17.move ahead as quickly as possible. There is a statutory process we have

:37:18. > :37:22.to follow. This is always something that will be ready for the liddle of

:37:23. > :37:26.next decade. These things t`ke quite a lot of time to construct.

:37:27. > :37:30.Everybody will want to move as quickly as possible. This is the

:37:31. > :37:36.right decision for Wales and the latest kingdom. Can my rape oral

:37:37. > :37:42.friend say a bit more about what specific powers are available to

:37:43. > :37:51.him? We will need to maximise opportunities for our Labour pool.

:37:52. > :37:55.Mr Speaker, I've been very clear, this drives to the heart of the

:37:56. > :37:58.debate about the costs and H understand wanting to ensurd the

:37:59. > :38:06.best possible value is delivered in the project. I want to see the

:38:07. > :38:15.maximum possible benefit across the United Kingdom. I have asked them

:38:16. > :38:19.not to dictate how this is designed in detail but make sure there is

:38:20. > :38:25.value at the heart of this. I want to make sure this is a valud for

:38:26. > :38:28.money proposition and it delivers what we need for the future at a

:38:29. > :38:34.price that is bright for thd passengers. The advent of Crossrail

:38:35. > :38:40.means my constituency on thd London Essex border has enormous potential

:38:41. > :38:44.to capitalise on the benefits for passengers and business and jobs.

:38:45. > :38:47.Can I welcome the statement today. Can he tell us that when he

:38:48. > :38:55.anticipates the third runwax being open for business? We're looking at

:38:56. > :39:01.nine years. I wish it was qticker. That is the length of time ht takes.

:39:02. > :39:07.Not just the regulatory process which has been greatly symp`thise

:39:08. > :39:13.since 2008, also just the ddsign, the purchasing of land, the terminal

:39:14. > :39:20.buildings that go with it. This is not a short-term project. The new

:39:21. > :39:36.Prime Minister and I wanted to move as quickly as we could. We now want

:39:37. > :39:40.to get home with it. I welcome the government confirming what the

:39:41. > :39:48.Airports Commission have sahd is right for this country. I wdlcome

:39:49. > :39:55.the words about Gatwick. Can he give assurances that the rail rotte to

:39:56. > :40:02.Gatwick will continue to be enhanced? I don't think any of us

:40:03. > :40:10.could think the Brighton line was not a priority. We need to think how

:40:11. > :40:18.best to improve in the meditm to long term. We need a progralme that

:40:19. > :40:22.delivers the minimum possible disruption for passengers.

:40:23. > :40:25.Collectivity to Heathrow is essential for Greater Manchdster and

:40:26. > :40:32.beyond. Does the Secretary of State agree that in tandem with expanding

:40:33. > :40:34.Heathrow, new point-to-point routes are essential from other

:40:35. > :40:42.international gateway airports such as Manchester. What is he doing to

:40:43. > :40:44.encourage this? I'm not surd I need to do anything to encourage

:40:45. > :40:51.Manchester Airport because ht is doing a cracking job alreadx. It is

:40:52. > :40:57.a thriving airport with links around the world. I'm hugely impressed by

:40:58. > :41:07.what it has achieved. I'd lhke to welcome the statement. It whll bring

:41:08. > :41:11.benefits for British trade. My great honourable friend was right to

:41:12. > :41:18.acknowledge concerns over the environmental impact of the

:41:19. > :41:21.expansion and the potential that could have two interfere with

:41:22. > :41:28.commitments internationally. I just wondered, as well as putting in

:41:29. > :41:33.place quite welcome consult`tions on car is, will they try to encourage

:41:34. > :41:34.business to comply with international commitments and reduce

:41:35. > :41:47.carbon emissions? There are three elements to this.

:41:48. > :41:52.The first is a quality strategy and the desire to put into placd an

:41:53. > :41:55.environment requiring low elission vehicles in terms of carbon dioxide

:41:56. > :42:00.and also the emissions coming from diesel. It is about a regul`tory

:42:01. > :42:05.environment in our cities. The second is about incentivising the

:42:06. > :42:10.purchase of low emission vehicles. That is something the Government now

:42:11. > :42:13.does extensively with incentives. Thirdly, fiscal incentives to change

:42:14. > :42:17.as well. That is something we have already done through the car tax

:42:18. > :42:24.system. I have no doubt the Chancellor will be doing more in the

:42:25. > :42:28.future. Given today's announcement, the expansion of Heathrow is in the

:42:29. > :42:36.national interests are not just the south-east of England, will be

:42:37. > :42:41.secretary talk about collectivity between Dundee airport and Heathrow?

:42:42. > :42:47.I am not going to pick individual routes. Dundee can benefit. You

:42:48. > :42:54.would not expect me at this stage to set out detailed route plans. It is

:42:55. > :42:57.areas like Dundee that can benefit from greater capacity on its route.

:42:58. > :43:03.And better connectivity within the United Kingdom. As the Secrdtary of

:43:04. > :43:06.State has correctly and repdatedly said with a sense of a clear signal

:43:07. > :43:10.that Britain is open for business. Does he agree with me, if wd are to

:43:11. > :43:16.compete with the likes of China and South Korea, we must deliver this

:43:17. > :43:19.rapidly? What reassurance c`n he give about minimising at minister

:43:20. > :43:26.tears and judicial burdens which may be used to slow down this project?

:43:27. > :43:31.No doubt there will be obst`cles along the way. That will not stop us

:43:32. > :43:36.seeking to be the head as qtickly as we can. Promoters of the scheme will

:43:37. > :43:40.want to me the head as quickly as they can. We are also subject to due

:43:41. > :43:47.process. In a democracy we have to respect that. This is indeed a

:43:48. > :43:54.hugely important project for the whole of the country. The Lhverpool

:43:55. > :43:57.city region stands to benefht, just as other regions do, especi`lly

:43:58. > :44:01.through freight and business travel. I really welcome the Governlent s

:44:02. > :44:06.wholehearted support for thd expansion of Heathrow. Coming to

:44:07. > :44:11.this point, this nine-year promised that is now made, how will he make

:44:12. > :44:15.sure... It will be very challenging. There has to be robust planning and

:44:16. > :44:18.a consultation process. How will he make sure he gets through that

:44:19. > :44:26.process to deliver that nind-year programme? Essentially the way it

:44:27. > :44:28.works is that we have an ovdrall process, National policy st`tement,

:44:29. > :44:32.over the next 12 months which we will publish in the -- in the New

:44:33. > :44:37.Year now the recommendation has been made. My officials will now prepare

:44:38. > :44:41.the detailed policy statement. It will be published in the New Year.

:44:42. > :44:47.There will be a statutory pdriod of consultation outside this H`s an

:44:48. > :44:51.inside, followed by a vote. That seals the big picture stuff for the

:44:52. > :44:54.planning Inspectorate. The former process of them submitting their

:44:55. > :44:57.plans and the debate about the many Shi'ite of the application, the

:44:58. > :45:04.planning inspector does not look at the big decisions. It looks at the

:45:05. > :45:09.detail design in connection with planning rules, for example. This

:45:10. > :45:14.statement has been long overdue stop some countries will have developed

:45:15. > :45:17.three entire nuclear power stations and five airports in the amount of

:45:18. > :45:21.time this has been taken to be kicked into the long grass by two

:45:22. > :45:25.Labour prime ministers and H am afraid a Conservative Prime Minister

:45:26. > :45:29.as well. It is a reflection on this Prime Minister that the dechsion has

:45:30. > :45:34.finally been made. But why can we not still be talking about dxpansion

:45:35. > :45:47.at Birmingham International Airport and indeed expansion at Gatwick

:45:48. > :45:50.Airport as well? Mr Speaker, I have no doubt others will have vhews

:45:51. > :45:52.about but the expansion of regional airports like Birmingham, for

:45:53. > :45:54.example. Today, the focus of this government and this process which

:45:55. > :45:56.was setup to identify addithonal capacity in the south-east following

:45:57. > :46:02.recommendation from an Independent commission, it is about delhvering

:46:03. > :46:06.what have recommended to us. Can we very much welcome, as my colleagues

:46:07. > :46:11.from Northern Ireland have, the announcement today that the party is

:46:12. > :46:17.pushing both airports. For cheap airlines flying from Belfast

:46:18. > :46:20.International Airport like Ryanair and easyJet, it has given ndw life

:46:21. > :46:25.to people in Northern Ireland. Can we not keep the door open to

:46:26. > :46:34.Gatwick? Worry not make the most that? It helps all of us. -, can we

:46:35. > :46:38.not? Gatwick is an important part of our national transport systdm. Today

:46:39. > :46:42.it is about meeting a very real need, as identified by the `irports

:46:43. > :46:46.commission report. I don't think today is the mode to start getting

:46:47. > :46:54.into broader discussions about other airports. Let's get this job done.

:46:55. > :46:58.It has taken too long. I welcome the Secretary of State's announcement

:46:59. > :47:01.today. Now this decision has been made, can my constituents now be

:47:02. > :47:07.assured that the blight to their homes has been suffered for over a

:47:08. > :47:12.decade for the threat of a peninsular airport that these

:47:13. > :47:15.proposals are now finally ddad? Mr Speaker, what I would say to my

:47:16. > :47:20.honourable friend is that the airports commission has looked at

:47:21. > :47:25.the issue of an S3 airport `nd came to begin to loosen it was not a

:47:26. > :47:33.viable option. I share that view. The Government has no intention of

:47:34. > :47:37.reopening that discussion. Lr Speaker, transport for London has

:47:38. > :47:41.estimated the cost of assochated transport infrastructure will be

:47:42. > :47:44.around ?20 million. Any givdn the cast-iron guarantee today that any

:47:45. > :47:49.public many years to pay for that work will result in full bonnet

:47:50. > :47:57.consequential is? Is he sayhng that those routes identified by TEFL will

:47:58. > :48:01.be paid for fully by privatd sources? It is important to look at

:48:02. > :48:05.committed outputs. What Heathrow Airport has committed to is an

:48:06. > :48:09.expansion without an increase in the number of motor vehicles ushng the

:48:10. > :48:13.airport and an increase in the vehicle accessing the airport by

:48:14. > :48:18.public transport to a level of 5%. That is the objective they have to

:48:19. > :48:23.meet. They have a financial obligation to get to that point

:48:24. > :48:27.Crossrail is nearly completdd. Western Southern roots are `lready

:48:28. > :48:32.in Network Rail's plans to contribute to that. Clearly, there

:48:33. > :48:36.is an obligation on the airport to meet those objectives. My honourable

:48:37. > :48:40.friend has not said a great deal about the already horrendous

:48:41. > :48:44.congestion on the M25 both north and south of Heathrow cost of does his

:48:45. > :48:47.department monitor the extent of the existing traffic jams which are

:48:48. > :48:51.already really bad question will anything be done as part of Heathrow

:48:52. > :48:57.expansion to try to improve capacity on the M25 to people can get to and

:48:58. > :49:02.pass the airport? As I said earlier, the situation around partictlarly

:49:03. > :49:08.the south-west of the M25 is a matter for concern. We will have

:49:09. > :49:13.plans in place to start to dress some of those problems. In ly

:49:14. > :49:18.experience, some of the worst jams occur where four lanes go into

:49:19. > :49:24.three. I have asked highways England to look at how we address that

:49:25. > :49:29.issue. I welcome the Secret`ry of State's met in to developing new

:49:30. > :49:34.connections to the regional airports. Is he aware that ht takes

:49:35. > :49:37.two and a half hours from Wdst Cumbria to get to our nearest

:49:38. > :49:42.regional airport? Will the Secretary of State look at how Carlisle

:49:43. > :49:48.airport can benefit from an expanded Heathrow? Mr Speaker, clearly, if

:49:49. > :49:55.there are more slots available to Heathrow, there is a marked supply

:49:56. > :50:00.to Cumbria, there will be an opportunity for a operators to do

:50:01. > :50:03.that. I am keen that we look at capacity for regional airports.

:50:04. > :50:09.Where, how and which airports will be a matter for the future. Can I

:50:10. > :50:13.congratulate my right honourable friend? No doubt this is in the

:50:14. > :50:17.interests of the nation and all of our vigilance in the south-west

:50:18. > :50:20.where my seat is. Could he kindly confirm how many direct rail links

:50:21. > :50:24.from the south-west there would be to Heathrow as this will be

:50:25. > :50:30.absolutely key for my consthtuency and anyone else from the sotth-west?

:50:31. > :50:36.Mr Speaker, there are two options. The plans will be to have a southern

:50:37. > :50:40.rail link joining up with the South West trains network and the Western

:50:41. > :50:43.link joining up with the grdat Western network. There will be a

:50:44. > :50:46.choice. The train path would be a matter for the operators at the time

:50:47. > :50:51.for will have a choice of which route to follow. Thank you. This is

:50:52. > :50:56.indeed the right decision for the UK and for Scotland. Can I get the

:50:57. > :51:01.Secretary of State to absolttely confirm any additional slot capacity

:51:02. > :51:05.for domestic airlines will dither be guaranteed in the planning process

:51:06. > :51:08.or indeed guaranteed in leghslation? Furthermore, will the Secretary of

:51:09. > :51:12.State do an ongoing assessmdnt of the impact on regional airports like

:51:13. > :51:19.Edinburgh, in terms of their ability to attract direct route, as a result

:51:20. > :51:23.of Heathrow coming on streal in a few years' time? We will look at the

:51:24. > :51:28.right mechanism. It may not be as simple as getting a number of slots.

:51:29. > :51:32.I want the right connectivity. I do not want regional airports to have a

:51:33. > :51:37.tail end slot of 11pm at night. It or not allow regional airports and

:51:38. > :51:41.international destinations. We'll have to think about what thd best

:51:42. > :51:45.mechanism is I guarantee be protections for the regional

:51:46. > :51:51.airports and the they need. Whilst I warmly welcome a statement from my

:51:52. > :51:56.right honourable friend. It will be several years before the new runway

:51:57. > :51:59.comes into use. Can my right honourable friend urged his

:52:00. > :52:03.colleagues in the Treasury to allow zero or reduced passenger dtty rates

:52:04. > :52:10.on new routes from regional airports like Manchester, which readx has the

:52:11. > :52:14.existing capacity to expand? -- which already. All I can re`lly say

:52:15. > :52:20.on that as I have no doubt ly right honourable friend, the Chancellor of

:52:21. > :52:24.the Exchequer, will have he`rd about that, and the subsequent budget I

:52:25. > :52:32.welcome the fact that Heathrow proposals include potential

:52:33. > :52:39.logistics. Can I also ask, hn terms of strategic thinking, could there

:52:40. > :52:46.be a spaceport decision as well That will allow long-term sdcurity

:52:47. > :52:50.for Prestwick. That decision is one that is on the way. I am delighted

:52:51. > :52:58.he thinks the United Kingdol's choice of a spaceport would be in

:52:59. > :53:01.Prestwick. That would cement the bond between Scotland and the United

:53:02. > :53:06.Kingdom as we are all part of one United Kingdom. We need mord airport

:53:07. > :53:11.capacity. Of the choices av`ilable to the Government, it is my view

:53:12. > :53:13.that Heathrow is the worst option, particularly for my constittents in

:53:14. > :53:19.Kingston and Surbiton. Would my right honourable friend confirm the

:53:20. > :53:25.final decision would be madd here in this House and this House whll be

:53:26. > :53:32.free to reject Heathrow? First of all, can I say to my honour`ble

:53:33. > :53:37.friend and two others, I do know this is a very difficult decision

:53:38. > :53:40.for a number of colleagues. I respect and have every symp`thy for

:53:41. > :53:44.the pressure we are putting them under by doing this. I know he is

:53:45. > :53:47.one of them put on here is ly next-door neighbour. I have worked

:53:48. > :53:51.hard for him in the past. I was delighted when he won. At the same

:53:52. > :53:57.time he will understand that the Government has to do what is in the

:53:58. > :54:00.of the whole of the United Kingdom. Sometimes that is difficult for

:54:01. > :54:04.colleagues you take those ddcisions. I can say to him this matter will

:54:05. > :54:10.have to be approved by the House. The house will have a final say If

:54:11. > :54:17.it does not secure approval, it cannot happen. The statement by the

:54:18. > :54:24.minister, the Democratic Unhonist Party where the first polithcal

:54:25. > :54:30.party to back Heathrow. It will support growth in Northern Hreland

:54:31. > :54:33.and strengthen the union. Mhnister, can you commit yourself to continue

:54:34. > :54:42.the vital link in the supplx chain between Northern Ireland businesses

:54:43. > :54:46.and their path to every corner of the globe? This is an important part

:54:47. > :54:50.of what this announcement is about was that it is not always at the top

:54:51. > :54:54.of the agenda for the it is the UK's 's freight hub and an important

:54:55. > :54:57.point of conductivity the btsinesses around the United Kingdom in

:54:58. > :55:04.shipping products around thd world. I absolutely say to him, thhs is an

:55:05. > :55:07.important part of the way forward. Yet another major transport

:55:08. > :55:11.infrastructure investment in the south of England for the Will the

:55:12. > :55:15.Secretary of State plea show similar decisiveness in support for long

:55:16. > :55:18.haul routes at Manchester Ahrport, a road link for Leeds Bradford

:55:19. > :55:24.Airport, electrification of the trans-Pennine routes, and m`ybe a

:55:25. > :55:29.new junction 204A on the M6 to two near Huddersfield?

:55:30. > :55:38.Are honourable friends who represent the North of the country now that I

:55:39. > :55:45.am very much of the view th`t we need to do more for a these regions.

:55:46. > :55:49.One of the most pleasurable things in arriving in this job havhng

:55:50. > :55:52.shadowed it ten years ago, going round the country looking at schemes

:55:53. > :56:00.which should happen but werd simply sitting on the drawing board, year

:56:01. > :56:05.after year. Now I find therd is more on the way and I look forward to

:56:06. > :56:11.delivering more improvements to help more constituents of more honourable

:56:12. > :56:17.colleagues in this house. In reaching this decision, what weight

:56:18. > :56:21.did ministers gave to the bdnefit for UK supply chains? Peopld in

:56:22. > :56:25.Corby will be very pleased with Heathrow's commitment to usd British

:56:26. > :56:33.Steel because that will be good for steel jobs in my town. I was very

:56:34. > :56:41.pleased with that undertaking. I think inevitably Heathrow whll want

:56:42. > :56:46.to use supply chains throughout the eye could kingdom and I hopd Corby

:56:47. > :56:49.will be one of the benefici`ries. My honourable friend the member for

:56:50. > :56:53.Richmond has warned us that notwithstanding a decision taken by

:56:54. > :56:57.this house it will be prevented from being implemented by proceedings in

:56:58. > :57:03.courts elsewhere. As my right honourable friend considered any

:57:04. > :57:06.legislative remedy to prevent that notwithstanding the fact he's

:57:07. > :57:15.already told us this is a ddmocracy after all? I suspect from what I've

:57:16. > :57:26.read in the newspapers therd may be some legal attempts to challenge

:57:27. > :57:38.this decision. Court cases tsually rely on this position. We understand

:57:39. > :57:47.the hurdles we have to overcome this is a right channel -- rational

:57:48. > :57:54.decision. My view is the eldcted government is there to take out

:57:55. > :57:58.careful decisions. I hope the courts will not seek to challenge that I

:57:59. > :58:03.welcome the statement by thd Minister which shows respect for the

:58:04. > :58:11.workings of the Davies Commhssion, which had previously rejectdd the

:58:12. > :58:15.pie in the sky idea because of structural concerns. I thank the

:58:16. > :58:20.Minister for making the right decision on the evidence and in the

:58:21. > :58:26.national interest. I'm gratdful to my honourable friend for his

:58:27. > :58:30.comments. The commission did a first-rate job in looking at all the

:58:31. > :58:39.options. In the end it came down very clearly. You will see Sir

:58:40. > :58:45.Howard Davies emphasising this. When you set up the independent

:58:46. > :58:51.commission government should listen to that immensely carefully about

:58:52. > :59:00.what we've done. May I welcome the announcement, but could he `s sure

:59:01. > :59:05.people -- as sure people th`t the decision on Gatwick is not going to

:59:06. > :59:09.continue to like their lives? If you talk about the relief he is offering

:59:10. > :59:14.to the people of Heathrow, could he not extend that ban on night flight

:59:15. > :59:23.to Gatwick where we suffer `ll the time? I'm very aware of the issues

:59:24. > :59:34.around Gatwick, the issue of noise. I will talk about how to find the

:59:35. > :59:43.balance for residents in thd area. Today's announcement is verx much

:59:44. > :59:48.about this decision. The airport commission's view is we need one

:59:49. > :59:54.runway in the South East by 203 and that is what the government has

:59:55. > :59:56.sought to do. May I congrattlate the Secretary of State for finally

:59:57. > :00:06.making a decision on this which will be great news for Tory businesses.

:00:07. > :00:15.-- Torbay. This makes more pressing another question, the A303 routes

:00:16. > :00:24.and the decision on Stonehenge. The planning work is well under way

:00:25. > :00:32.Thank you, Mr Speaker. For ` hot airport -- central airport to

:00:33. > :00:37.benefit the whole country, regional airports need focus. How many more

:00:38. > :00:41.slots will be available to regional airports? Can I push the pohnt that

:00:42. > :00:49.landing charges must not work against internal flights? I'm very

:00:50. > :00:54.keen to insure we do not sed a big uplift in landing charges in this

:00:55. > :00:58.project. We've brought it through in a level that is affordable. It's got

:00:59. > :01:03.to be delivered in a way th`t delivers best value for everyone

:01:04. > :01:07.involved. In terms of collectivity, I'm not in a position to st`rt

:01:08. > :01:18.sending out details of numbdrs or slots or exact mechanisms. This will

:01:19. > :01:25.be binding part of what we conclude. I welcome the commitment made for

:01:26. > :01:29.regional collectivity. Not least because Heathrow flights have been

:01:30. > :01:34.increasingly popular. Would he agreed to meet with me so that we

:01:35. > :01:45.can explore how we can further the campaign to have a rail link? Albee

:01:46. > :01:54.happy -- I will be happy to have that conversation with him. It is a

:01:55. > :01:58.great pleasure to move on to the ten minute rule motion. The honourable

:01:59. > :02:08.member must find it encouraging to have paternal support so ne`rby

:02:09. > :02:14.Victoria Prentice. I do find it encouraging to have paternal,

:02:15. > :02:20.maternal and indeed filial support. I beg to move that leave big event

:02:21. > :02:23.for me to bring in a bill to make provision for mandatory consultation

:02:24. > :02:29.in relation to changes in sdrvices proposed by NHS trusts and health

:02:30. > :02:34.care commissioning authorithes and connected purposes. This bill is the

:02:35. > :02:39.result of our experience in Oxford this summer. During this, the

:02:40. > :02:46.foundation trust suspended consultant led maternity services at

:02:47. > :02:52.our local General Hospital with no warning and no consultation. The

:02:53. > :02:58.gift was a -- the hospital was a gifted to the people of Banbury in

:02:59. > :03:08.1872. It serves a constituency of 180 people. The patients ard spread

:03:09. > :03:13.across six parliamentary constituencies covering a l`rge

:03:14. > :03:19.rural hinterland in some of the most private areas of Oxfordshird. For

:03:20. > :03:26.generations of my family have been treated here. -- four. I'm proud of

:03:27. > :03:32.my local hospital and feel passionate about keeping actte

:03:33. > :03:36.services there. Our unit was small by those standards. It was

:03:37. > :03:40.well-regarded medically and by the families that chose it. Despite the

:03:41. > :03:45.fine reputation it has been under threat for as long as I can

:03:46. > :03:50.remember. The first speech H made at primary school was about saving

:03:51. > :03:58.maternity at this hospital. The last major threat we faced was in 20 8

:03:59. > :04:03.when my predecessor, the former Prime Minister and a passionate

:04:04. > :04:10.group fought to save the hospital. At that time the matter was given to

:04:11. > :04:14.an independent panel who looked at the evidence in considerabld detail

:04:15. > :04:19.and concluded that there ard major concerns over whether such ` large

:04:20. > :04:23.unit is that proposed at thd John Radcliffe would be safe or

:04:24. > :04:28.sustainable. There are suffhcient concerns about ambulance provision

:04:29. > :04:31.and the transfer of very sick babies from Banbury to Oxford call into

:04:32. > :04:37.question the safety of what is being proposed. After this we thotght the

:04:38. > :04:44.fight was over for some considerable time. How wrong we were. On the 20th

:04:45. > :04:49.of July I was invited to wh`t seemed to be a routine meeting with the

:04:50. > :04:55.trust. I ask a member of st`ff to go. No other members of Parliament

:04:56. > :04:59.were asked to go. I was horrified to hear the report. The trust had

:05:00. > :05:02.failed to recruit sufficient obstetricians and it would be

:05:03. > :05:08.downgraded as an emergency. There would be no consultation on the 31st

:05:09. > :05:14.of August. The trust board `pproved this. Obstetricians left and we

:05:15. > :05:20.became a midwife unit. Colldagues know that I am with good re`son

:05:21. > :05:24.passionate about maternal and perinatal safety. Nevertheldss I

:05:25. > :05:35.accept most deliveries, these are the safe places to be. That is the

:05:36. > :05:38.nub of our problem. If a wolan changes her mind about having an

:05:39. > :05:44.epidural our labouring mothdrs will be transferred by ambulance to

:05:45. > :05:50.Oxford. It is 23 miles. The average time taken in a blue light `mbulance

:05:51. > :05:57.will be between 30 and 45 mhnutes. The traffic is dreadful. Thd traffic

:05:58. > :06:00.is unpredictable. Many of mx constituents go to enormous lengths

:06:01. > :06:07.to avoid driving into Oxford. Guidelines make clear that when an

:06:08. > :06:11.emergency Caesarean needs to take place it must be done within 30

:06:12. > :06:22.minutes. Once you factor in transport time this would bd quite

:06:23. > :06:27.impossible. The problem is, some will not make it in time. Clearly

:06:28. > :06:30.most will not deliver in Banbury. In the last three weeks there have been

:06:31. > :06:43.12 births and order narrowlx there would be 90. -- order narrowly -

:06:44. > :06:47.normally. Many of them live up to one hour away. I worry about these

:06:48. > :06:51.women and the babies that whll be borne by the side of the ro`d. I

:06:52. > :06:57.cannot imagine the situation of women who do not own a car. The

:06:58. > :07:04.journey by public transport is virtually impossible. I've

:07:05. > :07:11.repeatedly asked for risk assessments and receive nothing

:07:12. > :07:14.There is an alarming number of high risk factors including transfer

:07:15. > :07:27.time, ambulance provision and the ability of them to cope with

:07:28. > :07:40.additional berths. The unit should have been staffed by locals and

:07:41. > :07:44.professionals there was an emergency, I was told, whether

:07:45. > :07:52.clinical research Bagram had been deemed... Enquiries are madd about

:07:53. > :07:57.timely efforts to recruit. @s a new MP, on meeting the Chief Exdcutive I

:07:58. > :08:01.would have expected this problem to be flagged and welcomed the chance

:08:02. > :08:04.to try to solve the problem as my constituents are now doing, offering

:08:05. > :08:11.discounted housing, school fees and even free beer to those who apply to

:08:12. > :08:20.be obstetricians. My constituents are fearful and angry. We'vd had a

:08:21. > :08:28.summer of protest. Many are against the suspension and have complained

:08:29. > :08:31.furiously that the consultation was taken over the school holid`ys. I

:08:32. > :08:37.have sympathy for those who believe this is a wider conspiracy to

:08:38. > :08:40.downgrade our local hospital. For many years a vociferous contingent

:08:41. > :08:43.of the trust have wanted to centralise services in Oxford and

:08:44. > :08:47.use our site for outpatient services. One of the options

:08:48. > :08:54.proposed in the forthcoming sustainability plan is for dxactly

:08:55. > :08:59.that. Maternity services wotld become midwife led. We fear the

:09:00. > :09:10.situation this summer has bden engineered in order to make this a

:09:11. > :09:14.figure, Lee. -- to make this a fait accompli. I like to believe the best

:09:15. > :09:18.of our public servers but I feel let down by the way we've been treated,

:09:19. > :09:22.by the lack of good managemdnt, transparency or evidence -b`sed

:09:23. > :09:27.decision-making. I'm concerned without changes to the law other

:09:28. > :09:32.areas could suffer like we have The trust holds all the cards. Only it

:09:33. > :09:40.has the ability to manipulate the number of births. We have no control

:09:41. > :09:45.over recruitment. Only they have the ability to make the post is

:09:46. > :09:51.attractive. The clinical commissioning group has been notable

:09:52. > :09:57.for their silence. This bill would increase the credibility of local

:09:58. > :10:02.authorities. -- increase accountability. Medical consortiums

:10:03. > :10:08.are not a replacement for ptblic consultation. The doctor max know

:10:09. > :10:12.best but only when he has lhstened to the patient. Local

:10:13. > :10:19.decision-making can work but only with democratic accountabilhty. We

:10:20. > :10:26.in the surrounding area rem`in hopeful that our unit will reopen

:10:27. > :10:30.next March when sufficient obstetricians have been recruited.

:10:31. > :10:37.In the meantime we further the safety -- fear for the safety of

:10:38. > :10:42.mothers and babies. The question is that the honourable member have

:10:43. > :10:51.leave to bring in the Bill. As many as would say I, I think the eyes

:10:52. > :10:57.have it who will appear in bringing the bill? David McIntosh, Alex Chok,

:10:58. > :11:06.Nigel Huddleston, will commdnce Adie Allen, Maria Caulfield, Harriet

:11:07. > :11:20.Harman, Robert Coutts, Mr D`vid Hanson and myself.

:11:21. > :11:47.National Health Service provision local consultation bill. Second

:11:48. > :11:56.reading what day? Friday thd 27th of January. Here, here. The cldrk will

:11:57. > :11:59.now proceed to read the orddrs of the day. Criminal finances Bill

:12:00. > :12:12.second reading. Good afternoon. I beg to move that

:12:13. > :12:16.this bill now be read a second time for the first may I through you

:12:17. > :12:22.Madam Deputy Speaker, apologise under half of my right honotrable

:12:23. > :12:24.friend, the Home Secretary. She is detained on departmental business

:12:25. > :12:29.pertaining to national security and has asked me to open the second

:12:30. > :12:33.reading debate. Madam Deputx Speaker, both terrorism and serious

:12:34. > :12:37.and organised crime pose a real threat to the United Kingdol. Those

:12:38. > :12:41.involved in terrorist activhties in danger domestic security and

:12:42. > :12:46.overseas interests. If terrorism is the greatest threat we face, serious

:12:47. > :12:52.criminality argue because of the greatest harm, costing the Tnited

:12:53. > :12:54.Kingdom at least ?24 billion annually, causing loss of lhfe and

:12:55. > :12:58.depriving people of prosperhty and security. Honourable members must

:12:59. > :13:03.not doubt the scale of the problem. It damages the economy and community

:13:04. > :13:06.'s it impacts on real peopld, whether your grandparent behng

:13:07. > :13:09.scammed out of life savings, the trader weapons which enabled the

:13:10. > :13:17.type of marauding firearms `ttacks we have seen in Paris, smuggling

:13:18. > :13:21.drugs or organising of trafficking of young women. These impact on the

:13:22. > :13:25.most vulnerable in society for that they ruin the lives of real people.

:13:26. > :13:30.This is part of a truly global issue. As David Cameron has said,

:13:31. > :13:34.international corruption is one of the greatest enemies of progress in

:13:35. > :13:40.our time but it is the cancdr at the heart of so many of the world's

:13:41. > :13:45.Financial profit is at the heart of all forms of serious and organised

:13:46. > :13:50.crime. The UK drug trade is estimated to generate ?4 billion in

:13:51. > :13:58.revenue. It is estimated ?10 billion is lost in tax evasion and criminal

:13:59. > :14:02.attacks against the tax system. The quote you made from the forler Prime

:14:03. > :14:06.Minister, the thrust of the bill. One of the great concerns for

:14:07. > :14:09.Christian Aid if the bill does not extend or legislate for Crown

:14:10. > :14:14.dependencies of overseas territories. Can I ask the linister

:14:15. > :14:19.to respond to that in consideration of a second reading? This bhll does

:14:20. > :14:23.extend, some of the offences in here, and some other powers, to

:14:24. > :14:27.cover extra territorial extdnt which will go a considerable way to get

:14:28. > :14:34.into the bottom of money-latndering. Whether that is carried out here

:14:35. > :14:37.elsewhere around the world ht goes some way to make sure is soleone

:14:38. > :14:40.invades tax overseas, and overseas tax, just because it is not invading

:14:41. > :14:44.our tax or robbing another country we would like to take action against

:14:45. > :14:48.those individuals. It goes some way to getting there. I will progress on

:14:49. > :14:53.a no doubt throughout the ddbate members will be able to makd their

:14:54. > :14:58.points. Many criminals live in plain sight, untouched by law enforcement

:14:59. > :15:01.agencies. They reap the bendfits by money-laundering, moving, hhding and

:15:02. > :15:06.using the proceeds of their crimes to fund their lifestyles and enable

:15:07. > :15:10.further criminality. It is essentially that the annual amount

:15:11. > :15:14.of money-laundering globallx manse to $1.6 trillion. The National crime

:15:15. > :15:18.agency assesses many billions of pounds are laundered into or through

:15:19. > :15:27.the United Kingdom as a restlt of international corruption. Wd should

:15:28. > :15:31.be proud of the UK's status as a global centre. This is one of the

:15:32. > :15:38.best places in the world to do business. We must recognise the size

:15:39. > :15:42.of our sector and open economy attracts the London propertx market

:15:43. > :15:44.and makes his country exposdd to the risk of international

:15:45. > :15:49.money-laundering. That is why the Government is taking action. To

:15:50. > :15:52.combat money-laundering and combat terrorist corruption. We ard sending

:15:53. > :15:56.a message will not stand for money-laundering or the funding of

:15:57. > :16:01.terrorism through the UK. I am extremely grateful to the Mhnister

:16:02. > :16:05.for giving way. I agree with his remarks. I would like to pursue

:16:06. > :16:12.further the issue that has been raised by the right honourable

:16:13. > :16:16.member. Does the minister agree with me that transparency is absolutely

:16:17. > :16:19.key to trying to tackle somd of the corruption and money-laundering that

:16:20. > :16:25.takes place question if he does agree, why is he not using this bill

:16:26. > :16:29.to ensure the overseas charhties and Crown dependencies would cole under

:16:30. > :16:35.our jurisdiction to publish publicly available registers of beneficial

:16:36. > :16:39.ownership? I am grateful for that point. I do agree that transparency

:16:40. > :16:43.is one of the steps along that path to make sure we tackle corrtption

:16:44. > :16:52.and money-laundering. That hs why the Prime Minister said --

:16:53. > :16:57.reaffirmed that commitment. Hopefully to make sure that by the

:16:58. > :17:03.end of this year and into ndxt there will be that transparency. There'll

:17:04. > :17:07.be amount of public legislature for benefit and also automatic

:17:08. > :17:10.information exchange between our tax authorities and those dependencies

:17:11. > :17:15.so people hiding tax from us, we will be able to have access from

:17:16. > :17:19.that, to that information. Our law enforcement agencies will sdt about

:17:20. > :17:23.tackling it for that this bhll is part of that process. The kdy

:17:24. > :17:26.element of this approach is going to be making sure we work with the

:17:27. > :17:35.private sector to make the TK are more hostile place for thosd who use

:17:36. > :17:40.or hide the proceeds of crile. Prosecuting corporations for failing

:17:41. > :17:43.to execute economic crimes was expected to be a big part of this.

:17:44. > :17:53.It seems, despite government indications it would providd

:17:54. > :17:56.provisions to such effect, ht is not part of the bill. Could the minister

:17:57. > :18:02.claiming he has chosen not to include such cautions? Yes. I will

:18:03. > :18:08.come to that part of the bill later. It is our intention to prosdcute

:18:09. > :18:12.those corporate bodies allowing their companies to facilitate tax

:18:13. > :18:15.evasion. That is currently, under the current system and individual

:18:16. > :18:20.can be prosecuted for evading tax but also, if someone within a

:18:21. > :18:24.company that it -- facilitates that evasion they can be prosecuted. It

:18:25. > :18:27.is very hard to prosecute the corporate body and we are intending

:18:28. > :18:31.to do that in our bill. If xou read the building will see how wd can do

:18:32. > :18:37.that. Not only to a corporate body here in the UK but if the company as

:18:38. > :18:42.an overseas company we will go after them in the same extraterritorial

:18:43. > :18:46.way we do. Can I congratulate the minister on his appointment as a

:18:47. > :18:49.minister in the Home Office? In evidence to Parliament earlher this

:18:50. > :18:55.year, the private sector made it very clear that they are trxing to

:18:56. > :19:01.cooperate with the Government. There were 381,000 suspicious acthvity

:19:02. > :19:05.reports made under the Elmer system. However, only 20,000 could be looked

:19:06. > :19:09.into. What support is he giving to the National crime agency to allow

:19:10. > :19:14.them to have a better systel in order to deal with these reports? I

:19:15. > :19:23.grateful to the honourable gentleman and for his kind comments about my

:19:24. > :19:28.deployment. Some of the regtlators or bodies we deal with say we would

:19:29. > :19:31.like to pass more to you but we feel we are not protected from sharing

:19:32. > :19:35.wider information. First of all we are going to remove those b`rriers

:19:36. > :19:41.so that the National crime `gency will be able to see the full chain

:19:42. > :19:45.of a financial instruction for example. Also, we are going to

:19:46. > :19:48.empower them with a stronger disclosure order so they can force

:19:49. > :19:53.people. They can apply for `n order to force people to release

:19:54. > :19:56.documentation or comply with questions about a particular

:19:57. > :20:01.transaction that currently only exists in the Proceeds of Crime Act

:20:02. > :20:05.where it covers fraud. We c`n now do this for money-laundering. Thirdly,

:20:06. > :20:10.what we are going to do with this is to make sure that the time limit for

:20:11. > :20:14.a suspicious activity report, we can extend it. At the moment thdre is a

:20:15. > :20:19.one-off extension up to 31 days Actually we would like to do that

:20:20. > :20:22.longer, up to I think six months, so the National crime agency h`ve much

:20:23. > :20:27.longer to investigate it. Vdry full answer. The real problem is that the

:20:28. > :20:32.system is old. The system ndeds to be replaced and renewed. Is he

:20:33. > :20:39.giving the National crime agency the additional resources to pay for the

:20:40. > :20:47.new system, to do all the things he is suggesting? Without a new system,

:20:48. > :20:51.20,000 does not going to 380,00 ? He is right. 381,000 referrals is a

:20:52. > :20:54.hefty amount to get through. You need to make sure there is time to

:20:55. > :20:59.get through them full stop we do not want to see is the private sector,

:21:00. > :21:03.by default, making a suspichous activity report. If we can remove

:21:04. > :21:07.those excuses about why thex can't get to the bottom of the tr`nsaction

:21:08. > :21:10.before they pass it on, we `lso think that will make sure they pass

:21:11. > :21:14.on proper suspicious activities rather than once they can actually

:21:15. > :21:20.satisfy themselves that there is not such a problem. That goes some way,

:21:21. > :21:23.cuts out some of the referr`ls. I am grateful to the Minister for giving

:21:24. > :21:30.way. He has been very generous. Does that illustration he has just given

:21:31. > :21:34.not actually illustrate what prosecutors are up against here and

:21:35. > :21:40.the complexity of these casds? That is why compulsion for transparency

:21:41. > :21:47.is needed and puts prosecutors on the front foot. He will look at this

:21:48. > :21:50.matter again that has already been raised as the bill progressds. I can

:21:51. > :21:53.assure the right honourable gentleman that throughout the

:21:54. > :21:56.passage of the bill and aftdr it, it is part of a longer process. We will

:21:57. > :22:00.make sure that we will conthnue to look at where we can't get hold of

:22:01. > :22:03.the information we need to prosecute people that are delivered e`ch

:22:04. > :22:10.trying to evade tax but also people who are trying to launder money as

:22:11. > :22:16.well. I think, we are in... I think it is the right thing is th`t this

:22:17. > :22:19.is part of the process. Manx of these powers, including the

:22:20. > :22:22.unexplained wealth order, which gives us the benefit of the doubt

:22:23. > :22:27.but that is on to us to say, we think you are linked to serhous

:22:28. > :22:30.organised crime. You explain to us or your money is from. At the very

:22:31. > :22:33.least that will get over sole of those hurdles about not being

:22:34. > :22:38.awarded at the bottom of thd information in that process. That is

:22:39. > :22:42.one of the steps that I hopd the right honourable member will support

:22:43. > :22:46.of the bill goes through. I thank my honourable friend for giving way and

:22:47. > :22:51.welcome him to his place as security minister, which is much desdrved.

:22:52. > :22:54.Can I just ask about is easher and forfeiture powers. Previous

:22:55. > :22:59.legislation in this area has not been entirely successful in ensuring

:23:00. > :23:03.the assets of criminals are seized. Can he explain to the Has whder

:23:04. > :23:06.provisions in this bill will make a difference so we make sure we can

:23:07. > :23:11.grab the money of the criminal so they cannot carry on with their

:23:12. > :23:18.ignoble enterprises? Thank xou. Lee on gentleman is right. In the past

:23:19. > :23:25.it has been a challenge. -- the honourable gentleman. They have put

:23:26. > :23:30.the proceeds into things like fast cars, paintings, or betting slips.

:23:31. > :23:35.The Government is keen we look at that. First of all, I'd think we can

:23:36. > :23:39.broaden it out and make surd that when they are crafty, we ard crafty

:23:40. > :23:44.as well and hopefully take that This government has done more to

:23:45. > :23:49.tackle money-laundering and terrorist financing. More assets

:23:50. > :23:53.have been recovered from crhminals. The money recovered in 2015/16 and

:23:54. > :24:02.hundreds of millions frozen and put beyond the reach of criminals. The

:24:03. > :24:05.setup aid task force doing short a joined up approach. In an

:24:06. > :24:09.anti-corruption Summit by Bhll capacity with overseas partners It

:24:10. > :24:14.is important to note that wd are already doing there. The UK returned

:24:15. > :24:20.?28 million to Macau in 2014 which were the proceeds of corruption

:24:21. > :24:23.which was laundered in the TK for the latter is a concrete ex`mple of

:24:24. > :24:27.us giving back money to those countries that have been robbed by

:24:28. > :24:31.crooks, who have used Britahn to launder it or make the monex in this

:24:32. > :24:36.jurisdiction. I think I would like to see more of that for it go

:24:37. > :24:40.further. There is a need for legislation. They need to btild on

:24:41. > :24:43.the process of the anti-corruption Summit and to find out wherd we were

:24:44. > :24:49.still vulnerable. In October 20 5 the Government published thd

:24:50. > :24:52.National risk assessment for money laundering and terrorist financing

:24:53. > :24:57.identifying areas where this can be strengthened. Our response, the

:24:58. > :24:59.action plan for anti money laundering and counterterrorist

:25:00. > :25:04.finance was published in April of this year and represents a

:25:05. > :25:11.significant change. The crilinal finance bill will give effect to key

:25:12. > :25:14.elements of that action plan. It will significantly enhance the

:25:15. > :25:18.capability of UK law enforcdment to tackle money-laundering and recover

:25:19. > :25:21.the proceeds of crime. It whll strengthen the relationship between

:25:22. > :25:25.public and private sectors `nd will combat the financing of terrorism.

:25:26. > :25:31.Part one of the bill contains a number of measures which amdnd the

:25:32. > :25:34.proceeds. This includes the creation of unexplained wealth orders for the

:25:35. > :25:38.criminals declare themselves penniless yet control millions of

:25:39. > :25:41.pounds. Law enforcement agencies may suspect assets are the praises of

:25:42. > :25:45.international corruption but are unable to freeze or cover them,

:25:46. > :25:47.often because they cannot rdly on for cooperation with other

:25:48. > :25:53.jurisdictions to obtain evidence. The court will be able to m`ke an

:25:54. > :25:55.unexpected wealth order, repuiring an individual organisations affected

:25:56. > :25:59.of association with serious commonality to expand the origin of

:26:00. > :26:02.assets. Where they appear to be disproportionate to their known

:26:03. > :26:06.income. If that person does not respond, this may enable thd

:26:07. > :26:11.property to be recovered under existing civil recovery powdrs. Part

:26:12. > :26:14.one chapter one also extends the use of disclosure orders allowing a law

:26:15. > :26:19.enforcement officer to requhre someone with relevant inforlation to

:26:20. > :26:23.answer questions as part of an investigation. These orders are

:26:24. > :26:25.already in use for civil recovery and confiscation investigathons and

:26:26. > :26:29.will be available for money-laundering cases.

:26:30. > :26:36.Chapter two will enhance thd process by which private sector companies

:26:37. > :26:42.report suspected money-laundering, the suspicious activities rdport, or

:26:43. > :26:53.SARs regime. Where it is suspected they make commit a money-latndering

:26:54. > :26:57.scheme, they are obliged to submit a SAR to inform the decision. The bill

:26:58. > :27:00.will give law enforcement agencies more time to investigate thdse

:27:01. > :27:06.suspicious transactions, whhch require consent, and the NC@ extra

:27:07. > :27:10.powers to get further inforlation from companies to conduct whde and

:27:11. > :27:14.analysis. The bill will also provide a gateway for the sharing of

:27:15. > :27:19.information between regulatdd companies subject to appropriate

:27:20. > :27:22.oversight, helping them to build a broader picture of suspected

:27:23. > :27:25.money-laundering. This has been piloted through a programme known as

:27:26. > :27:31.the joint money-laundering intelligence task force. In 12

:27:32. > :27:37.months from fabric 2015, thhs task force led to 11 arrests, Thd Imps

:27:38. > :27:40.restraint of over half ?1 mhllion, and the identification of 1700 bank

:27:41. > :27:46.accounts linked to criminal activity. We want to build on that

:27:47. > :27:48.by providing legal certaintx that companies can share information for

:27:49. > :27:55.the purpose of detecting serious crime. Part one chapter thrde will

:27:56. > :28:00.improve the ability of law enforcement agencies to recover the

:28:01. > :28:06.proceeds of crime. There ard powers to confiscate cash, but crilinals

:28:07. > :28:10.hold proceeds in other forms, and we must adapt. The types of assets

:28:11. > :28:15.recovered are listed on the face of the bill, so that Parliament can

:28:16. > :28:18.scrutinise its potential usd. We will consult operational partners on

:28:19. > :28:22.requirements, and I suspect we will bring forward a Government `mendment

:28:23. > :28:28.to extend this list to incltde gambling slips and tokens. These are

:28:29. > :28:31.often used by organised crilinals to launder ill gotten gains. I hope

:28:32. > :28:36.that such an amendment will be supported on a cross-party basis.

:28:37. > :28:42.The rest of part one extends to existing powers over other

:28:43. > :28:49.organisations, including HMRC and the Financial Conduct Authority and

:28:50. > :28:54.also makes a range of measures to the Proceeds of Crime Act. The

:28:55. > :28:58.terror threat is real and growing. If we are to combat this threat we

:28:59. > :29:03.must cut off the funding streams that enable terrorist relatdd

:29:04. > :29:10.activity. The 2015 national risk assessment identified two kdy

:29:11. > :29:14.weaknesses. Money, service, businesses and cash career hn the

:29:15. > :29:17.private sector, and the abuse of the charitable sector. To combat these

:29:18. > :29:22.issues, part two will make changes to powers to terrorist finance cases

:29:23. > :29:28.by mirroring many of the provisions in the bill such as SARs and

:29:29. > :29:35.compensation powers so that they are also available under the terrorism

:29:36. > :29:38.act 2000. And part three will deliver on the commitment to make it

:29:39. > :29:42.a crime of companies fail to put in place measures to stop economic

:29:43. > :29:48.crime such as tax evasion. @t present, if an individual innovator

:29:49. > :29:52.tax, the individual taxpayer will have committed a crime, and those

:29:53. > :29:55.facilitating it can also be prosecuted. But it is very difficult

:29:56. > :30:00.and often impossible to hold the corporate entity to account. This

:30:01. > :30:09.needs to change. That is whx we are creating two new offences rdlating

:30:10. > :30:14.to tax evasion, one in relation to UK taxes, the other in relation to

:30:15. > :30:18.tax owed to other countries. It cannot be right that a business

:30:19. > :30:20.operating in the UK can esc`pe criminal liability in blue because

:30:21. > :30:25.of the tax losses suffered by another country rather than the UK.

:30:26. > :30:31.The new offence in relation to foreign taxes will be particularly

:30:32. > :30:39.beneficial in combating fratd in foreign countries. Banks,

:30:40. > :30:42.accountants, legal practices, everyone is clear of the nedd to

:30:43. > :30:46.take responsibility for enstring the highest sub or standards colpliant

:30:47. > :30:51.in this area, and as I have said, tax evasion and corruption hn the

:30:52. > :30:55.developing world are key contributors to global poverty, and

:30:56. > :31:02.those crimes are frequent are committed by companies in other

:31:03. > :31:08.jurisdictions. The UK's fin`ncial sector should lead on tacklhng

:31:09. > :31:13.financial corruption. Madamd Deputy Speaker, the Government is committed

:31:14. > :31:16.to reducing the burden on btsiness which can make it harder for

:31:17. > :31:20.companies to focus on real risk The measures in the bill were ddveloped

:31:21. > :31:23.in close partnership with l`w enforcement agencies and thd

:31:24. > :31:29.regulated sector, including major financial institutions, as well as

:31:30. > :31:32.key representatives. With the Minister agree with me that whilst I

:31:33. > :31:37.support the bill there is no point in legislating if the agenches who

:31:38. > :31:41.are tasked with enforcing this legislation don't have the resources

:31:42. > :31:46.to do it? For example, sincd the creation of the OFS side, t`lking to

:31:47. > :31:52.lawyers who work in white-collar crime, there has been no enforcement

:31:53. > :31:55.whatsoever, so all of us who want to support this bill would likd to hear

:31:56. > :32:02.that there will be resources to match the good intent. I am grateful

:32:03. > :32:08.to the honourable gentleman. I have been visiting crime centres up and

:32:09. > :32:13.down the country, and they `ll say that their barrier to getting

:32:14. > :32:16.further with some of these problems is not the resource issue, they all

:32:17. > :32:21.say to me that their barrier has been the ability to find thd cash,

:32:22. > :32:25.Steve Cash and sees it, and I think those three things are incrddibly

:32:26. > :32:29.important. We can put all the resources into the world in our law

:32:30. > :32:33.enforcement agencies, but if they don't have the power at the end of

:32:34. > :32:39.the day to take back stolen assets, it won't make a difference. The sick

:32:40. > :32:46.thing that struck me doing this job is that I thought I knew a bit about

:32:47. > :32:50.terrorism, but what has shocked me is the weight and strength of

:32:51. > :32:54.organised crime across the Tnited Kingdom, to see the depth of it and

:32:55. > :32:58.how it affects my communitids in the north-west and how close it comes to

:32:59. > :33:04.all of us, it takes your brdath away, and I am determined that not

:33:05. > :33:07.only the guys at the top, the Mr bigs get sent to jail for as long as

:33:08. > :33:13.possible, but those people who consider themselves removed from it,

:33:14. > :33:16.the facilitators, the white collar smoothies who launder the money into

:33:17. > :33:22.properties, that they also face their time in court, and I'l

:33:23. > :33:25.determined to do that, becatse they are the people who contribute to the

:33:26. > :33:30.message that there is a perlissive society and it is OK to be

:33:31. > :33:35.associated with crime, and they are the people that helped the nasty is

:33:36. > :33:44.put a gloss on themselves, `nd that is what I am determined to do. I

:33:45. > :33:48.will use this bill to try and build momentum in the non-regulatdd

:33:49. > :33:52.sector. I will be asking thd regulators estate agents accountants

:33:53. > :33:56.about what they are doing to play their part, and why is it that if we

:33:57. > :34:00.can change the powers here, if their members get in trouble, what are

:34:01. > :34:05.they going to do to hold thdm to account? It is important th`t the

:34:06. > :34:09.legislation is only one part of this, and I hope that everyone will

:34:10. > :34:14.send out the message that there is the more to do, and that those

:34:15. > :34:21.people who facilitate other once also coming after. I thank ly normal

:34:22. > :34:26.friend forgiving way again, he has been generous. Would he agrde it is

:34:27. > :34:34.not just a question of laws that of culture of the organisations as

:34:35. > :34:39.well? Previous iterations of the NCA all seem to be more culturally

:34:40. > :34:42.bureaucracies, the NCA seems to be more intelligence led and to have